64 Friday, July 11, 1980 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS REGIONAL OFFICES: JACOB K. JAVITS. Room 511 NEW YORK 110 EAST 451.4 STREET NLW YORK, NEW YORK 10012 COMMITTEES: HUMAN RESOURCES Roos, 222 Iltnifeb ,Stafez Zenate FEDERAL OFFICt BUILDING 111 WEST HURON STREET WASHINGTON. D.C. 20510 FOREIGN RELATIONS BUFFALO. NEW GOVERNMENTAL AFFAIRS JOINT ECONOMIC YORK 14202 ROOM 420 1 - LO W. O'BRIEN Ft tafRAL BUILDING CLINTON July 11, 1980 Soumte Arimmy. Nrw YORK 12207 Coleman A. Young, Mayor City of Detroit Executive Office Dear Fellow Republicans: Warmest greetings and' est wishes on this historic occasion of the 1980 Republican National Convention in Detroit. June 19, 1980 Republicans today are at the right place at the right time, and for this reason, are given a remarkable opportunity. Americans have come to recognize the strength our Party can offer. For it is the Republican Party that recognizes that our system of private enterprise as the major productive force in the nation is the surest check and balance to preserve our freedom; that private enterprise operating in the public interest is the best and only answer to our domestic problems. GREETINGS! It certainly is a great honor for Detroit to host the 1980 Republican Convention. We heartily welcome . each convention delegate. It is significant as well that the Republicans have chosen the great City of Detroit to host their Convention. For Detroit represents both the challenges and the potential of America's metropolitan areas. As Detroit has proven, our cities, with wisdom and courage and confidence, can take the bold steps needed to escape the dangers posed by the challenges posed and establish the foundation for a new economic renaissance within this decade. Republicans have aptly recognized the importance of our cities: they are truly our great population centers.. hubs - of commerce and trade and the arts. , During your leisure time, we encourage you to explore our "Renaissance City" and take part in the activities which have been planned especially for you and to prove that "Detroit Loves a Good Party." May you return to your homes across the nation with fond memories of Detroit. • Sincerely, My best regards to all gathered for what I know will be a most productive and rewarding Convention. Sin COLEMAN A. YOUi Mayor ob K. Javits, U.S.S. Mr. Philip Slomovitz The Jewish News 17515 W. Nine Mile Road, Ste. 865 Southfield, Michigan 4807-5 Republican Outreach Program Seeks to Broaden. Jewish Support the major political force in our country." Leaders of American The Republican Party has Jewry agree that ex- undertaken a major effort to panded participation in reverse 50 years of Demo- Republican politics is vi- cratic hegemony in the tal. "As a' community," American Jewish commu- states Max M. Fisher of nity. Based on an undis- Detroit, "American puted understanding that Jewry should have both both communities - — major parties vying for American Jewry and the Republican Party — have for vote, not one taking it much to gain from expanded 'for granted." contact and participation, Outreach Program Direc- the Outreach Program of tor H. David Weinstein ex- the Republican National plains that his responsibil- Committee has been ity has two major elements: created to broaden the base to communicate to Ameri- of involvement by Ameri- can Jewry that the Republi- can Jewry throughout the can Party increasingly re- structure of the Republican presents the community's interests and seeks V partici- pation on a long-term basis, and secondly, to represent the interests of the Jewish community to the Republi- can establishment. In this role, the Outreach Program provides resources on issues of concern, works with candidates and incum- bents to develop responsible positions, provides speakers and forums, arranges meet- ings and conferences, de- new leadership and 'Israeli Prime Minister Menahem Begin meets Re- velops generally provides access publican Party co-chairman Mary Dent Crisp during for American Jewry her recent visit to Israel. Republican National Committee viewpoint Party. From the Republican perspective, the establish- ment of a formal Outreach Program charged with the task of identifying and in- volving dynamic leadership from the Jewish community will serveto win elections at local, state and national levels. According to the Republi- can National Committee Chairman Bill Brock, the American Jewish commu- nity, "offers one of the greatest reservoirs of talent and expertise of any single group in America, a re- source that is invaluable if we are to once again become . throughout the Republican Party. "Our role approaches that of being an honest broker 'between two communities that share interests and concerns," Weinstein states. "It is in the interest of the Jewish comffiunity and the Republican Party o come together and certainly there exists good basis for this to occur. "Republican positions on Israel, foreign policy, energy, the economy and on a host of other issues clearly reflect the senti- ments and interests of mainstream Jewish thinking today. Our job is to forward recognition of this reality so that American Jews will con- sider the Republican al- ternative and, in turn, Republican leaders will increase their under- standing that the Jewish community is a viable and imperative consti- tuency," he said. Brock added, "The Jewish community in America was a Republican community until Franklin Roosevelt. Jews joined the coalition formed in the desperate days of the depression and the war and almost every- body did as well. "But American politics works in tidal shifts of 30 to 50 years and the Democrats have been ,the majority party now for 49 years. Next year will be the 50th year that they have had total control of the political proc- ess of this country. At times Shown at the Wiesenthal Center for Holocaust Studies in Los Angeles are, from left, Director Ep- hraim Zuroff, Republican National Chairman William Brock, Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Rabbi Marvin Hier of the center. they have deserved that control and earned the sup- port of the American people. On occasion, they have not. They do not now, not with their policies, not with their President. "I think the Republican Party offers the Jewish community an opportunity to see a freshening of the political process with new blood and new ideas. It is in the Jewish community's self interest to have strength in both parties. It is to their advantage to have both par- ties compete for their vote. The only way they can gen- erate increased competition for their vote is to have a larger voice and gr( participation in the Repun- licjan Party. "We are at a cri period now. The state of ,„.is country is in a flux. We have yet to reach the fundamen- tal decisions of where our society is going to go. My party can be the vehicle by which we choose the ra- tional path to freedom, ' equality and opportunity., The ability to be that catalytic force is entirely L \ dependent on the quality of people who are its backers and supporters, people who understand the magnitude and can draw a new sense of direction."