-r ; THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 10 Friday, August 1, 1980 Pr PUL AL Media Was Silent on Republican Support for Israel VOTE AUG 5TH PATRICIA A. KELLY State Representative -- 69th District ; By JOSEPH POLAKOFF WASHINGTON (JTA) — Although Arab-Israeli af- fairs was highlighted in the — V*. TEL-TtPIELVE SHOE REPAIR 28708 Telegraph Road Southfield, Mich. 48016 opal Non. eine flat. CHANGE YOUR SHOES TO NEW FASHION HEELS Service While You Shop We Specialize in Orthopedic Work 355-2467 LK to • PAL f tl Alf_12 to • P.M SHOE S REBUILT LIKE N WE WILL CUT DOWN FOR YOUR COMFORT news and in commentaries during the winter and through the spring, usually marked by denunciations of Israel, the general media was silent on the strong pro-Israel plank in the Re- publican Party platform that was adopted at its con- vention in Detroit. Neither was attention given to the pro-Israeli statements by Presidential candidate Ronald Reagan in his first news conference as nominee and in his ac- ceptance speech at the GOP convention. The media also was strangely quiet about the in-fighting between the adherants of President Car- ter and Sen. Edward Ken- nedy (D-Mass.) when the Democratic Party's plat- form was being written in Washington a month ear- lier. That fight was over whether the platform should say, as it did in 1976, that the U.S. embassy Re-Elect DENNIS M. AARON COUNTY COMMISSIONER OAK PARK — ROYAL OAK TWP. DEMOCRAT Barbara & Al Plaskey Debbie & Jerry Goldberg R. Abrams Lillian Polk Mrs. Norman Goldman Pat & Jack Armstrong Barbara Ponkey Norman Goldman Harriett Arnowitz Fayge Posen Estelle Goldsmith Esther & Morris Asher Lillian & Bob Price - Jean & Wes Gould Janet & Leonard Bakst Julia Price Esther Graef Marian & Richard Bailin Yona Radzin Iris Grant Bernice Barris Lori Rakotz Maxine & Shel Grant Marion & Milton Bates Lila & Sandy Reder Mona & Cantor Samuel Shirley & Morris Beider Helen & Al Reifler Greenbaum Rona & Samuel Berkley Joanne & Murray Remer Lois & William Greenwald Linda & Stan Blatt Glenetta & Lewis Reynolds Ilene & Bob Gunsberg Aletha & Nate Blalock Harriet & Kenneth Rich Maxine & Sander Gutfreund Barbara & Sidney Blitz Wanda Riches Sandy Hamilton Bess Booker Hadassah & Iry Rosen Lois Harper Sylivia & Art Blumberg Fritzi Roth Roz & syii Harris Magdalena & Joseph Bohn Terri Roth Esther & Jerry Herwitz Carole & Harrison Bond Cecile & Saul Rothenberg Bill Hoffman Marilyn & Don Cohen Ralle Rothman George Hopper Dorothy Cohen Charlotte & Ben Rothstein Sandy Jenkins Laura & Allan Cohen Roll Family Phyllis & David Katz Libby & Marx Cooper Rochelle & Norman Sable Sharon Katz Mary & Bernie Cronk Carol Schwartz Ann & Richard Katzman Faylene & Eugene Curtis Sue Serlin Michelle Klotz Mitchell Curtis Cy Servetter Miriam & Bill Konstantin Anna & Ted Curtis Rhea & Karl Schaefer Abe Korchak Simi & Aaron Cutler Frances Shepherd Elaine & Gerson Lacoff Aida & Phil Cutler Joelle & Gary Sklar Barbara & Shel Larkey Marsha & Don Davis Elaine & Arnold Shif man Reve Lederman Norma & Dr. Leonard Davis Leah & Isadore Shrodeck Shirley & Ben Leet Ilene & Ralph Davis Ethel & Dave Silberg Bud Leve Eleanore & Dr. Leonard Demak Richard Silverman Etta Levin Barbara & Marshall Disner Sherry & Abe Singer Ben Levine Charles Domstein Ruth & Erwin Siporin Hilda & Dr. Leon Lucas Jean & Emile Duplessis Bertha & Peter Steffin Marilyn Mazell Sandy & Morris Efros Irving Stollman Ise & Steve Medow Bernice Erman Bertha Rose Strauss Sylvia Meltzer Betty & Mickey Farrel? Rae Sugarman Eleanor & Dr. Ed Meyers Barbara & Larry Feller Marilyn & Dr. Melvin Myra & Dr. Lawrence Morton Pearl & Joe Feldman Tinsley Judith A. Mulish Alan C. Feuer Janet & Tom Violante Peggy & Mary Novick Lee & Al Figot Lee Wagman Chuck O'Malley Susan & Roy Fiore Belle Weissman Joseph Ostrow Delores Fishman Lana & Harold Weisman • Adele & Herman Ozrovitz Herbert Ford Sorenia & Sandy Anita & Rocco Palazzolo Arlene & Mel Foster Whittington Faye & Jule Passerman Abe Franklin Jimmy Wilson Anna & Leon Peiss Harriet & Art Frohlich Natalie & Morris Yellen Marilyn & Nate Peiss Dorothy & Ben Gantz Ida Zabel Alex Perinoff Eula George Joyce Zack, Shel don Zeligman, Rose Ziegler, Carol & Morton Zumberg Paid for by Committee to Re-elect Dennis M. Aaron 10150 Dartmouth, Oak Park, MI. should be moved from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. The Carterites wanted to qualify that plank, the Kennedyites balked and in the end the qualifica- tion was moved to an- other place in the plank. While other Carter- Kennedy squabbles were extensively reported at the platform writing, the difference on support for Israel was virtually ig- nored. A general attitude seemed to be that platforms are meaningless because Presidential candidates don't feel bound by them. Some reporters felt support for Israel in platforms was the usual stance for elec- tioneering purposes. * * * The 98 Jewish delegates among the 1994 delegates at the Republican conven- tion were divided like the others over Vice President- ial candidates. A significant fact about the size of the Jewish number of delegates is that it formed about 41/2 percent of the total, about double America's Jewish popula- tion. * * * The right and liberal wings of the Republican leadership were both repre- sented at the American Is- rael Public Affairs Commit- tee's reception for Jewish delegates and others at the Detroit Plaza Hotel. Of the approximately 350 that attended there were at least a dozen Senators and a score of Representatives. The chief attraction included Elizabeth Taylor, ac- companied by her hus- band, Virginia Senator John Warner, and Mrs. Strom Thurmond, wife of the conservative South Carolina Senator who could not attend. Fred Gottfurcht, a Los Angeles investment banker who is a founder of the Na- tional Coalition for Reagan and has been backing Re- agan since 1966, is the father-in-law of Rabbi Richard Hertz of Detroit's oldest congregation, Tem- ple Beth El. Max Fisher, "Mr. Republican," is a member of it. Gottfurcht was a member of the California delegation at the GOP convention. * * * The "Monthly Detroit," a slick 200-page magazine selling for $1.50 a copy, de- voted the cover of its July issue to "Max Fisher — Power Broker." The magazine describes "the permanent govern- ment" as that elite band of wealthy men and academics whose steady influence on national affairs continues virtually undisturbed by the temporary changes In leadership occasioned by elections or shifts in politi- cal power. In Fisher's case, De- troit's mayors, Michi- gan's governors and America's Presidents come and go but Max Fisher remains a con- stant force in the affairs of the city, the state, the nation, and to some ex- tent, the planet."- Detroit Renaissance Inc., which led Detroit's big businesses to favor the vast changes from the ware- houses and slums on De- troit's riverfront to the magnificent complex known as Renaissance Cen- ter, where the convention took place, was Fisher's idea in 1970. He organized it and tt Your Of flee became its first — and thus far — its only chairman. Along with his friend and partner, Al Taubman, De- troit Renaissance was be- hind Henry Ford's decision to build the center. 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