22 Friday, October 10, 1980 Caricatures for your party By SAM FIELD call 399-1320 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Campaign 1980: Where Have All the Issues Gone? By MURRAY ZUCKOFF NEW YORK (JTA) — The issue of Israel's defense and security preoccupies the Presidential candidates and their Jewish audiences whenever they are in prox- imity to each other. 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However, the foCus on Is- rael does not make the elec- tioneering, either for Jews or the candidates, a "single issue" campaign. The ways it is handled, does. When all the posturings and genuf- lections by the candidates toward Israel are over and done with, and when all the correct formulas and shib- boleths are weighed in, the issue of Israel should be seen, properly, as a broad category within which vital elements of American foreign policy are sub- sumed. Some related compo- nents, such as assuring future oil supplies to the U.S. and its allies and Soviet expansionist plans in the Middle East, are invariably stressed by the candidates and Jewish spokespersons in connection with the issue of Israel. But other com- ponents which should be included are merely Al- luded to in passing or routinely ignored both by the candidates and the Jews. It should be incumbent on the candidates to state where they stand on such related issues as the viola- tion of human rights in Arab countries where dissi- dents, minorities, women and Jews are oppressed; the consequences of providing material aid to unstable and autocratic regimes; ways to help countries that are still feudal achieve indus- trialization and economic diversification to bring them into the 20th Century; programs to offset Soviet economic penetration; and ways to combat disease and illiteracy. DEXTER CHEVROLET Our 49th Year Of Dependable Sales & Service For Your Best Deal On New and Used Cars or Leasing SEE US AT Joe & Dennis Slatkin's DEXTER CHEVROLET 20811 W. 8 Mile between Southfield & Telegraph Rd. Adjoining the city of Southfield 534- 1 400 All these issues should be discussed and programs formulated because the fu- ture of Mideast peace and Israel and American contri- butions to both can be stymied unless there is a concerted effort to tackle these problems. After all, American aid will be faced by the next Administration. But there are other issues which need to be raised by American Jews and which the candidates must be asked to answer. These is- sues, of vital concern to the Jewish community, relate to the social and economic developments which create and reinforce tensions be- tween classes and ethnic groups, as well as the fallout in the American economy resulting from, among other developments, heightened Arab financial activities in American conglomerates and banks and Arab finan- cial arrangements with universities for special cen- ters, study programs and chairs. Black and Hispanic organizations and spokes- persons have no qualms about demanding that the Presidential candidates make public their views on how to deal with the various socio-economic issues of concern to them. But where are the Jewish organiza- tions and spokespersons who are making similar demands? Where, in fact, have all the issues, other than Israel, gone? One major Jewish organization, for exam- ple, recently listed a number of key foreign and domestic issues that will have a bearing on how Jews vote in the Presidential election next month. On the domestic scene the issue noted was: To what ex- tent will each candidate support equal opportu- nity in employment and education for all Ameri- cans, regardless of race, color, sex or creed? In short, does the candidate support or oppose quotas?" This is, without doubt, an important issue and the candidates should address themselves. to it. But this barely skims the surface and hardly begins to touch the concerns of the majority of American Jews. In fact, the issue of quotas is genuinely a "single issue" problem. What about: • Econimic aid for some 800,000 Jews who live at or below the poverty level de- fined as an income of $6,600 for a family of four. • Funds for job training programs for Jews who lack the requisite skills to enter into a highly technological labor market. in- Combatting • flation and recession through increased produc- tion and prompting more ef- fective use of the productive capacity that now lies idle. • Action to locate and prosecute Nazi war crim- inals living in the United States and deportation for those found guilty of war crimes. • Tough laws, with enforcement powers, against hate-mongering and anti-Semitic groups. • Tough laws, with enforcement powers, to halt the mailing of hate litera- ture. • Tightening regulations to prevent an Arab takeover of banks, control by the Arabs, especially Kuwait, of some of the country's oil company giants, and Arab stock purchases in major industrial firms. • The consequences of high unemployment with its ensuing social ten- sions which could pose a danger to Jews in such states as New York, California, New Jersey, Florida, Illinois, Michi- gan and Ohio. These states have some of he largest concentrations of Jews, blacks, Hispancis and other minorities. It is imperative that the Jewish community make known its concern abou these issues and that the candidates have more than a glib reply. * * Klutznick, Levin, Zuckerman Urge Carter's Re-Election Paul Zuckerman and U.S. Senator Carl Levin joined U.S. Secretary of Commerce Philip Klutznick in urging a representative gathering, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Zuckerman, Sunday evening, to support President Jimmy Carter's campaign for re-election. Paul Zuckerman and U.S. Senator Carl Levin joined U.S. Secretary of Commerce Philip Klutznick in urging a representative gathering, hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Zuc- kerman Sunday evening, to support President Jimmy Carter's campaign for re- election. Klutznick expressed his confidence in Jimmy Car- ter's strong commitment to Israel. He reminded the audience of the historical and political significance of the Camp David Accords, when he said, "We re- member when Moses came down from Mt. Sinai, but we forget when Begin came down from Camp David." When questioned about the sincerity of President Carter's commitment to Is- rael, Klutznick echoed the words of the President on the subject of peace in Is- rael: "On this, I shall never quit." Zuckerman said, "President Carter has helped us since his first days in office. e has of- fered philosophical and financial support for a variety of Jewish con- cerns which have not at- - tracted publicity." Klutznick, Levin and Zuckerman encouraged the leaders to check the record of President Carter if they doubted his commitment to Israel. President Carter this week received the editorial endorsements of theJewish Daily Forward and the Texas Jewish Post. West Germans May View `Holocaust' TV Series Again Opposition is reported from West German broad- casting systems to an initia- tive taken by the cologne- based telvision and radio station WDR to screen the American-made series "Holocaust" sometime dur- ing the second half of 1981. The initiative is 'linked with WDR chief Friedrich-Wilhelm von Sell, who was recently re-elected for an additional five years in office. Von Sell was the man behind the screening of "Holocaust" in West Ger- many in January 1979 in spirt of considerable opposi- tion. Polls have shown that "Holocaust" had a dramatic effect on the attitude of Germans to the Nazi past. But a few weeks 'after the screening the impact of the televi- sion series on public opinion had apparently completely worn off. The two national televi- sion systems, ARD and ZDF, have refused to pur- chase the television film. But after complicated negotiations between sev- eral stations operating in the Federal ' states, "Holocaust" was neverthe- less screened nationwide on the so-called "Third Pro- gram" Network, which is generally less popular than ARD and ZDF. If screened in 1981, "Holocaust" is expected to be televised by Third Pro- gram again.