Friday, October 23, 1%1 5 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Sen. Byrd's Vote Pushes AWACS Sale Opponents Near Victory (Continued from Page 1) President. Sen. John Melcher (D-Mo.) said he was still undecided. The other two Senators — Malcolm Wallop (R-Wyo.) and Jennings Randolph SAY IT WITH TREES JEWISH NATIONAL FUND 27308 SOUTHFIELD SELO. MI 48076 557-6644 Monday thru Thursday. 9 AM to 5 PM Friday 9 AM to 4 PM 11 (D-W'.Va.) — ,had an- nounced previously they would support the sale. In view of Byrd's Wed- nesday speech and the fail- ure of the Administration to get a joint crewing agree- ment from the Saudis, it is doubtful that the letter the President plaps to send the Senate gifing assurances on the sale would have much effect. A draft of the letter, circu- lated in the Senate, has the President promising that the Saddis have agreed to "stringent security meas- ures" to safeguard the equipment being sold them, that all information gathered by the AWACS will be shared with the U.S., that no information will be shared with a third country without the approval of both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia, and that the Saudis will not operate the AWACS outside Saudi Arabian borders without the consent of the U.S. The letter does not ap- pear to go beyond the safeguards outlined earlier by Administration spokes- men to Congress. Sen. Glenn accused the Reagan Administration of using "political bribery" to sway Senate votes on the AWACS sale. Speaking on Congressman George Crockett (D-Detroit) was erroneously listed in last week's Jewish News as hav- ing been absent during the House vote on the AWACS sale. Rep. Crockett voted against the sale. Levin Hits Missile Sale . WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D- Michigan) said last Friday that the Reagan Adminis- tration bypassed "normal safeguard procedures" in considering the sale of highly advanced missiles to Saudi Arabia, thus preclud- LIVONIA STORE 3 W5=T:=1 :::: FRIDAY, OCT. 23 — 11 AM-9 PM SATURDAY, OCT. 24 — 11 AM-9 PM SUNDAY, OCT. 25 — 12 PM-5 PM • 21 Major Photographic Representatives • Drawings • Seminars • Door Prizes • Live Models • L Crockett • Voted Against AWACS •• • CAMERA PHOTO SHOW TAB -M camera CBS-TV's "Face the Na- tion" program on Sunday, Glenh said Administration lObbyists are telling waver- ing Senators there, will be no support for their pet proj- ects if they do not support the President on Sen. Rudy Boschwitz (R-Minn.), who made a critical vote against AWACS in the Foreign Affairs Committee last week, corrected a state- ment by Vice President George Bush. t Bush sought support for the AWACS sale by arguing that the Saudis need the planes to watch Libya, "the protector of Idi Amin." Boschwitz pointed out that Amin, the former-dic- tator in Uganda, was living in Saudi Arabia, not Libya. Meanwhile, a National Security Council spokes- . LIVONIA STORE — 525-4110 Illindsghasi—IINS lhodrsonl —812-110 Issinstar—Ilswimbruk Usli—STS-11570 lisersIS-11risssass Cs•hr—ZPIPRO2 Sullihill-11010spAs Kiwis-118-4774 Tesy—Soldss111.11-1 1184110 VISA & NAM CA • ing U.S. military personnel from objecting to the sale. Sen. Levin, a member of the Armed Services Com- mittee, told the Senate that instead of submitting the proposed sale to the Na- tional Disclosure Policy Committee for its review, the normal procedure fol- lowed before transferring highly classified weapons to foreign countries, the com- mittee not only "was not - consulted about the sale" but "was apparrently di- rected to approve it after the fact rather than being allowed to debate its merits initially." The Air Force and the Navy have objected to the sale of the AIM8L (Side- winder) missile to some other countries, Sen. Levin noted, because it is the only air-to-air missile that allows pilots to fire directly at hostile planes rather than requiring them to maneuver behind a hostile aircraft. He said they fear that if the mis- sile fell into the hands of the Soviet Union, the ad- vantage U.S. pilots have in aerial combat would be reduced. Sen. Levin said that since the armed forces were trou- bled by the sale of the AIM9L to Sweden and ob- jected to the sale of the mis- sile to Egypt — two allies of the U.S. more friendly to U.S. interests than Saudi Arabia — he wondered why "the armed forces were de- nied the opportunity to pre- sent their case ... to the Na- tional Disclosure Policy Committee when the sale of this offensive weapon to Saudi Arabia was being considered." man who last weekend warned there would be a U.S. backlash against Israel if Congress vetoes the AWACS sale, was fired this week -by the Reagan Ad- ministration for a remark he made about the Soviet Union. Gen. Robert Schweitzer was relieved of his NSC duties after he also stated in the same speech that the U.S. was "drifting toward war" with the USSR. Sen. Charles Percy (R- Ill.); chairman of the Se- nate Foreign Relations Committee, who sup- ports the Administra- tion's arms package sale to Saudi Arabia, has is- sued a statement saying that criticism of the American Jewish com- munity for lobbying against the arms sale to Saudi Arabia is "patently unfair." A national coalition re- presenting all major seg- ments of American Chris- tianity has proposed a boycott of the Mobil Oil .Corp. because of what the coalition has termed its ag- gressive media campaign on behalf of the sale of AWACS planes to Saudi Arabia. The proposal was made by the 150 participants who attended a two-day Na- tional Christian Congress for Israel held in Washing- ton last week. It was spon- sored by the National Christian Leadership Con- ference for Israel. At the same time, the -WHY RUN AROUND TOWN? 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