46 Friday, September 24, 1982

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Congressional Races Heating Up

Caricatures

By MORRIS AMITAY

for your party

By

SAM FIELD

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WASHINGTON — With
only weeks to go before the
Nov. 2 elections, a number
of recent political develop-
ments of interest to the
American Jewish commu-
nity are worth noting.
In a pleasant surprise, a
Jewish challenger won the
Republican Senate nomina-
tion in Nevada. He is Chic
Hecht, the former State Se-
nate minority leader.
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the Jewish community, will
face incumbent Democrat
Sen. Howard Cannon, who
won in a very close and divi-
sive primary race.
One of Hecht's immediate
concerns following his vic-
tory on Sept. 14 was obtain-
ing a seat in a synagogue in
Washington, where he was
spending Rosh Hashana.
Hecht's race offers the best
opportunity to gain a new
Jewish Senator in 1982,
along with Democrat Julius
Michaelson, who is chal-
lenging incumbent Sen.
John Chaffee in Rhode Is-
land.
In California, Demo-
cratic Governor Jerry
Brown is running hard
against San Diego Mayor
Pete Wilson, who came
out of the June GOP pri-
mary with a big lead. Two
recent statewide polls
put Brown, who has had
a consistent record of
public support for Israel,
within 10 percent and
moving up.
A September GOP poll
shows incumbent -Republi-
can Sen_—Lowell Weicker of
Con_ne-cticut retaking the
lead over . challenger Toby
Moffett. Weicker, who has
been an outspoken suppor-
ter of Israel, is in a tough
but winnable race.
On the House side, a race
of key importance in Florida
pits incumbent Democrat
Rep. Dante Fascell against
Glenn Rinker, a former TV
newscaster. Redistricting
has hurt Fascell, who is a
senior member of the
Foreign Affairs Committee
and has been a consistent
and effective friend of Is-
rael.
If he wins, Fascell will be
next in line to become
chairman of the committee.
The current chairman, vet-
eran Clem Zablocki of Wis-
consin, withstood a serious
primary challenge and un-
fortunately can be expected
to maintain his critical atti-•
tude toward Israel for the
next two years.
In Georgia, incumbent
Democrat Wyche Fowler,
who has a fine record of
support on Israel-related
issues, was faced with the

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possibility of a primary
challenge from State
Representative Julian
Bond. The Georgia redis-
tricting plan placed a
very high percentage of
black voters in Fowler's
new district.
Bond, the nationally
prominent black leader,
considered a bid for the seat,
but recently announced his
decision not to run in the
primary against Fowler.
Bond had expressed ex-
treme anti-Israel views
even before it became fash-
ionable.

* *

Exactly what is the Re-
agan plan for the Middle
East and is it Reagan's?
Does current U.S. policy in-
clude the positive points
made by the President in his
speech — or is U.S. policy
more accurately reflected in
the "talking points" pre-
sented to Israel, and
Shultz's subsequent com-
ments?
Unfortunately, it seems
to be the latter, with its
serious departure from the
carefully crafted Camp
David agreements. In fact,
some of the language used
by the President — whose
positive instincts with re-
gard to Israel have consis-
tently been undercut by the
State and Defense Depart-
ments — seem at odds with
the "talking points."
What really rankled the
Israelis (besides a great
deal of prejudgment of
substantive issues) was
the lack of prior consul-
tation with them, and
conversely, the consulta-
tion with King Hussein.
This, they felt, is no way
to treat an ally — and un-
doubtedly spurred this
sharp reaction to the
plan.
The attitudes of the
American Jewish commu-
nity toward the plan have
attracted unusual national
attention. No doubt many
would have preferred a "sof-
ter" response from Israel to
an American President's
plea for peace. But the
possible ramifications of the
"plan" do not impact di-
rectly on the lives and
well-being of American
Jews.
Israel labeled the plan a
non-starter — and when
neither the Arab summit in
Fez, or King Hussein came
forward — the plan has be-
come even more theoretical.
Whenever there is any
criticism of Israeli actions
by any American Jews it
makes big news. And it has
been the goal of Israel's
enemies for years to split
the community away from
support for Israel. It hasn't
worked in the past and will
not now — because a secure
Israel is in the best interests
of the United States. And
the vast majority of Ameri-
cans, both Jewish and non-
Jewish, continue to believe
this.
As for the continuing ten-
dency of some Jewish "lead-
ers" to want to see their
names in print — there is
less reason to be optimistic,
but one can still hope!

Christians See Lebanon Boon

NEW YORK — "A new
day of strength and unity
for Lebanon" may emerge
as a result of the removal of
the Palestinian Liberation
Organization and other out-
side forces, a prominent
Southern Baptist leader
said after his return from a
week-long fact-finding mis-
sion to Israel and the
Lebanese war-zone.
Dr. W. David Lockhard,
director of organizations for
the Southern Baptist Chris-
tian Life Commission, was
one of eight Christian lead-
ers on an interdenomina-
tional mission sponsored by
the Anti-Defamation
League of Bnai Brith.
The group, he told
newsmen, had complete
freedom in meeting and
talking with Christian,
Muslim and Jewish indi-
viduals and officials in
Lebanon as well as Israel.
The other Christian lead-
ers on the trip were:
Msgr. John B. Ahern, di-
rector of social develop-
ment, Archdiocese of New
York; Augustine Bono,
National Catholic News
Service; Dr. Eugene Fisher,
Jewish-Catholic Relations
Department, United States
Catholic Conference; Rev.

Landrum Shields, chair-
man, United Presbyterian
Church; Rev. Paul L. Stagg,
general secretary, New Jer-
sey Council of Churches;
and Dr. Charles Wissink,
New Brunswick, N.J.
Theological Seminary.

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