THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 9, 1983 21 Political Activists Warm Up, Candidates Gain Varying Support When U.S. Senator and Mrs. John Glenn visited De- troit on Nov. 29, they had many hosts at several re- ceptions. There was a luncheon for them at the Renaissance Club. That's where there developed another trek in the direction of political favoritism. Hosting that luncheon were a number of celeb- rities. They included: Mandel Berman, Harold Berry, Linda Binkow, Maurice Binkow, Richard Burstien, Samuel Frankel, Lawrence Jackier, Marvin Novick, Harold Prowse, David Pollock, Asher Rabinowitz, William Ris- man, Aviva Robinson, Jack A. Robinson, Norman Rosenfeld; Walter Shapero, Herbert Sillman, David Sparrow, Bruce Thal, Dacia VanAntwerp, Hon. Richard Vanderveen, Roger Win- kelman and Stanley Win- kelman. The luncheon for Senator and Mrs. Glenn was like an initialing of campaigns for other candidates for the Presidency. Former Vice President Walter Mondale gained a most effective supporter locally in the person of Paul Zuckerman, one of the most prominent American Jewish leaders. Paul and Helen Zuckerman will host a dinner for Mondale on Sunday. On the other side of the political coin is the Republi- can angle. Max M. Fisher will soon be heard from and will surely be in the limelight, supporting his party. The GOP is among his major loves. He supported Ronald Reagan back in 1980 and will surely be among his chief boosters in 1984. Fisher is not alone. He has Gordy Zacks on his side. Then there is Richard Fox of Philadelphia who chairs "Jewish Voters for Reagan-Bush for `84."- There is a certainty that the Syrian Denies His Country's Role in Marine HQ Bombing BOSTON (JTA) — Rafic Jouejati, the Syrian Am- bassador to the U.S., denied here any Syrian involve- ment in the Oct. 23 attack on U.S. marines in Leba- non. "We are not responsible for the bombing," he said at a press conference prior to addressing the World Af- fairs Council several days ago. He spoke in a reply to a question about Defense Sec- retary Caspar Weinberger's charge that Syria was re- sponsible for the attack. Jouejati said he had not heard about Weinberger's remarks, but called the ac- cusation "very, very grave." He emphasized that "Syria has been subject to the same kind of terrorism in 1979, 1980 and 1981" and there- fore his country "cannot mount such an attack." Jouejati also discussed his country's position on the current fighting be- tween Palestine Libera- tion Organization fac- tions in Tripoli, Lebanon. "From the beginning of this difference, this faction of the PLO had grievances with the decision-making" in the organization. They also felt there was "negli- gence during the Israeli in- vasion of Lebanon. Syria did her best to prevail upon (the PLO) to solve their prob- lems," Jouejati said. "We did our best to encourage the factions to have a dialogue in the Palestinian Council which is democratic. (PLO chair- man Yasir) Arafat didn't want it," the envoy said. He added that it is his own view that Arafat "has lost some of his credibility, perhaps. If he chooses to stay (in Tripoli) the end will be tragic. If he leaves, the Palestinian Council will elect a new leader." Jouejati said that Syria would withdraw its troops from Lebanon only "when the sover- eignty of Lebanon is as- sured, when the Israelis withdraw, when the na- tional government is re- constituted." He noted that his country wants a "comprehensive solution in the Middle East," one that would in- clude a resolution of the "Palestinian problem" and the 'withdrawal from ter- ritories occupied after the 1967 war." When asked if the Soviet Union would have to be a participant, he replied that it must be re- membered that "the Soviet Union is a neighbor to this region." He said that according to United Nations Security Council Resolution 338 "which America professes to observe," peace would have to be worked out "under the proper auspices. If the superpowers are competing in the region," they will have to be part of a settle- ment "so that the peace will not be contested" by one or the other, Jouejati said. In addition to the super- powers and a neutral coun- try, the settlement would have to include "all in- volved parties" in the area, he added. Consular Threat? WASHINGTON — The Israeli government claims that the U.S. consular offi- cials in East Jerusalem are threatening American Jewish settlers on the West Bank with loss of their U.S. citizenship. According to Newsweek magazine, the consulate denies the allegation. The Israelis are also upset that the consulate arranges meetings for visiting U.S. dignitaries with radical Palestinians. other candidates also will have Jewish supporters. One prominent, politically active Detroiter commented that there is the possibility Jessie Jackson may enroll some Jewish support and will modify his previous anti-Israeli views. Meanwhile, there will be advance solicitations of funds to assist candidates both for President and the U.S. Congress. On the latter score, there is a bit of humor in the NYTimes Washington Briefing Section, Dec. 1: Table Salt Talks "Traditionally, the peck- ing order at diplomatic dinners is indicated by where the guest sits in rela- tion to the salt. Sitting above the salt, nearer the host or hostess or distin- guished guest at the head of the table, is the place to be. Below the salt — well, any- way, the chow still has French names. one elegant "But dinner at least, the State Department is abandoning the salt as a social signpost. "The occasion is the department's annual fund-raising dinner Dec. 1 at the Benjamin Franklin State Dining Room in the depart- ment's Foggy Bottom headquarters. Most of the 250 guests, for $1,000 apiece, will be seated by chance, plucking from a silver bowl at the door a piece of paper with a table and place number. `This gives each guest an equal opportunity to be seated next to a distin- guished host or hostess,' Slowdown Hurts Produce Exports JERUSALEM (JTA) — A work slowdown by longshoremen at Haifa and Ashdod has caused large quantities of fresh fruit and vegetables to spoil on the docks. At least 1,000 tons of rot- ting fruit consigned for ex- port to Europe was dumped and citrus growers have stopped harvesting fruit which has begun to rot on the trees. The slowdown tied up some 24 ships waiting to load perishable cargoes at Israel's two largest ports. The longshoremen are de- manding a 35 percent in- crease in incentive pay- ments to compensate for the erosion of their wages by in: flation. They ignored a His- tadrut back-to-work order. The Association of Ocean Shippers, expor- ters who move their products to foreign mar- kets by sea, called on Fi- nance .Minister Yigal Cohen-Orgad to inter- vene. They warned that the Treasury's efforts to prO- mote exports would fail if the slowdown on the docks continued. Israel is in the midst of its citrus export season. , says a card sent out with the invitation. "In addition to being an experiment in dinner-table democracy, the event is dedicated to the signing, 200 years ago, of the Treaty of Paris, which formally ended the American Revo- lution. The purpose of the dinner is to raise money to renovate the Franklin room, which, one depart- ment official said, is now decorated in 'motel modern, very austere late 1950s.' "Tonight those who paid $1,000 a plate will start with hors d'oeuvres like those served at the Court of Louis XVI, who celebrated the American Revolution, but not the French one. * * * PAC With a Difference "A new political action committee advocating a nu- clear freeze is to form in Washington next week, cal- ling itself Freeze Voter '84. It promises to be different. "Normally, political ac- tion committees give money to friendly candi- dates. But rather than simply giving money, Freeze Voter '84 is prom- ising skilled help to win votes for representatives and senators who sup- port 'a joint U.S.-Soviet freeze on the develop- ment, testing and de- ployment of nuclear weapons.' " 'We're not like most PACs,' the committee says in a letter soliciting sup- port. 'Our unique strength is our ability to train skilled volunteers and move them into key races. It's our ac- cess to top-flight political advisers — pollsters, media experts, campaign mana- gers — who have offered to share their talents with our candidates.' "The committee has a list of representatives it wants to re-elect next year. In- cluded are Democrats Peter H. Kostmayer of Pennsyl- vania, Bob Carr of Michi- gan, James McClure Clarke of North Carolina, Barbara Boxer of California and Robert J. Mrazek of Long Is- land. In the Senate, the committee will support the expected campaign in Iowa of Representative Tom Harkin, a Democrat, against Senator Roger W. Jepsen, a Republican. * * * High-Level Correction "In Washington, some typographical errors are easier to correct than others. The Senate ap- proved a bill in July for a study, under the supervi- sion of the Library of Con- gress, of the probable im- pact technology will have on books. But one of the whereases in the bill con- tained an error, stating that the library stocked 180 mil- lion items. It took another act of the Senate, just before its recent adjournment, to make that 80 million. * * * Friends in High Places "Most Senators think, they know who puts themit office. But the Senators•how have another view to con- sider, offered by the Rev. Richard C. Halverson, the Senate chaplain. "In a morning prayer re- cently delivered on the Se- nate floor, the chaplain said, in part, 'Lord God, Sovereign in history, Thy word is explicit that those who rule do so by Divine ap- pointment. We pray that Thou wilt guide than- as their campaigns accelerate. Provide them the finances necessary for them to do their best. Do not allow them to sacrifice wives and families on the altar of a political crusade.' "And, to identify the Ul- timate Elector, the chaplain quoted Psalm 75:6,7: 'Pro- motion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west, nor from the south. But God is the judge: He putteth down one, and setteth up another.' "