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Knesset seeks policy aid

Jerusalem (JTA) —
Knesset members grappl-
ing with social policy ac-
knowledge that they need
guidance in the form of ob-
jective facts and the recom-
mendations of experts. It
has been provided for the
past four years by a team of
Israeli social scientists on
the staff of the Center for
Social Policy Studies in Is-
rael.
Half of the center's mod-
est budget of $300,000 a ,
year is provided by the
American Jewish Joint Dis-
tribution Committee (JDC)
and the rest on a matching
basis by private funds in Is-
rael and abroad. The team is
headed by Dr. Yisrael Katz,
former director general of
the National Insurance In-
stitute, of the Brookdale In-
stitution for Studies of Ag-
ing, and a former Minister
of Labor and Welfare.
Morton Mandel, the
American industrialist, is
chairman of the center's
board. Its members include
former President Ephraim
Katzir who is honorary
chairman; Joseph Califano
Jr., former U.S. Secretary of
Health Education and Wel-
fare; Wilbur Cohen, one of
his predecessors; and
former U.S. Secretary of
Labor Ray Mitchell.
The center's role is to
identify the country's most
important social policy is-
sues and to develop objec-
tive, realistic options to deal
with them. In the Knesset
its work has bipartisan sup-
port. MK Aharon Harel of
the Labor Alignment, ob-
served that "frequently in
our debates we have 'no
adequate scientific and ob-
jective information avail-

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New York college accused
of withholding information

New York (JTA) — The
Long Island Jewish World
has called on Nassau
County District Attorney
Dennis Dillon to determine
if the State University of
New York at Stony' Brook
violated the Freedom of In-
formation Act when it told
the Jewish weekly last Feb-
ruary that its files con-
tained "no correspondence
or other documents" dealing
with proposed gifts to the
university by "foreign gov-
ernments and businesses in
the Middle East."

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able for our deliberations."
Likud MK Eliahu Ben-
Elissar said, "I cannot see
any Israeli partliamenta-
rian, let alone policy maker,
taking a decision on any
subject related to social
policies in Israel without
first consulting the center
studies."
A recent analysis by the
center of fiscal policy in
human services concluded
that a significant percent-
age of government subsidies
to the needy is wasted in the
process of transfer pay-
ments. Direct payments
could achieve the same so-
cial objectives at a quarter
of the cost, the center found.
Mandel said "Why
everyone should receive the
same subsidy for buying a
loaf of bread makes no
sense."
Other studies dealt with
proposals to introduce na-
tional health insurance, aid
to working parents and a
higher , wage scale for
teachers. "This seems to fill
a vacuum in Israel," Mandel
told the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency. "There is a sense of
urgency here that decisions
cannot be made without the
facts. Here comes a unit
which has the leadership of
Dr. Katz, which for a very
modest sum of money gets a
huge return."
Henry Taub, president of
the JDC, said "Katz has as-
sembled a top notch profes-
sional team which provides
guidance to policy-makers."
Mandel agreed, "This is a
model of the Brookings In-
stitute (the Washington
think tank) and this is what
I hope it will become," he
said.

Five months after univer-
sity officials denied any
such material existed in its
files, the Jewish weekly
said in its 'July 13 issue,
memoranda and other
materials were published
by the Village Voice in its
,July 10 issue, revealng that
the university had in-
itiatied talks with Arab
representatives on pto-
posals to fund an Islamic

studies center on its Long
Island campus.
Last week Jerome
Lippman, publisher of the
Long Island Jewish World,
turned over to Dillon a
series of documents that he
said confirmed that the uni-
versity had failed to respond
properly to a request the
weekly had made on Feb. 24
under the Freedom of In-
formation Act seeking
copies of correspondence re-
lating to scholarships or
chairs of learning at Stony
Brook involving Middle
pEaansites.
governments or com-
panies.
its July 13 issue, the
Long Island weekly re-
ported that a spokesman for
\ District Attorney Dillon
said his office was now re-
searching the law to deter-
mine if any statute had been
violated as a result of the
university's failure to dis-
close the documents pur-
suant to the Freedom of In-
formation Act request.

