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Dine, speaking Tuesday night to supporters of the American Is- rael Public Affairs Committee in Detroit, gave top billing to the 99th Congress because of its ac- tions on U.S. aid for Israel, U.S.- Israel free trade legislation and the record support for moving the U.S. Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. He also included Congressional opposition to the proposed Stinger anti-tank missile sale to Jordan for causing the Reagan Adminis- tration to withdraw the deal. In describing AIPAC's efforts to an audience of several hundred at Adat Shalom Synagogue, Dine illustrated his points with the free trade legislation. "There were new opponents on this issue — the AFL-CIO and the U.S. textile lobby, the leather shoe industry, gold jewelry industry, specialty crops in California and the Florida citrus growers. In an elec- tion year, we went up against the major protectionist forces. We had to build new coalitions — with the importers," Dine ex- plained. "I smile every time I pass J.C. Penny and Sears. They were wonderful." Dine said that something as controversial as the move of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem can take 10 years to pass Congress. He said the pro-Israel community helped push the Embassy legisla- tion through the foreign affairs committees in the House and Se- nate, with the House scheduling five days of open hearings and two days of closed hearings. "Re- member," he said. "This was year one." Dine spent much of his 50- minute talk reviewing the accom- plishments of Israel's supporters during the 1984 elections. He said the community built on its success in 1982 in unseating Rep. Paul Findlay in Illinois, an active spokesman for the Palestine Lib- eration Organization. Sen. Harri- son Schmidt of New Hampshire, who Dine said was indifferent on Israel issues, also lost in 1982, and Schmidt blamed the pro-Israel community. "I think he gave us too much credit when he returned for the lame-duck session of Congress" in December 1982, Dine laughed, "but we didn't try to correct the record." The major effort for the pro- Israel community in 1984 was the effort to unseat Sen. Charles Percy in Illinois. Jewish funds and workers were marshalled for challenger Paul Simon as early as the primary race in a sophisti- cated plan that was ultimately successful. Dine said the Illinois race, according to a Washington observer, "defined Jewish politi- cal power for the rest of this cen- tury." The Jewish vote of 60-66 per- cent for Walter Mondale will not adversely affect Israel and Jewish issues at the White House, accord- Tom Dine: Congress going from best to even better. ing ta Dine's analysis. He said Re- publican campaign leaders had expected Jewish voters to support Mondale, although Dine sees growing Republican strength in the Jewish community. He sees Reagan as "instinc- tively supportive of Israel" and Secretary of State George Shultz as "re-educated" on the Middle East. "Arab governments and Middle East reality have re-shaped Shultz' thinking," Dine said. The Egyptians refused to allow a U.S. military base in their country, the Saudis double-crossed Shultz over the PLO pull-out from Beirut, Jordan continues to issue anti- U.S. statements, and the Syrians Four Senators who voted with the Administration on AWACS have lost re-election bids. No AWACS opponent has lost. lied to Reagan and Shultz over their intentions to pull out of Lebanon — not to mention Syrian-backed attacks on the U.S. Marines in Lebanon. Dine added that Congressional leadership changes forced by the November elections also favor Is- rael. This is also the second con- secutive freshman class of Con- gress that has been "educated" on Israeli issues during and after the elections. Dine said the Con- gressmen elected in 1982 and 1984 are "Very pro-Israel, very positive." Pointing to the U.S. Senate race in Michigan, Dine underscored the importance of continuing sup- port for pro-Israel candidates. "I believe that Jack Lousma would have been very supportive, but Carl Levin has a 100 percent re- cord on Israel, and he is an up- front Jew. We didn't believe the early polls that showed as much as a 40 percent lead for Carl. And it was important that his cam- paign continued to receive funds"