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These conclusions are but- tressed by a 1984 poll of 750 well-to-do young Jews — av- erage age 33, median income well over $50,000 — who attended a United Jewish Ap- peal Young Leadership con- ference in Washington, D.C. If there were an incipient shift in Jewish voting patterns, one would have expected to find evidence of it in that age group. They were asked whether government should spend more or less or the same for a variety of programs. For "so- cial welfare programs" they answered More, 56 percent - Less, 18 percent - Same, 24 percent. For "health care for poor," 54 - 10 - 34. For "education," 83 - two - 13. They were against voluntary prayer in schools, 94 percent - three percent, and prohibiting abortions, 97 per- cent - one percent. They fa- vored a bilateral, verifiable nuclear freeze, 85 percent - seven percent. And over- whelmingly they identified themselves as "liberal" rather than "conservative," 57 per- cent - 22 percent, and as Democrats rather than Repub- licans, 58 percent - 12 percent. If these are the reasons that explain Jewish voting be- havior, they carry two in- teresting messages. First, they tell us that Jews can be successfully wooed by Repub- licans — but not by Republi- cans who have no understand- ing of pluralism, of compas- sion or of a sensible road to peace in a nuclear age. There is no necessary or theoretical inconsistency be- tween Republicanism and compassion; it was, after all, Lincoln who saw it as govern- ment's role to help those un- able to help themselves. Nor is there an inconsistency be- tween Republicanism and a serious, • dignified approach to our potential adversaries on the international stage. It was, after all, Theodore Roosevelt who admonished us to talk softly and carry a big stick. And certainly no inconsis- , c• eie 0 0- 0. a- a, a .,,I tency exists between Repub- licanism and pluralism. What could be more "conservative" - 1 than .adhering to the 200- year-old American doctrine of separating government and religion? Jews, in short, could become Republicans, if only the Republican Party would hew more closely to their own historic principles. Jewish voting patterns in the 1984 election also tell us that rich and poor alike, young and old alike, there are cer- tainly deeply-felt values that Jews still hold — the well-to- do as strongly as their less well-to-do parents and their economically disadvantaged grandparents. For those Jews who are disappointed by the election results, that is no small consolation. NEWS French official called pro-Arab Paris (JTA) — France's new Foreign Minister, Roland Dumas, was described as a staunch and loyal pro-Arab by the French daily Le Monde this week which recalled that in past years he had- intervened on behalf of Palesti- nian terrorists. Dumas, 64, named Foreign Minister last week by President Francois Mitterrand, will replace Claude Cheysson who is leaving the government. He is an attorney and former journalist, and is con-'- sidered a close personal friend of Mitterrand. His appointment coincided with the visit of Israeli Premier Shi- mon Peres which was hailed by both French and Israeli officials as a renewal of warm and friendly relations between the two coun- tries for the first time in the 20 years since the presidency of Charles de Gaulle. UOJCA elects new president New York — Sidney Kwestel of Forest Hills, N.Y., was elected president of the Union of Or- thodox Jewish Congregations of America at the organization's na- tional convention in Baltimore last month. Kwestel is replacing Julius Be- rman who has held the leadership post for the past six years. In his inaugural speech, Kwes- tel expressed his goal to unite the Orthodox community. As an ini- tial step in moving towards this goal, he called upon the Orthodox Union to "move towards a con- solidation with another mainstream synagogue body, the National Council of Young Israel. The time has come when we must take the lead to maximize the fi- nancial and human resources of the Torah community." '