84 Friday, December 21, 1984 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS €49-0-t7)405 40—BUSINESS CARDS CAPITOL REPORT BOB MENDELSON Heating, air condition- ing, installation, repair and refrigeration. $25 service call. Nothing per hour— plus parts. 3543397 DAVID'S PLASTERING & DRY WALL Texturing of Walls. Repairs Free Estimates 353-3112 FURNACE SERVICE SALES & INSTALLATION Custom duct work, elec- tronic air cleaners, power humidifiers and energy sav- ing flue-dampers. Licensed & insured. Fast reliable service. GEM HEATING & AIR CONDITIONING 626-0222 LOU'S PLUMBING WOLF BLITZER Washington — Israeli officials and American Jewish lobbyists agree that they face a formidable challenge next year merely con- vincing Congress to approve whatever economic and military aid levels are proposed for Israel by President Ronald Reagan. There will be unusually strong pressure to reduce the program during the lengthy legislative re- view process. Increasing the aid levels — an glmost automatic occurrence in years past — is going to lie more difficult than ever given. the mounting desire on Capitol Hill to cut the federal budget across the board, includ- ing all sorts of significant social and defense programs. That's why the current high- level economic discussions be- tween the Reagan Administra- tion and the Israeli government are seen as so crucial. Israeli offi- cials recognize that they no longer have the luxury of simply assum- ing that a friendly Congress is going to improve the Administra- tion's package. Clearly, they want the Ad- ministration to come to Congress with as generous a recommenda- tion as possible and then to fight hard to win its full acceptance. Reagan and Secretary of State George Shultz are waiting until 53—ENTERTAINMENT VERSATILE sophisticated party music. All occasions. 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The Secretary, for example, made clear to visiting Israeli Foreign Minister Yitzhak Shamir during a meeting in New York on Dec. 9 that the U.S. was still basi- cally unimpressed by Israel's pro- posed "structural" changes in its economy. The Israeli government is moving too slowly and cau- tiously, according to U.S. gov- ernmental experts. The Americans, moreover, are waiting to see how much of the 'budget cuts announced in Jerusalem are actually im- plemented. The scope of the record Israeli aid request has been widely pub- licized. Israel is seeking $2.2 bil- lion in military grants — as op- posed to the $1.4 billion level ap- proved in 1985 fiscal year appro- priation. The Administration is expected to split the difference, probably accepting between $1.8 billion to $1.9 billion. The Israeli economic request also represents a hefty increase — from the $1.2 billion approved in the last budget to nearly $2 bil- lion. In addition, Israel is seeking an extra $750 million in economic grants as part of an emergency supplemental program attached to the already-passed 1985 legis- lation. The total Israeli request, there- fore, comes to almost $5 billion. The Administration, U.S. offi- cials said, is unlikely to come even close to meeting such a large Is- raeli request, although some modest increase is expected. The question of a 1985 supplemental package is still up in the air. For the time being, the Ad- ministration has not even hinted at linking any increase in foreign aid to Israel to a widely antici- pated new U.S. arms sale to sev- eral "more moderate" Arab states, including Saudi Arabia, probably Jordan, and certainly Egypt. In the past, various administra- tions have dangled some in- creased U.S. assistance in front of Israeli officials in attempting to win a more "understanding" Is- raeli position on the Arab arms sales. The U.S. hope has been that Israel then would quietly ease the concerns of its supporters in Con- gress and the American Jewish community. Israeli officials have already pointed to these likely sales as further justification for their own increased financial needs from the U.S. Israel somehow has to maintain its "qualitative edge" — something the Administration repeatedly says it supports but which is becoming increasingly more difficult and expensive in the face of massive sales to the Arabs from the Soviet Union, Western Europe and even the U.S. itself. There is deep concern in Wash- ington over the future of the Is- raeli economy. U.S. officials rec- ognize that a militarily powerful and economically viable Israel re- presents a strategic advantage for the U.S. — and indeed the entire West. Thus, the U.S. is clearly • • a subscription to Aid to Israel pondered Repairs & Alternations Reasonable. the perfect gift . THE JEWISH NEWS 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd. 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