38 Friday, March 29, 1985 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 'ROSEWOOD • TEAK • LEATHER • HOME • OFFICE\ FRONT LINES 1. ■ ••• ■ WAREHOUSE OUTLET FURNITURE master charge Now Open To Public! Designers • Dealers Welcome 543-5410 VISA' • Gorbachev: Realist Or Soviet Ideologue? FINALLY. A FAST, SAFE AND EFFECTIVE WAY TO LOSE WEIGHT AND KEEP IT OFF, FOREVER! SCANDINAVIAN/U.S. TRADING COMPANY call PAUL BRASCH (formerly Brasch Imports) 720 W. Eight Mile • Ferndale BY VICTOR M. BIENSTOCK Special to The Jewish News A new phase in the struggle for the freedom of Jews in the Soviet Union has opened up OPEN DAILY 10-5 • Sun. 12-5 with the accession to power in Southfield 569-2669 the Kremlin of Mikhail S. Gor- Troy 435-5555 bachev, but its outcome will be NO SALES • NO GIMMICKS • NO PROMOTIONS W. Bloomfield 855-3430 determined almost exclusively Just Everyday, Year Round Low by the development of Soviet- Warehouse Prices, At Least American relations. The extent DIET CENTER® to which these relations improve Discount On All Items. LITE YEARS AHEAD., will decide the quality of Soviet Jews' existence and their free- 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 dom to emigrate. Gorbachev is being hailed as a new type of Soviet leader, the first of a new generation too 8 young to have fought against 0 Hitler. He is described as more broadly educated than most of the older politicians and more sophisticated and, probably, wiser than they in the ways of the world. Yet, it must not be forgotten that he is the protegee and dis- ciple of the late Yuri Andropov. As head of the KGB and later, briefly, as leader of the Soviet (including original illustration) regime, Andropov enforced the harshest anti-Jewish policies in the Soviet Union since Stalin's murderous anti-Jewish cam- paign in the 1950's. Gorbachev is also the disciple of Mikhail A. Suslov, who was chief Soviet idealogue and power behind the throne. Gorbachev's angry reaction to a question during his recent triumphal visit to Britain on the treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union has been taken by many as a sign that the new Soviet leader shares the anti-Semitism division of Equinox Development, Inc. of many of the men in the Krem- lin and of large segments of the Soviet population. That may be: Gorbachev's record is not so 000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 well know _ n in the West to let observers speak with certainty about his personal beliefs and attitudes. A British commentator who observed the Soviet leader closely during his visit to Bri- tain pointed out that "Mr. Gor- bachev is unlike any other Soviet leader we have seen. He smiles. He has an attractive wife. He visits the West. Mr. Gorbachev is a Communist, dedicated and unswerving. He wouldn't be where he is if he weren't but, he knows it is in the interest of his country to reduce tension between East and West. 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Gorbachev's approach to the West cannot wait for the out- come of his struggle to imple- ment reforms in government, in- dustry and agriculture..it must be launched soon, particularly since the Geneva -arms control talks could end up in a new and disastrous arms race in space if the superpowers don't reach an agreement. The Soviet Jewish question, as the Kremlin well knows, is an "It will be foolish to think that he will be any mellower or any more reasona-b-le to the West than others running Russia." important factor in any relation- ship with the United States. It is part of the human rights basket in the Helsinki Accords and it is an issue on which the American public has expressed itself strongly. When a British M.P. raised the question with Gorbachev during his London visit last December, he replied angrily that civil rights was an internal matter and nobody's business. While one British observer said Gorbachev "is not unin- telligent," he did warn it woudl be foolish to think that he will be any mellower, or any more reasonable toward the West than others running Russia." Nor has Gorbachev given any indication that he would allow dissidence within the Soviet Union to relax his country's harsh infringements on human rights, especially those that affect Jewish emig- ration. But Gorbachev would not be the first ruler of a nation to subordinate his own beliefs and prejudices if he conceived that to be in the interests of the state. He wants — and needs — trade relations with the United States. Satisfactory relations can be established only if the Soviet Union can enjoy most favored nation (MFN) trade status. The Jackson-Vanik Amendment of 1974 links MFN status for the Soviet Union on freedom of Jewish emigration. Passage of the Jackson-Vanik Amendment involved the Amer- ican Jewish community in a political struggle almost as in- tense as that five years later when it lost a vicious and bitter fight to prevent the sale of AWAC observation and battle- control planes to Saudi Arabia. The Administration and most