casual
living
modes
to the federal government. So
under his interpretation, it
might be possible for states
and cities to re-establish
state-sponsored school
prayer."
Or, according to another ac-
tivist involved in the fight,
this interpretation could
allow a state to declare Chris-
tianity as the official religion.
Last month, Siegan, in an
unusual move, requested a
meeting with the National
Community Relations Advis-
ory Council (NACRAC) in
New York in an effort to blunt
possible Jewish opposition.
But the group refused to en-
dorse his nomination; accord-
ing to several sources, the
meeting was rancorous and
unproductive.
"A good part of the anti-
Bork coalition is coming
together for this one," Prall
said. "When you look at his
record, there's something in
this nomination for
everybody."
PLO Office
Issue Returns
Another issue began to
generate heat on the Hill
before Congress even came
back to town.
The issue of the closing of
the New York offices of the
Palestine Liberation Office is
making yet another encore
appearance, despite the fact
that it was passed and sign-
ed in the days before the holi-
day recess.
The problem is that the
Reagan administration still
doesn't like the bill, which
goes beyond the State Depart-
ment ruling closing only the
Washington public informa-
tion office of the PLO.
Although it was unable to
thwart the passage of the bill,
there are abundant signs that
administration officials would
like to short-circuit its im-
plementation.
"We're examining it, and
there will be consultations
with Congress!' said Phil
Wilcox, deputy assistant
secretary of state for near
eastern and South Asian af-
fairs. "The lawyers are look- .
ing at it now. When the
legislation was being de-
bated, we made it very clear
that closing the U.N. observer
mission would be a violation
of our treaty obligations
under the U.N. Headquarters
Treaty, and we could be cited
by the United Nations and
taken to the World Court,
where we would probably
lose. The victor would be the
PLO, who would gain a public
relations windfall!'
This sentiment was backed
up by a recent statement by
State Department legal ad-
visor Abraham Sofaer, who
accused Congress of not car-
ing if they violated interna-
tional law — even though he
agreed that the headquarters
agreement was somewhat
vague on the question of
observer missions.
Already, according to sever-
al sources on Capitol Hill,
there have been feelers from
the administration to key
leaders in Congress. So far,
they have met with a cool
response.
"I don't think they can get
Congress to reverse them-
selves!' said one Senate staf-
fer. "At this point, they're
probably fishing to see how
people up here will respond to
a stall. I also suspect they'll
concentrate on legal strate-
gies to postpone the closing
well beyond the March date
mandated by Congress!'
In an attempt to forestall
that possibility. Rep. Jack
Kemp, (R-N.Y.), one of the
original sponsors of the anti-
PLO legislation, sent a hand-
delivered letter to Attorney
General Edwin Meese, re-
questing prompt enforcement
of the congressional decree.
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Washington (JTA) — A U.S.
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Soviet compliance with the
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dent Reagan's commitment to
the long-standing policy of
linking U.S. economic conces-
sions to Soviet progress on
human rights.
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1988 "National Security
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States" report, released Tues-
day, did not mention such a
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had, commission spokesman
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The President has not yet
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