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INSIDE WASHINGTON
Administration, Israel Activists
Prepared For Aren's Arrival
JAMES D. BESSER
Washington Correspondent
L
ast week saw the return
of what is becoming a
ritual preceding every
visit of a top Israeli official to
the capital.
In a flurry of off-the-record
contacts with the press, both
administration officials and
pro-Israel activists were at-
tempting to put a positive spin
on this week's visit of Israeli
foreign minister Moshe Arens
— even before Arens set foot
on American soil.
Israel's supporters have
stressed that Arens is not ex-
pected to reveal the details of
any new Israeli peace plan. In
fact, they have been floating
the idea that Prime Minister
Shamir is unlikely to reveal
anything dramatic when he
follows in Arens's footsteps
next month.
For their part, administra-
tion officials have been quiet-
ly and anonymously sug-
gesting a long agenda for the
Arens meetings, and at the
same time seeking to create
the impression that they will
continue the current "go-slow"
approach until after the up-
coming visits of Shamir, Egyp-
tian president Hosni Mubarak
and Jordan's King Hussein.
According to Capitol Hill
sources, several staunchly pro-
Israel congressmen have
quietly warned the Jerusalem
government that any percep-
tion of a failure in the upcom-
ing meetings could have an
adverse effect on U.S. policy.
"There is an atmosphere of
nervousness," said one aide to
a key legislator. "The fear is
that Shamir's peace plan may
be d arrival: So we have
a dual communications pro-
blem; we have to com-
municate to Shamir how im-
portant it is to generate some
real momentum, and we have
to communicate to people in
this country that it's not
realistic to expect a major
breakthrough while PLO in-
cursions are still occurring
and the intifada continues."
Additional
Immigration
Funds Sought
Refugee legislation is sud-
denly a hot commodity in
Congress, with a handful of
bills that may help clear up
the Soviet Jewry logjam.
Sen. Robert Kasten, (R-
Wis.), and Sen. Edward Ken-
nedy, (D-Mass.), recently in-
troduced a measure that
would almost double the ceil-
ing on refugee slots for Soviet
emigres during fiscal 1989.
Last week, Sen. Paul Simon,
(D-Ill.), introduced a measure
calling for an immediate in-
crease in the refugee numbers
by some 39,000 slots — most
of which would be used for
Soviet emigres.
And a "sense of the Con-
gress" resolution has been in-
troduced by Rep. Gerry Sikor-
ski, (D-Minn.). calling for a
return to Immigration and
Naturalization Service (INS)
Kennedy:
Bill would double immigration
funds.
policies which automatically
allowed Soviet Jews and
members of other religious
minorities to qualify for
refugee status.
Confusing matters further, a
plan is percolating through
the administration to create a
new category of immigrants
for those whose application for
refugee status has been turn-
ed down, but whom the
government still believes
should be admitted.
There are indications that
the administration has final-
ly accepted projections that
Soviet Jewry activists were
making months ago.
"Even if they `frontload' all
the slots [for fiscal 1989 1/2, the
available numbers will run
out by mid-April," said Arnold
Leibowitz, Washington
representative for the Hebrew
Immigrant Aid Society. "Un-
til now, there has been a feel-
ing in the administration that
if the numbers were frontload-
ed, it would work out. So on
the administration side, there
has been movement. It's been
a little slow, but they're get-
ting there."
Hate Crimes
Statistics Bill
Supporters of the Hate
Crimes Statistics Bill, a
measure designed to collect.
data on crimes based on race,
religion and sexual preference,
were breathing a sigh of relief
last week as the bill passed
another series of hurdles.
Last week, the measure sur-
vived markup in the Senate
Judiciary Committee despite
predictions that Sen. Charles
E. Grassley, (R-Iowa), would
introduce a series of crippling
amendments. Last year, the
Senate choked on a similar
bill because of a barrage of
amendments by Sen. Jesse
Helms, (R-N.C.). At the time,
the bill had already passed in
the House by an overwhelm-
ing margin.
But last week, Grassley ex-
pressed only mild concerns
about the bill, and the
markup was not a contentious
one, despite a major effort to
thwart the measure by some
groups on the Christian
Right. Reports persist,
however, that Sen. Gordon
Humphrey, (R-N.H.), may am-
bush the bill when it comes to
the Senate floor.
"Currently, our primary
concern now is to develop a
strategy for bringing the bill
to the Senate floor," said one
Jewish activist who is work-
ing actively on the bill. "The
strategy is to move on it very
fast?'
NCJW Tells
Congressmen
`Color It Bright'
No, it -was not a return to
kindergarten for members of
the House and Senate. In fact,
the paper and crayons
distributed this week on the
Hill were part of a creative
lobbying effort by the Na-
tional Council of Jewish
Women, who were in town for
their Washington Institute.
"It's a way of saying — col-
or the future bright for
American families," said the
group's Washington represen-
tative, Sammie Moshenberg.
"The message is, pass the
family medical leave act, pass
decent child care legislation
with sufficient money."
Besides contributing to the
artistic development of Con-
gress, the NCJW group receiv-
ed intensive training in
political action. The group
also honored a number of
legislators involved in impor-
tant women's and family
legislation, including Sen.