INSIDE WASHINGTON
Landmark Child Care Measure
Is Rejected By AJCommittee
JAMES D. BESSER
Washington Correspondent
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FRIDAY, JUNE 30, 1989
s expected, the Senate
last week passed the
Act for Better Child
Care (ABC), the landmark
bill that provides assistance
for families faced with steep
child care costs.
And also as expected,
Jewish groups that have
devoted extraordinary
resources to promoting the
bill are facing the poignant
reality of a bill which many
consider fatally flawed by
last-minute church-state
amendments.
The version passed by the
Senate contains language
allowing child-care vouchers
issued under ABC to be used
for sectarian purposes at day
care facilities.
In effect, critics charge, this
provision would allow federal
money to go for the teaching
of specific religious doctrines.
Jewish groups generally sup-
ported the use of federal
money at religious day-care
facilities, but only for non-
sectarian parts of these
programs.
The American Jewish Com-
mittee, a key member of the
coalition that had earlier
hammered out a compromise
on the controversial church-
state aspects of the bill, has
already withdrawn support
for the Senate bill. The Na-
tional Council of Jewish
Women, another group that
played a major role in the
creation of the $1.7 billion
bill, has also rejected the
Senate version of ABC.
Jewish activists are now
turning their attention to the
House, where a key sponsor,
Rep. Dale Kildee, (D-Mich.), is
expected to introduce an
amendment bringing the
House version in line with
the Senate's controversial
language — a move most
Jewish groups will vigorous-
ly oppose.
Hate Crimes
Bill Backers
Fear Helms
The Hate Crimes Statistics
bill, the measure mandating
the collection of statistics on
crimes based on the victim's
race, religion or sexual
lifestyle, is edging forward as
proponents brace themselves
for the expected showdown
with Sen. Jesse Helms,
(R-N.C.).
This week, the bill was
scheduled for action on the
House floor, where no serious
challenges were expected.
Several amendments by Rep.
William Dannemeyer, (R-
Calif.), including one to
remove sexual orientation
and ethnicity from the bill
and another to strip away
much of the measure's fun-
ding, were soundly defeated.
The real problem lies in the
Senate. "The problem is
Helms," said one Jewish ac-
tivist involved in the debate.
"The strategy is to quietly
work for as many co-sponsors
as possible. We have 47 now,
and we hope to have more,
especially among the
Republicans."
The current crop of co-
sponsors covers the
ideological spectrum, from
liberal Sen. Howard Metzen-
baum, (D-Ohio), to conser-
vative stalwarts like Sen.
Rudy Boschwitz, (R-Minn.),
and Sen. Orrin Hatch,
(R-Utah).
Because of looser Senate
rules on amendments — and
because of Helms' mastery of
the "killer amendment"
strategy — supporters of the
measure have their work cut
out for them. Helms, like
many leaders of the conser-
vative movement, objects
strenuously to the inclusion
of data about gay-bashing in
the bill; Jewish groups are
just as adamant that data on
crimes against homosexuals
is an essential part of the bill.
Arad Says
U.S. Support
For Plan Lacking
Moshe Arad, Israel's am-
bassador to Washington, is
not happy with the way the
American Jewish community
has responded to Prime
Minister Shamir's peace plan
— or with the way the issue
has been reported in the
Jewish press.
At a meeting last week with
Jewish reporters, Arad com-
plained that the Jewish corn-
munity is largely uninformed
about the Shamir proposals,
and that Jewish organiza-
tions here have not done
enough to encourage
members to express support
for the plan.
"I feel that not enough at-
tention has been given to the
far-reaching impact and the
imaginative approach which
is the basis of the Israeli
peace plan," Arad said. "It is
an initiative which addresses
itself not only to the im-
mediate aspects, to bring
about a pacification of the
Israeli-Palestinian relation-
ship, but also calling for elec-
tions for the Palestinian
leadership which would have
a very prominent and signifi-
cant role."
Arad charged that U.S.
public opinion has been
distracted by events in China.
"American public opinion has
been absorbed by events in
Moshe Arad:
`Not enough attention'
other parts of the world," he
said. "Not enough attention
has been paid, either in
American public opinion or
among American Jewish
organizations, to indicate
their support for Israel's
plan."
In response to a question,
Arad denied that the current
debate in Jerusalem over the
proposal has muted the en-
thusiasm of American Jews
for the plan.
"I don't see why this debate
should detract from the sup-
port of the American Jewish
community for what a great
majority in Israel view as a
very significant, far-reaching
plan, the most important
diplomatic document which
comes from Jerusalem in the
past 10 years," Arad said.
Civil Rights
Take Beating
In High Court
A number of Jewish groups
are taking a close look at the
recent series of Supreme
Court decisions on key civil
rights legislation. And so far,
they do not like what they
see.
"Obviously, everybody is in
re-assessment mode," said
Jess Hordes, Washington
representative for the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai