Fresh Air
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Any surplus funds would be
put back into the camp to cut
user costs, provide scholar-
ships and improve grounds
and buildings, Fisher said.
Entering into a partnership
with Marriott, which earlier
this summer began manag-
ing the Fresh Air Society's
kosher food service, would
help increase outside
business, Fisher said.
At a meeting last week,.
Marriott's Regional
Marketing Manager Fred
Wencel presented to the camp
board a three-month strategic
marketing plan for Butzel,
which calls for an outside
sales person to seek out small
business and professional
groups.
Wencel said Marriott would
train the sales person, whose
salary for three months would
be $13,365, paid by the Fresh
Air Society. Other details of
Marriott's proposed financial
arrangement with the camp
have not been released.
"The objective of this plan
is to impact the Butzel
center's financial situation as
soon as possible without ma-
jor financial investment,"
Wencel said.
This is the first time the
camp has looked outside to in-
crease bookings.
"We wanted to bring in
somebody who specializes in
the sales and marketing
business," Fisher said.
Some non-Jewish groups
which have used Butzel are
General Motors Corp., the
American Cancer Society,
New Detroit Inc., the
Michigan State Police, school
districts and hospitals.
Butzel, which can accom-
modate 72 people for con-
ferences, has been operating
since 1970.
Some Jewish groups booked
this year are Jewish Ex-
periences For Families
groups, the Flint Jewish
Federation, Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, the National
Council for Jewish Women
and Temple Israel's
sisterhood.
Also registered at Butzel
through May are non-Jewish
business and professional
groups, including Sterling
Savings, Leadership Flint,
Harper Hospital, the Woman
Lawyer Association, Wayne
County Head Start, GM and
the Flint Board of Realtors. ❑
ADL And GOP
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Foxman dismissed any no-
tion that the ADL might be
aligning itself too closely with
the Republican Party and
said that the organization
would be happy to perform
the same service for the
Democratic National
Committee.
Several other Jewish
leaders, however, expressed
concern about the implica-
tions of a major Jewish
organization entering into
any kind of ongoing arrange-
ment with either the
Republicans or Democrats.
"I think it is ill-advised for
a Jewish organization to
enter into a permanent rela-
tionship" with a major
political party, said Rabbi
Alexander Schindler, presi-
dent of the Union of
American Hebrew
Congregations.
Rabbi Abraham Cooper,
vice president of the Los
Angeles-based Simon
Wiesenthal Center, a group
that, like the ADL, compiles
files on anti-Semitic and neo-
Nazi individuals and
organizations, commented,
"We would not seek such a
formalized relationship . . .
with a government agency or
either party. [Zb do that] puts
enormous pressure on the
people doing the checking. It
could boomerang if the infor-
mation provided is in-
complete or if there is other
information that comes over
later that no one knew about.
You could get a situation
where an individual, a party,
or the public, could end up
blaming the Jews?'
Asked whether the ADL
had discussed the proposal
with other Jewish organiza-
tions, Foxman responded,
"Major Jewish groups? No.
We have the files and we have
knowledge. Why would I [con-
sult with the other groups]
4, 1)
Atwater's spokeswoman,
Leslie Goodman, said, "Lee
has a keen interest in the
Jewish-American voter and in
avoiding any problems where
we are involved with can-
didates the like of David
Duke . . . Right now, what we
are trying to do is to open the
doors for exchanging informa-
tion so that we have a vehicle
by which we can learn about
this kind of concern. Clearly,
the ADL is the best resource
for doing that?'
The day after the ADL-GOP
meeting, the ADL issued a
press release repeating,
without comment, Atwater's
claim that his views on ex-
Klan leader David Duke "had
been distorted" in an Aug. 24
article in the Washington
Jewish Week ("Atwater
defends Louisiana GOP's
silence on Duke").