INSIDE WASHINGTON

Jewish Women Are At Forefront
In House Abortion Bill Effort

JAMES D. BESSER

Washington Correspondent

ewish women were at
the forefront of last
week's successful push
for the inclusion of language
in a House appropriations
bill allowing public funding
of abortions for the victims
of rape and incest.
"It was the sweetest, most
wonderful victory," said
Sammie Moshenberg,

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Of the more than 30 anti-
terrorism bills introduced in
Congress this year, few are
being taken seriously. The
long list of languishing
legislation includes major
bills like Rep. Howard Ber-
man's Victims of Terrorism
Judicial Remedy Act, which
would make it easier for this
country to attach the proper-
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However, Moshenberg
warned that celebrating the
bill's victory is premature.
"The pro-choice coalition is
now working to prevent a
presidential veto," she said.
"And there are critical court
cases coming up."

unless you have a policy
about dealing with the coun-
tries that make it possible
for the terrorists to do these

things, and unless other
countries cooperate, sanc-
tions just don't work very
well."

Red Cross Gains Access
To Soviet Archives

The Washington-based
American Red Cross is gear-
ing up for an international
effort to track Holocaust vic-
tims using records released
from Soviet archives.
"Discussions have been
underway for many years
between the International
Committee of the Red Cross
and the Alliance of Soviet
Red Cross and Red Crescent
Societies," said Mary Lou
McCutcheon, manager of in-
ternational social services at
Red Cross headquarters
here. "But only since
Glasost has there been any
real progress."

Now, McCutcheon said,
Soviet authorities have
granted access to detailed
records that may show the
fate of some 74,000 inmates
of Auschwitz. "In addition,
we have been given access to
approximately 130,000 in-
dex cards with information
on people who were part of
forced-labor camps during
the War," she said.

"Personnel from the Inter-
national Tracing Service
have gone to the Soviet
Union to microfilm docu-
ments — a massive under-
taking."

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marshalling pro-choice
forces for the close vote. Rep.
Nita Lowey, D-N.Y., played
an important role in the
behind-the-scenes campaign-
ing for the bill.

Anti-Terrorism Bills
Languish In Congress

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Washington representative
for the National Council of
Jewish Women, a group that
has led the way for Jewish
groups as the abortion battle
intensifies.
Moshenberg noted that it
was women in Congress who
took the lead in the pas-
sionate debate — and espe-
cially two Jewish con-
gresswomen.
Rep. Barbara Boxer, D-
Calif., was a key figure in

involved in supporting ter-
rorism.
The reason for the inac-
tion, said Shoshana Bryen of
the Jewish Institute for Na-
tional Security Affairs, is
that many of the bills are
"irrelevant."
"It's not wrong to do
things that say you want to
punish terrorism," she said.
"But you can't scare these
people with legislation. It
puts you emotionally on the
right side of the issue — but
you have to recognize that

Vladimir Matlin's job with
the Voice of America makes
him a familiar figure to
Soviet Jews. Matlin, who
came to this country 16
years ago after a career as a
journalist and screenwriter
in the Soviet Union, writes
and broadcasts the news.
This week, he was due in
Moscow to cover the chang-
ing refugee situation — his
first trip back to the Soviet
Union.
Matlin's newscasts reflect
his own view of the changing
situation for Soviet Jews, as
well as official U.S. policy.
"Before, they had three
choices," he said. "They

could stay in the country,
they could come to America
or go to Israel. Now the
situation is changing in the
direction where they have
really only one choice — to
go to Israel. To stay is
becoming more and more
dangerous because of the
growth of anti-Semitism. To
come here is becoming more
and more difficult. So they
will probably go to Israel in
numbers, and this is what
we are telling them."
But Israel remains ill
equipped to deal with the
expected onslaught, accor-
ding to Matlin, who recently
visited that country.