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INSIDE WASHINGTON

JAMES D. BESSER

Washington Correspondent

Bush Given Sense
Of Israeli 'Trials

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W

hen a group of 14
top Jewish leaders
met with President
Bush last week to discuss
their just-completed trip to
Israel, part of the purpose
was to urge clarification of
the administration's baffling
statements about a lingering
linkage between the Persian
Gulf war and the Arab-
Israeli conflict.
But a more important pur-
pose may have been to give
the president a sense of what
Saddam Hussein's missile
salvos have done to the lives
of ordinary Israelis.
"We wanted him to get a
real feel for what the people
in Israel were enduring,"
said Shoshana Cardin, chair
of the Conference of Presi-
dents of Major American
Jewish Organizations. "I
think he was moved by what
we had to tell him about how
everyday life in Israel has
been completely disrupted
by the attacks."

Ms. Cardin told the presi-

dent about a call she had
received in Israel from a
complete stranger — a Holo-
caust survivor.
"This man expressed
despair and astonishment
that, in one lifetime, he had
been threatened by gas
twice," Ms. Cardin said.
And the group presented
Mr. Bush with a photo
album depicting Israelis in
gas masks — children and
adults — and showing some
of the damage caused by
Scud missiles.
The president, she said,
was visibly affected by their
accounts of the deep wounds
reopened by Saddam Hus-
sein's terror attacks —
something that was con-
firmed by several White
House staffers.
The group queried the
president about last week's
great controversy — the
now-you-see-it-now-you-
don't shift in Persian Gulf
policy announced by Secre-
tary of State James Baker
after his meeting with

Housing Loan Promises
For Israel Still Stalled

Several Jewish con-
gressmen are expressing
bafflement at the fate of
$400 million in housing loan
guarantees, voted by Con-
gress last year to help Israel
settle Soviet Jews.

Despite numerous prom-
ises by the administration to
expedite the processing of
the badly needed loans —
and despite the apparent
thaw in U.S.-Israeli rela-
tions in the wake of the Per-
sian Gulf war — there are
indications that the money
is still hung up in the bu-
reaucratic pipeline.

Last week, leaders of the
Conference of Presidents of
Major American Jewish
Organizations brought the
loan guarantee issue up dur-
ing their meeting with Pres-
ident Bush and top White
House staffers.

"They indicated to us that
there was still some problem
in terms of reporting pro-
cedures," said the leader of
one Jewish organization.
"Apparently Israel is still
not in compliance with
various reporting procedures
required by the Agency for
International Develop-
ment."

Rep. Charles Schumer:
Looking for answers.

Soviet Foreign Minister
Aleksandr A. Bessmert-
nykh.
"He said there is no
linkage," Ms. Cardin said.
"He has not changed his
mind or his policy. He said
Israel would be consulted
before any discussions begin,
and she would be a party to
it."

Concern Over
House Chair

Two years ago, Soviet
Jewry groups quietly ap-
plauded the departure of
Rep. Romano Mazzoli (D-Ky)
from the House Judiciary
Committee's Subcommittee
on Immigration, Refugees
and International Law.
At the time, the new chair,
Rep. Bruce Morrison, was
expected to take a more
positive approach to the
clogged refugee system —
something that could benefit
thousands of Soviet Jews.
But Mr. Morrison is gone,
a victim of his own unsuc-
cessful bid for the Connec-
ticut statehouse. And now,
Mr. Mazzoli is back in the
driver's seat as chairman.
"Mazzoli has been much
more conservative than his
colleagues on the same
committee," said an official
with a Soviet Jewry organ-
ization here. "It's a par-
ticularly sensitive time for
the refugee community —
and he's not exactly the one
we would have chosen for
that post."
In the next few months,
the subcommittee will play
an important role in efforts
to overhaul the Refugee Act
of 1980, a process that could
have a major impact on
Soviet Jews hoping to come
to this country.

Correction

But there are also concerns
that the loan guarantee
package is again being held
up because the administra-
tion hopes to use it as a lever
in its ongoing efforts to
nudge the Israeli govern-
ment towards the peace
table.

Last week, Rep. Charles
Schumer sent a letter re-
questing additional informa-
tion on the administration's
tardiness in implementing
the loans; some 50 of his col-
leagues signed on to the
letter.

An article by James Besser
in the Jan. 18 issue ("A Wren-
ching Vote For Jewish Law-
makers") mistakenly re-
ported the votes of several
Jewish legislators on the
Solarz-Michel bill, which gave
President Bush the authority
to conduct military opera-
tions against Iraq.
The following Democratic
members of the House of
Representatives voted for the
bill:
Dan Glickman of Kansas,
Elliot Engel of New York, and
Howard Berman, Mel Levine
and Tom Lantos of California.