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Washington Correspondent
W
ill B'nai B'rith
International, the
giant Washington-
based Jewish organization,
survive its current financial
emergency?
"It's going to be very
tight," said Baltimorean
Kent Schiner, the group's
president and heir to a $2
million deficit. "But I don't
see any immediate threat to
our stability."
Last week, the group's
board of governors met to
consider the austerity mea-
sures that B'nai B'rith exec-
utives hope will help them
chip away at the deficit.
There was talk before the
meetings that there Would
be active resistance to the
slice-and-dice budget pro-
posals, which included up to
20 layoffs in a number of
BBI departments and the
virtual scrapping of B'nai
B'rith's "lodge" system as
the baSis of the group's fund
raising.
• The • group hopes its new
emphasis on direct mail and
"targeted" marketing will
Kent Schiner:
BBI voted confidence.
help shore up its flagging
membership efforts.
But when the smoke
cleared, Mr. Schiner receiv-
ed a vote of confidence for his
aggressive financial moves.
"The board was pleased to
hear that even though we
reduced staff, we did not cut
one program," Mr. Schiner
said last week. "There was a
real feeling of rallying
around the flag, and a sense
that we could turn the
corner."
It's Jackson-Vanik
Assessment Season
It's spring, so it must be
Jackson-Vanik time again —
the season for the presi-
dent's annual review of the
Soviet Union's compliance
with the 1974 law linking
progress in Soviet emigra-
tion policies with the coveted
"most favored nation" trade
status.
As usual, President Bush
is under strong pressure
from economic interests to
increase trade with the
Soviets, despite the sluggish
progress of an important
"exit-entry" law that would
codify the new Soviet
emigration and travel poli-
cies.
Last year, President Bush
granted a waiver to the
Soviets, but did not imple-
ment all of the provisions
under a waiver, including
the important MFN status.
Mr. Bush has tied full
implementation to the
Soviet legislation — which
was scheduled for considera-
tion this week before the
Supreme Soviet.
In early June, Mr. Bush
must decide on a continua-
George Bush:
Continue or expand?
tion or expansion of his
halfway waiver.
There are indications that
the current waiver without
MFN will be continued, but
not expanded.
One reason could be the
uneven flow of Soviet Jews
into this country in recent
months, which means that
this year's allotment of
40,000 Soviet Jews will not
be filled.