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With Love & Pride Your Entire Family T urf battles are an ugly fact of life in the world of Jewish activism. But as pro-Israel groups around the nation gear up for an unprecedented effort on behalf of Israel's impen- ding request for $10 billion in loan guarantees, coopera- tion and coordination seem to be winning out over com- petition and bickering. The Conference of Presi- dents of Major Anierican Jewish Organizations is co- ordinating the overall effort, which encompasses most na- tional and local Jewish groups. The American-Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) is busy designing a legislative strategy that will hopefully result in a loan guarantee bill that would be insulated from administra- tion attempts to use the guarantees as a lever against the Jerusalem government. In the past, AIPAC and the Presidents Conference have not always seen eye to eye on political strategies. So far, things are different this time around. "Nobody is worrying about turf questions," said Malcolm Hoenlein, ex- ecutive director of the Presi- dents Conference. "In a lot of respects, we have really turned a corner. Each organ- ization is doing its thing — giving full expression to its institutional interests, but also being sensitive to the overall effort." The fact that the Jewish community has pulled together with minimal fric- tion, said another Jewish ac- tivist, has given the loan guarantee effort a major boost. "The peace process and the pressure the administration may try to use on Israel re- mains a big question mark," said Dan Mariaschin, direc- tor of public policy for B'nai B'rith International. "But mostly I'd say we're further along than we expected to be. This has been just a tremendous effort." Jewish activists responsi- ble for planning strategy for the loan guarantee effort are confident they can prevail in Congress. But they are less confident about their impending con- frontation with budget di- rector Richard Darman. Mr. Darman's dominant role in the debate is the result of last year's chaotic budget summit and some new accounting rules for the federal budget. In the past, Congress has never had to appropriate money for loan guarantees. Actual loans were scored against the budget the moment they were made; guarantees, of the sort being requested by Israel, were not scored against the budget at all. But the budget agreement required the government to assess the risks of default in any U.S. loan guarantees, and score an appropriate figure against the current year's budget. Currently, the Office of Management and Budget — Mr. Darman's bailiwick — is doing an in- tensive study of the Israeli economy to determine if it is In the past, AIPAC and the Presidents Conference have not always seen eye to eye on political strategies. a good enough credit risk for $10 billion in guarantees. History suggests that Israel is not likely to leave Uncle Sam holding the bag. But other considerations — including the administra- tion's current Middle East peace efforts — may dictate a different conclusion from OMB; under the terms of the budget agreement, the final decision about scoring the costs of Israel's guarantees is in the hands of Mr. Dar- man. "Basically, he has to come in with a figure to be used in the budget," said a leading pro-Israel activist here. "He could set it low, like 1 per- cent of the total amount of the loans — something that would certainly encourage Congress to pass the loan guarantees quickly. Or he could set it very high — 7 or 8 percent, which would give Congress pause." Unlike Congress, Mr. Darman's budget fiefdom is not particularly accessible to pro-Israel lobbyists. Earlier this year, Mr. Darman led the fight against $650 mill- ion in additional aid to help Israel deal with the costs of the Gulf war — a fight the powerful budget director lost.