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ommunity Begins
nti-Semitism Study
Buenos Aires (JTA) —
entina's representative
ewish body has embarked
investigation of anti-
*tism here over a key 20-
r period preceding and
er World War II.
The DATA, the Delegation
ewish Associations of
entina, announced a pro-
called Testimony that
to trace the phenom-
n from 1930 through
950.
"We are not trying to hunt
is down or to follow their
is because, among other
gs, there is little left to
n that sense," said DMA
sident Ruben Beraja.
Our intention is to
pare a report that will
lect those years of
mics, discrimination and
secution. The dossier
uld help understand
gentine politics and policy
ng that hard period," he
d.
e investigation has in
t already begun, under
he supervision of the
DAIA's Center for Social
dies. The center set up a
'ttee of prominent pro-
sionals, Jews and non-
Jews, to serve as consultants
on the project.
It was conceived after the
government raised high
hopes by opening files on
Nazis in Argentina — which
turned out to yield meager
amounts of useful informa-
tion.
But "this is not our reply
to the opening of the files by
the Argentine authorities,"
Mauricio Tenenbaum, an of-
ficial of the Center for Social
Studies, told the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency.
"We owe our country
this," he said. "We think
this time we are going to get
to the bottom of those terri-
ble years, which started in
the '20s with the activities of
local Nazi groups."
According to the DAIA,
the investigators will look
into public and private files,
national and international,
and will interview victims or
witnesses of anti-Semitism.
Although it is primarily a
scholarly endeavor, the pro-
ject could have political
implications if it answers
questions left unresolved by
the opening of the official
Nazi archives.
ewish Groups Protest
udget Amendment
Washington (JTA) —
wish groups have joined
e chorus of protest on
pitol Hill against a pro-
sed constitutional
endment to require a bal-
ed federal budget, charg-
g it would eviscerate
tical social programs and
d jeopardize foreign aid.
n a high-gear campaign
ged both inside Washing-
and at the grassroots
el, they have sounded a
"ng against trivializing
e Constitution by impos-
g on it specific fiscal poli-
s.
e House of Represent-
ryes was scheduled to vote
the amendment and
veral alternatives to it.
ile passage looked sure
ly two weeks ago, fierce
st-minute lobbying by
embers and outside coali-
ons made the results too
ose to call.
A two-thirds majority in
oth the House and Senate is
required for passage of the
mendment, which must
en be ratified by state
legislatures.
The proposal has garnered
broad support among House
members, who are eager to
demonstrate fiscal respon-
sibility to a public cynical
about their leadership and
increasingly disturbed by a
deficit projected to reach a
record $400 billion this year.
But Jewish activists and
other opponents of the mea-
sure claim the amendment is
a quick political fix and no
substitute for the hard
choices real leadership re-
quires. They argue that
legislating sound budgets,
not tampering with the Con-
stitution, is the way to con-
duct sound fiscal policy.
"A balanced budget
amendment is no substitute
for the political courage
needed to make the tough
policy decisions necessary to
reduce the budget deficit,"
Robert Lifton, president of
the American Jewish Con-
gress, said in a letter cir-
culated to all members of
Congress.
The leading amendment,
sponsored by conservative
Rep. Charles Stenholm, D-
Texas, would bar govern-
ment spending in excess of
revenues, unless approved
by three-fifths of the House
and Senate.
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