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Bad Timing For
Hussein's Visit
JAMES D. BESSER WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
ordan's King Hussein
blew into town last
week for meetings with
administration officials
and congressional leaders.
But his welcome was darken-
ed by a report from the House
Appropriations subcommittee
on foreign operations that
documented the king's aid to
Iraq's Saddam Hussein dur-
ing the Persian Gulf crisis.
The report detailed how the
king's government cooperated
with Iraq in such areas as
joint training, providing ac-
cess to U.S. technology and
sharing intelligence informa-
tion on Israel and the U.S.
There was little new infor-
mation in the report, but its re-
lease clearly embarrassed the
king, who is trying to mend
fences with Washington — and
to shake loose millions of dol-
lars in aid that had been with-
held in response to his support
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of the Iraqi dictator.
Israel's friends here made it
clear that they would not make
a fuss about the report, espe-
cially after recent signs of
progress between Israel and
Jordan at the Mideast peace
talks.
Israel and Jordan are re-
portedly ready to conclude a
joint declaration of principles
on how to proceed toward an
eventual peace treaty, although
signing it has been delayed
pending some sign of progress
on the Palestinian-Israeli front.
"There may have been some
intention to embarrass Hussein
in the way the report was re-
leased," said a congressional
source.
"But both the administration
and the pro-Israel groups want
to downplay it because there's
no percentage in hitting on
Hussein right now."
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Legislators and activists trying
to confront poverty in this
country are always surprised
to learn that there are poor
Jews. So when it comes to fed-
eral programs and grants, this
surprise can translate into
problems for hard-pressed Jew-
ish organizations serving poor
Jews.
A delegation from the Met-
ropolitan New York Coordi-
nating Council on Jewish
Poverty went to Capitol Hill
last week to educate decision-
makers about a problem that's
invisible even to many Jews.
"We want Congress and the
administration to understand
that poverty is part of our com-
munity and that these people,
like the non-Jewish poor, have
needs that the government can
address," said William Rapfo-
gel, the group's executive di-
rector.
The delegation distributed
a draft report on Jewish pover-
ty in New York, which includ-
ed some alarming statistics
that reflect nationwide trends.
"We found," said Mr. Rapfo-
gel, "that the population of poor
Jews is changing and that jobs
and the lack of economic op-
portunity are becoming a much
more important factor than
age. We see a shift toward
younger Jews living in pover-
ty or near-poverty. There are
also more families and many
more children."
The recession and the influx
of Russian Jews, he said, have
accelerated these trands.
Mr. Rapfogel hopes the
study will become a model for
other communities since "in
New York and elsewhere, no-
body really has a handle on
how bad Jewish poverty is. We
hope this will be the first step
in filling that void."
Kudos For New
INS Chief
For the first time in years, the
Immigration and Naturaliza-
tion Service (INS) will have a
commissioner who actually
knows something about immi-
gration and naturalization.
Doris M. Meissner, whose
parents immigrated from Ger-
many, is winning strong praise
from immigration activists. Ms.
Meissner is a 13-year Justice
Department veteran who has
specialized in immigration law
and women's rights.
"She's much more experi-
enced than anybody we've had
at INS," said Rick Swartz, an