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49'
1995 Lexus ES300
36 Mos.
The '95 Lexus ES300 with over 20 refinements, including driver's and front pas-
senger's air bags, leather, SRS, aluminum alloy wheels, 3.0 liter V6 engine. Power
Sunroof, windows, locks, and seats. AM/FM Stereo Cassette Premium Sound
System.
1995 Lexus SC300
36 Mos.
With in-line 6 cylinder 225 HP engine, 210 lb.-ft of raw torque, driver's and
passenger's airbags SRS, traction control, leather seats, heated moonroof,
CD player.
1995 Lexus LS400
36 Mos.
The '95 Lexus LS400 with Leather, memory seats, trac. control, sunroof,
AM/FM Stereo CD player with Premium Sound, dual air bags, Power seats,
windows, locks and cruise, remote entry and much more!
EXECUTIVE CARS
1995 LS400
Power Moonroof, 12 Disc CD
changer, Dual Airbags, Leather,
Full Power, ABS Brakes. Stk.
#95086
Was $56,553
1995 ES300
Now
'48,890
AM/FM 6 Disc CD Changer,
Dual Airbags, ABS Brakes,
Power Moonroof, Leather,
Chrome Wheels, Full Power.
St k#95074
Was $36,903
1995 SC400
Now
Power Moonroof, Dual Air
Bags, ABS Brakes, Nakamichi
Sound, CD Player, Leather,
Much More!
Was $54,313
'31,417
* Closed end lease for 36 months, $450 acq. fee plus $500 ref. sec. dep. tax & title. $1500 cap reduction on ES300 and $999 cap
reduction on SC300 & LS400 due at inception. Mileage 150 per mile over 36,000 allowed. Purchase option at lease end: On ES300
$20,002; SC300 $28,911.64; LS400 $33,931.80. Pymt x term equals total commitment.
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Federation Funds
Are Jeopardized
The fight over a controversial
amendment to the Labor-Heath
and Human Services appropri-
ations bill targeting nonprofit or-
ganizations is getting nastier.
The measure, sponsored by
Rep. Ernest Jim Istook, R-Olka.,
Rep. Robert Erlich Jr., R-Md.,
and Rep. David McIntosh, R-Ind.,
would impose strict new limits on
advocacy groups that get federal
funding for social service and
other programs.
The amendment would pro-.
hibit organizations that receive
federal grants from engaging in
advocacy work if more than 5 per-
cent of their non-grant budgets
are spent in advocacy work. That
could have a big impact on Jew-
ish federations around the coun-
try, which receive federal money
for things like senior citizen hous-
ing and vocational education ser-
vices — but also lobby on behalf
of their constituents.
Just before the congressional
recess, sponsors were circulating
an anonymous broadside attack-
ing a long list of advocacy groups
that get federal money, from the
American Cancer Society to the
YMCA.
"Don't let these lobbyists fool
you," the anonymous writer
warned. 'The following 92 special
interest groups take federal grant
money and are registered lobby-
ists on the Hill."
Included on the list were three
Jewish organizations: the Amer-
ican Jewish Congress, the Na-
tional Council of Jewish Women
and the Council of Jewish Fed-
erations.
But the unnamed writer won
few points for accuracy; the
American Jewish Congress does
not get any federal grant
money.
Increasingly, Jewish groups
worry that the Istook amend-
ment represents only the latest
skirmish in an all-out war against
nonprofit organizations by con-
servative forces.
Last week, the National Jew-
ish Community Relations Advi-
sory Council (NJCRAC) held a
consultation on the contro-
versy.
"The significance of this effort
transcends the details of the
amendment itself," said Jerome
Chanes, NJCRAC's co-director
for domestic concerns. "It's part
of what we see as a concerted
movement to restrict the ability
of agencies in the voluntary sec-
tor to engage in public affairs ad-
vocacy."
Mr. Chanes pointed to a con-
tradiction between a conserva-
tive ideology that expects
nonprofits to pick up the slack in
the wake of big federal budget
cuts, and the growing effort to
make sure groups like Jewish
Federations do not have a say in
how that money is distributed.
Mark Pelavin:
Shaped the document.
Public School
Guidelines
The administration has released
its guidelines on permissible and
impermissible religious activities
for public school students.
And in general, the Jewish
groups that had lobbied hard for
strong church-state language
were satisfied.
The guidelines stemmed from
President Bill Clinton's July
speech opposing the "religious
equality" amendment proposed
by congressional conservatives,
and reaffirming the argument
long made by Jewish groups —
that current law already permits
a wide range of religious activi-
ties in the schools.
At a recent White House meet-
ing, administration officials told
Jewish leaders that the guide-
lines would be more general than
many had hoped. And there were
hints that, like the president's
speech, the document would em-
phasize what is permitted, but
gloss over activities that are pro-
hibited because of church-state
considerations.
The new guidelines make it
clear that current law permits in-
dividual or informal group prayer
in the schools, that students may
read Bibles or other religious ma-
terials and that they can prose-
lytize — as long as their efforts
do not cross a hazy line and be-.
come harassment.
But organized prayer, or
prayer endorsed by school offi-