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I ast week's action by Na- tion of Islam lawyers seek- ing Treasury Department approval for a gift of $1 bil- lion from Libyan leader Moam- mar Qaddafi reflects a growing drive by NOI leader Louis Far- rakhan for legitimacy, accord- ing to his fiercest congressional critic. NOI officials formally applied for an exemption that would al- low the Chicago-based group to accept the money for infra- structure development in the in- ner city and an effort to promote black political activity, despite U.S. sanctions on Libya because of that country's ties to interna- tional terrorism. So far, there are no indica- tions of how the Treasury will handle the request. Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said that the action is another step in Mr. Farrakhan's quest for indirect government sanc- tion. "Obviously, he's seeking all the money he can get," Mr. King said in an interview this week. "But even more than that, he's trying to establish legitimacy with the federal government; the main thing is that he wants to get credibility — and to back the government in a corner." It's no accident, Mr. King said, that Farrakhan forces made their request in the middle of a heated presidential cam- Paign. Mr. King accused the Trea- sury and Justice departments of being "extremely uncooperative" in responding to congressional requests for information about their dealings with Mr. Far- rakhan. "It's political, in the sense that the administration does not want to offend the African- American vote," he said. 'There's a real fear that if they stand up to Farrakhan, it will hurt them with a segment of that commu- nity.,, Mr. Farrakhan gained credi- bility earlier in the year, Mr. King said, when his trip through Africa and his meeting with leaders in Libya, Iran and Iraq "showed he was above the law, and that he could set his own foreign policy. Now, if he can get approval by the federal govern- ment to carry out transactions with foreign governments, he's really building up respectabili- ty and credibility — none of which he deserves." Mr. King also wrote to Secre- tary of State Warren Christo- pher and Attorney General Janet Reno demanding that they enforce American laws pro- hibiting travel to Libya amid re- ports that Mr. Farrakhan soon will return to Libya to accept a $250,000 award from Qaddafi. Religious Schools Seek Their Tax Share, Too Watch For Our Next Location... Opening Soon At Fourteen Mile Middlebelt, Farmington Hills MENTION THIS AD for wl ti 10 % OFF TOTAL SALE cp Expires September 30, 1996 BREA SMITH Maple & Lahser Jack) • Bloomfield Hills• Michigan (nearFanner (8 10) 540-8001 Open Tuesday to Sunday I- u_, F- 42 The Perfect Family Gift... A Subscription To The Jewish News. (810) 354-6620 I t's an election year, so tax cuts are in the air in Wash- ington. Both parties and both major presidential candi- dates want a piece of the action — and so do some reli- gious groups, which worry that they could be cut out of some of the politically popular propos- als. This week, the administra- tion, responding to concerns raised by a leading Orthodox group, promised that religious schools will not be excluded from Mr. Clinton's education tax package. The centerpiece of that pro- posal is a $10,000 tax deduction for tuition at college, graduate school and certified training and technical programs and a $1,500 refundable tax credit for the cost of tuition. In a recent letter to Mr. Clin- ton, Abba Cohen, Washington representative for Agudath Is- rael of America, argued that "there is no constitutional ratio- nale" for excluding students in religiously affiliated schools from such proposals. This week, the U.S. Depart- ment of Education responded with a promise that the presi- dent's proposal — if enacted — will not exclude religious insti- tutions that are already eligible to participate in federal student financial aid programs, a cate- gory that includes schools ac- credited by the Association of Advanced Rabbinic and Talmu- dic Schools. "We're very pleased," Mr. Co- hen said. "We think this is an important step toward a fair sys- tem that recognizes the impor- tant contributions of religious institutions in our educational system."