MICHIGAN'S #1 LEXUS DEALER
*Large Selection * Free Pick Up & Delivery
* Free Lexus Loan Cars
Cuts Portend
A Sorry State
1997 LS 400
$684°°
t
JAMES D. BESSER
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT
36 Month
Lease
4y
The All New 1997 ES 300
LX Ready
450 for 4x4
Base Price $2
Immediate Delivery!
9500 Less Than '96 Models.
We're Coming to Southfield! Summer of '97
36 mo. closed-end lease based on approved credit. 12,000 miles w/15e per mi. over, S450 acq. fee, 1st mo. pymt., S3,000 down, tax, plates & title due at inception. MSRP S58,477, S500 refundable
sec. deposit. Lessee resp. for excess wear & tear. Purchase option at lease end 532,747.12.
(810) 726-7900
OUT OF TOWN CALLS ACCEPTED
1-800-486-5253
A DIVISION OF THE MEADE GROUP
M-59 (Hall Road) at Schoenherr across from Lakeside Mall
I p w w .I.M .N RIFM* 10 ,
For insurance
call
SY WARSHAWSKY, C.L.U.
7071 Orchard Lake Road
Suite 110
In the J&S Office Bldg.
W. Bloomfield, MI
48322
(810) 626-2652
‘
[ STAT E
FARM
Office Phone
tib)
‘
WAD)
L4
I
SURANCE
N
See me for car, home,
life and health
insurance
Like a good neighbor. State Farm is there.
C/)
w
[... T HE MOST EXCITING
w
KNITTING & NEEDLEPOINT
CD
cc
LIJ
LLJ
Advertise in our new
Entertainment Section!
Call The Sales Department (810) 354-7123 Dd. 209
88
THE JEWISH NEWS
Accents In
Needlepoint
Contemporary Designs
042
626-3
Rociieiie iinbees
Knit, Knit, Knit
8 5 5-2 1 14
In Orchard Mall
West Bloomfield
•
29260 FRANKLIN ROAD
AT THE CLAYMOOR
SOUTHFIELD, MI 48034
810 I 358.3191
■
Doing more with less is a handy
slogan for politicians on the
stump, but it often reflects wish-
ful thinking and political artifice
more than responsible leader-
ship. Increasingly, the frenzy of
budget cutting in the Republican-
led Congress and the Democrat-
ic administration is leaving
agencies unable to carry out crit-
ical missions.
Nowhere is that more evident
than at the State Department,
which already has curtailed
diplomatic activity around the
world.
And with more cuts likely,
some Jewish leaders worry that
it will be harder for Washington
to play an active leadership role
on the international stage in the
years ahead. The continuing
squeeze on State also will in-
crease the pressure on Israel's $3
billion-plus in aid — a growing
proportion of a shrinking pie that
also could be threatened by re-
cent developments in the region.
Sen. Joe Lieberman, D-Conn.,
and Sen. Richard Lugar, R-Ind.,
two of the most thoughtful and
respected congressional voices on
foreign policy, recently issued a
bipartisan appeal to the Clinton
administration to "reverse the
decade-long erosion inlinterna-
tional affairs spending."
The letter was prompted by re-
ports that the Office of Manage-
ment and Budget was planning
to propose for next year's budget
the same level of funding as the
current fiscal year — which al-
most guarantees a significant cut,
since the Republican Congress is
sure to take the administration's
figures and start hacking away.
Reportedly, the administration
and the budget agency have
agreed on a higher request,
thanks to a personal appeal to
the president by outgoing Secre-
tary of State Warren Christo-
pher.
But the broader issue stands;
Mr. Lieberman and Mr. Lugar
are concerned about a steady ero-
sion in U.S. foreign affairs fund-
ing that already has forced the
State Department to close em-
bassies and consulates and slash
personnel.
"If we continue to emasculate
our foreign affairs budget because
of budgetary pressures or the be-
lief that our stakes in the world
are significantly less than in the
past, we will almost surely pay a
price in terms of our security and
prosperity," wrote the senators.
The ongoing slide in funding
comes at a time when the de-
mands of foreign policy are be-
coming more extensive and far
more complex.