NEW 1997 AURORA NEW 1997 CUTLASS SUPREME SERIES I Yeltsin Vetoes Religion Bill $ 1 19 3 500* NOW$ 16,1388 WAS $359 00 * 36 moi, *36 month lease, cap cost $2000 + first month sec. dep., acq. fee, tax, title plate. — Plus tax, title and licenses. All rebates to dealer. GLASSMAN 1-800-354-5558 On Telegraph at the Tel-12 Mall, Southfield • 248-354-3300 NEW 1997 900S NEW 1997 900S CONVERTIBLE • $360 °°*pER Mo. $ 1 S DD* PER MO. *39 month lease, cap cost $2000 + first sec. dep., $450 acq., tax, title plates, 10,000 > miles. cn On Telegraph at the Tel-12 Mall, Southfield • 248-354-3300 Yeltsin vetoed the measure. "The U.S. government and the Jewish community played a pos- itive role in alerting the Yeltsin administration to the very real dangers of moving in a backward direction," said Mark Levin, ex- ecutive director of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry, which had raised the issue with Russian officials. "He was very sensitive to the views of the in- ternational community — par- ticularly from the United States." But the Duma, which passed the bill by an overwhelming mar- gin, could override the veto when it reconvenes in the fall. Some Jewish religious leaders in this country worried that the law, which treats Judaism as a protected "traditional" religion, could fuel anti-pluralism forces in Russia. And there were ques- tions about exactly how it might affect different groups of Jews. "Under some scenarios there is at least the possibility that the law could have a negative affect on Re- form synagogues, and on Conser- vative activities," said Micah Naftalin, national director of the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. "It could produce dangerous new divisions among Russian Jews." El $360 0 °***pER mo. $199 00* PER MO. *36 mo. lease. 12,000 mile & 1st sec. aqu., dest. $750 cap cost reduction. $200 sec. dep. Based on approved credit. ***36 mo. lease. 12,000 mile & 1st sec. aqu, dest. $500 cap cost reduction. $175 sec. dep. Based on approved credit. LLJ CC L_L1 1-- 58 Quiet persuasion by the Clinton administration and some belli- cose posturing by the Senate both may have played a role in the de- cision by Russian President Boris Yeltsin to veto a "Law on Free- dom of Conscience and Religious Association," passed overwhelm- ingly by the Duma. The proposed law would have severely restricted religious groups that have not operated in Russia for at least 15 years. Recently the Senate, prodded by Evangelical Christian groups worried that the law would curb their own missionary activities, voted to cut off American aid to Russia if Yeltsin signed the bill. President Clinton, while op- posing an aid cutoff, raised the issue of the new law during his summer meetings with Yeltsin in Denver, and the State De- partment had been escalating its public criticism. Soviet Jewry activists weighed in as well, although some did not actively support the Senate ac- tion because of uncertainty about how it would affect the non- governmental organizations that are the primary recipients of American aid. The Duma could reverse. '97 ALL NEW. ELANTRA '97 ALL NEW TIBURON LLJ WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT GLASSMAN 'I-800-354-5558 U) JAMES D. BESSER GLASSMAN 1-800-354-5558 On Telegraph at the Tel-12 Mall, Southfield • 248-354-3300 A A 11111 ■ 1111 ■ 4111111111111111111101