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DORON LEVIN
Detroit Free Press Columnist
Mr. Levin joined the Detroit Free Press in
1994 as a business and economics colum-
nist. Previously, the Israeli native was
Detroit bureau chief for the New York Times
and a reporter for the Wall Street Journal
and St. Petersburg Times. The author of
two books, Mr. Levin will speak on "The
Markets, Like the Voters, Are Never Wrong."
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facilities.
As part of its proposal, the adminis-
tration wants to roll the senior hous-
ing program into HOME block
grants, which send blocks of money to
the states.
- "It's not clear how that would work
at the local level," said Mark Olshan,
the group's director of senior housing,
"but we would probably see reduc-
tions in levels."
With waiting lists long and the
elderly population increasing, he said,
that could produce new strains for
Jewish agencies and new misery for
the low-income elderly.
Foreign Aid Focus
In the realm of foreign policy, the
president's proposed budget includes
a $1 billion increase for the State
Department. Last year's increase rep-
resented the reversal of a long
decline, and Jewish activists hope
that Congress will once again give
American foreign policy a boost.
The proposed budget also includes
a cut in a special aid fund that helps
Israel resettle refugees, from $80 mil-
lion to $70 million — a change that
supporters of the package approved
last year because of declining immigra-
tion from the former Soviet Union.
And the administration wants to
give $25 million in additional aid to
the Palestinians. But congressional
observers warn the Palestinians not to
go on a spending spree in anticipation
of the windfall; few expect the increase
to survive scrutiny by the anti- Arafat
congressional coalition, which seems
to be growing by the day.
Israel's $3 billion aid package could
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Ya'akov Neenian:Aid plan on Capitol
Hill.
become a hot topic in coming
months.
Last week, Finance Minister
Ya'akov Ne'eman was on Capitol Hill
with the rough outlines of a plan to
phase out Israel's $1.2 billion in eco-
nomic aid over 10 or 12 years, but
also convert a substantial part of that
aid into military assistance.
Ne'eman came to Congress after
some grumbling by Republican law-
makers that Mr. Netanyahu wasn't fol-
lowing through on his 1996 promise
to wean Israel of its U.S. economic
aid. But the fiscally conservative
finance minister was a big hit with
Republican appropriators like Rep.
Sonny Callahan, R-Ala., chair of the
House foreign appropriations subcom-
mittee, according to Hill sources.
"Ne'eman's visit was a bold step
and he was very well received," said a
longtime pro-Israel lobbyist. "But
now, we're waiting for a detailed pro-
posal from the Israelis. We need to
have a plan in hand before the appro-
priations process begins in earnest if
we want to make sure that any
changes in Israel's aid are fair and
address Israel's needs."
SchiffWill Not Run
There are only three Jewish
Republicans in the House of
Representatives, and one of them
won't be running for re-election in
November.
Rep. Steven Schiff, R-N.M., will
not seek re-election because of his
year-long battle with a dangerous form
of skin cancer.
The five-term House veteran said
that his recurring illness and the
chemotherapy treatments he is under-
going preclude an active campaign.
Mr. Schiff hasn't been out front on
Tewish issues, but he has been a con-
sistent supporter of Israel on Capitol
Hill. ,
As a member of the House Ethics
Committee, he helped rescue the lead-
ership job of House Speaker Newt
Gingrich, R-Ga., after a probe of
Gingrich's fund-raising activities.
In 1996, Schiff also helped beat
back a Republican-sponsored "reli-
gious equality" amendment to the
Constitution that would have opened
the door to school prayer.
A former prosecutor, Schiff is best
known for his tough approach to
criminal sentencing and for his sup-
port for a probe of allegations that vis-
itors from space landed in Roswell,
N.M., in the late 1940s.