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1999

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A boost for vouchers; mixed message
on Duke; alms for a kingdom.

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Washington
he school vouchers debates
is hearing up again and
Jewish groups are on both
sides of the fray. But most
observers agree that Jewish voters
haven't strayed far from their tradition-
al opposition to providing such sup-
port for private and parochial schools.
The impetus comes from Florida,
where last week the state legislature
passed a major voucher plan.
Students in public schools deemed
the state's worst would be eligible for
vouchers of about $4,000 a year to
help pay their tuition to a private or
parochial school.
Republican Gov. Jeb Bush, who
made vouchers a key plank in his
1998 election, insisted that the plan
"is an effort to improve public
schools." Supporters say this will spur
attempts by Congress to attach vouch-
er programs to education bills.
The plan will pressure public
schools to get better or lose students,
said Nathan Diament, Washington
representative for the Orthodox
Union. That, he added, will under-
cut charges by voucher critics that
these programs are designed solely to
benefit private and parochial institu-
tions.
"It's just not credible to say vacu-
uming up badly needed funds from
the neediest schools will help them
offer the best education possible," said
David Harris, Washington representa-
tive of the American Jewish Congress.
"This plan zooms in on the very worst
schools — and denies them the funds
they need to improve."
Many wonder whether the new
Florida law — which will face an
almost immediate court challenge —
can change the views of an organized
Jewish community that remains resis-
tant to such programs.
"I'm not sure it will change many
minds," said Marshall Breger, a profes-
sor at the Catholic University School
of Law and a top Jewish advocate of
vouchers. "But the details of this pro-
gram will make it harder for oppo-
nents to argue with a straight face that

they care only about the education of
inner-city children; a cynic might
think they really care more about
teachers' unions. "

Duke Down, Not Out

Former Ku Klux Klan wizard David
Duke came in third in Saturday's spe-
cial election to fill the seat of retired
Rep. Bob Livingston (R-La.), but the
controversial Duke did better than the
polls or pundits predicted. Moreover,
he scored a respectable tally after
returning to the views that first earned
him the enmity of Jewish and civil
rights groups.
"What was remarkable is that his
message this time was back to the
good old days — very Eurocentric,
very strong stuff," said Louisiana State
University political scientist T. Wayne
Parent. "It stirred up some things in
many people and they went out to
vote for him.
Parent noted that Duke's recently
published autobiography, My
Awakening, describes hopes for a white
European revival and voluntary home-
lands for minorities.
Winner David C. Treen, a former
governor and congressman endorsed
by the popular Livingston, gained
about 25 percent of the vote while
Duke netted 19 percent.
"In other words, one out of five vot-
ers in the First District voted for this
man," said a disgusted Phil Baum,
executive director of the American
Jewish Congress. "It's very disturbing to
realize how close he came to making
the runoff" of the top two candidates.
"And it's very disturbing that the gover-
nor, the local party chair and the other
candidates all refused to disavow him."
Duke's decision to abandon the
attempt to portray himself as a centrist
offers clues about his political future,
said Johns Hopkins University politi-
cal scientist Benjamin Ginsberg.
"In hard times, candidates like
Duke do best with an extreme mes-
sage; in good times, they have to
move to the center," he said, adding
that Duke's showing "demonstrates
again that being anti-Semitic is nor
necessarily a disqualification in
American politics."
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