The Southern Israelite. (Augusta, Ga.) 1925-1986, July 28, 1978, Image 6

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Newspaper Page TextP«t* * 6 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE July 28, 1978 BROWN’S isa showplace ...you’ll love it! mm IN PERSON m ” JERRY LEWIS T Sat., Auf. 12 ENZO STUARTI y Sat., Aug. 19 y SERGIO FRANCHI Sun.. Sapt. 3 OUTDOOR & INDOOR POOL S HEALTH CLUB-NEW INOOOR ICE SKATING RINK JERRY LEWIS THEATER CLUB NIGHT TENNIS-FREE GOLF Fun-fiUad Activities — Rock 'n Roll Band — Supervised Day Camp — Nieht Patrol — Dietary Laws CONVENTION SNOUTS OUN SMCIAITV "THE PALACE” Our regal 71 room addit*o« (Met* room with it* own terrace ft tfrramf room) u certain to make you feel i*f royalty A$k *6out Week SpeaMs I eewreecAoriY to camiuMourvAo cooott VIA AlllSHfOV COIOMTCa AIRlWft Charles & Lillian noth BROWNS Loch ShoJdrako, N Y 12759 Til.: (914) 434 5151 FOR RESERVATIONS OUTSIDE NEW YORK STATE CALL TOLL FREE (800) 431-3856 Carter walks the tightrope by Robert E. Segal That indubitable twitch in U.S. policy, moving Israel close to the back of the bus, is testing the souls and tormenting the minds of countless American Jews. Each of us tries to grope his way back to the golden days of unswerving support by Washington of practically all that Israel stood for, fought for, bled for. All prayers for the survival and progress of the Jewish state embrace the fervent hope that once the dust has settled over the frightening decision to sell F-IS jets to Saudi Arabia, the rift will heal, Israel's strength as a worthy and valuable ally of the United States will again be appreciated, and renewed efforts to achieve peace will be fruitful. Meanwhile, a shaken people— the Jews of America—look upon President Carter with profound distrust. Because of such doubts and fears, it is here recommended that profound truths about the 39th President of the United States be examined in Dasher: The Roots and the Rising of Jimmy Carter, by James Wooten, published by Summit Books. f Aug. 5-MYR0N COHEN/Aug. 12-CAB CALLOWAY 1 Summer Special-First Child FREE! Call Toll Free ($00)431 3858 Bring the children this summer. Stay a week (or longer) and your first child, 10 yrs or younger, eating in Jr. dining room & sharing your room is FREE If your first child, up to 18 yrs. old, eats in mam dining room, you pay only half price. MIDWEEK GOLF PACKAGES Sun Fri Any 4 Oays, 3 Nights from $102 to $129 Per Pers. Obi Occup Full American Plan. Private Beth r Everyth mg At Year Fingertipt READY ABOUT NOV. 1. NEW INDOOR SPORTS COMPLEX • 4 TENNIS COURTS • HANDBALL & SQUASH . On premises 18 hole PGA championship golf course • 6 all weather tennis courts • Boating. Sailing. Fishing • Outdoor & indoor pools • Men s ft women's health clubs • Roller skating • Supervised day camp • Teen program ft disco a Big name entertainment • 3 gourmet meals daily y Stevensville Country Club. Swan Ltko. N Y Alio (114) 212 1000 or Your Local Trtvol A|om Croup Inquiritl Wolcomo Your Hottl. Tbo Oinnantain & Fnohlmi Fimilioi Fly Hot* Vio AHofbtrry Commuter Airlines Who is “Dasher?" Who is James Wooten? “Dasher" was Jimmy Carter’s Secret Service code name when the Georgian ran for President. James Wooten is White House correspondent for the New York Times, and his career includes service as Atlanta Bureau chief of The Times. He has spent hundreds of hours on the Carter trial and has, with considerable skill and obvious energy, dug far below the surface to tell of the Carter family's American roots and to shape an honest, revealing portrait of the man who ascended from such humble levels. One doubts that the President is happy with the Wooten portrait. It has been recorded that the Jimmy in the White House regards the Jimmy who has written Dasher as a thorn in his flesh. Carter’s strength? Industry, religious zeal, single-minded power to concentrate on the challenge at hand, indefatigability, friendliness, the ability to charm the electorate, agility in learning how to study, how to absorb and retain knowledge, how to put that knowledge to work, how to prosper, and how to succeed. Wooten’s account of Carter’s courage in spurning the Georgia White Citizens Council when such an act of defiance could have crushed his business is a memorable example of Carter virtue. The weaknesses, lapses, gaps, failings? Wooten states the basic defect eloquently: “He (Carter) would discover in the course of his years that, just like the South, America had an enormous tolerance for and perhaps even a grand appetite for hypocrisy. Jimmy Carter would never forget that.” Wooten sizes up Carter as one who early concluded that the best candidate is he who adapts himself to the voters within the specific context of the campaign moment. There is a time to raise high the banner for universal human rights just as there is a time to court a Lester Maddox or consider one's self a redneck in the heat of a Georgia campaign. “Having dismissed a distinctive ideology as excess baggage,” Wooten writes, “he brought to his presidential pursuit...the credent ials of flexibility.” I won’t be worthy of your vote if I’m not worthy of your trust, Carter insisted in his spectacular climb to the White House. He promised not to lie. The over achiever, a slave of hyperbole, protested his virginal honesty so often that the monster, bottomline truth, caught up with him. Equivocation became manda tory for this long distance runner, competing for the nation’s top prize. And nowhere is this flaw better illustrated than in President Carter’s decision to juggle U.S. Middle East policy so persistently that the act propelled him to deal Israel the gravest blow ever struck by any American President. Sale of Kfirs to Taiwan can solve U.S. problems There was a lot of confusion recently over the possible sale of Israel's Kfir fighter plane to Taiwan. The .only thing that was certain was that during his visit to Israel, Vice President Mondale told the Israelis that the United States would no longer stand in the way of such a sale. This reversed a three-year-old prohibition imposed by the Ford Administra tion. In 1977, under President Carter, the State Department blocked the sale of 24 Kfirs to Ecuador. By the end of the week, however, Look What The Stork Has Brought GRAND OPENING - Friday July 28 Register for FREE DOOR PRIZES The NEW PLACE to SHOP for MATERNITY FASHIONS During our Grand Opening: FREE - 2 pr. maternity panties with every purchase of a dress-pant suit or top & bottom outfit. SPECIAL PURCHASE: Slightly Irregular- Plain and Fancy Leg Jeans 2 pr. only $17.00 - While They Last 451-6612 5095-H Buford Hwy. Northwoods Plaza We are sort of hidden behind the Texaco Station Mondale's gesture to the Israelis was looking like an attempt to get something for nothing. Taiwanese officials said they didn't want the Kfir and, quoting U.S. officials, The New York Times reported that Mondale was authorized to tell Israel that the United States would not stand in the way, “never believing that a sale would be made.” “It was done primarily for domestic political consumption.” the Times quoted one source as saying, indicating that the Administration wanted only to please American supporters of Israel. The sale of Kfirs to Taiwan would solve some bigger problems for the United States, and that may explain why the deal looked so plausible. Washington is under some pressure from Peking not to supply Taiwan with more sophisticated weapons. By letting Israel do the supplying, it could have the Taiwanese armed and keep its own hands clean. But there are parties the Taiwanese want to avoid offending as well, such as the Saudis, with whom they have close ties. Besides, the Taiwanese consider the Kfir to be only marginally better than the U.S. F-5E, which they build under a co-production arrangement with the United States.