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arts—music, painting. dance, toJNFTuesday
drama—look part. Orillo of work by a lot
wrote a special “Year of the CMId” represented mot
soug-*Oo*Sausllm Children.” showed a geo
Oregon’s Sen. Paekwood is
slated for AJF Gifts dinner
Republican Seaator Robot
Paekwood of Oragoo will be the
primary speaks* at a dinner for the
Advance Gifts Division of the 1980
Atlanta Jewish Federation
campaign at 6:30 p.m. Saturday,
Feb. 26, at the Colony Square
Hotel.
Burton M. Gold is chairman of
the Advance Gifts Division.
Sen. Paekwood has served in the
Senate since 1969 and bolds the
third-ranking Republican
leadership position in this body,
serving as chairman of the Senate
Republican Conference. During
that time, Paekwood has heen one
of Israel's strongest and most out
spoken supporters.
At the time of the Yom Kippur
War’ in 1973, Sea. Packwood’s
personal rommitaenut to the
viability of Israel was evident.
With a full schedule in the Senate,
be frequently spent his evenings
flying to New York to help raise
funds in support of Israel.
As a pari chairman of the
Republican Senatorial '
* Committee, he t
uously with Us colleagues to faring
the Republican Party closer to the
American Jewish community.
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Paekwood recently toured both
Israel and- southern Lebanon.
Noting that the Christmas don't
want the Israelis to leave, he
remarked that “the Israeli
occupation was the first tranquility
and peace these people had known
for yean.” He kps.jgpqitnlly
strong critjmBMf iftt role
Lebanon.
In October 1979, he addressed
See Paekwood, page 21.
By Joaeph Potakoff
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The
Carter Admiaistration has
formally notified Congress that the
allocation it has made of $1,983
billion for the next fiscal year is
sufficient to “meet Israel's essential
defense and balance of payments
needed in the coming year.” The
sum for Israel is based on the same
level of military and economic
aid—$1,783 billion—for the
current year, phis an additional
$200 million in redeployment aid.
While acknowledging that
‘Israel will continue to have
serious problems" for "the next
year or two,” the House Foreign
Affairs Committee's subcommittee
on the Middle East has brew sold
South Asian Affairs, offered a
prepared statemeal to the
subcommittee Inst week in which
he raid that "barring unforeseen
circumstances, this level of funding
along with IsraefS own efforts
should enable Israel to meet its
priority defense requirements and
to continue to enjoy a significant
margin of military superiority over
any combination of
The statement noted that the
U S. budget itself has "constraint”
and “cat-hacks*’ ia other
programs. Bn|Saunders held out
the “promise” that "we will,
however, keep this judgment under
constant tteview in the light of
devriopfnrati in the region." He
I fixed thrir aid
withdrawal from Sinai.
"There is no question but that
Israel faces very serious economic
problems,” Saunders said.
"Escalating oil prices, the added
cost of paying Egypt for oil after
the return of the Alma fields and
increased debt service hit Israel
very band. land has a potential
cash flow problem resulting from
its sabstantial military procure
ment plans. All of these problems
have been compounded by
domestic policies aimed at
promoting relative rapid growth,"
he said.
Saunders noted, however, that
"For the past two yean, Israel has
experienced a real growth of about
five percent each year. Private and
public consumption have
UneMploymbM has dropped to
below three percent. The
See SuffWawt, page 21.
Schoolchildren's project
includes trees in Israel
by Vida Goldgar
Bob Grillo isn’t Jewish- but
he’d heard about planting trees in
Israel. Because he remembered.
Mack students at the John F.
Kennedy Middle School on
Chestnut Street in Atlanta
developed a focus to help
implement their ambitions pledge:
"To bring about harmony and
understanding between peoples of
Atlanta, Georgia, and throughout
the planet earth.” Grillo is fine arts
director at the school.
Tuesday, months of studying,
planning, working and excite meal
brought almost 30 areotad and
proud youngsters from JFK
school to the Buck heed offices of
the Jewish National Fared. They
are members of "Syrthcsas," the
school's fine arts dub, and
"Challenge,*’ an aocellerated learn
ing program. Accompanied by
Orillo and Rebecca DashieU. also a
fine arts director, the group came
to learn—and to make a present*-
tion.
They brought with them a check
for $300—a let of money for
school kids to mine. With that
money, a garden of M0 Jerusalem
Pine trees wiB be ptanted in the
Martin Luther King Jr. Forest in
the Galilee.
David Kimbro, 12, vice
president of the Synthesis Club,
and Kim Giles, 11, grinned broadly
as they handed the check to JNFs
Michael Tidhar. Tidhar grinned
jure as broadly, as he gave them a
tree certificate to mark the gift. It
waa a very special occasion for
evetybody.
Planting tree* m Israel was just
part of the club's project to honor
the International Year of the
Child. It started with a garden in
the school’ll atrium—a garden that
waa no longer green.- The group
first uadertook so ropiest the
school garden.
Dedicating their efforts to world
peace and meg love, the students
arranged a ceremony in mid-
Deocmber to start replanting the
garden. To spread (fie scope of
their (Making, they invited three
clergymen to Mass their efforts:
Rev. A.W. Motley represented
Christianity, Imam Pieman EF
Atnin represented blare and
Rabbi Jada Minti was there to
represent Judaism. Ha JNF tins
also invited to hays someone
paiticipnie. Saha Silvcrnrea talked
about trees ia brad.
During early planning for the
school project, a decision was
made: They would undertake the
“Garden of Peace” as a community
project and an international
project as well.
It was then that Grillo
remembered that when the father
of a Jewish friend flied, tbe family
had suggested planting trees in
Ismdns a memorial.
The idea captured everybody’s