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• *' - ’ •• • .. PAGE 2 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE May 23, 1986 Professional & Personal Home Health Care NURSING CENTER 373-2858 — Decatur 426-8668 — Marietta • RN'S, LPN’S, NA S • Homemakers • Live-in Companions • Elderly Person Aides • Critical Care • /. V. Therapy Tender Loving Care CONGREGATION BETH JACOB Cordially Invites you and your guests to attend an ART EXHIBITION AND AUCTION to be held at Congregation Beth Jacob 1855 La Vista Rd. N.E. Atlanta, Georgia Sunday Evening, dune 1, 1986 Exhibition: 6KN) PJH. Auction: 7:00 P.M. Donation: M.OO per person Two Raffle Tickets A piece of fine art given as a Door Prize Checks for art purchased are made payable to Congregation Beth Jacob BEES. Hives, excessive swelling, difficulty breathing or dizziness following an insect sting could put you at future risk for a fatal reaction. Yes, bees can be deadly. Our domestic bee and other stinging insects such as wasps, hornets, yellow jackets and fire ants are potential “killers!’ So don’t take stings lightly! Effective therapy directed at the prevention of such reaction is available from your Board Certified Allergist. BOHRD CERTIFIED ALLERGISTS IVletno Atlanta Call 255-9105 for names of Board Certified ALLERGISTS / Reagan works to soft sell arms deal to Jewish group Veto override vote set June 5 From combined reports WASHINGTON—Asexpected, President Reagan vetoed thecongres- sional resolution barring the sale of arms to Saudi Arabia on Wednesday. Despite the desire of Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole (R.- Kan.) to call a vote to uphold the president’s veto, Minority Leader Robert Byrd (D.-W. Va.) said he would prevent an immediate vote because of the absence of some senators opposed to the sale of arms. The vote in the Senate is now scheduled to take place June 5. Sen. Alan Cranston (D.-Calif.), a leader in the opposition to the arms sale, said, “We will work to win,’’ although he admitted that, had the vote been held Wednesday, the opponents would have lost. by Joseph Polakoff TSI’s Washington Correspondent WASHINGTON—The White House canceled President Reagan’s scheduled meeting with 11 outstanding Jewish communal leaders after the unexpected death of Yehuda Heilman, one of those invited to attend. The meeting had been ar ranged by the White H ouse to gain support for the president’s veto of the congressional resolution bar ring the U.S. sale of $354 million in arms to Saudi Arabia, which the administration ardently desired to fulfill. After a meeting was scheduled with another group to which 40 Jewish communal activists were invited. White House spokesman Larry Speakes was asked, “Why are Jews singled out?’’ Speakes denied that intention, saying, “We’ve contacted many groups, certainly not only the ones you mentioned, to explain our Middle East policy to them in conjunction with the sale.” Knowledgeable sources said the second meeting was arranged after the White H ouse had asked four unidentified sena tors to nominate 10 Jewish acti vists to visit the White House. The day after the initial meeting was canceled, the president and his top aides exchanged views for 75 minutes with 12 Jewish communal activists in a private meeting at the White House that was hurriedly arranged by mailgram and tele phone as the Congress prepared to overrride his veto. To offset apparent defeat, Rea gan removed the 600 Stinger mis siles and 200 launchers in his arms package following the meeting The change is expected to improve chances Congress won’t block the entire package. Opponents have said the Stingers would be danger ous if they feel into terrorist hands The Saudi envoy to the United States, Prince Bandar bin Sultan, said other weapons in the package, which include Harpoon anti-ship missiles, were more important than the Stingers. He said King Faud had agreed to the elimination. Sen. Alan Cranston (D.-Calif.), who leads the Senate opposition, said Stingers are known as a terrorist’s delight. A single terrorist can shoot down an airplane from five miles away. While many in the group of 12 support the president, they ex pressed “varying degrees of con cern” about the sale and every body took the position the sale was not advisable.” Malcolm Hoenlein, executive director of New York’s Jewish Community Relations Council, said. “This is not a Jewish issue,” Hoenlein emphasized to a reporter on the White House grounds. “We are here as individuals and do not represent any organization. We were here as Americans and we shared our views. It is not for us to negotiate." His commments came after the reporter had told him, “You know the image—Jews control the Con gress.” To this Hoenlein replied: “Some images are wrong.” He said, “The president did not ask for our support. He wanted an opportun ity to explain his position.” The president, he also said, “never tried to persuade us” to accept his position. Peter Goldman, executive direc tor of Americans for a Safe Israel, who was also besieged by repor ters, said he offered the view of his organization that it was illogical for the administration on the one hand to consider Israel a strategic ally and on the other hand to arm a country that is at war with Israel. Ivan Boesky, the New York fi nancier, declined to comment while on the White House grounds. However, the Washington Post reported that, in a statement later Boesky said that Reagan had worked for peace in the Middle East and “should be supported" on the Saudi arms sale. A vote for the proposal, Boesky was quoted, “is not a vote to destroy Israel." The White House made known that Secretary of State George Shultz, White House Chief of Staff Don Regan, National Security Affairs Adviser John Poindexter and Max Green, an assistant to the president for liaison with commu nal organizations, attended Strong objections by Jewish and other political leaders to calling the 11 leaders to the White House May 19 was voiced to the White House before Heilman’s death May 16. None of those invited. The Southern Israelite was informed, wanted to participate. It was emphasized that no good would result for White House-communal relations since they now' are excel lent and tensions which do not exist could emerge. Jewish leaders could not possibly affirm the sale of weapons to a country that is at war with Israel, it was stressed Sen. Paul Laxalt (R.-Ne\>. per haps the president’s closest pout - cal confidant, was reported as ha ■ - ing counseled against the meeting saying it was unwise. Laxalt anJ Sen. Chic Hecht fR.-Nevj. who is Jewish and voted against Hie sale, are intimate friends In Jewish activist atlairs m--"' of the 11 invited are virtua household names Besides Heilman, thev were Morris Abram R ioer Asher. Kenneth Biaikin. Tom Toe Max Fisher. Ricnard Fox. G.ifo r J Glazer, Nathan Pertmutter A ex Resnick and Peggv Tishman Ex cept for Glazer. wno is an activist in Jewish affairs in Los Angeles. 3“ are leaders in national organiza tion*