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PAGE 2 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE June 13, 1986
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WASHINGTON —Sen. Alan
Cranston, who in his 18 years in
the Senate has staunchly supported
U.S. friendship for democracies
including Israel, faces a hard fight
for re-election to a fourth term in
November with Republican Congress
man Ed Zschau as his opponent.
In California’s primaries, the 71-
year-old Cranston easily won the
Democratic nomination for re-elec
tion while Zschau, in his second
term as a congressman, led a field
of 13 candidates for the Republi
can nomination. Democrats at the
Capitol say Cranston is “vulner
able.”
Cranston, who garnered 81 per
cent of the primary vote, and Los
Angeles Mayor Tom Bradley, who
won 79 percent, will head the
Democratic ticket. Zschau, with 37
percent, and Gov. George Deuk-
mejian, renominated with 94 per
cent, will oppose them. Deukme-
Alan Cranston
jian narrowly defeated Bradley for
governor four years ago.
Zschau, 46, who founded an
electronics company and is a milli
onaire with assets in Silicon Val
ley, presently holds the congres
sional seat that was vacated by
former Rep. Paul McCloskey, who
left it to run for the Senate and lost.
Media reports describe Zschau as a
“moderate” Republican.
While not inimical like McClos
key to Israel’s security concerns,
Zschau favored deliveries of U.S.
weapons to Saudi Arabia and Jor
dan. He fought the proposal in
Congress to move the U.S. Embassy
from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. On
the first House vote on the free
trade zone for Israel, he was in
opposition but later voted for it.
Championing Israel as an ally of
the U.S., Cranston led its defense
at times of U.S.-Israeli tensions,
including the period of Israel’s
incursion in Lebanon, its destruc
tion of the atomic bomb factory in
Iraq, and in the proposed sales of
AWACS and other military equip
ment to Arab States.
—Joseph Polakoff
Vote puts Saudis on notice
by Joseph Polakoff
TSI's Washington correspondent
WASHINGTON —President
Reagan and Sen. Alan Cranston
both accurately predicted the out
come of the White House cam
paign to sustain the president’s
veto of the Senate’s rejection of his
proposed sale of U.S. missiles to
Saudi Arabia.
When Reagan heard while on a
trip in mid-May that the Senate
had turned down his proposal, 73-
22, he remarked: “Wait until the
old man gets back to Washington.”
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When Cranston, who led the
Senate opposition, surveyed the
president’s efforts that included his
meeting with 75 senators at the
White House on the morning of
the vote and individual persuasion
of some of them, he said one vote
would decide the issue. He was
right. Reagan salvaged the out
come by the minimum possible
vote—34—to keep the veto and
allow the sale to go forward. But
Cranston said Congress “has sent a
strong, clear message to Saudi
Arabia that friendship is a two-
way street and we expect much
more of you.”
Even aides of Reagan conceded
it wasn’t a great victory for him.
Sixty-six senators voted against
his proposal although he had re
moved the 600 Stinger missiles
from the package after the one
sided first vote. That left an as
sortment of 1,900 missiles for $265
million. The planned package of $3
billion in 1985 that included tanks
and aircraft was cut to less than 10
percent for the president to keep
his veto.
With the president havingstaked
his personal prestige on victory,
eight senators switched from the
original 73 and four of the five who
had not voted in the first go-round
voted his way on the veto. One
senator who did not abide by his
pleadings was Florida Republican
Paula Hawkins. Wearing a neck
brace, she left a hospital and went
to the Senate to vote against the
veto. The four other former non
voters who backed the President
were Sens. Ted Stevens (R-Alas.),
Russell Long (D-La.), Gordon
Humphrey (R-N.H.), and Nancy
Kassebaum (R-Kans.).
The eight who switched in sup
port of Reagan were Sens. Lloyd
Bentsen (D-Texas), Pete Domenici
(R-N.M.), James Exon (D-Neb ),
John East (R-N.C.), Chic Hecht
(R-Nev.), Jesse Helms (R-N.C ).
William Roth (R-Del.), and Wil
liam Armstrong (R-Colo.). Arm
strong cast the 34th vote that sus
tained the veto.
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