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Page 12 THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE November 21, 1986 Schorr: ’86 vote a call for centrist politics by Richard Bono TS1 staff writer The Religious Right took a sound beating in the 1986 mid term election at the top of the month, according to veteran newscaster Daniel Schorr. But its defeat, he said, does not indi cate that American voters are growing more liberal in their views. “What I see is not so much a swing to the left, but a tendency to reject the most right-wing elements on the Reagan side and to ask for a simple return to what we might call ‘centrist’ politics,” according to Schorr, who was in Atlanta recently to address the 16th national board conference of Women’s American ORT. “If the voters voted against the Reagan revolution, if there ever was one,” he said, “I don’t think they are voting for any other kind of revolution to replace it.” While voters do not want a return to liberal programs of social spending, according to Schorr, “they do begin to per ceive that there are poor people suffering under Reagan policies and budget cuts,” he said. Currently national affairs cor respondent for National Public Radio, Schorr is primarily known for his long stint with CBS News, both as a foreign and domestic correspondent. American televi sion viewers will likely remember Schorr’s statement before the House Ethics Committee in Sep tember 1976, when he was sum moned to reveal his source for a secret, leaked document, which he published. Schorr refused to divulge his source, commenting: “To betray a source would mean to dry up many future sources for many future reporters...It would mean to betray myself, my career and my life.” In analyzing the recent elec tion, Schorr is quick to point out that voter participation was practically at an all-time low. Breaking down the 1986 vote, Schorr noted that 18.9 percent of the vote was for Democrats, 17 percent for Republicans and “the vote for not voting was 62.7 per cent,” he said, adding it is the lowest voter turnout since 1942 when Americans were busy fight ing World War II. “While I have no doubt that one of the significant resulting factors of this election has been the routing of the Religious Right,” Schorr told The South ern Israelite, “I think the voters perceived rather accurately that this was an election without any great theme and so they just THE COLONNADE RESTAURANT Established 1927 featuring New Expanded Menu “True Southern Cooking” LUNCH T uesday-Saturday 11:00-2:30 DINNER Tuesday-Saturday 5:00-9:00 j CLOSED MONDAY Sunday 11:00-8:00 1 I 1879 Cheshire Bridge Road/874-5642 Daniel Schorr voted in small numbers.” Another factor that kept voters away from the polls, he added, was the nega tive campaign advertising so prevalent this year on radio and television. Schorr said that in many ways “the ’86 vote was “back to normal.” “It seems to be that Americans always have a tendency to vote in pendulum swings, like they did with Reagan in 1980 and 1984,” he said. “Now they’re starting to swing back again.” The new : Democratic majority in the U.S. House and Senate, according to Schorr, will begin flexing its political muscle very soon against President Reagan. The showdown will become par ticularly evident when the House and Senate Foreign Relations and Intelligence Committees begin investigating the administration’s covert dealings with terrorists in Iran. “It is beginning to become ap parent, both with regard to the supply of the Nicaraguan Con tras and with regard to the hos tages in Iran that, because the CIA has to report to Congres sional committees, they have set up a shadow CIA in the White House and wrapped it around executive privilege,” Schorr said. Schorr said he sees strong parallels between this action and that of the Nixon administration during the Watergate era. The apparent tendency for White House administrations to undertake covert operations on their own, Schorr said, “is a phe nomenon of people impatient with the process of government, not really understanding what the Constitutional process is, and wanting shortcuts.” • Birthday Parties • Receptions • Bar/Bat M itz\ as THE PAVILLIOX * rulTSorvice Caterers 255-9035 Inquires: Marty Bloom Sheryl Buppert 6521 Roswell Rd . Atlanta. Ga 30328/255-9035 ik.-_"--xk ::—jhkt ~~ It’s a dream come true. King Springs Village Luxury Retirement Community 404 King Springs Village Pkwy. Smyrna. Georgia (404) 432-4444 Choice of: Studio, One Bedroom or Two Bedroom Apartments. No Entrance — No Endowment Law zxK~rr~r~rx>c:— xK-::i3t>c There's no more dreaming about your retirement or need to search for a really ideal setting for active retired people to live really live in. 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Schorr intimated that it was Israel that suggested the Reagan administration undertake an arms trade for Americans held hostage by Iranian terrorists. He explained Iraq, which has been fighting with Iran for years, is more of a threat to Israel because Israel and Iraq share a common border. “Whatever the United States can do to strengthen Iran in its war against Iraq,” Schorr said, “is all right with Israel.” History of Nazis should stay alive, officials contend by Joseph Polakoff TSI's Washington correspondent WASHINGTON—High West German officials and Jewish com munal leaders, addressing the opening of a cultural and social center in Frankfurt for the city’s 5,000 Jews, have agreed anew that knowledge of the Nazi crimes must remain ever alive to prevent their recurrence, an official West German Government publication. The Week in Germany, reports. Ignaz Bubis, chairman of Frankfurt’s Jewish community, said the trust of Jews in the Fed eral Republic of Germany “has grown and been strengthened” and Jews live today in the “most liberal state that has ever existed on German soil.” However, he added, “real normality” in rela tions between Jews and Germans can only exist if the memory of Nazi genocide is kept alive, the English-language publication stated (Sept. 19). Werner Nachman, chairman of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, called for “vigilance on the part of government, polit ical parties, labor unions, church es and the general population against extremist groups,” the publica tion—prepared in Bonn and dis tributed overseas—said. The maintenance of freedom is the basis for the life of Jews in West Germany, Nachman said. Frankfurt’s mayor Wolfram Bruck and his predecessor, fed eral minister of the environment Walter Wallman, said the open ing of the center was not only an occasion for joy but also for sad ness and remembrance. Wallman said that National Socialist crimes should never be forgotten. He added that he hoped the center would contribute to bridging the gap between Jews and Germans.” Among the 1,000 guests at the ceremony were representatives of the Central Council of Jews in Germany and members of Jew ish communities throughout the Federal Republic. The center, w hich was built at a cost of DM 25 million (close to $10 million), houses a kindergarten, an ele mentary school, a youth center and a club for senior citizens. It also includes a gymnasium, a res taurant and a 50(Fseat auditorium.