41.   In a related matter, the White House and Netanyahu endorsed a proposal that Arafat visit the national Holocaust Museum during his visit here.

42.   In the West Coast voting, a trickle of feminist, trade-union and Democratic groups endorsed proposals to give doctors more latitude in dealing with these matters.

43.   Mutual-fund industry officials declined to say whether they would endorse the proposals made Monday.

44.   New York Gov. George Pataki endorsed the proposal this morning at a press conference at Adelphi University in Garden City.

45.   On the Russian side, Viktor Razbegin, director of the state-run Center for Regional Transport Projects in Moscow, has endorsed the proposal in several interviews.

46.   Only one Long Island political leader, Nassau County Executive Thomas S. Gulotta, has publicly endorsed the proposal to date.

47.   President Clinton has endorsed the proposal, and Sen. Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., has introduced legislation requiring such a rule.

48.   President Suharto of Indonesia has endorsed the proposal, and the idea had helped steady financial markets there earlier this week.

49.   Republicans and Democrats have endorsed rival proposals and voiced support for congressional action before the midterm congressional elections in November.

50.   Senate Democrats held up the bill for several weeks as they attempted, unsuccessfully, to attach other immigration provisions, but they roundly endorsed the proposal Tuesday.