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WASHINGTON -- Republican Rep. Max Burns tried Monday to make up with his Jewish constituents after criticism that he stood by while a campaign supporter made an anti-Semitic remark at a fund-raising event.

Burns, of Sylvania, telephoned the Savannah Jewish Federation after the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee criticized him for failing to speak up when Savannah businessman Jackie Sommers, during a Burns fund-raiser about three weeks ago, spoke of "that Jew boy down in Savannah" -- an apparent reference to one of Burns' re-election opponents.

Burns, contacted later Monday, said that after the event, he and his wife, Lora, went to Sommers' home and admonished him.

"Mr. Sommers does not speak for me, nor do I condone his comments," said Burns, adding that he had not known Sommers was going to attend the event and that Sommers made the comment as the fund-raiser was ending.

"Unfortunately, I can't control what he says," Burns said.