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XXXII
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1957
NO. 41
se Zionist Region To Hold Landing of Egyptian Troops in
Parley in Birmingham Nov. 1-3 c • a r* \ I
byria Arouses Concern in Israel
BIRMINGHAM — Harry Jaffe
of Birmingham, has been appoint
ed chairman of the 20th Annual
Conference of the Southeast Re
gion of the Zionist Organization
of America to be held here No
vember 1-3, according to Sey
mour B. Liebman of Miami, re
gion president.
Harry Hurvich of Birmingham
has been appointed as Mr. Jaf-
fe’s co-chairman.
Mr. Jaffe who is at present the
chairman of the administrative
committee of the Southeast Re
gion is a native of Birmingham
and is a past president of the
Birmingham Zionist District as
well as a past vice president of
the Southeast Zionist Region. He
is also a past president of Knes-
seth Israel Synagogue of Birm
ingham and is at present the Ala
bama Governor of Toastmasters
International.
The Southeast Region Confer
ence will include delegates from
ZOA Districts in the states of
Florida, Georgia, Tennessee, Mis
sissippi, Alabama, North Carolina
and South Carolina. The Tutwiler
Hotel in Birmingham will be
HARRY JAFFE
headquarters for most of the ac
tivities.
The conference program will in
clude some of the “country’s most
noted Zionist and civic leaders.”
according to Gil Rappaport, Mi
ami, director of the Southeast
Region.
Workmen Circle Chief to Talk
On Atlanta UN Program Oct. 21
The public is invited to join
with members of Atlanta Post
112, Jewish Var Veterans, and
Ladies Auxiliary in a rededication
program commemorating the an
niversary of the United Nations
founding.
This event will take place at
8 p.m. Monday, Oct. 21, at the
Atlanta Jewish Community Cen
ter, according to Irving Libowsky,
chairman of the Americanism
Committee of the Atlanta JWV.
Guest speaker will be Jacob T.
Zuckerman, president of the
Workmen’s Circle, who has dis
tinguished himself as a communal
leader for the last three decades.
Another feature will be brief
talks by five foreign exchange
students attending Atlanta Uni
versity and representing Israel,
Turkey, Greece, Lebanon and In
dia.
Mr. Zuckerman is a former
assistant commissioner of the New
York City Department of Wel-
Continued on Page 4
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Though
the landing of Egyptian troops in
Syria has not caused an exag
gerated alarm in Israel, serious
concern is felt here because this
is the first instance of physical
coordination between two Arab
armies north and south of Israel.
While Israeli observers view
the move as chiefly an expres
sion of the inter-Arab struggle
for hegemony, they are trying to
evaluate its consequences for Is
rael’s security. The movement of
Egyptian troops to Syria is being
looked upon here as a partial
implementation of the joint Arab
command aimed at strangling Is
rael, which was one of the main
causes for the Sinai operation.
Some important differences,
however, have been noted here
between this development and the
previous alliance. Jordan is no
longer a partner in the scheme
and the move is aimed at Turkey
at least as much as at Israel which
makes it a NATO and United
States concern.
The crucial question about the
latest development, according to
thinking on top Israeli levels, is
to what extent was the Egyptian
move approved or condoned by
the Soviet Union. The possibility
is seen that Nasser may have
moved without Soviet approval.
Several things point to this.
Nasser has been trying to con
ciliate the West for economic rea
sons and may actually claim that
his move was aimed at prevent
ing Russia’s uncontested domina
tion of Syria. If this is true, it
was noted here, it would imply
that the move was not Soviet
inspired. This would in turn, raise
another question: why did the
Syrians agree to such a landing?
Observers here also pointed out
that the Soviet Union has let more
than 24 hours elapse since the
announcement of the Egyptian
troop landings, without comment.
This despite the fact that in re
cent weeks Moscow has been
quick to react to any Middle East
development. It is expected here
that even if the Egyptian move
did not receive the advance bles
sings of the USSR, Moscow is
likely to make full use of it in
its current campaign against Tur
key.
With Syria emerging as the
Soviet Union’s favorite in the
Middle East, with King Saud ar
rogating to himself the position of
arbiter and concilator among the
Arab nations, Nasser seemed to
be moving toward total eclipse.
His move in Syria was evidently
meant to restore his position, at
least in Syria.
Other reports from Arab capi-
tols indicate that the Egyptian-
Syrian agreement had far-reach
ing effects beyond the stationing
of troops in Syria. Nasser report
edly wrangled a Syrian agree
ment to accept a considerable
number of Egyptian peasants to
settle in under-developed Syrian
areas. Such a move would be in
terpreted here as more of a step
toward genuine Syrian-Egyptian
merger than all the pronounce
ments, treaties and alliance which
have already been made.
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—State
Department spokesman Lincoln
White made known this week
that the United States Govern
ment has been receiving reports
since sometime in September of
the movement of Egyptian mili
tary forces into Syria. The United
States, he said, was following the
matter with interest.
Accordng to word received
here, Egyptian strength in Syria
includes a reinforced battalion
numbering between 1,000 and 1,
600 officers and men. Also, an
undetermined number of “vol
unteer” technicians and special
ists belonging to the Egyptian
Continued on Page 4
Colorado Supreme Court Rules
Against Restrictive Covenants
DENVER, (JTA) — The Colo
rado State Supreme Court, in a
sweeping ruling which cited the
Biblical tale of Esau and Jacob,
this week declared invalid all re
strictive covenants on race, color
or creed in real estate sales
Jewish Groups Back NAACP;
Join in Appeal to Highest Court
JACOB T. ZUCKERMAN
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Four
teen major organizations inter
vened this week with the United
States Supreme Court in defense
of the constitutional right of the
National Association for the Ad
vancement of Colored People
(NAACP) to enjoy freedom of as
sociation. The fourteen groups
came to the support of the NAACP
by filing a “friends of the court”
brief in a case entitled NAACP
and the State of Alabama which
the U.S. Supreme Court has
agreed to review during its cur
rent term.
The brief was submitted by
Leo Pfeffer, director of the Com
mission on Law and Social Action
of the American Jewish Congress,
who is serving as attorney for the
following organizations: Ameri
can Baptist Convention, Commis
sion on Christian Social Progress;
American Civil Liberties Union;
American Friends Service Com
mittee; American Jewish Com
mittee; American Jewish Con
gress; American Veterans Com
mittee; Anti-Defamation League
of B’nai B’rith; Board of Home
Missions of the Congregational
and Christian Churches; Council
for Christian Social Action of the
United Church of Christ; Jap
anese American Citizens League;
Jewish Labor Committee; Nation
al Community Relations Advisory
Council; United Synagogue of
America; and Workers Defense
League.
Voicing their deep concern at
the State of Alabama’s “assault
on freedom of association,” the
organizations declared: “Today it
is the NAACP that is subjected
to attack. Tomorrow, the same
measures may be taken against
any group that supports a cause
opposed by state officials.”
The case is an appeal to the
high courts by the NAACP to re
view the decisions of an Alabama
circuit court handed down in
July, 1956 which fined the As
sociation $100,000 and held it in
contempt of court because the
NAACP refused to turn over a
list of its Alabama members. The
NAACP feared that publication of
its membership records would
subject its members to boycott
and physical violence.
everywhere in Colorado.
The first ruling on such cov
enants by the state’s highest court
followed a U.S. Supreme Court
decision that a restrictive coven
ant violates the equal protection
clause of the 14th amendment to
the Constitution.
The opinion, written by Justice
Francis J. Knauss, involved the
right of Negroes to buy property
in a section of Denver. It was
so broad, legal experts said, that
it knocks out other restrictive
covenants on real estate involving
Jews in several Denver areas.
In addition to the Negro plain
tiffs, other parties in the suit
included the Anti-Defamation
League of B’nai B’rith and the
American Jewish Committee.
The original plaintiffs, Ulysses
S. Smtih and Helen R. Smith,
charged that in 1942 certain other
owners of the block in which they
claimed ownership of lots agreed
among themselves that none of
the lots in the block could be
sold or leased to non-whites.
Judge Knauss declared that
“no matter by what terms the
covenant under consideration may
be classified by astute counsel, it
is still a racial restriction in vi
olation of the 14th Amendment.”
“While the hands may seem
to be the hands of Esau to a blind
Isaac, the voice is definitely
Jacob’s,” the justice added.
Khruschev Says Time Will Come When Jews May Be Able To Leave Russia
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Nikita
Khruschev, Communist “boss” of
the Soviet Union, admitted that
it is very difficult for a Jew to
leave Russia if he wants to settle
in Israel, or even to visit the
Jewish State. “But,” he added,
“the time will come when every
one who wants to go will be able
to do so.”
This statement was made by
the leader of the Soviet Commun
ist Party to Mrs. Eleanor Roose
velt when she interviewed him
during her visit to Moscow. Mrs.
Roosevelt, reporting her talks
with Mr. Khruschev in the New
York Post last week, says that he
seemed very anxious to have her
understand “that a Communist
could not be anti-semitic.” He
emphasized the fact that his own
son, who was killed in the war,
had been married to a Jew and
claimed that Jews in the Soviet
Union were given all opportuni
ties for education and employ
ment on all levels.
Mr. Khruschev reminded Mrs.
Roosevelt that the Soviets had
voted for the creation of the
State of Israel, but added that at
present he felt that “Israel must
change its policies and be less
aggressive.” When Mrs. Roose
velt suggested that the Soviet
Union had given arms to Syria
which had been one of the reas
ons for the sense of insecurity in
Israel and therefore for their
show of aggression, he flared up
and said there were 80 million
Arabs and about one million Is
raelis, so “if Israel continued her
present policy she will be de
stroyed.”
Who attacked Egypt? he asked.
Wasn’t it Great Britain, France
and Israel? Mrs. Roosevelt ans
wered that he would have to sep
arate the attitude of Israel from
that of Britain and France. Is
rael had been told for a year by
the Egyptians that when they
were ready and fully armed by
the Soviets, the Egyptians would
drive the Israelis into the sea.
Thus the action of the Israelis was
in the nature of self-defense, be
cause they could not wait until
the build-up against them was
completed. Proof of the build-up
had been found in the Sinai desert
when the Israelis had captured
over $50 million worth of mili
tary material provided by the
Soviets of their satellites.
Mrs. Roosevelt said that it
seemed to her the Soviet Union
could help if it was willing to
work with the U.S. to achieve an
understanding between Israel and
the Arab countries. Israel was
willing to sit down with Arab
representatives and try to work
out their difficulties, but the
Arabs always refused, she argu
ed. Mr. Krushchev answered that
the Soviet Union was for a class,
not for a state.” Israel consisted
of all sorts of classes; the So
viets were for the Socialists in
Israel, but not for the state! “I
presume when Mr. Khruschev
spoke of ‘Socialists’ here, he meant
Communists,” Mrs. Roosevelt ex
plains.