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The Southern Isr*, ^ V A Weekly Newspa per for Southern Jewry — Estat 0^0 * ,7/5 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.