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XXXIII
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 1958
NO. 31
Israel Cabinet
Atlanta Police Arrest Five Pickets
Discusses Summit
Bearing Anti-Jewish Signs
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The
Israel Cabinet met Tuesday and
it is believed that Israel’s stand
toward the projected United Na
tions summit conference was one
of the major subjects discussed.
The continued flights of British
and American planes from Cy
prus to Lebanon and Jordan over
Israel territory was another sub
ject discussed. Israel’s position
on the summit conference seems
to be the following:
1. Israel, as a Middle East
Country, should be invited to
any meeting discussing the fu
ture of the Middle East.
2. Any decision taken in Is
rael’s absence at the summit con
ference is not upon the Israel
Government.
3. Israel is not interested that
the Israel-Arab conflict should
be specifically discussed at the
summit conference. The Great
Powers could contribute to a
solution of this specific problem
by inducing the Arab to start
talks on a permanent Israel-
Arab setlement.
4. In view of the patent in
ability of the United Nations to
insure full compliance with such,
decisions, Israel does not under
the present circumstances favor
an arms embargo on the Middle
East.
Premier David Ben Gurion
sent today a personal letter to
French Premier Charles de
Gaulle outlining Israel’s position
on various problems that may
arise in connection with the sum
mit conference Mr. Ben Gurion
reportedly requested Gen. de
Gaulle’s support of Israel’s posi
tion on these subjects.
The letter, it is presumed,
sums up the views which Israel’s
Foreign Minister Golda Meir
would have presented to Gen. de
Gaulle prsonally tomorrow had
she not fallen ill. It is understood
that Premier Ben Gurion’s letter
is not a substitute for Mrs. Meir’s
visit to Paris. Mrs. Meir is re
cuperating satisfactorily and is
hoped that she will be able to
fly to Paris next week. How
ever, it was felt here that the
French Premier should have Is
rael’s views as early as possible
since the Big Powers are en
gaged now in determining their
attitudes toward the summit par
ley.
PARIS, (JTA)—Gen. Charles
de Gaulle was reported Tuesday
to have initiated a series of dip
lomatic exchanges with Israel
and several European and North
African countries in advance of
the projected Security Council
summit conference.
New Education
Director at Temple
Shimon Gottschalk, above, has
been appointed as the director
of education and activities at the
Temple in Atlanta.
President William Schwartz Jr.
announced that Mr. Gottschalk
replaces Jack Salz, with a re
alignment of duties to fit his
special qualifications and experi
ence in education.
Mr. Gottschalk comes to At
lanta from two years’ service as
director of education at Temple
Beth El in Jersey City, N. J.
Mr. Gottschalk is a graduate
of Brandies University, later at
tending the graduate school in
Judaic Studies at the Waltham
Institution. Afterwards he studi
ed at Hebrew Union College in
Cincinnati and the HUC-Jewish
Institute of Religion in New
York City, concentrating on the
field of education. He is cur
rently studying for a Master’s
degree in Jewish education at
HUC. .
Quick action by Atlanta police
Sunday afternoon nipped in the
bud what officials described as
a would-be racial demonstration.
Five men bearing anti-Jewish
signs were arrested after they
had marched in front of the At
lanta Journal-Constitution build
ing and taken to police head
quarters for interrogation.
The Atlanta incident seemed
part of a plan on the same theme
which went off as scheduled in
Washington.
A quantity of the same hate
literature was confiscated in
Georgia where state regulations
prevent distribution of material
without a license.
The pickets’ signs, the Atlanta
Constitution reported, read,
“Constitution and Journal Dis
tort News, Suppress Facts,”
“Jewish Controlled Press Lies
About Middle East,” and “Nas
ser-Outlawed the Communists
and Jailed his Reds, But your
Jewish Press Lies that the Arabs
are Red.” All the signs carried
a signature banner, “National
Committee to Free America
from Jewish Domination.”
High praise came from several
sources in the Atlanta Jewish
community for the prompt and
efficient manner in which At
lanta Police handled the whole
matter.
Robert C. Kohler, assistant di
rector of the Southeast Region
of the Anti-Defamation League,
who investigated the local in
cident of the obviously connect
ed incidents, told The Southern
Israelite:
“At a time when the summit
meeting is pending, it is deplor
able that these home-grown
anti-Americans on the community
level should hand to the Russians
this kind of manufactured lies
for use in propaganda.
“This kind of development on
the American scene is just up
the alley of the negarious Red
propaganda machine and plays
into the hands of Russia in a
way that docs stronger damage
to Americanism than could any
of their cells.”
None of the five was describ
ed as leadership quality. One
was said to be an employee of
the income tax division of the
State of Georgia.
After more than seven hours
of questioning, by police, the
five men were locked in the city
jail on a charge of suspicion of
inciting a riot. They were ques
tioned further on Monday.
“The first knowledge we had
that we were being picketed
came after the arrests,” Eugene
Patterson, executive editor of
The Atlanta Constitution and
Atlanta Journal, said Sunday
night.
In reference to the picketing,
Detective Sgt. M. W. Blackwell
said, “We felt that to allow this
to continue would bo very detri
mental to the peace, good order
and dignity of the city.
Anti-Semites Picket
Anti - Jewish Signs,
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — A
group of anti-Semites, carrying
anti-Jewish placards in front of
the White House, failed to at
tract public atention Sunday.
The eight persons left the prem
ises after parading for an hour,
during which they were under
close observation by the police.
The signs carried by the group
alleged that atomic spies, and
even President Eisenhower him
self, belonged to the Jewish
faith. They called for a demon
stration against the Israel Em
bassy, but the public ignored the
pickets. On Saturday the anti-
Semites distributed propaganda
on downtown streets in Washing-
Shah of Iran Asks
For Better Meat,
Gets Kosher Meat
MINNEAPOLIS, (JTA) —
When the Shah of Iran visit
ed here recently, he express
ed dissatisfaction with the
kind of meat served to non-
Jews and asked where he
could get pure, lean beef.
Columnist Louise Greene of
the American Jewish World
reported that an order was
placed with Feinberg Kosher
Sausage Company, which fill
ed it promptly to the royal
visitor’s satisfaction.
On Tuesday, the five were ar
raigned before Municipal Judge
James Webb on charges of dis
orderly conduct and sentenced
to serve 30 days each in the
city prison
Defense atorneys James R.
Venable and Easley B. Burdine
immediately filed notice of cer-
toiri appeal and Judge Webb set
appeal bonds at $100 each. All
made bonds.
The men were listed at Luther
King Corley, 35; George Michael
Bright, 25; Phillip Luther Wil
son, 22; Kenneth Chester Griffin,
32, and Billy Ray Branham,
19.
White House With
Are Ignored
ton and in nearby suburbs.
Lt. Charles Murphy of the
Metropolitan Police said the
eight pickets were the only evi
dence of what had been widely
advertised in Washington on
Saturday as a mass demonstra
tion under the sponsorship of a
so-called “National Committee to
Free America from Jewish Dom
ination.”
Police questioned the pickets
who were later described as
organized by a new lunatic
fringe group of little importance.
Iraq Embassy Says
Jews Safe Provided
They’re Not Zionists
LONDON, (JTA) —• The Iraq
Embassy here, which has pledged
loyalty to the new military re
gime in Baghdad, announced this
week that Jewish citizens of
Iraq had no reason to fear the
new regime “provided they have
no connection with Israel or
Zionism.”
The announcement was made
by Col. Faik, Cheif of the Em
bassy, following a conference
with Harry Goodman, leader of
the Agudas Israel in England.
“Iraqi Jews are Iraqi citizens.”
the statement said. “Any Jews
who are in possession of Iraqi
citizenship will come to no harm
under the new regime—as under
the previous regime—provided
they have no connection with Is
rael or Zionism.”
Vivacious Georgia Grandmother, School Teacher, Daughter of Baptist
Minister, Leaves Tuesday for Israel as US Representative in Bible Contest
By ADOLPH
A vivacious brunette, Georgia
grandmother, daughter of a Bap
tist minister, was packing this
week for a trip to Israel where
she will represent the United
States in an International Bible
Quiz as part of Israel’s Tenth
Anniversary Celebration.
Mrs. Myrtle Davis, a pretty
Buford, Ga., school teacher, will
fly on El A1 airlines to the Holy
Land as a guest of the Israeli
government.
On August 19, she will com
pete in the international contest
with winners from many other
countries, including France, Hol
land, South Africa, Brazil,
Uruguay, Mexico, Colombia
and Argentina.
In Atlanta recently for an in
terview by The Southern Israel
ite, Mrs. Davis indicated the ex
citement of the past few weeks
of elimination which saw her
emerge as winner after she
scored highest in written exam
inations in competition held un
der the aegis of Dr. Norman
Vincent Peale, noted theologian,
and the American Committee
for Israel’s Tenth Anniversary
Celebration.
She was pronounced the na
tional winner after elimination
matches held on the TV’s $64,000
question program to find a
United States champion. She
shared a cash prize of $16,000
with Dale Faughn, runner-up.
“I’m not a Bible scholar,” Mrs.
Davis admitted. “I just began a
serious study of the Bible only
two years ago.”
She has, she says, the ability
to remember through association
whatever she makes her mind
to remember.
“Bfore I went on TV,” she re
ported, “I was quized backwards
and forwards.”
“Actually, I am more familiar
with the Old Testament than the
New Testament and hope most
of the questions will be on the
old part of the Bible.”
Before the contest slated in
Jerusalem, the representatives
of the various nations will be
taken on a week’s tour of the
Holy Sites and modern cities,
agricultural settlements and cul
tural centers.
The Georgian attended the
University of Georgia and first
became interested in the Bible
through her late father, Archie
Holland. She has read the Bible
through many times and hopes
on her return from Israel to
write a novel based on the life
of Sarah, wife of Abraham.
She taught English at the
Sugar Hill High School, until a
few months ago when she took a
leave to devote her full time to
the competition in New York.
She is the mother of two chil
dren, Jeanine and Archie, both
married, grandmother of five.
Her husband, Roy Davis, is in
the poultry business, together
with his son and son-in-law.
According to the rules of the
competition the radio and TV
facilities in each participating
country were permitted to de
termine for themselves the style
of program to be conducted, and
the manner in which the nation
al winner would be selected. It
was suggested, however, that the
judges include an educator, a
Biblical scholar and an archeolo
gist. All questions were to be
taken from either the Old or
the New Testament or both, and
were to be based on general
knowledge of the Bible without
reference to religious content or
meaning.
The International contest in
Jerusalem will be judged by an
international jury and will in
clude experts in history and
archeology from Israel.
In the International Quiz all
contestants will be asked first of
all, to answer three questions—
one dealing with the historical
aspects of the Bible; the second
with geographical aspects, and
the third with personalities.
Those receiving the highest points
in this preliminary group will
remain for the final series of
questions, with the international
winner selected on the basis of
the jury’s grading of each ans
wer. All questions will be trans
lated into the language of each
contestant and his reply in turn
translated so that all contestants
can participate fully in the con
test in all its phases.
Israel is one of the participat
ing countries as well as the host.
In Israel 450 persons from all
parts of the country, ranging in
age from 16 to 80, have regis
tered for the regional contests
to be held on July 17. Israel’s
national finals will be held on
August 5.
Highlights about national con
tests in other countries include
the following:
France: The TV winner is Dr.
Prosper Azoulay, 70, who is of
Algerian-Jewish birth. He is a
physician and expert in ancient
and Middle Eastern laguages—
Hebrew, Arabic, Sumerian and
Hittite.
The radio winner for France
is Mile Simonne Dumont, teach
er and publisher of religious and
children’s books, who has been
interested in the Bible since
early childhood. Although Pro
testant, she and her family were
ardently devoted to the re
creation of Palestine as a Jew
ish homeland and among her
proudest possessions is a certifi
cate acknowledging the planting
of trees in Palestine in 1935 in
the name of the Dumont family.
Holland: The winner is Miss
C. J. W. Nieuwland, a teacher
from The Hague.
South Africa: The contest is
being sponsored by “Die Land-
stem," the most widely circulat
ed Afrikaans-language weekly
in the Union of South Africa.
Finland: is participating in
the Bible Contest as are also
Brazil, Uruguay, Mexico, Colom
bia and Argentina.
Former Senator Herbert H.
Lehman is the General Chair
man, and Dr. Israel Goldstein
the Chairman of the American
Committee for Israel’s Tenth An
niversary Celebration under
whose auspices the activities in
the United States marking the
first decade of Israel’s Statehood
have been conducted.