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XXXV
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, JUNE 24, 1960
MO. 96
French Deny
Selling Jets
To Israel
PARIS, (JTA)—Reports feat
ured .in tha, London pres that
an Israel-French agreement for
40 Mirage-3 French Jet Inter
ceptors would be signed during
the visit of Prime Minister
David Ben-Gurion were denied
by a spokesman for the French
Foreign Ministry.
Asserting that the report was
“absolutely unfounded,’’ the
spokesman told the Jewish Tele
graphic Agency that Israel and
France have “open trade rela
tions” and such deals as that
reported by the London press
were not necessary.
According to the report, the
agreement was to receive final
approval from the Prime Min
ister and President Charles de
Gaulle in Paris. It provided for
the sale to Israel of about 40
Mirage 3-Jet fighters which can
travel at twice the speed of
sound.
The order, which is ejected
to involve a price of about
$40,000,000, specifies the start of
deliveries to Israel toward the
end of 1961, according to the
press reports. Tha agreement, it
was asserted, was reached two
months ago but kept undisclosed
at the request of the Isarel
Government.
The Mirage-3 now in quantity
production, is a single-seater in
terceptor attack plane for the
French Air Force. It has a
rocket engine to supplement its
turbo-jet motor for takeoff and
combat. It carries cannon and
rockets and can also mount air-
to-ground guided missiles.
Kennedy Favors Arab
Acceptance of Israel
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Sena
tor John F. Kennedy, leading
aspirant for Democratic nomina
tion for the office of U.S. Presi
dent, touched upon the Middle
East situation in a programatic
speech which he delivered in the
Senate this week. He outlined
his views on the Arab-Israel con
flict and said that the United
States must try “to hasten the
inevitable Arab acceptance of
the permanence of Israel.”
“We must formulate, with
both imagination and restraint,
a new approach to the Middle
East—not pressing our case so
hard that the Arabs feel their
neutrality and nationalism are
threatened, but accepting those
forces and seeking to help
channel them along constructive
lines, while at the same time
trying to hasten the inevitable
Arab acceptance of the perma
nence of Israel,” Senator Ken
nedy said. We must give our
support to programs to help
people instead of regimes — to
work in terms of their prob
lems, not ours—and seek a per
manent settlement among Arabs
and Israelis based not on an
armed truce but on mutual self-
interest. ~
“Guns and anti-Communist
pacts and propaganda and the
traditional piecemeal approach
are not enough—refugee re
settlement and a regional re
sources development fund in
full partnership with the Mid
dle Eastern nations, all are parts
of a long-range strategy which
is both practical and in the best
interests of all concerned,” he
declared.
First Fines Levied Against
Rockwell’s Storm Troopers
By MILTON FRIEDMAN
Seafarers Union Considers Renewal
Of Action Against UAR Ships
New York. (JTA)—The Sea
farers International Union is
taking preliminary steps to re
new its battle against Arab
blacklisting of American ships
for trading with Israel, it was
announced by the SIU last week.
One month ago. the SIU call-
, ed off its 22-day boycott o# the
Egyptian ship Cleopatra, in New
York harbor, after the State De
partment had promised to in
tensify diplomatic efforts to pro
tect American ships and seamen
against Arab discrimination.
That boycott, which cost the
Egyptian owners of the Cleo
patra an estimated $44,000, may
be resumed in the near future.
Paul Hall, president of the SIU,
revealed that his office is com
piling “fresh data” about con
tinuance of the blacklisting by
the Arab Boycott Office, affect
ing the job opportunities and
livelihood of American seamen.
Mr. Hall made his announce
ment following a report from
Damascus that another Ameri
can ship has been added to the
blacklist. This ship, the Banner
Lines “Atlantic," registered in
New York, was banned from all
Arab ports for “trading with
Israel.”
“We have the names of other
ships that have been either add
ed to the blacklist or taken off
the blacklist recently.” said Mr.
Hall. “We are compiling this
data very carefully. Some of the
data will not be complete until
the ships concerned have re
turned to their home ports and
we can interview the crews to
obtain first-hand reports about
whether the crews have been
molested or harassed by the
Arab authorities. When the data
is complete, we shall file a
brief on the entire issue.”
The brief. Mr. Hall said, will
be filed with George Meany.
president of the AFL-CIO, since
the State Department agree
ment leading to the withdrawal
of the Cleopatra pickets by the
SIU had been made with Mr.
Meany.
Jews, Moslems Cooperate
In Casablanca Elections
PARIS, (JTA)—Jews and Mos
lems cooperated actively in re
cent municipal election in Casa
blanca, Morocco, according to
complete tabulations of the vot
ing reported here.
In one constituency, two Jew
ish leaders competed for a seat
on the Casablanca City Council,
each backed by political group
ings which included both Jews
and Moslems. In that race, Mayer
Toledarto, an attorney, defeated
Meyer Obadia, president of the
Jewish Community. Mr. Tole-
dano, the victor in that contest,
is a member of the National
Union of Popular Forces, which
stands for active Moslem-Jew-
ish cooperation through politi
cal and cultural groups. Mr.
Obadia belongs to the conserva-
tive Istiqual (Independence)
Party.
Two districts containing over
whelmingly large populations of
Jews elected Moslem candidates
backed by the National Union.
In two other districts, the win
ning National Union candidates
were Jews, while tha population
in those areas is about equally
divided between Jews and Mos
lems.
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Two
storm troopers of George Lin
coln Rockwell’s American Nazi
Party were fined for disorderly
conduct this past week in the
first legal action against the
neo-Nazi group.
At the same time, Sen. Lyndon
Johnson, chairman of the Senate
Preparedness Investigating Sub
committee officially asked the
Defense Department to explain
its position on “active partici
pation” of U.S. military person
nel in the neo-Nazi group. The
Senate Majority leader’s request
was sent directly to Secretary
of Defense Thomas S. Gates, Jr.
The Department of Justice
meanwhile made it known that
no action had been taken to
label the Rockwell group as
subversive because of “free
spetech ^considerations,” Assist
ant Secretary General J. Wal
ter Yeagley said that “notwith
standing the highly offensive
nature" of the activities of the
neo-Nazis, “they usually involve
the Interpretation.' and appdta
tion of the free speech and
guarantees of the First Amend
ment to the Constitution and,
generally speaking, fall within
the protection of these Constitu
tional safeguards.”
Yeagley made these points in
a letter to Rep. Seymour Hal-
pem, New York Republican,
who had protested the group’s
activities in the nation’s capi
tal. Yeagley also wrote that the
Justice Department would con
tinue to study the problem and
that it would institute appro
priate proceedings if enough
evidence developed.
The first legal crackdown on
the neo-Nazis was the levy by
Judge George B. Neilson of
fines of $10 and costs each
against Daniel Borros and Bar
ton N. Clayton, both in their
twenties.
The defendants arrogantly ad
mitted they were Nazis and
claimed they were not guilty
because of “free speech” rights.
Israel Port Authority
Assured by Expert
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Estab
lishment of an Israel Port Au
thority modeled on the Port of
New York Authority has been
virtually assured, Austin J. Tob
in, executive director of the
New York Authority declared
here recently. Speaking at a
luncheon of the American-Israel
Chamber of Commerce, Mr.
Tobin said tha} Israel “urgently
needed” nioMk' • port facilities.
The New York port director re
turned last week from an in
spection tour of Israel made at
the request of the International
Bank for Reconstruction and
development.
Dr. N. Wydra, managing di
rector of the Zim-Israel Naviga
tion Company, told the luncheon
guests that very small nations,
Israel among them, needed mer
chant fleets of their own to
guarantee the flow of overseas
trade in times of emergency and
to provide employment and
foreign currency for their grow
ing economies.
Police officers and witness
testified the pair used profane
and abusive language at an anti-
Semitic rally near the National
Archives. The targets of the
abuse were non-Jews who ob
jected to the Nazi agitation. The
judge warned the tow Nazis to
obey the laws and avoid force
and violence.
Senator Johnson informed
Secretary Gates that the sub
committee had disturbing infor
mation about the permitted par
ticipation of servicemen, includ
ing a Marine stationed at Quan-
tico, Va., in neo-Nazi activities
in the national capital area. The
Defense Department was asked
for a detailed explanation and
a statement of its policy toward
neo-Nazism.
The subcommittee probe fol
lowed disclosure by the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency that the
Marine Corps failed to deter
Pfc John C. Pats alas from
marching in neo-Nazi formations
attired in a brownahirt uniform
and swastika armband, publicly
rendering the “Sieg Heil” -Nazi
salute, picketing, the White
House with obscenely anti-Semi
tic placards, and openly assisting
Rockwell to conduct mass anti-
Semitic rallies. The military
police arrested Pfc. - Patsalas
several weeks ago but the
Marine Corps dismissed all
charges and told him he was
free to continue jp the Nazi
group
American Nazis Nixon Rejects
To Demonstrate Rockwell Aid
In New York
York City Commissioner of
Parks Newbold Morris has indi
cated that George Lincoln Rock
well’s “American Nazi Party”
will be issued a permit to hold
a Fourth of July rally in Union
Square here. The announcement
by Mr. Morris coincided with
a statement by Emanuel Tar-
gun, state commander of the
Jewish War Veterans that his
group has protested against the
Nazi group from Washington,
D.C., being allowed to “dese
crate” Independence Day.
Parks Commissioner Morris
said the constitutional right of
free speech will force the Parks
Department to issue the permit
to the Nazis organization unless
the Police Commissioner warned
that the rally constituted a riot
danger.
Reports Thursday revealed
that Mayor Wagner had can
celled plana tor the Jaly 4
neo-Nazi rally in New York.
Michael J. Caslfti, commander
of the New York County Council
of the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
urged “all patriotic ex-GI’s to
assemble in the square in uni
form at the time of the rally,
if the permit is granted. “It
would be pitiful to see the Nazi
swastika descrate the original
meeting place of the Union
Army,” he declared.
Bonn, Rejects
Later Deadline for
Prosecution of Nazis
BONN, (JTA) — The Federal
Parliament rejected this past
week a demand from the opposi
tion Social Democrats for an ex
tension of the statute of limita
tions on prosecution of man
slaughter committed during the
Nazi regime.
The action followed a state
ment by Minister of Justice
Fritz Schaeffer that such an ex
tension would be impractical
because “those persona directly
involved in exterminations will
be tried for murder for which
the deadline is 1966.” He also
questioned again the constitu
tionality* of a retroactive exten
sion.
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Vice
President Richard’*. Nixon baa
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in his presidential campaign by
George Lincoln Rockwell,
of the “American Nazi Party.”
Herbert O. Klein, medal as
sistant to die Vice President,
said Mr. Nixon’s views on Naz
ism were in the same category
as his reaetton to Communism.
Referring to Rockwell's advo
cacy of the Nixon candidacy,
Klein said that “all Americans
should join in opposing any man
who stirs up bias and hatred.”
He recalled Mr. Nixon’s visit to
the Warsaw Ghetto last year
and said the Vice President was
very moved by the experience.
In a public meeting here re
cently Rockwell asserted / that
his group would campaign for
Nixon. He danoUQCfid the Fed
eral Government as nadled with
Jews and bracketed Jews and
Communists.
Compensation Plan
For Polish Women
Studied by Bonn
BONN, (JTA)—The West Ger
man Government was reported
recently to be ftodytftg means
of compensation tor women of
Poland who were victims of
Nazi medical experiments in the
Auschwitz and Ravenbrueck
concentration camps. Many Jew
ish women from Poland are
among the victim*. '
Govern merit, officials have
been resistant to such payments
because there are no diplomatic
relations between West Germany
and Poland. The Ministry of
Finance feared that compensa
tion payments to Palish na
tionals might create a precedent
for other claims from countries
in the Soviet bloc.
The Bonn FVmigav Office was
understood to be examining in
ternational legal and political
aspects of the situation which
might be involved .In payments
to tha women of Polish na
tionality.