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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Establ'** 1
XXXV
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1960
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l^avon Probe Koeks Israel
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Pinhas
Lavon appeared before the For
eign Affairs and Security Com
mittee of the Knesset, Israel’s
Parliament, as that body re
sumed hearings in connection
with the registration of Mr.
Lavon in 1955 from his post as
Defense Minister in the Cabinet
of former Prime Minister Moshe
Sharett.
The Committee had postponed
its hearings in anticipation of the
release of the findings of a
special investigating committee
appointed by Premier David
Ben-Gurion and headed by Su
preme Court Justice Haim Co
hen. The special committee
which is investigating charges
alleging forgery by two high-
ranking officers, completed its
inquiry this week and has pre
sented its findings to Chief of
Staff Haim Laskov, to be passed
on to Mr. Ben-Gurion.
Nearly all of Israel’s morning
papers appeared this week with
blank spaces in their pages, re
sulting from censorship of re
ports on the findings of the
special committee, which have
been barred from publication
until an official communique is
issued.
Prime Minister Ben-Gurion
himself has sent a number of
questions to the Knesset commit
tee to be put to Mr. Lavon in
the course of his testimony.
Former Premier Sharett and
Deputy Defense Minister Shimon
Peres were also due to testify
before the Knesset body. Mr
Peres was Director-General of
plice and the full force of the
law should be invoked against
him.”
Mr. Dayan revealed that he
had submitted his resignation to
Lavon five years ago, when he
learned that he did not enjoy
the confidence of the Defense
Minister. He said, however, that
his resignation was not accept
ed.
Public interest in the case
reached peak intensity, with
growing support for Lavon.
Within Mapai circles, the veteran
politicians were reported lining
up on the side of Lavon, against
Premier Ben-Gurion and the
“young generation.”
Textbook Publishers
Urged to Give Fuller
Nazism Treatment
NEW YORK (JTA)—One hun
dred textbook publishers
throughout the United States
were urged by the Board of
Superintendents of the New
York city school system last
week to provide textbooks which
more adequately describe “Nazi
brutalities and mass executions”
as well as other aspects of totali
tarianism.
The request was made in
letters to the publishers from As
sociate Superintendent Ethel F.
Huggard, and stated: "an exami
nation of a representative selec
tion of textbooks in this field
shows that some of them are
lacking in adequate treatment of
nazism, particularly in regard to
Meir Hits Back at
Reaffirms Israel P
tO^r
-diummes;
ace Challenge
UNITED NATIONS, NY. (J-
TA)—Israeli Foreign Minister
Golda Meir Monday thrust back
at a series of anti-Israel attacks
made here by Arab leaders in
the iast month before the Gen
eral Assembly. Exercising her
right of reply, she told the As
sembly', in a fighting speech,
that “the time is overdue for
this Organization to remind the
Arab states of their basic obli
gations.”
In tones of biting irony, Mrs.
Meir apologized to the Assem
bly for having to take up its
time to reply to the Arab at
tacks. "We should have, of
course, known from past experi
ence that nothing angers the
representatives of Arab States
more than a call for peace,” she
explained. “But we promise
faithfully not to give up this call
until there is peace in the Mid
dle East. We know it will come,
it must come, and we are con
vinced that it is for the good
of all concerned that it should
come soon. The sooner the bet
ter.”
Mrs. Meir accused the Arab
spokesmen in the General As
sembly of having produced “a
series of most fantastic accusa
tions that distort both the an
cient and the modern history of
the Defense Ministry-art the time'--Wan'ft fseeWlon of minorities.
of Mr. Lavon’s resgnation.
Mr. Lavon, who is now Secre
tary General of the Hlstadrut,
again took issue with Premier
Ben-Gurion for the latter’s state
ments during the controversy.
Mr. Lavon had earlier denied
assertions by the Premier that
the latter’s appointment of the
special investigating committee
had nothing to do with Lavon’s
resignation in 1955. Mr. Lavon
asserted that the Premier either
did not read his proposals for
defense reorganization, or did
not remember them, if he could
say that “they would result in
splitting the defense network
like Solel Boneh was split.” Mr.
Lavon reiterated his position
that he demanded full public
clearance.
Agriculture Minister Moshe
Dayan, who was Chief of Staff at
the time Lavon resigned, said
that officers in the Armed Forces
are subject to severe discipline.
He declared that “any command
er in Israel’s Army who was
aware of such acts (forgery or
manipulation of facts), and did
not immediately take all steps
open to him to investigate the
case and punish the guilty,
should be considered an accom-
While a few texts give satisfac
tory accounts, many would re
quire substantial revision to give
our students adequate knowl
edge and understanding of Nazi
brutalities and mass executions.”
Syria Metes Death
to *Israel Spies'
LONDON (JTA) — A Syrian
state security court sentenced a
Syrian and a Lebanese to death
last week for alleged espionage
activities on behalf of Israel, it
was reported here. Twelve other
Syrians, tried in absentia, were
also given death sentences.
United Arab Republic Presi
dent Gamal Abdel Nasser, mean
while, again attacked King Hus
sein and Zionism as he continu
ed a speaking tour of Syria. He
claimed that four men who had
been sent by Jordan to sabotage
Syrian railway tracks, had sur
rendered.
Nixon Press Chief Vetoes
Appeal to ‘Jewish Vote’
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Vice
President Richard M. Nixon’s
press secretary, Herbert G. Klein,
repudiated a statement urging
American Jews to vote for Nixon
for the sake of Israel. The repu
diation was announced in Los
Angeles after the Klein state
ment caused a protest from three
eminent Jewish leaders — Philip
M. Klutznick, Irving M. Engel,
and Rabbi Israel Goldstein.
Mr. Klein said: “The release
referred to was issued in Wash
ington by an overenthusiastic
campaign worker, without the x
knowledge of either myself or
the Vice President.” Mr. Klein
stated that Mr. Nixon “has con
sistently taken the position that
there is no such thing as bloc
voting in the United States. In
addition, he has instructed his
staff to avoid any appeals which
would be directed toward a
group with the implication that
it would vote as a bloc.”
our area and our people" be
cause their position in refusing
to negotiate with Israel was un
tenable. She then took up the
Arab accusation against Israel
one-by-one and replied to them.
Mrs. Meir first turned her at
tention to charges of “nazism”
leveled against Israel by the
Saudi Arabian and Lebanese
delegates last week. She replied
by asking them what their atti
tude had been towards Haj Amin
el-Hussein, one-time Mufti of
Jerusalem, when he went to
Germany during World War n
and worked with Hitler. She re
minded the Assembly of Hitler’s
racial policies, particularly that
“Negroes were not even to be
considered human,” and asked:
“These Arab representatives who
now appear here as crusaders
for the equality of all peoples,
what did they have to say about
this racial doctrine at that time?”
In reply to Arab complaints
that Israel had refused to obey
United Nations resolutions, she
commented: “But what was the
answer of the Arab League to
the United Nations resolution of
1947? They not only rejected it,
but they went to war to defeat
it.” This “historical error” of
the Arab intervention in Pales
tine, she pointed out, “left be
hind it a bitter legacy, includ
ing the creation of the Arab
refugee problem.” The Arab
States themselves, she declared,
quoting Arab sources, were re
sponsible for the flight of the
Arab population.
To the accusations of “ex
pansionist aims,” Mrs. Meir re
plied briefly, demolishing the
“fairy tales about maps and
textbooks.” "None of the foreign
diplomats in Israel, and the
thousands of foreign visitors who
come to the Knesset, she said,
“had ever seen the map of Is
rael’s expansionist program
which the Lebanese delegate
said hung there, for one simple
reason—it does not exist and
never has existed.”
Mrs. Meir disposed of charges
about the condition of Israeli
Arabs by affirming that all Is
raeli Arabs "enjoy the same
political rights as do the Israeli
Jews.” No Arab state, she said,
"can point to the achievement
of a standard of living for the
masses of its population that
may be compared favorably to
Israeli Agents
Capture Polish Nazi
BONN, (JTA)—A Jewish in
vestigator who tracked down
Adolf Eichmann, also carried
opt a joint operation with West
German police which resulted
in the arrest of a former SS
official, known as the “Eich
mann of Ghlicia,” It was reported
last week.
State Prosecutor Angiburger
identified the prisoner as SS
Lieut. Col. Richard Kokita. Hun
dreds of witnesses have given
evidence of massacres allegedly
carried out by Kokita in Poland.
Kokita was tracked down by
Israeli agents, following a clue
provided by a former British
war crimes officer. They found
Kokita under a false name in
Hamburg, where he had been
earning a living playing a violin
in a night club.
ASC-JWB Group To Meet Oct. 23
To Evaluate S. E. Area Services
The annual meeting of the Ex
ecutive Committee of the Third
Armed Services Region of the
National Jewish Welfare Board
will convene at Fort Jackson, S.
C., on October 23, according to
Herbert R. Elsas, Atlanta reg
ional chairman.
While part of the conference
will deal with business matters,
the Committee will also evalu
ate its specific agency services to
isolated military installations and
its total USO services.
Major General H. D. Ives,
Commanding Fort Jackson, will
be guest speaker at a luncheon
meeting at the Legion Officers
Club, and will discuss value of
JWB services to the military per
sonnel.
Milton Levinson of Pensacola
and Irving Cheroff of Fayette
ville, N. C., USO-JWB Area Di
rector, will present a plan for
a religious retreat for 1960-1961.
The situations in the various
states will be discussed by the
state chairmen: Samuel Schuster,
Florida; Jules Bank, South Caro
lina; Leo C. Richard, Georgia; A.
M Fleishman, North Carolina;
and Sylvan Ives, Alabama.
Other participants will include
Chaplain Harold E. Neustadter
of Ft. Gordon, Ga.; Chaplain
Martin Siegel of Camp LeJeune,
N.C.; Chaplain Harvey L. Tattel-
baum of Parris Island, S. C.;
Chaplain Gerald L. Turk of Ft.
Jackson; and Chaplain Cryrus
Arfa of Jacksonville NAS.
Also participating will be Jos.
Barr and I Evans, Fayetteville;
Hyman S. Jacobs, Mrs. Sara
Bagen, Sidney Herzenberg, Na
than Loshak and Meyer Balser,
Atlanta; Max Cooper and Jos.
Moseson, Savannah; Sydney Ro
sen, Augusta; Raymond Winter-
field, Jacksonville; Nat Shulman,
Sanford Olasov and Mr. and Mrs.
David Goldberg, Charleston; Mrs.
Louis Glasser, Miami Beach; Ed
Fleishman, Lumberton, N. C.;
and Sam Schilds, Conway, S. C.
Manuel Lifchez, chairman of
the Columbia JWB-Armed Serv
ices Committee, is in charge of
local arrangements. Leon Gold
berg, Atlanta Regional Coordi
nator, is in charge of the agenda.
The Regional Executive Com
mittee Meeting will be preceded
by a joint North Carolina and
South Carolina Zonal meeting
and a GI Breakfast at Fort Jack-
son, with Mr. Bank of Columbia
as chairman and Irving Cheroff,
USO-JWB Area Director, as co
ordinator. On Saturday evening,
Oct 22, a Mobilization Rally will
be held at the Jewish Center in
Columbia with Herbert R. Elaaa,
Regional Chairman, as guest
speaker.
the standard of living of the
Israeli Arabs.”
Mrs. Meir was most effective
in refuting Arab warnings
against Israel’s alleged "colonial
ism.” She told the Assembly:
“We are proud of our relations
with these new states.” The
Arabs know their charges are
nonsense, she said, “and what is
more important — the Africans
themselves know it is nonsense.
The leaders of the African coun
tries are not to be frightened by
meaningless slogans.”
In the entire United Nations,
the Israeli Foreign Minister de
clared, there was only one in
stance where member-states de
clared openly that another mem-
berstate had no right to exist
and should be put out of exist
ence. “This is the position loud
ly proclaimed by the Arab States
against Israel,” she noted.
Germany Studies
Compensation to Nazi
Sterilization Victims
BONN (JTA)—Nearly 300,000
German victims of the Nazi steri
lization program, most of whom
were either partly Jewish or
political opponents of the Third
Reich, are to receive compensa
tion according to the provisions
of a bill now being prepared by
the West German Government,
it was dtadoagd, hare |pday. The
victims war* alleged by the Nazis
to be suffering from hereditary
or incurable diseases.
Delays in starting work on the
draft biU were due to the view
held by many members of Parli
ament that the sterilization was
in accordance with a valid law of
the government in power.
Jacob Altmaier, a Social De
mocratic member of the com
mittee preparing the bill, and the
only surviving member of a large
partly-Jewish family, said that
there “was no law. It was an il
legal order issued by Hitler’s
persona] doctor and the SS doc
tors," he maintained. "It was no
more legal than the order to gas
and massacre Jews.” Mr. Alt
maier declared that "because of
confused bungling and fumbling,
it has taken 15 years before the
Government has seen fit to tackle
this problem.”
Two Former Jewish
M.P’s in Turkey
Go On Trial
ISTANBUL, (JTA) — Two
Jewish members of the dissolved
Parliament appeared last week
end in a special court at Yassia-
da, Island near here, along with
former President Celal Bayar,
former Premier Adnan Menderes
and other members of the Cabi
net and Parliament, on charges
of having violated the Constitu
tion The two Jews, Isaac Alta-
bev and Joseph Salmons, who
appeared in public for the first
time since their arrest shortly
after a military coup overthrew
the Menderes Government, have
been ill and hospitalized during
their detention.
If found guilty, all 400 depu
ties ranging from five to 15
years imprisonment. Members
of the Cabinet, who face poss
ible death sentences, are being
charged with responsibility for
inciting the anti-Greek riots of
September 1955, which were
turned against all minorities, in
cluding Jews. Jewish-dwned
stores and properties suffered
damage