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The Southern Israel®' 1
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry- '
XXXVI
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH 24, 1961
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No. 12
Moroccan Jewry Holds Mapai Holds Fh st Flection Rally
National Conference Golda Meir Backs Ben . Gurion
RABAT, (JTA)—A resolution
asking the Moroccan Government
to organize the Jewish commun
ity in Morocco into a community
separate from that of the Moslem
population although enjoying the
same rights as the Moslems, was
adopted here at the National Con
gress of Moroccan Jewish Com
munities.
The resolution was adopted fol
lowing a stormy debate in which
speakers pointed out that it is an
error to believe that a Jewish
consistory similary to that exist
ing in Western countries can be
a succbss in a country with a
theocratic regime. Mubarek Bek-
kai, Moroccan Minister of Interior
who presided at the opening of
the congress, left the hall immed
iately after the resolution was
adopted apparently dissatisfied
with the resolution.
The Jewish Community of
Casablanca, largest in Morocco,
did not participate in the con
gress. The Casablanca commun
ity had decided not to participate
because it considered the internal
political situation in Morocco as
inopportune for holding such a
congress. Three members of the
executive of the Casablanca com
munity who backed the holding
of the congress resigned from
leadership in the community.
The resolution proposing the
establishment by the Government
of an elected Jewish body to act
in liaison with the central au
thorities and to advise the Gov
ernment on all problems and ad
ministrative questions facing the
Jewish community was expected
to meet with disapproval on the
part of the Government and with
strong opposition on the part of
Moslems. Jewish community or
ganizations in Morocco have been
limited hitherto to religious, wel
fare and education activities.
In addressing the congress, In
terior Minister Bekkai said that
King Hassan II of Morocco con
siders Moroccan Jewry as an in
tegral part of the nation “wholly
integrated” into the country.
More that 250 delegates attended
the congress at which it was re
ported that passport restrictions
had been eased for individual
Jews, but that Jewish families
still met with difficulties in leav
ing the country.
Meanwhile, it was announced
that a Moroccan Jewish artist, M.
Aram a, has been appointed direc
tor of the School of Fine Arts in
Casablanca. Mr. Arama, a well-
known painter, has exhibited his
work in Paris, San Francisco,
Chicago and Washington. A form
er adviser on art to the Ministry
of Trades, Mr. Arama is the first
Jew to be appointed to the direc
torship of the school.
Stanford U. Frat.
Firm On Keeping
Jews As Members
STANFORD, Cal., (JTA)—The
Stanford University chapter of
the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity,
which was ousted by the high
council of the national fraternity
in Chicago because it had ac
cepted four Jewish students as
members, said that it would be
come an independent local fra
ternity.
The chapter had the strong
backing of the university presi
dent and state authorities in its
refusal to oust the Jewish mem
bers as directed by the national
high council.
Tampa Youth Named
Rep. Bennett’s Staff
TAMPA — Richard Hirsch, a
sophomore at George Washing
ton University, Washington, D.
C., has received an appointment
to the staff of Congressman
Charles E. Bennett, member of
the U.S. House of Representa
tives, Florida Congressional Dis
trict One.
Mr. Hirsch, a ’59 graduate of
Plant High School, Tampa, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hirsch,
4001 Bay-to-Bay Blvd. He is a
member of Tau Epsilon Phi
fraternity.
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Al
though few people in Israel real
ly believe that national elections
will be held and despite the fact
that the majority of the popula
tion is confident that at the last
minute some solution will be
found to avoid such elections, the
Mapai party which is led by
Prime Minister David Ben-Guri-
on today started the election cam
paign.
The first large election rally
was held in Tiberias and was ad
dressed by Israel’s Foreign Min
ister Golda Meir and by Zalman
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — T he
State Department made known
that while it disapproves the
Arab blockade and boycott af
fecting Israel, a decision has been
made—on advice of United States
diplomats in Arab states—for
"the avoidance of coercive tac
tics” to achieve Arab compliance
with the international law. This
was revealed by John S. Hogh-
land, 2nd. Acting Assistant Sec
retary of State for Congressional
Relations, tn’a -letter to Sen. Ken
neth B. Keating, New York Re
publican.
Commenting on a Mutual Se
curity amendment adopted last
year by the Senate, calling for
the linkage of U.S. aid with re
spect by recipients for freedom
of navigation and termination of
blockades and boycotts like that
enforced by the Arab states
against Israel and American ship
ping trading with Israel, Mr.
Hoghland indicated that the
State Department had decided
not to enforce the amendment.
The amendment was not a law
but expresed the “sense of the
Senate” in calling on the Execu
tive Department to take action.
Mr. Hoghland said that “based
Aranne, former Minister of Ed
ucation. Although both of the
speakers were among the strong
est supporters of Pinhas Lavon
in his fight with Mr. Ben-Gurion,
they strongly defended Ben-Guri-
on’s Premiership in their speech
es.
The Mapai election (campaign
was started following a decision
during the weekend by the secre
tariat of the party to cease any
further attempts to form a coali
tion government. Premier Ben-
Gurion participated in the meet
ing at which this decision was
on views from our field posts, the
Department has so far concluded
that efforts to link the Mutual
Security Act directly to the Suez
transit question would not only
intensify the very trade and
transit restrictions which we all
hope may be eliminated, while
at the same time playing into the
hands of the Communists by ex
acerbating Middle East tensions.”
Senator Keating, commenting
on the Department’s letter, cited
President Kennedy’s pledge - to
implement the amendment and
said: "If the President has
changed his policy since his an
nouncement last summer, Con
gress must seek new means to
guarantee freedom of the seas
when the Mutual Security bill is
considered this year.
“We must not let this matter
die,” Senator Keating continued.
He said he was “disappointed to
learn the State Department ap
pears determined not to carry
out the will of Congress as ex
pressed in the freedom of the
seas amendment.” He found it
“distressing” that the Secretary
of State “apparently does not
stand back of the explicit writ
ten promise made by the Pres
ident” and called on Mr. Kennedy
to insist that the State Depart
ment follow his announced policy
on this issue.
Va. Incorporates
American Nazi Party
RICHMOND, Va., (JTA)—The
State of Virginia granted legal
status to the American Nazi party
of George Lincoln Rockwell and
permitted it to lawfully incor
porate as a company to do bus
iness in the state. The State
Corporation Commission approv
ed an application by Rockwell
for a charter. The application
bore a swastika and Nazi slogan.
In the application to be recog
nized ag a legal company, the
Nazi party stated its aim as “the
gaining of political power in the
United States by all legal means
and elective processes” and the
“education of the American pub
lic.”
Directors of the new Virginia
company were listed as Rockwell,
chairman, and Seth David Ryan,
both of Arlington; and J. V. Ken
neth Morgan, of Alexandria. Both
Alexandria and Arlington com
munities in Northern Virginia
adjacent to the District of Colum
bia. Rockwell made known that
the national Nazi headquarters in
Virginia was now “legal” and
“recognized by the state.”
taken. It was emphasized by
speakers at the rally that Mapai
unsuccessfully made all possible
concessions to other parties with
a view to avoiding elections
which Mapai leaders considered
harmful to Israel in view of the
international and political situa
tion. The blame for holding
elections therefore lies with the
coalition partners.
Premier Ben-Gurion on March
20 presided over the Cabinet
meeting for the first time since
he angrily walked out of the Cab
inet session on December 25,
when the Cabinet approved the
Ministerial Committee report ex
onerating Lavon from responsi
bility for the 1954 security mis
hap.
Under Ben-Gurion’s chairman
ship, the Cabinet approved a
series of amendments to the elec
tion law, including an amend
ment which provides for the for
feiture of a 10,000- pound bond
by any group which puts up a
list of candidates for elections if
the list does not obtain one per
cent of all the votes. In the last
national elections 12 lists of can
didates did not obtain this mini
mum. Today’s Cabinet decision,
which will have to be approved
by Parliament, is designed to dis
courage a repetition of such a de
velopment, _
The Cabinet also discussed the
strike of the high school teachers
which entered today its third
week. About 1,500 teachers are
involved in the strike which was
precipitated by the demand for
higher wages. Levi Eshkol, in
his capacity as chairman of the
special ministerial committee
dealing with the problem, report
ed to the Cabinet on the arrange
ments which the Ministry of Edu
cation is making for holding final
examinations of 4,000 high school
seniors should the strike not be
settled before the end of the term.
About 25,000 students in the low
er classes are also affected by the
strike.
Neo-Nazis Assail Brandt
For Asking Ties
With Israel
HANOVER, Germany, (JTA)—
The neo-Nazi German Reich par
ty pushed a campaign against the
Social Democratic party for de
manding immediate establish
ment of diplomatic relations be
tween West Germany and Israel.
In the current issue of the neo-
Nazi party organ, Willy Brandt,
the Social Democratic candidate
for Chancellor in West Ger
many’s torthcoming elections,
was charged with deliberately
having aroused Arab hostility
against the Federal Republic.
This developed, according to the
publication, when Mr. Brandt
said that if his party won a ma
jority in the elections, he would
act to establish such relations
with Israel immediately.
The party publication implied
that Mr. Brandt, who was an
exile in Norway during the Hit
ler period, was a “traitor” to
West Germany. The Frankfurt
er Rundschau, a leading news
paper, meanwhile appealed to
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer and
to Bundestag Speaker Eugen
Gerstenmeyer to prevent Mr.
Brandt’s emigration from becom
ing an election issue.
SYMBOLIC GROUND BREAKING—Rabbi Emanuel Feldman, spiritual leader, and newly-elected De-
Kalb County Commission Chairman Charles O. Emmerich share the honor of officially turning the first
spadeful of dirt for the aew Beth Jacob Synagogue. (See page 4 this lane for full atory) Behind
them Is seen signs of the actual construction which is well underway.
State Dept. To Ignore
Congress On Suez Issue