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The Southern Israeli*** Vi A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — F'' ,tl\D XXXVI ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 25, 1961 Kennedy I^auds JWB Effort In Service To Military NEW YORK (JTA) — President Kennedy commended the Na tional Jewish Welfare Board’s remobilization of resources and man power this week. He called the JWB’s new program “particularly important in the light of the current need for expanded Armed Forces.” The President’s message was addressed to Solomon Litt, president of JWB, who had written to Mr. Kennedy, informing the Chief Execu tive of the organization’s remobilization. “It is heartening,” Mr. Kennedy wrote, “to have the assurance that young people in uni form will be linked to home and religion through the essential activi ties and programs of such agencies as the National Jewish Welfare Board.” Ben-Gurion F NO. 34 Coalition Wit/oes Woes, JERSUALEM (JTA) — With the elections over, and having lost five seats in the Knesset, 74 year-old David Ben-Gurion will now attempt to form a new eola tion government with the parties 'which fought him bitterly during v, P- the campaign. Latest, though not final, tally on the vote showed there were no surprises in the election. Mapai, Ben-Gurion’s party, expected to lose some of the popular votes and, consequently, some seats in Hadassah Conclave Hears Goldberg 9 Kennedy Note Youth Leaders Rap Parents For Poor Jewish Identity DENVER (JTA) — the 47th national convention of Hadassah opened here this week to formu late a program of the organiza tion’s activities in this country and in Israel for the next year. A message from President Ken nedy was read at the opening session to the 1,500 delegates at tending the four-day gathering by U S. Secretary of Labor Ar thur J. Goldberg who was one of the principal speakers at the ses sion. In his message, addressed to Mrs. Siegfried Kramarsky, na tional president of Hadaaaah. President Kennedy said: "The common language among all those who speak for freedom is that of compassion which knows no country, no race and no creed. It resides in the human spirit. It is the most easily understood but the most difficult to attain. "Hadassah has a history of such compassion especially in Pale stine and in the democratic State of Israel,” the message continued. "For almost fifty years it has eased the pains of the distraught, sheltered the homeless and guid ed the weak. This is the only true posture for a free society and for the citizens of that society. Your efforts in behalf of assistance for underdeveloped nations for medi cal aid. for elimination of illiter acy and for vocational education in emerging societies have helped show the way to freedom. In these critical days you play a large part in our battle of men’s minds. I congratulate you upon both your goals and your achieve ments.” Mrs. Mortimer Jacobson, Ha- dassah’s national treasurer, re ported that during the 1960 fiscal year Hadassah chapters and groups raised $10,936,209 — more money than was ever raised in any previous year of Hadassah’s 49-year history. Of this, $8,691,- Argenfine Halutz Camp Attacked BUENOS AIRES, (JTA)—Sev eral Jewish boys and girls at tending a training camp for pio neer work in Israel were injured this week when their camp, lo cated at Mercedes, about 100 miles from this capital, was at tacked by a group of extreme nationalists lined up with the right-wing “Taeuara” movement. The right-wingers stormed the camp at 5 am. and beat many of the boys and girls with sticks. The camp for the training of pio neer youth planning to join kib butzim in Israel is conducted by Hacsharah Ichud Habonim, an organization of Argentine Jews with headquarters in this city. The incident created great ex citement in the Jewish commun ity here. RAIA, the representa tive organization of Argentine Jewry, lodged a strong protest with the Ministry of the In terior. The Ministry immediately assigned guards to protect the Mercedes camp SECRETARY GOLDBERG 322 was used to advance Ha dassah’s medical youth rehabilit ation and vocational education programs in Israel. Secretary Goldberg said in his address that he hopes that “in conference and by final action, the Congress will give substantial approval to the foreign aid bill preserving in amount and in principle what the President has rightfully proposed.” He stressed that “we can no longer exist as an island of affluence and con tentment in a world seething with want and change. We can no longer walk the proud path of indifference turning our faces away from those who already re sent us too much because of the past.” STARLIGHT, Pa. (JTA)—Del egates to a national Jewish youth convention here criticized their parents for failing to give them a more adequate Jewish back ground. “It is a sad commentary on current status of the Jewish home that the only way young people can fulfill their needs for Jewish identification, or to find out what Judaism has to offer them is to join organizations,” said a committee report pre sented at the 38th annual conven tion of Aleph Zadik Aleph, the boy’s division of the B’nai B’rith Youth Organization. This alleged parental disinter est, the report said, “leads among other things to confusion on the part of youth as to which branch of Judaism they wish to follow, if indeed, they wish to follow any. It is certainly true that many parents cannot be looked to for guidanct/^yi|gfa~ allegiance to a particular {ranch of Judaism, as often as not, stems from a variety of factors—least of which Eshkol To Discuss New German Loan JERUSALEM, (JTA) —Israel’s Finance Minister Levi Eshkol will discuss the possibility of a loan from the West German Government, totaling 180,000,000 pounds sterling ($504,000,000), when Mr. Eshkol attends next month’s meeting of the Inter national Bank for Reconstruction and Development at Vienna, it was disclosed here this week. He will confer about the possible loan with West German Minister of Economics, Prof. Ludwig Erhard. Frisco Committee Formed To Fight HousingHias SAN FRANCISCO, (JTA)—A citizens’ committee has been formed here to press for an ordi nance to outlaw discrimination in housing. Benjamin H. Swig, the well-known Jewish leader, is a co-chairman of the committ- tee. According to members of the committee, bias in housing exists in this city, directed against Negroes and against Jews. The ordinance would affect only this city. In a number of community apartments in this city, the com mittee Charged, there is a “gentleman’s agreement” to bar the sale or rental of dwellings to Jews. A committee leader said “there are other evidences of anti-Semitic policies in this field. The American Jewish Con gress, the American Civil Liber ties Union and other civic and civil-rights organizations in the State asked the California State Supreme Court to reverse a county court ruling holding that real estate agents are not sub ject to it)c State’s civil rights law. At iasuc kra deefctou M the Orange County Court exempting a real estate agent from the pro visions of the law which, among other things, forbids racial or religious discriminations “in all business establishments of every kind whatsoever.” The court ruled the law did not apply to real estate brokers who had re fused to sell a house to a man because of his race. Aaron Copland Receives Award PETERBOROUGH, N. H. (JTA) — ‘ Aaron Copeland, prominent American-Jewish composer, re ceived the Edward MacDowel) Medal this week for hi* contribu tions to American music. Presi dent Kennedy, in a congratula tory telegram to the composer, described Mr. Copeland a* "a significant force in the cultural life at this nation and the world community.” the fifth Knesset, which it did. Ben-Gurion termed the results of the election a victory for Ma pai. But he said, the results were “disastrous" for the country be cause they failed to bring about a change in the electoral system. The Premier has long advocated a two-party system for Israel and the elimination of the present system which makes it virtually impossible for a single party ever to command a majority of the parliament and exercise a clear mandate. , . Yoesef Almogi, secretary-gen eral of Mapai, stated that his party faces two alternatives in planning the next coalition gov ernment. One pouriUUty, ha said, is a coalition comprised of Ma pai, the Liberal Party and foe National Religious Front The other possibility he saw would be a combination of Mapai, Ma- pam, Achdut Avodah and he Na tional Religious Party. In either case, plans call for a 16 member cabinet with 8 seats going to Mapai. Meanwhile, Men* him Beigin, leader of the right-wing Herat, officially wrote to leaders of foe liberal party early thi proposing the formation of Herat-Liberal bloc in foe set, which wouM hoM and end the majority rale of Ma pai. Mapai polled an estimated 34.1 percent of the vote to hold 42 seats, a loss of five from the last parliament The Liberals, contest ing an election for the first time panied on his official visit to as a merger of the General Zion* Australian cities by Lady Waley- \ist and Progressive Parties won Cohen, was received earlier by 13 8 percent of the vote and w*h high Government officials, and . ia . . .. . was tendered a reception by have 16 or 17 seat, m the house. Sydney’s Lord Mayor Harry Jen- Herut party, With 13.4 per- sen. cent will hold its 17 seats. General Marshall To Speak At JNF Breakfast Confab are conviction and understand ing.” Another committee report pre sented today sounded a warning against intermarriage. “Aside from very real problem of as similation which could result from intermarriage,” the report stated, “facts are clear that mar riages in which partners are of different faiths are headed for potential trouble, particularly once children arrive and the question of their religious train ing arises." London's Mayor Welcomed In Sydney SYDNEY, Australia (JTA) — London’s Jewteh Lord Mayor, Sir Bernard Waley-Cohen, was guost of honor at a dinner reception by this city’s Jewish (Community. Speakers at the dinner included Abram Lancia, Housing Minister of New South Wales, and Moshe Yuval, Israeli Ambassador to Australia. Sir Bernard, who is accom- Thc highlight of the Jewish National Fund Breakfast on Sep tember 1, one of the sessions of the ZOA Convention, opening at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City, on August 30, will be an address by the noted military analyst and lecturer, General S. L. A. Marshall. Pro minent among the other speakers addressing the JNF Breakfast will be Albert Schiff, JNF Presi dent, Judge Bernard A. Rosen blatt, Chairman of the JNF Foundation and Mendel N. Fish er, Executive Director of the Fund. General Marshall’s close identi fication with the State of Israel dates back to 1956, when he flew to Israel to observe the Sinai Campaign. He has written ex tensively about the campaign and is considered to be a leading au thority on this dramatic chapter in the life of the State of Israel. Bom at the turn of the cen tury, General Marshall has serv ed in both World Wars with great distinction, participating lnbattles on both European and Asiatic sectors. He was named Historian of the Armies of Occupation on September 1, 1946. He was re called to active duty in 1948 and served during the Korean Con flict in 1960-61. General Marshall has long been a staunch supporter of the fled geling Jewish State and in his address on September 1, before top Zionist and civic leaders, will highlight the vital role played by the Jewish National Fund in the upbuilding of Israel. Scientist Finds Ragweed Pollen Allergy Agent CHICAGO, (JTA)—Dr. Robed Goldfarb, a scientist at the ■Chi cago Medical School, has suc ceeded in isolating a protein from ragweed pollen which tests indicate is the agent that causes the allergic reaction in hay- fever sufferers. He outlined his discovery in a paper presented to the fifth International Congress on Biochemistry currently meet ing in Moscow. Dr. Goldfarb’* work, which climaxed ten years of tests of substances from ragweed pollen, could give medical science foe means to build up mosw thorough and Mating psutsetian in suscep tible; person*