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The Southern Israelite A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Established 1925 XXXVI ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1961 WO. 96 Post Office to Proceed Against Nazi Party for Mailings WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The U.S. Post Office Department ruled this week that Nazi Post cards mailed to defame and threaten Jews were in violation of statutes and announced that "the Chief Inspector is currently investigating the activities of the American Nazi Party with a view to determining those re sponsible for the mailings. Deputy Postmaster General Bill Brawley made this known in a letter to Rep. Seymour Halpern. The Congressman, who received a barrage of Nazi phone calls and mail, turned over a newly mailed nazi piece stating “the Jews are going up the smokestack . . Rockwell to pow er. ^Mr. Brawley said criminal pro ceedings are considered and “you may be sure that everything feasible under the law will be done to bring the perpetrators to justice.” The Chief Postal Inspector and General Counsel of the Depart ment joined Mr. Brawley in initiating action against the Nazis after examining the material mailed to Rep. Halpern. Mr. Brawley said “the Chief Postal Inspector and the Gen eral Counsel feel as I do that these insidious missives should not be afforded the privilege of being transported in the United States mails. Preliminary analy sis indicates the General Counsel will find the mailings violative of the scurrilous and defamatory statute (18 United States code 1718). Accordingly the Chief In spector has commenced action against the Nazi Party to appre hend those responsible for the mailings and presentation to the Department of Justice for “in stituting criminal proceedings.” Yeshiva Youths Raid Camp To ‘Rescue’ Teen-Agers TEL AVIV (JTA) — About 100 Yeshiva youths belonging to the ultra-zealous "Torah Camp” of the ultra-Orthodox Agudat Is rael Party this week raided Ra- mat Hadassah, an immigrant youth distribution center near Haifa, and claimed they had "rescued” 30 teenage immigrants who, allegedly, were being brought up “irreligiously” by the center. The raiders rolled into the camp in trucks, some equipped with loud speakers, and summon ed the teenage residents to leave with them. As inducements, they passed out cigarettes and candy to the teenage residents. Camp instructors and other personnel fought the raiders and, when po lice reinforcements arrived, about 50 of the raiders were detained. However, Moshe Kol, head of the Jewish Agency's Youth Aliyah department, who arrived soon after the police, requested that the 50 be freed, and they were released. The claim that 30 of the teen agers had gone away with the raiders was made in Jerusalem by Rabbi Menahem Porush, a member of Parliament. Camp of ficials denied that any of the youths left voluntarily with the raiders. "Religious people will not be quiet,” Rabbi Porush said, “until every religious boy or girl gets a religious education in Is rael.” Leaders of the raiding party charged that the teenagers from the Ramat Hadassah dis tribution center “are being sent to settlements where pigs are raised, and are encouraged to apostasy.” Mr. Kol indignantly denied these charges, calling them “groundless slander.” He said that no children with religious background would be or are being turned over to non-religi ous settlements or institutions. On the contrary, he said, one group of teenagers was sent only this week, prior to the Orthodox Pinovecz Yeshiva, in Bnei Brak, while others had already been prepared for enrollment in schools conducted by the Habad branch of the Hassidic move ment. Sharett Condemns Zealots Campaign Against Youth Immigration System JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Moshe Sharett, chairman of the Jewish Agency, this week condemned the campaign being conducted by ultra-religious zealots against the Agency’s youth immigration department. The department, said Mr. Sha rett, "has had under its charge for many years the sons and daughters of Orthodox families, and no protest had been voiced against the spirit or the tone of their education in Israel.” Mr. Sharett pointed out that three-fourths of all recently ar rived teen-age immigrants have been sent to Orthodox institu tions for their education. Some questions still pending, he de clared, "continue to be subjected to clarification.” He added that a full report on the issue will be made to the next meeting of the Jewish Agency’s executive. Representatives of the Jewish Agency met this morning with religious representatives, includ ing a delegation from the Na tional Religious Party, and dis cussed ways to end the dispute about the type of religious train ing being given the young immi grants. The ultra-Orthodox raid ers who stormed the Ramat Ha dassah youth immigration camp last week charged that the teen agers were not being properly indoctrinated in Orthodox reli gious practices. Representatives of the Na tional Religious Party demanded at this morning’s meeting that religous instructors be appointed for the youth immigrants, not only here but also abroad. They also requested that representa tives of Israel’s Chief Rabbinate be named to a committee to de termine the type of education to be given the young immigrants. Another meeting of today’s par ticipants has been scheduled for Wednesday. The ultra-Orthodox Agudath Israel, however, is continuing its agitations on the issue. Last night, Agudah held a mass-meet ing here, denouncing the Agen cy’s Youth Aliyah department. UN Envoy to Seek Mid East Solution for Arab Refugees UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (J- TA)—The United Nations Pales tine Conciliation Commission will send a special representative to the Middle East “to explore with the host governments and with Israel practical means of seeking progress on the Palestine Arab refugee problem.” The commission’s envoy will be Dr. Joseph E. Johnson, presi dent of the Carnegie Foundation for International Peace. Israel Foreign Minister Golda Meir im mediately advised the UN Secre tary General Dag Hammarskjold New Chief Rabbi Chosen in Turkey ISTANBUL, (JTA) — Rabbi David Asseo was chosen this week from among six candidates to become a Chief Rabbi of the Turkish Jewish community. Rabbi Asseo, 47, who was elected by 55 religious and lay delegates representing various Jewish communities throughout the country, was formerly secre tary of the Grand Rabbinate and was director of the rabbinical seminary here. Ivri Stone in China 1,200 Years Old LONDON, (JTA) — A Jewish tombstone dating back to the eighth century has been discov ered in China, according to a re port in the Warsaw Folkstimme. The directorate of the historical museum in Peking sent a copy of the inscription on the jtombstone —which is in Hebrew—to arch aeologists in Israel, the paper re ported. BRUSSELS (JTA) — Ratifica tion papers of a treaty, by which West Germany will give Belgium $19,992,000 for distribution among Belgian victims of Nazism, were exchanged this weekend by the two governments, according to a report issued today. VIENNA, (JTA)—A documen tation center for gathering, fil ing and indexing of information and data about the fate of more than 16,000 Austrian Jews killed or deported during World War II by the Nazi regime will be opened here September 1, ac cording to an announcement this week by the Federal Oroganiza- tion of Austrian Jewish Com munities. JERUSALEM, (JTA)—United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold was asked this week by the Tunisian Immigrants Association of Israel, to help re store postal communications be tween Israel and Tunisia. Last week. Tunisia severed postal communications with Is rael on the grounds that the Arab Postal Union forbids mail contact between member states and Israel. JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Israel’s financial problems involved in the program for the absorption of new immigrants were discuss ed here this week by the Cabi net of the outgoing caretaker Government. Finance Minister Levi Eshkol presided at the meet ing in the absence of Prime Min ister David Ben-Gurion, who is on vacation until after the High Holy Daya. JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Israel and the Malagasy Republic (Ma dagascar) have signed a treaty that Israel would be happy to receive Dr. Johnson at any time. The Commission, which is com posed of representatives of the United States, Turkey and France, said it was sending Dr. Johnson to the Middle East pur suant to a resolution adopted by the General Assembly last April 21. That resolution instructed the P.C.C. to report to the next As sembly, not later than October 15, what progress it had made to ward implementing instructions issued years ago regarding “re patriation” of the Arab refugees to Israel or their compensaton by Israel. (The national convention of Hadassah, in Denver last week, adopted a resolution calling on the United States Government The New York Times reported this week that President Gamal Abdel Nasser of the United Arab Republic had “challenged” Presi dent Kennedy’s views on the Arab-Israeli situation by calling on the U.S. Administration to show that American “policy in the Middle East was inspired solely by United States interests, and not by world Zionism.” The dispatch, from Beirut, asserted that Col. Nasser’s alleged chal lenge was contained in a reply to Mr. Kennedy’s letter of last May to the Arab leaders on the Arab refugee question. President Nasser himself, in a television interview with Eric Sevareid and Howard K. Smith, of friendship and technical co operation in the fields of api culture, industry, vocational and professional training, youth ac tivities, education, public health service and transportation. TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The Lib eral Party this week turned 'down the proposal of the Herat Party for the formation of a Llberal- Herut parliamentary bloc in the next Knesset. At a meeting that lasted sev eral hours, last night, leaders of the Liberal Party and Liberals elected to the Knesset in the na tional elections, August 15, voted that formation of a bloc like the one proposed by Herat would be “a betrayal of the voters, who did not give us a mandate to enter into such a partnership." Publicity Notice September, with our heavy New Year issues, and three short production weeks be cause of Labor Day and the High Holy Days, is going to be a difficult month for our staff. Publicity chairmen and or ganisational officers with ma terial for our columns can as sist by getting Items to our office promptly and in ample time to avoid any possible de lay. Observe a strict Friday deadline for publication the following Friday and get the material in sooner if possible. —THE EDITOR to press during the forthcom ing General Assembly for so lution of the Arab refugee problem by resettlement bn the Arab countries.) Dr. Johnson, who has laen head of the Carnegie Peace or ganization since 1960, is a his torian with degrees from Har vard University. From 1942 to 1947, he served in the U.S. De partment of State and partici pated in various international conferences that led to and launched the formation of the United Nations. Later, Dr. John son served in other capacities with the State Department For three years prior to amiming the presidency of the Carnegie Endowment he was president of Williams College. carried last week by the Colum bia Broadcasting System net work, carefully avoided any In dication of hpw he , believed settlement of the ^rab refugee problems could be achieved short of the settlement of all the refu gees on the territory of Israel. Asked pointblank whether , his aim was “that Israel be removed from the map,” the Egyptian dic tator replied: “We feel and we think that the rights of the Arabs of Pales tine must be regained because more than one million Arabs were expelled out of their terri tory. They must return back to their land. What is the point of view of the Israeli Government? The Israeli Government refused. They said that hey will not per mit any of these Arabs to return back and they want immigralim, Jewish immigration, from the outside.” He likewise avoided direct ans wer to a question/ whether he believed no solution of the Arab- Israeli issue was possible with out conflict and insisted the con flict existed and an Israeli threat to the Arabs as well. He called on the United States Government and press to take a “neutral view” in this conflict Eichmann Refuses To Testify On Other Nazi War Criminals TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Adolf Eichmann, the former Gestapo specialist in the annihilation Of Jews, whose fate is now being weighed by the Jerusalem Dis trict Court which heard the charges against him in a four- month-long trial, refuses to testi fy about the activities of other, accused ex-war criminals. Yaacov Siegelman, a Haifa magistrate who had gone to the prison at the request of the West German and Austrian govern ments reported that the prisoner said he was instructed by his attorney. Dr. Robert Servatius, not to answer any questions now. The magistrate wantqd- Eichmann to answer questions about the activities of 27 former Nazis now on trial for their war time activities in Germany and Austria. The three-judge court which heard the charges against KtOT- mann, accused of crimes sgsiuul humanity, is not expected to render its verdict until Novem ber. . .. Last Minute Briefs Nasser Wants Neutral America, Return of Arabs to Israel