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» )j'.i n i i. ♦. / .'t n r i ip sm'i The Southern Isr A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - Estab XXXVI ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1961 Israel Bond Workers Strike; Move Called “Unjustified” NEW YORK, (JTA)—Some 400 professional and clerical em ployes of the Development Corp oration for Israel which conducts the Israel bond campaign in this country, went out on strike this week for increased wages and fringe benefits. The bond workers, who are members of the Community and Social Agency Employes Union, American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organiza tions, failed to report for work in bond offices throughout the country after the union and the US Nazi Arrested In DC for Mailing Anti-Semitic Cards WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Fed eral authorities announced this week the arrest of a supporter of George Rockwell, American Nazi Party leader, on a warrant charg ing violation of the U.S. Crimi nal Code by sending libelous and threatening anti-Semitic post cards through the mails. Ronald Harner, 19, was taken into custody. Bail was set at $1,000 by the Federal District Court and Harner was ordered to appear Sept. 19 before a United States Grand Jury. The arrest resulted from an investigation by postal inspectors. UN Sends Jewish Professor to brad UNITED NATIONS, (WUP) — Dr A. C. Abrahamson, a special ist in the training and teaching of social welfare workers asso ciated with the University of Washington, has gone to Israel to assist in the establishment of an in-service and on-the-job training program for all levels of social welfare personnel under the UN Technical Assistance Pro gram. Israel-Born Contestant Is US Bible Champion NEW YORK, (JTA) — Tuvia Goldman, an American Jew bom in Israel and now living in Cin cinnati, won the United States final in the country-wide Bible contest conducted here last week. As American champion, he will compete in the International Bi ble Contest to be conducted at Jerusalem on October 3. Mr. Goldman competed against four other Americans, all non- Jews. One of these was Mrs. Myrtle Davis, the Beaufort, Ga., housewife who two years ago was the U.S. champion. She was selected in Atlanta in regional competition conducted under auspices of the S.E. Israel Con sulate. The judges of the U.S. finals competition, which was televised, were three prominent scholars: Dr. Harry M. Orlinsky, professor at the Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion; Fa ther John LaFarge, a Catholic scholar and well-known Jesuit; and Professor James Muhlen berg, one of this country’s most prominent Protestant theologians.' bond organization failed to reach agreement. Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, vice- president of the Israel Bond Organization, said there was no justification for the strike by the union representing its pro fessional and clerical workers. He pointed out that the organiza tion had made the most liberal and generous concession. Dr. Schwartz said: “By any standards, our employees receive very good salaries and enjoy the best working conditions and benefits of aijy organization in the field. The action of the union in calling this strike is totally incomprehensible and the re sponsibility for any disruption of our activities in behalf of Israel will be solely that of the union leadership and not of manage ment.” Charge 90,000 Ration Cards of Dead Arab Refugees Used in Jordan JERUSALEM, (JTA)—At least 90,000 ration cards of Arab refu gees who are long dead are still in circulation among the refugees in Jordan, according to a state ment to a Jordanian newspaper made by Roy Lucas, Jordanian director for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refguees in the Near East. In an interview with a ccrre- spondent for a Jordanian daily newspaper, A1 Jihad, Mr. Lucas said he is negotiating with Jor danian Government authorities for the surrender of these 90,000 ration cards. He said also that a joint com mission composed of representa tives of Jordan and UNRWA will investigate cases of wealthy “refugees” who continue to draw rations. Carla’s Texas Capers Cancel Many Rosh Hashonah Rites BY DAVID WHITE, JEWISH HERALD, HOUSTON AND JIMMIE W1SCH, JEWI8H POST, FT. WORTH, AS TOLD TO ADOLPH ROSENBERG, SOUTHERN ISRAELITE GALVESTON, Texas — A ca vorting Hurricane Carla prevent ed the Jewish New Year 5722 from being ushered in with usual dignified and solemn Rosh Hashonah services earlier this week. As a matter of fact, Jewish congregations in a dozen or so communities in the affected area either skipped Rosh Hashonah services altogether — or held modified or delayed rites with greatly reduceed attendance. Hundreds of Jewish residents had fled the areas with the ad vance storm warnings and high winds and buffeting tides and waves which pounded the shores and surrounding lowland towns and settlements. Services at Galveston’s syna gogues were out of the questipn with such adverse conditions. The Orthodox synagogue Beth Jacob was four feet under water. Beth Israel, the Reform Temple, was affected by the rising tides and winds and services could not be held there. At nearby Houston, twenty- miles inland from the gulf front on an inland bay, some 60,000 refugees sought shelter from the low coastal region.s Advance warnings had indi cated that Carla was headed into Houston and the residence braced for the blow and a possible secon dary refugeeing surge of great proportions. Although the hurri cane’s route veered away spar ing Houston, weather conditions were so adverse that Temple Beth Israel cancelled its Sunday evening and Monday morning services. Beth Israel slated serv ices for Tuesday evening and again with power lines down had to cancel. The rites were held Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning. Meanwhile the Ortho dox synagogue held services but with sparse attendance. The Con servative congregation cancelled altogether. Shulemberg escaped damage, while conditions at Port Arthur where the wires were down and where the Synagogue was near the water, had been unreported. Corpus Christi, with its 1200 to 1400 Jews, was hit as heavy as any community. What the Jewish congregations did has not been learned yet, but in all like lihood services were not held due to weather conditions and a diminishing congregations fleeing the area for safety. At El Campa and Wharton' there was little damage and prob ably no services cither. Meanwhile the community of Galveston was hit by a secondary storm as a tornado spawned by * Carla doubled back and left con siderable damage. It has been estimated that poss ibly a billion dollars in damage resulted from the storm, parti cularly to the unharvested rice v crops and to business and resi dential areas. Losses to Jewjtb residents through damage to .thgif homes and their busineo* , Mi hitched, have been considerfbl4*8$ JBuat have been the loooeo'to the vaca tion craft and' farihtM which many Jewish people owned in this Carla-afflicted vacation dtoa. Victoria,. Texas, originally a haven for the refugee* was bat tered so severely by the storm Sunday that services had to be postponed. Beaumont postponed services., Services were held on at Austin. B'nai B'rith Leaders Rebuffed by Reds by DAVID HOROWITZ NEW YORK, (JTA)—Propos als from a United States Jewish delegation to high Soviet officials in Moscow about Jewish religion and education for Soviet Jews were dismissed by the officials, delegation members reported here this week. Both officials gave the same answer—that such requests would have to come from synagogues in the Soviet Union. The delegation was made up of B’nai B’rith leaders led by Label A. Katz, B’nai B’rith presi dent. They met separately with Alexander N. Kutznetsov, First Deputy Minister of Culture, and V. Riasanov, deputy chairman of the Council for Affairs of Re ligious Cults. The delegation urged that So viet Jews be present at a forth coming international conference on Jewish education, and other future non-political gatherings on Jewish affairs, and that “as an act of friendship,” the B’nai B’rith wanted to send to Russian synagogues a gift of such religi ous articles as Old Testament, prayer books and prayer shawls which are in short supply in Russia. Mr. Kats reported that the delegation’s observations on the lack of Jewish instftntioiM In the USSR did not correspond with what the delegation was told by Russian officials — that Soviet Jews simply were not interested. The B’nai B’rith leader assert ed that Jewish cultural interests would flourish in the USSR if they were “accorded the same encouragement shown other So- aia ms aejegauon nao ume its 440 and viet ethnic groups. In our brief but intensive contacts, we found a persistent streak of Jewish consciousness, even among young Jews. But they are without al most any cultural means to ex press it. He said his delegation had thf chance' ... contradiction - toward groups during a 60-minute con ference with Kwtanetoo▼, one of the’ Soviet officials "whig Attri buted the almost total absence of Jewish-content newspapers and periodicals, either in Yiddish or the Russian language, and of Jewish educational facilities, or even secular school courses in Yiddish or Hebrew* to a disinter est among Jews themselves." Katz told the Soviet official that there was still widespread use of Yiddish among 8oviet Jews and that it was hard to agree that Russian Jews "would not support enthusiastically a Yiddish press and other Yiddish cultural facilitiis, as well as He brew and Russian language in stitutions, if they were Jewishly oriented.” To this the Soviet official re plied that his Government, as well sa Soviet Jews, favored the continued growth of a dominant Soviet culture and the elimina tion of other cultures that might tend to set groups apart. The American Jews replied, first, that the American experience had shown that the strengthening of diverse ethnic cnltnres enhanced rather than weakened t* **- (Continued on page 8) Ben-Gurion Hopes Next Maccabiah Will Include Russian Athletes TEL AVIV, (JTA) — A hope that the next world Maccabiah may include Jewish athletes from the Soviet Union and other Iron Curtain countries was ex pressed at Ramat Gan Stadium, before an audience of 45,000 this week by Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. He was the princi pal speaker at colorful cere monies that formally concluded the week-long sixth Maccabiah Games, in which Jewish athletes from 26 countries participated. “It is our wish and hope,” said the Premier, “that, in the next Maccabiah, side by side with you, there will also be groups from North African countries, from Poland, Hungary, Checho slovakia, Rumania and Soviet Russia. There is nothing to pre vent them — when freedom spreads also in those countries— from coming to Israel, even if only for a few days.” Mr. Gen-Gurion also proposed that the next world Maccabiah include contests in Hebrew, read ing of the Bible in the Hebrew language, and Jewish history. Mike Herman, former New York University track star, was awarded a special plaque for having amassed the highest number of gold medals among the men. The women’s championship plaque was awarded to Made- lame Bergman, of Australia. Jewish athletes from the United States came out with the most gold medals during the week-long contests. United States teams garnered a total of 58 gold medals. Israel was second over-all winner, with 29 medals. The Americans won 29 silver and 24 bronze medals. Israel got 47 silver and 38 bronze medals. In the final days of competi tion, U.S. teams, led by Gary Gubner and Dick Savitt, both New Yorkers, won 16 gold med als. Gubner won an unusual triple—winning the shot-put and discus titles in track and field, then following through by tak ing first place in the heavy weight weightlifting. Savitt, who had won the Wimbledon tennis championship in 1M1, took too tennis titles here. During the final day, the U.S. also won five gold medals in swimming; four, in addition to Gubner’s, in weightlifting; two in fencing; and one in shooting. The Americans were simply ter rific in swimming, taking 17 victories, while Canada was next in these events with two wins. The United States also won the women’s team foil-fencing by de feating Israel 5-4, in the final. In gymnastics, Ron Barak, of Los Angeles, acquired a total of eight gold medals, one silver and one bronze. Mike Herman, of Yonkers, N.Y., won his third gold medal in track and field, finish- ond place relay team which Brit ain won. Previously, Herman had won the broad jump, and retain ed his decathlon title. Americans also swept six of seven medals in swimming and diving, Kathy Flicker, J4, of Mil- burn, N.J., and Dickie Morse, 17, of Nashville, each collected throe-meter diving gold medals. Accompanying the Awertesn team to totnel to Sal Marshall, pahdcky representative tor the ptop. Mr. Marshall was a recent visitor toi dttonta, whpse at ton time he wetted with The Sen- them Israelite editorial ■***( and did yeath Work tor the old Jew ed second in the hop, step and toh MhedM hlltonoo He to jump, and garnered a silver carrewtfy associated with thp medal as a member of the sec- Center nsevemaat to Leo topha