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The Southern Israelite A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Established 1925 XXXV] ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1961 No. 49 Graceville, Fla. Chooses Jewish Merchant as Mayor and our religion. We observe each Honor Truman For Role in Creating Israel KANSAS CITY (JTA) — More thaft 750 persons filled the Grand Ballroom of the Muehlebach Ho tel to overflowing Sunday night at a dinner in honor of former President Harry S. Truman spon sored by the Kansas City Com mittee for State of Israel Bonds The principal speaker at the dinner was Abraham A. Ribicoff, Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, who extolled Mr. Truman’s record as a statesman and leader. Cabled messages were received from Israel President Izhak Ben-Ziv and Prime Min ister David Ben-Gurion in tribute to Mr. Truman. A special plaque bearing the seal of the State of Israel, and three gold coins issued in com memoration of Israel’s Bar Mit- zvah, were presented to Mr. Tru man at the dinner. The plaque honored Mr. Tru man as a “stalwart champion of human rights, fearless defender of the free world, whose vision and statesmanship as President of the United States found memora ble expression in his historic sup port of the establishment of the State of Israel, which is now celebrating its Bar Mitzvah year.’’ TEL AVTV (JTA) — “There is nothing Israel can do to improve relations with the Soviet Union under present circumstances, Prime Minister David Ben-Gu rion declared here. “Whatever Israel does will only be held against her by Moscow,” he added Sunday. The Prime Minister spoke at the traditional annual dinner with editors and foreign cor respondents. The dinner, marking this year the 14th anniversary of the adoption of the partition reso lution by the United Nations, was also attended by high Govern ment officials and army officers. In the course of a question-and- answer period that followed the dinner, Mr. Ben-Gurion also stat ed that: 1. The Syrian coup which sepa rated that country from Egypt and ended President Nasser’s United Arab Republic did not diminish the Arab threat to Israel or bring nearer a settlement of Middle East differences. 2. Israel was not prepared to accept Prime Minister Nehru of India as a mediator in the Arab- Israel dispute because his quali fications as a neutralist were doubted. 3. Israel’s stand against the South African Republic in the United Nations on the Apartheid Lodge Relative and Kibbutznik Married After Conversion TEL AVIV (JTA) — Twenty- three year-old Dolores Ann Baker, of Cleveland, a relative of former American United Na tions chief delegate Henry Cabot Lodge, and a 27-year-old Israeli engineer were man and wife this week after a festive wedding in the groom’s kibbutz. Miss Baker, now Mrs. Yuval Shulmann, was in the interna tional news once before, on No vember 10, 1960, when she and a friend crossed by mistake into Jordan and were arrested. She and the friend were released after eight days of Jordanian captivity following intervention by the American consul in the old city of Jerusalem, which is under Jor danian control. The Cleveland girl had been attending an Ulpan in Givat Haim Kibbutz and there she fell in love with Shulmann. She returned to the United States where she was converted to Judaism by Orthodox rabbis. Returning to Israel recently, she was received hy Chief Rabbi Isar Untermann of Tel Aviv who ac cepted her certificate of conver sion and gave approval to the marriage. The religious wedding ceremony was conducted by a Tel Aviv rabbi. issue was justified for a variety of reasons. 4. Dag Hammarskjold, the late United Nations Secretary-General was just and reasonable and there is no justification for a negative attitude toward him. 5. The best of the eight govern ments he has headed was the provisional one which he was unable to reconstitute after the elections last August He said there were two main factors in the question of Israel- Soviet relations. One was the fact that Israel had only one vote in the United Nations compared with the 11 Middle East Arab countries and that there were 70,000,000 Arab voices in the world as against 2,000,000 He brew-speaking people. The sec ond factor was that there are 3,000,000 Jews in Russia whom the Soviet authorities wanted to assimilate forcefully, a goal to which Israel was a barrier. He hailed Nehru as a leader who had succeeded in establish ing a true democracy in India but he questioned his qualifications as a “neutralist.” He said that word could not be genuinely applied to Nehru. He compared the Indian leader in that respect with Tito of Yugoslavia, who greeted Presi dent Ben-Zvi on his birthday and who maintains relations with Is- GRACEVILLE, Fla.—This com munity of 2,500 Floridans has elected Morris Rabinowitz, popu lar Jewish merchant and civic leader, to the post of mayor with a three-to-one majority. His only opponent was almost a life-long resident of Graceville, who Mr. Rabinowitz stated is re lated to practically everybody in town. This was the first venture in politics for Mr. Rabinowitz, who has lived here for fifteen years and who is married to the former Hilda Berman of Savannah. They have four children. The Rabinowitz’s are the only Jews in this small town and are active members of Temple Eman uel in Dothan, the nearest or ganized Jewish community. One of the most satisfying fac tors of living in Graceville, the mayor-elect declared, “is the sin cere admiration we get from our Gentile friends because, I feel, we are proud of our religion and they respect us for it. “Just as we admire their Christmas decorations, the non- Jews come into our home to ad- rael. He said Nehru does not maintain such relations, in spite of his de facto recognition of Is rael. The Prime Minister added that Nehru claimed neutrality while India maintained member ship in the British Common wealth. Mr. Ben-Gurion stressed that his visit this month to Burma meant a renewal of personal con tact with Premier U Nu and Former Premier No Win, whom he described as ardent friends of Israel. Promising a report on the meeting when he returned, he said he was looking forward to meeting again the two Burmese leaders who had already visited Israel. In reply to a question about Israel's relations with Communist China, he said that Israel had recognized the Peiping regime but that Red China did not appear to be eager to reciprocate. He ex pressed the hope that, consider ing the good relations between Burma and Red China, his visit to Burma might promote rap prochement between Israel and Red China. In his reply to a question about South Africa, he said that Israel’s attitude was motivated by three factors. One was its belief in self- determination for all peoples. The (Continued on page 5) mire our Hanukah decorations. “In school, our children are asked to read out of the Old Testament. We have never re quested this, but the teachers have this much respect for us PARIS, (JTA)—A Christian- Jewish action group to promote mutual understanding and better relations between Catholics and Jews has been formed in Spain, it was reported here this week. The unprecedented new group includes important Spanish Ca tholic prelates and lay leaders and the president of the Madrid Jewish community, Max Mazin, and the honorary president, Louis Blitz. The formation of the new group, which held its first meet ing in Madrid last week, was Brazil Cemetery Desecrated, Second In Month RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA)—The second swastika smearing inci dent, desecrating Jewish ceme teries in a month, was reported here this week by Federal of ficials. The latest outrage took place over the weekend in the Jewish cemetery of Porto Alegre, the third largest Jewish com munity in Brazil. Police said several dozen gravestones were smeared with swastikas, inscribed with “Heil, Hitler!” and other stones were overturned. A month ago, similar ceme tery desecrations occurred at the Jewish burial grounds at Curi tiba. Police authorities said they have been trying to trace the vandals with no success. Israel Hikes Postal, Telephone Rates; Other Boosts Due JERUSALEM (JTA) — A wide range of price increases for vari ous services in Israel were an nounced this week, starting with a boost in domestic postal rates. Postal rates for overseas mail will be increased on January 1. The increases include a hike in telephone rates of 17 percent and range from 14 to 60 percent in mail, cables and parcel post. Serv ices not affected include rates for newspapers, overseas cables and airmail which will remain un changed. A series of service price boosts are due next week, includ ing transport fares, kindergarten tuition fees and beauty parlor prices. An increase in the price of some farm products also is expected soon. Jewish holiday just as though we were among Jewish Mends. May be our religion means mors to us since we are the only Jews in our town.” decided on following a public meeting on the subject of “Jews and Christians—their mutual re lations.” Speakers at the meet- ing included members of the Catholic church, priests and Maximon Yagupeky, farmer head of the South American office of the American Jewish Committee. The work of the new group was expected to be important not only for the tiny Spanish Jewish community but eventually also for South American countries which have large numbers of Catholic clergy. The group in cludes Father Serrano, who rep resented the Bishop of Madrid at the first meeting. Father An tonio Deral of the Arias Moatal Institute and the Mother Superior of the Order of Our Lady of Zion. Giant Menorah Lit Starting Hanukah in Israel JERUSALEM (JTA) — With the traditional lignthw at a giant menorah atop Mount Zion here, Israel started its week-long cele bration of Hanukah Marathon runners belonging to the Maase- bean sports organisation brmmhft the torch from Media, the Mqn- place of Matpfhias the Hasmen- ean, father of the Msoratiw dy nasty which defeated the Syrian defilers of the Second Temple during a three-year rebellion (168-165 B.C.E.), ending withlbe miracle now memorialized in the annual Feast of Lights. After the torch brought from Modin had been used for lighting the menorah on Mount Zion, the Maccabean runners brought it to the home of President Izhak Ben-Zvi, presenting it to the Chief of State. Meanwhile, on Mount Zkm, a special ceremony was held, hon oring 2,000 Israeli youths who had reached their Bar Mitzvah during the 13th year since the rebirth of the State of Israel. The ceremony was conducted by the Ministry for Religious Affairs. Each of the Bar Mitzvah boys was awarded a special confirmation pin struck for the occasion by the medallion unit of the Prime Minister’s of fice. Israel Can Do Nothing To Improve Relations With Moscow — B-G Spanish Catholic, Jewish Leaders Form Group for Understanding Eichmann's Lawyer in Israel; Says Will Appeal Guilty Verdict TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Dr. Robert Servatius, West German attorney who handled the defense of Adolf Eichmann last summer, said this week he would appeal an ex pected verdict of guilty for his client on grounds that the tri bunal was incompetent to try the former Gestapo colonel. DR. SERVATIUS, who is ex pected to arrive in Israel this week to begin preparations for reading of the judgment and the verdict, nude the statement in an interview with the Bonn correspondent of an Israeli news paper. The three-jndge court which tried Eichmann will re sume sitting on December 11 to read the judgment and the ver dict against the man charged with a key role in the Nasi war time slaughter of (,tN,Nt Euro pean Jewish men, women and children. The West German lawyer said the appeal would not involve Eichmann’s deeds as a Gestapo official which could not be de nied. He said he would argue that Eichmann was kidnapped in another country and brought to Israel and that the Jerusalem court was therefore incompetent in the case. He added that if his appeal was rejected, he would ask President Ben-Zvi for clem ency. Asked what his client thought the verdict would be, Dr. Serva tius replied that Eichmann was sure he would get the death sentence. He added that Eich mann “truly believes the predic tion of a gypsy fortune teller who said he would not live to his 57th birthday.” Eichmann will be 56 next March. In another phase of the Eich mann case, Justice Minister Dov Joseph disclosed in the Knesset this week that the Soviet Gov ernment never acknowledged a request by the Israel Govern ment to let Israel know whether the USSR had any materials that were relevant to the triaL Mr. Joseph made the statement in re ply to a question on the floor of the House as to whether East European countries had sent any materials or had cooperated with Israel in the case against Eich mann. The Justice Minister said that Poland, Hungary and Czechoslo vakia did provide Israel with materials. Bulgaria replied to the request sent all East Euro pean countries on this subject that it had nothing relevant Ru mania did not send anything. Tbs Moscow Government ignored the request Happy Hanukah from TSI Staff