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l/SS Bronstein
Navy’s Newest, Largest Destroyer
Escort N amed for Jewish NavalHero
CHARLESTON, S. C. — The
U. S. Navy’s newest and largest
destroyer escort has been named
the “USS Bronstein” in honor of
a Navy doctor who was killed in
action during World War II.
This is the second ship to be
named for Lt. (j.g.) Ben Richard
Bronstein. The first fought in
numerous engagements during the
war and was transferred to the
Uruguyan Navy in 1952
The National Jewish Welfare
Board (JWB), which was advised
by the Navy of the commissioning
of the "Bronstein” a tthe U. 8.
Naval Station In Charleston, said
that the new ship, designated
DE-1037, has Joined the Pacific
Fleet this fall. JWB is the gov
ernment-authorised agency for
religious and morale services to
Jews in the U. S. Armed Forces.
At 370 feet in length, Bronstein
is about 60 feet longer than
earlier DEs. She carries
submarine rockets and othei
vanced armament systems del
ed to protect trans-oceanic *'
voys. She will be based at *
Diego, Calif. \
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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - Established 1925
Vol XXXVIII
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1963
NO. 40
Israel Bond Purchase South African Premier Attacks
By Two Dalton Banks Israel for Recall of Envoy
Two Dalton Banks have announced the purchase of State of
Israel Bonds, it was reported this week by Mr. A. J. Weinberg,
chairman of the Israel Bond Committee for Georgia and South
Carolina.
The First National Bank of Dalton and the Harwich Na
tional Bank and Trust Company of Dalton have each reported
their commitment to purchase Israel Bonds. ‘This makes the
third bank in Georgia to report their interest in purchasing Israel
Bonds, Mr. Weinberg stated, which is indicative of the support
that Israel is receiving from many financial institutions through
out the country.”
The two community leaders who participated in approaching
the banks for the sale of Israel Bonds in Dalton were Mr. M W
Wiesen and Ira Nochumson. This brings to a total of $20,000 for
the Dalton Israel Bond Campaign.
Southerners Missing
60 Senators Rap
Russia Anti-Semitism
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Fifty-
nine US. Senators joined with
Senator Abraham Riblcoff, Dem.,
Conn., last week in a resolution
condemning the Soviet Union for
discrimination against Jews. They
appealed to the Soviet Union “in
the name of decency and human
ity” to cease executing persons
for alleged economic offenses.
They also asked the Soviet Gov
ernment to fully permit freedom
of religion for Jews — and all
others—within its borders.
In the Ribicoff resolution, Sen
ators from both political parties
and from all sections of the coun
try declared there is now “abun
dant evidence” that the Soviet
Government was persecuting
Jewish citizens. The resolution
specifically condemned Russia for
singling out Jews for extreme
punishment for alleged economic
offenses, confiscating synagogues,
closing several Jewish cemeteries,
arresting rabbis and lay religious
leaders and curtailing religious
observances. It also protested the
practice of discriminating against
Jews in cultural activities and ac
cess to higher education, imposing
restrictions that prevent the re
uniting of Jews with their fam
ilies in other countries, and —
through other acts — oppressing
Jews from freely exercising their
faith.
By responding to their resolu
tion, the Senators said, the Soviet
Union now has “a clear oppor
tunity to match the words of its
constitutional guarantees of free
dom of religion with specific ac
tion.” They affirmed their deep
belief in freedom of religion for
all people and their opposition to
infringement of this freedom any
where In the world. The resolu
tion was referred to the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee.
In introducing this resolution
on the floor of the Senate, Sen.
Riblcoff said: “Today — the day
after the United States Senate
gave it* advice and consent to
the limited nclear test ban treaty
—the world looks with renewed
strength and spirit toward the
prospect of peace. It looks with
renewed strength and spirit tow
ard the day when all men will
enjoy the basic freedoms.
"Yet even today, as we look
and work towards this goal, free
dom of religion is trampled by
one of the principal parties to a
treaty which has given new hope
to the world. In the Soviet Union,
the free exercises of religion in
any meaningful sense has been
denied to everyone. But today the
chief victims of religious persecu
tion are the Jews.”
The list of the co-sponsoring
Senators follows:
Gordon Allot, R., Colo.; Clin
ton P. Anderson, D., Mex.; E. L.
Bartlett, D., Alas.; Birch E. Bayh,
D, Ind.; J Glenn Beall, R., Md.;
J. Caleb Boggs, R., Del.; Daniel
Brewster, D., Md.; Clinton N.
Burdick, D., N.D.; Clifford Case,
—turn to page 4
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The For
eign Ministry here refused Sun
day to comment on an address
made in Johannesburg by South
Africa’s Prime Minister Hendrik
F. Voerwoerd, in which he de
nounced Israel for recalling Sim-
cha Pratt, its Minister to Pre
toria.
The latter was taken from his
post last week, officially after he
had completed his tour of duty,
and sent to New York, where he
is now a member of Israel’s del
egation to the United Nations
General Assembly. It was indi
cated that his post will not be
filled, thus leaving the Israeli
mission to South Africa in the
hands of a charge de’affaires.
Addressing a political rally, the
South African Prime Minister
said: “The peasant Government of
Israel need not seek help from
South Africa, when their day of
need arises.” Unking Israel’s
move to the United Nations votes
— which Israel had favored —
sharply criticizing South Africa
for its apartheid policy, the Prem
ier added: “I can do nothing but
deprecate this action." If Israel
thinks that its action will win
support for Israel from African
and Asian nations, in a possible
conflict with Egypt, he declared,
“then Israel is building on sand.”
Dr. Verwoerd told his follow
Appropriate . . .
It happened to a Southern
Israelite reader in shule on
Yom Kippur . . .
Hastening to arrive on time
for Kol Nidre rites, she reach
ed for one of two dark bound
books on her library bookshelf
and hurried across town.
Once inside the House of
Worship, she donned glasses
and opened the volume.
The title? “From Here to
Eternity.”
ers that they must not act against
South Africa's 116,000 Jews be
cause of Israel’s position. “It
would be unfair,” he stated, “to
take revenge on them for what
others have done to South Africa,
for the Jews of South Africa suf
fer most for this. Jews of South
Africa are citizens of this coun
try. They have shown how they
regret and deprecate this act by
Israel.”
Reiterating that no anti-Jew-
ish feeling need arise in South
Africa, the Premier said “we are
all human.” He noted that “some"
people were inclined to attack the
Jewish community in South Afr
ica when occasionally a Jew is
seen among “Afro-Asian agita-
Suicide of Gestapo
Chief
BERLIN (JTA) M A
dug up here last week M
initely not the corpse of Heinrich
Mueller, high Gestapo official
under Adolf Hitler, It was estab
lished here Sunday. When the
remains were exhumed last week,
it was assumed that proof had
been established of Mueller’s
death. It has been believed right
along that Mueller faked his own
death, escaping after the collapse
of Hitler in 1945. He had been
responsible for the murder of
many Jews and for other Gestapo
actions in Germany and in Nazi-
occupied countries.
Meanwhile, it was learned here
that the Federal Government, at
Bonn, has requested of Ghana
that the Accra Government ex
tradite a doctor there, also named
Mueller. This Dr. Mueller, found
in Ghana, is accused of having
conducted experiments for the
sterilization of several hundred
inmates at Auschwitz. The Fed
eral Government has reportedly
offered to exchange for Dr. Muel
ler a Ghanaian student being held
at Hannover on charges of forg
ery.
tors.”
While Israel’s Foreign Ministry
would make no comment on Dr.
fVerwoerd’s denunciation of Is
rael, it was assumed here that a
reply would be voiced by Mrs.
Golda Meir, Israel’s Foreign Min
ister, when she addresses the UN
General Assembly.
BRIEFS
AMSTERDAM (JTA)
authorities have tamed a
banning theatrical perfo
scheduled to have been held at
Maastricht, capital ot the aoathern
province at Limbnrg, bepawsm the
stage manager at the Went Ger-
From One Bombed House of Worship to Another—
Atlanta's Temple Collects Over $3,000 To
Aid Birmingham's Bombed Baptist Church
Atlata’s Temple Congregation has to date
contributed approximately $3,500 towards re
building the bombed Sixteenth Street Baptist
Church in Birmingham.
In his Rosh Hashonah message, Rabbi Jacob
Rothschild, a long-time leader in the civil rights
struggle, called upon his congregation to take
a part in rebuilding the damaged structure.
He pointed out that “We who have ourselves
suffered such a loss are in a distinct position to
understand what trials beset the Birmingham
church.” He added: “We remember too, the
warmth and sharing of our troubles which came
as a result of the spontaneous outpouring sym
pathy and understanding, much of it translated
into financial contributions.”
The funds given the Temple by the public
were used to construct “Friendship Hall” in the
remodeled facilities.
The gifts from the Temple for the Birming
ham church ranged from fifty cents sent in by
a child to checks for $100. The “Sedukah” col
lection from the Temple’s Sunday School,
amounting to $77.65, was added to the fund .
Any checks received at the Temple from
members or friends will be forwarded to the
Sixteenth St. Baptist Church. The checks should
be made out to “Sixteenth St. Baptist Church,
Birmingham, Ala."
Appeals for aid for the Birmingham Church
were also made by several Christian Congrega
tions in Atlanta the weekend following the
bombings.
SodMOmtfn (be1
i mn—tart i
Harlan as undeetmbie alien,”
and to rtatai to Imam • labor
permit to Harlan.
RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA)—The
Soviet Embassy here returned te
its senders Sunday an unopened
letter containing resolutions urg
ing the Soviet Union to grant re
ligious and cultural freedom to
Russian Jewry.
The resolutions were adopted
earlier this month at a confer
ence of Latin American intellec
tuals called to study the issue.
A delegation brought the resolu
tions to the Soviet Embassy
which refused to accept them.
The resolutions were then mail
ed to the Embassy. The unopen
ed letter was returned to Ans-
tregesilo Athayde, chairman of
the conference.
German Schools
Lack Anti-Nazi
Teaching-Report
NEW YORK (JTA)—A delega
tion of the Anti-Defamation Lea
gue of B’nai B’rlth returned Sun
day from a three-week study tour
of West Germany to report that'
the 1969-60 “swastika epidemic”
was a “turning point in the at
titude of German educators”
toward the treatment of the Hit
ler period and citizenship training
in the schools.
The preliminary report of the
group said that the youth ot thoee
involved In the swastika smear
ing*—touched off the desecration
of a synagogue in Cologne on
Christmas day 1969—jolted key
government and educational
leaden into the realization that
previous ■ efforts to meet
problem had been totally Inedo
quate. However, the report DUhri,
West German mass media—rede,
television, newspapers and
iodicals — are still the principal
sources of information •boqt the
history of the Third Reich, • net
teachen or parents.