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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Established 1925
Vol. XL
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1965
NO. 22
Administration Opposes Stop
Arab Boycott Measure
Jewish Newsmen Conclude
Four-Day Atlanta Convention
Southern Israelite Editor
Elected First Vice-President
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Un
dersecretary of State George
Ball and Secretary of Com
merce John T. Connor Tuesday
told a Senate committee that
while the Arab boycott of Am
erican firms dealing with Israel
is looked upon by the Adminis
tration with resentment, it
nevertheless firmly opposes the
bill now before the Senate aim
ed at checking such boycott.
Hearings on the bill, which
was proposed by Senator Harri
son Williams, New Jersey Demo
crat, and Senator Jacobs Javits,
New York Republican, started
this morning before the Senate
Banking and Currency Commit
tee. Undersretary Ball concen
trated practically all his argu
ments to convince the Commit
tee that the proposed legislation
would gravely hurt Administra
tion policies.
Under questioning, Mr. Ball
asserted that firms that cooper
ate with the Arab boycott are
in a better position “to work out
solution” to their blacklisting
problems than firms that refuse
to cooperate with the boycott
office. Asked whether the word
ing adopted during the weekend
by the House International Trade
Subcommittee — which would
give the President the discre
tionary authority to promulgate
anti-boycott regulations — would
be acceptable to the State De
partment, Mr. Ball replied:
‘‘Quite frankly, I myself would
not know what the Department
of Commerce (which would
have to act for the President)
could do. Very little, I think.”
Secretary of Commerce Con
nor asserted in his testimony
that should the law prohibit
American firms from responding
to boycott office questionnaires,
American business would be
subjected to more serious pro
hibitions on the part of the
Arabs. He claimed that while it
may be asumed that the 150
American firms that are now on
the Arab blacklist were interest
ed in the proposed legislation,
firms that now choose to trade
with the Arabs to the exclusion
of Israel were not interested in
such legislation. Both the Secre
tary of Commerce and the Un
dersecretary of State before him
asserted that the boycott has on
ly a “marginal” effect on Israel.
LBJ Lands Labor
Zionists
NEW YORK (JTA)—President
Lyndon B. Johnson lauded the
Labor Zionist Organization of
America-Poale Zion as an organ
ization which “has richly contri
buted toward aihieving social and
economic justice in America.”
KIAMESHA LAKE, N.Y., (J-
TA)—The Rabbinical Assembly,
the organization of the Ameri
can Conservative rabbinate, was
urged here Sunday to summon
a World Jewish Assembly for
the purpose of forming a new,
worldwide, Jewish organization
based on the proposition that
the World Zionist Organization
‘‘is no longer adequate.”
The proposal was made at the
Rabbinical Assembly’s annnual
convention which is taking place
here, with 500 rabbis in attend
ance. It was contained in a re
port entitled “Israel, Judaism,
the Jewish people and Zionism’,’
Congressional action condemn
ing the Arab states for the boy
cott of the State of Israel was
reported last week to members
of the American Jewish Press
Association gathered in Atlanta
for convention.
U. S. Representative Charlee
Weltner of Georgia’s Fifth Dis
trict Friday told the nation’s
Jewish newspaper group that he
had voted by proxy that very
morning on the policy of con
demning foreign countries boy
cotting nations friendly to the
United States. Congressman Welt
ner is a member of the sub-com
mittee conducting hearings for
the International Trade commit-
which stated that the purpose
of the World Jewish Assembly
would be:
“To provide a structure which
the majority of Jews would
recognize as their spokesman in
international bodies such as the
United Nations; to mobilize
world opinion to protect the
physical and economic security
of Jewish communities whose
rights are threatened; to foster
those institutions which teach
and preserve Jewish values,
while recognizing that diversity
precludes coercion on behalf or
exclusion of any legitimate
Continued from page 8
tee.
Though the provision does not
specifically mention the Arab
boycott against the Jews, it is
understood that this was one of
the reasons it was introduced.
Rep. Weltner was introduced
to the assemblage of newsmen
and community leaders by Irving
K. Kaler, vice chairman of the
State Democratic Committee.
Sam Massell Jr., Vice Mayor of
Atlanta, spoke to the group on
Thursday, discussing the role of
a Southern Jew in politics. Mr.
Massell was introduced by Eli-
liot Levitas, recently elected to
the State House of Representa
tives.
Max Cuba, president of the
Atlanta Jewish Community Coun
cil, welcomed the visitors and
Consul General Shimon Yallon
brought greetings from Israel.
Rabbi Pierce Annes of Congrega
tion Sherah Israel in Macon ex
pressed his support and appreci
ation of the English-Jewish press
and its role in serving the Jew
ish people. -
Several hundred community
leaders and friends of The Sou
thern Israelite met Thursday
evening at the Atlanta Jewish
Community Center to pay tri
bute to Atlanta’s Jewish news
paper and its editor Adolph Ros
enberg and to the Hebrew Watch
man of Memphis and editor Leo
I. Goldberger. Both newspapers
are celebrating their fortieth an
niversaries.
Philip Slomovitz, editor of the
Jewish News, Detroit, spoke feel
ingly of the purpose of the Eng
lish-Jewish newspaper. “It is the
guardian over the welfare of our
people. It is the historian of Is
rael. It is the reporter of events
affecting the health, education
and recreation of Jewry ...”
“ . . . The fact is that if the
English-Jewish newspaper were
to vanish there would be more
than a vacuum in Jewish life; it
would be a death blow to the
most vital instrument that links
Jewish communities and keeps
the communities themselves in
tact.”
Highlighting the dinner were
presentations of appreciation to
Editor Rosenberg. Max Cuba, on
behalf of the Atlanta Jewish
Community Council, presented
an engraved plaque in apprecia
tion of Mr. Rosenberg’s many
years of community service. Har
old Marcus, representing a siza
ble group of special friends of
The Southern Israelite, tendered
a monetary gift.
A large number of congratula
tory telegrams were received ex
pressing gratitude to Leo Gold
berger from his friends in Mem
phis unable to make the journey
to participate.
Out-of-town visitors to the
convention were guests in a num
ber of private homes for Shabbas
dinner proceeding special services
at Shearith Israel and Beth El
Synagogues.
Business sessions of the Amer
ican Jewish Press Association
were under the leadership of
Morris J. Janoff, editor of the Jer
sey City Jewish Standard. Mr.
Janoff was reelected president of
the organization for a third term
with Adolph Rosenberg named
Continued on page 4
Conservative Rabbis Hear
Call For World Assembly
Detroit's distinguished Jewish newsman Phil Slomovitz, above
addressing the 40th Anniversary Dinner of TSI and THW. At left.
Max Cuba congratulates TSI Editor Rosenberg and displays the
“Distinguished Service Plaque” presented in behalf of the Atlanta
Jewish Community Council.