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The Southern Israelite A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Established 1925 Vol. XLI ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1966 NO. 37 Chicago Police Arrest Rockwell; Refuse Permit CHICAGO (JTA) — George Rockwell, the American Nazi, was arrested here by Chicago police as he led a march of his Nazi followers in Gage Park, an all-Negro section of Chicago. Po lice also arrested a Los Angeles man, Ralph Forbes, on charges of trying to interfere with Rock well’s arrest. A man named Ralph Forbes headed an American Nazi Party headquarters in Glendale, California. Rockwell sought in federal district court yesterday to obtain a court order to force the city of Chicago to give him a permit for a parade. In denying the request. Judge Joseph Sam Perry said Rockwell had failed to show that the denial of the permit was un reasonable. The Nazi said he would lead a group of his Nazis into the all-Negro neighborhood without the permit and did so. His parade was one of the counter-demonstrations against marches by Negroes into all- white neighborhoods in protest against segregated housing. Judge Perry also denied a Rockwell petition for an order to bar Cook County from prosecut ing Rockwell on disorderly con duct charges. Rockwell was ar rested August 29 on disorderly conduct charges by Sheriff Rich ard Ogilvie, who had promised to arrest Rockwell on sight if he came to Chicago. Rockwell filed suit to have the charge dropped on grounds it was “illegal and unconstitutional.” Judge Perry said Rockwell had failed to show he could not get a fair trial in Chicago. The judge also denied a request by the Jewish War Veterans for an order to prevent Nazis from holding “white power” rallies and marches in Chicago. He left the way open for appeal. The JWV said the rallies and marches would be an incitement to riot. Judge Perry said the feeling for free speech in this country was so strong that he felt “we must give every American the right to exercise it.” He was shown literature which the Nazis had distributed through Chicago neighborhoods. He described the material as “objectionable, of fensive, abusive and incitive of riot and revolution.” President’s Viet Nam Plea To Jews Stirs Critics WASHINGTON (JTA) — Dis agreement with President John son’s request for a publicity campaign by American Jewry in support of the Administration’s involvement in Viet Nam was in dicated here by a number of State Department officials. Such officials thought the President was mindful of domes tic political considerations. From a foreign policy viewpoint, how ever, they thought that purely “Jewish” expressions within the United States might injure diplo matic objectives in Arab states where the United States was try ing to win support for its Viet Nam stand. It was pointed out that if Jew ish personalities and leaders, in cluding businessmen and Zion ists, publish statements identi fying themselves as Jews with the U.S. position on Viet Nam, this might be exploited by Arab propaganda and Hanoi sympa thizers to depict the war as “backed by Zionism, reaction, colonialism, and imperialism.” A view emerging in the State Department, in the wake of pub Harsh Economic Measures Cited tor Israel by Eshkol JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime Minister Levi Eshkol called upon all of Israel to take a fresh look at the economic facts of life, pull in its belt more tightly than ever, and work together in all sectors — public and private — toward the stabilization of the country’s economy, increasing productivity so that exports may rise, and thus giving employment to more workers. The principal aims of the State of Israel, he stated, in a radio broadcast, are the same as they have been since the rebirth of Israel: “Peace with our neigh bors; the fusion of the various communities in our land into one nation; moving our economy for ward toward self-sufficiency.” The Prime Minister then turned his message to the nation into a somber lecture on the state of the economy, its shortcomings and its near future. He said that, despite the na tion’s affluence and well-being, and despite the fact that exports have risen by scores of millions of dollars yearly, the economy has been unable to provide enough productive employment. Productivity, he stated, has been low; management has been bad; organizational methods have been backward; high spending has been indulged in only to cre ate impressions; staffs have been inflated; the wage demands of workers have been much too high. “Maybe all of this could have continued for some years,” said the Premier. “It might even have increased the popularity of the Government. But the price we would have had to pay later would have been still higher.” Since the Government’s call upon Israelis for self-restraint had gone unheeded, he declared, the Government has had to step in and make a number of decisions as follows: Prices will be held down rigidly; no new taxes will be imposed, except on increased capital gains; investments will be encouraged; services will be overhauled; expenditures will be cut drastically. The Government, warned Mr. Eshkol, will take measures to prevent any tendency toward getting rich easily. Bank cnarges will be reduced. Exports will be encouraged by various admini strative and fiscal means. Many workers, he said, will find them selves without jobs during the transition period between their dismissal from certain services and their placement in jobs in productive enterprises. “Hard ships,” he warned, “may be caused to thousands, perhaps to tens of thousands.” However, the Prime Minister concluded, it is up to all to make a common effort to face the sit uation—“up to all workers, man agements, services, banks and the Government to work togeth er toward stabilizing the economy and make it more productive, so that exports will increase and ad ditional workers can be employ ed.” lication of the President’s re quest to the Jewish War Vet erans, was that Jews should ad here as individuals to their Gov ernment’s commitments in Viet Nam but that a special Jewish pro-Viet Nam campaign might prove “counter-productive.” One official explained that “expressions on Viet Nam by known supporters of Israel would not make our task easier in the Middle East, North Africa, and large areas of Asia including Indonesia. Their views as indi vidual Americans are welcomed but a special Jewish demarche would pose problems abroad.” Some Administration Congress men, who advocate President Johnson’s Viet Nam policies, took a similar position. They asked not to be quoted. (In Israel, reaction to the re port that President Johnson, in his talks with the delegation of the Jewish War Veterans, brack eted his friendship to Israel with his desire for greater Jewish backing of his Viet Nam policy, has been moderate and meager. The press reacted mildly while awaiting clarification on exactly what had been said by the President.) Malcolm A. Tarlov, national commander of the Jewish War Veterans, issued a supplement ary statement on his "impres sions” arising from a meeting with President Johnson last week. He said the JWV delega tion reported to the President on the continued support of the organization for the President’s policy in Viet Nam. “We discussed with the Presi dent the U.S. treaty commitments in Southeast Asia. The President observed that the United States must live up to its written agree ments in Southeast Asia just as it has to live up to the commit ments to provide military support for free world countries in the Middle East and elsewhere, even where our country has other than formal military assistance commitments. It was mentioned that the problems of maintaining American commitments against Communist aggression in the Far East, in the Near East and else where in the world are all inter related and interdependent,” Mr. Tarlov stated. “We assured the President that JWV plans to bring its message to the entire Jewish community concerning the importance of supporting the President’s policy in Viet Nam as well as else where,” the JWV statement said. Mr. Tarlov stressed to the Presi dent the recent JWV resolution stating that “we endorse the courageous action of President Johnson in increasing our mili tary commitment, while search ing every possible channel for the peaceful settlement that must be negotiated to end the conflict in Viet Nam.” LBJ ‘Disturbed 9 At Viet Attitude WASHINGTON (JTA)—Presi dent Johnson was characterized by leaders of the Jewish War Veterans who recently met with him as disturbed by lack of sup port for the Viet Nam war in the American Jewish community at a time when he was taking new steps to aid Israel. President Johnson was des cribed as welcoming JWV back ing of his Viet Nam policy while feeling it “incumbent” on other major Jewish organizations “to re-evaluate” their thinking on this subject. Commander Mal colm Tarlov of the Jewish War Veterans told the White House corps, in relaying these observa tions, that the President asked the JWV to launch a campaign in the Jewish community to rally support for the Viet Nam war. The President commended the JWV for concurring on Viet Nam and favoring any necessary in crease in military involvement, Mr. Tarlov said. But, said Mr. Tarlov, the President thought that while other Jewish thinking was “compassionate and know ledgeable” on different issues, he could not understand why such Jews failed to share the JWV stand on Viet Nam. The Southern Israelite s Popular, Retired Gustav Oppenheimer Dies at 67 Hrudlions for a Meinsie Hebrew-Loving Beast Calmed by Song SACRAMENTO (JTA)—A sur vivor of a plane crash reported that a menacing mountain lion calmed down when he was greet ed with the salutation “Shalom.” Leopold Cann, 47, and Roy Hooper, 28, both of Sacramento, survived the crash of their Sac ramento Civil Air Patrol plane near Lake Tahoe. Hooper went looking for help. Cann lost consciousness and awoke to find “a mean” moun tain lion watching him, his tail twitching. Cann said he tried to soothe the lion by singing rock and roll songs but the beast began to move menacingly tow ard him. Cann said he then call- - ed “Shalom” and launched into a series of Hebrew and Yiddish songs. Cann said the lion “stopp ed right in his tracks.” Rescuers arrived just as the lion appeared to lose interest in the song re cital. Gustav Oppenheimer, retired advertising representative for The Southern Israelite, died Fri day, Sept. 9, at the age of 67. Mr. Oppenheimer, who had engaged in real estate since leaving the paper staff, suffered a heart attack in 1962 which precluded any further traveling. Previously for more than two decades, Mr. Oppenheimer had carried the cause of the Jewish paper to the far corners of the South. He secured subscribers in more than 500 cities, towns and villages, in most of which the paper went to the sole Jewish family in town. To these families his yearly visit became a Jewish occasion since it represented in effect through The Israelite a weekly contact with Judaism. A native of Germany, Mr. Op penheimer was imprisoned at the Dachau concentration camp in the mass wave of arrests during the late 1930's. He had attended the University of Frankfort and had been pre pared for the banking industry. For several months after his arrest, his family was in total ignorance about his whereabouts. It was only through the persis tence of his wife, his only sur vivor, that his location was at last ascertained and his release effectuated. The couple fled to London and after nine months secured a visa to America. In New York, they eyed Detroit and Atlanta for their ultimate destination — then cast their lot with the “sunny south” because of their recollec tion of a paper-back version of “Gone With the Wind,” then a popular best seller. After working in several small jobs, he joined The Southern Is raelite to sell subscriptions. At the outbreak of World War II, when the paper lost two sales men to the Service, Mr. Oppen heimer took over their territory. Since one of the salesmen was killed in action and the other did not return to the staff, Mr. Op penheimer continued in this ca pacity until his serious illness. Mr. Oppenheimer often sat with community leadership some times years before local projects were to be launched so that he could arrange coordination with news and feature emphasis in The Southern Israelite magazine and newspaper to be of commun al assistance in promotion and interpretation. On one June morning in 1962, as he headed out on a trip to South Georgia, the symptoms of a heart attack first appeared and he returned home. He subsequ ently regained his health but was not able to travel and in January of 1963 retired. He spent his time then in studying for the real estate board examination and soon was licensed as a sales man in that field. Mr. Oppenheimer was an ac tive member of B'nai B’rith. Rabbi Richard Lehrman con ducted the funeral Sunday, Sept. 11. Interment was in West View Cemetery.