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The Southern Israelite A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - Established * 0 u> H1$ NO. 7 rua »* 1(X H oiUO Vol. XU1 ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1967 Tribute Paid to Memory Of Henry Morgenthau, Jr. Britons Prod S To Make Good 'tiis Promises NEW YORK (JTA) — Associ ates of Henry Morgenthau, Jr. in government and philanthropy joined his family and friends in tribute to the former Secretary of the Treasury at funeral ser vices at Temple Emanu-El here. Mr. Morgenthau, who served President Roosevelt for 11 years as Treasury Secretary and who was a general chairman of the United Jewish Appeal and first chairman of the Israel Bond Organization, died in Poughkeep sie at the age of 75. Under Mr. Morgenthau’s lead ership, the UJA, from 1947 to 1950, raised $465,000,000 for na tional and overseas aid, From 1951 to 1954 he was chairman of the board of governors for the American Financial and Develop ment Corporation for Israel, which launched a $500,000,000 Israel Bond issue. A close friend of Mr. Roosevelt for many years, prior to FDR’s election as Governor of New York State and subsequent elec tion as President, Mr. Morgenthau was chairman of the New York Germany Plans No Ban on NDP Any Time Soon BONN (JTA) — Paul Lucke, the West German Interior Mini ster, who has publicly labeled the National Delnoeratic pa ty as “neo-Nazi,” has declined to con sider immediate outlawing of the extremist right-wing party. In a report in the Ministry’s publication, Internal Security, the Minister said that any decision on ruling the NDP illegal would de pend on the party’s future de velopment. He added that the Ministw expected a growing number%f crises of leadership to develop in the party this year. The Minister said that the issue was whether the party posed a threat to West Germany’s consti tutional order, and declared that the party maintained “a front” of formal loyalty to the Constitution behind which there was visible the party’s “nationalistic, anti democratic basis.” He said also that there were m the NDP “numerous” former officials of the Nazi party in key positions and that “at the ‘very least those people had great in fluence in inculcating Nazi ide ology in the party,” He also ex pressed the opinion that many members had not yet recognized the Nazi influences operating within it. He declared that despite all this evidence of Nazism, there would not be an immediate move to ban the NDP, as the Communist party has been banned. He said the NDP at least gives formal loyalty to the Constitution while the Communist party openly pro claimed its intention to destroy the Constitution. Mass Bar Mitzva At Masada Fort JERUSALEM (WUP)— Eigh teen Israeli schoolboys recently celebrated their Bar Mitzva in the remains of the synagogue on the height of the ancient fortress of Masada where the first-cen tury Jewish zealots prayed dur ing their heroic last stand against the Roman legions. The ceremony came as the cli max of a year of preparation under the guidance of Daniel Graetz, a {eacher at the Remez Primary School of Naharyiah and the originator of the idea. State Agricultural Advisory Com mittee and, later, head of the Federal Farm Board. Mr. Morgenthau’s interest in foreign affairs and knowledge of agriculture brought him into a number of controversies, especi ally his plan for post-World II Germany, known as the Morgen thau Plan, under which that na tion would have been stripped of industries and converted into an agricultural state. Mr. Morgenthau was born in New York, the son of Henry Morgenthau. The latter had been United States Ambassador to Turkey from 1913 to 1916 and had also been chairman of the Demo cratic National Committee’s fi nancial r committee, as well as very active in many Jewish phil anthropies. The second Henry Morgenthau graduated from Cornell University in 1910. In his maturity, he was the recipient of many honorary doctorates, in cluding kudos from Hebrew Union College, the Chicago Col lege of Jewish Studies and Yeshiva University. Besides his widow, the former Mrs. Marcello Puthon Hirsch of New York, Mr. Morgenthau is survived by three children of a previous marriage. They are Robert M. Morgenthau, the Unit ed States Attorney for the South ern District of New York and unsuccessful Democratic candi date against Governor Rockefel ler in 1962; Henry Morgenthau 3rd of Cambridge, Mass., a tele vision producer; and Dr. Joan E. Morgenthau, a pediatrician. B’nai B’rith Bond Sales Reach Peak WASHINGTON (JTA)— B’nai B’rith sold a record total of $8,- 060,275 in Israel bonds during 1966, an increase of $186,555 over the previous year, it was report ed here by Milton Seidenman, chairman of B’nai B’rith’s Israel bond committee. Last year was the first in which the organiza tion’s Israel bond sales exceeded $8,000,000. Mr. Seidenman report ed that cumulative sales by B’nai B’rith for the 15-year period reached nearly $88,000,000 in bonds. A total of 92,133 trees were pur chased last year and planted in the B’nai B’rith Martyr’s Forest in the Judean Hills near Jerusalem, it was reported by Meyer Hal- perin, chairman of the organiza tion’s Martyr’s Forest commit tee. Radio Will Teach Spoken Hebrew NEW YORK (JTA)—An ele mentary course in Hebrew, en titled Let’s Speak Hebrew,” will be presented over radio station WEVD, of New York, by the Tar- bqth Foundation for the Ad vancement of Hebrew Culture in America, it was announced by Abraham Goodman, president. The course will be offered in co operation with the department of education and culture of the Jew ish Agency. Reuben Bar-Server, former broadcaster of Hebrew instruc tion for new immigrants in Is rael over radio Kol Israel in Jer usalem, will conduct the course from 11:30 to 11:45 a. m., Mon days through Thursdays, wrth the Tuesday and Thursday les sons repeated in order to rein force learning and retention. LONDON (JTA)—Representa- tatives of British Jewry, failing to obtain a meeting with Soviet Premier Kosygin during his eight day visit to London, have sub mitted a memorandum to the Premier urging full implemen tation of his pledge to allow Russian Jews to leave the Soviet Union for re-union with mem bers of their families living in other countries. The Soviet leader promised during a visit to Paris last De cember that Soviet authorities would not hinder such emigra tion. The memorandum, signed by the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the Chief Rabbinate, the Sephardic community leader and all other major Jewish organiza tions here, also urged the Pre mier to permit Soviet Jews to have Jewish educational facilities and to allow them to set up a central Jewish religious body si milar to those which other re ligious groups in the Soviet Union now have. The memorandum noted appre ciatively Kosygin’s Paris declar ation that Jewish families want ing to leave Russia to be re united with relatives abroad ^could do so. It “fervently hoped” that “administrative difficulties or discouragement, on either na tional or local levels, will be re moved for those Jews wishing to apply for family reunion in Is rael and elsewhere.” The mem orandum declared that “the full implementation of such an hu manitarian policy towards fam ilies who, as a result of Nazi war and oppression, have been tom asunder, would be greatly ap- Bill Would Recognize Jewish Holidays WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Leonard Farbstein, New York Democrat, has introduced a bill to grant time off to Government employees for the observance of Jewish and other non-Christian holidays. Mr. Farbstein told the House of Representative that “in this country of many religions, it is clearly inequitable for all Gov ernment employees to be given time off only to celebrate Chris tian holidays.” His bill would al low Government workers to choose the days off that coincide with their own religious convic tions. The bill would require em ployes to make up any time they took off, although the time would not be deducted from annual leave. preciated, not only by British Jewry, but, we feel sure, by Brit ish public opinion in general.” The memorandum reminded Mr. Kosygin that ‘‘in the earlier years of Communism, before the last war, and in other Socialist countries of Eastern Europe after the war, facilities were made available for Jews to transmit knowledge of their cultural and religious tradition, history, lang uage and literature to their chil dren. British Jews, it went on, are distressed that, today in the USSR, the essential means for maintaining their existence as a community—granted to other na tionalities and groups in accord ance with the Constitution of the USSR—are, in practice, available to the Jewish community in far lesser degree. The memorandum pointed out that “in some cities with a Jew ish population, there are no syn agogues and no adequate facil ities to meet essential religious requirements. There is a serious shortage of prayer books, the publication of which, although promised on several occasions, has unfortunately still not taken place. There is no central Jewish religious body similar to those which exist for other groups.” The (memorandum deplored “the nob-existence of a Jewish communal organization In the USSR.” It regretted also “the in ability of Soviet Jewry to main tain contact with Jewish com munities in other parts of the world, and the absence of rep resentatives of Soviet Jewry at international Jewish gatherings dealing with cultural and religi- Unemployment Drops TEL AVIV (WUP)—The month of January showed a drop in un employment from 14,371 to 13,- 549. The Employment Headquar ters, whose leaders met recently under the chairmanship of Labor Minister Yigal Allon, expressed the hope that the trend in grow ing employment will continue. Hen Gurion Fears Arabs to Get A-Bomb TEL AVIV (WUP)—Address ing Rafi’s Central Committee here, former Premier David Ben Gurion expressed his deep con cern that Red China, which is currently training Arab guerrillas, may give an atomic bomb to the United Arab Republic* out of its hatred for Israel. B. G. also voiced his belief that an inter party list to the Seventh Knesset cOuld mobilize a majority for electoral reform. ous problems.” The document concluded with an appeal in the name of British Jewry for the Jews of the Soviet Union, declaring: “Speaking on behalf of the Jewish community of the United Kingdom, number ing half a million, we appeal to the Soviet Government to enable the reunion of families and to give to their Jewish community the same facilities for cultural and religious self-expression as are available to other nationali ties and religions in the USSR.” Meanwile, an unprecedented total of 265 members of Parlia ment signed a motion pending in the House of Common requesting the British Government to use its “good offices” with the Soviet Government to secure equality of treatment for the Jews in the So viet Union. Protest Won’t Stop Independence March JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Is rael Government intends to go through with its plans to hold this year’s Independence Day pa rade in Jerusalem in spite of pro tests by Jordan which are con sidered here as “wide of the mark.” Reaction by political cir cles here followed a note the Jor danian Government sent to United Nations Secretary Gener al U Thant last week protesting plans by Israel to hold the pn- parade in Jerusalem. Political circles here stressed that Israel was entitled to hold the parade in the capital in ac cordance with the 1949 armistice agreement with Jordan, but must exclude from the city heavy arms such as planes and tanks, which will be omitted from the parade. Asserting that there was no hint of provocation ■ whatsoever nor any desire to “show off” in the decision to hold the parade in Jerusalem, the Israeli circles des cribed the parade plans as “leg itimate.” Jaffa Port to Be “Sports Paradise” TEL AVIV (WUP)—The Jaffa port, renowned in biblical history and which has been closed fol lowing the construction of the Ashdod port some 20 miles to the south, is going to be transformed into a sportsman’s paradise for the use of fishermen and tourists, it was announced here by A. Ofer, Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv, during a recent tour of the area with M. Kol, Israel’s Minister of Tourism. The proposal calls for the clearing of slum areas along the harbor and the construction of art studios and galleries, souvenir shops, restaurants and clubs. 1,000,000 JNF Trees To Honor Canada TORONTO (JTA)—A forest of 1,006,000 trees will be planted in Israel to mark the Canadian centennial celebration this year, it was announced by the Jewish National Fund here. The Canad ian Centennial Forest will be planted during the next three or four years in the Dvir area, about 25 miles southwest, of Jerusalem. One grove of 1,000 trees, fi nanced by an anonymous donor, will be named for Prime Mini ster Lester B. Pearson. Ten other groves will be named for the lO provincial Premiers. Official ded ication of the Centennial Forest will take place in May. Israel Blames UN, Major Powers for Border Tension JERUSALEM (JTA)—Joseph Tekoah, director-general of the Israeli Foreign Ministry, asserted here that the “failure” of the United Nations and the major powers to act to discourage Syrian aggression was contributing to current Middle East ten sions. Mr. Tekoah, who is chief adviser to Israel’s delegation to the current extraordinary session of the Israeli-Syrian Mixed Armistice Commission, made the charge in a speech at the Commercial Club. The MA*" ssion. the first in eight years, was arranged at the ini. atlve of UN Secretary-General U Thant, who stepped in when Syrian-Israeli border tensions reached a dangerous level last month. The fourth meeting of the MAC session, scheduled for February 9, was postponed until February 16 at the request of Syria. “ Mr. Tekoah declared that, as long as the UN was unable to guarantee Israel’s rights in accordance with the UN Charter and prevent Arab attacks, the UN was not entitled, either morally or juridically, to criticize Israel’s actions in defense of its independence and territorial Integrity.