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Vol. XLII The Southern Israelite A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - Established 1925 ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, MARCH, 3, 1967 Georgia Law On Vandals Meelln Florida Gets Interfaith Backing Three major faiths — Catholic, Jewish and Protestant- —have sig nified support of a measure now pending in the Georgia State Leg islature which would make it a felony to deface or desecrate any place of worship. House Bill No. 201, already passed by the lower legislative body, has been approved in a joint statement by the Catholic Archdiocese of Atlanta, the At lanta Jewish Community Council and the Georgia Council of Churches, with an urgent appeal that it also be acted upon fav orably by the Senate. These groups, in the first such inter-faith action, endorsed the measure as a means of discour aging acts of vandalism against churches and synagogues. During the discussion of the bill in the House, Rep. Elliott Levitas of DeKalb County, one of the bill’s sponsors, pointed out that many such desecrative acts had occurred recently in the met ropolitan area. Arab Warfare On Israel Condemned by AFL-CIO Times Says 'Wayne' Could Happen In Thousand Other Communities community that stints on the schooling of its children com promises its future,” the Times continued. Moreover, a town that stigmatizes candidates because of their racial or religious back ground becomes a house divided, a victim of home-bred hatreds. “Wayne has stamped itself as a place where parents prefer to save a few dollars on the tax rate to investing in education of their own children. Out of desire to protect its pocketbook, Wayne has not only countenanced bigotry but embraced it. And there is no reason to believe that what hap pened in Wayne could not hap pen in a thousand other com munities,” the Times concluded. NEW YORK (WUP) — “There is no reason to believe that what happened in Wayne could not happen in a thousand other com munities.” Thus commented the New York Times in an editorial on the anti- Semitic school-board scandal in the township of Wayne, New Jersey, involving the defeat of two Jewish candidates, Jack Mandell and Robert L. Kraus, following an interboard struggle over an increased budget between Protestant Newton Miller and its Jewish incumbent Jack Mandel. The Wayne eruption started when Mr. Miller charged that “most Jewish people are liberals, especially when it comes to spending for education. If (they) are elected it would only take two more votes for a majority, and Wayne could be in real fi nancial trouble. Two more votes and we could lose what is left of Christ in our Christmas cele brations in our schools.” “Judged charitably, the school board election in suburban Wayne was a victory for fool ishness,” the Times said. “The voters defeated two Jewish cand idates after an incumbent mem ber of the board warned that “most Jewish people are liberals, especially when it comes to spending for education.” In the same election the voters rejected the proposed school budget. "Education has long since proved the indispensable pass word to progress. A state or a Arms Showdown In Middle East Sought by U.S. WASHINGTON (JTA) — The United States Government is do ing everything possible to slow down the arms race in the Mid dle East in order to redress any imbalance of power that may threaten Israel’s independence, Vice President Hubert H. Humph rey told a session of members of the United Jewish Appeal’s Na tional Young Leadership Cabinet. The remarks by the Vice Pres ident were made during a two- day parley in the nation’s cap ital, where 118 members of the Youth Cabinet were given in tensive briefings on international and domestic affiars ( by officials of the Departments of State, De fense, Health and Welfare and the Office of Economic Opportunity. Mr. Humphrey’s remarks on the Middle East arms race emerg ed during a general discussion on the United States Government’s efforts to achieve peaceful rela tions among all the sovereign powers. The Vice President also stressed that it was the Govern ment’s policy to preserve the sov ereignty and territorial integrity of all the nations in the Middle East. BAL HARBOR, Fla. (JTA) — The executive council of the American Federation of Labor- Congress of Industrial Organiza tions, meeting here, adopted a five-point statement on the mounting threat to peace in the Middle East. The statement de clared : “1. The executive council views with deep concern the systematic intensification of Soviet intrigue in the Middle East during the past year, especially in Egypt and Syria; “2. Notes the repeated acts of aggression by the Syrian regime against Israel, thereby threaten ing the security and stability of the entire Middle East; “3. Deplores Nasser’s gas bomb ing of Ktaf Village on the Saudi- Yemen border and the provoca tive aggressive actions by Syria against Jordan calculated to sub vert and replace its Government with a dictatorship which would follow the warlike course pur sued by Damascus and instigated by Cairo; “4. Draws particular attention to the incitement and menace of border warfare against Israel — such as the infiltration of its ter ritory for the perpetration of warlike acts, the laying of mines and other forms of aggressive ac tion; “5. Urges the United States Government to adopt a strong stand against such aggression, to refuse all economic and technical assistance to those countries spon soring a policy of encouraging border warfare and eliminating their neighbors." Powers Urged To Strengthen Mideast Stand tJ]\ Truce Chief Seeks To Resume Peace Talks Spanish Cabinet OKs New Status For Synagogues MADRID (JTA) — The final draft of the new freedom-of- worship law which would give legal status in Spain to synagog ues for the first time since the expulsion of the Jews in 1492, was approved here by the Council of Ministers which was attended also by Generalissimo Francisco Franco. The law, which has been in preparation for 10 years, would ■ permit synagogues and non-Cath- olic churches in Spain to identify themselves openly by signs. It will now be debated by the Cor tes, Spain’s Parliament, and its passage there is expected by fall. There are 6,000 Jews and about 35,000 Protestants today in Spain. The new law would extend to them freedom of “external wor ship.” Under the old laws, synagogues, churches and other religious property of both Jews and Prot estants had been registered in the names of individuals or pri vate corporations, since no non- Catholic religious societies were permitted. Synagogues and non- Catholic churches ^ere also for bidden under the old laws to identify their houses of worship by appropriate signs. JERUSALEM (JTA)_ An ef fort will be made by Lt. Gen. Odd Bull, chief of staff of the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization, to break the stale mate in the UN’s efforts to res ume discussions by the Israeli- Syrian Mixed Armistice Commis sion regarding cultivation rights ln the demilitarized zones on the Israeli-Syrian frontiers. The Commission, which had held three sessions between Jan- Israel Air Budget Set at $63,000,000 TEL AVIV (JTA)—Israel will spend 190,000,000 pounds $63,300,- 000) in the next few years to keep the nation abreast of aviation de velopment, Transport Minister Moshe Carmel told the Ninth Aviation and Aeronautics Confer ence. He said that sum included 90,- 000,000 pounds ($30,000,000) for development of two long runways and installation of a new term inal with the most modern land ing aide devices at Lydda Air port. Another 90,000,000 pounds will be allocated to El A1 Israel Airlines for purchase of new planes and ground equipment. The conference was the occas ion for the first display of a proto-type of the first Israeli cargo plane, planned for produc tion by Israel Aircraft Industries in 1968. The planned twin turbo prop aircraft is capable of carry ing two tons of freight or 20 pas sengers. uary 25 and February 10, after being summoned by United Na tions Secretary-General U Thant, found its last scheduled mee'ing on February 10, adjourned indef initely when Syria failed to afr- sure Gen. Bull that it would stick to the set agenda. Gen. Bvll, who visited Damascus recently; to try to persuade Syria to resume the talks with Israel, was sched uled to meet with officials of the Israeli Foreign Ministry to dis cuss what had been called “new suggestions” he had brought back, following a conference on the is sue he had held at Beirut recent ly with Mr. Thant. The next MAC session, if it is held, is to be convened on Israel’s side of the B’not Yaacov bridge. Political circles here, however, doubted whether Gen. Bull would succeed in bringing both Syria and Israel back for another ses sion of the Mixed Armistice Commission. LONottN (JTA)—Abba Eton, Israel’s jWreign minister, declared here t##t the Israel Government would/like the four major world powei£—the United States, Bri tain, /France and the USSR—“to supplft the principle of no terri- toria’change” in the Middle East. Me#) reiteration of the 1950 Tri- pai/ite Declaration, in which the th#e Western powers joined to guarantee the integrity of the birders of Israel and the Arab spites, would be insufficient at this time, he stated. “What we ask,” he said, “is for Israel to be given the means of assuring her own safety. And we ask the four great powers to ex press their readiness to help any state in the Middle East whose integrity and security are threat- ended.” Mr. Eban made his statement at a luncheon given in his honor by the Foreign Press Association. Among his activities here was a principal address at the annual dinner of the Joint Palestine Ap peal, the British equivalent of the United Jewish Appeal. He met here with Prime Minister Harold,. Wilson, Foreign Secretary George Brown, and leaders of the Conservative and Liberal parties. In his separate talks, the Israeli foreign minister said he found “a mutual desire to deepen and extend bilateral relations,” show ing “in a very cordial atmos phere, much knowledge and un derstanding for Israel.” In an interview over BBC Mr, Eban predicted that there will probably be no “sudden peace” in the Middle East, but added that it was unlikely that there would be war. School Board Official Ousted After Opposing Jews as ‘Liberal’ WAYNE, N. J. (JTA)—Newton Miller, the vice president of the Wayne Township School Board who had earlier this month called for the defeat of two Jewish candidates to the board, was himself replaced as tfice president by the only re maining Jewish member of the board. Miller, who had urged the defeat of two Jewish candidates because he said the Jews were “liberals,” especially when it came to spending for education, stepped down as vice president in favor of Fred Lafer, whose seat on the board was not up for election in last week’s balloting. Lafer was elected vice- president unanimously. Miller, who was sharply criticized for his remarks, declined to retract them although he denied he was an anti-Semite. Jack Mandell and Fred Kraus, two Jews whose defeat Mr. Miller had called for, were badly defeated in the election. ZOA Sponsors Experts On Israel-Arab Tension A full-dress briefing confer- Hammarskjold; William D. Wolle, ence under Zionist Organization Foreign Service Officer of the of America auspices, to clarify Department of State and current- the issues underlying the con- ly serving in the Directorate for tinued hostility -y.-,-...—...... , Israel and Arab-Israel Affairs; of the Aral ! Harry Torczyner, widely known States t o ware international lawyer and chair- Israel, m a n i -'' man of the ZOA Public Affairs tested by con- Committee; former Congressman stant aggressior James A. Mnckav of ihe fourth and strife alonj Georgia Congressional District; borders, will b< and Rabbi Jerome Unger, Direc- held at the At-tor of the Public Affairs Depart ial! ta J e w i s 1 ment of the ZOA and former Community Con Executive Director of the Amer- ter nn Sunday ican Zionist Council. March 12, in a joint statement. Robert M. 3:09 to 6:00 p.m. Horowitz Travis and Dr. Sidney Q. Janus, The theme of the conference will co-chairmen of the conference, be “Peace in the Middle East.’ called attention to the need of A distinguished panel of ex- arousing public opinion to the perts will address the gathering grave dangers inherent in a sit- of Jewish and non-Jewish leaders uation which could result in a from all over the South. No ef- major world conflagration unless fort has been spared to bring to promptly checked. This can be this important public forum per- brought about only by intema- sonages who know the facts and tional cooperation spurred by a can bring authoritative guidance public demand for action. It is to the discussion. hoped that the conference can The “Who’s Who” consists of make a contribution to that end David Horowitz, president of the by furnishing factual information Foreign Press Association, US and to public opinion moulders. UN correspondent for Tel Aviv’s The Atlanta Zionist District, well known daily Ha-Yom, friend headed by Dr. Larry Bregman, and confidant of the late Dag w m host the conference.