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Warfare Gets New Start In Border Tension
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Six Soviet-
made Syrian MIG-2 Is were shot
down by Israeli Migs in a sud
den land-and-air battle touched
off by new Syrian efforts to pre
vent Israeli tractors from culti
vation in a demilitarized zone on
the border.
Israeli officials said that one
Syrian tank was destroyed and
three Syrian artillery batteries
air-bombed. Two Israeli tractors
were damaged in the heavy shoot
ing and several houses were hit.
It was such escalating border
clashes last January which led
United Nations Secretary-General
U Thant to arrange a convening
of an extraordinary session of the
Israeli-Syrian Mixed Armistice
fighting.
The exchange began when
Syrians started shooting at an Is
raeli tractor working on a field
which has been regularly culti
vated by members of the nearby
Haon kibbutz. It was the third
such incident in Ja week. After
desultory firing for a few min
utes, the Syrians attacked with
heavy automatic fire from several
positions against an armored
tractor sent into the field.
After Israelis returned the fire,
the Syrians put tank guns into
operation, with Israel replying
in kind. The Syrians also fired a
number of mortar shells into the
fray. The United Nations asked
for a cease-fire. The Syrians ac
cepted on condition that Israel re
move its tractor from the field, a
condition Israel rejected. The
shooting continued.
After several hours of ground
fighting, the Israel Air Force was
sent into action. Israeli planes
destroyed three Syrian artillery
batteries at Twefiq. At that point,
Syrian MIG-21s were sent into
battle and two of them downed.
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A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - Established 1925
Vol. XLII
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 14, 1967
NO. 15
Carnegie Corporation Chooses Gentlemen's Agreement in Atlanta
Durham's Eli Evans
The appointment of Eli N.
Evans of Durham, N. C., as an
executive associate of the Carn
egie Corporation of New York
was recently announced by Alan
Pifer, acting president of the ed
ucational foundation.
Evans, 30, will assume his new
post June 1, upon the completion
of the Study of American States
at Duke University. He has served
since 1965 as assistant to former
Governor of North Carolina Ter
ry Sanford on this study. Prior
to that, young Evans was a mem
ber of the White House staff as
assistant to Eric Goldman, special
consultant to the President.
The appointee is a member of
a family known throughout North
Carolina and the Southeast for
its achievements in both civic and
Jewish affairs. His father, E. J.
Evans, was six times elected
Mayor of Durham, was president
of Congregation Beth El for seven
consecutive years and recent na
tional president of Tau Epsilon
Phi fraternity. An uncle, Monroe
Evans, served as Mayor of Fay
etteville, N. C., and was a mem
ber of the Beth Israel Synagogue
Board of Governors for 12 years.
Eli Evans, or “Sonny” as he was
then called, was extremely active
in Zionist activities and as a youth
served with the Inter-collegiate
Zionist Federation of America,
was_a participant in the Brandfeis
Camp Institute and active in
Young Judaea.
A 1958 graduate of the Univer
sity of North Carolina, Evans
achieved Phi Beta Kappa status
and other honors, including the
Tau Epsilon Phi National Award
as “Oustanding Undergraduate
in the U. S.” Following gradua
tion from Yale Law School in
1963, he served as assistant to
Judge L. Richardson Preyer. His
military service afforded wide
travel durihg several years
in the United States Navy
with the rank of Lieutenant J.G.
aboard the USS St. Paul, Flag
ship of the Seventh Fleet.
Former Governor Sanford, ex
pressing pleasure with the ad
vancement of his assistant, said
“Mr. Evans has worked with me
at Duke for the past two years
and has been a most valuable and
creative member of the project.
“His unusual knowledge of gov
ernment in all parts of the coun
try and at every level will be
invaluable to Carnegie in then-
public affairs programs.
“He brings to the foundation
his experience of seeking the best
ideas in state government across
the land ...” the former gov
ernor stated.
“Mr. Evans will be at the cen
ter of many innovative ideas in
his new job. This will work to
the advantage not only of North
Carolina, but the nation.”
The Carnegie Corporation,
founded in 1911 by Andrew Car
negie for the advancement and
diffusion of knowledge and un-
Civil Rights Group Hears Charge
Of Housing Bias Against Jews
EXJ EVANS
derstanding among the peoples of
the United States and certain
British Commonwealth countries.
Its assets now total approximate
ly $302 million at market value.
Discrimination against Jews in
housing in the Atlanta area was
charged at the April 8 hearing
of the Georgia Advisory Com
mission of the U. S. Civil Rights
Commission.
The accusation was made in
the testimony before the inves
tigators by Mrs. Marshall
J. Mantler, chairman, Atlanta
Chapter, American Jewish Com
mittee.
Mrs. Mantler’s statement fol
lows:
“On behalf of the Atlanta
Chapter of the American Jew
ish Committee, I would like to
express our appreciation for your
kind invitation to appear before
this Commission and discuss
the problem of discrimination
against Jews in housing.
“The American Jewish Com
mittee, founded in 1906, is the
pioneer human-relations agency
in the United States. It combats
anti-Semitism and other forms of
bigotry, protects the rights of
Jews within the framework of
equality and dignity for all, and
works to improve human rela
tions for all groups at home and
abroad. We have about one thou
sand members in the State of
Georgia.
“As a result of our own inves
tigation, and on the basis of in
formation made available to us
by the Atlanta Jewish Commun
ity Council and the Anti-Defama
tion League of B’nai B’rith, we
are convinced that housing dis
crimination against Jews in this
area is a persistent problem. At
the present time, there are six
subdivisions in northwest Atlanta
that completely exclude Jews.
These sub-divisions contain in
NCJW Delegates Elect Mrs,
L. Weiner New President J
Mrs. Leonard Weiner of Hunt
ington Woods, Mich., was to be
installed as president of the Na
tional Council of Jewish Women
as the Council concludes its five-
day biennial convention in At
lanta Thursday, April 13. One
thousand delegates from all parts
of the country have assembled at
the Marriott Hotel for the first
NCJW convention ever held in
Atlanta.
Mrs. Weiner, an NCJW Vice-
president since 1959, has taken an
active role in promoting the
Council’s efforts for increased
understanding of the major issues
in American-Jewish life. For the
last six years she was chairman
the National Foundation for Jew-
of NCJW’s liaison committee with
ish Culture, through which
NCJ Wawards an annual $5,000
fellowship for' original writing on
American-Jewish culture.
Also to be installed at the con
vention’s closing banquet were
newly elected vice presidents,
Mrs. Aaron Farr of Miami Beach,
and Mrs. Samuel Rothman of
Tucson, Ariz.; re-elected vice
presidents, Mrs. Betty S. Fleisch-
aker of Louisville, Ky., Mrs.
Raphael R. Goldenberg of Pater
son, N. J., Mrs. Earl Marvin of
Woodmere, L. I., and Mrs.Paul
David of White Plains, N. Y., as
recording secretary. Mrs. Robert
Rosenwald of Kansas City, Mo.,
as assistant recording secretary,
Mrs Joel Dolkart of Rockaway
Park, »'N. Y., as treasurer, and
Mrs. ’ Fred Weiser of R-vington,
N. J., as assistant treasurer.
Mrs. Erwin Drucker of New
port News is one of the 13 new
National Board members also to
be sworn in.
A moving tribute to the late
Mrs. Frances Baum of Montgom
ery opened the convention pro
ceedings April 9 at Theatre At
lanta. Mrs. Baum, president of the
Council’s Southern Interstate Re
gion, and vice chairman of the
convention program committee,
died February 7 In a restaurant
fire in Montgomery. She was
eulogized by outgoing NCJW viee
presidet Mrs. Stanley C. Myers of
Coral Gables, Fla., who said she
had known Mrs. Baum from her
childhood. "She was the heir of a
legacy from her family of" com
mitment and involvement in com
munity afairs,” said Mrs. Myers,
"and she received and cherished
this legacy with toving care,
passing it on to all who came in
contact with her.
“The Talmud tells us, ‘when a
sage dies, all are his kin, obliged
to mourn’,’’ said Mrs. Myers.
“Frances was a sage in the affairs
of Council and we who had the
privilege of knowing and work
ing with her were her kin,”.
The delegates observed a mom
ent of silence in Mrs. Baum’s
memory.
The delegates were welcomed
to Atlanta by Mayor Ivan Allen
Jr., in behalf of the city ad-
ministration; by U. S. Senator
Herman Talmadge in behalf of
the State of Georgia, and by Mrs.
Walter Bunzl, president of the
host Atlanta Section, NCJW.
Mayor Allen noted that no
worthwhile forward movement in
Atlanta has been without Jewish
leadership and support.
Senator Talmadge's message in
cluded high praise for the prog
ress made in the Middle East by
the Jewish State in Israel. He re
called the determination of the
Senate to guarantee Israel’s bor
der integrity against aggression.
Vice President Hubert H.
Humphrey was to address the
convention’s closing banquet at
the Marriott Hotel. The disting
uished list-of convention speak
ers also included Israeli Ambas
sador Avraham Harman, who
presented the 74-year-old educa
tional service organization with a
citation in honor of the twentieth
anniversary of its support to the
John Dewey School of Education
of Hebrew University in Jerusa
lem. Declaring that the John
Dewey School is “the major
source of academically trained
teachers for Israel’s schools,” and
"is carrying out essential study
and research on problems of edu
cation, with special reference to
the problems confronting this
country,” Ambassador Harman
praised “the vision which inspired
the leaders of the Council” in be
ginning support to the School “at
a time when the State of Israel
was not yet in existence and the
Jewish Homeland was passing
through one of the most difficult
periods in its history.
‘Thanks in immeasurable de
gree to the devotion and unflag-
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excess of 400 homes. In addition,
there are others which have been
developed in recent years on an
exclusionary basis but which
have now partially opened up to
Jewish purchasers through re
sale. Many more sub-divisions
have been developed on a quota
basis. In these, it is customary
to allow only 10 percent of the
homes to be purchased by Jews,
although the formula may vary.
A similar pattern prevails in the
northeast section of Atlanta and
in other major cities of the
State,
“Let me describe the four ma
jor devices used to perpetuate
this exclusionary system. The
most commonly used device in
the city of Atlanta is the “Gentle
men’s Agreement,” which is
never in writing but is passed
through real estate circles by
word of mouth. The second tech
nique is the “Club System.” Un
der this system, the sale of
houses is tied into membership
in a community swimming pool
which is restricted to Christians.
By excluding Jews from use of
the swimming facilities, they ef
fectively exclude them from the
purchase of a home' in the sub-
division. The “Quota System,” to
which I have already referred,
is a third means of limiting Jew
ish purchases. Lastly, there is the
“Restrictive Covenant,” which is
a clause actually written into the
deed expressly prohibiting sale
or resale to Jews. The “Restrict
ive Covenant” is now legally un
enforceable; nevertheless, it fre
quently achieves its purpose in
that it discourages prospective
purchasers who want to buy a
house but not ^ law suit.
Developers and builders who
engage in these practices gener
ally disclaim responsibility for
them. Frequently they insist that
their policy is a response to pres
sure from homeowners. Upon
further investigation this often
proves to be merely an excuse.
Their policy was restrictive be
fore they sold their first home.
“Studies by the American Jew
ish Committee show that most
American JeWs prefer not to live
in a ghetto. Nevertheless, Jews
continue to be stereotyped as
“clannish” and are sometimes
obliged to live in substantially
Jewish neighborhoods by the
very restrictive practices which
I have been discussing. It is true,
however, that a majority of
American Jews prefer to live in
neighborhoods in which they are
not the only Jewish family.
“One of the sad ramifications
of the practice of excluding Jews
is that many persons who work
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