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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. Ii«» Southern IsrsiHilo 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- —turn to page 8 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 —turn to page 8