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learned here. Yosef Tekoah, the assistant di rector-general erf tbe Israeli For eign Ministry, raised the issue with the UN official. Mr. Tekoah said that residents planning to re turn under an Israel agreement with Jordan and the Internation al Red Crosej were being exhort ed by Amman Radio to become a “nucleus of resistance” to Israeli rule. Informed sources here in dicated that, if such incitement was not halted, Israel might de mand a personal written oonunit- Authors to Russia and Authors in Britain com memorated this week the 10th anniversary of the execution by the Soviet Union of 24 leading Jewish intellectuals with an ap peal to Soviet authorities to al low full cultural and religious freedom to Soviet Jewry. shown “by the i of their works nd other Ian- g Russian end i ‘Aliyah' Needs 40,000 Yearly To Solve Israel's Problems of each new group of tmrai- JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel needs ait least 40,000 immigrants annually to cope with its demo graphic problems, Aryeb L. Pta- cus, chairman of tbe Jewish Agency executive, declared here at a meeting with a 17-member mission of the Council of Jew ish Federations and Welfare Funds. Mr. Pin cue also told the Amer ican leaden, led by Louie Fox of Baltimore, CJFWF president, that the Jewish Agency has been cooperating lately with scientific institutes in studying the prob lems of absorption and that Agency officials were periodically taking part in refresher course* to acquaint them with the needs Tha function of the mission is to evaluate Israel’s needs in the aftermath of the aix-day June war Which American Jewry can help ter meet and to seek to de termine how this help can be pro vided mbst effectively. Finanoe Minister Pinhas lauded the work of American Jewry and Its leaden for Israel. He singled out the federations and welfare funds. Mr. Fas replied that the mein credit should go to Israel ial The Southern Israe * I I I L J A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Established 1925 Vol. XLH ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1967 NO. tt School Textbooks Revised in Spain To Eliminate Bias MADRID (JTA)— The Chris tian-Jewish Friendshio Commit tee reported here that 159 pri mary school textbooks have been revised to eliminate references offensive to Jews. Some of the phrases eliminated from the texts referred to Jews as “us urers,” “national spendthrifts,” “ungrateful people” and “cere monial criminals.’ Officials of the committee said the campaign against “false” in terpretations of Jews would be continued in the interests of greater harmony between Cath olic Spain’s various religious groups. There are about 6,000 Jews in Spain and a slightly larger number of Protestants, Spanish non-Catholic religions recently were given freedom to worship under a new religious law. Catholics Reject Jordanian Charges JERUSALEM (JTA)—A Cath olic official in the Israeli-held West Bank section of Jordan has denied charges emanating from Jordan that some Catholic churches in the area had been closed because of "improper” be havior by Israeli visitors. Father Batkhish, secretary' 6f the Pa triarchate not only rejected the charges but also expressed ap preciation for Israeli orders con cerning treatment of the holy places. Printed notices were posted on all Christian holy places for all non-Christians. The notices ordered removal of hats by such visitors and a ban on eating, smoking and drinking on .the pre mises. The orders also banned visits during religious services and admonished visitors to dress properly “as befits a place of worship.” Goldberg Foresees Peace Settlement UNITED NATIONS. N. Y. (JTA) — The belief that these were “positive developments” In the Middle East in the direction of an eventual Arab-Israeli peace settlement was expressed here by Arthur J. Goldberg, the United States representative to the United Nations. Mr. Goldberg expressed that view to newsmen after a lengthy meeting with Secretary-General U Thant. The envoy cited as the basis for his belief the fact that there had been a “consolidation of the cease-fire under United Nations supervision” and that he looked to additional UN action on outstanding issues, including the status of Jerusalem. The en voy sard that “movement toward a settlement is going to be slow, but there has been some progress in the cease-fire arrangements and there has been no retrogres sion in otheT areas.” Rafael Slated For Promotion UNITED NATIONS (WUP)— Gideon Rafael, who was only re cently appointed as Israel’s Am bassador to the UN succeeding Michael Comay, will soon re turn to Jerusalem as Director- General of the Foreign Office, it was learned here. Reason for the sudden transfer was not disclosed, but the shift involves a promotion for the youthful envoy who is a veteran in Foreign Office affairs. While no successor as yet has been named, it is generally be lieved here that Mordecai Kid- ron—in old hand in UN diplo macy—will be given the difficult post. Ambassador Rafael, who has just returned from a visit to Israel, showed up at a UN Cor respondents Association farewell reception for Israel press officer Gideon Yarden on Thursday. Peace Settlement Will Create .I New Mideastern Map, Eban Says JERUSALEM (JTA)— Israel’s Cabinet is currently discussing “the map of the Middle East, ac cording to Israel’s ideas, when peace with the Arabs is achiev ed,” Foreign Minister Abba Eban declared here. But, he added, the Government will not make its views on that subject public at this time, “keeping these views to itself until the time when di rect negotiations with the Arab states begin.” Making the announcement at a press conferen^ef~Mr. Eban de clined to answer questions as to whether Arab statesmen had al ready put out feelers regarding peace talks with Israel. However, he said, the Arab statesmen are not yet ready to negotiate at this time. Such tendencies, he declar ed, will develop in the future be cause of pressures in an existing In Bethlehem C*fc situation. “If faced with the hi-* - , _ temative of negotiations or the BETHLEHEM (WUP) Forty prospect that Israel wall not > Arab guerrillas, all members of budge from the territories she the Syrian-trained terrorist Mr. Eban said that the August 31 deadline for the return of Arab refugees from Jordan to the Is raeli-held west bank of the Jor dan River, “should suffice, even for the stringent processing of the applications” from the would- be returnees. The first batch of applications from those refugees are already in Israel’s hands, he said, and processing of the ap plications has begun. Jordanian efforts to incite against Israel the west bank ref ugees who wish to return to their homes is “intolerable,” an Israeli official told Nils-Goran Guaaing, United Nations Secretary-General U Thant’s special representative for humanitarian affairs, it was Guerrillas Arrested learned turn with al Red ed by “nucleus of rule, dicated was not mand a meat to civil would-be returnee. now holds," he observed, “they will eventually realize that they have to negotiate.” Concerning the United State* embargo on arms shipments to Israel, Mr. Eban said that “a dia logue with the United States is a necessity and is continuing in order to keep the Israeli enny strong.” organization known as El Fatah, wefe apprehended by the mili tary authorities in a clandestine meeting held in one of the cafes here. During the interrogation, the guerrillas admitted that they had been given secret orders to sabotage Israeli installations and incite riots among the Arabs in the occupied territories. ‘Snick’ Makes Anti-Semitism A Plank In Its Crazy Platform By ADOLTH ROSENBERG SNOC, main o r g a n i zation backer of the “Black Power” bum-American-cities movement, this week added a platform of anti-Semitism to its policy. The official newsletter of the subversive group, which is as communal Jerusalem Most of the temporary graves were permanently Interred in 19 men and women feU In the battle for the Old Ctty of to rest temporarily without a proper funeral service, in the Jewish Quarter of the Old City. un-American and non-American as its “Student Non-Violence Co ordinating Committee” name, is fallacious and misleading, has come out with a vicious attack on Israel and Zionism. Contents, featuring the Nazi- type stereotype of religious hatred disguised as anti-Israel, refer to Israeli cruelties, the leveling of. thirty villages and a handful of other equally foundless lies. Jewish leaders, deploring the addition of anti-Semitism to the SNOC*s already false premises, compared the SNCC approach to the Klan-type libels and express ed regret to the new harm to the civil rights movement the news letter policy will naturally gen erate. It was noted by one Jewish leader that the International Red Cross, which has free and complete access to the Arab ref ugees now within Israel’s boun daries, has issued a statement of commendation for the Jewish State’s humane treatment of the problem. This leader also observed that not a single Arab country has of ficially come out with a charge of refugee or prisoner brutality as SNCC’s propaganda alleges. This completely qualifies and discredits this organization as a disreputable, i r r e sponsible group of hoods. It should be put in the ground six feet under be fore it pollutes the decency of citizenship any more. British Appeal LONDON ciation of the Jewish peal to Soviet low full cultui freedom to The “untimely deaths” dered intellectuals sorrow” and said t tion to Jewish li been of utmost had since been many translations into Russian and guages, enriching world literature.” Pearson Column Hints At Bias In State Dept. WASHINGTON (WUP)—“Inside the State Department an under current of smti-Semitiam has been bubbling close to the surface ever since the Middle East war.” Thus charged Jack Anderson, associate of Drew Pearson, in the widely syndicated column. Anderson noted that “Arab- minded, oil-oriented foreign ser vice officials have been heard to complain in the back rooms that they have spent 25 years trying to build good relations for the U.S. in the Arab world only to have our policy during the crisis directed by three Jew*— U. S. Ambassador Arthur Gold berg and the two R os tow brothers.” Walt Roetow is President Johnson’s foreign affairs adviser at the White House; Eugene Roe- tow is Under Secretary of State. “Members of the pro-Arab clique, influenced by the oil companies,” Anderson emphas ized, “are now urging that the U.8. pressure Israel to pull back to its original borders. They urge that tiny Israel, with only a little over two million people, isn't as important to the U.S. as the 0U- rich Arab world with forty mil lion people. .