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K X 'i •<> 2* cut 'z’Tri The Southern Israel^ A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — E'K* mwi, Voi. xm ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1967 ' jt\ //> / (B-K Israeli Scientists See Sinai As New 'Geological Paradise' Israel Cabinet For Direct Tal 11 NO. 17 .ids Firm With Arabs JERUSALEM (WUP)— Israeli scientists— geologists, zoologists, archeologists and botanists—have been moving into the vast regions of the Sinai Penisula with the view of surveying the possibili ties of transforming the barren desert into livable and produc tive areas. Dr. Yacov Bentor head of the Hebrew University’s Department of Geology and who is heading one team of scientists into the region made so famous by Moses, has termed the Peninsula “a geo logical paradise." He and his team plan to study the unique granite formations composing the Sinai mountains and the coral reefs at Sharm El Sheikh. The University's botanists are experimenting with numerous plantings to ascertain what type To Hold Memorial For Charles Jordan NEW YORK (JTA)—A mem orial honoring the late Charles H. Jordan, executive vice-presi dent of the Joint Distribution Committee, who met his death in Prague last month, will be held Sunday, Sept. 17, at 2:30 P.M. at Carnegie Hall. Louis Broido, chairman of JDC, said the meet ing would be open to the public. Mr. Jordan disappeared on Aug. 16 after leaving his Prague hotel room to buy ah American newspaper. His body was found in the Vltava River four days later. The State Department and Jewish organizations have been urging the Chechoslovak Govern ment to continue investigation of the circumstances of Mr. Jor dan’s death until the full facts are revealed. (A Seven Arts feature) Shortly alter the story broke of SNCC’s foray into the dung of anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism an anti-Israelism, I discussed the disturbing development with Jack Siegel, whose book "Squee gee,” published two years ago, dealt with black-white relation ships and Jewish attitudes tow ard Negroes. Since his reaction was close to mine and his semantics quite unique, I am seizing on the op portunity of giving his formula tions as I jotted them down rap idly. Enough has already been said on both sides of the SNCC attack on Jews. Probably nc thing in the way of further substantive argu ments will reveal any deeper meanings. It is dear cut Who knows anti-Semitism better than we? What is more likely is that the SNCC activists, whether or not they represent a majority or a minority, have blown their mind with something they think will work like magic. They did not have to become scidheads to cop out from the nitty-gritty of their own struggle. Somebody on their Executive thought this at tack on Jews would be like out of sight, that it woulc turn their people on and give them an easier rutnble. Probably, they figured that’s where it’s at, and that to attack the Jews would of plant life can survive under desert conditions. The Israeli scientists have ex pressed the view that the entire Peninsula, unexplored since the time of the Exodus, may in time yield some of the world’s richest minerals and oils currently hid den under its rough and barren surface. Pending political adjudication of the Sinai—which may take years—Israelis are losing no time in harnessing all their know-how and technical skills with the view of making it into a Negev-Part- Two. New Group Opposes Return of Area Won in 6-Day War JERUSALEM (JTA)—A group of well-known Israelis have an nounced the formation of a “Movement for Undivided Is rael,” to oppose return by the Government of any areas now occupied by Israel as a result of the Six-Day War. The group includes prominent Israeli writ ers, poets, playrights, persons formerly active in Israel’s sec urity forces and others in poli tics. Part of the new movement’s concrete program proposed the development of more settlements in the Etzion area, between Beth lehem and Hebron, on the west bank of the Jordan River. Four kibbutzim existed in that area prior to the Jordanian occupa tion, and the movement said that members of religious kibbutzim as well as of Nahal, the parlia mentary agricultural organiza tion, are ready to start settle ments in the area. bring them support from some of their white counterparts, racists of the extreme right, and perhaps divert reaction from from them towards another mi nority. We do not know in a what pad or crib this tactic was so ill-conceived or whether it was done for like Arab bread. Id any event, it doesn’t matter. What does, is that i‘. was done. We could sav it was the result of Acapulco gold which made them freak out like this and that, sooner or later, they would be taking off a high. But that would be useless speculation. The fact is, we Jews are faced with the problem. We cannot cop out on this. The Negroes are here and came Jong before we did. The fact that wc did not bring them here is irrel evant. So we must shove past the up-tight blast SNCC released and ourselves get to the' nitty-gritty of the problem. Which is, some how, not to condone what is wrong end what is evil in their statement, but the contrary, to seek a bridge to the Negro peo ple as a whole. Wc must not forget that Hitler was mocked at first, and held in contempt Neither response was effective. If we fail to find the bridge, it is quite possible the SNCC leader ship will take most of the Negro people with them on this odd and wicked freak-out. JERUSALEM (JTA) — Main guidelines for the Israel delega tion to the forthcoming session of the United Nations General Assembly are being formulated today in line with policy deci sions confirmed by the Israel Cabinet at a recent meeting. The major policy decision was a reaffirmation of the Israeli stand on negotations with the Arabs adopted by the Cabinet last month. The Cabinet ruled then tnat “direct negotiations between Israel and the Arab states must take place with the aim of signing peace treaties. As long as there is no peace, Israel will maintain in its entirety, the situation laid down in the cease fire arrangements that followed the repulsion of aggression by the Israeli forces.” The decision firmly ruled out any third-party mediation in which the third-party—the Unit ed Nations or interested states— would sit in on Arab-Israeli talks or seek to mediate between the two sides. UN Supervisor Wants No Shipping On Gulf or Bay UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.— (JTA)—Lt. Gen. Odd Bull, chief of the United Nations military observers supervising the cease fire between Israel and the Arab states, has informed the U.N. headquarters that he was trying to get Egypt and Israel to agree to keep their shipping off the Gulf of Suez and Bay of Suez, in an effort to avoid further clashes in that area. Under the existing agreement, both sides previously agreed to refrain from using the canal for shipping, except for the move ment of Egyptian launches to supply food and other essentials to foreign vessels marooned since Egypt blocked the waterway at the outbreak of the war June 5. In his report to Secretary-Gene ral U Thant, Gen. Bull stated he was trying to extend that pact to the bay and gulf outside the canal but leading to it. Gen. Bull also reiterated that his staff has found that Egypt had started the firing on Sept ember 3, which escalated into full scale battles. His observers on the spot, he stated, reported that they had not seen “at any time any Israeli vessels heading toward the channel entrance to the Suez Canal.” Egypt claimed that its artillery had fired at Israeli vessels headed for that entrance. 200 UN Schools Function Normally JERUSALEM (JTA) — Some 200 schools in the west bank area, maintained by the United Nations Relief and Works Agen cy for Palestine Refugees, func tioned normally on the first day of the school term, but Govern ment-operated schools in most of the west bank Arab centers were closed by a boycott by teachers and pupils. A noisy demonstration by youngsters at the UNRWA school in Tulkarem failed to compel the UNRWA authorities to close the school. Extremist nationalist Arabs have bee* waging a cam paign of intimidation and threats to force closure of the UNRWA schools in Nablus, Jenin and Tulkarem, the larger Arab towns. The Israeli Cabinet was reliab ly reported also to have formu lated new instructions on the re turn of Arab refugees to the Is raeli-held west bank area. While no official information was forth coming as to the nature of these instructions, it was generally un derstood that the Israel delega tion to the United Nations Gene ral Assembly would be authoriz ed to announce that additional numbers of Arab refugees would be permitted to return to the west bank. Israel has been under strong pressure from the Western coun tries to permit the Arabs who fled during the fighting last June to return to their former homes on the west bank of the Jordan. Secretary of State Dean Rusk has been especially insistent on this point and, it was understood, his position was considered at length in the meeting of the Cabinet. Britain, West Germany, and the Scandinavian countries were also understood to have urged Israel to permit the return of the Arabs, stressing that creation of a new refugee problem would not contribute toward pacifica tion of the area. Foreign Minister Abba S. Eban, it was reported, led the fight in the Cabinet session for Socialists Prepare - Report on Soviets LONDON (JTA) — A full- fledged report on the situation of the Jews in the Soviet Union is now in preparation for public submission to the annual confer ence of the Socialist Internation al Council, it was reported at a meeting here of the World Bureau of Socialist International. The International as a whole has traditionally been extremely friendly to Israel. At the meet ing, the Bureau voted a message to Mrs. Golda Meir, secretary- general of Israel’s Mapai Party, congratulating Mapai on having obtained approval from two other Israeli Socialist parties, Achdut Avodah and Rafi, for the creation of a strong, unified labor party in Israel. Seeks Closer Ties Among Religious BUENOS AIRES, (JTA) — A pledge to seek closer bonds with all religious groups in Argen tina, with “full respect” for peo ple of all faiths, was made here by the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Juan Carlos Aramburu, newly ap pointed Archbishop Coadjutor of the Buenos Aires Archdiocese. The prelate made that pledge when he received a delegation representing DAIA, central or ganization of Argentine Jewry. His pledge was regarded as indi cation of improved relations be tween the Catholic hierarchy and the local Jewish population. BOAC to Resume Use of Lydda Airport NEW YORK (JTA) — The British Overseas Airways Cor poration will resume use of Lod (Lydda) Airport in Israel for flights between London and the Far East, it has been learned. The airline cancelled two flights last May when Pakistan, in support of the Arab anti-Israel boycott, refused overflight rights to planes which had landed at Lod unless they made an inter mediate stop. authorization to permit the re turn of a larger number of its former inhabitants to the west bank. The Israeli Ministers were forcefully reminded that only the Prime Minister and the Foreign Minister were authorized to make public declarations on the future of the territories occupied by Israel in the Six-Day War. Prime Minister Levi Eshkol reaffirmed this condition at the Cabinet meeting after Foreign Minister Eban referred to state ments on this issue by members of the Cabinet and said they had no right to make “personal” statements on matters of policy. The discussion was precipitat ed by publication in the London Sunday Observer of an interview with the Defense Minister Moshe Dayan who speculated on the possibility that Jordan might re gain sovereignty over the west bank area but that the area would remain under Israeli aid to Jordan in the supply of water and electric power. New Immigrant Bill Would Aid Aliyah JERUSALEM (JTA) — New immigrants to Israel would en joy tax reductions, moderate- priced housing accommodations, and free high school and college tuition under the terms of * bill to be submitted to the Israel Parliament when it convenes October 13. The concessions are part of a plan to encourage 20,- 000 immigrants to settle in Israel, chiefly from the more affluent countries. Avraham Cygel, head of the Jewish Agency’s Department of Immigration and Absorption, said that details of the plan were worked out at the top level by a joint committee of the Govern ment and the Jewish Agency and were generally approved by the Immigration authorities. Airport Synagogue Dedicated with Plea For World Peace NEW YORK (JTA) — Rabbi Israel Mowshowitz, chairman of the board of the International Synagogue at Kennedy Airport, called for a direct dialogue be tween Moslem and Jewish, Pro testant and Catholic religious leaders, at a special service marking the dedication of the synagogue. More than 1,000 persons filled the new building to hear the rabbi’s plea for an opening of communication among religious leaders of the major faiths “to create a climate for world peace, especially in the Middle East.” In a demonstration of inter- faith unity, Roman Catholic and Protestant clerics, as well as Dr. Bernard E. Donovan, New York City Superintendent of Schools, donned the traditional yarmulkas for the ceremony. The synagogue stands side by side with the Catholic and Pro testant chapels on the Tri-Faith Plaza, adjacent to the lagoon and the fountains in front of the air port’s International Arrival Building. Built at an estimated cost of one million dollars, the synagogue features a 40-feet-high twin stone Tablets of the Law, or t’en Commandments. The chapel is patterned after the first syna gogue built in the United States—the Spanish and Portu guese Mill Street Synagogue of 1730, in Newport, RJ. OFF THE RECORD .... by Nathan Ziprin Black and White