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Tho Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - Established 1925
Vol. XLIII
Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, January 26, 1968
No. 4
FROM THE
FOUR CORNERSi
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NEW DELHI, India (JTA)—Marshal Tito of Yugoslavia arrived
here for talks with Prime Minister Indira Ghandi and the speculation
is that the two leaders of the so-called unaligned nations will urge
a more moderate approach by the Arabs in their dispute with Israel.
Soviet Prime Minister Alexei Kosygin was expected to join them here
on Jan. 25.
ROME (JTA)—An Israeli military transport plane flew from
Israel to the Trapani airfield in the Sicilian earthquake area carrying
blankets, medicines and a complete regimental first-aid unit, the
gift of Defense Minister Moshe Dayan and Maj. Gen. Chaim Bar-
Lev, the Israeli chief of staff, to their Italian counterparts.
The plane also brought three Israeli doctors and two nurses to
work among the earthquake victims as long as their services are
required. The plane’s cargo supplemented previous shipments of
blankets, medical supplies and blood plasma sent from Israel to the
Italian Red Cross.
The United Hias Service announced here a gift of one million
lire to the relief fund for Sicilian earthquake victims, now estimated
to number about 100,000. Special contributions were announced
by the Rome and Genoa Jewish communities. President Saragat’s
office announced receipt of a message of sympathy from President
Zalman Shazar of Israel.
Back Home,
Tour Helpful,
f ^ oVA ° 9 '^ s
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Prime Min
ister Levi Eshkol has returned
home from a 14-day visit to the
United States, Canada and Bri
tain where he had talks with
President Johnson, British Prime
Minister Harold Wilson and For
eign Secretary George Brown,
and Prime Minister I .ester Pear
son of Canada.
Saving his report for a cabinet
meeting, the Prime Minister sug
gested that members of the throng
which greeted him at Lydda Air
port should “read between the
lines’’ of tte official communiques
if they wanted to understand the
results of his conversations. He
called his visits very worthwhile,
important and helpful.” He said
he did not always get “a positive
reply” from the leaders he talk
ed to but that “we cannot comn-
_ will prove
plain and the
it.”
Political circles in London said
his talks with Wilson and Brown
were conducted “in a most cor
dial atmosphere” and that Anglo-
Israel relations remained friendly
after British resumption of dip
lomatic ties with Egypt. The key
theme of the London talks was
Swedish Ambassador Gunnar Jar
ring’s mission Cor the United Na
tions in the Middle East. The Bri
tish appeared to have high hopes
for success in thait mission.
Eshkol told the press at the
London airport that Israel was
not ready to tolerate much longer
the 20-year Egyptian ban on Is
raeli use of the Suez Canal. He
said he did not come to Britain
for arms and refused to discuss
that aspect of his talks with
President Johnson.
He also said in London that he
was ready to meet the Arabs face
to fiaoe for talks and that Jarring
might preside at the first meeting
and then leave the two sides to
carry on by themselves. Israeli
sources described as “absolute
nonsense” a report by the Guar
dian that Israel was seriously
concerned over Britain’s speedy
pull-out from the Persian Gulf
area. They said Israel had never
relied on the British for its se
curity.
The Prime Minister indicated
he was pleased with the warm
reception he received from the
Jewish communities he visited
during his trip. He met with
Jewish leaders in each commun
ity and was greeted by both
adults and children.
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The rising incidence of Jewish teenage
“anti-social behavior” was discussed at length by 51 professional
workers who recently participated in a conference here of the B’nai
B’rith Youth Organization’s national staff.
The group did not regard narcotic addiction as an overriding
problem among Jewish teenagers but some individuals said they
have observed a significant increase in the use of drugs among Jew
ish youth in recent years. They asserted that “it has now become
fashionable and a status symbol among many Jewish middle class
teenagers to smoke ‘pot’ and to ‘pop’ amphetamines.”
Acts of vandalism and irresponsibility by these middle class
youth are “widespread and increasing,” the group felt. Ben Barkin,
national chairman of the B’nai B’rith Youth Commission, opined that
the rise in errant behavior indicates the “aimlessness and restless
ness” of youth in an affluent society. He urged that the BBYO and
other youth movements “accelerate their efforts to involve young
people in relevant learning and action programs within the Jewish
tradition.”
NEW YORK (JTA)—Samuel Gallant, 38, an attorney, has been
appointed executive director of the Americ&n-Israel Chamber of
Commerce. A former assistant counsel to the Waterfront Commission
of New York Harbor, Mr. Gallant was an officer and counsel to
RASSCO, Rural and Suburban Settlement Co. He is a graduate of
Brooklyn College and received his law degree from Columbia Uni
versity.
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The first of 3,000 Torah scrolls rescued
from Jewish communities in Rumania that were obliterated during
World W’ar II, were presented to recipients in Israel as a gift from
surviving Rumanian Jewry. The presentation was made by Ruman
ian Chief Rabbi M. Rosen to H. Trobe, director of Malben, the Israel
welfare agency maintained by the American Jewish Joint Distribu
tion Committee. The scrolls are between 50 and 200 years old.
Rabbi Rosen dedicated the scrolls to the memory of the late
Charles Jordan, executive director of the JDC, who was drowned
in Prague last summer under mysterious circumstances. The cere
monies were attended by the chief rabbis of Israel and by the Min
ister of Religious Affairs.
Most of the scrolls are badly damaged. The task of restoring
them has been assigned to a group of 40 yeshiva students who will
work under the supervision of scribes. It is expected to take at least
five years and will cost about $300,000.
France and Israel Still Talking
On Arms Supply, Says Eban
JERUSALEM (JTA)— Foreign
Minister Abba Ebon told a press
conference here that a Franco-
Israeli dialogue was stall going
on concerning arms supplies and
the balance of power in the J Mid-
dle East. He also declared that
the Israel-Rumanian trade agree
ment signed recently has political
and technical ramifications that
go far beyond the matter of trade
between the two countries. Fur
ther, he expressed satisfaction
with the outcome of the refugee
deliberations at the United Na
tions where the General Assembly
declined to vote on a proposal to
establish a UN custodian of ab
sentee Arab property in Israel.
Mr. Eban said that the negative
action on a custodianship was
^‘further proof of the UN’s un
willingness to pass useless resolu
tions that would serve only to in
crease enmity in the area.” He
said that, during this year's ses
sions of the General Assembly
and Security Council, all anjtd-
Isra-el proposals were solidly de
oat ed.
Referring to the talks with
France on arms matters, Mr. Eban
would say only that Israel’s Am
bassador in Paris, Walter Eytan
had instructions to keep in olose
touch with French Foreign Min-,
ister Couve de Murville on the
matter. The feeling in political
quarters here, meanwhile, is that
the United States will take a
sympathetic view of Israel’s need
to maintain a balance of military
strength in the Middle East, in
face of the rapid rearmament of
the Arab countries by Russia.
.. .A Wintry Western Wall
WARM DEVOTION ‘MID ICY CHILL—Not even
snow or bitter-cold gale-force winds could deter
the pious from their prayers at the Western Wall
when unusually Icy weather, for two days, cut
Jerusalem off from surrounding country. Trues
fell, water mains bant, electricity blacks* oat,
commerce ground to a stop on* traffic halted.
But . . . pragma did act cease.