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Tlio Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - Established 1925
Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, May 10, 1968
No. 19
Most Key-City Athletic Clubs
Bar Minorities, Says ADL
NEW YORK (JTA) — Only
three out of 38 athletic clubs in
key American cities maintain re
ligiously and racially open mem
bership policies, according to a
national survey recently com
pleted by the B’nai B’rith’s Anti-
Defamation League.
The results of the survey were
made public by Eugene L. Sugar-
man, chairman of the ADL’s dis
crimination committee, at the
ADL 55th annual meeting here.
The survey showed that 21
clubs in cities of over 100,000
population apparently admitted
Jews but excluded Negroes; 14
other clubs either barred Jews
and Negroes from membership
or imposed quotas. The three
clubs that practice open mem
bership policies were the Balti
more Olympic Club, the Oakland
Athletic Club and the Pacific
Coast Club in Long Beach, Cali
fornia.
The ADL presented its annual
America’s Democratic Legacy
award to John W. Gardner,
chairman of the National Urban
Coalition and former Secretary
of Health, Education and Wel
fare. According to Dore Schary,
ADL chairman, the award to Mr.
Gardner was made “for his long
career of public service and per
sonal commitment to American
ideals.”
Mr. Schary announced that he
had been assured, in a letter
from Republican National Com
mittee Chairman Ray C. Bliss
that social clubs in the Miami
Eeach area which practice racial
or religious discrimination \yill
be bypassed for events in Con
nection with the Republican
National Convention there on
August 5. Mr. Bliss, replying
to a letter from Mr. Schary,
promised that the Republican
National Committee would make
“every effort to select only those
(clubs) that are open to all peo
ple regardless of race, creed or
ethnic background.”
An ADL spokesman said that
a list of clubs known to practice
discrimination would be sent to
Mr. Bliss. Mr. Schary said he
had not written on the subject to
Democratic National Chairman
John C. Bailey because a parallel
situation did not exist in Chicago
where the Democratic Party will
hold its convention on August 29.
UN Council
Hears Charges
By Arab'Mayor'
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA)
—The Security Council has res
umed its debate on Jerusalem
after an acrimonious weekend
meeting involving an argument
on whether a Jordanian should
be invited to address the Council
as an “elected mayor of Jerusa
lem.”
Lord Caradon of Britain, the
current president of the Council,
refused consistently to refer to
Rouhi El-Khatib as the mayor of
Jerusalem, despite demands that
he do so by the Soviet Union,
Algeria, Hungary and Pakistan.
Muhammad el-Farrah, the per
manent Jordanian representative,
had asked that El-Khatib be in
vited under a Council rule under
which outside “competent” per
sons may provide information to
the Council.
Speaking without the mayoral
designation, El-Khatib charged
that Israel had “occupied build
ings, expropriated land, looted”
and otherwise allegedly mistreat-
Arab residents of East Jerusalem
to “force” them to leave. Yosef
Tekoah, Israel’s permanent rep
resentative, replied that El-Kha
tib had been appointed by the
Jordanian Government, not elect
ed, and was a member of the Pal
estine Liberation Army council.
U. S. Position
Reasserted
By Humphrey
CHICAGO (JTA) — Vice Pres
ident Hubert H. Humphrey, ad
dressing an Israel Bond meeting
celebrating Israel’s 20th anniver
sary, said here that “America is
nA going to permit Israel to
stand defenseless against any
who would destroy her” and re
asserted the basic Middle East
position of the Johnson Adminis
tration.
In his first statement on Middle
East policy since he announced
his candidacy for the Democratic
Presidential nomination, the Vice
President declared that “the five
principles on which a durable
peace in the Middle East can be
built are still the same, we be
lieve, as when they were stated
by President Johnson last June
19.”
Declaring that “the greatest
contribution” to Middle East peace
would be an agreement with the
Soviet Union to “curtail the
arms race there,” he stated that
“meanwhile, however, because of
what we all so deeply believe,
let this be clear: America is not
going to permit Israel to stand
defenseless against any who
would destroy her. Reason must
prevail over force. Acceptance
of nationhood must prevail over
prejudice.”
He added that, as President
Johnson “indicated in the com
munique issued in January after
ins meeting with Pii/ne Minister
Eshkol, the United States will
keep Israel’s military defense
capability under active and sym
pathetic examination and review
in the light of all relevant fac
tors, including the shipment of
military equipment by others to
the area.”
Half Million In Jerusalem
Saw Independence Day Parade
JERUSALEM (JTA) — More
than half a million Israeli Jews—
about 25 percent of the popula
tion—watched as Israel’s armed
forces staged a 20th anniversary
Independence Day parade which
evoked an unprecedented degree
of attention from the United Na
tions Security Council, as well
as international controversy.
The parade was held in re
united Jerusalem while units of
Israel’s air force staged a spec
tacular display of power and ma-
euver overhead. The parade took
place without incident, despite
fears that Arab saboteurs would
find so large a target irresistible
and despite many warnings—and
a unanimous Security Council
resolution asking Israel to cancel
the event — against it. Israeli
forces organized elaborate secur
ity precautions. The entire parade
route, part of which was in East
Jerusalem, was guarded by arm
ed troops on rooftops and patroll
ed by helicopters.
Despite the parade’s success
and its wildly enthusiastic recep
tion both by Israelis and thous
ands of visitors who came for
the anniversary, informed sources
indicated it might be the last such
whether such parades were not
largely a relic of the past, held
now mainly in Communist coun
tries and military dictatorships.
President Shazar, Prime Min
ister Eshkol and Defense Minister
Moshe Dayan occupied the re
viewing stand. Former Premier
David Ben Gurion’s world-fam
ous white mane was missing from
the reviewing stand for the first
time in 20 years. He attended the
parade but sat in the public
stands at his own request. Miss-
West Germans Deni/
El Fatah Training
BONN (JTA)- 1 — Official West
German sources have indicated
they knew nothing about report
ed secret military training of El
Fatah Arab terrorists in West
Germany. They pointed out that
possession of arms in West Ger
many is banned without special
permission.
However, informed sources
said here it might be possible
that some unknown Arabs might
have held secret meetings here
and later been sent to Algeria for
ing too were diplomatic repres
entatives of countries which do
not reoognize Jerusalem’s status
as Israel’s capital. East Jerusa
lem’s Arab residents had been
warned, apparently in leaflets
originating in Jordan, to stay in
doors, but many could be seen
watching the show from bal
conies.
A' contingent from the armor
ed brigade that seized East Jeru
salem last June led a column of
captured Arab equipment, most
of it Soviet-made. On display for
the first time were eight United
States A-4 Skvhawks and a lone
MIG-21 that was landed in Is
rael in 196<> by a defecting Iraqi
pilot.
In accordance with long-estab
lished custom, Israel observed, on
the day before Independence Day,
its annual Memorial Day to
mourn its war dead. Again in ac
cordance with custom, the me
morials embraced also the six
million Jews murdered by the
Nazis and particularly the War
saw Ghetto fighters whose revolt
against German military might
25 years ago marked the first
instance of organized Jewish re
At Least 25,000 Immigrants
Expected by Israel in 1968
NEW YORK (JTA) — Israel
is expecting 25,000 to 30,000 new
immigrants from various coun
tries this year, according to Louis
A. Pincus, chairman of the Jew
ish Appeal of Greater New York.
Mr. Pincus said that the new
arrivals will include many large
families and many who have
been stripped of all their pos
sessions. They will join nearly
a half million other immigrants
in Israel already dependent on
Jewish Agency programs of re
settlement and rehabilitation. He
stressed that the people of Israel,
whose resources are “strained to
the utmost” to meet security
needs and overcome economic
difficulties, “are in no position
to share the burden of humani
tarian aid to their country’s im
migrants.”
Albert Parker, president of the
UJA of Greater New York, an
nounced that in 30 UJA cam
paigns, member organizations of
the council have raised nearly
$50 million. The conference, at
tended by 3,000 delegates from
Jewish fraternal and benevolent
societies, marked the 20th anni
versary of Israel’s independence.
Among the speakers were
Michael Arnon, Israel Consul
General in New York and Ossip
Walinsky, chairman of the coun
cil’s committee for the construc
tion of the House of World Jew
ish Communities in Tel Aviv.
... To Live In Peace
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this aged Jew
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is to live out
their days in
peace. Your gift
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Welfare Federa
tion’s 1948 cam
paigns will help
their wish come
true.
Johnson Hails
Anniversary,
Urges Peace
JERUSALEM (JTA)—President
Johnson hailed Israel on the oc
casion of its 20th anniversary as
a state that has set “an outstand
ing example of how people of
widely disparate backgrounds can
achieve a thriving democratic na
tion.” He also expressed confid
ence that Israel will work toward
a just peace acceptable to itself
and its neighbors. The words
were contained in a message of
congratulations to President Sha
zar.
"I am pleased to extend to you
and to the people of Israel my
congratulations and those of the
people of the United States on
the 20th anniversary of your in
dependence. During the brief per
iod of time, the State of Israel
has made great strides, socially,
economically and politically. It
has set an outstanding example of
how people of widely disparate
backgrounds can achieve a thriv
ing democratic nation. But three
times during tlyese 20 years war
has broken out.
“The Middle East remains beset
by violence and hatred. These are
trying times—times in which pa
tience and cool judgment must
prevail. Mv warm wishes to your
people on this milestone of state
hood therefore is accompanied by
Army and Police
Praised for Work
In Giant Parade
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Prime
Minister Levi Eshkol and Defense
Minister Moshe Dayan thanked
Israel’s armed forces and police
for the success- of the Indepen
dence Day military parade in Jer
usalem, the largest in Israel’s his
tory, which went off without in
cident.
Mr. Eshkol expressed his ap
preciation in a statement at the
weekly Cabinet meeting. Gen.
Dayan wrote a letter of congra
tulations to Maj. Gen. Chaim
Bar-Lev, Chief'of Staff.
The Prime Minister, in his
statement on the parade, also
congratulated the television crew
which televised the parade “live”
in Israel’s first national TV
broadcast. The only troublesome
aspect of the parade, which drew
about 30,000 vehicles into Jer
usalem, was the prodigious traf
fic* jam that occurred when most
of the vehicles attempted to leave
the city simultaneously at the end
of the parade. The Minister of
Transport was expected to ap
point a committee on the prob
lem.
AJC Suggests Steps
For Ghetto Help
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
American Jewish Committee has
parade. leading government and
military officials reportedly were
giving serious consideration to
dropping the' annual event. The
question was raised in Parlia
ment and newspapers asked
training for operations against
Israel. It is no secret, it was
pointed out, that there are many
Arab students in West German
universities who agitate openly
on a large scale against Israel.
sistance to the Nazi genocide
plan. The foreign diplomatic
corps assembled at President
Shazar’s home to convey good
wishes on the occasion of the
anniversary.
my confirm* that your govern
ment must devote all its energy
to the effort to reach a secure,
just, and lasting peace—accept
able and beneficial both to Israel
and to her neighbors.”
published a list of areas of ac
tion by which members and
Americans generally oould help
to implement the resolutions of
the President’s National Advisory
Committee on Civil Disorders.