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Vol. XLV
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry -
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U. S. Peace Semantics
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Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, July 3, 1970
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Words, Not Arms, From Rogers
Evoke Negative Mid-East Reaction
Condemn Red Discrimination
JERUSALEM (JTA)—Premier
Gold Meir told the Knesset Mon
day that Israel welcomed the
new United States initiative for
peace in the Middle East but
Will never accept a conditioned
cease-fire with a time limit at
tached. According to unofficial
reports from several capitals, a
90-day cease-fire in the Suez
of the cease-fire would be given
the seal of legality in advance,”
she said.
Mrs. Meir declared that what
Israel wanted was a general
cease-fire with no time limts to
serve as a stage in the transition
from war to peace. Meanwhile,
as long as the present circum
stances persist, Israel will con-
Canal zone is the first phase'' tinue to employ its present
Of the plan that Secretary of
State William P. Rogers has
proposed to Israel and the Arab
states. Mrs. Meir said she could
not disclose the contents of the
Rogers proposals because the
U. S. government did not desire
their publication at this time.
She referred to the temporary
cease-fire offered by President
Gamal Abdel Nasser, of Egypt,
in a television interview broad
cast in the U. S. two weeks ago.
She claimed that a cease-fire of
limited duration would only
serve Nasser’s was- alms by
giving him an interval to
strengthen Egyptian fortifica
tions in the canal zone and es
pecially to install Soviet SAM-3
anti-aircraft missiles along the
waterway. “Were his (Nasser’s)
proposals acccepted, the resump
tion of shooting after expiration
methods of self defense. “We
will not desist from our efforts
to prevent the installation of
missile systems in the canal
zone,” she said. Mrs. Meir’s
statement non-commital as it
was on the Rogers proposals,
was approved by an 88-5 vote
in the Knesset. Only the two
Commmunist factions and the
leftist Haolam Hazeh voted
against the government. Israel’s
full reply to the Rogers plan is
expected to be conveyed to
Washington by Ambassa dor
Yitzhak Rabin when he returns
to his post in two or three days.
Gen. Rabin was called home for
consultations last week. Mrs.
Meir spoke as President Nasser
arrived in Moscow on his sec
ond visit this year to the Soviet
capital,, presumably to discuss
the U. S. peace initiative with
Kremlin leaders. The Israeli
Premier charged in her Knesset
speech that Soviet operational
involvement in the Middle East
has “breahed new life into ag
gression there.” She said there
were no signs that any of the
Arab states were prepared to
make peace.*
“Israel’s policy” she said, “is
founded on constant striving for
peace with each and every one
of the neighboring Arab states.
Hence we follow and study
closely every manifestation of
readiness for peace by the fac
tions directly involved in this
terrible dispute.” Israel, Mrs.
Meir said, “welcomes any sin
cere move which tries to influ
ence the countries of the area
to turn their faces toward peace,
to stop the shooting and start
talking,” as Secretary Rogers
has said, but there is no sign
that any of the Arabs want to
do this. Mrs. Meir accused the
Arab leaders of “duplicity."
She claimed that “they put on
the disguise of peacemongers
when in front of the television
cameras but tell the truth when
when they speak to their own
people and give orders to their
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NEW YORK (JTA)— Fifteen
of Panama’s most prominent in
tellectuals and political person
alities, including two ex-Presi-
dents of the Republic, have sign
ed a declaration condemning the
treatment of Jews by the Soviet
Union and by “some countries
of Eastern Europe.” The decla
ration stated, “We must declare
our solidarity with the Jewish
population in the territories of
the Soviet Union and of some
countries of Eastern Europe, as
well as our repudiation of the
conditions of spiritual and moral
violence to which these people
are systematically subjected.”
Noting that the Jews are hinder
ed from practicing their religion,
from emigrating to Israel, and
confronted with countless mani
festations of hostility an the part
of the public authorities, the
declaration warned they may
well fall victim to the intention
to destroy the existence of their
historical, moral and cultural
personality. The declaration add
ed, “We join our voice to those
raised throughout the American
continent to demand the elimin
ation of the ■ discriminatory
Argentine Jewry
Sends $3,000 to Peru,
Rumania Victims
BUENOS AIRES (JTA)—The
measures, overt and co
vert . . . threatening the Jewish
community in the Soviet Union
and in other European coun
countries ..."
The signatories included Pan
amanian ex-Presidents, Richardo
J, Alfaro and Ernesto de la
Guardia Jr.; the President of the
University of Panama; the Dean
of its Law School; forma: mem.
bers of Parliament; former
members of foreign affairs, ft*
nance, housing and education;
lawyers; linguists; and poets. The
declaration was transmitted to
the World Jewish Congress in
New York by the Central Jew
ish Community Council of Pan
ama, an affiliate of the Congrem.
On August 12, the Jewish Com
munity of Panama will hold •
public demonstration in support
of Jewish rights in the Soviet
Union. The Jewish community
of Panama will hold a public
demonstration in support of
Jewish rights in the Soviet
Union. The Jewish community of
Panama ‘ totals approximately
2000 persons and its central rep
resentative body is the Central
Jewish- Community Council of
Panama. Ninety percent of aR
Jewish children receive a Jean
ish education at the Albert* Ein
stein Institute, a Jewish aahoat
located in the capital.
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Are Such Politicians Legal?
Stoner, et al, Laud
For Jewish Bloodbath
BUENOS A1KJSS (JTA)-TM — , %
Israel Worried
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LOUISVILLE (JTA)— A call
for the mass killing of Negroes
and Jews was sounded at a con
vention of the National States
Rights Party at Newport, Ky..,
and was greeted by cheers from
the audience of 200 some of
whom “leaped to their feet ap
plauding entihusiasfictEL 11 y, * *
Louisville Times staff writer
Jim Renneisen reported. The
speaker was Newman Britton of
Decatur, Ark., and the session
he addressed was private. News
men and television cameras were
excluded. Mr. Renneisen’s report
was based on tape recordings
and accounts of delgeates.
Earlier speakers called for the
repatriation of blacks to Africa
and sending their “Jewish
friends” with them, but Britton
urged a bloodbath. “The blood
will flow from every Jew in
Anglo-Saxondom,” he shouted.
“It seemed to be what most of
his audience wanted to hear,”
, Mr. Renneisen said.
The National States Rights
Party has been identified as the
political arm of the Ku Klux
Klan.
In addition to Britton, the
convention was addressed in
public session, by J. B. Stoner,
national chairman and the
party's candidate for ,govemor
of Georgia. “Stoner’s public
speech was replete with racial
slurs against Negroes and Jews
but it did not approach the vir
ulence of the speeches delivered
kill white brother” but that it
was permissible to kill “in de
fence of our homes, our way of
life.” He said he regretted his
service in World War II which
he said was started by Jews to
set white people to killing other
white people.
Other speakers claimed that
Jews were behind the disorders
at Kent State University in May
and noted with glee that three
of the students killed by Na
tional Guardsmen were Jews.
Dr. Edward Fields a Georgia
chiropractor who is secretary of
the Party, said Jews were be
hind Negro riots. One delegate
from New Jersey referred to
that state as “Jew Jersey.”
widely separated areas
world. Community Council pres
ident Gregorio Fainguersch an
nounced that $2,000 has been
sent through the Federation of
Jewish Communities in Rumania
to flood victims in that coun
try and $1,000 to help those made
homeless by the recent earth
quakes in Peru. David Kaplan,
who was appointed Undersecre
tary of Press and Tourism by
the new Argentine military
junta, resigned his position. He
said the appointment was only
temporary. He has been succeed
ed by Rodolfo Baltierrez, a
former journalist who served as
Ambassador to Israel in 1968
and 1967.
August 17-23
Jewish War Veterans Schedule
Jubilee Convention in Atlanta
Atlanta - this week began a
six-week countdown before the
Jewish community puts the wel
come mat out for the National
Jewish War Veterans of Amer
ica, assembling 5,000 strong for
their DiaSmond Jubilee encamp
ment
Delegates will assemble from
every state of the union and per
haps from other spots on the
American continent to launch
a year-long emphasis by the
oldest veterans’ service group in
this country.
National Commander Bernard
J. Derenfield will lead the con
tingent of national dignitaries to
Georgia’s capital city.
Elliott Goldberg and Al
with Bill Feinberg, Columbus,
Ga., commander of the Georgia-
South Carolina Department
Maurice Rich, chairman for
entertainment.
Adolph Rosenberg,' chairman
for publicity.
Mrs. Burtdn Gershon, presi
dent, Post 112 Auxiliary.
The convention will be held
from August 16 to August 23,
with headquarters at the Reg-
ency-Hyatt House.
Mayor Sam Massell has ac
cepted an invitation to greet the
opening session at a special
luncheon honoring his election
as Atlanta’s first Jewish mayor.
The program includes numer
ous side trips to places in and
for the visiting auxiliary mem
bers.
Bernard Abrams of Newark,
N. J., and Judge Ike Murov are
the national convention co-chair
men.
Both Mr. Goldberg and Mr.
Schwartz, who are spearheading
the convention events from the
host area level, have long been
prominent in Jewish Wan Vet
erans circles. Both are veterans
of World War II,‘Mr. Goldberg
is a former commander of Poet
112 and of the Ga.-S. C. Depart
ment. Mr. Goldberg is the presi
dent of the National Executive
Committee. Mr. Schwartz has
held the highest elective offices
for Post 112 end the Depart
ment. He is also a member of
livered Schwartz have been designated around Atlanta for inspection of “ en ‘* “ jr 80 me ” lber
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organization,”
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Raymond^jsurfitz, commander
of Atlanta JWV Post 1)2, which
will host the convention along
of interest.
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Eleanor Schwartz has
been designated chairman for
special hospitality and programs
tee and on the National Person
nel Committee.
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gusta, Savannah, Valdosta and
Charleston. . ' -
New Coalition
JERUSALEM (JTA)— Israeli
officials this week expressed
concern over the nature of the
new pro-guerrilla coalition gov
ernment that took office in Jor
dan with King Hussein’s bless
ings and an exhortation to pre
pare for all-out .'war against Is
rael. The 17-member coalition,
headed by Premier Abdel Mon-
eim Ri/ai, is top-heavy with
hair liners, some of whom may
have been hand-picked by the
Fedayeen, government circles
hare said. They were especially
perturbed by King Hussein’s
formal message to the new cab
inet in which he stated that the
Jordanian Army would fight
side-by-side with the Palestinian
guerrillas and authorized the
new government to obtain .wea
pons from any sources, presum
ably not excluding the Soviet
Union. Israelis pointed out that
the. mesMge arcs-the first in
which King Hussein ever re
ferred to. the guerrillas, in a fav-
roable light.. They believe the
new government is the price he
paid for retaining ’his throne fol
lowing the bloody clashes earlier
this month between Jordanian
regulars and guerrilla bands^
No fewer than eight of the
new cabinet ministers openly
sided with the terrorists in that
crisis. Among them afe Abdel
.El Fab;, former speaker of the
Jordanian Parliament who is the
new Minister of State for Prime
Ministerial Affairs; Anton Atal-
lah, who was expelled from the
West Bank by the Israelis after
the Six-Day War. for incite
ment, now Foreign Minister;
Sheikh Al Hamid Al Sayegh,
another expellee, now Minister
of Religious Affairs and Religi
ous Trdsts; Fawaz Russan, Min,
ister of Justice j Kassem el Ri-
iy of Rammalah
Municipal Af-
A1 Husseini, a
the family of the eat-
Grand Mufti of Jerusalem Ha$
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