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The Southern Israelite
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Vol. XLV
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry - ^
Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, July 10, 1970
Two Sections-
more or less brief
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No. 28
BONN (JTA) — An explosion,
followed by fire, occurred in a
luggage truck in a hall at Frank
furt Airport near the reception
desk of El A1 arline. A few min
utes later flames spurted from n
refuse basket nearby. No one was
No License
For Station
Pushing .Hate
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
Federal Communications Commis
sion, which has rarely removed a
broadcast license, even for pro
gramming that some have found
racially or religiously offensive,
has voted unanimously to with
draw the license of WXUR, Media,
Pa., which had been charged with
“highly racist, anti-Semitic, anti-
Negro and anti-Roman Catholic”
content.
That charge was first made in
1966 by local clergymen opposing
the programming practices of the
station’s licensee, the Faith Theo
logical Seminary.
The outlet regularly broadcast
commentaries by the seminary’s
right-wing president, the Rev.
Carl Mclntire. The 7-0 FCC de-
sion last Thursday, which over
ruled a hearing examiner, accused
WXUR of failing to provide op
posing viewpoints and of ignoring
its obligation to notify subjects
of on-air personal attacks of their
right to reply.
The Commission ordered the
/station ^ to yease operations by
American Nazis
Blame Blacks, Jews
For Racial Crisis
WASHINGTON (JTA)—A rally
of the National Socialist White
Peoples Party, formerly known
as the American Nazi Party, on
the Washington mall Sunday
drew an audience of about 250
which appeared to consist largely
of hecklers. Police kept them
apart from two dozen khaki-
shirted party members sporting
swastika arm bands who sur
rounded the speakers platform.
The speakers, greeted with jeers
and obscenities, ranted against
Negroes and Jews. Dr. William
Pierce, the party’s information
officer, called President Nixon a
traitor because he allegedly tol
erated “Communist demonstra
tions” against the Vietnam war.
Another party leader, Robert A.
Lloyd III, claimed that America’s
racial crisis was “caused by the
presence of two alien races, blacks
and Jews” and urged “drastic so
cial surgery.” Dr. Pierce was
identified in the Senate last week
as the voice on a party-sponsored
telephone message urging “a bul
let between the eyes” for three
well known Liberal senators op
posed to the Vietnam war.
hurt and damage was negligible.
No arrests have been made.
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Daylin Inc.,
an American retail firm with an
annual turnover of about $500
million, will establish the Israel-
American Investment and Devel
opment Co. here, it was an
nounced by Ammon Bamess, of
Los Angeles. Mr. Bamess, an Is-
raeli-bom American millionaire,
said the new company would co
ordinate the activities of Daylin-
owned subsidairies in Israel, some
of which already, exist and others
that are planned. He said the en
terprises range- from tourism to
the manufacture of plastics and
helicopters. Among them are the
Sharm el-Sheikh Holiday Village
and the Blue Line Minibus Co.,
Dekel Plasttics and a helicopter
service. Mr. Bamess said efforts
should be made to get American
investors interested in such proj
ects. Robert Hall, Inc., a nation
wide American firm specializing
in inexpensive ready-to-wear
men’s and women’s apparel, will
import about $3 million worth of
Israel-made clothing next year,
newspaper Bavar reported. Robert
Hall already has purchased about
$800,000 worth of Israeli clothing,
mainly raincoats and swimsuits
and is expected to reach a vol
ume of $1 million by the end of
the year, Davar said.
Israel General points Russian
Participation in Egyptian Action
NEW YORK (JTA)— Gerald
L. K. Smith, the notorious hate
monger, has accused the Amer
ican Jewish Congress of block
ing the road to his Christ-of-the-
doesn’t mind at all, a spokes
man for the AJCongress said
here. Smith recently told the As
sociated Press that AJCongress
had led an organized “conspir
acy” to stop a Federal grant for
the construction of a road lead
ing to his Eureka Springs, Ark.
project. An AJCongress spokes
man denied the conspiracy
charge but said the organization
was otherwise “delighted” to ac
cept Smitht’s accusation. When
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Israel’s
Chief of Staff, -Gen. Haim Bar
Lev, disclosed Tuesday that at
least two Soviet SAM-3 missiles
have been fired at Israeli air
craft over the Suez Canal zone in
recent days. He reported that
the Egyptians and Russians were
inching their missile bases ever
closer to the canal zone and that
Israeli jets have been attacking
those bases and have destroyed
five of them. Three Israeli jets
were lost in the attacks so far.
Gen. Bar Lev made his dra
matic disclosures at a press con
ference here. Asked if any Rus
sians were killed in the Israeli
attacks on the missile bases, he
replied, “I don’t know, but I
think so.” Gen. Bar Lev said
that Russian pilots were not
detected in the canal zone, add
ing, they do not need to come in
view of the anti-aircraft defense.
Gen. Bar Lev said that the first
SAM-3 missiles known to have
been fired in combat were re
ported by Israeli pilots returning
from one of their daily sorties.
He did not indicate whether any
of the Israeli planes were hit.
reports of the pending Federal
grant—$182,000—reached AJCon
gress late last year, it issued a
protest to Transportation Secre
tary John A. Volpe and Com-
strous” for the Federal govern
ment to assist Smith’s bigotry.
On June 21 the Commerce De
partment announced its decis
ion to withhold approval for
construction of the road. Smith
declared that his attorney would
give the Justice Department the
names of “T1 to 16” persons
who he said had participated in
a “conspiracy of organized
Jews” against the road proj
ect.
But he disclosed that the three
Israeli jets downed last week—
two on June 30 and ohe Monday
—were hit by SAM-2s, missiles
that had hitherto been ineffec
tive against low flying aircraft.
According to Gen. Bar Lev
they were fired from improvised,
non-concrete launching paids
which the Egyptians set up
during the night, between last
Monday and Tuesday. He said
tens of missiles were fired at
the Israeli attackers but only
three scored hits. Gen. Bar Lev
said that the Egyptians, aided
by the Russians, have succeeded
in moving a dozen or more
ground-to-air missile bases
‘ within range of Israeli jets flying
missions over the canal zone. He
said the missiles were mainly
SAM-2s but were supported by
at least two batteries of SAM-3s
maimed exclusively by Soviet
personnel. The Egyptians are
manning the SAM-2s, Gen. Bar
Lev said, but with Russian ad
visors who are “more than ad
visors.” He said, “We feel the
Russian hand in almost every
field of planning, operating and
directing the SAM-2 missiles.
According to Gen. Bar Lev., the
missiles are now deployed within
a rectangular area the eastern
line of which is located 15-20
miles west o fthe Suez Canal and
disclosed that Israeli planes fly
ing over the canal were fired on
by SAM-2s and in one case a
missile exploded in midair and
fragments fell on an Israeli out
post on the east bank of the
canal. This indicates that the
missile launching pads are lo
cated within 20 miles of the
canal since 20 miles is the range
of the SAM-2.
Replying to questions, Gen.
Bar Lev said the new develop
ment was considered “rathjsr
serious” but, he added, “This
does not mean we have lost our
air superiority as the number tof
missile bases is rather small.’ He
warned, however that “under
cover of these batteries, the
Egyptians and Russians can
move their missile? further east
ward toward the canal and then
it would be more difficult for
Israeli planes to act over the
canal zone.’ He said the Russians
and Egyptians were trying to de
prive Israel of freedom of op
eration along the waterway and
to build up Egyptian forces for
an offensive operation. (The
problem of Soviet military esca
lation in Egypt was raised in the
House of Commons by P£ul
Rose, a Labor MP. In a question
addressed to Foreign Secretary
Sir Alec Douglas-Home, he
wanted to know if, in view jof
Soviet operational flights and
missile escalation he would
authorize the sale of Chieftain
tanks to Israel. The Foreign
Secretary said in a written reply
that “I is not ouf practice, nor
has it been the practice of previ
ous governments, to comment On
the details of paricular arms
transactions. We will, however,
consider each application for
arms sales carefully on its
merits, taking into consideration
Senator Fulbright
Downgrades U.S.
Help For Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA)— Sen.
District 5 BBYO Replaces Convention
With Leader Training; A ‘Groovy’Conclave
by CRAIG ARONOFF
Southern Israelite Youth Staffer
For the first time in its al
most 40-year history, District
Five of the B’nai B’rith Youth
Organization did not hold a
convention this year. In its place
a District Leadership Training
Conference (DLTC) was held.
The purpose of the new pro
gram is to offer the leaders of
the District’s chapters specific
guidance toward individual de
velopment and social responsi
bility.
It was not many years ago
when basketball games, mischief
and the opposite sex were the
primary attractions to BBYO
gatherings. Although the mixing
of the sexes still take place,
the spirit of traditional “hell
raising" has largely disappeared.
At last week’s DLTC, a pro
fessional staff of social workers,
Participant Describes Pop Festival
Wall-to-Wall People, Jewish Nudes
By CRAIG ARONOFF
Southern Israelite Youth Staff Writer
People _ wall-to-wall where
there were no walls. Four-lane
highways were mere sidewalks
jammed with human beings.
Hundreds of acres usually used
for soy beans, com, livestock and
pecan trees were camping sites
and parking lots, said a stage and
an arena. On stage — the 2nd
Annual Atlanta Pop Festival. In
the arena — the real attraction
— people, by various estimates
200,000 to 500,000 hot, dirty,
tired, thirsty, and happy hun
dreds of thousands of people.
People — almost exclusively
young, college-age — yes, they
had long hair — piled into cars,
trucks and buses — pouring into
Byron, Georgia (pop. 1,188).
Music was their excuse to ga
ther, but the gathering was why
they were there. The most of
ten heard question was “How
many people are here?” Nobody
knew. Nobody could know.
Awesome, frightening in a way,
powerful — people, and the feel
ing of people. “Wow . . ."
sighed the mass, looking at it
self, “Look at all the people.”
By Thursday night; on the
eye of the festival; crowds had
swelled beyond all forecasts.
Roads were jammed for miles
with cars bearing license plates
like Rhode Island, Montana,
California . . . While cars idled
in traffic, their passengers got
Continued on pope 5
educators, rabbis and artists
guided 125 youth in what Dis
trict president Jeff Kaufman
called “a thinking program.”
The change in the BBYO
format, represented by the estab
lishment of the DLTC is deeply
rooted. Whereas the “good time"
used to be the main considera
tion, today the Jewish youth or
ganization has adopted a new set
of values and goals directing it
to the diverse problems con
fronting society as a whole. In
this 3ense, the activism of the
college campuses has filtered
into a basically high school age
program. Still dedicated to Ju
daism and fraternity, BBYOers
seek to utilize these relevant
doctrines to effect their world.
A major portion of their efforts
to improve society are directed
at improving themselves.
Speaking about the program
Kuafman said, “One of our main
goals was Jewish identification.
Part of that is social responsi
bility. We stress the positive as
pects of social responsibility in a
lot of ways ranging from com
munity service to problems of
premarital sex.”
Kaufman was “amazed at the
awareness” of the participants
of the program in relation to
their world. Their average age
was 16%. ' . -
The event took place at Camp
Continued on page 4
J. William Fulbright took issue
with President Nixon’s assertion
last week that the Middle East
situation is more dangerous for the
United States than the war in Viet
Naim. The Arkansas Democrat,
chairman of the Senate Foreign
Relations Committee, said on the
the Nation” that while the Middle
East is “an explosive situation,”
there is “nothing more damaging
to the future of our country than
Vietnam.” Replying to a question
from CBS correspondent Marvin
Kalb, Mr. Fulbright said the
Vietnam war had caused the “de
terioration” of the United States.
He added that the Middle East
was a major trouble spot because
“the cold war is heating up and
getting more dangerous.” He said
that while there was “a danger of
course” of the Mideast “becoming
a conflagration,” he did not feel
that the Soviet Union wanted such
a conflagration.
Asked about U. S. military sup
port for Israel, Sen. Fulbright re
plied, “We have no formal com
mitment, no treaty” with Israel
but America does have “tremen
dous respect for the Israelis and
for the Jewish race in general.”
Sen. Fulbright is regarded by
some Israelis and pro-Israel
Americans as one of the Senate
leaders least friendly toward the
Jewish State. He was not among
the 76 Senators of both parties
who signed a round-robin resolu
tion last month urging the Nixon
Administration to sell Israel all
the jets it requests without delay.
Sen. Fulbright said that he
thou^it a solution of the Middle
East conflict lay in the Strategic
Arms Limitation Talks (SALT)
between the US.A. and the
USSR, in Vienna. He noted that
President Nixon made no men
tion of the SALT talks in his
remarks on the Mideast last Wed
nesday and cbdmed that Mr.
Nixon is “not really interested
in them.”