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VOL. LIII
The Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry
Our 53rd Year
Atlanta, Ga. p Friday, April 29, 19T7
NO. 17
1977 the time to 1 try 1
Peace 'won't be easy*
Carter tells Hussein
Israelis at liberated Western Wall. Federation campaign sup
ports the realized dream of 2000 years of Jewish longing.
Federation campaign
reaches halfway mark
•Can we afford to cut our sup- Community Center? Hillel?
port of our local service agen- Jewish Home? Family and
cies? The youth programs? The Children’s Bureau?
, »Can we let our day schools
down?
•In Israel’s ongoing crisis, can
we afford to cut back on the
settlement of the Galilee and the
Arava?
•Can we cut her capacity to
absorb more immigrants from
places where we already see in
creasing danger of Jewish ex
tinction?
These are some of the
questions posed by David
Goldwasser, president of the
Atlanta Jewish Welfare Federa
tion, at the midway point of the'
AJWF’s 1977 Campaign.
With over $2,760,000 currently
pledged, Goldwasser praised the
dedicated efforts of Louis J.
Taratoot and Herbert Elsas,
general Campaign co-chairmen
and their corps of 450
volunteers. Nonetheless, the
newly elected AJWF president
called on the community to res
pond with the same dedication
and generosity when called up
on.
In a report given Tuesday,
Taratoot had a hopeful answer
to Goldwasser’s questions. He
told the Federation’s board of
directors that the 1977 Cam
paign is running 12 per cent
ahead of 1976. “Your leadership
is confident,” Taratoot said,
“that the Campaign will realize
$4Wi million before its con
clusion.”
The Young Executives Divi
sion is presently leading the
campaign with a 36.7 per cent in
crease over 1976 pledges, with
Special Gifts Division close
behind showing a 32.6 per cent
jump.
Included in the $2,750,000
current total is $520,000 from
the Women’s' Division. Mrs.
Ramona Freedman, who heads
up that division, noted that the
figure represents approximately
90 per cent completion.
“Even though our 1977 Cam
paign shows a healthy percen-
See Campaign, Page 26
by Joseph Polakoff
Washington (JTA) President
Carter, in warmly welcoming
Jordan’s King Hussein to
Washington Monday morning,
appeared less optimistic than
previously in his meetings with
the Israeli and Egyptian leaders
(hat important progress will be
made this year toward a Middle
East settlement.
King Hussein ukU travel to
Atlanta and appear at the Atlan
ta Historical Society Saturday
morning, April SO, under the
sponsorship of the Southern
Center for International Studies.
“This year 1977 is a special
time," the President said. “We
face possible opportunities tor
major strides toward permanent
peace In the Middle Blast. It will
be a mistake to be too optimistic
because of the serious nature of
divisions that have long
separated one people from the
other in the Eastern
Mediterranean.”
However, later that day,
following the first Carter-
Hussein meeting which lasted 75
minutes, the White House said
in a notice to the press that the
President and the King “agreed
that the time is ripe for a major
effort for reconvening the
Geneva conference in the second
half of 1977.’
Asked to explain the apparent
differences between Carter’s ex
temporaneous statement of
welcome and the notice,
Presidential News Secretary
Jody Powell said he was “aware
of the interpretations” that the
President “sounded more
pessimistic” later Monday mor
ning.
“It will be a mistake to read
into the remarks this morning
that there is a change of feeling,”
40 pages
of Mishna,
40 winks
Yeshiva student
was caught taking
a break from his
studies recently
by a Jerusalem Post
photographer.
Hussein
Powell said. He added that
Carter’s oral remarks were a
“reaffirmation” of what he had
said previously that the way to
Geneva" won’t be easy.”
Powell denied that any infor
mation had reached Carter or
any development had occurred
that caused a change in the
President's position. He
emphasized it would serve no
useful purpose “by un
derestimating the diffictdHes of
making progress this
During his welcoming
remarks, Carter, reckling
Hussein’s frequent visits lo the
United States since his fiflltcall
on President Eisenhower 18
years ago, said, “If tte|
leader who is a key” to’
ble solution” to the AaL_
conflict” it would be King
Hussein.”
Neither Carter nor Hjusaphi in
his response mentioned Ifoe
Palestinians or PaWfftine.
See Hussein. Page 26
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Russia
for 1980 Olympics
TEL AVIV — According to
Reuters, Israel has been assured
by the Soviet Union that its com
petitors will be treated properly
at the 1980 Moscow Olympics,
said a leading sports official.
Haim Glovinsky, secretary of
the Israeli National Olympic
Committee, has reported that he
enjoyed cordial relations with
Soviet representatives in Abid
jan, Ivory Coast, at a meeting of
national Olympic committee
delegates.
Israelis were given a hostile
reception at the World Student
Games in Moscow four years ago
when their competitors were
booed frequently and jeered by
spectators. The Soviet Union,
which broke off diplomatic
relations with Israel in 1967,
recently refused to allow a
Moscow team to play * Euro
pean Cup basketball game here.
But since being named as i960
Olympic host, the J&oviet
Organizing Committee has
stressed that all teams wiH be
allowed free entry and proper
treatment at the Moscow games.
Glovinsky said the president
of the International Olympic
Committee, Lord Killanin, ex
pressed sympathy in Abidjan for
Israeli demands that the Asian
Games Federation rescind last
year's decision to exclude .Israel
from the 1978 Asian gupir*for
security reasons.” He said Lord
Killanin indicated the lOG wjMtkt
withdraw recognition o
games if Israel were not invited
to take part. .
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