Army Says There Is 'No Basis' for
Bias Charge in Monmouth Cases

Advertising Executive
Appointed Chairman
Of Brotherhood Week

Eisenhower Greets Bnai Brith. Youth

STARLIGHT, Pa., (JTA)—The cial greetings to AZA's sister or-
contribution made by the Bnai ganization, Bnai Brith
Brith
rith youth organizations to which last week marked its 10th
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — An gation by the Army of the pos-
Ben Duffy, presideit of Bat-
. Army spokesman said that there sibility of religious bias at the ten, Barton, Durstine & Osborn, the development of "able Ameri- anniversary in a convention
was "no basis" for charges made base. The ADL was not informed Inc., advertising agency, h a s c ans - was lauded by President here.
by the Bnai Brith Anti-Defama- and was never able to ascertain been named general chairman Eisenhower in a message to the
tion League that anti-Semitism , whether the Army had, as re- of Brotherhood Week, to be ob- 31st International Convention of
was the motivation for the sus- quested by the ADL, examined served nationally Feb. 20-27, it Aleph Zadik Aleph.
The 200 delegates of the Bnai
pension of 38 civilian employees the files of the 600 civilian em- was announced by Benson Ford,
at Ft. Monmouth, N.J., as secur- ployees. The examination, ac- Roger W. Straus, and James F. Brith organization of teen-age
ity risks. cording to the ADL, would haye Twohy, national 'co-chairmen of boys met for seven days to dis-
The Army's statement followed determined whether supervisory the National Conference of cuss Jewish contributions to
publication of portions of the personnel at Ft. Monmouth had Christians and Jews which world civilization, the meaning
secret memorandum submitted treated the cases of Christian sponsors the event.
of Jewish traditions to Jewish
the Army by the ADL last employees differently from Jews
B r o t herhood youth in contemporary life, and
to
a whether one supervisor had
•Week, first held other subjects of interest to
February reporting the results and
in 1934 with 300 .American Jewish youth. AZA has
of the ADL's private investiga- failed to process for action cases
c o m rri u n fides a membership of 12,400 in the
tion of the situation at Ft. Mon- involving Christian employees
p a r t.icipating, United States and Canada. It
mouth. The 10 000-word
,
docu- where the adverse information
has been cele- maintains chapters also in Mex-
ment had asked Secretary of the respecting them "was virtually
brated annually ico, Israel. Britain, and Aus-
Army Robert T. Stevens to ex- similar to the adverse informa-
amine the files of 600 civilian tion he accumulated with respect
ever since. tralia.
Today more .- President Eisenhower, in his
employees at the installation in to Jewish personnel."
h a n 10.000 message to the convention, said:
order to establish whether the A statement by the ADL, sub-
American corn- "The long list of distinguished
suspension of the 38 Jewish civil- sequently pointed out that it
munit ies will alumni of the Bnai Brith Youth
ian employees as security risks was "significant that in the same
116 join in the ob- Organization bears testimony to
was the result of anti-Semitism. communication, the Department
the value of its educational pro-
servance.
In New York the anti-de-- of the Army advised us that it
In accepting grams. I am sure your program
famation League vigorously was directing its Chief Signal
the post, Duffy , has contributed to the develop-
Ben Duffy
denied it had made the secret Officer to take whatever steps
document public. Extensive were necessary to ensure that observed that Brotherhood ment of these unusually able !y
racial or religious prejudice does Week has become a "g re at Americans anc-., to the success
excerpts from the memoran-
dum were quoted by a Long not enter into personnel activ- American event" because the and well-being of the many
people and their cultural insti- ; thousands of young people who
ities at Ft. Monmouth."
Branch, New Jersey, news-
paper. Originally, the only
The ADL disclosed that in a tutions have taken it to their j form your alumni." The Presi-
copies of the secret report out - subsequent communication, on hearts. . dent's message also carried spe-
side the ADL office were those July 7, the Army had described ! A Knight of the Order of
delivered to the Army.
the ADL memorandum as a Malta, Duffy is a prominent City of Hope Fights Leukemia
According to an ArMy spokes- "very excellent, exhaustive and Catholic lay leader who has won
Duartians of the City of Hope Send Barton's Sweets for Israel gift
man, soon after receipt of the candid study of the situation at special recognition for his serv-
memorandum, the Secretary of Ft. Monmouth" and noted that ices to the University of Notre are planning a gala dance Oct. certificates to loved ones in Israel.
Dame.
He
is
a
member
of
the
the Army "took action to check Maj. Gen. Kirke B. Lawton, re-
3 at Edgewater Park Ballroom. The recipient exchanges them at the
the reports" of anti-Seinitism in•
tiring commander of the base, advisory council of Notre Funds will be tuned over to nearest depot in Israel for Barton's
Dame's School of Commerce and leukemia research.
Rosh Hashanah candy packages. No
the Ft. Monmouth case, but "we had praised the report.
wrapping, no duty, no shipments to
chairman of t h e university's
found nothing in our investiga- Urged Full Examination
make.
Greater New York Chapter of
tion" to bear out the charges..
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not explain why no reply had initiating the suspensions he vertising committee of the Car-
the Children, 98e.
been forthcoming to the ADLstimulated." It noted that the , dinal's Committee ,of the Laity.
To drive ata extra 'mile.
Duffy, who began his business
until June 24 when, in a letter ' answer - to the question could
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the ADL, the Army asserted ful examination of the files of 1919, is director-at-large of the
and
on a '54
there was no basis to the charges each of the 600 technical civil- American Association of Adver-
! Using Agencies and director of
Continental Ice Cream
of anti-Semitism at Ft. Mon- ian employees at the base.
"For this reason," it noted. the Audit Bureau of Circulation.
mouth.
"we strongly recommended to The author of several books on
This conclusion was reached,
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The record of the 83rd Con-
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to determine whether it was the decried as "woefully inadequate"
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j by Shad Polier, chairman of the
Res. TU. 3-3960
critical factor."
The ADL statement noted a national executive committee of
further conclusion that "the the American Jewish Congress.
established criteria for security While noting that the 83rd Con-
evaluation are so without safe- gress "was no worse than • its
guards that malicious rumor and predecessors," Mr. Polier pointed
the most careless hearsay can out that the new Administra-
be the basis for suspensions and tion's failure to put through an
"affirmative program" on civil
loss of security clearances."
The statement also stressed rights, "no matterhow minimal,"
the conclusion that "the unfor- was particularly "disappointing."
tunate public impression that In a statement analyzing the
communism was rampant among record of the 83rd Congress, Mr.
Polier noted that little or no
the suspended civilian personnel j headway had been made by eith-
at Ft. Monmouth and that it er the House or the Senate on
The signs that mark the
was rooted , without exception-
locations of the 4 American
in Jews, came largely from the civil
all the
standard
items
of
the
Savings' offices . . are
rights program. The bipar-
collateral activity of the Senate tisan FEPC bill introduced in
sure signs that here, you'll
receive a higher-than-
Permanent Subcommittee on the House and the Senate under
average 2% return on
Investigations."
the leadership of Senators Irv-
savings, fully insured to
ing Ives (R., N. Y.) and Hubert
$10,000 for maximum
U. S. Refuses to Underwrite
H. Humphrey (D., Minn.) re-
safety. Save the "Ameri-
can"
way for ft home, car.
Lebanese River Project
ceived no attention in the House,
education, business oppor-
Mr. Polier said.
tunities . . . and most
WASHINGTON, (JTA ► — The
Although a bill prohibiting
important, security. Open
United States has refused to un- segration in interstate transpor-
an account today!
derwrite a $100,000,000 river de- tation was favorably reported to
velopment project for Lebanon, the House on July 23, the House
although America's Point Four Rules Committee kept the bill
program technicians blueprinted from reaching the floor for a
the project for the Lebanese. vote, Mr. Polier reported.

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UJA Opens 2nd Half of '54 Campaign

NEW YORK, (JTA) — The to hasten construction of 19 new

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United Jewish Appeal opened
the second half of its 1954 cam-
paign with its target $50,000,000
in cash by the end of the year.
General Chairman Edward M.
M. Warburg announced that
Morris W. Bernstein, of Syracuse,
would be chairman of the cash
phase of the drive to reach the
cash goal required for comple-
tion of "unfinished humanitari-
an business in Israel, tension-
wracked North Africa and other
parts of the free world."
Mr. Warburg announced a
fOur-point program: 1. In Israel,

agricultural settlements, im-
provement of 40 others, comple- .•
tion of 8,000 housing units, main-
tenance in transit camps of 100,-,
000 immigrants and mainte-
nance of aid to 19,500 children,
aged and infirm newcomers; 2. In
Western Europe continuation of
welfare, rehabilitation and emi- -
gration aid to 30,000 World War .
II victims; 3. In North Africa, -
enlarged program of assistance
especially in Tunisia and. Maroc-,
co; 4. Here in the United States,
settlement and other assistance
to ensure speedy integration of
refugee newcomers.

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