ADL • Urges • Army To Reopen Ft. Monmouth Bias Probe
(Copyright, 1956, 33,y The
Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
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WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
Anti-Defamation League of Bnai
Brith has reported, on the basis
of its • own_ investigation - "that
many of the Federal employees
suspended during the 1953 se-
curity . investigations _ at Ft.
Monmouth, N. J., were 'hapless
victims of anti-Semitism, pure
and simple.'
The ADL Characterized the
Ft. Monmouth investigation as
a "scandal." It maintained that
the probe "leads us to the con-
viction that anti-Semitism was
involved in the initiating of the
suspension or declassification of
scientists there—almost all of
whom have since won vindica-
tion, although not without hav-
ing paid an irretrievable penalty
in emotional anguish for them-
selves and their families." The
ADL said it had uncovered "new
information" to sustain this be-
lief and had submitted the evi-
dence to Secretary of the Army
Wilbur Brucker and the F.B.I.
Henry E. Schultz, national
chairman of the ADL, described
the material as "substantial
proof" that those who suffered
at Ft. Monmouth were victims
of "untrained and anti-Semitic"
persons involved in security
procedures, who were able to
"wreak havoc by taking advant-
age of the unsophisticated, un-
real criteria that had been
established f o r determining
loyalty and security risks."
This contradicts- the conclus-
ion of an "independent investi-
gation" conducted by the Army
in 1954. At that time, Lewis E.
Berry, Jr., deputy counselor for
the Army, advised the ADL that
the Army was "unable to estab-
lish that religious bias had a
bearing upon the activities of
the security, officer or other per-
sonnel responsible for initiating
or processing of security cases."
Mr. Schultz urged that in the
light of the additional evidence,
"corrective action" be taken by
the Department of Army.
Release Results of Four-Year
Study on Anti-Semitism
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The
results of a four-year study on
political anti-Semitism in the
United States, West Germany
and the Middle East were made
Tribute to Aaron Droock on
His Sixty-Fifth Birthday
By SIDNEY J. KARBEL
President, District Grand Lodge No. 6 of Bnai Brith
Count Leo Tolstoi, many years
ago, said that the vocation of
every man should be to serve
other people. Such has been the
vocation of our fellow' Detroiter,
Aaron Droock, who will cele-
brate his 65th birthday next
Wednesday.
During the entire period of
his adult life, Aaron Droock has
devoted himself to the cause of
those in need; to the cause of
freedom and democracy; to the
AARON DROOCK
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up-building of youth; to the up-
lifting and betterment of his
fellow man.
In the - vineyards of Bnai
Brith he has served as president
of Pisgah Lodge of Detroit, one
of the largest lodges in the coun-
try; in 1949-1950 as president
of District Grand Lodge No. 6,
comprising eight midwestern
American States and four Can-
adian Provinces; and as a mem-
ber of the District's governing
body, its General Committee.
He is a past chairman of the
Michigan Bnai Brith Anti-De-
famation League Advisory
Council; and for many years
was a member of the National
Commission. of •ADL, having
given selflessly of his time and
energy in the fight for the rights
of all men, and the promotion of
democracy for all, regardless of
race, creed or color.
He has served as trustee of
Bellefaire, Bnai Brith's nation-
ally" famous child care institu-
tion; as a trustee of the Bnai
Brith Leo M. Levi Hospital, the
only free non-sectarian hos-
pital for the sufferers from arth-
,ritis and rheumatism; and is
'presently a trustee of the Na-
, tional, •Jewish Hospital of Den-
ver, one of the country's out-
standing hospitals treating the
victims of tuberculosis, on a
non-sectarian basis, where
"None May Enter Who Can
Pay — None May Pay Who
Enter."
He is presently a member of
the board of directors of the
Michigan Bnai Brith Hillel
Foundation, through which our
Jewish youth are obtaining an
understanding and appreciation
of our ancient Jewish culture
and through which we are help-
ing to train the leaders of the
next generation.
But Aaron Droock has been
active not only in Bnai Brith.
From 1945 to 1949 he was pres-
ident of the Detroit Jewish Com-
munity Council. He has been a
member of the board of gover-
nors of the Detroit Jewish Wel-
fare Federation; of the boards of
the Detroit Jewish 'Vocational
Service Bureau, Detroit USO,
and many other organizations.
He was a member of the ex-
ecutive and interim committee
of the American Jewish Confer-
ence and served as chairman of
its budget and finance commit-
tee.
He is a veteran of World War
I and is a member of the Jew-
ish War Veterans.
All of Bnai Brith, and those
of us in District 6 especially,
who have had the privilege of
working with him, are pleased
to call him friend.
We salute him and pay trib-
ute to him on. the occasion of
this milestone in his career.
public at the ADL national ex-
ecutive committee meeting. The
study established the following
facts:
1. Religious bigotry had crept
into some areas of the Federal
security program in this coun-
try. The ADL asserted flatly—
on the basis of its own investi-
gation—that many of the Fed-
eral employees suspended dur-
ing the 1953 security investiga-
tions at Fort Monmouth, N. J.,
were "hapless victims of anti-
Semitism, pure and simple."
2. Official delegates from
Arab nations, operating in the
United States "with diplomatic
status and immunity," are en-
gaged in "an organized and
w e 1 1-financed conspiracy to
stimulate anti-Semitic feelings
in this country—their purpose
being to thwart American sym-
pathy and aid for Israeli'
The ADL report challenged
the good faith of some "appar-
ently respectable" right-w i n g
political action movements in
the United States — promoted
and supported largely by "ex-
tremists" in both parties — be-
cause of their -"intermittent and
cautious acceptance of profes-
sional bigots and anti-Semitic
hate propagandists."
The report. characterized the
Fort Monmouth investigation as
"a scandal" which had created
"an unfortunate public impres-
sion that Communism was ram-
pant among the suspended per-
sonnel • at the installation."
` In its review of Arab propa-
ganda methods, the ADL accused
Arab diplomats of seeking "the
utter destruction of Jewish
Mental Health Society
Provides Wayne U. Plays
The Michigan Society for
Mental Health, a member agen-
.cy of United Fund, is sponsor-
ing five family life plays to be
given by the Wayne University
Theater before 60 organizations
during the 1956-57 season.
The plays run about 30 min-
utes and are followed by a dis-
cussion period to permit those
attending to discuss their own
family problems with experts.
Any group with an audience of
100 persons may request one of
the five plays if it provides a
meeting room and pays a roy-.
ally of $1 per performance. The
Michigan Society for Mental
Health will provide a qualified
discussion leader.
For information, write the
Michigan Society for Mental
Health, 153 E. Elizabeth, Room
645, Detroit 1.
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Friday, March 16, 1956
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prestige in America." It noted
a similarity and duplication of
anti-Semitic propaganda themes
used by both Arab spokesmen—
many of whom sit high in
United Nations councils or hold
important embassy and legation
posts—and the "rabid Jew-bait-
ers of America who make a pro-
fession of religious bigotry."
The ADL identified Kamil
Abdul Rahim, a former Egyp-
tian ambassador to the United
States and now executive direc-
tor of the Arab Information
Center in New York, as the
chief Arab propagandist here—
his program bolstered by a
$'700,000 budget for 1956. To
give him diplomatic status, Ra-
him was appointed a member
of Yemen's UN delegation, the
ADL pointed out.
In Germany, the ADL found
a current of nationalism on the
rise, noting that "anti-Semites
are reorganizing, anti-Jewish
publications are increasing, and
the courts are becoming more
lenient in sentencing the initia-
tors of anti-Semitic incidents."
A resolution appealing to po-
litical leaders and candidates to
"repudiate publicly the efforts
of hate-mongers to inject bigo-
try" into the election campaign
and to spurn the support of any
individual or group "which in-
cokes racial or religious preju-
dice as a campaign technique,"
was adopted at the concluding
session.
Another resolution- endorsed
President Eisenhower's recom-
mendations for re-examination
of the national origins quota
system as the basis of United
States immigration laws.
To Honor Dr. Kaplan
On 75th Birthday
In celebration of the 75th
birthday of Dr. Mordecai M.
Kaplan, distinguished Jewish
theologian and philosopher,
Jewish lay and religious leaders
plan to raise
an endowment
fund of $250,-
300 for the Re-
constructionist
Foundation, the
religious move-
ment which he
founded 20
years ago to
insure the
p hysical
growth and
spiritual s u r-
vival of Amer-
Dr. Kaplan ican Jewry.
The gift is expected to be
raised by a national campaign
to be conducted between now
and April 22, when Dr. Kaplan's
birthday will be celebrated at
a dinner which will be tendered
to him at the Waldorf Astoria
in New York City.
The fund will be u..ed by the
Reconstructionist Foundation to
perpetuate. Dr. Kaplan's life
work through the publication of
his writings and the creative
contributions of other scholars
and thinkers to the spiritual and
cultural life of the Jewish com-
munity.
Israel, Burma Sign Pact
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — An
agreement for economic cooper-
ation between Israel and Burma
has been signed in the Burmese
capital of Rangoon.
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