New York Board of Education
Eliminates Stress on Religion in Credo

NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
Board of Education here made
public the text of a revised
statement of moral and spiritual
values in the city schools, tak-
ing into consideration the criti-
cism that the original statement
violated the Constitutional prin-
ciple of separation of church
and state by bringing religious
values into teaching.
The original statement, which
was opposed by Jewish and
Protestant religious leaders, but
COmmended by the Roman Cath-
olic Church, was also criticized
by the United Parents Associ-
ation on the ground that it
would lead to divisive religious
Controversy in the classroom,
and that it failed to respect the
rights of those who have no
religion.
The new statement contains
20 double - spaced typewritten
pages—which is 11 more pages
than the first version had. The
bulk of the revised statement
takes up ways in which the
schools can "acknowledge the
influence of religion and reli-
gious ideals upon Western civi-
lization, upon America's social
and political institutions and
ideals, and upon the develop-
ment of moral and spiritual
values."
Some of the original passages
and the version appearing in
the revised report are these:
Original: "The public schools
must reinforce the program of
the home and church in
strengthening belief in God."
Revised: "Religious education
and training are not functions
of state-supported schools. = It is,
however, the function of the
schools to be conscious of the
various motivations that influ-
ence human behavior and to
utilize those means and devices
suitable at various age levels to
support the efforts of the home
and church in building good
character in our children."
Original: "The public schools
encourage the belief in God."
Revised: "The teachers in the
public schools know that while
most pupils and their parents
are affiliated with some church
or synagogue, some are not; in-
deed they also know that there
are some children - in the public
schools whose parents give their
allegiance to no religion."
Original: "The public schools
identify God as the ultimate
source of natural and moral
law." Revised: "This statement
of policy recognizes that most
children come to school with a
belief in God, and that the
schools must not teach for or
against the religious beliefs _ or
disbeliefs of any group."
. Original: "It is an incontro-
vertible fact that as a rule the

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Israel and U. S. to Exchange Students Under
Luther Adler at
Northland Playhouse $500,000 Fulbright Scholarship Program Grant

WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Is-
rael has become the 31st coun-
try to participate in the Ful-
bright Educational Exchange
Program sponsored by the Un-
ited States. A provision has
been made for $500,000 to cover
Israel-American exchange stu-
dents, not more than $100,000 to
be spent in any single year. It
will finance study, research, in-
struction, and other educational
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American teacher is religious hi
character, in action and in be-
lief." Revised: "Teachers as a
group reflect the 'same religious
pluralism as the pupils they
teach. The teacher may not use
his position in the school to be-
come a missionary for his own
religious beliefs. The attitude of
the school and teachers toward
religion, religious ideals and
practices should be one of
friendliness."

Israel Leads World
ln Cattle Breeding

NEW YORK, (JTA) — Israel
is making very rapid strides in
its dairy- indUstry and will soon
outrank, mast dairy countries
in the quality and production
of its dairy cattle,, according to
Jacob M. Maze, official of the
Jewish Agricultural Society,
who returned from a three
months . study of agricultural
conditions in Israel.
"Official Israeli Tests," Mr.
Maze reported here today,
"show an average. annual milk
production. of 10,190 lbs., which
is second to the California aver-
age of 10,365 lbs., the highest
in the country. The U.S. average
for cows tested is 9,363 lbs." He
revealed that Israel leads the
world in artificial insemination
of dairy cows. No less than 80
percent of all cows are arti-
ficially bred, he said. In the
U.S. recent records show 44 per-
cent for Wisconsin, 32 percent
for New York, 30 percent for
California, and 25 percent for
the country at large.
"Before the State of Israel
was created, the country had
very poor grade cattle," Mr.
Maze pointed out. "An Arab cow
produced less milk than a goat
does at present 'on a Jewish
farm. The remarkable, almost
overnight, change was achieved
by alert and progressive Israeli
farmers who imported first class
American and European stock
and used the most advanced
methods of breeding and care
for cows. Over 60 percent of the
Israeli mulch cows are American
Holsteins and their offsprings,"
he reported.'

CQuncil Commences
Scholarship Program

Hadassa Rabinowitz, of Jeru-
salem, first of 12 graduate stud-
ents to arrive in New York
from overseas under the Na-
tional Council of Jewish Wo-
men's 1956-57 scholarship pro-
gram, is now in Syracuse to at-
tend a workshop 'in teaching
hospitalized children prior to
taking courses in the depart-
ment of special education, Syra-
cuse University.
Because of her outstanding
record as coordinator of educa-
tional activities at the Eitanim
Hospital for Tubercular chil-
dren, Miss Rabinowitz .was
awarded an $800-tuition scho-
larship from the university.
The NCJW provided funds to
cover transportation.
Shice the NC.TW scholarship
program was established in
1946, graduate training in fields
of education and welfare has
been provided in American uni-
versities to 129 • students from
overseas.

LUTHER ADLER co-stars
with - Claire Luce in this
week's Northland Playhouse
comedy,/The Time of the
Cuckoo," a hit Broadway
play. Adler comes from the
famous Adler family of Yid-
dish . Theater fame.

HOLLYWOOD — Our own
Judy Holliday, too long absent
from the screen, is making a
most spectacular comeback in
"The Solid Gold Cadillac,"
cinema adaption of the Broad-
way play by George S. Kauf-
man and Howard Tichman,
which was sneak-previewed in
Hollywood a couple of weeks
ago.
Abe Burrows, in his screen
play, transposes the character
of Laura Partridge, created on
the stage by Josephine. Hull; to
a much younger woman to fit
the charming personality of
Miss Holliday.
The motion !picture today un-
der discussion does not have the
warmth and depth of Garson
Kanin's work, but its take-Off
on the shenanigans of big busi-
ness is quite amusing. And it
is a holiday to watch Judy—
not as the mournful, middle
aged spinster without a job,
seen on Broadway—but as an
eligible young lady with down-
to-earth ambitions, who does
television commercials a n d
flirts on the side.
Since finishing "The Solid
Gold Cadillac," Miss Holliday
has already coinpleted another
movie, "Full of Life," a picture
currently in the cutting rooms,
with Richard Conte as her new
co-star.
Gertrude Berg, radio and
television's famous Molly Gold-
berg, will play the lead role in
an original adoption of "The
Solid Gold- Cadillac" at North-
land Playhouse in mid-Septem-
ber.

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which even innocence loses
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The agreement was signed at
a State Department ceremony
attended by Israel Ambassador
Abba. Eban, George V. Allen,
Assistant Secretary of State for
Near Eastern Affairs, and Sen.
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STATE
REPRESENTATIVE

4th Legislative District

(Wards 10-12-14)

JERRY S. COHEN

• ATTORNEY
• VETERAN

The following Community and Civic Leaders unquali-
fiedly endorse JERRY S. COHEN, believing he will rep-
resent his District with Dignity, Intelligence and Force-
fulness

ha. A. Berger
Benj. E. Jaffe
Jack J. Kraizman
Maurice Morse
Jos. M. Rubin

Wm. Cohen
Ira Kaufman
Harry Krim
Jack . Rosin
Steven I. Victor.

Barnard J. Dickman
Dr. Manuel A. Klinger
Theo. Masserman
.Louis Rosenzweig
Aaron Weiswasser

1956
CITY TAXES

ALL 1956 CITY TAX BILLS
• HAVE BEEN MAILED

JWB Issues 1956-57 Edition
of Armed Forces Calendar

Moses A. Leavitt, executive
vice-chairman of the joint dis-
tribution Committee, announced
a grant of $2,000 for a historical
study of the Tunisian Jewish
community, to the Ben-Zvi In-
stitute. for Research on Middle
Eastern Jewish Communities.
The Institute, named for Israel
President Itzhak Ben-Zvi, is lo-
cated in Jerusalem.
Working on the project will
be 29-year-old Robert Attal, of
Tunis, already recognized as an
authority on the history of Tu-
nisian Jews. Mr. Attal, with his
wife and child, will be brought
to Israel next month. He Will
carry on his research both at
the Institute and the Hebrew
University in Jerusalem.

in which hope was expressed
that the program would en-
hance Israel-American relations
and prove Mutually beneficial to
both nations. The exchange in-
volves American students being
sent to Israel for study and Is-
raelis coming to the United
States.

number of properties are listed on the 1956 tax rolls as OWNER
UNKNOWN. If you have failed to receive your tax statement,
please request duplicate by phone, WO 5-4200, Extension 551,
by mail, or in person at the City-County Building, as•interest must
be added if not paid by August 31, 1956.

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City

Treasurer