NUREMBERG, (JTA)—Mar- by former Buchenwald inmates,
tin Somme r, the infamous such as Eugen Kogon's "The SS
"Beast of Buchenwald" who State," recount how his sadism
killed hundreds of Jews in the stood out even in the hell of
Buchenwald concentration the camp. He is described as
camp, and was set free last year "so terrible that Isle Koch, the
on the basis of a German medi- 'Bitch of Buchenwald:' looks
cal finding that he is "unable like an angel by comparison."
to stand trial," has just been
When Gen. Eisenhower vis-
married after securing another ited Buchenwald shortly after
_- medical finding that entitles its liberation by United States
. him to a lengthy "honeymoon troops in April of 1945, the
leave" from the veterans hos- name of Martin Sommer was on
pital where he resides. the lips of the 50,000 inmates
Proceedings against him were as the most hated of the SS
quashed in March of 1955, when guards. If he could have been
German physicians pronounced located at the time he would
him "physically unfit to stand almost certainly have been sen-
trial." tented to death by a U. S, war
Asa first sergeant in the SS, crimes court.
the former agricultural laborer
was for many years in charge Yet, while the search for him
of the Buchenwald guardhouse. went on, he was in American
A large number of Jews were hands and under his own name.
his victims. He had been sent to Bavaria
The files of the Bay-reuth Dis- as an SS tank driver at the
trict Attorney contain sworn tail-end of the war and was
affidavits giving the names and captured by U. S. troops after
dates of 67 murders he cam- his vehicle was hit by an artil-
mitted within, and 11 he perpe- levy shell that blew off his left
trated outside the camp, as well leg and shredded his body with
as exact data -on several hun- bits of steel.
GI's took him to a PW hos-
dred assaults, mostly against
sick prisoners, that resulted in pital, where Jewish army doc-
tors saved his life by dint of
death,
Documented instances of 30 surgical operations. Later,
manslaughter and aggravated he was transferred to a leading
assault. are too numerous to German-run veterans hospital.
have been counted. His identity as the "Beast of
These crimes, testified to by Buchenwald" was learned only
400 witnesses, are only a small when his first wife filed suit for
fraction of the killings Sommer divorce in 1950. No one both-
is believed guilty of. Memoirs ..ered to ask me before," he told
interrogators.

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NEW YORK, (JTA)—The be-
lief that Golda Meir's appoint-
ment as Foreign Minister of
Israel was due to her willing-
ness to act as Prime Minister
David Ben-Gurion's "shadow"
and that it heralds a basic
change in Israel's foreign policy
was denied here in an article in
"The Nation" by Dan Wake-
field.
The magazine's current issue,
which contains - an interview
with the new foreign affairs
leader contains Wakefield's as-
sertion that she totally Am-
qualified to play the part of
pawn for an y on e" and that
Israel's changed course is a
matter of shift in emphasis away
from reliance on the Western
Powers and toward self-suffi-
ciency rather than any basic
change in policy.
The interview covers a num-
ber of current topics in Israel
policy. It notes a shift toward
a reitertion of direct negotia-
tions as the basic for peace in-
stead of reliance on the Great
Powers to enforce compliance.
Mrs. Meir told the correspond-
ent that any negotiations would
have to be on a -"clean table"
basis without prior concessions.
She also reiterated that any re-
prisal raids which might occur
would be undertaken reluctantly
and solely for the protection of
the lives of Israeli citizens.
Mrs. Meir also told "The Na-
tion" correspondent that Israel
seeks friendship with all powers
—including Russia—but only on
the firm ground of Israeli self-
determination. She was also
quoted as having reserved
Israel's right to go ahead' with
Jordan River diversion project
in her own territory if no
regional plan could be worked
out and as underscoring Israel's
view that the armistice agree-
ments must be fully imple-
mented by the Arabs.

Accountant Named to
Pennsylvania Appointment

HARRISBURG, Pa., (JTA)-
Jacob Hefler has been named
by Attorney General Herbert
Cohen as a special accountant
of the Department of, Justice.
Hefler, a resident of Philade-
lphia, was formerly a special
WINES & CHAMPAGNE,INC. agent for the Federal Bureau of
FARMINGTON, MICHIGAN
Investigation.

Danny Kaye Film
Barred from Syria

LONDON, (JTA) — A report
from Damascus said that Syria
has banned movies - starring
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Kaye
'because the
Hollywood
actor has car-
ried on pr o-
Israeli a c t i v-
ities in the
United States
and Israel.
Kaye recent-
ly visited Israel
as part of a
world tour on
behalf o f the
United Nations
Internatio n a 1
:C h i 1 d r,e n's
Kaye
Fund.
The Syrian officials said an
inter-Arab ban on Kaye's films
now was under consideration.
They added that a Damascus
theater had cancelled a showing
of the actor's film "Up in Arms"
in compliance with the goVern-
ment ban.

Philadelphia Reports
On Bias Against Jews

PHILADELPHIA, (J T A) —
Fifteen percent of all employ-
ment cases received by the
Commission on Human Rela-
tions between June, 1948 and
September, 1955 involved Jews,
according to the Commission's
report submitted to Mayor
Richardson Dilworth here.
Discrimination against Jews
was charged or implied in 111
cases involving unlawful appli-
cation forms and advertise-
ments in which discrimination
against Jewish applicants was
alleged or implied. In addition,
there were 98 instances of
charges of other forms of bias
against Jews.
About two-thirds of the cases
involving Jews concerned re-
fusal to employ, while 28 per-
cent of Jewish complainants al-
leged dismissal from employ-
ment. Only four percent of the
Jewish complaints charged dis-
criminatory conditions of em-
ployment.
Complaints against insurance
a n d financial establishments
were three times greater among
Jews than among the total of
all cases. The Commission's re-
port also revealed that about
nine out of every ten cases al-
leging discriminatory applica-
tion forms or advertisements
resulted in the finding and ad-
justment of biased practices.
In the other categories, how-
ever, about 70 percent of all
cases ended with no. finding of
an unlawful practice.

Israeli Arabs Electrified in Suitable Ceremony

JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Elec-
trification came to the first Arab
village in Israel, Taibea. The
lights were put on at a cere-
mony on July 30, presided over
by Minister of the Interior Israel
Bar Yehuda.
First the village mosque was
lit up in many colors. Then 40
street lights went on amid the
cheers of the local people. Other

Arab villages are planning elec-
trification.
The cost of the project was
60,000 pounds, 25,000 of which
was raised by the village itself.
Another '25,000 was borrowed
from the Workers Bank and
10,000 was borrowed from the
government. The village has
been hooked into the national
electric power system.

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Florida ADL Urges
Probe of Cross Burnings

MIAMI, (JTA)—The Florida
Anti-Defamation League h a s
appealed to State Attorney Gen-
eral Richard Ervin for an in-
vestigation of public meetings
and cross burnings by the Ku
Klux Klan in this state in re-
cent weeks.
Paul Seiderman, chairman of
the Florida ADL executive com-
mittee, asked for an investiga-
tion to "determine the existence
of a criminal conspiracy."
A copy of the letter was also
forwarded to Gov. LeRoy Collins
with a request that he urge the
legislature to tighten state laws
aimed at the Klan and similar
organizations. Miami Beach
Mayor D. Lee Powell h a s
pledged to aid a campaign for
such a 'legislative program.

Swedish Mission Selects
Refugees• in Austria

GENEVA, (JTA)—The office
of the United Nations High
Commissioner for Refugees an-
nounced that a Swedish selec-
tion mission is in Austria inter-
viewing refugees for resettle-
ment in Sweden.
A quota of 1,000 refugees will
be selected in 1956. Of this num-
ber, 650 refugees were selected
in May, and many of them have
already arrived in Sweden. The
mission will remain in Austria
approximately three weeks.

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Too Sick to Stand Trial, 'Beast
of Buchenwald' Allowed to Marry