JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Eichmann, Nazi "Jewish ex- Israel Supreme Court posthu- pert." mously cleared Dr. Israel Kast- The appeal against the deci- ner of collaboration with the sion was carried by the govern- Nazis in his negotiations to save ment which had prosecuted Jews in German-occupied Him- Gruenberg on the grounds that gary during the last World War. he maligned an official of the JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The government. Dr. Kastner, assas- four to one vote of the Court sinated last March by terrorists also found 75-year-old Malkiel who reportedly feared he would Gruenwald guilty of having be cleared by the Supreme libelled the former leader of the Court, had the official status of a witness in the original trial. Hungarian Jewish community. However, in his 300-page ver- The court gave Gruenwald a dict the district judge repeat- sentence of one year and sus- edly castigated Dr. Kastner, as- pended it on account of his age, serting he had "sold his soul placed him on probation for to the devil." three years during which he Granting that Dr. Kastner's was forbidden to write further negotiations with Eichmann for on the Kastner case, and order- the release of 100,000 Hungar- ed him to pay 500 pounds in ian Jews against the payment court costs. of $2,000,000 was "patently im- The majority opinion, which moral," Justice Agranat held was read out in court, took three that it was "unreasonable to days to read to completion, adopt a technical attitude after which the minority report toward such an act when so was heard. - much was at stake." The 200-page decision, writ- He said the lower court had ten and read by Justice Simon the advantage of hindsight in- Agranat, formerly - a Kentucky formation which Dr. Kastner, attorney, reversed a two-year- under the existing circum- old decision of Jerusalem Dis- stances and in the atmosphere trict Judge Benjamin Halevy, of hopelessness of Hungarian who in a libel case brought Jewry, could not have known. against pamphleteer Malkiel • The Supreme Court held that Gruenberg, held that the latter collaboration required intent had substantiated charges of and that an analysis of the collaboration against Dr. Kast- Gruenwald trial record did not ner. support the contention that Dr. Dr. Halevy assessed a one Kastner's acts were part of a pound fine against Gruenberg deliberate plot. It called Judge on the ground that he had writ- - Halevy's reasoning and conclu- ten but not proved that Dr. sions "unfounded." K a s t n e r personally profited from his dealings with Adolf Sigal Heads Warsaw 7 2 2 Charles Weinstock Invites You To See The newest, most exciting car on wheels . . . The Airborne 'B-58' Buick. For 1958 Now on Display at: Buick Factory Branch 6164 CASS AVE. Near G. M. Bldg. TR 5-9700 30th Year with Buick Ghetto Observance; March 30 Date Set The 15th annual commemora- tion of the Warsaw Ghetto Up- rising will be held Sunday eve- ning, March 30. Samuel Sigal, chairman of the D e t r o i t commemoration cornainittee, urges individuals and organizations to reserve the date in order to have commu- nity-wide participation in the anniversary of this tragic-heroic event. Sigal's appointment as chair- man of the Warsaw Ghetto Up- rising Commemoration was an- nounced this week by Council President Samuel J. Rhodes and Dr. Leonard Sidlow, chairman of the Council's culture com- mission. To Honor Lurie at Dinner Sunday HARRY HERSHFIELD (left) and IGOR GORIN will be the guest artists at the testimonial dinner being given this Sun- day, at the Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel, in honor of Detroit civic and communal leader, John E. Lurie. Sponsored by Yeshiva University and its Einstein Col- lege of Medicine, the event will inaugurate the John E. Lurie Scholarship at the New York School. Dr. Samuel Belkin, Yeshiva U. president, will be here as guest speaker. Brevities "Tex" Ragsdale, instructor in public speaking at Leadership Training Inc. and president of the General 1VIotors Speakers Club, will address the CARO PARENTS ASSOCIATION at 8 p.m., today, in room 810 of the Veterans Memorial Bldg. His topic will be "Leadership, Per- sonal Responsibility and Indi- vidual Initiative." A social hour will follow. * * * DETROIT PTA COUNCIL will hold its 40th annual Found- ers' Day Banquet at 6:30 p.m., Feb. 4, in the Masonic Temple's Foundation Room. Maurice B. Mitchell, of Encyclopedia Bri- tannica Films, Inc., will speak on "Sights, Sounds and Satel- lites." The banquet traditionally honors Mesdames Alice McLel- lan Birney and Phoebe Apper- son Hearst, founders of the PTA predecessor organization, the National Congress of Moth- ers. About 1,000 teachers and parents will attend. Adenauer Pledges Implementation of German Restitution Bnai Brith 'Star Night' for Bonds Thursday; M. Samuel to Speak The Greater Detroit Bnai Brith Council this week sent out a call to each of its lodges and chapters to actively participate in its campaign to build a vil- lage in Israel, through the sale of State of Israel Development Bonds. The rallying point for this drive is a "Star Night for Is- rael," Thursday, Jan. 30, 8 p.m., at Congregation Beth Abraham, 8100 W. 7-Mile Road. According to the Bnai Brith Council president, Harry N. Katz, an Israel Bond committee has been formed, including Chairman Ernest Curtis, Phil- more A. 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