Princeton University 'Eating Clubs'
Called Discriminatory, Issue Denial

PRINCETON (JTA)—Allega-
tions of racial and religious
discrimination in a dmissi on
policies of - Princeton Univer-
sity's private eating clubs are
contrary to the facts, Dr.
Robert F. Goheen, University
president, said in his first state-
ment on a controversy' involv-
ing 15 Jewish students denied
bids by all but one of the
clubs.
Dr. Goheen met with 23
sophomores who received bids
from only one club and who
rejected - the invitations on
grounds that the club was the
,"least desirable" of the 17
clubs which are- similar to
typical college Greek letter
'fraternities except that they do
not provide living facilities.
Dr. Goheen said that the
charges of bias "obscure _ the
plain facts that there are today
members of the three major
faiths in this country in each
of the • eating clubs. It is fair
to say that the seriousness of
these allegations has been
exaggerated by several indi-
viduals who sought to impose
their wishes on the clubs."
A group of sophomores who
received and accepted club
invitations planned to circulate
a petition asking the 'univer-
sity and the clubs to join in
creating new arrangements for
the annual bidding system to
end "unnecessary suffering"
among students.
The 15 Jewish students who
received bids only to the one
club signed a statement last
week declaring: "I feel I have
been discriminated against be-
cause of race _ or religion."
University officials said that
about 85 other Jewish sopho,
mores joined eating clubs. The
club which extended the lone-
bids to the 23 students. is
composed mainly of Jewish
students.
Invitations to these clubs are
extended traditionally to sopho-
mores during "Bicker Week."__
Earlier, the Interclub Commit-
tee, composed of the supper
clubs, stated that while it did
not agree with racial or reli-
gious discrimination, it could
not force any supper club to
accept the unaffiliated sopho-
mores.
The New Jersey Anti-De-
famation League of Bnai Brith
entered the picture when it
challenged Dr. Goheen to repu-
diate the discriminatory reli-
gious policies left at the dis-
posal of the eating clubs.

Stating that "it is heartening
to see Dr. Goheen's assurance
that the charges are exag-
gerated," Brant Coopersmith,
ADL director, said that, "the
key issue here is not whether
they are exaggerated, but
whether there is any substance
to them."
On campus, picketing and
counter - picketing developed
when Ralph B. Schoenman, of
Burbank, Calif.—the only sopho-
more who refused to apply' for
a bid to the eating places—
carried a sign calling for a
change in the club system. In
response, seven club members
hoisted signs poking fun at him.
The Undergraduate Council,
official voice of Princeton stu-
dents, called on the university
to set a date for the completion
of an alternate eating place and
social house. University officials
announced plans for such a
facility when a similar incident
happened last year.
There is only one alternate
eating place on campus—Wood-
row Wilson Lodge, named for
the university and U.S. Presi-
dent who called the eating clubs
"undemocratic."
"Bicker Week" is actually a
10-day period, during which
representatives from each of
the 17 Princeton eating clubs
call on sophomores who express
an interest in joining them.
Prospects are rated on cards
from judgements taken during
five or 10-minute- conversations.
During this period, prospects
are sized up as either desireabie
or undesireable for the respec-
tive eating clubs. Invitations
may or may • not follow.

U. S. Criticized in
Senate for Sending
Arms to Arab States

WASHINGTON- (JTA) —The
United States was criticized
for arming Arab totalitarian
states. The criticism was voiced
by Senator Wayne Morse, Ore-
gon Democrat, who told the
Senate: "All the talk to the
effect that if we do not arm
Arab dictator states they will
make some deal with Russia is
but another, form of interna-
tional blackmail."
Sen. Morse, a member of the
Foreign Relations Committee,
charged that Arab regimes
were blackmailing the United
States into giving military sup-
port "handouts" when the Arab
rulers knew "that if the Rus-
sians move in, they move out."

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Sorbonne Students
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PARIS (JTA) — Students
at the school of Oriental
languages at the Sorbonne
will henceforth take special
two-month Hebrew language
courses in Israel, a spokes-
man for the Jewish Agency
announced. The agency will
also offer Hebrew students
at the university weekly
courses at a school in the
Paris area.

Warburg Named
to Regents Board

ALBANY, N. Y., (JTA) —
Edward M. M. Warburg, leader
of the United Jewish Appeal
and chairman
of the Joint
Distribu ti on
Committee,
was approved
by the New
York State
Legislature as
a member of
the State
Board of Re-
gent s. The
Warburg B oar d over-
sees the public education sys-
tem of the state, .including the
state's own university network.

Border Incidents
Mount in Israel;
3 Policemen Hurt

An
JERUSALEM (JTA)
Israeli border police car was
attacked Monday in the region
opposite Tulkarem in central
Palestine. The assault followed
on the heels of another out-
burst of violence Sunday, when
Jordan troops wounded three
Israeli policemen in the Jeru-
salem vicinity. There were no
casualties in the latest burst
of fire from the Jordanian side
of the border.
The more serious incident,
the wounding, of three police-
men in the Mt. Scopus area,
has both political and military
overtones. Until more is learned
Israeli authorities are reserving
judgment whether the affair
was local in nature or was a
deliberate provocation on in-
structions from Amman.
The Israeli policemen were
hit while advancing on a party
of Arab farmers plowing a
field in Israeli territory. The
area was originally claimed by
Israel and is so marked on
maps accepted in the armistice
agreements. Later Jordan laid
claim to it but has made no
move to implement the claim.
The incident held another
surprise. The Jordanians, who
for years have accused the
Israelis of militarizing the Mt.
Scopus region, suddenly re-
vealed the existence of a mili-
tary position on the demili-
tarized height.
The ambush from the Jordan
lines came from the vicinity
of the August Victoria Hos-
pital, theoretically to be used
only for refugee women in
need of medical treatment.
Meanwhile, both Syrian and
Israeli sources reported vio-
lence in northeastern Israel,
with the Israelis announcing
that four civilian workers from
the Ashmoret settlement on the
shores of Lake Huleh were
fired on Sunday.
In a communique issued at
Damascus, the Syrian Army
charged that an Israeli patrol
crossed the demilitarized zone
and fired at an Arab village.

Fight Race Discrimination
TORONTO (JTA) — The gov-
ernment of Ontario has taken
the initiative "in a program of
publicity and education de-
signed to aid in overcoming
racial discrimination," it was
announced in the Speech from
the Throne read at the opening
of the Parliament of the prov-
ince.

Absence of Collective 'Jewish Vote'
Emphasized in Argentine Elections

only to Jews who do not con-
stitute a solid political bloc to
be wooed as a unit by the
different political parties.

BUENOS AIRES, (JTA) —
The Argentine Jewish Institute
for Information published .• an
appeal in all general news-
papers asking political parties
not to make special approaches
to Argentine Jewry for votes
in the Feb. 23 general elec-
tions.
The appeal said that Argen-
tine citizens of the Jewish faith
vote as individuals and are not
bound by collective ties. The
Institute decided on the mes-
sage because several candidates
have appealed directly for
Jewish votes with promises to
punish discrimination, inter-
cede for human rights through-
out the world and support
Israel.
Declaring that such promi,ses
were welcome, the Institute
asked why they were directed

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Dr. I. I. Rabi, Nobel Prize
winner in Physics, was named
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Atlantic Treaty Organization's
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