Friday, May 30, 1958 — THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-24
Many Jewries Endangered by World Crises
Ben-Gurion Insists on Free
Access to the Holy Places
been requested to send a full
report on the Mt. Scopus affray.)
Col. Flint, a resident of
Outremont, suburb of Montreal,
and a veteran of the Korean
war, was badly wounded 22
months ago by a mine explosion
on Mt. Scopus. He had only re-
cently signed for his third year
with the UN truce mission here.
According to the Israeli mili-
tary spokesman, a police patrol
of the regular Mt. Scopus
garrison came under heavy
Jordanian fire directed from
the woods adjoining the demili-
tarized zone as the patrol
passed through the Botanical
Gardens area, The exchange of
fire continued for two hours
during which two of the police-
men were wounded.
At least fOur more policemen
were wounded in attempts by
a rescuing force to evacuate
them from the line of fire but
the rescue attempt failed as
Jordanians garrisoned in the
Augusta Viet or i a Hospital
joined in the shooting.
A UN call for a cease-fire at
3:30 p.m., local time, was
spurned by the Jordanians. It
was then that Col. Flint made
his gallant, single-handed at-
tempt to reach the wounded
men.
The United Nations truce
authorities finally succeeded
in getting Jordanian agree-
ment to a cease-fire some six
hours after the first men
were wounded. Ambulances
. were in readiness at the
Mandelbaum Gate to receive
the wounded men and rush
them to hospital as soon as
they .were evacuated from the
mountain top.
Israeli sources described the
incident as one of the most
serious involving Mt. Scopus
since the War of Liberation.
They regarded with utmost
seriousness the unprecedented
fact that the Arabs maintained
their fire for six hours, pre-
venting removal of the wound-
ed, even though they knew that
one of the wounded men was
a United Nations official and
that his life and that of the
wounded Israeli policemen de-
pended on their receiving
prompt medical aid, for lack of
which they died.
(Continued from Page 1)
Services for Col. Flint were
held Tuesday afternoon in
Jerusalem's St. Andrew's
Church.
An informal meeting Tues-
day failed to reach an agree-
ment on procedure for a joint
investigation of the Mt.
Scopus affray. As a result,
it appeared likely that two
and possibly three separate
investigations would be held.
Israel and Jordan, it is now
believed, will conduct their own
investigations and the UN will
conduct a third probe on both
sides of the demarcation line.
Israel insists on its full
rights under the general arm-
istice agreement, particularly
the guarantee of access to the
Holy Places and to the cul-
tural and educational institu-
LT. COL. GEORGE FLINT
tions on Mount Scopus, and
will press for those rights
Mixed Armistice Commission, -
when UN Secretary General
was killed by Jordanian rifle
Dag Hammarskjold's repre-
fire when he attempted to
sentative returns to Jerusa-
rescue six Israeli policemen
lem in June, Prime Minister
wounded in a surprise attack
David Ben - Gurion declared
by Jordan forces in the Mt.
Wednesday in the Knesset.
I Scopus demilitarized zone. Four
Replying to a Herut motion of the policemen subsequently
for a debate on disputes on died of their wounds after
Mount Scopus, Ben-Gurion said having lain unattended, under
the issue had been raised when Arab fire, for hours.
Dr. Ralph Bunche, under-secre-
The 47-year-old Canadian , of-
tary of the UN, made his recent I heel. , carrying a white flag,
hurried visit. The Prime Minis- braved the Arab barrage in an
ter cited Article Eight of the heroic effort to reach the
armistice agreement in refer- wounded Israelis after the
ence to the issue of access to Jordanians, entrenched at the
the isolated Israel sector be- Arab village of Issawia, had
hind the Jordanian lines. He rejected pleas of United Na-
hinted that Dr. Bunche's visit tions officials for a cease-fire
was a response to the Prime to permit evacuation of four
Minister's remarks at a Hebrew Jewish policemen who lay
University ceremony April 27 wounded in the Israeli-held
that Israel would act on its own enclave. Col. Flint was hit
to implement Article Eight if about 3:45 p.m. on May 26 as he
Jordan persisted in disregard- attempted to make his way to
ing its pledges under that the wounded men and died of
article. his wounds as continuous Arab
Jacob Merridor, Herut deputy fire prevented aid from reach-
who put the motion, said the ing him and the wounded Is-
situation was intolerable and raelis.
(At United Nations head-
asked how long the government
would countenance "violations, quarters in New York, Secre-
attacks and bloodshed" and tary General Dag Hammarskjold
what the government proposed issued a statement expressing
to do about the shooting affray sorrow over the "tragic loss"
Monday in which Lt. Col. Flint of Col. Flint whose death was Rome Jews Beat
and four Israel police were caused, he reported, by a head
injury. He promised a full re- Fascist Gangs
killed.
Ben-GuriOn reviewed the rep- port as soon as it was received.
ROME, (JTA)—Rome's Jew-
resentations made to Hamniar- He warned that "the sacrifices ish quarter was attacked by
of
this
day
should
be
a
re-
skjold to his personal represen-
fascist hoodlums—the first such
tative, Dr. Francisco Urrutia of minder of the vital necessity attack in years — and the
Colombia, and subsequently to for a radical change of the angered Jews promptly beat
Dr. Bunche. He said one of the attitudes which have led up to back the hooligans, beating
three was expected in June and the latest tragic events and many of them and overturning
that at that time a definite re- which must be overcome if their automobiles.
ply would be sought. The Prime peaceful conditions are to he
Police, who came to the aid
Minister w o n overwhelming restored in the area."
(A spokesman for the Cana- of the Jewish self-defense fight-
Knesset approval of his propo-
ers, arrested two of the fascist
sal that the issue be submitted dian Foreign Office at Ottawa attackers. Two Jews were in-
was
reported
to
have
said
it
to the Knesset committee for
jured in the fighting, and
security and foreign affairs, had been notified that Col. several of the invaders were
Flint
•
had
been
shot
while
ac-
rather than to open debate in
companying a Jordan patrol also hurt.
Knesset at the present time.
The attack came as the
Recent political and security searching for Israeli snipers.
culmination of an election
At
Washington,
State
Depart-
developments in the neighbor-
rally held by the Movimento
ing Arab countries have pre- ment sources said the American
envoys in the Middle East had
Sociale Italiano, a neo-fascist
cluded lifting military govern-
ment from Arab areas of this
country, Premier Ben-Gurion re-
ported to the Knesset Security
and Foreign Affairs Committee.
The United Religious Zionists and on his meeting with Prime
Mizrachi - Hapoel Hamizrachi, Minister Ben-Gurion. He will
Syrian Snipers Fire At
will hold a dinner reception report also on his participation
Israelis In Huleh Area
celebrating the
in the anniversary celebrations
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—For the 10th anniver-
and the opening of the head-
first time in several weeks, Sy- sary of Medi-
quarters of the Chief Rabbinate
rian. snipers opened fire on nat Yisrael on
in Israel.
workers in the Lake Huleh area. Thursday,
A musical program for that
Israel escorts for the two sur- June 12, at
evening will be led by Cantor
veyors who were the targets Rainbow Ter-
Shabtai Ackerman.
returned the fire. No casualties race.
Charter membership certifi-
were reported on the Israel
Rabbi Isaac
cates of the United Organization
sic] e.
Stollman, na-
will be presented.
tional presi-
Recognition will be given to
Four Jews Killed by
dent of the
the representatives of congre-
United Reli-
gations and individuals who par-
Jordan Fire on Scopus gious
Zionist Rabbi Stollman
ticipated in the sending of
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Col. Organization of America, who Sifrei Torah to Israel.
George A. Flint, United Nations will just have returned from
Samuel Simmer, who will re-
chairman of the Israel-Jordan Israel, will report on his tour ceive his charter membership
group. Singing fascist hymns,
gangs of hoodlums invaded
the district, where most of
Rome's Jews live, shouting
"Death to the Jews."
Jews went into action im-
mediately, counter-attacking the
fascists. Police reserves soon
arrived to back up the defend-
ers, and the fascists were
routed.
During the night, however,
after the police patrols had
'retired, other fascists threw
paint on a memorial commem-
orating the martydom of the
Jews exterminated in the Ardea-
tine Cave massarces. Among the
flowers adorning the memorial,
the fascists planted a bludgeon,
symbol of violence. When police
came to remove the bludgeon
and the paint-splattered flowers,
new fights broke out.
A warning that the Jews of
Rome might take reprisals in
the event of further attacks was
issued Sunday by Chief Rabbi
Elio Toaff. The warnings came
after the Chief Rabbi had met
in an emergency session with
the Rome Jewish Commnity
Council and representatives of
the Union of Italian Jewish
Communities.
"Our patience has limits," the
Chief Rabbi .._ declared. "It is
hard to restrain. all initiative
of the Jewish population which
wants to react to fascist provo-
cations."
attackers had been identified
and that the results of the police
-investigation will be turned
over to the judiciary authorities
for possible prosecution. News-
papers throughout the country
are printing full reports of the
attacks and the Jewish self-
defense actions, some of the
publications devoting full pages
to these reports.
Osservatore Romano, organ
of the Vatican, on Tuesday
sharply condemned the week-
end attacks on the Jewish
quarter of Rome attempted by
fascist youth following a poli-
tical rally, declaring that
"they are offensive to the
civil and Christian conscience
of Rome and Italy."
The Journal recalled the Va-
tican's denunciation of racial
intolerance in America in Sep-
tember 1956 and renewed its
advocacy of suspension of civil
and political rights for those
found .guilty of such crimes.
"The common law is inade-
quate in cleansing this moral
stain," Osservatore Romano de-
clared. "Since they pretend to
act for political reasons they
should be removed from politi-
cal and public .life, having de-
monstrated their unworthiness
of it."
The Mvimento Sociale Itali-
ano, the neo-fascist party whose
members were accused of the
attack on the Jewish quarter
and of desecration of the me-
The Chief Rabbi described
morial to the Jewish dead in
the assaults as "frightening,"
the Ardeatine Caves massacre,
declaring that it was with
has denied responsibility. for
"sadness" that the Jews of
the vandalism, asserting that
Rome "have heard again the
"we are faced with an act com-
cries of 'Viva it Duce' and
mitted for election purposes by
`Death to the Jews.' " In his
instigators."
statement, Rabbi Toaff noted
Despite the statement_. Jewish
that many 15-year-old boys
leaders here continued to con-
had participated in the at-
sider the fascists, and the
tacks.
fascists only, responsible. for
A resolution adopted unani- the outrages. A statement con-
mously at the emergency meet- demning them as "fascist
ing denounced the "vandalistic aggression" was issued by the
action by cowardly descendants Italian Jewish Youth Center
of Sunday's butchers." The here.
resolution thanked the city po-
lice and the Italian political
parties and organizations which Broadcast to Open
had sent messages compliment- Kvutzah Israel Series
ing the Jewish population for
Three consecutive programs
"the prompt defense of its dig-
nity and its sacred memories." will be dedicated by the Kvut-
The desecration of the memor- zah Ivrith, the Hebrew Cultural
Group of Detroit, to the ob-
ial to the victims of the Ardea- servance of the establishment
tine Cave massacres has aroused of the State of Israel.
the emotions of many of the
The first program, an all-
Jews living in the district that Hebrew broadcast by courtesy
suffered the attack. The Jewish of radio station WXYZ at 7
population and members of p.m., Sunday, will feature brief
partisan brigades, as well as Hebrew talks and Israeli songs.
representatives of various poli-
This will be followed by an
tical parties, had brought thou- event jointly sponsored by the
sands of flowers to commemo- Kvutzah and Hebrew Teachers
rate the martyrdom of the Organization of the United
Jewish victims in the Caves. Hebrew Schools, featuring songs
After the fascist attacks. two and dances, to be held June
anonymous letters were found 7, in the Rose Sittig Cohen
near a synagogue. One of the Bldg., 13226 Lawton.
letters contained threats against
The closing program of the
the synagogue and against the series, which also marks the
Jewish population. The other close of the year for the or-
declared "Auschwitz Needs a ganization, June 21, in home
Rabbi."
of Joseph Katz, president, 3785
The political division of the Glendale. This program will
Rome Police DepaAment an- feature Hebrew Readings by
rmounced that • some of the members.
Rabbi Stollman to Report on Israel Trip at Mizrachi Dinner on June 12
-
certificate, is leaving for Israel
on June 16, and is taking with
him a Holy Scroll to be placed
in a synagogue in a new settle-
ment. A total of 40 Sifrei Torah
were sent from this community
and neighboring towns to Israel.
Reservations for this event
may be had by calling TO 8-3128
or TO 8-7845. .
Rabbi Stollman Received
by B-G; Gets Assurances
on Religious Freedoms
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Pre-
mier David Ben-Gurion told a
delegation of Orthodox rabbis
from the United States that
there will be no "religious coer:
cion" in Israel. The delegation
was led by Rabbi Isaac Stoll-
man of Detroit, president of the
Religious Zionists of America.
The Premier stated that Is-
rael could not afford the lux-
ury of disunity and a national
debate on religious matters
until the population had at
least doubled. He deprecated
the position of many extrem-
ists and scored them as
"swearers."
It is possible, he added, that
there in Jerusalem, is not the
place for a mixed swimming
pool — an issue which has
aroused Orthodox Jews in and
outside of Israel — but the
government is not empowered
to intervene.