THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, August 8,

Latest Happenings Around the Globe

Israel Tax Rise
for Arms Costs

Protestants Request Security for Israel

NEW YORK (JTA) — Prot-
estant church leaders asked the
Direct JTA Teletype Wire
State Department to arrange for
to The Jewish News
international security commit-
JERUSALEM.— The increase ments which would provide mu-
of 10 to 20 percent in excise tual protection for Israel and
taxes on tobacco, alcohol and the Arab states against aggres-
cooking gas and kitchen appli- sion. The message, which was
ances imposed Monday was .ex- also sent to 3,000 Christian
pected here to be followed by leaders, said:
further imposts as the govern-
"The festering bitterness be-
ment learned the extent of its tween the Arab states and
financial needs to pay for mod- Israel requires firm and coura-
ern armaments it has been seek- geous action by the interna-
ing throughout the western
world.
The imposition of new taxes Jerusalem Council
were interpreted here as evi- Splits Evenly Over
dence that the government's
arms quest was successful at Mixed Swimming Issue
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The
least in part and that the new
funds would be used for pur- most heated discussion to take
place in the Jerusalem munici-
chases.
As further purchase commit- pal council in the past five
ments are made, it is believed years ended inconclusively
Monday with a 10 to 10 tie vote
taxes will be increased.
From the outbreak of the on a proposal to ban mixed
Sinai Operation until last April, bathing in the new pool in
a special defense tax had pro- Jerusalem.
Agudas Israel, National Re-
vided the necessary funds. for
weapons purchases. The govern- ligious Party, Herut and Gen-
ment hopes to .pay for new arm- eral Zionists united to demand
aments by placing the tax bur- a legislative ban but were held
den this time on more expensive off by the Labor parties. Dur-
goods and thus minimize the ing the debate, Mapai Mayor
effect on the cost of living in- Gershon Agron suggested that
dex and thereby lessen infla- the municipality recommend to
the management of the pool—
tionary pressures.
now a Mapai-sponsored group of
kibbutzim—that special days be
Fanfani Proposes
set aside during the week for
men and for women separately
Israel-Arab Pledges
So that Orthodox Jews could
use the pool at such times.
of Non-Interference
Other days. however, he would
WASHINGTON (JTA) — leave for mixed bathing.
Premier Amintore Fanfani of
In the course of the debate,
Italy, concluding two days of one opposition councillor admit-
meeting with President Eisen- ted that mixed bathing was
hower and Secretary of State permitted at the IVIizrachi-spon-
Dulles. proposed that the West sored Kibbutz Tirat Zvi. How-
ask Israel and the Arab states ever, he insisted that Jerusa-
for formal pledges that they lem's special status must be
would not interfere in each observed, else Jerusalem "will
other's internal affairs.
lose its special place in the
This was said to be one of eyes of the world."
the key points raised by Prem-
ier Fanfani in the political-
ndo-Israel Review'
economic program for an "um-
brella" over the Middel East.
Other basic recommendations Stresses Exchanges
NEW DELHI (JTA)—"India
included a United Nations spon-
sored economic aid program for has much to offer Israel in the
the Middle East and an agree- way of raw materials, food, etc.
ment by the powers not to inter- Israel in her turn has much to
offer India by way of scientific
fere in Middle East affairs.
knowledge and technical person-
nel, so necessary for the indus-
El Al Orders Fourth
trial development of India," ac-
Bristol Britannia Plane
cording to the "Indo-Israel Re-
LONDON (JTA)—El Al-Is- view," a new publication.
rael National Airlines has or-
"An exchange of cultural
dered a fourth Bristol Britan- missions. technical missions,
nia passenger plane to add trade delegations, etc., will be
to the three with which it of ' mutual benefit to the two
has smashed and resmashed countries. The lessons in the
international passenger trans- experiment in socialism which
atlantic flight records in the has been so successful in Israel,
six months they have been in will also be of great help to
operation, it was announced India at the present juncture,"
by M. Turel, El Al represen- the paper stresses in its leading
tative for the United King- article.
dom. To cover its increase in
Israel's Foreign Minister, Mrs.
passenger traffic, El Al has Golda IVIeir, in a message, wrote:
leased a Britannia from the "I understand that your publi-
manufacturers.
cation will be dedicated to the
During the first half of this and friendship between India
year, Turel said, • passenger fostering of an understanding
traffic increased 100 percent and Israel by spreading knowl-
over the figure for the first six edge of the history, culture and
months of 1957. Transatlantic ideals of both countries."
travel alone tripled.

`Life' Proposes Three-Point M-E
Program at Expense of Israel
NEW YORK, (AJP) — Life
Magazine, editorially, came out
this week with a three-point
program for the Middle East
which called for the return of
"at least 100,000 refugees" to
Israel and the payment of "ade-
quate compensation to the
rest." Proposing also the crea-
tion of a "UN Middle East
Police Force with a strength
of at least 15,000" and UN con-
trol over oil, the editorial held
that "once Israel undertakes
its moral obligation—respecting
the refugees—the ice will he
broken . ."

tional community. International
security commitments to pro-
vide mutual protection against
aggression are essential to re-
move the threat of hostile
action from one side or the
other.
"The tragic plight of the
Arab refugees is an unremit-
ting claim on Christian service,"
the message continued. "It is
also a concern calling for action
at the political level. Plans for
developmental assistance should
give particular attention to con-
structive programs for resettle-
ment or repatriation of those
made homeless by past events
in Palestine."
It is not essential to Western
interests that the governments
of the Middle East be "pro-
Western," the statement said.
"What is important is that they
should be willing and able to
maintain and develop the genu-
ine interests of the Middle East
in harmony with those of the
world community." The state-
ment observed that "the church-
es should both support the prin-
ciples of non-interference in the
domestic affairs of Middle East-
ern nations.
The statement was made pub-
lic by Dr. 0. Frederick Nolde,
director of the Commission of
the Churches on International
Affairs. The CCIA is an agency
jointly sponsored by the World
Cduncil of Churches and the
International Missionary Coun-
cil, both world bodies of Prot-
estant, Anglican and Orthodox
churches.

Syrian Troops Attack
Israeli Huleh Village

TEL AVIV (JTA)—For the
first time since July 3, Syrian
troops opposite the Huleh land
reclamation site opened fire on
construction workers and their
small guard unit. After two
hours of firing, in which an
Israeli armored unit was hit
and an Israeli village brought
under attack, the Syrians ended
their shooting. No Israeli cas-
ualties were reported.
An Israeli military spokes-
man said that the attack broke
out suddenly at mid-day when
Syrians loosed automatic fire
at the workers. Later medium
machine guns were turned on
the settlement of Dafna. At
one point, the fire directed to-
ward Dafnah swept a United
Nations observation post erect-
ed to prevent just such border
incidents.

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Suspend German
Students in German
Official After Charges University Demand
of War-Time Murders
Expulsion of Jews
BONN (JTA) — A senior

Federal state attorney has been
suspended in Bonn and a
Mayor of the North Sea Island
of Sylt is under investigation
following the disclosure that,
as high Nazi officials, they
participated in • the extermina-
tion of European Jewry.
The prosecuting attorney, Dr.
Harry von Rosen-Hoewel, was
suspended on the ground that
he was "politically unsuited for
his present office." While the
opposition was demanding a
full investigation into the cir-
cumstances surrounding his
appointment, the West German
Minister of the Interior Ger-
hard Schroeder said he had
recently come into possession
of documents signed by von
Rosen-Hoewel as an official of
the Hitler Ministry of the In-
terior. One of these called for
the "ruthless use of the death
sentence" against Jews in
Eastern Europe.
The charges against Mayor
Heinz Reinefarth assert that as
an SS police general he com-
manded troops which crushed
the Warsaw Ghetto Revolt with
inhuman atrocities. The evi-
dence was supplied by Polish
authorities. Reinefarth has
denied the charges, pointing
out that a denazification court
had cleared him.

Bavarian Prosecutor
Will Not Face Trial for
Permitting Nazi Escape
LONDON, July 30 (JTA) —
Legal proceedings against Ba-
varian prosecutor W. von
Decker for dereliction of duty
in allowing a Nazi war criminal
to slip through his hands were
quashed when it was decided
by his superiors that it was
"highly improbable" that he
had been bribed to allow Dr.
Hans. Eisele to escape.
Dr. Eisele, a concentration
camp director who killed and
crippled many camp inmates
under the guise of medical
"experiments," escaped to
Cairo where he has asked the
United Arab Republic to grant
him asylum from "political
persecution."
After Dr. Eisele's flight on
the eve of his arrest, it became
known that Herr von Decker
had known some of the details
of the doctor's crimes since
1955 but had taken no action
against him.

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BY HENRY LEONARD

Despite Bias, Jew
Elected as Mayor

MONTREAL (JTA) — Sid
Buckwold, active in Jewish
affairs in Saskatoon, was
elected the first Jewish mayor
of that city in a campaign
which gave him approximately
51 per cent of the electoral
vote.
Emphasizing, that Buckwold
"is the first Jewish citizen
ever elected to the highest
office of the city," the Saska-
toon Star-Phoenix wrote: "It
is a remarkable achievement
for all that, because Mr. Buck-
wold had arrayed against him
not only a strong competitor
but also certain sentiments and
forces.
"One of these, we regret to
say, was unreasoning religious
and racial prejudice. There
was unmistakable evidenCe that
this ugly hostility was a factor.
But fortunately it was more
than outweighed by the reason-
ableness and tolerance of many
other electors."

UN Technical Assistance
to Israel Report Released

UNITED NATIONS. N. "Y.
(JTA)—The United Nations
Technical Assistance board has
provided to Israel projects. sup-
plies and equipment costing a
total of $2,902,823 in the last
eight years, according to fig-
ures issued here. 'During that
period the UN also financed
fellowships for 267 Israelis
who served outside their coun-
try, and at the same time sent
238 UN experts to Israel.
As its contribution to UN
Technical Assistance programs,
Israel has paid and pledged
a total of $323,800, has pro-
vided the UN with 53 experts
and has accommodated in Is-
rael 25 fellows sent there by
the United Nations.

`Devil' of Nazi Polish
Occupation Goes on Trial

Disabled Israel 'Copter
Lands on U.S. Carrier

TEL AVIV, (JTA) — An Is-
raeli helicopter on a mission of
mercy made a forced landing on
a United States- Navy carrier in
the Mediterranean Sea last week
when it ran out of fuel. The
plane was heading for the Is-
raeli -freighter Negbah which
had a seriously injured seaman
aboard. The helicopter was re-
fueled by the carrier, took off
and landed next to the freighter,
some 20 miles from shore. It
took the patient aboard and re-
turned safely to this city where
the seaman, with a fractured
skull, was hospitalized.

BONN (JTA) — A wave of
anti-Semitism and general
hatred of foreigners, coupled
with demands that all Jews and
foreigners be expelled from
West Germany, was reported
from Erlangen University by
Jurgen Krautheim, chairman of
a student committee. The uni-
versity has an enrollment of
3,200 students, of whom about
200 are foreigners.
Krautheim said that he has
been receiving anonymous let-
ters attacking Jews. coupling
them with "international Com-
munism," and denouncing the
West German Government's re-
stitution policy. The letter writ-
ers complain against alleged
recent immigration into West
Germany by "hordes of Jews.'°
Krautheim declared that, while
some students at the university
resent this wave of anti-Semit-
ism, most are "indifferent."

SS

"And anyone donating $5000 to the temple building
fund will be democratically elected to our Board of
Directors?'
Copt. 1957. Leonard PrittEcin

VIENNA (JZTA)
Joseph
Kokot, a Pole accused of having
killed at least 150 Jews and
Poles during the Nazi occupa-
tion and of having indulged in
a blood lust even without or-
ders from the Germans, has
gone on trial in Zezov, Poland.
Known as "The Devil," to his
victims, Kokot is charged with
having wiped out a. Jewish fam-
ily of eight persons in the vil-
lage of Albigava and then fol-
lowed this mass murder with
the shooting of several Polish
villagers. Kokot, according to
the report, pleaded only "partly
guilty." He admitted to several
killings "on orders from higher-
ups."

