This Is Section A of Two Sections Books and Authors: Our Annual Book Fa i r Special 16-Page Book Fair Supplement in This Issue THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review The Colorful Moshe Oved Commentary Page 2 The Special Supplement, dedicated to De- troit's Annual Jewish Book Fair, appears between Pages 20 and 21. To fold it, remove the Supplement between these pages, then fold, and trim along top edge to make it into a 16-page brochure. of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Dedication to Book Fair Education, Based on Public Attitudes Editorials Page 4 VOLUME XXXIV—No. 12 ioR n igioPsi%p 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE 8-9364—Detroit 35, November 21, 1958 $5 Per Year; Single Copy 15c Limelight Focused on Anti-Semitic Exploitations: FBI, Attorney General Study 'Hate Mail' Problems; Jewish enders Differ on Incidents JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News • ks, s.: u A NEW YORK, (JTA)—Community tensions arising out of synagogue. bombings and other anti-Jewish outbreaks in the South have not changed the "fundamental good relations" between Southern Jews and their neighbors, the president of Bnai Brith said on Sunday. "There is no real rupture in the religious harmony and interaction of the Southern community that have made it comfortable for Jews to live there," Philip M. Klutznick reported to the 115th annual meeting of Bnai Brith. He warned, however, that "the Southern atmosphere will be clouded with anti-Semitic tensions so long as organized Jew-baiting movements are free to exploit the South's dilemma over desegr egation." "The anti-Semite and the 'hate mail' publisher fish in troubled waters," Klutznick added. "The special upheaval that has been sweeping across the South is tailored to the disruptive patterns of the professional bigot." He said that mu ch of the hate literature now being dis- tributed throughout the South is ".carpetbagging stuff — Northern in origin and trying to disguise itself with a Southern accent." On another platform here at the same time, Jewish organizations which seek to frighten American Jewry with "revival of organized anti-Semitism" in this country, following the recent bombings of synagogues in a number of cities, N (Continued on Page 3) Israel Offers to Compensate Arab. nefugees; Eban Presents Terms to UN The Jewish News dedicates this issue to the Jewish Community Center's Seventh Annual Jewish Book Fair, to be held beginning tomorrow night and through Monday night at the Davison Jewish Center. Special articles and an editorial dedicating this issue to B the Book Fair appear in Section A of this issue. Section Book number of . special feature articles on. Jewish contains a Month, sponsored nationally by the Jewish Book Council of the National Jewish Welfare Board. The Book Fair program is on Pages S and 9. of the Book Fair Supplement. UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (JTA)—Israel told the United Nations it is willing to pay compensation to the Arab refugees if the Arab states agree to integrate those refugees in Arab lands, and if the Big Powers help Israel to assume the financial burden. This formula was laid officially before the United Nations by Israel's delegation chair- Man, Abba Eban, in the General Assembly's Special Political Committee which has been debating the Arab refugee issue for the last ten days. Eban's formulation was as follows: "The b asic solution of the refugee question lies in the integration of the refugees in the countries where they have been for the past decade, and where they live among their own kinsmen. • "If such a solution by integration were actually carried out and, if the international assistance offered in 1955 were available, Israel would be prepared to pay compensation even before the achievement of a final peace settlement, or the solution of other outstanding problems." Eban's mention of the 1955 offer of assis tance referred to a major policy address made in August of that year by Secretary of State John Foster Dulles, who at that time declared (Continued on Page 2) Southern Jewry Resents 'Meddling' by New York Senators By MILTON FRIEDMAN (Copyright, 1958, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) WASHINGTON — Jewish Southerners are re- belling against the army of New York politicians When two Republican Senators flew South to look into synagogue bombings, their 48-hour junket was in fulfillment of a New York election promise. (Editor's Note: The two New Yorkers who went. on a two-day Southern investigation to fulfill campaign pledges were Senator-elect Kenneth Keating and Senator Jacob Javitz.) Southern Jews were reassured and pleased when Southern Governors denounced anti Semitism. But the temperature of their Southern blood rose when Northern leaders of national Jewish organ- izations condemned the very same governors for creating a climate conducive to anti-Semitic terror- ism by defiance of the U.S. Supreme Court. Southerners felt that to accuse these governors of promoting anti-Semitism was a case of "guilt by association" and poor community relations. Many Jews felt their "plight" worsened when a New York City daily tabloid carried a series on the plight of Southern Jewry. Sensa- tionalistic exaggeration was used. The series condemned important Southern police officials - as anti-Semites. The charges were vague, in- eluding . rumors along with fact. Atlanta Jews were embarrassed when two air- one of borne New York Republican politici ans, al ews idst. had been eceiving excellent support from the r Democratic Mayor of Atlanta and full cooperation from the city's distinguished police chief. Neither Jews nor non-Jews desired two New Yorkers, lead- ing civil rights advocates, to "meddle." Georgia's Senators Talmadge and Russell advised the two New Yorkers to explore violence in New York City's public schools before probing a situation in another area of the country. Many who did not share the civil rights opposition of . the Georgia Senators agreed with them. In every Jewish community south of the Mason- Dixon line there was one topic of conversation. It was the rise of anti-Semitism, bombings, and threats. More than anything else, Southern Jews wanted the good relations with the people among whom they lived. They especially wanted rapport . and friendship with their local officials. Requests were repeatedly made by Southern members of national Jewish groups for local clear- ance of 'statements on issues involving Jewish resi- . dents of a locality. If their governor was moving against anti-Semitism, Jewish residents felt it catas- trophic for him to be condemned in New York by their national group. Sou thern Jew s conceded that the created Ne gr o of l and ri ghts an atmosphere for general bigotry. But they felt it tactfully unsound and simply untrue to brand all on the other side of the school controversy as "anti-Semites." To Southern Jewry, the situation was personal . and immediate. It demanded pinpoint accuracy and careful diplomacy. President Eisenhower went out of his way during the election campaign to deplore the bomb- ing of schools and synagogues. He made known that he was "studying" a suggestion that he call a national emergency conference under White House auspices to rally public opinion against religious and racial bigotry. But the day after the election, Mr. Eisenhower expressed opposition to such a conference. This helped convince Jewish residents of the South they should not go "out on a limb" in the school controversy at a time when national leader- ship by the Federal Government seemed lacking. Such were the views conveyed to this reporter by the South's Jewish leaders.