Judge Victor J. Baum has
been designated chairman of
Detroit's 16th annual commem-
oration of the Warsaw Ghetto
Uprising, according to an an-
nouncement by Rabbi Morris
Adler, acting president of the
Jewish Community Council. The
event will be marked Sunday,
April 19, 8 p.m., in the Adas
Shalom Social Hall.
Among the members of the
Detroit planning committee of
the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising
Commemoration are: Joseph
Bernstein, Hy Crystal, Charles
Driker, Henry Fox, Mrs. Max
Frank, Abraham Friedman, Mrs.
Morris Friedman, Norman Git-
ler, Movsas Goldoftas, Mrs. Mir-
iam Gornbein, Kune Green-
baum, Sidney Guyer, Dr. Shma-
rya Kleinman, Benjamin Lai-
kin, Louis LaMed, Jack Mala-
mud, Morris Malin, Saul Maltz,
Mrs. Michael Michlin, Irving
Pokempner, Leo Polk, Mrs. Irv-
ing Posner, Frank Rosenbaum,
Morris L. Schaver, Irving
Schlussel, Meyer Schneider,
Samuel Sigal, David Sislin, Phil-
ip Slomovitz, Wolf Snyder, A.
Albert Sugar, Zvi Tomkiewicz.
Jewish Teen Agers Are Pro-Israel,
But Only Few Know Much About It
A survey of Jewish teen-
agers in the United States
shows they are overwhelmingly
pro-Israel.
But they have no desire to
emigrate and settle there.
The Bnai Brith Youth Or-
ganization, disclosing the first
interpretive study of Jewish
youth sentiment toward Israel,
finds that U.S. youngsters—
average age 16 plus—believe
American and Israeli Jews are
"part of one people no mat-
ter where they live."
What the teen-agers reject,
reports Label A. Katz, of New
Orleans, national chairman of
Bnai Brith's youth movement,
"is any concept that a Jewish
culture can thrive and be crea-
tive only in Israel. They see
a prospering future for Jew-
ish " life in their native land."
The four-month study was
conducted by the Bnai Brith
youth group in cooperation with
the youth activities depart-
ment of the American Zionist
Council. It polled a selected
cross-section of Jewish youth
in 16 major American cities
and 28 smaller communities.
The graded, multitple choice
series of attitude tests "show
that teenagers reflect the pre-
vailing attitudes of the adult
Jewish community," Katz said.
"Notwithstanding strong iden-
tification with their own coun-
try, they are not worried about
the possibilities of Israel doing
anything to hurt their status
in America."
Thus, some 60 per cent be-
lieve "only in very rare or
extreme instances will activi-
ties in behalf of Israel be in-
compatible with a Jew's re-
sponsibility as a citizen of the
United States."
Similarly, the survey dis-
closes, nine out of 10 agree
that when Israel has a "justi-
fiable grievance," American
Jews should seek to influence
the U.S. government in behalf
of Israel.
The teen-agers approve such
methods as letters and peti-
tions to congressmen. Only one-
half of those polled considered
"demonstrations and rallies"
advisable.
The study also sought to
determine what meaning Jew-
ish youth attach to the label
of "Zionist." "The results show
they are just as confused about
this as their elders," Katz said.
Although 28 per cent con-
sidered themselves Zionists
and another 22 per cent said
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they were not, half of the young
persons said they did not know
—lacking a clear definition of
what a Zionist is.
A "very important" bond be-
tween American and Israeli
Jews, the ,teen-agers said, is
philanthropy on behalf of Is-
rael. But here they revealed
a lack of substantive knowl-
edge on the subject.
Asked how a Jewish com-
munity that raised 'equal
amounts this year and last,
should allocate its philanthro-
py, a majority approved "in-
creasing allocations to Israel."
But when told that currently
63 per cent of funds raised
by Jewish welfare funds is sent
to Israel, the same majority
said this percentage is "about
right."
The survey also probed the
knowledge of American Jew-
ish youngsters on Israeli mat-
ters and found it "quite lim-
ited."
Quizzed on geography, his-
tory and personalities, each
question modified to apply
specifically to the United
States, Israel and the rest of
the world, the teen-agerS
scored 68 per cent on their
knowledge of the U.S., 42 per
cent on the world, 37 per cent
on Israel.
Youth who scored high on
their knowledge of Israel—
about 15 per cent of the sam-
pling—were those who under-
stood Hebrew well enough to
carry on a simple conversa-
tion, who corresponded with
persons in Israel, or who were
above average in years of Jew-
ish schooling.
The survey was divided
about evenly between boys and
girls. All are affiliated with
the Bnai Brith Youth Organi-
zation.
British Lord Urges
Arabs Take Refugees
LONDON, (JTA)—The inte-
gration of the Arab refugees in
Syria and Iraq was advocated
in the House of Lords during a
debate on the continued plight
of displaced persons.
Lord Silkin, former Labor
Minister for Town and Country
Planning, called repatriation of
the refugees to Israel "ineffec-
tive." He said there was ample
room for them in Syria and Iraq
and ample work for them
through irrigation and creation
of new farms and agricultural
activities in those Arab coun-
tries.
in Germany occupied a major
place on the agenda of the
Congress of European Re-
sistance Fighters.
"The resurgence of anti-
Semitism and national Soci-
alism must be met with strong
measures," George Bidault, for-
mer Premier of France, told
the Congress at its opening
session. However, he stated, the
"real enemy" now "is in the
East."
Rudolph Pecher, well-known
author, expressed apprehension
about the danger of fascism in
germany, declaring that "Nazis
and anti-Semites again play a
role in German public life."
Former resistance fighters, he
said, "are being systematically
defamed and denounced by old
Nazis, and there are no laws
or regulations to stop them."
On the other hand, Dr. Joseph
Mueller, Christian Democratic
deputy in the Bavarian Parlia-
ment, who had been during
World War II a liaison officer
for the Vatican in the fight
against Hitler, warned against
"over-estimating" the danger of
neo-Nazism.
States for clearing and employ-
ing ex-Nazis in a belief they
were reliable anti-Communists.
He claimed that the Federal
and local governing bodies in
West Germany strongly oppose
anti-Semitism. Recent anti-Jew-
ish incidents should not be
regarded as typical of the na-
tion, he said. He characterized
the German people as desiring
a- return of Jews to Germany
to enrich the country's cultural
life.
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Bonn Nazism Exaggerated
"There are Nazi underground
organizations all over the free
world," said Dr. Mueller, "in-
cluding Texas, U.S.A." Reports
that influential Nazis occupy
important positions in the Ger-
man Federal Republic are "in
general, exaggerated," he said.
Dr. Mueller denied that is
any danger that former officers
of the SS would infiltrate the
new German army. He declared
that careful screening by the
West Germany army command
has kept down such former SS
applicants for commissions
from 150 applications. There
are less than 50 former SS men
among the new army's officers,
he claimed.
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German Youth Inaugurate
Drive on Anti-Semites
BERLIN, (JTA) — Respon-
sible West Germans are fight-
ing the resurgence of anti-
Semitism in the country by
organizing activities especially
among the German youth.
A group of youths here an-
nounced today that an exhibit
on anti-Semitism and its disas-
trous consequences during the
Hitler regime is being organ-
ized for showing in major cities
throughout the Federal Repub-
lic. The project is receiving
the support of the Berlin State
Institution for Political Educa-
tion.
A further manifestation of
the fight against anti-Semitism
was seen here in an announce-
ment by the German Students
Association, which has just held
a meeting at Marburg, that it
is organizing a demonstration
against anti-Semitism to be
conducted in May at the site
of the former Bergen-Belsen
concentration camp.
Similar student demonstra-
tions will be held at the same
time on the campuses of all
leading universities and col-
leges throughout the Federal
Republic.
Arab Students Blamed
For German Agitation
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — No
West German government will
never again condone anti-
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agitation in West Germany,
Jakob Altmaier, a Jewish mem-
ber of the Bundestag told a
press conference here.
Altmaier said hundreds of
Arab students now enrolled at
German universities came to
Germany because, for political
reasons, they no longer go to
Paris or London to study. In
Germany, he said, the Arabs
spread anti-Jewish propaganda
and strive to end the flow of
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