Action on Civil Rights, Boycott
Taken at NCRAC Session
Concluding its four-day an-
nual Plenary Session in Detroit
Sunday, the National Commun-
ity Relations Advisory Council
adopted a series of resolutions
calling for:
Action by the U.S. Govern-
ment against the Arab boy-
cott of Americans;
Refusal by o u r Govern-
ment to condone or permit
continued Arab discrimina-
tion against U.S. citizens on
racial or religious grounds;
Counteraction of anti-Jew-
ish Arab propaganda;
Liberalization of national
immigration policy;
Cooperation with the U.S.
Committee for Refugees and
furtherance of the aims of
the World Refugee Year;
Federal legislation for FBI
intervention in 'bombing
cases;
Support of the U. S.
Supreme Court against at-
tempts to limit its jurisdic-
tion -and discredit its rulings;
Energetic use by the Pres-
ident of the authority of his
office to facilitate compli-
ance with the Supreme
Court desegregation rulings;
Swift and energetic action
by the Justice Department
and the Commission on Civil
Rights against interference
with voting rights;
Enlargement of the power
of the Justice Department to
seek preventive relief in all
civil rights cases — power
now limited to voting rights;
Federal legislation to pro-
vide federal aid to commun-
ities who ask for it in com-
plying with the law on de-
segregation.
In other resolutions, the ses-
sion expressed opposition to
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the practice in some cities of
requiring rabbinic certification
as a basis for excusing pupil
absences on Jewish religious
holidays as "contrary to the
spirit of religious liberty," and
called for a continued dialogue
among the various faiths on
issues before the public.
The delegates affirmed their
commitment to the principle
that race or religion may not
be a test of fitness or avail-
ability for public office.
Judge David L. Ullman of
Philadelphia was reelected
chairman of NCRAC for a
third term.
Likewise re-
elected as
vice-chairmen
were Julian
Freeman o f
Indianapolis,
Aaron G o 1 d-
man of Wash-
ington, Barney
Medintz of
Atlanta, Judge
Isaac Pacht
of Los Ange-
les, and Lewis
H. Weinstein Judge Ullman
of B o s t o n. Echeal Feinstein
of St. Louis was reelected sec-
retary and Louis Feinmark of
New Haven was reelected
treasurer. Boris M. Joffe of De-
troit was elected a' member of
the executive committee.
In his annual message to
the delegates, Judge Ullman
said that he thought that
organized Jewish commun-
ities in America are "just
on the threshhold of the
realization of their potential-
ities in the American envi-
ronment. "We are at last
assuming our place in the
pattern of a plural democ-
racy, standing up to be
counted, asserting our views
with confidence that they
will be heard and heeded."
Isaiah Minkoff, executive di-
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—A twin- rector,
in his annual report,
engined Lebanese Airways Da-
kota plane, carrying 25 mem-
bers of the United Nations
Emergency Force, was inter-
cepted by Israeli fighters over
Israel air space near Haifa, and
forced to land at Lydda Air-
port near here.
The three Lebanese crewmen
said they had noted some fight-
ers in the air, but thought the
intercepting planes were MIGs
flown by Syrian airmen. The
plane was carrying the UN
team frOm the UNEF airport at
El Arish, in the Sinai Penin-
sula, to Beirut.
While the Lebanese crew was
being interrogated, the UNEF
men were given lunch at the
Lydda airport restaurant. After
questioning the crew, Israeli of-
ficials permitter' the UNEF sol-
diers to resume their vacation
flight. The plane was released
the following day.
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remarked on the great growth
and expansion of the Jewish
community relations field. This
growth, he said, poses a chal-
lenge to national agencies and
community relations councils,
as well as to the NCRAC. He
called for professionalization of
the community relations func-
tion in the smaller commun-
ities as speedily as feasible.
At the opening meeting of
the Session last w e e k, the
delegates were welcomed by
Lawrence W. Crohn, President
of the Jewish Community
Council of Detroit.
Rabbi Harry Halpern, of
Brooklyn, presided at the first
business session.
At an evening session, the
delegates discussed the impact
on political affiliations a n d
alignments of some recent
shifts and changes in the popu-
lation structure of cities, sub-
urbs and rural areas, and of
the geographic movements of
various population groups. The
principal speaker was Dr. Rich-
ard M. Scammon, director of
elections r e s e a r c h, Govern-
mental Affairs Institute.
Dr. S camm on said that
"American politics a r e in-
creasingly urban politic s,
with the metropolitan area
the rapidly growing hub of
political life in the United
States."
He compared the situation
of the Negro in Northern
states with that of the immi-
grant of 50 or 60 years ago,
observing that "the urban
political needs of the Negro
in the North are often like
those" of the earlier immi-
grants.
Chairman of the evening
session was Aaron Goldman, of
Washington.
A session last Friday morn-
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a luncheon in observance of
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Marion A. Wright of Lin-
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law in Conway, S.C., until his
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for common purposes, and the
security of all minority groups.
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