D Moroccan Leader Defends Florida Reports DSG Mission Members to Report Country's Attitude on Jews New Bomb Threat at Meeting of Luncheon Clubs Direct JTA Teletype Wire as Member of Arab League To The Jewish News Direct JTA Teletype Wire To The Jewish News UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.— A lengthy statement on the situation of the Jews of Morocco, on emigration of Moroccan Jews to Israel and on Morocco's unilateral abrogation of mail service between that country and Israel was made here Tuesday by Abdallah Ibra- him, Prime Minister and For- eign Minister of Morocco. Dr. Ibrahim was guest at a luncheon of the United Nations Correspondents Association and was asked the comprehensive question by the Jewish Tele- graphic Agency. He replied as follows: "First, one must understand the background of the status of the Jews in Morocco. I really don't like to speak in terms of Jews or Moslems in Morocco, since we have really only Moroccans. In the entire history of Morocco there has never been a Jewish problem, not even in the Middle Ages. In times of persecutions elsewhere, Jews always received refuge in Morocco as far back as the 13th century. . "In the 16th and 17th cen- turies, Morocco's diplomatic emissaries were Jews—a fact that can probably be explained because our relations were mainly commercial, and Jews were experts in commercial af- fairs. "These historical considera- tions must be borne in mind, and it must be remembered that never were there any dis- criminations against Jews in Morocco. Even under the Vichy government, Morocco categori- cally refused to implement the anti-Jewish laws of Vichy. "After we achieved independ- ence, we had to reorganiZe and modernize our administration and replace many civil servants with Moroccans. How eve r, access to administrative posi- tions is open under equalitarian competitions which do not men- tion Jew or Moslem. Our ident- ity card does not mention either Jews or Moslems. "Today there are few Mos- lems in our tele-communica- tions—the majority in that service are Jews. When I was Minister of Labor, my chief of cabinet was a Jew. Now an attache in my cabinet is a woman who is a Jewess. The economic counsellor until re- cently was a Jew. That is why I refuse to speak of Moslems HOLLYWOOD, Fla. — Three Jewish t e m p 1 e s here were threatened with bombings over the weekend, it was learned Monday. The threats were made by anonymous telephone callers. Police squads searched the temples but f o u n d no ex- plosives. The police maintained surveillance over Jewish insti- tutions. or Jews—I speak only of patriots. The law is the same for everybody. "When the law requires that sale or distribution of printed matter must be deposited in the national archives, that law ap- plies to everybody. The case of the Jew in Meknes comes under that law. "As to emigration, our law is like that in many other coun- tries. Our law prohibits mass emigration, they fall under that law and we never ask them whether they are Jews or Moslems. "As to postal relations, we are members of the Arab League and have ratified the Arab League convention affect- ing international relations. That is why we must observe our obligations as a state. It is in some way a result of the poisoned situation in the Middle East. The good will of the en- tire world would benefit by the settlement of this problem. "I regret that some organiza- tions create propaganda and create difficulties. Morocco will never allow racialism which would be a denial of its historic tradition." Two-Thirds of Jews at Arizona U. Are for Intermarriage TUCSON, Ariz., (JTA) — Jewish students attending the University of • Arizona favor intermarriage by a ratio of two to one, according to a survey made by a university student for a minorities relations course. The survey was conducted by Joel Botfeld, former president of the Tucson Jewish Youth Council. He charged that about 20 percent of the Jewish stu- dent population at the univer- sity were "college Marranos" who attended church services with their Gentile friends. He conducted the survey by means of a questionnaire among the 520 Jewish students on the Uni- versity of A r i z on a campus. Slightly less than half answered the many queries. The survey also showed that 59 of the students belong to the Hillel Foundation; 80 per- cent of the males have been Bar Mitzvah, while 61 percent of the females had been con- firmed; 78 percent attended He- brew or Yiddish school, the av- erage length of such study hav- ing been six and a half years for males, two and a half years for females; while seven per- cent had no Jewish religious education at all. Thirteen percent of the Jew- ish students do not attend High Holy Day services, and 40 per- cent attend classes on High Holy Days. Male Jewish stu- dents show the greatest amount of mixed dating, while a high percentage of the Jewish girls date Jews. The Jewish college student today, according to Botfeld, "does not know hat a Jew is. To him, religion is basically a philosophy, but he does not know what the principles of his Judaic faith are." Much of the blame for the situation, in Bot- feld's opinion, must be charged against the parents, who are seen by Jewish youngsters as doing at home "the exact oppo- site" of the Jewishness taught at the Hebrew school or Sunday school sessions. * -Morocco Bans All Zionist Literature PARIS, (JTA)—Jews in Mo- rocco are now "cleaning" their homes of any literature that could be considered "Zionist" in nature by the Moroccan authori- ties. This follows the sentenc- ing of a Jewish merchant in Meknes recently to one year's imprisonment, and a 125,000- fine, for having his posses- sion an Israel calendar. The merchant was released on bail pending the hearing of an ap- peal he lodged with a higher court. Reports from Morocco state that the government there is- sued a decree banning the cir- culation of two Jewish-French magazines published in Paris. One is "La Terre Retrouvee," organ of the Jewish National Fund; the other is "Notre Dra- peau," organ of the Zionist- Revisionist Party. Radio Tangier reported that the Crown Prince of Morocco attended Yom Kippur services in Casablanca. The broadcast described how the Day of Atone- ment became "a particularly happy celebtatiOn" for Moroc- co's Jews, because- of the pres- ence of the King's son. (■ : smarm • 7?1.P tt3ltr. riT4 ri'V4 r1174 tlx 'W7 te4r1 it:14'?1:;14r. InP 7P n't:t4P4 , n't? 1.47v? IY?tignrL? 414. -)x rrt?tntr.71 tr1:7 1-1! 7P.?1In4 =iuri nr?trtl .nrinnL2 ntyi-ra rnx'? ' . 717.174 vIr.1 1`7t In n,4yn "Itt? c"'7 rtr;1 itr;T xi.riL? rm liz?1 • r.3,73'7 T : V 7 : grpt7isi ro,14 •.• • • : • tr'Irqi roP t7, rz*4 L111/17;- TT - "i7 . TT 2-1'3tti77? ctjt.z') L2t:? tor:: 17 t 2tti rePr:r 121.2 w-r.7017 rirj L.pn nOlarj ,rihA - rrjt; t.on r1,4,47rj L2t.i -inrj tz"1 n"1Y27?;:i •N?Tt L2t Pn. 1 ntUnx 1:1":MIr nit,rj t.z7?12 rY7 .r1;9 1*t 1 r3, - rip, 1,741 ,w4tj n4r)t.ptt, 'r11.?Y4 , r1t1. 7P tr4v"; riltv4vT nrirj r1in-1 Hebrew Corner Experts frOm Israel Translation of Hebrew column published by Brit Ivrit Olamit. ' A few weeks ago I saw an inter- esting photograph in one of the newspapers: the Prime Minister of Ghana, Dr. Nkruma, is shaking hands with two Israel naval offi- cers. They are standing on the deck of a ship which is flying the Ghanese flag. One of the offi- cers is the captain of the ship, and the other is one of the Israel teachers who teach in the naval school of Ghana. It is possible to find Israel ex- perts today in many countries in Africa and in Asia. They work in various fields, and they are sent mainly to countries who achieved independence in recent years. An Israel expert • was sent via the U.N. to Nigeria, for example, to organize the population census. In Ethiopia there are a number of Israelis, mainly engineers, who are assisting the government of Ethiopia in the development of its country. In Burma the Israelis are well known today, and their good repu- tation is widespread (goes before them). An Israel expert reached even a large country like India. In the coming years the number of Israel experts abroad will no doubt increase, and in the future as well they will bring benefit to others and honor to the State of Israel. Members of the Detroit Service Grou.p's 1959 Mission to Israel are shown here with young residents of the settlement of Taanachim. Left to right, they are, GILBERT SILVERMAN, NATHAN METZ (rear), MAX M. SHAYE, Mission chairman; and MILFORD R. PREGERSON, co-chairman. Members of the Mission will share the spotlight at the opening meeting of the DSG luncheon club, to be held jointly with the Jewish Community Center Jewish affairs luncheon club at 12 noon, Wednesday, at the main Jewish Center, 18100 Meyers. DSG president Jack 0. Lefton will chair the meeting. Representing the Center will be its president, Samuel Frankel, who was a member of the Mission. On the discussion panel will be Shaye, Pregerson, Sam Jacobs, Alan E. Luckoff, Harold Podolsky, Silverman, Meyer Steinberg, William Wetsman and I. Lewis Zuieback. Irwin I. Cohn, chairman of the 1959 Allied Jewish Campaign and a Mission member, will summarize the remarks. Philip Slomovitz, editor of The Jewish News, will speak Nov. 11 on "The English-Jewish Press in America." On Nov. 18, Gerald E. Dewhirst, vice president of the National Bank of Detroit, will speak on "Israel: Impressions of My Trip." .0n Nov. 25, Label A. Katz, president of Bnai Brith, will deliver the address on the subject "Who Speaks for American Jewry?" Israel Tells Hussein to Stay Out of Iraq LONDON, (JTA)—Anticipat- ing the collapse of the present pro-Communist regime in Iraq, King Hussein of Jordan was reported mapping plans to pro claim himself as a ruler of a merged Jordan-Iraqi kingdom and to ignore warnings from Israel which has no armistice agreement with Iraq. A merger of Jordan and Iraq could bring Iraqi troops to the Israel frontiers. The report, published in the press here, says that King Hus- sein presided at a four-hour meeting of 18 Iraqi leaders, in- cluding two former Premiers, Ali Jawdat Ayubi and Nuri Eddine Mahmoud. The meeting, called to prepare plans for an expected collapse of General Kassem's regime, made three decisions. One was to supply tribal chiefs of southern Iraq with arms so they could revolt against Kassem "when the time comes." The second was to dis- regard Israel's warning that Israel would occupy the Jordan River west bank if Jordan moved into Iraq. The third de- cision was to move Jordan's Arab Legion into Iraq if chaos developed, regardless of what the Iraq army might decide to do. United Hias Service Asks U.S. Lead for Liberalized. Immigration Laws PARIS, (JTA) — The United Hias Service concluded its sixth annual immigration conference here with an "urgent plea" to the United States Government "to effectively take the lead on behalf of the uprooted during the World Refugee Year." Reports by Hias field repre- sentatives from five continents indicated that more than 12,000 persons were currently register- ed with the organization for im- migration help. James Rice, United Hias ex- ecutive director, stressed the plight of 1,100 Jewish victims of persecutions who had regis- tered with HIAS for immigra- tion to the United States for whom no visas were -available. He said that during the past 18 months more than 1,500 such refugees from Egypt had been able to come into the United States thanks to special legisla- tion. Rice said that "every effort -must be made, when the United States Congress reconvenes in January, to persuade Congress to adopt immigration liberaliza- tion measures consonant with American leaderShip in the free world, and consonant with the magnitude of refugee and immi- gration hardships." "This unfortunately was not the case during the last session of Congress," he added, "al- though one law was passed which did increase the pOssibil- Ales for reunion of broken fam- ilies, and some Oher measures of positive value-were adopted." United Hias leadership is urg- ing, as a- miniptun program, the adoption by -the United States of the recoMmendations of the U.S. Committee for Refugees. These recommendations in- clude: approval of • new legisla- tion permitting the entry an- nually of 20,000 refugees be- yond present United States quo- tas, and appropriation of $10,- 000,000 over and above present United States expenditures for refugee programs. 76 Catholic Clergymen from U.S. Visit Israel JERUSALEM, (JTA) Sev- enty-six Ca t h o l i c clergymen from the United States, includ- ing four bishops, have arrived in Israel. They represent the largest group of American Catholics to visit Israel since its establishment.