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un—cirititvocates Survey Reaction of Germans to Neo-Nazi Vandalism
BONN, (JTA)—Between four the Bundestag Judiciary Com- State has contributed 3,000
Caution in Dealing with Rockwell; percent
and 11 percent of the mittee, in an effort to recon- marks ($750) for the work.
West German population "may cile differing versions of the
Views Differ on Law Interpretation be assumed to be anti-Jewish," proposed legislation drafted
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Special Correspondent
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cl marked difference of opinion
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anti-Semitic manifestations.
The Jewish Community Coun-
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cil of Greater Washington, in a
;A statement this week, set forth a
set of principles on "what to
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fg do" in dealing with the activi-
ties of George Lincoln Rock-
well, organizer of the so-called
cr.4 "American Nazi Party." The
statement contends that Rock-
well has less than a dozen fol-
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by Washingtoni-
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04 ans.
The statement disagrees with
to those who say that the present
E'' disorderly conduct law of the
District of Columbia should be
interpreted to make it possible
to arrest Rockwell for mere
distribution of the anti-Semitic
pamphlets. While the Council
endorses further exploration of
possible new appropriate legis-
lation to deal with Rockwell
and his group, its statement
declares: "Avid for publicity
and attention, desperately' in
need of the illusion that he is
somebody important, Rockwell
has deliberately tried to be pro-
vocative, to precipitate inci-
dents and to focus attention to
himself." It admonishes Jews
not to "take the law into our
own hands and become involved
in disorderly conduct or other
breaches of the peace," and pro-
poses the following program of
action to its constituency:
1. Do not do anything which will
play into Rockwell's wish to get
publicity.
2. Do not waste your time tele-
phoning Rockwell and engaging in
conversations with him. We know
authoritatively that each call he
gets, including those designed to
annoy or abuse him, only encour-
ages him by feeding his delusions
of self-importance, and gives him an
outlet for spouting his detestable
ideas.
3. If Rockwell holds any public
meetings, do not attend them. By
attending you would only increase
the size of his audience, and thus
contribute to a distorted impression
of his importance and influence.
'4. If Rockwell distributes his lit-
erature again (he has not done so
on the past four Saturdays), and if
you happen to be among the recipi-
ents of his hate sheets, do not yield
to the temptation of using physical
force against him, or of becoming
involved in any "incident" with him.
This is exactly what Rockwell
would like.
The Washington Community
Council advocates educational
programs in the District of Co-
lumbia high schools to enlight-
en students about the Nazi tac-
ties and to keep students away
from Rockwell's influence. Isaac
Franck, director of the Council,
states that the Council has suc-
ceeded in securing the whole-
hearted cooperation of school
authorities. Students especially,
he states, haVe made it 'a point
to ridicule Rockwell whenever
they were confronted either by
him and his handful of follow-
ers or when they were present-
ed with his literature.
Anti-Defamation League offi-
cials differ with the Community
Council. It is their contention
that when a person advocates
the extermination of Jews that
he should be viewed as a men-
ace to society and that he
should be under arrest. One of
the ADL attorneys, David A:
Brody, stated:
"To call a man a traitor is
clearly a criminal act which
may be punished as such with-
out raising any constitutional
questions. Why Rockwell should
achieve immunity from prose-
cution because he adds the
word 'Jew' on to that of 'traitor'
is something I am unable to
comprehend nor can I under-
stand why the use of such an
expression can be considered
to be an expression of an idea."
Individual opinion varies on
the issue, but many Jews in
Washington, especially those
who have had direct experience
during the Hitler regime, be-
lieve that even a single indi-
vidual, when he is permitted to
advocate an entire group's ex-
termination and when he dis-
plays signs that read "kill the
kikes" should be viewed as a
menace to be oust _ ed from so-
ciety.
Franck's reply to that is that
the Council continues to explore
ways and means of fighting the
Rockwell menace, but that they
desire to act within the law,
avoiding giving Rockwell un-
necessary notoriety, and empha-
sizing the importance of educat-
ing the youth to recognize the
un-Americanism and inhumane
methods of the anti - Semitic
crackpots.
Stollm,an, Fisher
Named to New
UIA Corporation
Special to The Jewish News
NEW YORK — United Israel
Appeal and Jewish Agency ac-
tivities will henceforth be co-
ordinated by a special arrange-
ment with the United Jewish
Appeal and the formation of a
new corporation composed of
21 national Jewish spokesmen.
It became known here on
Tuesday that a majority of the
21 selected leaders met under
the chairmanship of Dewey
Stone, who will be chairman of
the new corporation, and
reached agreements for coor-
dination of all the major UJA-
UIA fund-raising efforts which,
henceforth, will be limited to
philanthropic activities. All
other allocations previously in-
cluded in the UIA's share of
UJA funds—such as the Herzl
Institute for cultural activities
and American Zionist projects
—will now be excluded.
It became known here that
two Detroiters — Max M.
Fisher and Phillip Stollman
—are two of the 21 corpora-
tion members. Fisher is
the Institute for Opinion ,Re-
search, at Bilefeld, stated this
week in summing up the results
of a public opinion survey con-
ducted recently among a scien-
tific sample of the German peo-
ple.
According to the Institute, the
survey showed that 79 percent
"severely" condemned anti-Sem-
itism as demonstrated through
last Winter's swastika-smearing
incidents. Exactly one percent
of the respondents "lauded" the
incidents, many of these declar-
ing that "The Jews are often
at fault themselves" or "I be-
lieve they ought to go to Is-
rael." Three percent, the In-
stitute stated, refused to express
an opinion, "probably because
they are anti-Jewish." Seven
percent more were seen by the
Institute as being. "on the bor-
der line between anti-Semitism
and indifference."
Three bills, aimed at the
protection of minority groups
in West Germany from de-
famation, were scrutinized by
by the Government and by
opposition parties.
The State of Hesse has allo-
cated 320,000 Deutschemarks
($80,000) out of federal and
state funds for the upkeep of
Jewish cemeteries in the state,
according to a report received
by government officials here.
The 320,000-mark appropriation
exceeds last year's allocation by
22,000 marks.
In the State of Rheinland-
Pfalz, 80 Boy Scouts and
Girl Scouts in the town have
started on a project of renovat-
ing the 19th Century Jewish
cemetery there. Tools for the
project have been supplied to
the youngsters by the head-
quarters of the American Ar-
my's Eighth Division, while the
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JERUSALEM — Official gov-
ernment figures indicated
Wednesday that 63,000 persons
have been injured and 2,100
killed in traffic accidents in
Israel since the Jewish State
was proclaimed in 1948.
Officials said that while the
traffic toll is less than half of
the United States' toll, the ma-
jority of Israel traffic casualties
were found on investigation to
have been avoidable. They said
93 per cent of the accidents
were due to driver or pedes-
trian laxity. The data was re-
leased on the final day of Road
Safety Week.
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slated to be co-treasurer of
the corporation with Abra-
ham Goodman of New York.
Mrs. RoSe Halprin is to be
vice-chairman.
Under the new arrangement,
a prominent person will be
chosen to supervise the allot-
ment of funds. It is reported
that Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz and
Prof. William Haber have de-
clined the post. Others men-
tioned include Judge Louis Lev-
inthal, of Philadelphia, and
Rabbi Philip Bernstein, of
Rochester, N. Y.
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Rep. Walter Proposes
Bill to Allow Entry of
Refugee Immigrants
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A new
bill for admission of refugees
to the United States, proposed
by Rep. Francis E. Walter
would, if it becomes law, bene-
fit hundreds of Jewish families
from the Middle. East and East
European countries, James P.
Rice, executive director of
United Hias Service, said.
Rice testified, as. representa-
tive of United Hias Service and
as an officer of the American
Council of Voluntary Agencies,
at a hearing before a House
Judiciary Sub-CoMmittee on
refugee legislation. Rep. Walter
presided at the hearing at
which his bill was considered,
and predicted early committee
approval.
The Walter Bill would set up
a permanent program for ad-
mission of refugees without any
limit or time, and without being
charged to any country's quota.
They would be admitted on
parole. The measure covers
only those refugees who are
under the mandate of the
United Nations High Commis-
sioner for Refugees.
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