Allied Jewish Cam Agn Clever Purim Prank Irresponsible Publicity Seeking Israel's Tourist Attractions Commentary Page 2 yol..XXX I X No. 2 Needs an Enlarged Army of Workers to Assure Enrollment of 5,000 New ' Contributors NOW to Help As- sure Success of 1961 Drive by Calling WO 5-3939 Enlist Campaign Editorial on Page 4 Pictorial E JEWISH NE C~ ET ROI -r j A Weekly Review Account of Creative 'Israel . . . NA I c Today and I Jewish Events Tomorrow' Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle looPjointtfentliinsialop 17100 W. 7 Page 32 Mile Rd.—VE 8-9364—Detroit 35, March 10, 1961—$5.00 per Year; Single Copy 15c U. S. Delegate Charges USSR Anti-Semitism, Stirs UN Row Jesuit Organs Publish 'Firmest Catholic Evaluation - of Plus' Stand on Jews Under the Nazis By TULLIA ZEVI Rome Correspondent of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency Copyright, 1961, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc. ROME—Two authoritative organs of the Jesuit order, Stimmen der Zeit in Munich and Civilta Cattolica in Rome, will soon publish simulta- neously an article by Jesuit Father Robert Leiber entitled, "Pius XII and the Jews of Rome 1943-1944." Father Leiber was the personal assistant of Pope Pius XII from 1924 to 1959, when the Pope died in Rome. Therefore, Father Leiber is considered by many to have the deepest insight into the late Pope's character and thoughts. Father Leiber's article, which was shown to this correspondent, is important from a Jewish point of view. Although the article aims to document the late Pope's attitude toward the Jews of Rome, it also provides a more general and authoritative definitioh of Pope Pius' stand during the years of Nazi-Fascist persecutions. This attitude has repeatedly come under fire in recent years, from Jewish as well as non- Jewish sources. The article aims to refute these criticisms, with docu- mentation and arguments, some previously unpublished. In September 1943 the Germans occupied Rome and soon after, anti-Jewish measures were instituted. Persecution of the Jews lasted until the Nazi withdrawal on June 4, 1944. How did Pope Pius XII react to the anti-Jewish measures? Gerhard Schoeneberner attempted to answer this question in his book "Der Gelbe Stern" (1960) by quoting the following diplomatic report written by Ernest Von Weisacker, German Ambassador to the Vatican, on Oct. 28, 1943: "Although pressed by several sides, the Pope did not let himself be dragged into any outspoken reproval concerning the deportation of Roman Jews. Although it is to be expected that this attitude shall be exploited by our enemies and by Protestant milieus in Anglo-Saxon countries in their propaganda against Catholicism, he nevertheless did all he could in this delicate problem, not to create difficulties with the German government and German circles in Rome. Since undoubtedly there shall be no further German action in Rome against the Jews, it can be expected that this question, unpleasant for the relations between Germany and the Vatican is liquidated." "Nevertheless," states Father Leiber, "a symptom of this state of affairs appears in the attitude of the Vatican. In the issue of Oct. 25-26 an official communique on the Pope's charitable activities was pub- lished by Osservatore Romano. This communique, in typical Vatican style, that is with +a contorted and nebulous style, declares that the (Continued on Page 3) Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News UNITED NATIONS, N:Y.—A reminder by the United States repre- sentative on the Human Rights Commission that the Soviet government still . had not replied in the United Nations to charges of discrimination against Soviet Jewry touched off a sharp exchange here Monday. The reminder was offered by Mrs. Marietta P. Tree, who called anti- Semitism a "disease which none of us can afford to ignore." She said it was encouraging that some governments had given assurances that perpetrators of anti-Semitic incidents would be punished and action taken to prevent incidents in the future. She then criticized the Soviet Union indirectly with the comment that "some countries" had not reported what they were doing to prevent such abuses. She referred to reports from various groups charging anti-Semitic incidents and discrimination against Soviet Jews. V. I. Sapozhnikov, the Soviet delegate, angrily replied that "raising of charges concerning Soviet Jews is an attempt on behalf of the United States Government and of American Zionist organizations to distract atten- tion from neo-Nazism in West Germany. It is nothing but a smokescreen since everybody knows that Jews enjoy equal treatment in Russia." He added that two months ago, when Jewish complaints against the Soviet Union were brought up at a meeting of the Human Rights Subcom- mission, he was supported in his denial by the representative of the United Arab Republic and by Prof. Hiscocks of Britain. Sir Samuel Hoare, the British delegate, replied sharply with an attack on the Soviet delegate. ,IDC Leader Becomes Export-Import Bank Head: Meriwether Confirmed WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Harold F. Linder, vice-president of the Joint Distribution Committee, was sworn in March 4 as president and chairman of the hoard of directors of the United States Export-Import Bank. He was appointed by President Kennedy to this post to replace Samuel C. Waugh, of Nebraska, who served during the previous Administration. A U. S. Naval commander during World War II, Linder, shortly before the end of the.war, went to London to serve as a volunteer representative of the Joint Distribution Committee with the Reparations Commission and the Intergovernmental Committee on Refugees. He served in 1952, under appointment by President Truman, as Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs. The new appointment was unanimously confirmed by the Senate Banking Committee and the Senate. Linder was welcomed by Secretary of the Treasury Douglas Dillon to his new position in ceremonies at Bank headquarters. Senator Jacob K. Javits, New York Republican, who took a leading role in the Senate Banking Committee controversy over the appointment of Charles Meriwether, Alabama racist, as a . director of the U.S. Export-Import Bank, waged a vigorous fight on the Senate floor against Meriwether's final confirmation. A five-hour heated and acrimonious debate preceded the rejection in the Senate on Tuesday, by a vote of 66 to 18, of a motion to recommit to the Senate Banking Committee the Meri- wether nomination. That served to assure confirmation, which was attained by a coalition of liberal supporters of President Kennedy and the Dixiecrat right wing Republican bloc. Senator Javits introduced the motion to recommit. The debate found Senator Paul Douglas, Illinois Democrat, joined with Senator Everett Dirksen, of Illinois, the Republican leader, in urging that "mercy and compassion" be shown Meri- wether. Sen. Javits charged that Meriwether had shown a "lack of sensitivity to the public policy of the United States." Sen. Wayne B. Morse (Dem., Ore.) read into the record an editorial from a leading Alabama newspaper protesting against Meriwether's nomination. He made charges of incompetence against Meriwether and said he had a criminal record. But Presi- dent Kennedy, at his press conference, said Meriwether was checked and cleared by the FBI. Sen. Prescott Bush (R., Conn.), who voted to recommend confirmation in committee, voted against confirmation in the Senate. Fourteen Jewish refugees from Sen. Edmund S. Muskie (D., Me.), who abstained in com- Egypt were among the migrants from four countries who landed in the United States mittee, supported confirmation. through the assistance of United Hias Service in time to spend Passover in this When Sen. Ernest Gruening, (D., Ala.) suggested that since country. Others in the group came from the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Meriwether's views had international implications the appointment Some of the newcomers have been happily reunited with members of their families. be referred to the Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Willis All of them were speeded on their way to a new life through the worldwide Jew- Robertson of Virginia, chairman of the Senate Banking Com- ish migration agency's intensified activities under the new U.S. refugee immigra- raittee, angrily asked him if he had made a similar suggestion when the Senate acted on the nomination of a tion law. Their road to resettlement in various communities is being eased with Jew from New York. He did not identify the nominee, but was expert help from the Jewish Family Service Agencies in Atlanta, Los Angeles and believed to be referring to Harold Linder, the new Export-Import Bank Boston, and the National Committee for Resettement of Foreign Physicians. Refugees Arrive in U.S.: chairman. (Continued on Page 5)