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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, July 143 19

Pablo Casals Heads World-ilenowed
Artists in First Israel Music Festival

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A Digest of World Jewish Happenings
from Dispatches of the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency and Other News-Gathering Media.

Europe

THIRTEEN PROGRAMS in 22 concerts

will be given by the American artists partici-

pating in the First Israel Music Festival Aug.
26 to Sept. 18, to be headed by Pablo Casals,
who will both play and conduct. The visiting
artists will include Maureen Forrester, the
Budapest String Quartet, Rudolf Serkin and a
special trio, composed of Isaac Stern, Eugene
Istomin and Leonard Rose. The opening con-
cert in Jerusalem on Aug. 26 will feature the
world premier of a Darius Milhaud cantata,

"Bar Mitzvah Israel," especially commissioned
for the festival and to be conducted by the
composer and presented by the Israel Philhar-
monic Orchestra, the Rinat Choir and Miss
Forrester. The Israel First Music Festival
will be followed by the Third Pablo Casals
International Violoncello Competition begin-
ning Sept. 23 in Jerusalem. Above are shown
the Budapest String Quartet (from left,
Joseph R o s e in a n, Boris Kroyt, Alexander
Schneider and Mischa Schneider) and Casals.

House Committee Seeks Strong Anti-Bias Stand
with Clause in Mutual Security Aid Legislation

WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The
House Foreign Affairs Commit-
tee agreed this week to press
for insertion of the strongest
anti-discrimination clauses ever
included in Mutual Security.aid
legislation.
Its decision was announced
by Rep. Thomes E: Morgan,
Pennsylvania Democrat, the
committee chairman, who took
a sharply divergent position
from that of Chairman J. W.
Fulbright of the Senate For-
eign Relations Committee.
The Arkansas Democrat seeks
elimination of a watered-down
clause in the preamble of the
bill. That clause replace Section
18 of the Mutual Security Ap-
propriations Act of 1960, which
gave the President discretion-
ary powers to halt aid to coun-
tries practicing discrimination
against American citizens be-
cause of their race or religion,
or conducting hostile acts
against countries friendly to the
United States.
The so-called Kennedy
clause,' "in the preamble of
the current Mutual Security
bill, states that it is the policy

of the United States to sup-
port freedom of navigation
and the right of individuals
to pursue their lawful activi-
ties without discrimination as
to race or religion. Last week,
in Senate committee hear-
ings, a State Department
spokesman agreed with Ful-
bright that the clause could
be dropped from the bill.
Halpern was the chief wit-
ness at the House committee's
hearing. He gave the commit-
tee details of Arab discrimina-
tion against American citizens
and on the boycott and block-
ade conducted by the Arab
States against Israel, charging
the State Department with fail-
ure to take action.
Rep. Lawrence Curtis, Mas-
sac'husetts Republican, moved
to introduce language to imple-
ment anti-discriminatory prin-
ciples, asserting that the ad-
ministration clause proposed
this year was "watered down."
He added a provision from
the Mutual Security Act of
1954, stating that the pur-
poses of Mutual Security "are
negated and the peace of the

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world is endangered when na- •
tions which receive assistance
under this Act, wage eco-
nomic warfare against other
nations assisted under this
Act, including such proce-
dures as boycotts, blockades,
and the restriction of the use
of international waterways."
The clauses that the commit-
tee indicated it would incor-
porate in the bill would author-
ize severance of aid at the
discretion of the President, to
nations that discriminate.
When Halpern pointed out
that Fulbright, State De-
partment agreement, was at-
tempting to delete the clause
in this year's preamble, Morgan
said that strong anti-bias lan-
guage, in past Mutual Security
bills had originated in the
House Foreign Affairs Commit-
tee. He recalled that he had
fought, along with Rep. Walter
Judd, Minnesota Republican, in
the Senate-House conference on
the Mutual Security Act last
year, to retain anti-discrimina-
tion wording, when Fulbright
sought to eliminate it.
Rep. Barratt O'Hara, Illinois
Democrat, urged strong lan-
guage to end Arab transgres-
sions and advocated a strong
moral stand. Rep. Robert Barry,
New York Republican, pointed
out that Arabs in the Israeli
population lived harmoniously
and that a struggle must be
waged to end bigotry such as
that experienced by Halpern.
who was denied a visa by Saudi
Arabia because he is Jewish.

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gers, "for otherwise we might have
reached Eilat." Another passenger
interrupted: "Shekem is a small para-
dise for the soldier! Look, you see
for yourselves: In a desolate spot
such as this a glass of juice is worth
more than a clod of gold!" "You
don't have to explain to me," the
first one answered, "I myself was a
soldier and can appreciate the serv-
ices Shekem rendered me; juice,
chocolate after arduous exercises,
film shows in a camp a hundred
kilometers from town."
"Even my wife has a good word
for it," a regular army officer began,
"she buys all her necessities in the
Shekem shops. You can get every-
thing there from a shoelace to a re-
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given on all goods."
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loomed. "The kibbutz!" someone cried
excitedly and we were all glad that
the long journey had ended.
—Trcinslation of Hebrew text,
Edited by Brit Ivrit °lama,
Jerusalem

GENEVA—Switzerland and West Germany have signed a
treaty providing 10,000,000 marks ($2,500,000) for indemnification
of some 1,100 Swiss citizens who were persecuted by Nazi authorities
in German occupied countries during World War II. . . The estab-
lishment of the first unit of the National Association of Social
Workers outside the United States was announced here by Charles
Jordan, overseas director of he American Joint Distribution Com-
mittee, who was named president pro tern of the new group
. . . Representatives of the Joint Distribution Committee and
the Assembly of European Jewish Community Services will meet
here Oct. 23-26 for their 16th annual overseas conference to
discuss problems and programs of community development,
health, education and welfare services.
BERNE—Details of proposed legislation calling for the regis-
tration of unclaimed assets left in Switzerland by persons who
subsequently fell victims to the Nazi regime were discussed here
last week by Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the Jewish Agency
for Israel and the World Jewish Congress, with Friedrich Wahlen,
the Federal president, and Ludwig von Moos, the head of the
Federal Department of Justice and Police.
LONDON—The State Council of the United Arab Republic has
ruled that UAR citizenship shall be withdrawn from Jews who leave
the country and whose intention not to return to the UAR has been
proved by the Migration, Passports and Citizenship Department. The
report of the -Middle East News Agency points out that this ruling
includes all who acquired citizenship by descent or marriage,
such as children and wives.
STOCKHOLM—Israel exports to Sweden rose from 27,000,000
krona ($5,230,000) in 1959 to 28,600,000 krona in 1960, while
Swedish exports to Israel increased during the same period from
26,800,000 krona ($4,450,000) to 34,800,000 krona ($6,750,000).
OSLO—A new Norwegian ORT Committee has been estab-
lished here including in its membership former United Nations
Secretary-General Trygve Lie and other leading Norwegian states-
men and lay leaders.
BERLIN—West Germany has "no concrete plans" at present
to extend a loan to Israel after the present German-Israel repara-
tions agreement expires in 1962, Foreign Minister Heinrich von
Brentano -has announced. . . . West Germany has "no concrete
plans" at present to extend a loan to Israel after the present
German-Israel reparations agreement expires in 1962, Foreign Min-
ister Heinrich von Brentano declared here in answer to an inquiry
during a television interview here.
BONN—The Bundestag (lower House of Parliament) has ap-
proved a report of a judicial committee clearing Dr. Theodor Ober-
laender, former Minister of Refugees, of charges that he was in-
volved in the killing of Poles and Jews during World War II in
Poland.
BRUSSELS—An exhibition of more than 100 paintings by
Marc Chagall was opened here last week at Knocke-LeZoute under
the patronage of the Belgian Ministry of Education and Culture.

Israel -
JERUSALEM—The Knesset has adopted 'a resolution (support-
ed by all partieS except Mapai and Poalei Agudat Israel) express-
ing regret over the distribution to Army personnel of an information
booklet on the forthcoming elections, saying that the material
violated objectivity. .. . President Izhak Ben-Zvi on July 4 cabled
Independence Day greetings to President John F. Kennedy ex-
pressing the good wishes of the people of Israel.
TEL AVIV—The Jewish Agency has given final approval to
plans for construction of an agricultural village for Western immi-
grants in the Gedera area, south of Rehovot, with 40 housing units
and auxiliary farm buildings to be erected in the village of Basheet
for those settlers who are able to invest $5,000. . . . Thousands of
Israelis and American visitors attended a celebration at ZOA House
here on July 4 marking the 185th anniversary of the United States'
independence.

Africa

CASABLANCA—The Moroccan Ministry of Justice has de-
cided to nominate a new rabbinical judge in Agadir in order to
encourage the return to that city of hundreds of Jewish families
who were forced to leave when the city was leveled in an earth-
quake last year, with the name of Rabbi Chaim Elferchi mentioned
as a candidate for the post. . It was reported here that announce-
ment was first made in Rabat last week of the appointment of Jo
Ahana, a Jew, as chief of the Cabinet for the Ministry of Commerce
and Industry.

United States

ELBERON, N.J.—Five hundred of America's foremost leaders
attended funeral services at Temple Beth Miriam here July 3 for
the late Paul Baerwald, banker and philanthropist who was a key
figure in the world in the work of resettlement of Jews following
World Wars' and II.
NEW YORK—Despite the recent Supreme Court decision
upholding Sunday-closing statutes, the long-run trend toward ulti-
mate discard of all blue laws will continue unabated, according to
report issued by the American Jewish Congress written by its gen-
eral counsel, Leo Pfeffer, who predicts three developments: a
temporary spurt of legislative and administrative action to enact
new Sunday laws; launching of a - drive to "modernize" Sunday laws
by exempting additional varieties of commercial activity on Sundays;
and intensification of efforts to obtain exemptions for Orthodox
Jews, Seventh Day adventists and other Sabbatarians who 'observe
Sattu-day as their religious day of rest . . . The Dead Sea Works,
Lt., of Beersheba invited bids this week from American "contractors
qualified and interested in bidding on construction of 40 miles of
Dead Sea dikes."

Canada

MONTREAL—The Religious Welfare Committee of the Cana-
dian Jewish Congress has asked the Canadian Mathematical Congress
to make special provision for Jewish high school students who, for
religious reasons, are unable to take part in the annual competitive
examinations sponsored by the academic body, usually administered
on Saturdays.

