THE JEWISH NE r- Fe CD 1 "T" MICHIGAN -- A Weekly Review See Editorial Page 4 Vol. XL, No. 7 f Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle 100Pjo ingoiln Sop 'Sabi Tragedy Revea Is Soviet Betraya of a Pledge to the Jews Read Smolar's Column, Page 2 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd. — VE 8-9364 — Detroit 35, Oct. 13, 1961— $5.00 Per Year; Single Copy 15c German lit Murder' Pictures Ordered Removed by the Vatican Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News Fund Established by Austria for Relief of Nazi Victims Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News LONDON—The British Foreign Office announced Tuesday that a fund for the relief of certain classes of victims of Nazi persecution in Austria had been established by the Austrian government and that initial payments to victims over 70 years of age had already been made. , "As a result of an agreement between the United Kingdom, the United States and the French and Austrian governments in May, 1959, a fund of $6,000,000 was set up for settlement of claims of victims of racial, religious or political prosecution in Austria between March 13, 1938, and May 8, 1945, whose bank accounts, securities, mortgages or cash was confiscated by the Nazi authorities, and who were compelled to pay certain discriminatory taxes", the Foreign Office said. The announcement added that claim forms could be obtained from Austrian consulates and from the United Restitution Organization in London. REGENSBURG — Catholic wor shippers who made a pilgrimage to the Deggendorf church last week to receive absolution for their sins reported Tuesday that they found medieval anti-Jewish captions on pictures of a "ritual murder" covered with cloth or otherwise made unreadable. Thousands of Catholics make the pilgrimage annually. The captions, which were covere d on recommendation of the Vatican, described the contents of 12 "miracle pictures" which show the alleged ritual murder of a Christian child by Jews in Deggendorf in 1337. The pictures and captions also depict the subsequent slaughter of Deggendorf Jews as a "God- willed act." The Regensburg Diocese also ordered confiscation of the "Deggendorf Gnadenbuechlein" published by Benedictine Father Wilhelm Fink in 1960 in which the alleged ritual murder was presented as a fact. The Diocese acted after the Central Council of the Jews o f Germany protested two months ago against circulation of the booklet. (Revival of the medieval "ritual murder" lie is periodically resorted to by anti-Semites. The "blood accusation" libel was utilized by Communist anti- Semites in the Daghestan Soviet Socialist Republic earlier this year. Condemned in Catholic encyclicals for more than 200 years, the libel nevertheless is given frequent credence by Jew-baiters). Non-Aggression Pact Offered to Arabs in Mrs. Meir's Summary of Israel's Stand UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (JTA) — A non-aggression pact was offered Monday to the Arab countries by Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel's F oreign Minister, addressing the United Nations General Assembly. She also proposed that the UN start the job of attaining general and complete disarmament by using the Middle Ea st "as a pilot project for the solution of the overall problem." The Israel Foreign Minister offered "regional cooperation" with the neighboring Arab countries in development programs, particularly with regard to water resources. She addressed the UN Assembly not only on Israel-Arab issu es but also on various other major problems facing the current session of the General Assembly. Mrs. Meir's 90-minute speech was loudly applauded by many delegations, including a number of representatives of the new African and Asian nations. It was an address which was seen as observing Mrs. Meir's own plea for th e avoidance of "bellicose" propaganda and threatening verbal attacks against any and all nations. Above all, Mrs. Meir pleaded with the General Assembly to re-establish and reaffirm universal acceptance of the principle of negotiation on all international issues. "If this Assembly," she said, "will succeed in rededicating itself to the universal and total imple- mentation of the principle of negotiation — then, indeed, it will be a historic - Assembly." All issues, she asserted, including those dividing the Arab States from Israel, can be settled by negotiation. She expressed Israel's readiness and willingness to negotiate with the Arab states on every issue at dispute between them. Israel's belief is, she emphasized, that negotiation "is the only alternative to war." These steps, she said, include "an Arab-Israel non-aggression pact, the parties to which would undertake to respect each other's territo rial integrity and political independence, to refrain from all hostile acts of a military econ omit or political character, to settle all existing and future differences by pacific means, and to cease incitement and inflammatory propaganda." Mrs. Meir told the Assembly it "must not minimize the dangers of Arab belligerence and its implications not only for Israel but for the United Nations and world peace." She pointed to the touchy Arab refugee problem—which is the only, major Arab-Israeli issue on the agenda for debate at the current Assembly session — as a dangerous situation. "The Arab refugees," she asserted, "are being kept as a potential spear-head for another attack on Israel." Saying Israel's delegation would discuss the refugee problem in detail later, when it arises before the Assembly's Special Political Committee, Mrs. Meir declared: "I would, how- ever, say this — the number of Arabs, who up on prompting of their leaders, left the area which is Israel today, is about equal to the number of Jewish refugees who came to Israel from Arab countries. We received these Jewish refugees as our brothers, took care of them and rehabilitated them. Had the Arab countries acted likewise — the Arab refugee problem would no longer be with us." Mrs. Meir pleaded with all governments, large and,small, to adhere to the principles that the only alternative to war is negotiation. She asked all member states of the United Nations to enter "a formally binding instru- ment by which each government would unreservedly pledge itself to implement certain basic principles." Then, making the offer of an Arab-Israeli non-aggression pact as a start, she came to the issue of general and complete disarmament which is before this year's Assembly, and told the delegates: "We propose that, simultaneously with the search for a general agreement on disarma- ment, we should seek to reach agreement also on disarmament with mutual inspection and control for specific zones or 'situations of international tension. Such a scheme would serve as a pilot project for the solution of the overall problem. Israel is prepared to elaborate a program to that end, and we call upon the Arab states to cooperate with us in this venture." Mrs. Meir emphasized the fact that the Middle East is more than an Arab area, pointing out that the Middle East has more non-Arab inhabitants than Arabs. "Israel enjoys relations of friendship," she pointed out, with all Middle Eastern peoples "except those belonging to the Arab League." She reminded the delegates that Israeli-Arab disputes do not make up "the only source of tension" in the region. Without mentioning the break-up of the United Arab Republic by Syria's secession, she referred to "recurrent crises" in the region, tore apart the image of "Arab unity" as a valid picture, and said: "The image of that unity is a somewhat battered one, and hostility to Israel is at least in part an attempt by Arab leaders to divert the atten- tions of their peoples from their own unresolv ed problems." (Continued on Page 3) Israel's 'Club of Four . Fails; New Negotiations by Eshkol Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News JERUSALEM — Prospects of forming a broad government coalition collapsed Tuesday when Levi Eshkol, Finance Minister who has been seeking to form a new government under a mandate from President Ben-Zvi, told the "Club of Four" that he saw no basis for further talks with them for a five-party coalition. The "Club of Four" is a loose alliance of the National Religious Party, Liberal Party, Mapam and Achdut Avoda, organized for coalition talks. The development signaled the end of the "Club of Four" arrangement. Eshkol told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that for the next few days he would take no new initiative and that he would await the outcome of internal discussions now taking place among other parties on their conditions for joining a new coalition. He did not elaborate, but it appeared the main prospect now was for a cabinet made up of Mapai, the Liberals, the National Religious Party and, Poale Agudas Israel, which, with a total of '77 seats in Israel's parliament, would have a slender majority of 17 seats. Liberal Party sources denied published reports that a tentative agreement had already been reached with Mapai. The Liberal Party scheduled a meeting Tuesday when a final decision on rejoining the cabinet was to be taken. It was reported that while some Liberal Party leaders favored remaining in the opposition, a majority were inclined to join a Mapai-dominated cabinet if they were given some key portfolios. This information indicated that even a decision to go into a coalition with Mapai by the Liberals would still involve protracted negotiations. Meanwhile, six parties in Israel's parliament submitted a bill Wednesday which would limit the period in which a premier desig- nate could negotiate for a new government. The measure—backed by Herut, the Liberals, Mapam, Agudas Israel, Achdut Avoda and the National Religious Party—provides that if a premier designate fails to form a cabinet within two weeks after accepting a mandate, the president would be required to ask another Knesset member to undertake the task. The president, under the bill, could extend the negotiation period to 45 days if the premier designate was able to report progress in negotiations. Eshkol received his mandate on Sept. 14, after Prime Minister Ben-Gurion declined to accept the president's call. Eichmann Verdict Due in November; U.S. Television Pool Materializing Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News JERUSALEM — The long-awaited judgement in the trial of former Gestapo Colonel Adolf Eichmann is tentatively scheduled to be handed down in November, the Government Press Office indicated Tuesday. The tentative date was disclosed in connection with a decision by the press office to open negotiations with overseas film and television companies to record the verdict. Capital Cities Broad- casting Company, the American firm which televised the lengthy trial from its start last April 11 to its end on Aug. 14, will not be among the bidders because of the financial losses it incurred. It was reported that the press office was setting the same terms for filming the delivery • of the verdict as those on which Capital CitieS obtained the rights to televising the trial. The terms include a non-profit "public service" clause and one stating that the film must be made available to any company interested in distribriting or showing the proceedings. Major U.S. television networks might form a pool to cover the costs of televising the verdict proceedings.