THE DETRO IT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, December 8, 1961 — 1 0

Around the World...

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

United States

NEW YORK—The Hebrew Culture Council has announced
that the College Entrance Examination board will administer
its second Hebrew AChievement Test for high school juniors
and seniors, as part of the regular college entrance testing pro-
gram to beheld throughout the United States . . . United States
Ambassador to the United Nations, Adlai Stevenson, accepted
a shofar and scroll from the American Jewish Congress honoring
the American UN delegation for fostering "the principles of
decency and justice in world affairs . . . 403 individual scholar-
ships for Hebrevki' University students, valued at $121,000 were
contributed at the first annual Scopus Award Dinner of the
American Friends of the Hebrew University . . - Golda Meir,
Israel's Foreign Minister, told an audience of 18,000 Israel Bond
purchasers attending the Hanukah Festival for Israel at Madison
Square Garden that Israel hopes to increase her population by
one million by 1970 and by "still another million in the decade
to follow" . . . James G. McDonald, former High Commissioner
for Refugees at the League of Nations in the early years of the
Hitler regime and later the first U.S. Ambassador to Israel, was
honored here on his 75th birthday at a luncheon tendered by
noted Jewish leaders Benjamin Abrams and James N. Rosenberg,
who presented him with an honorary fellowship of the Weizmann
Institute of Science,
KANSAS CITY—Over '750 persons attended a dinner in
honor of former President Harry . S. Truman, sponsored by the
Kansas City. Committee for State of Israel Bonds at which
Abraham Ribicoff, secretary of health_, education and welfare
was principal speaker.

Latin. America

BUENOS AIRES—The Pinhos Hoffer Prize for 1961 has
been awarded by the Jewish Culture Congress to Leibush Lehrer,
noted American Jewish educator, for his essays "Man and
Ideas."
GUATEMALA CITY—A cultural treaty between Israel- and
Guatemala was signed here at the National Palace by Guate-
malan Foreign Minister Jesu- Undu Murillo and Israel Ambassa-
dor Joshua N. Shai.

Israel

JERUSALEM—The.Ministerial Committee for Economic Af-
fairs has recommended the curtailment of the construction of
public buildings to divert all available manpower to the build-
ing of immigrant housing . . . Immigrants to Israel from the -
United States in November totaled 110, the Jewish Agency
Immigration Department has reported . . . A note from the
Soviet government, addressed to all heads of state, dealing with
Russia's renewal of nuclear testing, was handed to Prime Minis-
ter David Ben-Gurion here by Mikhail F. Bodrov, the USSR
ambassador to Israel.
TEL AVIV—Six thousand salaried engineers, architects and
chemists, employed by the government and other public institu-
tions, carried out a warning strike Tuesday to press for an 11
per cent wage increase. .

Israel Will Aid
Guiana, Eshkol
Tells Premier

World. Council of Churches
Asks Fight on Anti-Semitism

Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News

JERUSALEM — Acting Prem-
ier Levi Eshkol, speaking at a
luncheon in honor of British
Guiana Premier Cheddi Jagan,
voiced Israel's readiness to pro-
vide aid "if you feel we can be
of help - to your people and land
in any manner. We will be happy
to do what we can."
Premier Jagan expressed ap-
preciation of the offer and prom-
ised to take advantage of it. He
remarked also that Israel was
among "the first to throw off
the yoke of foreign rule and
forge the way for attainment of
freedom by other nations."
He told newsmen that he
hoped before leaving Israel to
discuss with Israeli officials de-
tails of possible aid to British
Guiana. He also reported that
his wife, former Health Minister
of Guiana, would come to Israel
for a lengthy visit soon.

Israel Hikes Postal,
Telephone Rates; More
Price Boosts Expected

JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A wide
range of price increases for var-
ious services in Israel were an-
nounced this week, starting with-,
a boost in domestic postal rates.
Postal rates for overseas mail
will be increased Jan. 1.
The increases include a 1!-I
per cent hike in telephone rates
and from 14 to 60 per cent in
mail, cables and parcel post.
Services not affected include
rates for newspapers, overseas
cables and airmail which will
remain unchanged.
A series of service price
boosts are due next week, in-
eluding transport fares, kinder-
garten tuition fees and beauty
parlor prices. An increase in the
price of some farm products
also is expected soon.

NEW DELHI, (JTA) — A
resounding condemnation of
anti-Semitism as "a sin against
God and man," coupled with a
call on Protestant and Eastern
Orthodox churches all over the
world to "resist every form of
anti-Semitism wherever it is
found," was adopted here by
the• international assembly of
the World Council of Churches.
The resolution, repeating a
stand taken by the World Coiin-
c.il in 1948, called on churches
to avoid Christian teachings
that fasten upon contemporary
Jewry "responsibilities which
belong to our corporate humani-
ty" in connection with historic
events that led to the crucifixion
of Christ.
An amendment referring to
the Jews , as 'God's chosen
people" was deleted prior to
the adoption of the resolution
by acclamation and applause.
Prominent churchmen expressed
the fear that the amendment
would prevent the Council from
issuing that "clear and simpl
word" against anti - Semiti
which, they said, "continue- o
exist."
An appeal to the dele tes
from 198 member churc, or-
ganizations around the
rld
was made by the Rev. Dr. • hn
C. Bennett, dean of facult at
the Union Theological Semin
in New York, warning the a
sembly that failure to speak out
against anti - Semitism clearly
"would be a - disaster."
"Anti; Semitism "
Dr.
Bennett, "is
respon-
sibility of
chu es b ause,
for cent es, C istian teach-
ings an. hristi symbols have
been
ongly d against the
Jews.
his ca
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feel -
again the Jew

' Dr. Bennett pointed out as
"significant" the fact that, re-
cently, Pope John XXIII or-
dered deletion from Catholic
liturgy the old reference to
"perfidious" Jews.

Ben-Gurion in Burma
on Friendship Mission

Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News

RANGOON — Prime Minister
David Ben-Gurion and his en-
tourage arrived in Burma Tues-
day night three hours late but
in time for an official dinner
tendered by the president of
Burma.
The trip was delayed by the
need to change planes at
Teheran.
A lirge delegation of Burm-
ese leaders, including Burmese
Chief of Staff Nu Win, greeted
the Prime Minister. In his .re-
ply, which i - I a nee
in the
ese
e,
G
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ith all m
eart," that th
visit would contribute to th
friendship between
e tw
countries.
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day
night at dinner giv
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Burmei premier.

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Canada

TORONTO—The Canadian Friends of the Hebrew University
have announced that 15 Toronto residents have established schol-
arships at the University in honor of -John Bassett, chairman
and publisher of the Toronto Telegram.

Europe

BRUSSELS—The 1961 Victor Rossel Prize, highest literary
award in Belgium, has been voted to a Jewish writer, David
Scheinert, for his novel "The Flemish with Long Ears."
PARIS—The Warsaw trial of Naftali Kahn, well known
Yiddish poet accused of writing "calumnies" against the Soviet
Union,. which opened in secret last week in Warsaw, was ad-
journed for six weeks pending a medical examination of the
defendant, dispatches from Warsaw reported.

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Eichmann's Defender Plans Pleas
to Higher Court for Clemency

TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Dr. Rob- Asked what his
en t
ht
ert Servatius, West German at the verdict won l
, Dr. er-
torney who handled the defense vatius rep ed
Eich ann
of Adolf Eichmann last summer, was sure h
g the death
said he would appeal an ex- sentence.
ded hat Eich-
pected verdict of guilty for his mann "tr
iev the pre-
client on grounds that the diction - of
y fo un eller
tribunal was incompetent to try who said
uld not e to
the former Gestapo colonel. his 57th
day." Eic
Dr. Servatius, who arrived in will be 56 next
ex Mar
Israel to begin preparations for
In another phase o he
reading of the - judgment and 'mann case, Justice Mi
the verdict, made the statement Joseph disclosed in th ster Dov
in an interview with the Bonn this week that the So Knesset
t Gov-
correspondent of an Israeli ernment never acknoi,v1 dged
newspaper. T h 'e • three - judge request by the Israel gov
court which tried Eichmann will ment to let Israel know wh
resume sitting on December 11 the USSR had any m ten
to read the judgment and the were relevant to t
verdict against the man charged seph made the st
re
with a key role in the Nazi ply to a questio
loor
wartime slaughter of 6,000,000 of the House as
East
European Jewish men, women European co
ha sent
and children.
any materials
d coo rated
The West German lawyer said with Israel •
e case
ainst
the appeal would not involve Eichmann.
Eichmann's deeds as a Gestapo
The Justic- Minister,sai
official which could not be de- Poland, Hungary and Czech
nied. He said he would argue vakia did provide Israel wit
that Eichmann was kidnapped materials. Bulgaria replied to
in another country and brought the request sent all East Euro-
to Israel and that the Jerusalem pean countries on this subject
court was therefore incompe- that it had nothing relevant. Ru-
tent in the case. He added that
if his appeal is rejected, he mania did not send anything.
would ask President Ben-Zvi for The Moscow government ig-
clemency.
nored the request.

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