Senator Hart Confirms U.S. Will Reject
Egypt's Bid to Purchase Surplus Cotton

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

the European market to the
gross disadvantage of our own
cotton exporters."
Meanwhile, Celler also called
on the Administration to redeem
a pre-election pledge made by
President Kennedy to use Amer-
ican influence to end Egypt's
Suez Canal ban against Israeli

shipping and ships of other
nations bound for Israel.
Celler said that during the
past - fiscal year the United
States has given Egypt "more
than $100,000,000 in aid" but
despite this, "our compensation
is abrasive accusations and in-
sults from Nasser.

Pittsburgh Federation Buys Two
Papers; to Issue Communal Organ.

Announcement was made
jointly by the two Pittsburgh
English-Jewish weekly news-
papers, the American Jewish
Outlook and the Jewish Criterion,
that both papers were purchased
by the Pittsburgh United Jewish
Federation, and that a new cor-

WASHINGTON—A projected
U.S. - Egyptian surplus cotton
agreement, which had run into
a storm of congressional protest,
has been called off and is ap-
parently dead
for this session
of congress,
well - informed
sources said
Ex-Nazi Generdl Karl Wolff
Tuesday.
"The request
to Stand Trial for War Crimes
for American
MUNICH, (JTA)—Karl Wolff, "Hitler knew nothing about the
surplus cotton
former general in the Nazi Waf- murder of the Jews." He made
by Egypt had
fen S.S., and one of the topmost this statement as the person
definitely been
aides to the late Heinrich Himm- who at times during the Nazi
denied by the
ler, chief of Hitler's secret regime acted as liaison office
Department of
police, has been arrested. and is between Hitler and He'
Agriculture,"
ious
being investigated as to his re- Himmler, chief of the n
said one in-
sponsibility in the deportation of Gestapo which directed e mass-
formant. Hart
of the J e in terri-
A spokesman for Sen. Philip approximately 70,000 Jews from annihilation
man Army.
death tories held by the
Hart of Michigan, who had re- the Warsaw Ghetto to Nazi by
the
About 18 mo s ago, the
cently inquired of the State De- camps, it was announced
nter on Nazi
partment and the Department of information office of the Ba- Documentation
Crimes, at H a, Isr 1,
Agriculture about the status of varian state government.
In addition to the specific nounced it had ound a ng s
the negotiations, confirmed that
wri n • y
he has also been . advised that charge of participating in the archives a 1 er
w a esse
the Egyptian request has been deportation of the Warsaw Jews, Wolff, during
Wolff is held under "suspicion" to German ra road ut it -
turned down.
co
The Michigan lawmaker had of having participated in the mass In the letter, Wolff h ficials
written to both executive de- murder of an unspecified but gratulated the ailro
'on in
o
partments to express his con- large number of Jews in Eastern for their "succe 1 ews
d y to
European countries occupied by transferring 5,0
cern over such an agreement.
Congressman Emanuel Celler, the Nazi armies during World Treblinka," one
notorious of the
one of the congressional lead- War II.
en
Wolff has been living in Ba- camps. Israeli author
ers in the fight against the cot-
ton deal, expressed satisfaction varia, engaging in business, and requested the West German
to arrest Wolff.
over the report that Egypt will drawing a pension as a former government
Wolff was known to highest
not get the requested U.S. aid. general. While he was never Allied
authorities dur-
He said that in addition to tried for his role in the "final ing the military
closing days of the war.
congressional opposition to the solution" of the Jewish problem He
was credited with being
agreement—for fear that Egypt through their annihilation, he
in the surrender of
would barter the cotton for Rus- did serve a prison sentence after instrumental
1,000,000 German troops in Italy
sian arms—an important factor being convicted • by a German to
the Allied forces in May of
in the denial were domestic court for participating in medical 1945.
growers who had exerted great experiments on human beings,
pressure against the deal be- including Jews, at the Dachau
cause of Egypt's competitive concentration camp. Given a Rovner-Lachowitcher
four-year labor camp sentence, Aid Society Will
position as a cotton grower.
He said U.S. cotton growers he was released in 1949.
During the Nuremberg War Hold Jubilee Banquet
had feared that "Egypt would
get our cotton and dump it on Crimes trials, Wolff testified that
Rovner-Lachowitcher Aid So-
ciety will hold its jubilee ban-
quet and dance 6:30 p.m. Sat-
urday at the Rainbow Terrace,
18451 W y o min g, announces
President Abe E. Betensky.
Isaac Gruskin will be master
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Apart- are clusters of multiple dwell- of ceremonies and Joe Siegal
ings"
within
a
few
square
miles
ment houses in the very shadow
will be featured in a musical
of Temple Emanu-El discrimi- of the Temple Emanu-El "in program. Chairmen of the af-
nate against Jewish occupancy, which pedple of the Jewish fair are Jacob Gubow and Phil-
Alfred . R. Bachrach, president faith, regardless of their lowli- ip Levine. •
of the Reform temple, charged ness or loftiness, are not allowed
Special tribute will be paid
here this week at a dinner at to live."
to members for their outstand-
Later,
in
an
interview,
he
which he was awarded the an-
contributions to the organ-
nual Temple Men's Club award. said there has been at least ing
They are Mr. and Mrs.
Rabbi Julius Mark, a spiritual one specific case of discrimina- ization.
tion against a' member of the Louis Saginaw, Mr. and Mrs.
leader of Emanu-El laud
gregation in a cooperative Joseph Selick, Mr. and Mrs.
rach for his "seines evotion"
ling "a short distance from William Solomon And Mr. and
ife
to Jewish commun
Mrs. Philip Willis. -
emple."
, "there
According to B

N.Y. Temple Emanu-El President
Charges Housing Bias Nearby

poration is being formed to
publish a single successor.
This means that the Federa-
tion of Pittsburgh now will pub-
lish a community newspaper.

Pessimists believe that if a
thing isn't wrong, it isn't right.

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