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WASHINGTON (JTA)-
"Some progress" in efforts by
the United States to break down
discrimination by Arab coun-
tries against American Jews was
reported by Secretary of State
Dean Rusk.
Families Sue on
Morgue Mixup of
Jew and Gentile
NEW YORK (JTA)—A court
of claims took under - advisement
a suit by relatives of a Jewish
and a Roman Catholic woman
who each received the religious
services of the other's faith be-
cause of a mixup in morgue iden-
tification.
The relatives filed suit for
$50,000 in damages, each family
asking the state of New York
for $25,000 for "mental anguish
and suffering" caused by the
switch.
Michael Tumminelli filed one
of the suits. Frank Lott filed the
other. ' Attorneys told Claims
Judge Melvin Osterman that
Mrs. Marry Tumminelli, 87, a
life-long Roman Catholic, and
Mrs. Rose Lott, 66, a Jewess,
died the same day in Brooklyn
State Hospital. An error intag-
ging the bodies caused them to
be sent to the wrong mortuar-
ies, the plaintiffs asserted.
As a consequence, Mrs. Lott
was embalmed and placed in a
casket with rosary beads, a cruci-
fix in her hands and the sign
of the cross on' her bier. Mrs.
Tumminelli was placed on the
Taharah board and wrapped in
the traditional white shrouds
under a black cloth bearing a
Star of David.
The attorneys said the mistake
was discovered when the families
visited the morgues. Assistant
Attorney General Robert
Schwartz, representing the state,
disclaimed any liability for the
error.
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JPS Issues Singer's
11 Collected Stories
The Jewish Publication Society
(222 N. 15th St., Philadelphia)
has issued, jointly with Farrar,
Straus & Cudahy (19 Union Sq.
W., N. Y. 3) Isaac Bashevis
Singer's noteworthy collection of
short stories under the title "The
Spinoza of Market Street."
The book already has been re-
viewed in the Oct. 20, 1961, issue
of The Jewish News. Its 11
stories contain a variety of plots,
based on experiences in the Old
World. in the pre-Hitler days
when the ghettos of Poland still
contained functioning Jewish
communities in which lived peo-
ple of faith and those who aban-
doned faith, Jews who had to
acclimate themselves to life
among hostile Christian neighbors
and scores of other interesting
characters.
Singer, whose father and both
grandfathers were rabbis, him-
self a native of Poland, has a
background that equips him ad-
mirably for the writing of these
ghetto life stories. He began to
write in Hebrew, turned to Yid-
dish. and came to this country in
1935, when his "Satan in Goray"
was published. He has been on
the staff of the Jewish Daily For-
ward since he came to this coun-
try.
More Patients Treated
at Federation Hospital
PHILADELPHIA — The Moss
Rehabilitation Hospital, a con-
stituent of the Philadelphia Jew-
ish Federation-United Fund, re-
ported that it has treated and
discharged more patients in its
first year in its new building
than in the previous decade in
the old building.
More people are absent from
school and work :because of res-
piratory illness than from any
other cause.
T h e Secretary's optimistic
characterization of American ef-
forts to overcome Arab trade
and travel restriction against
American Jews was made in a
telephone conversation with Con-
gressman Leonard Farbstein of
New York. Secretary RuSk's tele-
phone call was a follow-up to
a personal meeting the two men
held on the subject of Arab dis-
crimination at the State Depart-
ment last week. The Secretary
had promised, following that
meeting, to advise Rep. Farbstein
"shortly" about the status of
continuing talks with Arab lead-
ers.
That the State Department
was continuing to look into the
matter was made clear from the
following statement which Sec-
retary Rusk authorized Rep.
Farbstein to release: "We are
very much interested in the mat-
ter. We are working on it con-
stantly. We are not discouraged
and think we are making some
progress."
Rise Is Reported in Both Israel Farm and Indusrty Production
Israel's
NEW YORK (JTA)
gross national product rose by 10
or 11 per cent in 1961 to a rec-
ord of $2,625,000,000, industrial
production going up 13 per cent
over the 1966 figure, and agri
cultural production rising. by 11 -
per cent as against the previous
year, the New York Times re-
ported as. part of its world-wide
review of last year's economic
developments.
Most of the gains in produc-
tion, however, were reported due
to better productivity by a labor
force which expanded only by
four per cent during the year. Is-
raeli unemployment had dropped
to what is called a "rockbottom"
level of 6,000 unemployables,
and there were shortages of
skilled labor.
The "real Achilles heel" of Is-
rael's economy, the Times - stated,
is "the persistent deficit" in the
country's foreign trade balance,
which was reported having
"worsened" last year by $34,000,-
Congratulations to
JOSEPH F. HIRSCH
Goldberg Lauds Israel
CHICAGO — Israel has at:
tracted African and Asian stu-
dents and scholars because it
shares in common with the
United States a deep belief in
freedom and democracy, Secre-
tary of Labor Arthur Goldberg
here at a fellowship, dinner
WJC Discusses Soviets said
on behalf of Israel's Bar-Ilan
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000.- In 1961, exports rose 18 per
cent to $415,000,000, while im-
ports increased 14 per cent to
$790,000,000. The Times stated
that, in 1961, Israel's "deficit
fattened to $375,000,000."
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Rusk Reports 'Progress' in Ending
Arab Bias Against Jews of U.S.