American Jewish Congress Votes Appeal to Mosco w on Soviet Jews N Human Rights Commission Adjourns Without _Debate on Soviet Matzoh Ban UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. — "shadow agenda" for four weeks, Mission—L. A. Gouliev -and V. R. NEW YORK, (JTA) — The "vigorous opposition" to sec- American Jewish Congress con-1 tarian observances in the pub- (JTA) — Efforts to develop an I still occupied the interest of I Filitov — said that lfieearlier I practice of baking hatiehs in eluded its four-day biennial I lic schools such as Bible-read- open debate here on the issue many Western diplomats. As the Human Rights Com- istate factories "had be** a mis- Convention with the adoption of ing, prayer recitation and re- of Soviet Russia's banning of a number of resolutions deal- ligious holiday celebrations "in- matzoh baking for the 3,000,000 mission adjourned April 14, it take." They said the practice ing with problems concerning cluding Christmas and Hanu- Jews in the USSR failed here postponed until its next session, "was a waste of money, since the Jews in this country and abroad, kah." In other resolutions, the as the Commission on Human to be held at Geneva a year from matzohs remained on• the shelves Rights concluded its annual ses- now, a detailed debate on the for six to eight months, and fi- as well as with American policy American Jewish Congress: in the Middle East. 1. Opposed Federal aid for sion without taking up the issue. operative clauses of a proposed nally had to be thrown away." However, the subject, which convention dealing with religious They implied that Russian Jewery Dr. Joachim Prinz was re- parochial schools as a "clear rights and practices. That draft, did not care whether mat- elected president of the organ- violation of the Constitution- has been on the behind-the-scenes originally adopted in 1960 by the : really zohs were provided or not. ization for a third two-year al principle of separation of on Commission's Subcommittee church and state—a violation The Soviet Mission was term. Prevention of Discrimination and picketed last weekend by a In a resolution on the situa- that would bring in its train Protection of Minorities, con- all the evils that the Consti- group of Jewish students from tion of the Jews in the Soviet tained a set of principles that New York. After the pickets Union, the convention express- tutional provision was de- Russian would have affected the . , were removed, Gouliev and ed "deepest concern" at Soviet signed to prevent." directly. matzoh Filitov consented to see five 2. Charged that compulsory government action against Jews One of those principles pro- I members of the Jewish student in the USSR and appealed for Sunday-closing laws were "dis- vides that a government must delegation. However, the Rirs- a lifting of prohibitions against criminatory and unequal in permit persons practicing a re- sians challenged the students' the baking of matzoh and the their operation" and urged the NEW YORK (JTA) — The ligion to obtain the religous ar- enjoyment of "essential facili- repeal of existing "blue" laws Jewish Agency for Israel, Inc., ticles or foods necessitated by "right to speak for Soviet Jews" and insisted there was ties for Jewish survival." The "or at least the exemption announced the approval by its their religous rules. no discrimination against Jews resolution charged that Russian from such laws of those persons board of directors of allocations However, outside the Coin- in Russia. They said the ban on Jews" are denied the means to who observe a day other than totaling $40,000,000 for the ' mission's chamber, Western matzoh baking by state fac- perpetuate their faith and de- Sunday as their religious day transportation, absorption diplomats have been pressing tories merely underscored the velop their culture through the of rest." resettlement of immigrants in Soviet representatives on the principle of separation of education of their children and The resolution on religion in Israel. The announcement was church from state. the schools charged that sec- made by Joseph Meyerhoff, na- matzoh issue. Yacov A. Ostrov- youth. ski, Soviet representative on Not only Western diplomats "Russian Jews," the resolu- tarian practices "impair re- tional chairman of the United t h e Commission, reportedl y tion said, "are made to suffer ligious freedom, violate the Jewish Appeal and vice-chairman told Western diplomats that but representatives of Jewish non - governmental organizations deprivations and disadvan- principle of church-state sepa- of the JAFI, Inc. there was no Soviet law prohno- accredited to the Human Rights tages not imposed upon other ration and interfere with ful- Meyerhoff pointed out that of iting Jews from baking mat- Commission had hoped that the peoples and nationalities in fillment by the schools of their the total of $40,000,000, some ! mils in their own homes. How- Commission could debate the is- the Soviet Union." The AJ educational function." It I $7,000,000 represent supplemen- ever, in that statement, he had Congress statement deplored welcomed recent decisions "re- tary allocations for the fiscal conceded the truth of earlier sue openly. Only one delegate, the envoy from Austria. mention- recent evidence of "direct affirming the Constitutional year ending March 31. 1961, reports about a ban on matzoh ed the issue openly. The post- and overt official anti-Semi- guarantee of religious liberty while the balance constitutes baking in state bakeries which, ponement of the debate on the tism" and asked the U. S. and the separation principle." initial allocations for the fiscal in previous years, did supply draft principles on religious Government, "in concert with year starting April 1, 1962. Ma- matzohs for the Russian Jews. rights and practices prevented other nations, to persuade the Indemnification Rules jor categories of allocations in- Two Soviet officials attached the holding of further discussions Soviet Union to remove re- clude over $13,000,000 for trans- to the USSR's United Nations on the issue. strictions that prevent the • Announced by Austria portation and services en route: cultural and spiritual de- VIENNA. (JTA) — Certain close to $10,000,000 for initial velopment of Soviet Jewry." Jewish persecutees under the absorption aid; close to $8,000,- In another resolution the Nazi regime in this country 000 for immigrant housing; and We Extend Warm Passover Greetings delegates opposed nuclear wea- have only until next Aug. 31 to $7.500.000 for the consolidation pons for West Germany and file their applications for spe- of agricultural villages. To Our Many Friends warned of a "rising incidence cial idemnification, it was an- Meyerhoff stated that all allo- of anti-Semitic publications and nounced by the Government cations are based on a careful activities" there. The resolu- Fund for Indemnification for line-by-line review of current tion urged the Adenauer regime Financial Losses of Political needs as submitted by the to intensify efforts "to elimi- Persecutees. Agency's consultant, Dr. Isador Indemnification will be paid , Lubin. nate all taint of Nazi or neo- Nathan P. Rossen & Benjamin J. Poss only for losses suffered through Nazi influence from public life. Aryeh L. Pincus, treasurer of It cited recent public opinion confiscation of bank accounts. the Jewish Agency, Jerusalem, polls in West Germany indi- ' stocks, cash, mortgages, pay- and a member of the board of Complete Insurance Service cating that "two-thirds of the ment of emigration taxes and directors of the JAFI, Inc., sub- residents of -West Berlin -- assessments imposed by t h e mitted to the board an analysis typically the most liberal seg- Nazi regime on Austrian Jews. of the most urgent problems of DI 1-7300 18685 Wyoming Detroit 21 ment of Germany--object to the Application forms, which must immigrant absorption in Israel. appointment of Jews to govern- reach here not later than next Transportation costs, most of ment positions." The resolution August 31 are available from which must be paid for in hard emphasized that "anti-Semitism the Austrian Government for- currency, will take a much larger and rampant nationalism exist eign missions, or the Jewish share of the Jewish Agency's in even greater degree in East Community Council in Vienna. budget due to the recent devalua- Germany." or the United Relief Organiza- tion of the Israel pound, Pincus The convention expressed tion. poe intd ou out . i 840 000 000 Allocated b Jewish Agene s , , ROSSEN-POSS AGENCY, INC. Protestant School Board [ Proposal in Quebec Termed 'Significant Step' Passover Greetings To Our Many Friends and Customers RAI V111. corta'w MONTREAL, (JTA)—A Protestant brief proposing that Jewish members sit on the Protestant committee of the Quebec Council of Education was termed "as an interim step of great significance" by Saul Hayes, executive vice-president of the Canadian Jewish Con- gress. Hayes emphasized that what is really important is for Jews to sit on the school boards in Quebec and to have a say in the administration of tax monies. "The Jewish community," Hayes pointed out, "pays its school taxes to the Protestant School Board and Jews are not free to present themselves for election, or to be appointed, to any of the boards. This is an inexcusable violation of even the most basic tenets of democ- racy." The Protestant proposal called for an amendment to the Education Act which would permit two associate members on the committee who would be neither Protestant nor Cath- olic. They would not have any right to vote on any question affecting religious instruction in the schools sponsored by the Protestant church, which most Jewish children in Montreal at- tend. There are no non-sectar- ian public schools in the province. gest Wisites gor goy ous t%tssover Season, SAMS INC.