Launch Effort to Save Eichmann
i
fore us it becomes our duty to appeals tribun l declared, "We
Citing the record showing that
control even - these emotions know only too well bow utterly Eichmann meddled in the inter-
when we sit in judgment. We inadequate this death sentence nal affairs of the camps, Justice
shall abide by this duty."
is as compared to the millions Silberg Delcared: "We totally and
"The learned judges," the ap- of deaths in the most diverse absolutely reject the contention"
peals court added, "did abide by ways he inflicted on his victims. of the defense that he was mere-
"Even as there is no word in ly a transport officer both as
their duty fully and to the end."
Among the spectators in the human speech to designate deeds legally irrelevant and as un-
such as those of the appellant true.
courtroom were Minister of
Justice Dov Joseph, Mayor so is there no punishment within
Reviewing Eichmann's cen-
human
laws that would fit in 'its
Mordechai Lsh Shalom of Jeru-
tral role in exterminating Jews
salem, members of the Knesset gravity the guilt of the appellant.
from the Atlantic Coast to the
and government officials.
"But our knowledge that any
Ural Mountains, the judgement
Eichmann, who was captured treatment meted out would be
stated that "Hitler's plan for
in Buenos Aires two years ago inadequate — as would be any
a final solution would not have
this month and brought to trial
penalty or punishment inflict-
assumed so satanic and infer-
in the Jerusalem District Court ed on him — dare not move us
nal character in the blood of
Re . ecting also the defense ar-' in April of last year, was sen-
to mitigate punishment. In-
the millions of tortured and
nt that the judges were tenced to death last Dec. 15.
The tribunal also rejected the gu
deed, there can be no sense
martryed Jews but for the
defense contention that Eich- ps.•hologically incapable of
in sentencing to death under
Only an appeal for clemency
thorough planning, zeal, fanati-
man was acting out of "obedi- judging the case objectively, the to President Izhak Ben-Zvi can
the law for punishment of
cal enthusiasm and insatiable
ence to superior orders." In ex- appeals tribunal referred to the ' now possibly save him from exe-
Nazis him who killed a hun-
blood thirstiness of Eichmann
amining this point in detail, the passage in the judgment of the cution.
dred people while setting free
himself.
court found that the "superior District Court, which held that a
Servatius, in a four-page, hand- or merely keeping under guard
orders" doctrine cannot by its judge when dispensing justice written letter, already has ap-
"We do not here minjmize by
and in sercuity him who killed
very nature avail the appellant does not cease to - be a human pealed to Ben-Zvi for clemency. millions," the judgment assert- one iota the terrible duilt that
because it was found that in being but is required by law to
rests on the heads of many
First, Minister of Justice Jos- ed.
carrying out the "final solution" ' restrain his passions and emo- eph must 'submit an advisory
When in 1950, the judgment others. No one who gave any
Eichmann acted independently tions.
opinion on the appeal for stay of noted, the Israel legislature laid help, active or passive, direct or
and even exceeded the tasks as-
While it is true the judgment execution. Then, there may be down the maximum penalty, it indirect, no matter how insignifi-
signed to him.
continued that the memory of speedy action by Israel's chief could not have envisaged a crimi- cant to the Nazi gangsterism in
Referring to the defense coun- the catastrophe shocks every executive.
nal as great as Adolf Eichmann Europe is to be cleared," the
sel's contention that the nature Jew to the very depths, "once
Meanwhile, new procedures and "if we are not to invalidate judgment declared.
of Eichmann's abduction should this case has been brought be are being planned for the dis- the will of the legislature we
"But, we here in this court are
I posal of Eichmann's body in the must impose on Eichmann the concerned with the appellant's
event he is hanged. In accord- maximum penalty — the death individual guilt and as to him it
ance with Nuremberg War IpeT
has been proved with unchal-
nahlety.f'a'
Crimes Court procedures, the
fa ct that Eichmann "by lengable certainty that he took
bodies of executed Nazi criminals various ruses, hiding and false his place 'not only among those
are cremated in order that their papers, succeeded in evading who were active in the imple-
graves should not become Nazi ! the death sentence that await- mentation of the "final solution,"
Max M. Fisher has been mines how money allocated for shrines.
ed him along with his comrades namely the total destruction of
elected to serve a third term local and national use will be
The Israel cabinet met in an at Nuremberg cannot afford him the Jews of Europe, but also
as president of the Jewish Wel- divided between health and extraordinary sessions Tuesday relief here when he at long last among those who activated others
welfare, education. community afternoon to hear a report by stands trial before an Israeli in this work."
fare Federation of Detroit.
The 12 men who with Fisher relations and capital needs Attorney General Gideon Haus- Court of Justice," the judgement
While Defense Attorney Robert
will have primary responsibility funds.
ner on the rejection of Eich- declared.
Servatius had no comment on
for the direction of the Federa-
The seven Federation officers mann's appeal from his death
After Justice Agranat conclud- the judgement it is assumed from
tion's multi- million dollar pro- have the help of a 13-member sentence.
ed the rejections of the legal earlier statements he made that
grams are Jack 0. Lefton. Hy- executive committee composed
It is assumed that the cabinet points, Justice Moshe Silberg he will immediately ask Presi-
man Safran and Louis Tabash > of Mandell L. Berman, Jacob A. discussed measures to be taken re,ad, the facts of the case.
dent Itzhak Ben-Zvi for clemency.
nik, vice presidents. George M. Citrin, Mrs. Joseph H. Ehrlich, to implement the sentence.
---"No human pen, no human
Stutz. treasurer: Isidore SUbeloff, Edward L. Fleischman. William
The appeals tribunal, in is-
tongue would ever succeed in
Hebrew Corner
suing the judgent, also de-
executive vice president: Judge Friedman. Louis LaMed. Mrs.
describing the merest outline
clined a request call-
Theodore Levin. executive corn Philip R. Marcuse. Alan E.
of suffering of millions who
ing for the hearing of new - were killed, massacered and
Schwartz, Max M. Shaye, Erwin
witnesses, including West
burned in exterminating camps
S. Simon. Abraham Srere. Max
German State Secretary Hans
and gas chambers through the
J. Zivian and Paul Zuckerman,
Globke,
noting
that
the
re-
murderous
tools invented and
in programming the Federation's
At the end of tthe War of Libera-
quests did not comply with re-
improved by the "fertile" brain
three divisions of concern: plan-
tion, there were in our hands tracts
quirements for admitting
and perverse fantasy of the of land of over 20,000 square kilo-
Mpg, fund-raising and budgeting.
meters. The restrictions on Jewish
further evidence on appeal.
Nazi excretion. Exalted science settlement — that in the period of the
Fisher is chairman of the
In deciding tb confirm both the in the service of crime, the
British Mandate premitted Jews to
, board of the Aurora Refining ' judgment and the sentence of
to 5% of the area of
high education as a nursemaid hold only — up
were gone. We had large
Company. He is a national vice the Jerusalem District Court, the of brutality and wickedness — Palestine
areas of land — unoccupied by a
president of the United Jewish .
person — a fact that caused prob-
this is the innovation learned lems
of security to the State of Israel.
'Appeal and immediate past Israel Parliamen4 Rejects
During the first three years of
in the school of Nazi doc-
past chairman of Detroit's Torch Debate on Johnson's Mission
the
State,
700,000 immigrated to the
trines.
Land of Israel, and it was necessary
Drive. He is an officer of the
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Is-
Rejecting the contention that to find housing and work for this
United Community Services.
immigration.
rael's Knesset (Parliament) re- Eichmann acted on superior or- large
The solution was found in agri-
The Federation makes an jected a motion by the Herut ders, Justice Silberg thundered, cultural settlement, because new set-
l annual allocation to 50 sepapte Party for a debate on the re- "It was tie who was the high tlements will develop agriculture, will
insure the supply of food to the in-
;local, national and overseas sults of the Middle East mis- and mighty one. he who was com- habitants, and will lessen the danger
to the security that prevails in areas
causes. The United Jewish Ap- sion concluded in the area last mander in alt that pertains to empty
of people.
MA X M. FISHER _
peal. which has responsibility week by Dr. Joseph Johnson, to Jewish affairs. He ordered
A large part of the first wave of
immigration that reached Israel was
for supervising the emigration the UN Palestine Conciliation and commanded not only without absorbed
in agricultural settlements,
nuttei. chairman: and the chair-
of Jews from inhospitable coun- Commission's special
envoy orders of superiors, but also at and over 900 new agricultural settle-
men of the Federation's four
were set up in the country.
tries and facilitating their re- charged with exploring ways times in absolute conflict with ments
Translation of Hebrew column Pub-
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The court utterly rejected the
defense counsel's contention that
Eichmann's actions were "acts
of state," thus absolving him of
criminal responsibility for the
crimes committed.
Agreeing with the District
Court's opinion in this, the
appeal tribunal noted that the
"final solution" was even not
embodied in "law," obviously,
because the Nazis were anxious
to hide their deeds, which also
points to the fact that they
were aware of the criminal
nature of their actions.
deny the courts competence to
try, him, the appeals tribunal
held that the right violated in
such an abduction was not that
of Eichmann but the sovereign
right of the state where it oc-
curred.
Once it is admitted that Is-
rael possess the criminal jur-
isdiction, both according to lo-
cal law and the law of nations,
the judgment declared it must
also be conceded that the
court is not bound to investi-
gate the manner and legality
of the appellants detention.
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Max M. Fisher Will Serve 3rd
Term as Welfare Fed. Pres.
,
Absorption and
Settlement
tr
budget and olannii::: divisions.
Lour. LaMed and Dr Norman settlement and rehabilitation in
Drachler. education, Lefton and Israel, receives more than 60
Samuel S t;reenber.!. commu- per cent of funds raised in the
nity Teta t ion s : Alan E. Allied Jewish Campaign.
Federation member agencies
Schwartz. and San:ucl .1 Green-
berg, health aw.i Ta- in Detroit are Community
bashmk and Leonar , ! N Simons. Workshop. Fresh Air Society,
who serves with capital needs. Hebrew Free Loan Association,
Over the past decade. the Jewish Community Center. Jew-
Federation has a.craL;ed ~5.0110.- ish Community Council, -Jew-
000 a year in its annual cam- ish Family and Children's
paign for funds, the Allied Service. Jewish Home for Aged,
Jewish Campaign. Income from -Jewish House of Shelter, Jew-
those who pay for the services ish Vocational Service. Mid-
of the Federation' s fourteen rasha-College of Jewish Studies,
local member agencies. bequests Resettlement S e r v i c e. Sinai
and endowments and funds al- Hospital and Shiffman Clinic,
located to Federation agencies United Hebrew Schools and
by the United community Serv- United ,Jewish Charities.
ices, bring the annual Federa-
The biggest single allocation
tion budget to more than in community
relations is
$10,000,000.
$98,510, made to the Federa-
At a pre-campaign budget tion member agency in that
conference held each fall, a field. the Jewish Community
steering committee composed ; Council. Allocations are made
of members of the community to national community relations
at large recommends the agencies including the Ameri-
amount of money to he spent can Jewish Congress and the
locally, the amount to be al- Joint Defense Appeal.
located to national Jewish in-
Agencies budgeted by the
stitutions and services and the Health arid Welfare Division
amount to be allocated to the include Jewish Home for Aged ,
United Jewish Appeal and Sinai Hospital staff bed pro-
other agencies serving Jews in gram and basic research needs,
need overseas and in Israel.
the Tamarack Hills Authority
The committee then deter- and the Resettlement Service.
to ease the impasse between superior orders."
the Arab states and Israel re-
garding the Arab refugee
problem.
Arieh Altman, of Herut, told
t he Knesset that the body
should be given "clear. public
disclosures" about the Govern-
ment's conversations with Dr.
Johnson. During his five-week
t our of the Middle East. Dr.
Johnson visited Jerusalem,
twice, starting and finishing
his- tour with conferences with
Prime Minister David Ben-
Gurion and Foreign Minister
Golda Meir.
Altman cited a Knesset reso-
lution of nearly a year ago, '
when it was decided by Parlia-
ment that Israel's official policy
involves the principle that the
Arab refugees must not be re-
admitted. He warned that al-
teration of the policy "may
presage an offensive of pres-
sures on our Government to
yield on the subject, and may
have the gravest consequences
regarding Israel's security."
Mrs. Meir replied that the Knee-
set's committee on security and
foreign affairs has been kept
"fully informed" on the sub-
ject. Herut's motion failed to
obtain support.
lished by Brith Ivrith Olamith Jeru-
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