(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
ROME — Two battles between
Jewish young men and members
of the neo-fascist Movimento
Sociale Italiano took place in the
old Jewish quarter in this city
Monday night and early Tuesday
morning, resulting in the hos-
pitalization of some of the neo-
fascists.
The fighting started early in
the evening when two automo-
biles carrying MSI electioneer-
ing groups passed through the
narrow streets of the old Jewish
quarter. Young Jews attacked
the occupants of the cars, beating
them and causing their hospitali-
zation.
A few hours later, near mid-
night, the MSI headquarters lo-
cated near the Jewish quarter
dispatched three more automo-
biles with their followers. The
caravan carried emblems of the
MSI.
The Jewish young men at-
tacked again. This time the fight-
ing was stopped after appeals for
an end to the altercation by the
Rome Chief of Police and by
Chief Rabbi Elio Toaff.
Strong police units guarded
Wednesday all approaches to
the midtown district of the
former Jewish ghetto in
Rome as an aftermath to two
days of violent clashes be-
tween neo-fascists and Jews.
Several Jews were held for
questioning and most of them
were promptly released. Six
persons described as rightists
were hurt and one Jew was ar-
rested on charges of resisting
authorities.
Police planned special pro-
tection for the synagogue until
after the municipal elections
are held Sunday.
- The agitation in the Jewish
section eased Tuesday but the
atmosphere remained tense.
The Jewish community issued
a statement that "violent re-
action" of Jews to any provoca-
tion was "inevitable" after
what the Jews had suffered at
the hands of fascists and nazis.
The statement also lauded the
"tact" shown by police in quell-
ing the battles.
Jewish community leaders
said that the neo-fascist propa-
ganda in the ghetto section was
clearly provocatory. The Jews
said the rightists shouted anti-
Semitic slogans and that a shot
was fired from one of the cam-
paign cars.
Angry Jews attacked and
mauled the campaigners. Later
Monday evening there were
more such clashes. Toward
midnight several hundred Jews,
most of them youngsters,
marched to the party offices of
the Italian social movement
and more scuffles followed.
The area of the clashes is a
lower middle class district
which was once the compulsory
dwelling place of Rome's Jews.
Most of its residents are Jews.
About a third of Rome's 12,000
Jews live in the old ghetto.
to Report on Steps to Counter Arab Bias
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
WASHINGTON — Republican
Senator Jacob K. Javits of New
York Tuesday introduced an
amendment to the Foreign As-
sistance Act of 1962 requiring
the Secretary of State to report
annually to Congress on steps
taken to counter Arab discrimi-
nation against American citizens.
The Javits amendment, offered
on the Senate floor in the open-
ing day of debate on the Foreign
Aid Bill, was cosponsored by
seven other Senators.
In a scathing speech de-
nouncing Arab discrimination
Javits told the Senate that "the der the provisions of the foreign
increasing number of American aid program."
firms and individuals dealing
with Israel who are directly af-
fected by the Arab blacklist and
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coming season and 14,000.000 in
the 1963-64 season, compared
with 8,700,000 crates last year.
The expected increases brought
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A special committee was pro-
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of exporters and shippers to
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uel G. Batshaw, executive di-
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Center of Essex County, Newark,
N.J., was elected president of the
National Association of Jewish
Center Workers at the annual
convention on June 3. The con-
vention was part of the 64th
annual meeting of the National
Conference of Jewish Communal
Service.
Michigan's Largest
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Unearth Fortress
of Solomon in Negev
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM — A royal fort-
ress of King Solomon, which
commanded the highway from the
Judean desert to the Negev and
Eilat, has been unearthed at Tel
Mad where a new development
center for the Negev is being
constructed, it was disclosed here
Tuesday by the archeology de-
partment of the Hebrew Univer-
sity which conducted the excava-
tions. The new find is expected
to shed light on events in the
period some 2,800 years ago
when King Solomon broke the
Egyptian monopoly on transport
over the international trading
route.
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CURACAO, (JTA) — A new
Bnai Brith lodge, "Bnai Brith
Curacao," has been established
here. There are some 700 Jews
in the colony, which is governed
by the Netherlands.
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Italian Fascists, Jews Wage Battle Senator Javits Introduces Amendment'
in Rome Streets; Some Hospitalized to Foreign Aid Bill Requiring Sec. of State