. 4 i/rA*. The Borman Gift * U.S. Principle at Stake Aim for High Cultural Standards Editorials Page 4 Vol. XLI, No. 18 • *. 4,7/A4 , /vv.,, t- A- fie ./ 6"/* Es THE JEWISH NEWS c -r -r Criminology in Jewish Jurisprudence IN/11C A Weekly Review New Israel Guide Book j Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Book Reviews Pages 2 and 4 100% Unionn Shop 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd. — VE 8-9364 —Detroit- 35, June 29, 1962 $5.00 Per Year; Single Copy 15c Brutal Anti-Semitic Attack Stirs Argentinians' Anger; Jews Close Firms in Protest Court Tests Expected on High Court Ruling on Religiose in Schools "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof." —First Amendment to the Constitution. Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News NEW YORK—The historic decision of the United States Supreme Court. barring prayers in the public schools, was greeted Tuesday with unanimous acclaim by Jewish organizations. criticism from Catholic spokesmen and a mixed reaction from the Protestant community. The New York Board of Rabbis, representing the Orthodox, Con- servative and Reform rabbinate of Greater New York, lauded the ruling, and said "the recitation of prayers in the public schools, which is tanta- mount to the teaching of prayer. is not in conformity with the spirit of the American concept of the- separation of church and state. All the religious groups in this country will best advance their respective faiths by adherence to this principle." The American Jewish Committee. in a statement from its president. A. A. Sonnabend. declared that "in ruling unconstitutional the prayer sponsored by the Board of Regents in New York public schools. the Supreme Court has affirmed that prayer in our democratic society is a matter for the home. synagogue and church and not for state institutions. We particularly welcome the court's decision because in the case of the Regents' prayer, a state agency undertook to evaluate the religious needs of the student population of the public schools and to establish the means of satisfying such needs. This action, in our opinion. diseregarded a basic precept of the American constitution and the American way of life: that (Continued on Page 5) Background: fi. James Madison's "Remon- strance Against Religious Assessments": See Purely Commentary Column on Page 2 Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News The DAIA, the representative BUENOS AIRES — organization of Argentine Jewry, sent an appeal to President Jose Maria Guido asking him to take "immediate and effective repressive and preventative action" against "Nazi-Fascist bands" responsible for recent anti-Jewish violence which culminated in a brutal attack on a Jewish girl by neo-Nazi hoodlums who carved a swastika on her breast with a razor.. The DAIA cited the incident as an example of police laxity in a mounting number of cases of violence against Jews in Argentina. The girl, who was identified as Graciela .Narcisa Sirota, 19, a student at the science faculty of Buenos Aires University, was accosted last Thursday by three hoodlums who stepped from an automobile and knocked her unconscious. When she regained consciousness, she said, she was forced to lie on a table in an unfamiliar room where the - hoodlums removed her clothes and carved the swastika on her right breast with a razor. The ruffians also inflicted severe burns on her body with the ends of lighted cigarettes, and told her: "For your guilt, Eichmann was killed." Miss Sirota, who fainted from the pain of the ordeal, said she later awoke in the street in a suburb of the city. The girl's parents immediately notified the police, but their complaint was not accepted until two days later when a police physician corroborated her story. In its protest telegram to President Guido, the DATA declared: "We beg to denounce to Your Excellency this fact of unheard of brutility which follows a series of earlier attacks which were not punished. On the same day, a Jewish restaurant was machinegunned for the second time. Earlier acts of vandalism are evidence of the total and intolerable lack of pro- tection suffered by the Jewish community. We request immediate and effective repressive and preventive action against the Nazi-Fascist bands which offend freely human dignity and attempt to destroy democracy and injure irremediably Argentine prestige." DAIA leaders Tuesday called upon all Jewish-owned firms and shops in Argentina to close their places of business Thursday afternoon in pro- test against the recent wave of anti-Jewish violence in reaction to the hanging in Israel of Adolf Eichmann. (Continued on Page 7) Administration Reported to Mare Interceded with Arab Potentates on Anti-Israel Discriminations BY MILTON. FRIEDMAN (Copyright, 1962. Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) WASHINGTON—Has the Administration really embarked on a "one-sided" purskiit of Arab friend. ship at Israel's expense? Congressmen have criticized American co-spon- sorship of a United Nations resolution censuring Israel for a reprisal raid. Attacks have been made on current plans to give the Nasser regime vastly increased aid. Also, the Executive Department was charged with ignoring legislation providing the President with discretionary power to sever aid to Arab states discriminating against Jewish Americans. However, the reaction of the Israel government was described as less concerned than that of some non-Israeli Jewish leaders. That is because 'the Israeli diplomats have more facts on which to base an objective evaluation, according to high Admin- istration sources. The Administration sees itself in the situation _described by Maimonides, dispensing a higher degree of charity—the anonymous variety. It cannot seek Credit for various pro-Israel and pro-Jewish actions. Publication of any Arab concession would invite fanatical Arab attacks on the Arab leader or nation ameliorating hostility. President Kennedy personally intervened with King Saud during the latter's visit to Washington. The President told how the anti-Jewish ban imposed by Saudi Arabia was an American domestic matter in that it discriminated unfairly against: a section of American citizenry. It was not just a foreign policy issue linked with Israel when American citizens were banned from a friendly nation merely because of their religion, in Kennedy's view. King Saud reportedly promised the President to reconsider. He is believed to be discussing the ban with Crown Prince Faisal. Any change is apparently up to Faisal. Saudi Arabia is rigidly anti-Jewish and will probably remain so. But, if this authoritative version is correct. at least Saudi Arabia leaders know at first hand of the President's personal feelings. In another case, Washington quietly interceded to get an Arab state to look after Israeli graves. Such moves cannot be published when they occur. Publicity would be counter-productive. Arabs in- volved in negotiations might be attacked for ap- peasement. Approaches, even on the smallest matter, would collapse. American diplomacy in Arab capitals would be undermined if it were suspected that Washington was advancing Israeli or Jewish interests. The Administration has ordered the Commerce Department not to publicize discriminatory Arab bids. Application of the Arab shipping boycott to applicable aspects of the Surplus Commodity Law (P.L. 480) was eased by Washington action. Approaches were made to a number of Arab states on anti-Jewish restrictions. Egypt gave assur- ances recently that it would respect the rights of American Jewish tourists. Cairo, of course. is eager for tourist dollars as well as huge new American loans. The Administration claims it has no alternative in the UN resolution condemning fsrael for the Lake Tiberias reprisal raid. A point is made that the British co-sponsors wanted to go even further against Israel but were dissuaded. In any event, it is today doubtful that the United States delegation would take the same stand against Israel unilaterally if the identical issue came up again. Administration leaders feel that pending aid to Nasser is adequately balanced by massive assistance to Israel. America has to get • along as best it can with the Arabs as well as Israel. in the Washington view. Foreign policy requires flexibility. Maneuvers to win Arab favor were termed "in no sense anti- Israel" but rather in another context. America's actual objectives are to block Soviet penetration while promoting peace and American friendship with all peoples. Whether every U.S. policy- in the Near East is wise, or in America's own national interest, is debated. Even some Administration Senators have openly dissented, calling for a more courageous and vigorous stand against Arab bias affecting Americans. But if a fair judgment is to be made of whether a "one-sided" pro-Arab, anti-Israel policy has indeed emerged, both sides of the Washington case must be considered.