17. S. Shows Concern Over Argentine Incidents
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The U.S. embassy said in its
report to the State Department
that "it would appear that the
Argentine authorities are aware
of the incidents and have de-
cided to take strong measures to
cope with the perpetrators." The
embassy described assurances by
the Presidency in Argentina in
which the executive power re-
pudiated anti-Semitism. "This
feeting," the embassy report
said, "is shared by the Minister
of the Interior who is respon-
sible for all the police forces
in Argentina.
With regard to the Tacurra
organization, Moscoso said that
"information available regarding
this group indicates that it is
probably composed of some
young. highly nationalistic Ar-
gentinians who seem to have se-
lected anti-Semitism as an ex-
pression of their personal and
social dissatisfaction." He assured
Rep. Halpern that he would keep
him informed of the measures
which the Argentine authorities
will take to stamp out anti-
Semitic incidents.
Congressman Herbert Ze-
lenko, New York Democrat,
requested in a telegram to
President Kennedy Wednes-
day that the United States
threaten to suspend all aid
to Argentina and Uruguay
unless the governments of
those countries "take vigor-
ous action to stamp out" anti•
Semitism.
In his wire requesting the
President's "prompt interven-
tion," Rep. Zelenko informed
Kennedy:
"Shocking news from Argen-
tina and Uruguay of unre-
strained anti-Jewish outbreaks
and propaganda clearly reveal
a breakdown of Democratic
process in those countries and
threaten to make a mockery of
high purposes of your alliance
for progress. It is imperative
that those governments know
that the American people abhor
anti-Semitism and view with
horror any indulgence in these
Hitlerite practices. Governmen-
tal failure to control such
shameful outbreaks justify
prompt U.S. action.
"For the sake of the goals
set by your alliance for prog-
ress and as indication of Amer-
ica's determination that its help
be for the strengthening of de-
mocracy and not for Fascist or
Communist totalitarianism. I
urge your official action in-
forming those countries that all
U.S. help to them will be sus-
pended unless they take vigor-
ous action to stamp out such
practices. I respectfully request
your prompt intervention."
The United States Ambas,
sador in Buenos Aires infor-
mally discuised the anti-Jew-
ish terrorist acts in Argen-
tina with the Argentine For-
eign Ministry.
It was made known here that
the anti-Semitic outbreaks in
Argentina had also been dis-
cussed in Washington with the
Argentine Minister of Economy,
Alvaro Alsogaray, during the
latter's visit to the United
States in connection with his
negotiations for financial aid.
The discussions were conducted
by Teodoro Moscose, U.S. co-
ordinator for the Alliance for
Progress.
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Parley to Deal
With Terrors
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
MONTEVIDEO — The anti-
Jewish acts of terrorism in
Argentina and Uruguay, for
which no one has as yet been
punished, have prompted the
South American Executive of
the World Jewish Congress to
convoke an extraordinary two-
day conference of Jewish corn-
munity leaders from the entire
continent,
The anti-Jewish violence in
Argentina and Uruguay. brought
reaction from Chile and Brazil.
Chilean Minister of Interior
Sotero Del Rio told Jewish
leaders in Santiago that his
government cannot imagine
even for a minute that such
"barbaric" acts against Jews
should take place in Chile as
it is now taking place in the
other South American coun-
tries. He made this statement
at a reception tendered by the
Central Committee of the Jew-
ish Community of Chile in
honor of Prof. Boris Chain, the
Jewish Nobel Prize winner who
is now touring Latin American
countries.
The Minister of Interior said
that the Chilean government
appreciates the contributions
which the Jews are making to
the development of the coun-
try. He assured the audience
that in Chile there can be no
such a situation where the
authorities would not check
the activities of irresponsible
terroristic elements.
Argentine Cabinet Views
Measures to End Violence
BUENOS AIRES, (JTA) —
The anti-Jewish terrorist activi-
ties in Argentina were discussed
at a meeting of members of the
Cabinet here. It was agreed that
the Argentine police must inten-
sify its efforts to prevent vio-
lence against Jews. It also was
decided to appeal to journalists
to abstain from reporting the
events in a sensational manner.
Two leaders of the Latin
American executive of t h e
World Jewish Congress, Dr.
Moises Goldman and Mark Tur-
kow, are now visiting Monte-
video, Uruguay, to establish the
exact facts on the anti-Jewish
incidents there, and to hear re-
ports from local Jewish leaders.
Reports from Montevideo claim
that the beating to death of a
Jew, Samuel Zalzberg, in Monte-.
video, last week, was linked to
robbery, and had no connection
with anti-Semitism. The same re-
ports assert that, of the eight
men and girls who had been kid-
naped and branded with swas-
tikas in Montevideo, only one —
Dr. Maximo Handel — is Jewish.
The reports add, however, that
among the non-Jewish persons
attacked are several who are em-
ployed by Jews either in stores
or as domestic servants. Jews
and non-Jews are also receiving
a large number of threatening
anti-Semitic letters carrying no
signatures, the report says.
Deputy Condemns Outrages;
`Mein Kampf' Confiscated
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
RIO DE JANEIRO — Afonso
Arinos, Jr., one of the most
prominent Deputies in the Leg-
islative Assembly of the State of
Guanabara, delivered a sharp
protest on the floor of the As-
sembly Tuesday against the re-
cent waves of anti-Semitism in
Argentina and Uruguay. He de-
manded that the governments of
both countries take immediate
and energetic steps to "halt the
activities of the Nazis and
Fascists" in those lands.
Deputy Arinos, Jr., is the son
of Afonso Arinos, Foreign Minis-
ter of Brazil.
The Ministry of Justice is-
sued an order to confiscate all
copies of Hitler's book, "Mein
Kampf" now being dissem-
inated in Brazil in a Portu-
guese translation.
The embassy of the Federal
Republic of Germany notified the
Federation of Jewish Communi-
ties here that it is starting court
actions against the publisher in
Sao Paulo who published the
Mein Kampf edition in Brazil.
The order to start suits against
the publisher emanated from the
West German Government in
Bonn.
Hitler's infamous apologia was
issued at Sao Paulo five months
ago by the publishing house of
Mestre Jou. According to the<t>
West German Embassy, the au-
thorities at Bonn ordered the
suits instituted because Mestre
Jou had never received permis-
sion to publish Mein- Kampf. The
rights to the publication of Mein
Kampf are owned by the West
German State of Bavaria.
After waiting in vain for seven
months during which the police
authorities have failed to act on
the case, the Federation of Jew-
ish Communities of Brazil an-
nounced it has hired private de-
tectives to attempt to apprehend
anti-Semitic hooligans who had
desecrated a Jewish cemetery at
Curitiba.
The desecrations occurred last
December, and were reported to
the police promptly. More than
40 tombstones in the Jewish
burial grounds at Curitiba had
been overturned, but thus far
there have been no reports about
any police action. Several hun-
dred Jewish families live at
Curitiba, most of them having
settled there about 50 years ago.
Montevideo Protest Rally
MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay,
(JTA)—Anti-Semitic violence in
Montevideo, which has been
mounting during the last few
days, was strongly condemned at
a conference held under the
joint auspices of the University
Students Federation, the Feder-
ation of Labor, the Uruguayan
Medical Association and the
Press Association of Uruguay.
The rally, called as a protest
demonstration against anti-Jew-
ish terrorism—which culminated
in the street killing of a Jew
who survived Hitler's concentra-
tion camps—adopted a resolution
calling for the resignations of
Montevideo's chief of police and
the chief of Uruguay's secret
service.
Both high police officials were
severely criticized for inability to
trace the terrorists and to put
an end to the anti-Semitic ac-
tivities which have been going on
for more than two weeks. Dur-
ing these two weeks, at least
eight Jewish men and girls were
kidnapped by the hooligans who
tortured them and carved swas-
tikas on their bodies. None of
the assailants, taken to be Nazis
who seek revenge for the sen-
tencing to death in Israel of the
Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann, has
been arrested ,o far.
Police reported another in-
cident — the kidnaping of a
30-year-old woman, who was
dragged into a car by two as-
sailants in downtown Monte-
video and stripped. The police
report said the victim, Dia-
medes Trujillo, was released,
still naked, in the street when
she was able to convince her
captors that she was not a
maid for a Jewish family.
Jews in Montevideo are
pleased with the strong feeling
of resentment which the popula-
tion is showing against the Nazi
terrorists. However, since none
of the hooligans has as yet been
caught by the police, Jewish
guard units are continuing to
be on the alert.
Jewish Congress Urges
Stronger Action Against
Argentine Terrorists
LONDON, (JTA)—A request
that the Argentine government
act quickly by effective legisla-
tion and administrative meas-
ures to fulfill the pledge of In-
terior Minister Carlos Adrogue
to suppress anti-Semitic outrages
was expressed at a meeting of
the World Jewish Congress ex-
ecutive.
The executive expressed dis-
satisfaction over the "inadequate
steps" taken so far by Argentine
police to deal promptly and ef-
fectively with the perpetrators
of anti-Semitic attacks.
A. L. Easterman, WJC political
secretary, reported on his talks
with the Argentine Ambassador
in London to whom he submitted
a memorandum on the anxiety
and indignation of Jews over the
anti-Semitic incidents.
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