THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW S — Friday, October 19, 1962 40 Report Increase in Syrian Life Insurance Companies Affirm Non-Discrimination NEW YORK, (JTA)—Seven had been reminded of the policy of New York, the Guardian Life Attacks on Israeli Border major life insurance companies and that college placement offi- Insurance Company of America, (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) earlier. Israeli military officials traced footmarks from the TEL AVIV—Members of the. scene of the explosion to the Tel Katzir Kibbutz fought al- Syrian side of the frontier. most until dawn Tuesday with the aid of volunteers and fire equipment from nearby settle- Argentine Officials ments to bring under control Pledge to Combat huge fires caused by a fierce Syrian bombardment Monday Anti-Semitism afternoon. BUENOS AIRES, (JTA) — The barn and hay store of the Label A. Katz of New Orleans, settlement were set ablaze and international president of Bnai a number of cows were killed. Brith, was assured here by a One kibbutz member was third member of Argentina's slightly wounded by a • bullet cabinet that the Argentine gov- while fighting the fires, but ernment "will not tolerate any continued his efforts a f ter racial or religious diserimina- treatment, tions" and that the Federal au- A casualty of the fires was thorities will "take all measures a large truck laden with hay necessary and possible to make which had arrived from Ted democratic practices and free- Adashim settlement as a gift. doms here secure." These assurances were given It had been placed in the barn which was destroyed by Katz by Dr. Carlos M. Muniz, Foreign Minister of Argentina. the fire. The Syrians initially began Katz, who discussed the recent shooting at an armored tractor wave of anti-Semitism in con- whose driver ignored the fire ferences here with other top- and completed his ploughing most government personalities, assignment. The Syrians then had been given similar assur- shifted their fire at the settle- ances by President Jose Mario ment. Israel lodged two com- Guido, Minister of the Interior plaints with the Mixed Armis- Rodolfo Martinez and Minister of the Economy Alvaro Alsog- tice Commission, Tel Katzir is in an area south- aray. Katz left for home after be- east of Lake Tiberias, which has ing feted by leaders of the Jew- been under intermittent attack ish community here. Meanwhile, since Israel began irrigation Sail E. Joftes, director of the work in the area. Bnai Brith International Coun- Over the weekend, an Is- cil, who had accompanied Katz raeli armored car on border here, left for visits to other patrol duty along the Syrian Latin American centers to sur- frontier ran over a land mine vey the situation of the Jews planted inside Israeli terri- there. Among the countries to tory. No one was injured. be visited by Joftes are Chile, The occurrence was the sec- Peru, Guatemala and Panama. ond of its kind along the Syrian There are more than one mil- border last week. A mine ex- ploded under an Israeli army lion truck-trailers registered in vehicle near the Syrian border the United States. have reaffirmed, in letters to cials had been so reminded. the Home Life Insurance Corn- the New York State Attorney • The Attorney General said pany and the Manhattan Life General's office, a policy of non the talks had been opened after Insurance Company. discrimination in executive an investigation into recruit training programs. ing and promotion of executives Attorney General Louis J. at the home offices of some of Lefkowitz, in reporting the ac- the companies. Jewish commu- APPLICATIONS FOR tion, said it resulted from talks nal agencies had accused the during the last year between his insurance firms of following a or office and chief executives of policy of declining to place or ARE NOW BEING TAKEN the insurance firms. He said the promote Jews in higher echelon On New or Existing Homes executives had also told him posts. that their officers, department QUICK SERVICE The seven companies were heads and personnel bureaus Phone Us Today listed as the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, the Equi- FRANKLIN table Life Assurance Society of Arab Delegation MORTGAGE CORP. Approved FHA Mortgagee the United States, the New York 915 First National Bldg., Det. 26 in Brazil Launches Life Insurance Company, the WO 3-4890 Mutual Life Insurance Company Drive Against Israel RIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) — A delegation of three "Arab ref- ugees" has arrived in Brazil and has launched a hate campaign against Israel. 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ORGANIZED lest The Detroit Committee for BarIlan University proudly announces that its annual dinner will honor one of Detroit's most distinguished leaders Irwin I. Cohn marking the award to him of the BarllanUniversity Fellowship • The many hundreds of Detroiters who annually look forward to the memorable Bar-Ilan events are asked to reserve Wednesday Evening, December 5 for this noteworthy presentation to be held at COBO HALL Bar-Ilan University Fellowship Dinner Committee Judge John M. Wise, Chairman, Fellowship Committee Phillip Stollman, Chairman, American Committee for Bar-Ilan University Honorary Chairman: Max M. Fisher Honorary Co-Chairmen: Abraham Borman Charles Grosberg Ed Levy Paul Zuckerman Fellowship Committee Co-Chairmen: Tom Borman Dr. Jacob Goldman David Pollack William Sucher