Ban on JET A Corresponden
were asked to make these feel-
ings known to the State Depart- Nazi Commander
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report frankly and openly to al 1 scribed the incident as an at- ment and to their fellow legis- Arrested in Austria
I
man of the Jewish Telegr ap hic of the press and let the fact s tempt to compel Mr. Friedman lators.
VIENNA, (JTA) — Police
Agency." Wisch pointed out that speak for themselves."
Sharp criticism against the here announced the arrest of
to change his writing approach
"the Texas Jewish Post co vers The Jewish Times of Brook _ and expressed the belief that "he State Department was voiced Julius Garbler, former corn- tj
the Washington scene weekl y for line, Mass., agreed editoriall y will not be whipped into line.' here in an editorial by the Jew- mander of the Nazi secret po- tsi
ish Daily Forward.
all citizens of our great st ate" that "the notion of a free pres s
lice in the Polish village of ;:g 3
The Buffalo (N. Y) Jewish
and expressed the hope that his is at stake here and let there b e Review described the
Criticismwas also voiced in Debica. He was arrested on 2
incident
newspaper "can continue this no mistake that the 'bias' o ✓ as "the bureaucratic exercise the Jewish Day-Morning Journal, suspicion of participation n the
coverage under the full gua ran- `slant' of a news corresponden t of censorship" and an attempt another Yiddish-language daily mass killing of Polish Jews dur- e-1
tees of the freedom of the pr ess." is within the framework of a to
ing the wartime- occupation.
compel the JTA correspond. newspaper published here.
In his letter to Strong, Sen. democracy."
ent to follow the official line.
Yarborough asked for the State
The American Israelite of Cin "We know that Mr. Friedman
Department officer's "comments cinnati declared editorially that will not bow to such pressure,
on this matter," and urged cor- the nature of the incident was nor will the rest of the Wash-
rective measures so that the "so flagrant that the very dis- ington press corps," the , edi-
newspaper "will be at all times closure of the incident should be torial declared.
America's Finest Clocks Since 1813
represented in news coverage at certain to bring a prompet dress-
The Texas Jewish Post of Ft.
the Department of State." Copies ing down of the official respon- Worth-Dallas called the action
The CAN EWOOD
of Sen. Yarborough's correspond- sible and a high-level apology." "a flagrant violation of the free-
ence were also sent to Congress-
The Jewish News of Newark, dom of the press" and warned
Electric Alarm
man John E. Moss, California N.J., stressed that the basic that this violation of rights "is
Handcrafted hardwood case in ma-
Democrat, who is chairman of a issue concerns freedom of the not in • the best interests of the
hogany or walnut finish. Solid
special subcommittee on govern- press. It said that "as an indi- Administration of the Govern-
brass bezel, luminous hands and
ment information.
vidual, Strong has every right to ment of the United States."
hour dots. Solid
Similar letters of p r o t
brass feet
t approve or dislike the way JTA Members of Congress
from English-Jewish newspapers reports the news. As a Govern- Take State Dept. to Task
Others Priced from
across the country have been re- ment official answerable not
HARTFORD, Conn., (JTA) —
ceived by other members of Con- only to his immediate superiors Six members of Connecticut's
to
gress who reportedly are plan- but to the American public, he Congressional delegation t o o k
is
obliged
to
participate,
whether
ning formal protests and in-
the State Department to task
quiries at the Department over he likes it or not, in the constant over the barring of Milton Fried-
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the incident.
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English-Jewish Press
Open Thursday to 9 p.m.
out policies of concern to us all." spondent, from a Department
Condemns Barring of JTA
After quoting former Presi- briefing.
NEW YORK, (JTA) — News- dent Truman's dictum: "If you
Senator Thomas J. Dodd and
papers throughout the United can't stand the heat, get out Representatives Emilio Q. Dad-
States which subscribe to the of the kitchen," the Jewish dario, William L. St. Onge, Rob-
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Kosh h er
M eats and
news service have editorially the obligation of the U.S. press and John. S. Monagan took im-
Poultry
condemned the exclusion of the to report, to analyze, to criti- mediate action after the Con-
JTA correspondent in Washing- cize or to praise. Similarly it necticut Jew i s h Ledger had
Specializing
in:
ton from a State Department is the duty of our individuals alerted the state's delegation in
• Fresh, Cutup Chicken Parts
briefing as a violation of the to deal fairly with all legiti- the nation's capital to the al-
• Cartwheels
principle of freedom of the press mate news agencies and to be legedly discriminatory act. All
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and as an insult to the English- fully responsive within the are Democrats, except Mr. Sibal,
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Jewish press.
conunon-sense limits of secur- who is the lone Republican mem-
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Several of the newspapers, ac- ity requirements!'
ber of the state's delegation.
The Southern Israelite of At-
cording to a survey of editorial
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The Ledger, in messages to
comment, called on Secretary of lanta editorially interpreted the the lawmakers, had called the
State Dean Rusk to reprimand ban on Friedman as a reflection action of Robert C. Strong, di-
the official responsible for the on itself and called on the State rector of the State Department's
barring of the JTA correspond- Department to "brief itself over Office on Near Eastern Affairs,
WE DELIVER — UN 1-4770
ent and to take measures to en- whether the Jewish communities "a serious infringement on the
Member Detroit Kosher
sure that there be no recurrence of this nation are American or freedom of the press in the
not,
whether
the
.
.
publica-
Meat
Dealers Association
of such acts of discrimination.
United States and an affront to
This Shield Is Your Protection
The Jewish Telegraphic Agency tions which use the JTA services dignity of the Connecticut Jew-
formally protested to Rusk that are American or not." It de- ish community." The solons also
Robert C. Strong, director of the
Office of Near Eastern Affairs
in the State Department, had de-
nied JTA correspondent Milton
Friedman admission to a brief-
ing on the Arab refugee prob-
lem on the grounds that the
briefing was for American news
media only and that Strong was
dissatisfied with the news report-
_ ing of the JTA and Friedman.
The JTA protest termed the in-
cident a violation of freedom of
the press and a discrimination
against large sections of the
American J e wish community
served by the 46-year-old agency.
The Jewish Exponent of Phila-
delphia termed F'riedman's ex-
clusion a violation of one of our
Constitutional guarantees—free-
dom of the press.
The Jewish Chronicle of Pitts-
burgh said that Strong had made
out "a weak case" barring Fried-
man from his briefing and ex-
pressed hope that Secretary of
State Rusk or President Ken-
nedy "properly reprimands
- Strong for his lack ,of awareness
of American press freedom and
for stupidity on how newsmen
work."
The Jewish Advocate of Bos-
ton said Friedman had been
"disgracefully denied admission"
to the briefing. "This insult," it
said, "is. a serious infringement
of freedom of the press."
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