USSR Returns Matzoth Sent From Sweden Israeli Arabs Make Impressive Gains * Need for Humor Editorials Page 4 XLI I I, No. 8 STOCKHOLM (JTA)—Ten out of 11 packages of matzoth, sent from this city to individuals in the Soviet Union, have been returned without explanation, it was announced by Roder Chesed, the Swedish Association of Jewish Assistance. The parcels, each containing over 12 pounds of matzoth, had been addressed to Jews in 11 different Soviet cities. All the parcels returned had been opened by Soviet customs authorities. Tass, the Soviet news agency, had announced prior to the Passover season that matzoth could be sent to individuals in the Soviet Union. Two members of Sweden's Parliament, who had sent appeals to Soviet authorities in Moscow, requesting that matzoth baking be permitted there, said they have as yet received no answers to their requests. 'Fail-Safe' Fantasy *** HE JEWISH NE ED –ri 01"T" Judaism Council's Vilifications * MICHIGAN o f Jewish Events A Weekly Review Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Printed in a 100% Union Shop 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd. —VE 8-9364-- Detroit 35, April 19, 1963 Mid-East Threats Commentary Paget $6.00 Per Year; Single Copy 20c Aid to Egypt Opposed If Peace Is Endangered * * * * * * * Harriman 'Concerned' But Softens Criticism of UA.R. WASHINGTON (JTA) — Democrats and Republicans on Monday indicated that they will oppose further American financial assist- ance to Egypt, in view of the fact that such assistance enables the Egyptian government to secure armaments from the Soviet Union and other countries, thereby endangering the relative peace in the Middle East. Chairman Emanuel Celler, of the House Judiciary Committee, announced that he would offer an amendment to the pending Foreign Aid bill, to prevent Egypt "from using American aid in any manner endanger- ing the peace in the Middle East." He cited the Egyptian missile build-up. "We cannot afford to lose sight of the fact that Egypt re- fused to recognize the existence of the State of Israel, and has again threatened to push her into the sea," he said. Rep. William E. Miller, chairman of the Republican National Committee, said that the Republican members of Congress will oppose further American financial assistance to Egypt. "Our economic aid to President Nas- s6r," he said, "has enabled him to divert enough money to purchase massive arma- ments from Soviet Russia and other Com- munist bloc countries, to engage in a costly military adventure in Yemen, involving some 20,000 Egyptian soldiers, and to pay for the development of offensive missiles." The Republican national chairman, who serves as a Congressman representing New York, pointed out that "American taxpayer dollars, therefore, make it possible for the UAR to threaten, not only Israel, but other sovereign Mid-East states where we have considerable strategic political and economic interests." Rep. Miller charged that "pious state- ments and assertions of friendship to the threatened countries cannot obscure the fact that our money is used to weaken the stabil- ity of the Near East and world peace, and, in Continued on Page 6 Poland Bars Newsmen from Ghetto Commemoration LONDON (JTA)—Poland has refused to issue visas to British newspaper and television correspondents who had planned to report the 20th anniversary com- memoration of the Warsaw Ghetto revolt, scheduled to be held in Warsaw this weekend. The reason given here by the Polish Embassy is that "the pressure on -hotel accommodations in Warsaw is so great, that these accommodations are being _reserved for people whose relatives were directly involved in the Ghetto uprising." That statement was made here by Stanislaw Kostarski, First Secretary of the Polish Embassy. Michael Cliffe, a Labor member of Parliament, chairman of the 120-man British Anti-Jewish 'Perfidy' Term Eliminated from Prayer by Pope John NEW YORK (JTA)—Determination on the part of Pope John XXIII to remove any anti- Jewish traces from Catholic rites and prayers was seen in Jewish circles here after the Pope's dra- matic action in making a prelate restart a Good Fri- day prayer in Latin that contained the words "per- fidious Jews" and omit the word "perfidious." - The 81-year-old Pontiff ruled four years ago that the word "perfidious" re- ferring to Jews be omit- ted from the prayer. By mistake, however, the canon sang the old text of the prayer during the Pope John Good Friday services in St. Peter's Basilica. Pope John, hearing the word "perfidious," immediately ordered the prayer- chant restarted, and the word "perfidious" omitted. (From Rome, it was reported that the Vatican organ, L'Osservatore Romano, denied that the prelate acting as canon sang the old format of the prayer. The Vatican newspaper said that Fer- nando Cardinal Cento, the canon, read the prayer without hesitation and without the use of the word "perfidious." However, several newspapers in Italy, as well as correspondents from foreign newspapers who attended the services, insisted that the Cardinal acting as canon inadvertently made a lapse which the Pope caught and had the prayer started afresh.) delegation going to Warsaw for the commemorative ceremonies—a group that includes non-Jews as well as Jews—informed the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that he has told the Polish Embassy here "in no uncertain terms" of the disappointment over the visa denials. While the ceremonies in Warsaw "must not be marred," he declared, he will "say more about it" in Warsaw. "It is the most lamentable excuse I have ever heard," he said, "and is bound to cause a lot of bad feeling." Television producers for the British Broadcasting Corporation and for the Independent Television network, as well as some of this country's best-known Continued on Page 24 Paris Chief Rabbi Hails Pope's Encyclical as 'Worthy of the Teachings of Israel' PARIS (JTA)—The encyclical issued by Pope John XXIII, entitled "Pacem in Terris" (Peace on Earth), was hailed by Dr. Jacob Kaplan, chief rabbi of Paris, as a message `-`worthy of the teachings of Israel." Dr. Kaplan called the message a "capital" document, declaring it dealt "with the most important and most urgent problems of our time, including that of world peace." Dr. Kaplan emphasized particularly that portion of the encyclical, entitled "The Right to Worship God According to One's Conscierkce," which declared: "Every human being has the right to honor God according to the dictates of an upright conscience, and therefore the right to worship God privately and publicly." "What I particularly want to stress," said Dr. Kaplan, "is the vigorous stand taken by the Catholic Church in favor of all men to profess the religion of their choice, and the importance given to notions of justice in interhuman relations—justice, which takes first place even in front of charity. I find exactly the same ideas in the teachings of the Torah and in the Prophets of Israel." The Pontiff's forthright statement on the freedom of religious conscience and worship for each individual. was interpreted here by many Jewish leaders, lay and rabbinical, as a significant move away from the Catholic Church's old inquisitorial principles which evidenced ideas of repressive persuasion against non-believers in the dogmas of the Catholic Church. The entire encyclical was viewed as an extension of the Pope's ideals of the universality of mankind as shown by the manner in which he has been the architect of the Ecumenical Council which he convened in the Vatican last October. (Rabbi Maurice N. Eisendrath, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, called the Pope's encyclical "a magnificent and historic religious document." The American Jewish Committee applauded the encyclical as a "major document in the cause of world peace." Statements acclaiming Pope John's state- ment were made by the Anti-Defamation League, American Jewish Congress and other national Jewish organizations). Jewish Historian Voices Criticism Against Pius XII FRANKFURT (JTA)—While the new encyclical of Pope John XXIII, including its condemnation of racial persecutions and stressing human rights and the rights of minorities was widely reported in the West German press, the influential Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung also featured criticism against the late Pope John XII for his alleged failure to speak out in time against the Nazi holocaust. The criticism in the Allgemeine Zeitung was by the noted Jewish historian, Leon Poliakow. Previously, Dr. Poliakow had been quoted in the German press by Robert Leiber, who had been secretary to Pope Pius XII. Dr. Leiber was replying to the anti-Vatican strictures contained in a new play by one of Germany's most prominent young dramatists, Roll Hochhut. In that play, "The Deputy," Hochhut maintained that Pope Pius XII had not aided the Jews persecuted by Hitler. Dr. Leiber quoted from Poliakow's works to disprove that contention. Dr. Poliakow, calling Prof. Leiber's quotations "misleading," insisted in the "Allgemeine" that "it Continued on Page 24