THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, July 19, 1963

co 2 Montreal Jewish Hospitals Get

$1,623,226 in Canadian Grants

MONTREAL, (JTA)—A total
of $1,623,226 in governrrient
grants has been made to aid
the construction of two Jewish
hospitals in the Montreal area.
The Maimonides Hospital and
Home for the Aged in the City
of Cote Saint Luc, announced
that it had received total capi-
tal grants of $1,073,226, made
up of matching grants of $536,-
613 each, by the Canadian
government and the Ontario
provincial government. The
money was provided toward the
cost of the hospital's new build-
ing now under construction.
Federal and provincial au-
thorities also approved. grants
totalling $550,000 toward the
construction of a new 102-bed
building to expand the facilities
and services of the Jewish Con-
valescent Hospital.
A 1 e x Schneiderman, presi-
dent of Maimonides, said the
plans for the new building were
developed in cooperation with
the Federation of Jewish Com-
munity Services. The five-story
structure will have facilities for
248 residents at a total cost of
$4,562,000. The largest part of

the construction costs will be
met by the proceeds of the
building fund campaign, which
raised about $2,800,000 under
the chairmanship of Emanuel
Moskovitch, a vice-president of
the home who was recently
elected Mayor of Cote Saint Luc.
Among the features of the
new hospital building will be
an occupational therapy and
physical medical wing, syna-
gogue and facilities for 75 day-
care residents in recognition of
the need for more preventive
care of elderly people. It is ex-
pected to be ready for occu-
pancy at the end of 1964.
Moe Koenigsberg, president of
the Jewish Convalescent Hos-
pital, said that building plans
were being reviewed by federal
and provincial authorities. He
reported that a campaign to
raise the additional funds need-
ed for construction will take
place during April 1964. He also
reported that in the year from
June 1962 to June 1963, the
hospital provided '7,274 patient
days of care for a total of 119
patients at its present building,
which is limited to 30 beds.

Knesset Rejects Motions to Debate
Ben-Gurion Revival of Lavon Affair

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

JERUSALEM — Two opposi-
tion motions for a full-scale de-
bate on former Premier Ben-
Gurion's current effort to
pursue the officially closed in-
quiry into the touchy old
"Lavon Affair" were defeated
in the Knesset here Wednesday
by votes of 54 to 39.
The affair involved Pinhas
Lavon, Minister. of Defense in
1954, who had been accused of
responsibility for a never-dis-
closed "mishap" affecting the
state's security. Since Ben-
Gurion resigned the Premier-
ship last month, it has been
disclosed that he has appointed
an Israeli journalist to study
the documents in that case and
survey the entire issue, al-
though officially Lavon has
been exonerated.
The motions for debate were
introduced by the Herut and
Liberal parties which charged
Ben-Gurion was motivated "not
by the needs of security" but
by personal vindictiveness.

Swedes See Little
Threat from 14
Neo-Nazi Groups

There are 14 neo-Nazi organ-
izations active in Sweden, ac-
cording to Hillel Storch, chair-
man of the World Jewish
Congress committee in Sweden.
In a report to the World
Executive of the global organ-
ization, Storch comments that
the Swedish government and
democratic organizations in that
country are fully aware of the
existence and activities of the
neo-Nazi groups but are quite
certain that they have no social
or political significance.
Storch states that the average
Swedish citizen does not con-
sider them to be a danger to
the Jewish community or any
other minority group in Sweden.
There have been a number of
neo-Nazi and anti-Semitic inci-
dents in the past few months, to
which the Swedish government
reacted by passing a law against
racial discrimination.
In his report to the World
Executive, Storch praised the
Swedish government's attitude
towards all matters of Jewish
concern.
The Swedish Jewish commu-
nity, an affiliate of the World
Jewish Congress, consists of
about 13,000 persons, the major-
ity residing in Stockholm.

Prime Minister Levi Eshkol de-
fended Ben-Gurion, declaring
that a minister of the state,
which Ben-Gurion was when he
initiated the new journalistic
inquiry, was empowered to as-
sign any person he chose to
study any subject under his
jurisdiction.
Menahem Beigin, leader of
Herut, and Elimelech Rimalt,
for the Liberals, recalled to the
house that a Ministerial com-
mittee had cleared Lavon of
the blame after an inquiry in
1961. They recalled also that
subsequenity the Knesset had
accepted that committee's find-
ings and that Ben-Gurion had
resigned over the issue precipi-
tating new national elections.
They insisted Ben-Gurion's new
move was "illegally made" on
personal volition and dangerous
because he made secret security
documents available to a jour-
nalist." But the house voted
down the motions.
The parliament also voted
down a Mapam motion to sub-
mit the entire matter to a Knes-
set committee.
In an unrelated Knesset dis-
pute, -the parliament decided to
postpone elections to munici-
palities and local town councils
which were due to be held in
November, voting to link those
elections with the parliamentary
balloting scheduled to be held
in 1965. The vote on this issue
was 46-34. The opposition
charged the postponement move
initiated by Mapai and the Na-
tional Religious Party was "un-
democratic." The latter parties,
however, argued that under pre-
sent circumstances, the heavy
expenditures for separate local
elections would be unwarranted.

U.S. Begins to Clean _House of Muslims
inEederal jobs Who Disavow Allegiance

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

WASHINGTON — The United
States Government Tuesday
began moving against the anti-
Semitic Negro extremist group
known as the "Black Muslims,"
firing a dozen from Federal jobs.
The extremists were dismissed
from government employment
because they indicated their first
allegiance was to Islam, rather
than the United States.
Malcolm X, the most articu-
late leader of the Muslim group,
h a s denounced the American
Jewish community and justified
contacts with American Nazis.
The Civil Service Commission

stated that the discharged em-
ployees declared that their first
allegiance was to the "Nation of
Islam," which the Muslims hope
to create in this country.
They said they would support
Islam in any conflict with the
United States Government and
would refuse to defend or serve
the United States.
A number of Muslims have re-
fused to serve in the army and
failed to register for Selective
Service.
The Justice Department re-
cently revealed to the Jewish
War Veterans that an active in-
vestigation of the fanatic activi-

ties of both the Black Muslims
and the American Nazi Party is
under way in connection with
current integration tensions.

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Aramco Reported Complying with
Order to Stop Discrimination

NEW YORK — The Arabian-
American Oil Company (Aram-
co) is complying with an order
by the State Commission for
Human Rights to stop discrimi-
nating against Jewish job ap-
plicants, it was reported by the
American Jewish Congress.
Shad Polier, chairman of the
AJC governing council, dis-
closed the findings of a study
by a state commission field ex-
aminer into the company's hir-
ing practices. He said the Con-
gress would recommend accep-
tance of the field examiner's
conclusion that Aramco is com-
plying in good faith with the
Commission's order.
Polier said the compliance
check had revealed these
developments:

the American Jewish Congress
and the State Commission under
which the oil company waived
any right to contest the Corn-
mission's ruling or to challenge
the Commission's order. Under
the Commission's procedures,
a field examiner was assigned
to check Aramco's compliance
with the order last month —
six months after the stipulation
was signed.

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quiring travel to Saudi Arabia are
now -hired without regard to reli-
gion. Aramco uses a number of
employment agencies to recruit
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personnel, including the New York
State Employment Service, which
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has a firm non-discrimination policy.
Aramco also places "blind" ads for
secretarial help; persons replying
to the ads are invited to fill out
application forms.
2. Aramco has offered jobs to
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three Jewish applicants. One did
not appear for work. The second
remained only two days. The third
person has been employed by
Aramco for several months and told
the field examiner that she was
Jewish and that she was being
"marvelously" treated by the corn-
pany.
3. Applicants for jobs requiring
travel to Saudi Arabia are no
longer asked whether they are
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Last year (on Sept. 26, 1962)
the State Commission for Hu-
man Rights ruled that Aramco
had illegally questioned job
applicants on their religion and
had refused to hire Jews for
work in its New York office or
Saudi Arabia, where it con-
ducts its oil extracting, refin-
ing and shipping operations.
Aramco was ordered to cease
and desist from its discrimina-
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ATHENS, (JTA) — Leaders
On Dec. 14, 1962, Aramco
of the Central Board of Jewish entered into a stipulation with
Communities protested to the
government against the release
from prison of a man sentenced U.S. Zionist Council
to death in 1947, after being Memorializes Lipsky
convicted of helping the Ger-
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Tribute
mans round up Greek Jews dur- to the late Louis Lipsky, dean
ing World War II for deporta- of American Zionists, was paid
tion to the Nazi death camps.
at the traditional Herzl-Bialik
The man is Constantine Commemorative 0.bs e r vance
Recanti. A war crimes trial here sponsored by the American
convicted him in 1957 and sen-
Zionist Council. Lipsky died a
tenced him to death, but the
sentence was commuted to life month ago.
Speakers emphasized his role
imprisonment. Last Wednesday,
he was released under amnesty as the heir and leading spirit
legislation intended to free im- of the Herzl tradition in the
United States.
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