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Controversial Issue:
Jewish organizations in this country are beginning to show
signs of nervousness over the play "The Deputy," scheduled to
be produced on Broadway this autumn . . . The play, written
by a German author named Rolf Hochhut, disparages the failure
of Pope Pius XII to issue a public statement condemning the
Nazi mass-murder of Jews . . . The author's portrait of Pope
'Pius XII is unsympathetic, ascribing the Pope's failure to con-
demn the Nazi anti-Jewish atrocities publicly to political moti-
vation . . The play has caused interreligious controversy in
Europe and some fear that it may become a source of discord
between religious groups in the United States when produced
in this country . . . While in Europe, the controversy was largely
a Catholic-Protestant one—because there are not many Jews in
the countries where it was produced. Jews in America may not
be able to escape involvement in the • dispute because its Ameri-
can producer is Billy Rose, and its director is Herman Shumlin,
both Jewish . . . Several Catholic diocesan papers in this coun-
try have already editorialized on the subject in tones affecting
'Jews, and it becomes more and more obvious that this disruptive
issue will provoke an exchange of charges and countercharges
Which may lead to diminishing the amity in interreligious re-
lations now prevailing in the United States . . . This is what
responsible Jewish organizations would like to prevent without
suggesting that the fate of European Jewry during the Nazi
period be bypassed . .. The author of "The Deputy" claims that
Pope Pius XII refrained from making a public protest against
genocide of the Jews for political reasons . . . Catholic clergy,
on the other hand, argued that the Pope refrained from a public
outcry because it would have made the situation worse for the
Jews, since it would have led to pitiless Nazi retaliation against
them . . . In the opinion of some of the American Jewish or-
ganizations, the factual picture regarding the relationship be-
tween Pope Pius XII, the Nazi authorities and the- Jews is far
from complete . . . A study of Vatican policies and actions re-
garding the Jews from Hitler's accession to power, and through
- the end of the war, could answer the more practical questions
of what was said and done . . . However, no such study exists,
while the voluminous available material is scattered, unsystema-
tized and much is politically motiviated . . . It is known that
Pope Pius XII, through his instructions to Papal nuncios, was
responsible for saving many Jews who found sheltek in Catholic
churches, convents and monasteries . . . At the same time, it is
also a matter of record that, despite repeated entreaties, Pope
Pius XII did not issue a public condemnation of Jewish perse-
cution . . . Had he been unequivocal in condemning the deporta-
tions of Jews to the death camps, fewer Catholics, particularly in
Poland and elsewhere in Eastern Europe, might have collabor-
ated with the Nazis, and the Catholic clergy in Eastern Europe
Might have helped more Jews to hide or escape . .. In Western
Europe, some Catholic priests showed extraordinary heroism in
rescuing Jews.

Communal Trends:
The Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds is
planning to take a "fresh look" into the Jewish hospital situa-
tion in the country . . . A study will be undertaken of the re-
sponsibility and role of Jewish hospitals and related responsi-
bilities of Jewish Federations . . . The study will deal with
facilities, services, research and teaching in the Jewish hos-
pitals throughout the country . . . Among the striking develop-
inents in the post-war period, has been the fact that Jewish
hospitals have registered an 80 per cent rise in patients . . .
Jewish Federations and United Fund share of hospital income
went down from 13 to six per cent, but still represents over 30
per cent of funds for local purposes allocated by those cities .. .
There are 64 general and special hospitals, with about 18,000
beds, under local Jewish sponsorship . . . Most of them are in
the largest centers of Jewish population . . . Non-Jewish patients
constitute about three-fifths of their admissions .. . The CJFWF
also plans to undertake a national study on prevention and treat-
ment of senility . . . A recent study of community services for
chronically ill and aged established that over 40 per cent of
residents of Jewish homes for the aged are mentally disturbed
. . . Three-fourths of the income of the homes for aged comes
from the aged and their families . . . This includes government
pensions and social security payments which the residents turn
over to the homes for the aged . . . There are more than 75
aged homes today which care for over 15,000 residents.

By "Tack" Knight

LITTLE FOLKS

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UNITED
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WHAT 'DO WE
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PUT AWAY FOR / /
F UTURE USE?

SAVINGS!

JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Foreign
Minister Golda Meir demanded
that the United Nations effect
the immediate release by Syria
of six persons abducted by Syria
on Israel's Lake Tiberias, a
week ago.
She made the request in a
conference in her office with
Maj. Gen. Odd Bull, chief of
staff of the UN body. She
warned that Israel would have
no alternative but to react force-
fully—as Israel has done in the
past—if Syrian armed forces en-
tered the current dispute.

Torah—Israel's Life

(Culled from the Talmud)

Once the Romans issued a
decree that the Jews should
not occupy themselves in the
Talmud. Rabbi Akiba, however,
was most zealous in spreading a
love and knowledge of the
Torah among all Jewish com-
munities.
One day, his friend Pappus
met him and spoke thus: "Aki-
ba, art thou not afraid? Thou
surely must know that thy
deeds will bring thee into
mortal danger?" "Stay a while"
retorted Akiba, "let me tell
thee a story:
"A fox was walking on the
brink of a stream, in the clear
waters of which were a num-
ber of fishes merrily swim-
ming to and fro. Said the fox
to the fishes: "Why do you run
so fast?" And the fishes re-
plied: "We swim fast because
we fear the fisherman's nets."
--"Come up on the dry land,"
said the sly fox, "and live with
me in safety, even as my fore-
fathers once lived in safety
with yours."—But the fishes
said: "This surely is not the
cleverest of animals that speaks
thus. Water is our natural
home. If we are not safe there,
how much less safe should we
be on land where we must
surely die."
"It is exactly so with us
Jews," continued Rabbi Akiba.
"The Torah is our life and the
length of our days. We may,
whilst living and studying the
Torah, be in great danger from
our enemies, but if we were to
give up its study, we should
speedily disappear and be no
more. We are told of the law
that it is 'our life and the pro-
longation of our days.' This is
it when things are peaceful
with us;; if we are in danger
even in our element, how much
greater is our need of it in
times like these!"

The kidnaping occurred a
week ago. It developed that
United Nations military observ-
ers, occupying an observation
post in the Syrian hills overlook-
ing Lake Tiberias, had witnessed
the abduction. Six persons —
three Belgians and three Israelis
—were on the lake in a motor
boat which had. apparently, been
disabled. Syrian army men and
civilians waded into the water
and forcibly dragged the small
craft with its occupants to the
shore.
Mrs. Meir emphasized to
Gen. Bull that the lake is en-
tirely in Israeli territory. She
stressed the fact that there is
an Israeli fringe of about 30
feet of land on the lake's
eastern shoreline, so that there
be no doubt that the entire
lake is within Israel's sover-
eignty. Noting that Israel has
permitted Syrian fishermen
to cast their nets on the lake,
Mrs. Meir pointed out that
such fishing was tolerated by
Israel so as not to endanger
the livelihood of the Syrian
fishermen, or punish them for
their country's leaders' en-
gagement in power politics.
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UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.,
(JTA)—Syria's abduction of six
persons on Lake Tiberias over a
week ago, and a request for
United Nations intervention for
the return of the six to Israel,

Kennedy Writes
to Premier Eshkol

WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The
White House confirmed that
President Kennedy had written
to Prime Minister Levi Eshkol
of Israel, but declined to reveal
the nature of the communi-
cation. Jerusalem dispatches
described the missive as a con-
tinuation of c o r r e spondence
Kennedy had previously con-
ducted with the former Prime
Minister, David Ben-Gurion.
The correspondence reportedly
concerned Ben-Gurion's appeal
to both the United States and
the Soviet Union for full guar-
antees of Israel's security.

figured prominently when Am-
bassador Michael S. Comey, Is-
rael's permanent representative
to the United Nations, conferred
here with Secretary General U
Thant.
Representations on that issue
had been made to the UN last
week on Israel's behalf by a
member of Israel's permanent
mission here, Col. Yaacov Mon-
baz.
The Comay-Thant confer-
ence had been scheduled prior
to the development of the lat-
est Syrian incident, since Co-
may is about to depart for a
month's stay in Israel to con-
sult with his Government
about issues to arise at the
next session of the General
Assembly. The latter body will
open its annual, regular ses-
sion Sept. 17. Comay left for
Israel Wednesday. In addition
to discussing the Syrian in-
cident, the Israeli diplomat
and the UN chief talked also
about other current Middle
East problems in general.
Comay presented to Thant the
new Israeli deputy permanent
representative to the United
Nations, Yoel Barromi. Bar-
romi, born in Italy, and hold-
ing doctorates in jurisprudence
from Rome University and the
Hebrew University, emigrated to
Palestine in 1939, served during
World War IL in the British
army, served in the Israeli Army
in 1948-49, and latterly held
posts in the Israel Foreign Min-
istry as head of the Latin Amer-
ican and Western Affairs desks.

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