Friday, August 16, 1963—THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-6

Gaon of Vilna Remains May
Be Transfered to Israel

JWV Elects Southerner as National Commander;
Back Kennedy's Program for Just Civil Rights

WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Dan-
iel Neal Heller, Miami attorney,
who became the first Southern-
er in many years to be elected
national commander of the Jew-
ish War Veterans of the U.S.A.,
stated, acknowledging his elec-
tion at the 68th JWV national
convention, that he will seek a
more active role for local posts
in implementing civil rights
objectives.
JWV adopted a resolution
supporting the Aug. 28 March
on Washington for Negro rights
and authorized "the participa-
tion of all echelons in the
planned neaceful demonstra-
tions.
Adoption of the resolutions
followed an address to the
convention by Roy Wilkins,
executive secretary of the
NAACP, who reviewed Jew-
ish efforts to promote Negro
rights and commended the
role of JWV.
The JWV made known re-
ceipt of a letter from the White
House indicating agreement
with a JWV suggestion for a
White House conference with
the leaders of all veterans or-
ganizations on the subject of
civil rights. The White House
replied in a letter signed by

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indicated with regret that it
that had recently come to his
to The Jewish News)
would be impossible to locate
attention under the guise of
JERUSALEM—Soviet author- the grave of .Meir Leibush Mal-
zealous anti-Communism. Gov .
Richard J. Hughes, of New Jer- ities may allow the transfer of bin in the Jewish cemetery in
sey, also addressed the conven- the remains of the Gaon of Kiev for a similar transfer.
Elijah Ben Solomon Zalman,
tion, emphasizing the need for Vilna to Israel, Rabbi Yehuda
Leib Levin of Moscow indicated the Gaon of Vilna, was one of
early action on civil rights.
(In New York, members of in a letter to Dr. Zvi Harkavi, the leading scholars of East
the American Nazi Party wear- Jerusalem biographer, which European Judaism. He fought
the Hasidic movement as a
ing swastika armbands, distrib- was disclosed Wednesday.
uted leaflets Saturday, threaten-
Dr. Harkavi had written on threat to Judaism. Born in Lith-
ing to make Washington a "bat- the matter to the Moscow Chief uania, he died in 1797. Meir
tleground" in connection with Rabbi, who replied that the Leibush Malbin, another East
the planned Aug. 28 march for time was propitious for a formal European Jewish scholar, was
civil rights. The Nazis boasted request to Soviet authorities. noted for his commentary on
that "the white man will sweep Rabbi Levin indicated there was the Bible. He died in 1879.
away the black revolution," and every prospect that permission
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equated the civil rights move- would be granted. Rabbi Levi
ment with Communism.)
W. Averell Harriman, Under-
secretary of State, who negoti-
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WITH
convention that he saw hope
that elimination of sophisticated
weapons in the Middle East
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pact now pending before Con-
gress.
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that it would be against Is-
rael's interests for the United
States to diminish it's sup-
port of the United Arab Re-
public, because such support
g a v e America "influence"
with President Nasser's
regime.
Harriman touched on the
situation of the Jews in Russia.
He said that America was try-
ing to get the Soviet authorities
would bring rights equality to permit Jews to leave Russia
but, he said, he did not know
for all in Russia.
whether America could accom-
Reports on recent activities plish anything in that regard,
of neo-Nazi and fascist organ- declaring: "I don't know that
izations were presented to the we can do anything about it
delegates. Debate was also held except that we have been con-
on cooperation between the or- stantly trying to get them to
ganization and other global let the Jews leave the country."
Jewish bodies, and on its rela-
JWV executive director Jo-
tionship with the Conference seph F. Barr stated that,
of Jewish organizations.
while District of Columbia
Among the countries repre- police acted wisely in deny-
sented were the United States, ing the American Nazi Party
Britain, France, West Germany, the "right" to stage a mass
Italy, Austria, Sweden, Israel, counter-demonstration against
Canada, Argentina, Brazil and the schqduled Aug. 28 Negro
rally here, special vigilance is
Mexico.
needed to prevent the Nazis
from fomenting and provok-
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Barr said that the Nazis were
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circular foundation at United hotheads to come to Washing-
Nations headquarters will be ton on Aug. 28 to stir up an
enhanced by a free-form sculp- outbreak calculated to discredit
ture, 21 feet in height, mounted the non-violent character sought
on a granite plinth with a play by the Negro groups."
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Lee C. White, the President's
civil rights expert, that the sug-
gestion was "one that makes
sense" and would be given con-
sideration.
Heller, the newly elected na-
tional commander, is 38. He is
a former president of Harvard
Law School Association of Flor-
ida and served as JWV national
judge advocate. He is the Flor-
ida state chairman of the United
Jewish Appeal Young Leader-
ship Cabinet.
The organization adopted
resolutions calling for mili-
tant defense against encroach-
ment of the radical right; an
aggressive American iriitiative
for Arab-Israel peace in view
of the thaw in American-
Soviet relations; adoption of
the President's immigration
reform bill; and the ratifica-
tion by the Senate of the
United Nations genocide con-
vention, and other issues.
Sen. Thomas H. Kuchel, Cali-
fornia Republican, addressing
the coribention on the resurg-
ence of the radical right, warn-
ed that anti-Semitism and other
forms of hate were being in-
jected into national life by
right-wing extremists, and gave
evidence of such extremism

MILT or ALLEN

Barnett Pontiac

Delegates at WJC Conference
Discuss Vatican Council, USSR

MONTREUX, Switzerland,
(JTA)—Delegates to a confer-
ence of the executive commit-
tee of the World Jewish Con-
gress , discussed at the opening
session the problem of protec-
tion of human rights in Latin
American countries; the rela-
tionships between the Catholic
Church and Jews; and the fate
of Soviet Jewry.
The delegates expressed the
hope that the friendly attitude
of the late Pope John XXIII,
and his desire to erase creedal
sources of anti-Jewish antagon-
ism, which has been confirmed
by Pope Paul VI, will be fully
reflected at the resumption of
the Ecumenical Council in
Rome next month.
In London, the Sunday Ob-
server reported from Rome
that the subject of relations
between Jews and Catholics
will be considered when the
Ecumenical Council resumes its
sessions at the Vatican next
month. According to the news-
paper, representatives of the
World Jewish Congress have
already discussed the issue
with the Vatican's Secretariat
for Promoting Christian Unity,
- headed by Augustin Cardinal
Bea. The newspaper also fea-
tured an article on Catholic-
Jewish relations by Zachariah
Shuster, European director for
the American Jewish Commit-
tee.
Delegates approved unani-
mously Tuesday a resolution
expressing hope that the ap-
parent easing of East-West ten-
sions might lead to equality of
rights for Soviet Jews as well
as for all other peoples in the
Soviet Union.
The resolution pinned the
hopes for the future of the
Jews of all countries on the
nuclear test ban treaty. Then
the resolution expressed the
continuing deep concern of
the organization over the
plight of Soviet Jewry and
stressed the hope that the
new international situation

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