Remaining 4,000 Jews Seek Escape from Algeria PARIS—The tense political situation which has developed during the past few days in Algeria has prompted most of the 4,000 Jews still in that country to make plans to leave, it was reported here Tuesday. . Scores of Jewish families are again arriving in France from Algeria. Most of them have been able to take some of their possessions with them, although they experienced difficulties in transferring funds abroad. There is a general opinion among the remaining Jews that civil war can SP AVERS HE JEWISH NEWS !RAKE Ala WEVaNC. " PEOPLE'S WES tftt iitt I" Fe c) -r Vol. XLIV, No. 7 A Weekly Review of Jewish Events 17100 Editorial, Page 4 Commentary, Page 2 Ecumenical Discussions Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle 1007 igido ninSh o p Deserved Honors for Dora Ehrlich NA 1-1 — National Newspaper Week Oct. 13-19 Editorial, Page 4 break out at any time and that it would be accompanied by anti-European manifestations. Non-Jewish Europeans also are preparing to flee and many have already done so. Observers here believe that before the end of 1963 Algeria, which only a year ago had a Jewish population of 120,000, will be totally without Jews. At present there are 2,000 Jews in Algiers, 800 in Oran and the other 1,200 are scattered in small communities throughout Algeria. Smolar's Column on Page 2 W. 7 Mile Rd. — VE 8-9364—Detroit 35, October 11, 1963—$6.00 Per Year; This Issue 20c U. S. Defense Department Plans Major Mid-East Command Change (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) Auto Industry Spokesmen Claim Merit Alone Counts in Employment; Reply to Charge of 'Under-Utilization' of Jews Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News Spokesmen for the automobile industry were insistent that Jewish employees had equal opportunities in their firms and that those who merited promotion were not held back because of their Jewishness. The statements were in reply to the charge made this week by Bernard Nath, chairman of the civil rights committee of the Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith, that the official policy of "equal employment opportunity" in the automobile industry has failed to end the "serious under-utilization" of Jews in white collar and administrative positions. While officials of most of the automobile concerns would not be quoted, E. D. O'Leary, vice president in charge of personnel and organization of the Ford Motor Co., sent the following statement to The Jewish News — duplicating the similar statement he made to Arnold Forster, general counsel of the ADL: , "I have read with interest your report on the employment of personnel of the Jewish faith in the automotive industry. "Ford Motor Company has a long-standing policy of employing personnel based on merit and ability and utilizing their qualifications, without regard to race, creed, color or national origin. "I appreciate your interest in soliciting our cooperation in making the report as meaningful as possible. However, inas- much as we have never maintained a record indicating a person's religious faith, we are not in a position to measure the accuracy of the report. "In general, we recognize that there may be fewer persons of Jewish faith in our organization than one might expect from a statistical point of view. In my judgment, your report underestimates the number. In any case, there are a variety of reasons for this. Our prlicies, and more importantly, our inten- tions are not contributing factors. "Please be assured that the Ford Motor Company is dedi- cated to its policy of employing people on the basis of their qualifications only." The Ford.Motor Co. has been known to employ a number of Jews in its plants. Its outstanding Jewish employee is Dr. Jacob Goldman, who heads one of its scientific departments. Continued on Page 5 NEW YORK—The U.S. Department of Defense is contemplating a major change in military command which will affect the U.S. military operations in the Middle East, it was reported Tuesday by Hanson W. Baldwin, military correspondent of the New York Times. In Washington, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency was told by officials of the Defense Department that they had not read the report and had nothing to say about the alleged developments. The report said that among the projected changes would be one assigning the Middle East area to the Strike Command, which is a joint functional command of the Army and the Air Force, established two years ago. At present, the planning staff that plans and deals with military aspects of the Middle. East is being maintained in London under the command of Admiral Charles D. Griffin, Commander in Chief of the Naval Forces Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean. - The proposed changes in responsibilities for Middle East planning would transfer functions from commands now headed by admirals to a command headed by an Army general, Paul D. Adams. The establishment of the Strike Command and expansion of its responsibilities have been backed by Gen. Maxwell Taylor, chairman of the United States Joint Chiefs of Staff. The expansion of Strike Command authority has been approved it principle but not implemented after expression of views by Gen. Lyman L. Lemnitzer, U.S. Commander in Chief in Europe and Supreme Allied Com- mander in Europe. Sources at Lemnitzer's headquarters near Paris were reported by Baldwin as saying that he went to Washington last weekend to discuss the Middle East command problem, his NATO responsibilities throughout the Mediterranean and through Turkey in the Middle East. As NATO and U.S. commander in Europe, he has been intimately involved in the problems of NATO's Middle East flank. Troops from Lemnitzer's command, along with elements of the U.S. Sixth Fleet, took part in the Lebanon landing in 1958. Lemnitzer is reported as recommending against the transfer of Middle Eastern responsibilities to the Strike Command, urging that responsibility for the area remain with Admiral Griffin or be transferred to his command. Replacement of Arabs in Refugee Works Urged by Gruening WASHINGTON (JTA)—The United States was urged, in a report on the Middle East, to seek the replacement of Arab employees of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency by a United Nations Middle East Peace Corps composed of volunteers from other countries than the countries involved. Senator Ernest Gruening, Alaska Democrat, who submitted the report to the Subcommittee on Reorganization and International Organization of the Committee on Government Operations of the U.S. Senate—of which he is a member—pointed out that over 99 per cent of the employees of the UNRWA were themselves Arab refugees. He stated that these employees Continued on Page 3 State Dept. Conference Emphasizes Value of Foreign Aid, Deplores Arms Race, Evaluates Emerging Global Dangers By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ WASHINGTON, D. C. — State De- partment officials are deeply con- cerned over the arms race in the Middle East. At the State Department National Foreign Policy Conference for Editors and Broadcasters held here Monday and Tuesday, at the State Department, with more than 400 of the nation's leading newsmen as participants, and the top State Department officials de- scribing Government policies in vari- ous areas of public concern, the arms race was among the deplored situa- tions that contribute towards a deteri- oration of international relations. Emphasis was placed at the confer- ence on the vital importance of foreign aid, and Israel was referred to as one of the nations with a record of marked economic progress. Major concern was expressed at the two-day conference, during which President Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk delivered off-the- record addresses, over the Far Eastern and Latin American deVelopments. One of the State Department spokes- men expressed the view that • the Soviet Union will begin to use the United Nations to a greater extent as an instrument of its foreign policy. He said that such a new trend should keep us more on the alert because the USSR may seek to use the UN for its own purposes. At the same time, the view was expressed that East European Com- munist satellites are elbowing them- selves for more freedom of action. An interesting point was made that while the UN was voting unanimously for disarmament, '70 nations were ask- ing the United States for military assistance and 40 other nations asked the USSR for similar aid. These and other disturbing elements were de- scribed as pointing to our facing very large events. State Department spokesmen at the conference included, in addition to the Secretary of State, Averell Harri- man, Christian Herter, Robert J. Man- ning, George W. Ball, Harlan Cleve- land, Edwin M. Martin, Mrs. Katie S. Louchheim, James L. Greenfield, Eu- gene M. Braderman, David E. Bell, Donald M. Wilson, William C. Foster, Roswell L. Gilpatrick.