Congressmen Ask U.S.I.A. Report
on Deletion of Rabbi Film Scene
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Four
Congressmen requested a re-
port from the United States
Information Agency on the de-
letion from a documentary for
overseas distribution of a scene
showing a rabbi.
Jewish organization spokes-
men charged that the deletion
was made to avoid offending
Arab nations, a charge that the
USIA denied in three state-
ments in 24 hours.
The Congressmen were Sen.
Kenneth B. Keating, New York
Republican, Representatives
Emanuel Celler, Brooklyn Dem-
ocrat, Leonard Farbstein, New
York Democrat, and Samuel S.
Stratton, Schonectady Demo-
crat. The 30-minute documen-
tary was prepared gratis by
television writers Rod Serling
and William Froug. Entitled
"Let Us Continue," it deals
with the views on major public
issues of President Johnson.
The denials by the USIA con-
tained two points. The first was
that an opening for the docu-
mentary, based on possible
shots of various religious serv-
ices had been considered and
dropped. The second was that
the USIA had no censorship
policy and that it had, in fact,
repeatedly distributed films
throughout the world, including
the Middle East, specifically
Israeli and Jewish personalities
and events.
Celler called the explanation
"weasel - worded" and said it
"will not wash." He asserted
that a photo of a rabbi was
deliberately deleted because of
Arab objections. This is a shock-
ing performance." He accused
the agency of censorship. Keat-
ing said he had checked into the
charges and learned that the
USIA had "certain general
policies with regard to scenes
which they feel would offend
the viewing audiences in dif-
ferent countries."
The first denial was made by
Donald M. Wilson, deputy USIA
director, who said no censorship
had been exerted by the USIA.
Subsequently a spokesman said
that "a discussion of distribu-
tion problems in the Middle
East might have been brought
up as a secondary issue," but
he too insisted that agency
policy did not include "censor-
ship of any kind." The third
statement reiterated the denial
of censorship and amplified the
list of films distributed by the
agency containing Israeli and
Jewish material.
None of the three denials,
however, dealt specifically with
Serling's assertion flatly con-
tradicting the USIA statements.
The USIA cited in support of
its defense that it had distri-
buted TV clips on the late
President Kennedy's passing
which showed commemorative
services in a synagogue. An-
other recent USIA documentary
showed Israeli athletes in pre-
Olympic competition.
Seek Dutch Action
on Nazi Group; Hague
Gets New Chief Rabbi
(Direct JTA Teletype Wires)
to The Jewish News)
THE HAGUE—Dr. Frederick
Polak, a Socialist Senator, said
Tuesday he would ask the Dutch
government to take strong ac-
tion against a 'flew neo-Nazi
group in Holland.
The group, which publishes a
monthly periodical, "Eur op a-
front", is a branch of neo-Nazi
movements elsewhere, he said.
* * *
THE HAGUE — Rabbi Solo-
mon Beeri of Helsinki was in-
stalled Tuesday as the new
Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi
community in The Hague.
Hague Chief Rabbi Salomon
Rodriguez Pereira officiated at
the installation ceremonies.
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The agency said it had sent
films to the Middel East on
pianist Arthur Rubenstein, vio-
linist Jascha Heifetz, a film
featuring Albert Einstein, and
a report on the work of Danny
Kaye for UNICEF. The USIA
said it was therefore unfair to
charge that it eliminated Jew-
ish content from its programs
to appease the Arabs.
Sen. Jacob K. Javits, New
York Republican, declared on
the Senate floor that the United
States Information Agency had
no policy of catering in its
overseas films to the political
prejudices of Arab countries.
The USIA has no such policy
pertaining to its material nor
will it ever adopt one," he told
the Senate.
In the House, however, Rep.
Farbstein, New York Democrat,
said he would seek legislation
authorizing the agency to in-
c l u d e a non - discrimination
clause because of the contro-
versy over the reported dele-
tion from a USIA documentary
of a scene showing a rabbi.
Farbstein said earlier this week
he would seek a report from
the agency to follow inview of
its activities in Arab countries.
Maryland Bars Prayer Exercise in Public Schools
BALTIMORE, (JTA) —Mary-
land Attorney General Thomas
B. Finan held that a prayer ex-
ercise in a public school was
unconstitutional. However, he
also indicated that a really vol-
untary religious ceremony might
pass a court test.
The disputed prayer was read
over a loudspeaker as part of a
student-directed exercise at the
Fort Hill School in Cumberland.
Thomas G. Pullen, State School
Superintendent, asked the At-
torney General for an opinion.
Finan said that the situation
at the Cumberland school was
similar to that in a Pennsylvania
school which was the basis for
the U.S. Supreme Court ruling
last June, barring Bible reading
and prayers from public schools.
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NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y.,
(JTA)—A local board of educa-
tion ignored protests of angry
parents in approving the re-
moval of a nativity scene from
the New Hyde Park Memorial
High School.
The Board of Education of
Central High School District 2
confirmed the action of district
Principal Albert Caine, who or-
dered the removal of the creche
displayed by the high school's
French Club. The principal acted
after Milton Levine, a trustee
of both the New Hyde Park
School Board and the high
school board, reported to him
that a resident had objected.
Levine did not ask for the re-
moval but simply asked for in-
formation on school district
policy.
Some 50 parents met at the
school on Monday to demand
that the creche be returned and
its removal investigated; sev-
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