Abba Eban Elected to UN Committee Despite Strong Opposition From Arabs Gift Matzoh Parcels From Kin Abroad OK'd for Relatives of Soviet Jews "UNITED NATIONS — Abba aid to underdeveloped countries "leading figure in Israel's Eban, Israel's Premier Deputy, as a follow-up group to the UN political life." They asserted was elected Tuesday by the Conference on science held in that countries in the Middle United Nations Economic and Geneva last year. Eban was one East "don't want him." Social Council of the nominees. After a long argument, the to membership Iraq and Algeria fought council decided that secret bal- on the UN Ad- Eban's candidacy bitterly on loting should be held on any visory Corn- grounds that he was a "con- candidate in controversy. Seven- m i t t e e on troversial figure" and a teen of the nominees were Science a n d deemed not controversial and Technology af- were elected by acclamation. IWorld Zionists to Meet ter very strong Eighteen council members Arab opposi- m Jerusalem March 16 cast secret ballots, and Eban was tion. JERUSALEM, (JTA) — T h e elected by a vote of ten in Secretary, World Zionist Actions Commit- favor, four against, three ab- General U tee, ruling body of world Zion- stentions and one ballot de- Thant had ism between Zionist congresses, clared invalid. Eban nominated 18 leading world ex- will meet for one week in Jeru- The committee will start hold- perts on the role of science in salem on March 16. The budget ing meetings here in February. of the Jewish Agency for next Among those elected by ac year and "the basic issues of the clamation was the Egyptian Zionist movement" are on the minister for scientific research, agenda. Salah El Dine Hedayet. UN Action Asked Against USSR Anti-Semitism Egyptian A. F. Pilot Lands Plane (Continued from Page 1) presented by the Indian member on Israeli Field; Requests Asylum of the Subcommission, Arcot Krishnaswami; 2. a statement made by Morris B. Abram, U.S. member, implying that the Soviet Union discriminates against Jews as an ethnic group; 3. A statement filed with the subcommission secretariat by Label A. Katz, president of Bnai Brith, on behalf of Bnai Brith and the Board of Deputies of British Jews. Two members of the sub- commission, one representing the Soviet Union and the other from Poland, maneu- vered the debate in such a way as to condemn racism without touching on religious bias. In the context of that debate, Abram cautioned the subconunission that the pro- posed treaty must outlaw dis- criminations against ethnic groups as well as bias linked with race or color. "The Nazis," Abram pointed out, "made a specialty of ethnic discrimination. They prepared elaborate charts by which they graded ethnic groups into a sys- tem of values. At the top were the Aryans, lower came the Lat- ins, still lower the Slays, the Jews and the gypsies. This vi- cious ladder of discrimination was undoubtedly one of the worst evils in the Nazi system and furnished the basis for the genocide campaign which de- stroyed millions of Jews, Poles, Russians and other Slays." Then, obviously pointing at the Soviet Union, Abram noted that there are "some states where laws forbid discrimina- tion in the most forceful terms" but where policies are carried on which "may well have the effect of obliterating an ethnic group." Ethnic differences are absolutely dependent on lan- guage, schools, publications and other cultural institutions in order to survive. Cut an ethnic tradition off from these, and it will die, however nourished the body of the citizen is by food, clothing and shelter and how- ever well treated he may other- wise be. An ethnic group has the right to survive as a group as well as individuals." "We should be able to pro- hibit a state which makes pro- vision for German-language schools for that ethnic group from denying Yiddish or Hebrew schools to its Jews," he de- clared. "A state which can per- mit national and regional or- ganizations of some ethnic groups must permit the same for others. A state which per- mits recognized leaders of every other group to travel abroad to conferences and Holy Places should not be able to deny that right to others. A state that finds facilities to publish textual ma- terials in the language and tra- ditiOns of some groups, should not be able to deny this right to any." TEL AVIV (JTA)—An Egyptian air force captain on Sunday landed his airplane at an Israeli airfield and asked for asylum. He turned his aircraft over to the Israeli authorities. The pilot, Cpt. Muhamed Abbas Hilmi, was flying a piston- engined YAK-II. Egyptian army planes tried to intercept Hilmi. But the Egyptian interceptors fled back to their own territory when Israeli air force fighter planes rose to protect Hilmi and escort him to a safe landing at Israeli air base. This was the first instance of an Egyptian pilot surrendering voluntarily, together with his ship, to Israeli authorities. His intention of landing in this country had evidently become known to the Egyptians. But the Israeli fighters were also on the alert, and assured the pilot's safe arrival and landing. NEW YORK (JTA)—The So- viet government has informed a shipping agency here that So- viet Jews will be permitted to receive gift parcels of matzoh from relatives a n d friends abroad. During the past two years when the Soviet state bakeries were barred from baking mat- zoh, such gift parcels were not delivered to the addresses. Gabriel Reiner, president of Cosmos Parcels Express Corp., a shipping agency licensed by Intoirist, the official Soviet travel organization, said that he was notified of the change in Soviet policy towards the ship- ment of gift parcels of matzoh following negotiations between his firm and the USSR govern- ment. It was assumed here that the Soviet customs authorities would be authorized to receive matzoh parcels from any ship- ping agency or through the U.S. Parcel Post service. GEORGE OHRENSTEIN Certified Master Watchmaker and Jeweler 18963 Livernois Ave. UN 1-8184 OPEN THURS. TO 9 P.M. 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