Fr iday, March 27, 1964 — THE DETRO IT JEWISH NEWS — iQ
World. Jewish Congress Sees Hole in UN Anti-Bias Draft Convention
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The pos-
sibility that the United Na-
tions' draft convention on the
elimination of racial discrim-
ination might leave a loophole
to racist offenders has been
raised by the World Jewish
Congress here.
In a document, submitted to
the secretary general of the
United Nations in connection
with the recent meeting of the
UN Commission on Human
Rights and circulated by the
United Nations, the World Jew-
ish Congress declared that the
Draft Convention on the Elim-
ination of All Forms of Racial
Discrimination is destined to
become a valuable instrument
against discrimination. But the
WJC expressed concern about
"the provisions relating to the
implementation and effective-
ness of its rules."
Declaring that "these provi-
sions are inadequate," the WJC
suggested that the international
community be given adequate
powers to effect the principles
enunciated by the Convention.
The WJC stated that the in-
ternal judicial remedy, pro-
posed in the draft, "will be in-
effective in states in which the
independence of the tribunals is
questionable, to say the least,
and which are often precisely
U.S. Alert to Disputes in Mid-East,
Regrets Funds to Arms—Rusk
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Sec- amendment," Secretary Rusk
retary of State Dean Rusk told declared.
When the above amendment
Congress that the United States
will continue in its efforts to was enacted, speakers in both
Houses made it clear that it
attain a settlement of disputes
was aimed primarily to check
between Israel and the Arabs Col. Nasser's aggressive inten-
and expressed his regret over tions in the Middle East. This
the continued diversion of funds was, to some extent, implicitly
to armaments in the Middle recognized by Rusk in includ-
East.
ing his explanations as to why
Rusk appeared before the the amendment has not been
House Foreign Affairs Com- applied, in that section of his
mittee to present the adminis- statement which dealt with
tration's foreign aid program Israel-Arab relations.
for fiscal 1965, which begins
It was noted, however, that
July 1 of this year. In his re- while in the past the adminis-
view of what he described as tration tried to eliminate amend-
"key problem areas where U.S. ments of such nature from the
aid is a factor," the secretary foreign aid legislation, the bill
of state also discussed the Arab- submitted this year did not con-
Israel relations.
tain any attempts to delete the
"anti-aggressor" clause from the
"The U.S. has continued to
provide assistance to Israel act.
and to a number of the Arab
states," the Secretary said.
"These nations have a history
of conflict and animosity.
The U.S. will continue to
work for a settlement of the
disputes between Israel and
LEEDS. Eng. — The design
her neighbors and for a gen-
eral settlement in the Near on a packet of tea has brewed
up quite a bit of trouble for
East.
"There are resources and po- Brooke Bond, a British tea
tenial in the area sufficient .to firm.
Some Jewish grocers have
provide all peoples with a bet-
: ter standard of living. Resources threatened to stop selling the
which are diverted from the tea because the firm bowed to
job of providing economic Arab demands and removed an
growth and are used to build 80 - year - old trademark: a six-
A man (left), who identified armaments are a regrettable pointed star resembling the
Star of David.
himself as a brother Richard, I Waste.
Although the star was
of fugitive Nazi Martin Bor-
"Last year the Congress en-
mann talks to a policeman after acted a subsection (1) of sec- Brooke's original device bear-
turning himself in Santos, tion 620 of the Assistance Act, ing the price, the design was
Brazil. But Bormann's brother prohibiting assistance to any altered in 1961 to satisfy the
Albert said in Bavaria that the country which the President de-
Jordanian Council of Minis-
man must be a "swindler." His termines is engaging or prepar- ters, which refused customs
denial was supported by the ing for aggression. The activi- clearance to the tea packets.
Munich Institute of Contem- ties of all recipient countries—
Now, hoWever, • several gro-
porary History. "Richard" told including those in the Middle cery stores in Leeds have in-
police the former No. 2 Nazi East and Asia—are under con- formed Brooke Bond they
leader, long believed dead, is tinual examination by this coun- would refuse to handle the tea
"somewhere in Brazil's Mato try but no determination has in the future, whether the
Grosso state." A Frankfurt been made under the provisions packets carried the star or not.
prosecutor said another investi- enacted last year. I can assure
The Brooke Bond tea is ko-
gaion had been started into re- you that careful study is being sher for Passover under the
ports that Bormann died in given in every instance to de- authority of the chief rabbi of
Paraguay in 1959.
termine the application of the London.
Poor Richard'--
No One Believes
He's Nazi's Kin
British Tea Firm
in Hot Water for
Star Trademark
those which are guilty of con-
demnable practices."
Under the Draft Convention's
system of reporting and the
additional measures of imple-
mentation, only states may set
the established machinery in
motion. The World Jewish
Congress stated that this offers
no guarantee for the victims of
discrimination, _because "states
do not customarily exercise the
right of complaint against other
states with which they main-
tain friendly relations."
Doubting whether any state
will intervene on behalf of a
minority group subjected to
discrimination within the juris-
diction of a major power, the
World Jewish Congress noted
that were such a protest to be
made, there would be a risk of
a human rights problem being
transformed into a diplomatic
conflict.
To offset these difficulties,
the WJC suggested the estab-
lishment of a broad system of
implementation in which indi-
viduals and organizations would
take part.
If this was impossible under
present conditions, the World
Jewish Congress proposed as a
minimum measure the rights
of petition, complaint and pro-
test by organizations which are
independent of governments
and have competence and rec-
ognition in the field of human
rights. The WJC's memoran-
dum welcomed the inclusion of
an article condemning anti-
Semitism.
Senator Starts Drive,
Warns of U. S. Neglect
to Sign Genocide Pact
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Sen-
ator Hugh Scott of Pennsyl-
vania started a letter campaign
to draw wide public attention
to the danger that the ratifica-
tion by the United States of
the Genocide Convention "is an
jeopardy of dying through
neglect."
The senator sent out letters
to newspapers and figures in
public life, enclosing a reprint
from the Congressional Record
into which the senator inserted
a column on this subject by
JTA Washington correspond-
ent Jessie Halpern. Sen. Scott
described the column as a "very
important article."
Sen. Scott, in his letter, de-
clared that "it would certainly
be bitter irony if 1964—when
the world is re-examining the
horrors of Nazi exterminations
--were to become the year that
the United States permitted the
genocide convention to fade into
oblivion."
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