Full Text of U. S. State Department Letter Minimizes Judt vism Council's Jubilation: Maclver, Ex-ITA T Director, Address Parley WASHINGTON (JTA)—The De- partment of State did not endorse /- any of the claims and charges made by the American Council for Judaism, alleging dual loyalty im- plications in Zionism, and the As- sistant Secretary of State for the Near East, Phillips Talbot, re- fused to meet with heads of the Council on this subject. / ____„2 These facts emerged from the full text of the letter sent by Tal- bot to Council Vice President Elmer Berger on April 20. The Council released only parts of the letter at its annual meeting here. The full text of the letter reads: "We have carefully studied your letter of March 14, 1964, drawing the Department of State's attention to the ‘sui generis character of the Jewish people concept' and urging clari- fication of the Department's views with respect to the "Jew- ish people claim.' You state: The central point is that the Zionist-Israel sovereignty uses the Jewish people concept as the basic juridical claim directed against the Jews in states other than Israel who insist upon maintaining their single nation- ality status.' Its principal func- tion, you state, 'is to change the legal status of Jews from that of individual nationals of Jew- ish religious faith to members of a juridically recognized trans- national nationality group with additional 'rights' and obliga- tions to the Zionist-Israel sover- eignty. The core of the Jewish people concept is its nationality characteristic . . "The Department of State recognizes the State of Israel as a sovereign state and citizen- ship of the State of Israel. It recognizes no other sovereignty or citizenship in connection therewith. It does not recognize a legal-political relationship based upon the religious identifi- cation of American citizens. It does not in any way discrim- inate among American citizens on the basis of their religion. Accordingly, it should be clear that the Department of State does not regard the 'Jewish people' concept as a concept of international law. "I remain doubtful that a formal meeting of the type you describe would lead to useful results. As in the past, how- ever, appropriate officers of the department will be willing to discuss any problem that may arise, and the department will always be happy to continue the dialogue whenever occasion warrants." Clarence L. Coleman, Jr., pres- ident of the American Council for Judaism, in making public only parts of Assistant Secretary Tal- bot's letter, said that for 21 years the Council has petitioned the U. S. Government to clarify its stand on the "Jewish people" con- cept. "Tonight," he added, "I am able to release for the first time the text of the first unambiguous and responsive reply received from the U. S. Government." He termed this as "an historic mo- ment in the long, troubled history of anti-Zionism." Commenting on Coleman's par- tial disclosure of the State De- partment's statement, Rabbi Max Nussbaum, president of the Zion- ist Organization of America, de- clared that the State Department has said "something that the Jew- ish community has accepted for a long time." The American Zion- ist Council, the coordinating body of all Zionist organizations in the United States, commented that "the leadership of the Council for Judaism is fully aware of the fact that the concept of Jewish people- hood is purely a spiritual and cul- tural one, completely devoid of any legal or political meaning." Dr. Robert M. Maclver, pres- ident of the New School for So- cial Research, addressing the American Council for Judaism conference, said that American Jews were to some extent re- sponsible for what he called their "continuing alienation" from the rest of the American society. In part, he said, the problem arose from "the dis- tinctiveness of the Jewish cul- ture and on the conditions this imposes on certain forms of so- cial intercourse." He cited the Saturday Sabbath, food taboos and a reluctance to intermarry. But he also cited specific activi- ties as responsible for the "alien- ation." He said Jews trained their chil- dren in Jewish schools and homes for "minority-living." He asserted that while this was "properly cultivating group values," it also might have a tendency to create "counter-prejudice because of the impression that Jewish culture is both separate from and incompat- ible with the prevailing culture." He also argued there was "no need" for many of the "separate organizations" created by Jews "for the pursuit of interests that are shared within the inclusive society," such as separate organi- zations or "Jewish chiropractors, or chemists, or engineers or den- tists or social workers." Another of the speakers before the Council for Judaism was Dr. John H. Davis, until last January WE WILL BE CLOSED SHAVUOT SUNDAY and MONDAY, MAY 17 and MAY 18 Watch the Next Issue of The Jewish News for Final Week of Savings Due to Our Moving to Oak Park! SPITZER'S z 18294 WYOMING HEBREW BOOK & GIFT CENTER UN 3-0543 or UN 3-1557 the head of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Pal- estine Refugees. He said that the most troublesome issue in the Mid- dle East was not the problem of the Arab refugees but the "ex- istence of Israel as a Zionist state in the Middle East." He held that the efforts to resolve Middle East tensions have failed because the Western Powers, especially the United States, have been insensi- tive to the "deep feelings of the peoples indigenous to the region" and accepted "as true the ration- alization of Israel as to her pol- icy." * * Two Swiss Nationals Go on Trial for Informing Israel on Egyptian Firm ZURICH, (JTA) — Two Swiss Nationals went on trial on charges of disclosing secret information about a Swiss industrial firm, run by an Egyptian, relating to that company's aid to the German scientists at work in Egypt on armaments for use against Israel. One of the men, Johann Neeser, is said to be "of Jewish origin." The other is Wilhelm Naef. They are alleged to have given secret information "to the advantage of the military security authorities of Israel "about Motor Turbines and Pumps. a Zurich firm owned by Hassan Kamil, an Egyptian, which supplies parts for the Egyp- tian fighter program directed by German scientist. Kamil is also the head of another firm, Meco, which has been reported aiding the work of the German scientists in Egypt. Manfred Kuhn, counsel for the two accused men, requested the court, at the opening of the trial, that they be acquitted, hinting that, if the trial proceeded, he would' be forced to reveal infor- mation that could "seriously dam- age Switzerland's international relations:" Neeser was arrested by Swiss police last July, after having returned here, following an attempt to land at Croydon air- port, outside London, where he allegedly was to meet an Israeli agent. Later, it was said Neeser, met Israelis in Paris and Milan. Diefenbaker Urges Action Against Bigots; Gets Bar-Ilan Honor MONTREAL (J T A) — Former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker, Canadian government opposition leader, Called for action to curb the spate of anti-Jewish and anti- Negro literature in Canada. He suggested a test case be initiated by the federal minister of justice under Section 166 of the Criminal Code, leaving prosecu- tion of the case to the attorney general of the province where the act was committed. Section 166 makes it a crime to publish a false statement, tale or news likely to cause injury to the public interest. Diefenbaker spoke at a dinner here at which he received an honorary fellowship from Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv. Several hun- dred people attended the event, 'sponsored by the Canadian Friends of Bar-Ilan University. Calling the hate literature "poisonous," he said it was outrageous and offen- sive and could not be justified as an exercise of freedom of speech. The former prime minister also said he would like to see Canada take the lead in protesting to the USSR against the anti-Jewish dis- criminations there. "We should call on Khrushchev and others as- sociated with him to end dis- criminatory measures for, without protest, the leaders of the USSR may be lulled into believing that what is being done does not matter to the free world." Diefenbaker received the honor- ary fellowship from Dr. Joseph H. Lookstein, acting president of Bar-Ilan. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, May 15, 1964 7 Technion Dedicates One Building, Plans Second HAIFA — Two new buildings— one completed and the other just begun—will boost the science pro- gram at Technion City, campus of the Israel Institute of Technology. The Karl T. Compton Chemis- try Building was dedicated in the presence of Mrs. Margaret Comp- ton and a delegation of members of the New England Chapter of the American Technion Society, which sponsored the new building. It is named for the late Dr. Karl Taylor Compton, former president of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The new building contains labo- ratories, spacious library and read- ing room, administrative offices, seminar room and cafeteria. The modern equipment and safety de- vices make the Compton Building one of the finest of its kind in the world. A laboratory dedicated to re- search in the acoustical sciences will be located at the Building Research Station. Ground was marked out for the facility to be named for the French acoustics authority Ing. I. E. Katel. OSCAR AWARDS Irving L. Oscar of the Keego Har- bor Riding Acad- emy presents award to Murry Koblin Advertis- ing, 18039 Wyo- ming, UN 1-5600 GOING TO A WEDDING? Surwin's have the largest selection of Gowns for the Bride, Mother-of- the-Bride, Bridesmaid and Dresses for Guests of the Wedding. Priced from $50 to $199 SURWIN'S Lot G, Northland Center 1964 A Phone Call Will SAVE You Money ! AB RAM SHORE CHEVROLET CO. TW 1-0600 12240 Jos. Campau Res. LI 8.4119 Periect l op a A PEOPLE'S EPIC nJecration Confirmation actuation BY WALTER L. FIELD THE ONLY BOOK OF ITS KIND DELUXE GIFT EDITION Read what David Ben - Gurion wrote to its Author: Sdeh Bober, 4.3.64 Dear Mr. Field. I am most grateful for sending me "A People's Epic" --I wish it would be translated into hebrew. Do you read hebrew! Yours sincerely, D. Ben-Gurion. Ben-Gurion Acclaimed Also by Maurice Samuels author Salo W. Baron — historian John McManis — Detroit News James S. Pooler — Detroit Free Press — AND BY MANY OTHER WRITERS AVAILABLE AT J. L. Hudson Co. Marwil Book Stores Borenstein's Doubleday . Bossen Spitzer's Block Publishing Co.