Analysis of John Birch Society Sh,ows Tendency to Avoid Anti-Semitism

By direct contact, having inter-
viewed leaders of the society,
basing his conclusions on expe-
riences at the groups' meetings,
J. Allen Broyles, minister of the
Boothbay Harbor, Me., First Meth-
odist Church, has written an im-
portant account of "The John
Birch Society," subtitling his book,
which has been published by Bea-
con Press, Boston, as an "anatomy
of a protest."
There is a very important con-
paragraph which serves as
an admonotion to all who are con-
cerned about the Birchers. The
Rev. Broyles declares:
"It is sobering to remind our-
selves and to remind even the
Birchers that, if we do not de-
fend freedom and rationality as
the norms of political conflict, we
ought not to be surprised to find
ourselves caught in a totalitar-
ianism not only from the left or

90 Per Cent of Jews
in Sao Paulo Colleges
Are Born in Brazil

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SAO PAULO, (JTA) — Ninety
per cent of the Jewish university
and college students in this city
are Brazilian-born and, on the
whole, show less interest in Jewish
laws and tradition than their fore-
bears, according to a survey con-
ducted here.
- First of its kind here, the sur-
vey was sponsored by the American
Jewish Committee, and conducted
under the supervision of Abraham
Monk, Latin American director for
the AJC•- and Alfred Hirschberg,
of the Brazilian-Jewish Institute
for Culture and Information.
It was based on a sample roster
of Jewish students at all the insti-
tutions of higher learning here,
including the State University,
Mackenzie University and the Pon-
tifical Universities of Sao Paulo.
Only eight per cent of the fa-
thers of the Jewish students are
Brazilian-born. The Jewish college
students are less observant of
Jewish tradition than are their
fathers, only 50 per cent of them
observing Yom Kippur against 73
per cent of the male parents.
While seven per cent of the
fathers observe Sabbath laws, only
one per cent of their student sons
do so. Among the fathers, 20 per
cent have never attended syna-
gogue services, while the figure
rises to 27 per cent among the
students.
In one respect, fathers and
sons are alike-12 per cent of
male parents and male offspring
in college said they observe no
Jewish religious traditions at all.
Among the Jewish college stu-
dents, 63 per cent had received
some "systematic" Jewish educa-
tion, but only 29 per cent had at-
tended Jewish schools.
On the issue of inter-marriage,
4039 per cent of the Jewish students
said that "religion would not mat-
ter" when it came to marrying; 33
per cent considered mixed marri-
ages "impossible"; and seven per
cent had no definite opinion on the
subject.
The survey painted a brighter
picture in regard to the Jewish
student's attitude to Zionism and
Israel. As many as 81 per cent of
the Jewish students said they felt
"some links" with Israel, while
the remaining 19 per cent said they
attached no special significance to
Israel.
Thirty-four per cent of the Jew-
ish students declared themselves
Zionists, 59 per cent said they were
non-Zionist, and seven per cent
had no definite opinion regarding
Zionism.

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from the right, but perhaps even
from the center."
"Only as members and leaders
of the (Birch) Society are com-
pelled to engage in rational polit-
ical conflict is there any possibility
that they might exert a construc-
tive influence within our nation,"
the author asserts.
Referring to the charges by
Robert Welch, the society's
founder, characterizing President
Eisenhower as "a conscious agent
of the Communist conspiracy," Dr.
Broyles declares that "whenever it
becomes appropriate and necessary,
it is to be remembered by oppo-
nents of the Birch Society that the
courts provide legal recourse a-
gainst libel and slander."
Probing the society's activities,
Dr. Broyles finds a fundamentalist
fear of threats from Communism.
He believes that a loss of faith in
Welch would result in the organiz-
ation's "rapid downward spiral" be-
cause of its high operating over-
head. He concludes that the soci-
ety's "social protest has moved
deep within the categories of
irrationality." -
"Welch has been successful,"
he pointed out, "in keeping the
society fairly clear of anti-
Semitic and anti-Negro racism."
He commends Welch for his con-
duct on the issue of racial and re-
ligious prejudices, having devoted
an entire issue of his Bulletin to a
disclaimer of anti-Semitism.
While- "less forthright" on the
Negro question than that of anti-
Semitism, Dr. Broyles states: "He

(Welch) is constantly faced with
questions or accusations about
alleged anti-Semitism that he or
members of the society might har-
bor. In my interviews with two of
the Council members some ev-
idence of anti-Semitism was dis-
covered. But in both cases it was

quite incidental to their major

views. And there is fairly wide
understanding and agreement with
Welch's insistence that any anti-
Semitism within the society must
be kept within strict bounds, that
it must never develop to the point
where it becomes he major pre-
occupation of a member or of a
chapter."
In the course of his interview-
ing of Birchers, Dr. Boyles does
report, however: "Frank Brophy
went to a file drawer and pro-
duced three rolls of charts 'doc-
umenting' the Jewish-Communist
Conspiracy' in this country in
1939. While discounting the Jew-
ish role, he nevertheless drew it
to my attention."
This is apparently a typical way
of not being anti-Jewish while
"documenting" Jewish guilt!
Dr. Broyles' study is objective
and throws proper light on the
Bire he r s. It is a timely and
valuable work.
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JDC's Moses Leavitt
Hailed on 70th Birthday

NEW YORK (JTA) — Moses I.
Leavitt, executive vice chairman
of the Joint Distribution Commit-
tee, was honored here on the oc-
casion of his 70th birthday at a
luncheon sponsored by the United
Jewish Appeal of Greater New
York. He was
presented with a
plaque by the
U.JA on the oc-
casion. The pre-
sentation w a s
made by Dr. Jos-
eph J. Schwartz,
vice president of
the Israel Bond
Organization.
Among the
speakers who
Leavitt
paid tribute to Leavitt was Avra-
ham Harman, Israel's Ambassador
to the United States, who hailed
the pioneering work of Leavitt
and the role of the JDC in aiding
needy Jews throughout the world.
The luncheon also celebrated the
50th anniversary of the JDC, the
80th. anniversary of the United
Hias Service, and the 35th anni-
versary of the Jewish Agency for
Israel.

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NEW YORK (JTA) — The head
of the John Birch Society has as-
serted that he will not allow his
organization "to be a haven" for
persons engaged in anti-Semitic ac-

nia Democrat, has come to the

aid of Haddad, his son-in-law. He
accused Farbstein of falsely claim-
ing to have been endorsed by Roo-
sevelt. The California congressman
also denied that Mrs. Haddad, his
daughter, had repudiated him or
given up his name, as Farbstein
was said to have asserted.
Mrs. Haddad is the daughter of
Roosevelt and his first wife, the

former Betsy Cushing; after they

were divorced, Mrs. Roosevelt mar-
ried John Hay Whitney, publisher
of the New York Herald Tribune,
who legally adopted Mrs. Haddad.
Farbstein denied having said
that Mrs. Haddad repudiated her
father, charging that those who
quoted him as having done so were
serving with Haddad's campaign
office. Farbstein's backers have
charged Haddad with slander and
personal defamation.

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Robert Welch stated in a letter to one who is a Certified Master
the Anti-Defamation League.
Watchmaker of the American
Watchmakers Institute,

NY Campaign Grows More Heated;
Farbstein Foe 'Drops' Religion Issue

NEW YORK—William F. Had-
dad, Democrat seeking the nomi-
nation for a congressional seat now
held by Rep. Leonard Farbstein,
has decided to drop the religious
issue he said was raised by Farb-
stein's campaign.
Haddad again accused Farbstein
of injecting religion into the cam-
paign by describing Haddad as
"an Arab posing as a Jew," but,
after making the complaint to the
Fair Employment Practices Com-
mission, decided to drop the issue.
He and his campaign advisers
said they would probably boycott
a meeting of a three-man panel of
the New York County Democratic
Committee that plans to look into
Haddad's complaints and Farb-
stein's countercharges.
He expected to take that ac-
tion, Haddad said, because Jus-
tin M. Feldman, counsel to the
county committee, was on the
panel. According to Haddad,
Feldman has been allied with
Farbstein's backers. Feldman re-
fused to disqualify himself.
Rep. James Roosevelt, Califor-

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Israel Youth Symphony
to Tour U.S., Canada

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

NEW YORK—The Gadna Israel
National Youth Symphony will
come to the United' States in Oc-
tober for a two-month tour of this
country and Canada, it was an-
nounced here Tuesday at the
Israeli consulate general.
The tour, part of the cultural
exchange program of the Ameri-
can Israel Cultural Foundation,
will be sponsored by AIMA, Music
Alliance of the Foundation, and
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ists Management.
Appearing as soloists with the
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old violinist; Miriam Fried, 18-
year-old violinist; and Daniel
Domb, 19-year-old cellist. The
tour will begin with a Carnegie
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nipeg„ Toronto and Montreal.
The orchestra, comprising young
Israeli musicians between the
ages of 18 and 20, will appear in
this country under the patronage
of Israel Foreign Minister Golda
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