Lewliner Californians Join Protest Against Anti-Semitism in Soviet Union'

Las. ANGELES (JTA) — Solici-
tations of signatures for a petition
urging the United Nations Human
Rights •Commission to exert its in-
fluence on the Soviet government
to 'end its persecution of Russian
Jewry was 'under way and gained
impetus in major California cities.
A group of leading California
,citizens joined. in endorsing the
campaign for signatures, which
was launched Monday. The start-
ing date was the 25th anniversary
of the signing of the Stalin-Hitler
. pact which paved the way for Hit-
ler's attack on Poland and the be- ,
ginning of World War II.
Among those endorsing the pe-
tition were Methodist Bishop
Gerald Kennedy; Dr. Max W. Bay.

president of the Jewish Federa- Union" by allowing Jewish intellec-
tion-Council of Greater Los An- tuals to express themselves in Yid-
geles; Samuel Otto, vice-president ! dish in books, periodicals and the
and Pacific Coast director of the theater; and to permit the practice
International Ladies Garment of the Jewish religion, including
Workers Union; Bert Gold, execu- the training of rabbinical students
tive director (4 the Jewish Centers and the publication and distribu-
Association, and Lt. Gov. Glenn M. tion of. prayerbooks.
Anderson.
The petition also urges an ap-
peal by the UN body to Soviet
Gov. Edmund G. Brown— Rad
previously 'announced that he
had signed the petition, while
the Los Angeles City Council
voted that this week would be
'called officially "Protest Week
against Soviet Anti-Semitism."
The campaign is being spon-
sored by the Jewish Labor Com-
mittee and the Workmen's Circle.
Isidor Stenior and Sam Paull, co-
chairmen. said the California cam-
paign was the start -of a nation-
. wide effort.
The petition calls on the UN
body to urge the Soviet govern-
-on Purchase
,' ment to end the "suppression of
Jewish culture in the Soviet

JERUSALEN1 (JTA)=-An agree-
Y. Police Ban
ment regarding the purchase by
the Israel government . of Russian
property in this country will short- I
ly be, signed in Moscow.
According to the terms of the
agreSment. Israel will pay $4.500,-
NEW YORK (JTA) — Walter
000 over a two-year period, two- Arm' deputy police commissioner
thirds of it in kind. The properties' in charge of community relations,
include Jerusalem's 20-acre Rus-
announced that the New York Po-
sian compound, which houses the
I lice Department reaffirmed orderS
city's courts and police' headquar- not to state a suspect's presumed
tors; as well as property in Haifa.
religion or ethnic identity in
Nazareth, Afula and Tiberias.
"wanted" circulars. He said this
Property in Israel belonging to the type of description "has no value
Russian - Orthodox Church is not in a search."
included in the transaction.
Commissioner Arm made this
Russia began acquiring the prop-
statement following several in-
erty in 1862. when Alexander H
quiries into a recent circular in
was Czar and Palestine was part of
which one suspect was described as
the Ottoman Ehipire. The pur-
"apparently Jewish," and another
chases. for the most part. were reg .
istered in the name of the Czarist as "German" or "Irish." He ad-
regime, to circumvent Ottoman re- mitted that this was a mistake. and
strictions, on foreign private hold- asserted that supposed -religious
and ethnic origin's have been elim-
ings in Palestine.
inated from - wanted" circulars for
•
several years. A recent check re-
Argentine Archbishop
vealed that. of the 225 "wanted"
circulars issued since the begin-
Favors Absolving Jews
ning of 1963. ethnic descriptions
of Charge of Deicide
were given in four cases. .
BUENOS AIRES , JTA ∎ — An-
tonio • Cardinal Caggiano. arch- Tucson Jews Offered

Special Ballot on Holiday

TUCSON (JTA) — Jews of

ECumenical Council declaration,• Tucson were reminded that. under
absolving the Jews of the ancient Arizona election laws, they can

charge of deicidq. when the Coun-
cil reconvenes at the Vatican next
month.
Asserting' that he favored im-
prbvernent of relations between
the Jewish people and the Catho •
he °Arch, Cardinal Caggiano
said : "The guilt for Christ's death..
cannot be assigned solely to the

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Jewish people. Therefore it Is un:
fair t6 call the Jewg 'killers of
,God.' The archbishop left for Rome
today to attend the Ecumenical

Council.

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use absentee ballots in the 1964
county prima/4y election, which co-
incides with the second day of
Rosh Hashanah.
The reminder was i s
e d by
Rabbi Marcus Berger. He noted
that the law provides that any
voter, who. "on account of the
tenets of his religion. cannot at-
tend the polls on thelsly of a
general, primary or special elec-
tion. is deemed to be absent from •
the county" and may use an ab-
sentee ballot.

BY HENRY LEONARD .

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VOTE SEPT. 1

COUNTY
PROPOSITION

No. 1

YES

Political Adv.

NICHOLAS
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Religious, Ethnic
Wanted' Labels

that he will support. the proposed

Political Advertisement

We ALL need

Israel to Sign
c
Paf
.of USSR Property

bishOp of Argentina. told a delega-
tion of Argentine Jewish leaders

authorities to "end the discrimina-
tory application of extremel' se-
vere penalties against Jews for
alleged economic crimes," and to
ban by official Soviet government
action anti-Semitic propaganda,
discrimination against Jews "in
all areas of ,Soviet life" and to
allow free emigration for Jews
wishing to leave the Soviet Union.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, August 28, 1964

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FOR COMMON COUNCIL

Issues affecting your most
important needs are being
decided daily in the Detroit
Common Council. Former
Councilman William Patrick
wants a man who understands
the people and will work
courageously to help those
who most need it.

GOOD
GOVERNMENT
NEEDS YOUR
VOTE !

REVEREND NICHOLAS HOOD is expeirienced. Presently a
member of the Detroit Commission on Community Relations;
Executive . Board, NAACP; B.S. from Purdue University; Grad-
uate of Yale Divinity School ; Vice President, Detroit Council of
'Churches; Pastor, Plymouth Congregational Church.

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We ALL Support HOOD

Mrs. Samuel Aaron

Dr. David H. Gateman

Mr. & Mrs. Marvin Adler

Morrie Gleicher

Jules Pierce

Mr. Soul Bachner

Mr. Lewis Grossman

,Mr. Murray Robinson

Mrs. Victor J. Bourn

Lillian Bernstein

' Larry L. Guttenberg

Jay Pershing

Louis Rosenzweig

Sylvia S. Hart

Henry Rubin

Mrs. Irving J. Rubin

Harold Berry

Mark T. Jacobson

Harold B. Bornstein

Ted •
Kaplan

Leslie Schmier

Dr. and Mrs. Sandor J. Breiner
Mrs. Irving S. Cane

Barney Katzman

Jack Schon

Alfred W. Keats

Arnold Cohen

Golda Krolik

Mr. Irving Sclawy

. Leslie Shore

I. Goodman Cohen

Henry Krolik

Meyer

William Cohen

Richard A. Lowenthal

Molly Tendler

William M. Ellmann_

Mr. Bruce A. Miller
Melvin Nord

Mr. Asher Tilchen

George L. Engel

A. J. Etkins

Harry Okrent

Robert L Wolpe

Jerome G. Friedman

Sheldon Otis

George M. Zettzee

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