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Celler, Kennedy
Bills Back LBJ
on Immigration
P Siveet Welcome for `Logion Core'
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(Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News)
ANTWERP—Diplomats representing Israel arid Norway, as well
as commercial representatives accredited to the European Common
Market, joined a large crowd here in an official welcome to a new
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Israeli ship, the 9,072-ton fruit carrier, Lemon Core, which docked
Emanuel Celler, New York Demo- in this port after delivering a cargo of citrus fruit at Rotterdam.
crat, introduced a bill in the House The Lemon Core, a motor ship, had been built in Norway and is
of Representatives today, calling the first of a fleet of six such vessels to be put into operation within
for revision of the Immigration and ; ; the next half year. The ships will be used for the transport of
Naturalization Act, in line with I Israeli products, chiefly citrus, from Haifa to European, Canadian and
President Johnson's special mes- ; United States ports. The fleet has been organizq4by, the Maritime
sage to Congress, proposing the Fruit Carriers Company, Ltd., of Haifa.
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elimination of the national origins
quota and other defects. At the
same . time Sen. Robert F. Ken-
nedy. of New York, annouced that
he is preparing a companion meas-
ure to present to the upper house.
Declaring that "it is imperative
HARRIMAN, N.Y. (JTA) — The
Rep. Celler, who is chairman of
the House Judiciary Committee, problem of becoming "insiders" as that the gap between the Israelis
said he will "bend every energy to Jews is a difficult one for Ameri- of Oriental and of Western origin
be closed," he stated that "there
the passage of a new immigration can Jews migrating to Israel.
Dr. Harold Isaacs, of the Massa- is justifiable optimism that the
bill this year." Sen. Kennedy de-
clared: "Our present immigration chusetts Institute of Technology ethnic factors in Israeli politics
laws are intolerable. They reflect said this to the Conference on Ac- are temporary, and that they will
on us throughout the globe. They culturation and Integration. sport- be eliminated in a generation."
must be revised, so that all will be sored at the Arden House Cam-
Prof. Louis Guttman, Ameri-
treated equally." pus here by the American Hista-
can-born director of the Israel
Support for immigration law re- drut Cultural Exchange Institute
Institute for Applied Social Sci-
form in accordance with President Sunday.
ence, stated that the accultura-
Johnson's plan was voiced by
More than 90 scholars and civic
tion problem, involving Near
George Meany, president of the leaders attended the three-day par-
Eastern and North African im-
AFL-CIO; and New York Family ley, which was addressed also by
migrants "is and will continue
Court Judge Juvenal Marchisio, Assistant Secretary of Labor Dan-
to be that of adapting largely to
president of the American Commit- iel P. Moynihan.
Western ways of life."
tee on Italian Migration. Repre-
Many of these migrants, Prof.
Howard J. Samuels, chairman of
sentatives of many other minority Isaacs said, find that they remain
groups throughout the country, in- "outsiders" as Americans, a situa- the Institute, stated that "in Is-
cluding .Jewish, Greek. Polish and tion that for American Jews in rael, Histadrut has created a pro-
other ethnic associations, also Israel involves many fundamental totype of the "Great Society" call-
backed the President's plan and cultural conflicts concerned with ed for in America by President
the proposed Celler-Kennedy meas- religion, politics and ways of life. Johnson." He said that "Israel
could more easily make economic
ures.
For most of them. he said, it also
and social innovations than a large
takes on very literal form in the
country like America."
matter of choice of citizenship.
Jewish Groups Laud
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PAUL' INIEWMANI'S
PAUL
NEWMAN
Histadrut Institute Con e nee H
of Acculturation Woes of Migrants
Dr. Abraham Duker of Yeshiva
University told the conference
NEW YORK fJTAi—The United that American Jews are better
Hias Service and other major Jeer
integrated in the American cul-
ish organizations interested in im- ; ture than in the Jewish culture,
migration issued statements laud-
and that Americanization is no
ing President Johnson's message to
longer a problem.
Congress in which he urged a ; What is a problem, he asserted,
Johnson's Proposals
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Dr. Judd L. Teller, executive
vice-chairman of the Institute, de-
scribed the roles of Yiddish and
Hebrew in Jewish and Zionist his-
tory and said that they differed
from most other languages "in that
they have lived longer in time
than in space."
nusnber of measures to relax the is
i working out a balanced Integra
present immigration laws.
tion in both the American and
The seven national Jewish organ- Jewish cultures and ways of living.
izations affiliated on the National . e warned that "cultural imper-
. H
Community Relations A d visory ialism" of the very large nationali-
Council enthusiastically hailed ties was a "menace" to the cultur
President Johnson's message in a ) al growth of the smaller groups in
joint statement by the American ;many
many parts of the world.
Jewish Congress, Jewish Labor I
Ben-Zion Ilan, representative of
.
Committee, Jewish War Veterans, Ilistadrut,
the Israel Labor Feder-
National Council of Jewish Wom- ation, said that "the divisive fac
en, Union of American Hebrew tors of race, religion and cultural
Congregations, Union of Orthodox differences have made an imprint
Congregations of America and the on the Israel political scene. but
United Synagogue of America.
it is surprising that the stresses
The statement was issued by the of large-scale immigration have not
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resulted in greater tensions."
.Jewish councils in cities through-
out the United States — and was
made public by Albert E. Arent. British Jews Seek Ban
of Washington, chairman of the on Race Hate Incitement
NCRAC committee on immigration.
LONDON (JTA)—The Board of
Deputies of British Jews has sub-
'Deputy' Opens in Canada mitted a memorandum to Sir Frank
With No Nazi Incidents Soskice, the home secretary, call-
TORONTO fJTA) — The first ing for legislation to outlaw racial
performance in Canada of "The discrimination and incitement to
Deputy" continued here after a ; racism. it was reported here at
premiere which took place with- the board's meeting Sunday.
out incident despite widespread
The conference with Sir Frank
advance rumors of demonstra- had been held by a committee rep-
tions.
resenting the board, headed by
The rumors that neo-Nazi groups Solomon Teff, president. Report-
would picket the theater or other- ing to the meeting, Hyman Dia-
wise demonstrate opposition to the mond, chairman of the law and
Rolf Hochhin play and other ru- parliamentary committee, said the
mors that militant Jewish groups proposed legislation had been
would stage counter-demonstra- drafted by an ad hoc committee
tions. led to the posting of 20 consisting of members "who had
policemen at the theater for the special knowledge and experience
premiere Sunday. The police re- in this subject."
ported that there were some 60
Since the conference with Sir
cars parked in the area whose Frank was off the record, the home
occupants apparently were wait- secretary's attitude was not dis-
ing for neo-Nazis to "start trou- closed publicly, but it was indi-
ble."
cated that he was studying the
Toronto reviewers differed in board's memorandum.
their reaction to the play, which
Frank Renton, chairman of the
charges that the late Pope Pius board's defense committee, report-
XII failed to speak out against ed that "special watch" was being
the Nazi slaughter of 6,000.000 maintained on fascist activities in
European Jews.
the Leyton Borough, where fascists
have been distributing hate litera-
ture and creating disturbance.
Patrick Gordon Walker, the for-
eign secretary, is running for Par-
liament as the Labor candidate
from the Leyton constituency.
A rebuke sinks deeper into a
man of intelligence than a hundred
lashes into a Tool.
—Proverbs
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