U.S. Debt to ADL
Acknowledged by
President Johnson

Germany's
Post-War Guilt:
The Moral
Considerations
in Statute of
Limitations
Legislation

Editorial
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WASHINGTON (JTA) — President Johnson, addressing the 52nd annual meeting of the Anti-Defamation League
of Bnai Brith Feb. 3, called on all Americans to – work for the understanding, the tolerance, the spirit of benevolence
and brotherly love" required for his concept of the Great Society. He credited the ADL witirRlaying a major role in the
development of civil rights in this country.
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The President was presented with' the ADL American Democratic Legacy Award for 1965, in his second. appear-
ance as President before a Jewish organizallon. Last year, he attended the Weizmann Institute dinner.
President Johnson urged ,Americans to "never forget that unity is the legacy of our American democracy." He
said Americans must work for the kind of relations "that will assure every man fulfillment, dignity and honor, whatever
his origins, however he spells his name. whatever his beliefs, whatever his color, whatever his emoluments. If this be
our purpose and if this be our accomplishment; then our society will be great."
Declaring the ADL has "the gratitude of this nation," he said that in its half-century "of fighting discrimination,
you have never tired, you have never. faltered, you have never lost faith in your cause, and your cause has given faitheto
the nation." (Detailed ADL conference story on Page,5.)

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English-Jewish Newspaper —Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle

Prediction
for 1970:
No Hope Here
for the
Non-Believers
(Atheists?)

Commentary

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West Berlin Parliament Urges
Extension of Nazi Prosecutions

Migratory Trends, Religion's
Tendencies of Detroit Jewry
Stud y'
y'
Eva1-nated in

Dr. Albert J. Mayer of Wayne State Universit2,- . who has conducted

a number of sociological and demographic studies for the Jewish

Welfare Federation, on grants froin the United Jewish Charities, has
completed his latest study, "Social and Economic Characteristics of
the Detroit Jewish Community: 1963," which has just been issued
by the Federation.
Many interesting facts are revealed in this study, Dr. Mayer
allows at the outset that while the foreign born numbered 51 per cent
in 1956, they dropped to 38 per cent in 1963.
The study shows an increase percentage-wise in the ranks of the
Reform and Conservative ranks, and a decline among the Orthodox.
The percentage distribution shows the following identifications of

male family heads:

1956
1963
22
17
Orthodox
46
49
Conservative
21
26
Reform
11
None
Congregational affiliations have increased, as indicated in this
table:
1956
1963
45
49
Member
55
51
Non-member
Pointing to changes in the population and the movement to the
suburbs, Dr....Mayer evaluates the four Detroit Jewish areas — north-
west, Oak Park, Huntington Woods and Southfield. Showing how the
latter has become a firmly established "Jewish" area, Dr. Mayer
reports that "23 per cent of the Southfield families have lived there
Less than a year."
One of every six families in the northwest will move by 1970,
with Oak Park not too far behind such a movement, Southfield and
Huntington Woods being more stable.
He foresees a slight drop in Detroit's Jewish population by 1970.
Re states: "The extremely high proportion of college graduates who
will follow professional careers, particularly in teaching, engineering,
medicine and the sciences, may find opportunities outside of Detroit."
By 1970, Dr. Mayer points out, there will be a rise in the percent-
age of professionals and a decline in the managers-owners-executives
and blue collar categories.
Data compiled in this study includes calculations of religious
identification, drastiedecline in the percentage of foreign born, occu-
pation and employment status of Jews in this community arld many
Other vital facts.

BONN (JTA) — The West Berlin Parliament called for punishment of all - Nazi crim-
inals in deciding to support in the Bundesrat, the upper House of the Bonn Parliament,
the extension of the statute of limitations on prosecution of Nazi criminals- after next
May 8. The Bundesrat will open debate on the issue today. The lower house, the Bun-
destag, is scheduled to start debate March 10. ,
Secretary of State Gunther von Hase, the Western German Government spokesman,
emphasized that no pressure of any kind would be used against members of the Bundestag
when they ,begin consideration of a report related to the controversy over extension of
the statute.
He disclosed that Chancellor Ludwig Erhard was still in favor of —extending the
effective date of the statute though he had been outvoted by the Cabinet last' November
when the Cabinet decided not to extend the date beyond May 8, touching off worldwide
criticism. The spokesman declined to say whether the Chancellor might use his con-
stitutional prerogative to decide policy and reverse that Cabinet decision.
The subject of the March 10 meeting will be a report by the . Justice Ministry of
the results of a worldwide appeal made last year by West Germany to all governments,
to submit any information they had on Nazi criminals, so that criminal proceedings could
be instituted before May 8. Von Hase said that "in the light of that report, a quite new
situation might arise."
He also discussed a related issue, a discussion in West Germany touched off by
an interview in the Baltimore Sun with Dr. 'Karl Knappstein, the West German envoy
to the United States, who spoke out strongly for extension of the cut-off date. He was
quoted as saying: "I have a right and a . duty to speak. I have represented the views of
mk government as far as I could, but there are tlimits to this which are set by my con-
science."

Chancellor Erhard endorsed the right of the envoy to express his personal views
on the issue. Speaking at a Cabinet meeting, the Chancellor said that matters of con-
science "cannot be dictated from above."
Dr. Knappstein also said in the Baltimore interview that the statute of line tations for
murder, which dates back to 1871, was irrelevant to cases of mass murder and ra-
cial extermination. He suggested that the 20-year limitation period for murder should
be counted from 1949, when the Federal Republic was formed, or even from 1951
when West Germany achieved full sovereignty. IR
Von Hase also noted that Chancellor Erhard had repeatedly stated that it was
necessary to find a solution to the problem of trying Nazi murders even after May 8.
He said that the East German Parliament, which has criticized the Bonn cabinet de-
cision, had refused to hand over to West German authorities ineriminating, documents
on Nazis unless such transfer was done on a governmental level. Since West Germany
does not recognize East Germany, • this was "pure blackmail," he added.
He emphasized that, whether or not the May 8 cut-off date went into effect,

there would be trials against some 10,000 Nazi defendants.

Former Chancellor Konrad Adenauer proposed that West Germany . extend its sta-
tute of limitations for prosecution of major Nazi war criminals by four y e ars, instead
of permitting that statute to take effect next May 8. The extension, he said, is warranted
by the fact that the operative date for begin ning the 20-year limitation on such trials
should be 1949, when the West German Government was established, rather than

Argentina's Terrorist Hunt Identifies
20 Xeo-Nazis as Eiclamann's Avengers

BUENOS AIRES (JTA) — Twenty men suspected of being members
of a neo-Nazi gang with whom police exchanged shots last week near the
group's ,hide-out in a wooded area 30 miles from this capital have been
identified and are now sought by federal police, Minister of the Interior
Juan S. Palmero declared here. He said there were indications that the
principal aim of the gang was to avenge the death of Adolf Eichmann.
A delegation representing the DAIA, central organization of Argentine
Jewry, met with Jose Vesco, deputy minister of the interior, and urged
speedy apprehension of the neo-Nazis. Among the items discovered in the
gang's secret nide-away, police said, was a photograph of 27-year-old Horst
Eichmann, son of Adolf, wearing- . a Nazi uniform.
Carlos Perette, vice president of Argentina, reporting on a talk he had
with President Illia, said emphatically Tuesday that both he and the presi-
dent "condemn totally and energetically" any racist activities in Argentina.
He said .the government would repress any extremist action.

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Israel Warns Arabs: Water Diversion

Will Be Viewed as Act of Aggression

TEL AVIV (JTA)—Israel's chief of staff of,its defense forces, General Yitzhak
Rabin, on Sunday warned that, if ordered to do so, Israel's army could prevent the
Arabs from carrying out their intentions to divert the headwaters of the Jordan
River. He reiterated also previous warnings to the effect that Israel will hold Arab
countries responsible for sabotage against Israel's National Water Carrier.
Addressing the biennual convention of the Tel Aviv Journalists Association, Gen-
eral Rabin spoke of Israel'. need to strengthen its army as a deterrent factor. "But
if the Arabs continue with their aggressive acts against Israel, whether agains
Israel's waters or against our borders," he stated, "this deterrent force could be
utilized as a decisive factor." -
Up to now, he said, Syria has begun to carry out only preliminary work toward ✓
diversion of the Jordan River headwaters, in accordance with the decision of the
Arab states. Neither Lebanon nor Jordan, he declared, has done anything as yet
along this line. For the time being, he reported, Syria has begun to level and open
water routes for a distance of about three and a half miles from the Banias river,
but "no work has been done on actual digging of a canal, nor has any work been
done as yet in difficult terrain."

