Matzo Baking Is Begun in Moscow Suburbs,
17SSII News Agency Reports; New Drive
Starts Against American -ZionistTourists

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MOSCOW (JTA)—An announce- preparation for Passover was is- lished since the liquidation of Jew-
ment that matzo is already being sued here for the foreign press by ish culture by Stalin.
It is believed that a substantial
baked in Moscow and other Jew- Novosti, Soviet press agency.
part of the edition is destined for
The announcement declared:
ish centers in the Soviet Union in
ELECT
"Although more than two months export, since the book is also sched-
PLEAS
remain until Passover, many Jew- uled to appear in English and
JOHN D.
ish religious communities are ac- French editions. It is devoted pri=
JUDGE
tively preparing for the holiday. marily to show how Jews live in
The board of the Moscow Central the Soviet Union.
Synagogue has organized the bak-
The Novosti report said that, of
* ASSISTANT CITY ATTORNEY - 8 YEARS
ing of matzo at a house rented in the 15,000 copies printed, 5,000 had
The bills introduced in the leg- the Moscow suburbs where 500 been shipped to book shops in the
* LAW SCHOOL INSTRUCTOR - 5 YEARS
islature this year to increase Com- kilograms (1,100) pounds are being Russian Federation of Soviet Re-
mon Pleas Court jurisdiction to baked daily, and a total of 30 tons publics, 3,000 to the Ukraine, more
* ARMY VETERAN - NATIVE DETROITER
$10,000 will improve the docket will be baked. Several tons of mat- than 1,000 to Leningrad and 300
situation of all courts in Wayne zoh have already been baked in to Minsk in Byelorussia. It ad-
* EXPERIENCED IN COMMON PLEAS, CIRCUIT
County, stated Joseph A. Gillis, another Moscow synagogue in Ma- miffed that the books in the Kirov
FEDERAL,. AND MICHIGAN SUPREME COURTS
candidate for common pleas rinoroscha and matzo is also being store in Moscow were sold out "in
judge, at a meeting of Detroit at- baked in the Malakhovka suburb one hour."
I (In Washington, 90 Congressmen
* ADMITTED BEFORE U. S. SUPREME COURT
torneys. Lifting the ceiling from of Moscow."
The announcement also said l joined in sponsoring a resolution
the present $3.000 limit. to statu-
that
"matzo
was
being
baked
in
I
condemning Soviet discrimination
tory insurance limits of financial
Leningrad and in all Jewish reli-
against Jews. The House resolu-
responsibility laws, will allow most
gious communities in Georgia."
automobile accident cases to be
tion is similar to that introduced
Despite this "softening" of So- in the Senate By Sen. Abraham
tried in Common Pleas Court, he
viet policy on the baking, of matzo, Ribicoff, Connecticut Democrat.
stated.
15 El JOHN D. O'HAIR
Gillis. who served three terms a fresh propaganda drive charging
(In London, Maurice Edelman,
in t h e legislature, advocates that American tourists advocate president of the Anglo-Jewish As-
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1965
streamlining of Common Pleas Zionism in the Soviet Union has sociation, pleaded for unity among
Court administration. simplified been begun in Trud, the organ of British Jews in presenting the
Paid by Friends of John O'Hair
procedures and modernization of the Soviet trade unions.
situation of Soviet Jewry to Pre-
the Common Pleas Court legisla-
Trud has often been used by the mier Kosygin and Communist
tion. "The basic act governing Soviet propaganda apparatus for party Secretary General Brezhnev
many common pleas procedures ; dissemination of anti - Jewish on the forthcoming visit of the
has not been changed since 1903." charges, often linking such accusa- Soviet leaders to Britain. Speak-
ing at a luncheon, he said that
he said.
tions with "Zionism."
The veteran attorney is seeking
An article in Trud accused an Soviet Jews had "the status of a
in the special primary election to American tourist, named James national minority but not the
• 10 Years Active Service
election to Common Pleas Court Picheny, of having distributed rights accorded to other national
be held next Monday. A native De- "pro-Zionist literature in Lenin- minorities.")
in County, Township
troiter. he graduated from Univer- grad." Trud is also reported to
sity of Detroit Law School in 1951. have revived the use of the term
and City Government.
While in the legislature. he spon- - cosmopolitan" as an epithet
sored several laws on Common against "subversive" elements.
Pleas Court procedure. jurisdic- That term harks back to Stalin's
• 16 Year Resident of the
tion and appeal procedure. He era, when "cosmopolitanism" was
served on a joint bar-legislative a charge against Jews and "Zion-
Community.
committee which rewrote the civil ists."
LONDON IJTA) — A Russian
procedure act for Michigan in
The New 'I' )rk Times' Moscow Jew and his wife were sentenced
1960. At the present time. Gillis
to death in a court in Minsk after
• Wholeheartedly Sup-
correspondent reported only one
is on a special bar committee re-
being convicted of "economic
book store in Moscow, on Kirov
ports Present City
writing Michigan's criminal code.
crimes," according to the Minsk
St., received copies of the Yid-
dish book "This Is How We daily newspaper, Zviazda, received
Charter.
The newspaper named the
Judge Fishman Urges i Live," published last month in here.
couple
as
Semion
Borisovich
Bris-
Moscow.
All to Vote Monday
The report said that the entire kin and his- wife Celia.
• Opposes Raising May-
Three other persons, non-Jews.
Deploring the apparent lack of shipment of 86 copies was sold out
were convicted in the same trial.
interest in the election on Monday, by the store almost immediately
or's Salary.
Zviazda reported, but these re-
Judge Burt Shifman of the Oak on the basis of advanced orders. ceived prison sentences ranging
There
are
250,000
Jews
in
Moscow,
Park Municipal
from six months to eight years.
VOTE FOR
and the publication of the book
Court this week
All were accused of having div-
has not been reported in the Rus-
urged that voters
erted food stuffs from an official
sian language press, the corres-
should •concern
store to the black market. Briskin
pondent emphasized.
themselves with
was accused additionally of having
Novosti, in a cable to the Jewish sold gold on the black market.
t h e urgency of
Telegraphic Agency, said that the
the election.
book was published in 15,000 ^opies
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 15
'There are
Wages are paid only at the
and that 9,300 of them have been
many new voters
finish.— Baba Metzia 72.
Citizens
• for Durbin Committee
shipped to book stores in various
in Oak Park and
(Paid Political Advertisement)
parts of the USSR. The book is the THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
in Southfield,"
first volume of works by Yiddish 6—Friday, February 12, 1965
the judge said,
authors in the Soviet Union pub-
"and it would be Judge Shifman
a grave error if they overlooked
casting their ballots for the im-
Goodman Candidacy
portant offices to be filled.
Judge Shifman is a candidate Gaining Momentum
for re-election at Monday's prim-
E. Donald Goodman, who has
aries.
had a nine years' experience prac-
ticing in U.S. courts, and who was
associated with Benjamin Burdick
Elsie Gilmore Runs
in law practice before Judge Bur-
dick's appointment to the Circuit
for State Senate Seat
Elsie Gilmore, Democratic can- Court, is receiving many endorse-
didate for the vacant Senate seat ments in his candidacy for the
in the 14th District. is concentrat- Common Pleas Court, to be voted
ing on a person-to-person cam- on at the primary election Monday.
Goodman, a native Detroiter, is
paign. There are many areas in
* Member Congregation Shaarey Zedek
which the people have unmet a former legal adviser to the U.S.
needs. such as the lack of ade- State Department and Depart-
* Member Bnai Brith
quate traffic. aid to local school ment of Defense. He is a veteran
* Graduate Wayne State University Law School
districts and increased mental and was defense counsel in military
courts martial trials in Washing-
health facilities, she said.
* National President Tau Epsilon Rho Law Fraternity
Mrs. Gilmore was chairman of ton, D.C., for three years.
* Practicing Attorney 24 years
He
is
admitted
to
practice
before
the Wayne County Democratic
Committee for seven years, an ap- the U.S. Supreme Court and the
* Commissioner Southfield Zoning Board of Appeals
pointed member of a presidential U.S. Courts of Claims, Military
* Endorsed by leading residents, business men, sub-
bipartisan citizens committee on Appeals, and Customs and Patent
foreign affairs and the recipient of Appeals and all Michigan courts.
division and civic associations.
the American Heritage Award in He is former member of the
1960. Many items on the agenda American Bar Association's Com-
in Lansing were originally form- mittee of international law and
ulated under her leadership in the the Federal Bar Association on
Wayne County committee.
international law.

Gillis Advocates
High Jurisdiction
for Common Pleas

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VOTE No. 15 ON THE 15th

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Stay Suburban

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Vote for Durbin

Soviet Couple Gets
Death Sentence for
Economic Crimes

CLARENCE A. DURBIN

For MAYOR

Vect

NORMAN W.

FE o ER

COUNCILMAN in SOUTHFIELD

VOTE FEBRUARY 15

SPECIAL ELECTION, MON., FEB. 15, 1965 TO FILL VACANCY AND REMAINING TERM OF
YOUR VOTE
COUNTS !
For

E. Donald

GOODMAN

JUDGE

JUDGE KAUFMAN

OF COMMON!
PLEAS COURT

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