International Parley Backs Rights Denied Jews in Russia
BELGRADE (JTA) — The two-
week international conference on
a multinational society, dealing
with problems of human rights
and protection of national minori-
ties, concluded here with recom-
mendations which deal indirectly
with the treatment of Jews in the
Soviet Union.
The recommendations urged all
governments "to promote and pro-
tect the rights of ethnic, religious,
linguistic or national groups" by
encouraging their activities inside
the country and permitting them
to associate with national and in-
ternational organizations in other
countries. The conference was
sponsored by the United Nations
with the cooperation of the Yugo-
slav government.
Participants were named by 19
governments but attended the par-
ley in their personal capacity.
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---They included cabinet ministers,
/supreme court judges, other high
ranking government officials and
university presidents.
Recommendations were trans-
mitted to UN Secretary General U.
Thant with a request that the pro-
ceedings and conclusions of the
conference be submitted to the
Commission on Human Rights of
the UN Social and Economic
Council and to the sub-Commis-
sion on Prevention of Discrimina-
tion and Protection of Minorities.
Countries represented at the
conference included the United
States, Britain, the Soviet Union,
Canada, Israel, and several coun-
tries of South America and Af-
rica. Greece and Turkey sent
observers. There were also ob-
servers from 13 nongovernmen-
tal organizations.
Participants agreed unanimously
that the right of association in-
cluded the right of international
association, which meant the
right of national associations to
associate with international or-
ganizations, the right of indivi-
duals to associate with both na-
tional organizations in other coun-
tries and international organiza-
tions, and the right of individuals
in one country to associate with
individuals in other countries.
On the question of the right of
ethnic, religious and linguistic or
cultural groups to establish auto-
nomous educational institutions,
it was agreed by the participants
that a group could establish pri-
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Friday, July 2, 1965-7
vate schools to impart its heritage
to its children, provided that these
schools conformed to national
standards.
The participants agreed that
the right of autonomous action
to ensure the preservation and
continuity of the group's tradi-
tions and characteristics formed
an integral part of its way of
life and provided the surest
means of protecting its collec-
tive identity.
The Soviet representatives ori-
ginally opposed the recommenda-
tions, especially the conclusion
that minorities have a right to
maintain contact with their co-
religionists abroad. After several
days, however, during which they
probably consulted Moscow, they
gave up their opposition.
Australian Communist Leaders
Admit Suppression in USSR
SYDNEY (JTA)—Four leaders
of the Australian Communist
Party admitted that anti-Semitism
exists in the Soviet Union, re-
iterating a position taken pre-
viously by the party.
They took that stand as mem-
bers of a commission named by
the party's political committee in
reply to a book by Isi Leibler,
honorary secretary of the Execu-
tive Council of Australian Jewry.
The four were E. Aarons, A. Rob-
ertson, Rex Mortimer and P. Mor-
tier.
They declared, in a pamphlet,
that like any other national min-
ority in Russia, the Jewish people
have the right to maintain their
own national and cultural iden-
tity, if they wish to do so. "We
support the request of such groups
to have their language recognized
and catered for, to pursue their
cultural activities and to establish
organizations."
The four party members de-
clared also that they opposed
"assimilation brought about by
administrative measures."
Asserting that the question of
Yiddish language facilities in the
Soviet Union was a controversial
one, they added that they would
nevertheless "welcome further
progress in this field to ensure
that all who wish it are afforded
full facilities to express and en-
joy their culture in the Yiddish
language."
U.S. to Provide Training
for Armies of Syria, Iraq
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Amer-
ican military training for the
armies of Syria and Iraq, in addi-
tion to both arms and training for
other Arab forces, is to be pro-
vided for the fiscal year 1966.
This and other information per-
taining to American policies in the
Middle East emerged when the
House Appropriations Committee
made public the recent testimony
of the Defense and State depart-
ments.
Revelation of a military train-
ing program for Syria came as a
surprise in view of the generally
poor relations of America with
Syria. Chairman Otto Passman
of the appropriations subcommit-
tee on foreign operations indi-
cated surprise and displeasure on
learning of the U.S. training pro-
gram for Syria.
The 1966 program for Syria is
based entirely on training, accord-
ing to Gen. R. J. Wood, who testi-
fied. He made known that Syria's
Soviet-equipped forces will receive
maintenance training and instruc-
tion of "professional specialists to
a higher staff level, which is prob-
ably lieutenant, colonel or maybe
even colonel."
The cost of the training is paid
by the U.S. Military Assistance
Program. The Syrians are to be
trained in the United States in pro-
fessional military specialists schools
and orientation trips.
During fiscal 1966 military train-
ing for Iraqi military personnel
will be provided and instruction
of Iraqi air force personnel broad-
ened, it was made known. Pro-
grams aimed at modernizing the
Jordanian army will be continued.
Military equipment will be pro-
vided to Jordan. Arms, especially
military aircraft, will be provided
to Saudi Arabia together with
training.
Meanwhile, the State Depart-
ment is quietly preparing to
offer Egypt a massive new "food
for peace" program in the wake
of the $37,000,000 in surplus com-
modities just granted to the
Nasser regime.
High administration sources said
the assertions of the State Depart-
ment that the conduct of the Nas-
er regime had improved in the last
six months were a pretext to justify
granting of the $37,000,000 before
June 30, expiration date of the
authorization.
President Johnson was charac-
terized as preoccupied with Viet
Nam and having delegated author-
ity to White House adviser Mc-
George Bundy to examine the
Egyptian question.
Bundy reportedly accepted and
recommended adoption by Mr.
Johnson of the State Department
position which sought to minimize
negative aspects of the Nasser re-
gime and to portray Nasser in a
more favorable light. The State
Department's view is that Amer-
ican influence in Cairo would be
strengthened through a large new
program of aid and development
loans.
Rep. Leonard Farbstein, New
York Democrat, criticized Presi-
dent Johnson's decision to re-
store food aid.
In a statement on the House
floor, Rep. Farbstein noted that he
had introduced in the Foreign Af-
fairs Committee an amendment to
the foreign aid bill that would re-
strict to one year all future agree-
ments to sell food for "soft cur-
rency." He charged that Egypt
was obtaining food from America
while selling its own rice to Com-
munist nations.
Sen. Ernest Gruening, Alaska
Democrat, charged in a Senate
speech that the administration's
resumption of aid to Egypt re-
vealed that "the State Department
is again up to its old game of ap-
peasing Egyptian dictator Gamal
Abdel Nasser."
Denouncing the renewal of aid
to Egypt, Sen. Gruening said it was
ironic to depict Nasser as improv-
ing relations when he is doing
"more to destroy the peace of the
Middle East" than any other mart.
He said Egypt waged aggression
in Yemen and continues to do so
with 50,000 troops while constantly
threatening that he is preparing
for the final war against Israel.
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They also urged that "scrupu-
lous care" should be exercised by
Soviet authorities "to ensure that
there are no legal or constitu-
tional obstacles" to the availabil-
ity of requisite articles for reli-
gious observances, such as special
foods and prayer books. They
urged that there should be no of-
ficial barriers to the training of
clergy "to the extent adequate to
the demands and to the rights of
religious organizations" in Russia.
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Bobover Hassidic City
Is Under Way in Queens
NEW YORK (JTA) — Ground-
breaking ceremonies were held
Sunday for a new Hassidic quar-
ter — Bobov City — to rise in
the Whitestone section of the bor-
ough of Queens here, where 300
garden apartment units will be
built for the Hassidim of the Bob-
over Rebbe Rabbi Solomon Hal-
berstam.
Most of the Bobover Hassidim
now live in the Crown Heights
section of Brooklyn.
University of Judaism
Graduates 26 in LA
LOS ANGELES (JTA)—Degrees
and certificates of graduation were
presented to 26 students, most of
whom will be teachers for local
synagogue schools, at the 15th
commencement exercises at the
University of Judaism here.
Dr. Simon Greenberg, vice chan-
cellor of the Jewish Theological
Seminary, the university's parent
organization, presented an honor-
ary degree of human letters to
Gov. Edmund G. Brown.
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