Fortas Chosen for Ability and Scholarship Histadrut to Name Land in Israel After Louis Segal (Continued from Page 1) Fortas' friends of Jewish faith preme Court rulings such as the TEL AVIV (JTA) — The His- Today, an ironic truth has depict him as motivated by a quest school desegregation decision. He tadrut, Israel's federation of labor, emerged. President Johnson se- for social justice and human dig- said the Court was thereby help- has decided to honor the name of • lected Fortas without regard to nity attributable to his ancestral ing promote social progress. the late American Labor Zionist • • Jewish considerations. The Presi- heritage. He did not hold member- leader Louis Segal by naming a dent regards Fortas, a close per- ship in a synagogue or temple. But Press United In Lauding plot of land in Kibbutz Ef Al near • Appointment of Fortas sonal friend since the 1930s, as a legal genius and a personality so motivated by justice that he is the best man for the job. 1 -- President Jo h n s on explained that "for many, many years I have regarded Mr. Fortas as one of this nation's most able and most re- spected and most outstanding citi- zens, a scholar, a profound think- er, a lawyer of superior ability and a man of humane and deeply com- passionate feelings toward his fel- low men, a champion of our liber- ties. That opinion is shared by the legal profession and by the bar of this country, by members of the \Congress and by the leaders of business and labor and other sec- tors of our national life." "Mr. Fortas has, as you know, told me on numerous occasions in the last 20 months that he would not be an applicant or a candidate or would not accept any appointment to any public office. And this is, I guess, as it should be, for in this instance the job has sought the man. Mr. Fortas agrees that the duty and the op- portunity of service on the highest court of this great country is not a call that any citizen can reject," he did send contributions to the United Jewish Appeal. So did 'Airs. Fortas, who is not Jewish. They have no children. Immediately after his appoint- ment, Fortas told the Jewish Tele- graphic Agency that he considers himself to be Jewish. He said this to clarify his conception of reli- gious identity in view of his lack of formal affiliaton with Jewish institutions or organizations. In the late 1940s and early 1950s, Fortas was a leading op- ponent of federal loyalty pro- grams. He defended the rights of individual federal employes. His law firm handled the defense of Owen Lattimore, an expert on the Far East who was accused of mis- representing alleged Communist associations. With his law partners, former New Deal trust-buster Thurman Arnold and wartime OPA Admin- istrator Paul A. Porter, Fortas fought to limit the Government's power to fire employes without giving specific allegations or an opportunity to confront accusers. Fortas taught at Yale, and came to Washington as a protege of Wil- liam C. Douglas when the Su- preme Court justice served as a said the President. leading New Deal official. Colleagues of Fortas noted that A notable success won by Fortas he already held one of the most before the Supreme Court was his powerful unofficial posts in gov- handling, on assignment without ernment as the President's top pay, of the case of Gideon Vs. legal adviser and one of his closest Wainwright. This case established personal confidants. However, he never offered advice on matters pertaining to Israel or of unique interest to the Jewish community, according to White House authori- ties. Nor did the President con- sider Fortas as identified with Jewish causes, and he did not seek such advice from him. a precedent that states must pro- vide free counsel to penniless per- sons - accused of crime. In the 1954 "Durham case," Fortas got the U.S. Court of Ap- peals to broaden the legal defini- tion of insanity as applied to ac- cused criminals. Fortas has publicly lauded Su- • Tel Aviv, Natanya Represented at Congress on Cities in Leningrad (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) / Members of the delegation met LONDON—For the first time in with members of other delega- Soviet history, reports on the ac- tions, including that of Tunisia, for tivities of Israeli municipalities in friendly informal talks. One of those talks took place the fields of education and health were presented to a Soviet-spon- between Mayor Ben Ami and sored conclave, it was reported Mayor Yssayev of Leningrad. The here Wednesday from Leningrad, Israeli mayor suggested an ex- where the meeting which ended change of street names between Leningrad and Natanya, an idea Tuesday was held. Israel was represented by a that seemed to appeal to the Len- delegation from Tel Aviv and Na- ingrad mayor. tanya at the Twin Cities Congress, attended by 500 delegates from 40 Harman, Other Envoys countries. The Israelis took an ac- View Desalting Plant tive part in the proceedings. (Direct JTA Teletype Wire Speaking at the opening session, to The Jewish News) Natanya Mayor Oved Ben Ami, WASHINGTON — Israel Ambas- head of the Israeli delegation, sador Avraham Harman Wednes- spoke first in Hebrew and con- day made a flying visit to Free- tinued in English. port, Tex., along with envoys of In the Hebrew portion, the 29 other nations interested in de- mayor referred to Russian Jews salting of seawater, to inspect a as "Brethren so close to us and saline-water conversion demonstra- yet so far from us." The report tion plant. on Israeli city education and The group was accompanied by health services was presented Secretary of the Interior Stewart by A. Borstein, deputy mayor L. Udall, Presidential Aide Jack of Tel Aviv. Valenti, State Department Protocol Members of the Israeli delega- Chief Lloyd Hand and Frank Di- Lion attended Sabbath services in luzio, director of the U.S. Office of — the Leningrad Synagogue and in Saline Water. the Moscow Synagogue, when they The party flew aboard the presi- visited Moscow. During the Mos- dential plane. cow Synagogue services, the trad- Water for drinking and indus- itional "Mi Shebeirach" blessing trial uses is provided by the Free- was pronounced for both the pres- port plant. ident of the Soviet Union and the Harman previously visited Free- president of Israel at the sugges- port in spring 1964 when Israel tion of Mayor Ben Ami. The Prime Minister Levi Eshkol and mayor also visited Riga and the Israeli diplomatic group were Odessa and then left for Western taken to see the facilities as guests Europe. of President Johnson. NEW YORK (JTA) — The ap- pointment by President Johnson of Abe Fortas as Associate Jus- tice of the U.S. Supreme Court was lauded in editorials in the New York press and in leading newspapers throughout the coun- try. The New York Times said in an editorial that President Johnson's selection of Fortas for the Su- preme Court "gives every promise of proving an excellent appoint- ment." It pointed out that "the newest member of the Court is not likely to be as uniformly pro- gressive in outlook as his prede- cessor, former Justice Goldberg, nor as personally influential as his predecessor save one, the late Justice Frankfurter," but added that "he can be expected to strengthen the libertarian ap- proach of the Court's majority." The New York Herald Tribune editorial said that "for his first appointment to the Supreme Court, President Johnson chose a lawyer of unquestioned ability, widely known and highly thought of throughout the legal profes- sion." It stressed the fact that, on a number of occasions, "the Su- preme Court itself has repeatedly demonstrated its respect for Abe Fortas." The New York Post, the Jour- nal-American, and the World-Tele- gram similarly praised the ap- pointment of Fortas. The Wall Street Journal said Fortas as a Supreme Court justice is expected to reflect his long association with President Johnson. "He looks upon the President's Great So- ciety as a logical and necessary extension of Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal," the Washington cor- respondent of the Wall Street Journal asserted. Bnei Brak after him. This site of land to be named in Mr. Segal's memory will be used for the erection of apart- ments to house pensioners from both Israel and abroad. 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