FCC Approves JTA Safeguards in Transmission of News Johnson Greets U.S. Maccabiah Team
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Safe-
guards sought by the Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency for its basic inter-
national news transmission system
were incorporated by the Federal
Communications Commission in its
order permitting the merger of
Press Wireless, Inc., into ITT
World Communications, Inc., a
study of the Commission's Memo-
randum Opinion and Order estab-
lished this week.
JTA had intervened with the
FCC in the merger proceedings
because of its extensive use of
Press Wireless facilities. JTA
had asked the FCC to make it a
condition of its approval of the
merger that ITT World Communi-
cations be obliged to maintain the
special press services now uniquely
provided by Press Wireless. These
services have not been available
from any other carrier.
The FCC order made approval
of the merger subject to ITT agree-
ment not to discontinue any of the
press services now offered by
Press Wireless without first giving
users of the service the opportunity
to protest. In the event of a pro-
test, discontinuance of service
could not take place unless and
until authorized by the Commis-
sion.
The JTA intervention with the
FCC was supported by the Ameri-
can Newspaper Publishers Asso-
ciation (ANPA). In its memoran-
dum, the FCC noted that "the
ANPA echoed the sentiments of
the JTA in urging that, if as the
application indicates, PREWI will
become a division of ITT, we con-
dition our grant to provide for the
retention of the existing specialized
press services now offered by
PREWL"
Elsewhere in the statement, the
FCC expressed "complete agree-
ment" with the position taken by
JTA and the ANPA "on behalf of
themselves and other news gath-
ering agencies, both large and
small." The FCC, in accepting the
JTA position held that "it would
not be in the public interest to per-
mit ITT to acquire PREWI as a
going concern and then permit it
to make a unilateral decision to
cease offering services to the press
agencies, particularly the smaller
agencies, which they require in
order to continue to_provide a use-
ful and economical service to
their customers."
President Lyndon B. Johnson
sent his greetings and best wishes
to members of the 1965 United
States Maccabiah Team which left
from New York City Thursday for
the seventh W o rl d Maccabiah
Games in Israel.
The text of the President's com-
munique reads:
"I am pleased to extend my
personal greetings and congratula-
tions to the members of the United
States Maccabiah Team.
-"In an age of tension and fric-
tion at the international level, the
opportunity for young people of
all nationalities to meet in an
atmosphere of friendly competition
and shared hopes takes on increas-
ing importance.
"I know all Americans share my
confidence that you will perform
in a manner which will do credit
to your country and further the
cause of international goodwill."
The Maccabiah Games will be
staged in Tel Aviv Aug. 23-31 with
Jewish athletes from 36 nations
participating in a 20-sport pro-
gram.
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istadrut Starts
American-Israel
Cultural Project
NEW YORK (JTA) — A cultural
exchange program embracing
faculties and graduate students of
American universities and laymen
concerned with • social problems
was announced here at a luncheon
presided over by Dr. Sol Stein,
executive director of the Israel
Histadrut Campaign.•
The program will be carried out
under an agreement reached be-
tween the Histadrut's department
for higher education in Israel and
the American Histadrut Cultural
Exchange Institute. The chief ne-
gotiators of the agreement were
Yeshayahu Avrech, head of His-
tadrut's department for higher
education, and Dr. Judd L. Teller,
executive vice chairman of the In-
stitute, which was founded by the
Israel Histadrut Campaign.
01-Alining major points of the
program, Dr. Teller said they - in-
clude the acceleration of the semi-
nars and academic conferences
the Institute has been sponsoring
jointly with American colleges and
universities to elucidate social
problems confronting both Israel
and the United States. Similar con-
ferences, attended by Americans
will be held periodically in Israel
under the joint sponsorship of His-
tadrut and Israeli academic insti-
tutions, he stated.
Joint research projects and pub-
lications by Histadrut and the In-
stitute are also included in the
program, which will enlist teams
of American and Israeli scholars.
Resident fellowships in Israel for
American graduate students, in the
social sciences will be offered by
the Institute. A committee of
American and Israeli scholars will
screen the applicants.
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