500 Jewish GIs in Vietnam Share 1 Rabbi
(The following dispatch was cabled
to the Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Tuesday by David H. White, a mem-
ber of the JTA board of directors,
and publisher of the Jewish Herald-
Voice, Houston, Tex. White is a
member of a three-man interfaith
mission, which includes also a Catho-
lic and a Protestant, sent by the
United States government to study
the religious facilities provided for
U.S. personnel in South Vietnam.
Copyright, 1965, Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, Inc.)
* * *
SAIGON (JTA) — An estimated
500 Jewish servicemen have ar-
rived in South Vietnam in the
T4nited States military build-up
lad hundreds more are expected,
but there is only one Jewish chap-
lain to met their religious needs
as well as those of some 150 Jew-
ish civilians here.
Christian chaplains are filling
t-he needs of Jewish servicemen in
he frequent absence of the Jewish
chaplain, Rabbi Richard Dryer.
Rabbi Dryer, like his fellow Chris-
tian chaplains, makes frequent
trips to military outposts to make
personal contacts with Jewish
troops. He seldom gets to his Sai-
gon office during weekdays be-
cause his territory extends from
Danang on the north to Kien Binh
in the southern delta.
At the Sabbath services this
weekend, 27 servicemen and three
townspeople were present. Chap-
lain Dryer's service had much par-
ticipation. The kiddush was sung
by all, and the traditional l'hayim
toast was given at the kiddush.
C/
—
U.S. Urged to Hit
Arab Water Policy
WASHINGTON (JTA)—A mem-
ber of the House of Foreign Affairs
Committee Monday called on the
United States to note the escala-
tion of friction caused by Arab at-
tempts to divert Jordon River
headwaters, and to declare "firm
opposition to the Arab policy of
water thievery."
Rep. Leonard Farbstein, New
York Democrat, told the House that
"the silence of this government in
the face of the diversion of Jor-
dan River water by the Arab states
merely encourages Nasser and his
minions to further flaunt every
rule of international cooperation
and good will."
Noting that the United States
suffered a water problem of its
own, he said the Arabs could not
be permitted "to deliberately de-
prive Israel of the precious water
which is rightfully her."
"It is indeed time for the United
States to speak out in protest,"
he insisted.
In a related development, a
proposal that the Secretary of
State be required to answer mem-
bers' questions on the floors of
the Senate and House of Repre-
sentatives, pertaining to prob-
lems in the Near East and else-
where, was advanced by Rep.
Ogden R. Reid, New York Re-
publican, who had served as
U. S. ambassador to Israel.
He testified before the joint com-
mittee on the organization of Con-
gress that issues like the Arab
diversion of the headwaters of the
Jordan River could be anticipated,
and clear policies enunciated to
avoid conflict if the secretary or
state could be questioned directly
by members of Congress.
Rep. Reid said that his experi-
ence as a diplomat and Congress-
man led him to believe "there is
a clear gap in our constitutional
system," filled neither by press
conferences nor committee hear-
ings. He advocated changes in the
rules of the Senate and House to
admit the secretary of state to the
floor of each chamber to answer
"private notice" questions.
The Reid concept would be simi-
lar to the procedure now followed
in Britain's Parliament. He made
it clear that he had in mind the
need for clarification of policies
• pertaining to the Israel-Arab situa-
tion, as well as to other world
problems.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, August 27, 1965-3
The oneg shabbat that followed
was ended by the rigid 11 p.m.
curfew.
News that a second Jewish chap-
lain was arriving in mid-Septem-
ber was greeted with cheers at a
chaplains' dinner honoring a mem-
ber returning to the United States.
The Jewish GIs, asked what they
missed most, cite letters from
home, salami, lox with bagel and
cream cheese. Two USO centers in
Saigon are being heavily used, ac-
cording to director Allen Stern-
berg, who reported that the troops
are just beginning to find the faci-
lity.
There is a noticeable lack of
Jewish reading materials and
other facilities. Religious mate-
rials are provided by the Na-
tional Jewish Welfare Board but,
if the increase in Jewish troops
continues, there will be a need
for more JWB help to maintain
the present high morale of the
American Jewish servicemen.
The Jewish civilians in South
Vietnam include 41 businessmen or
industry representatives, 27 c o r -
respondents, and civil and embassy
employes. The leading druggist is
Jewish, as is a major automobile
distributor. A dozen French Jews
have lived here for the past 40
years, but no one asks any other
person's religion.
Jewish communal organization
is non-existent, and none of the
civilian Jewish residents seems to
want to volunteer to start a com-
munal group. The usual reason
given is that they are "too busy."
Many have said they would parti-
cipate in Jewish communal activi-
ties, but no one wants to take the
first step. Several Polish Jews
have indicated they may create a
minyan with enough urging.
Generally, the Jews who are
here on a limited stay are awaiting
return to the United States. Those
here permanently do not care. If
a communal organization is estab-
lished, it was indicated, it will
have to be initiated by outside
help.
GEORGE
OHRENSTEIN
Arrested SS Aids Kills Himself in Prison Cell
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
BAMBERG, West Germany—
One of three former Hitler SS offi-
cers arrested in connection with
World War II massacres commit-
ted suicide in prison, Friederich
Witschel, Bamberg chief prosecu-
tor, disclosed here Wednesday.
He said that more arrests were
anticipated in a nationwide investi-
gation of an SS unit which oper-
ated in occupied Poland and parts
of Russia behind the invading Ger-
man armies. The prosecutor said
the unit shot large numbers of
Jews ostensibly in putting down
resistance activities. The unit also
drove villagers into barns and
then set fire to them, burning
men, women and children alive.
One of the three suspects is a
former commander of the unit,
Emil Adolf Sator, 60, now a Wurts-
burg printing shop owner.
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