Sol Dann's Charge of Anti-Semitism
Used in Study of Jack Ruby Trial
Book store owner David Kirschenbaum displays a letter written
from Russia by Lee Harvey Oswald to his mother for which Kirschen-
baum paid $3,000 at an auction in New York. He also paid $1,600 for
a John F. Kennedy letter, thus pairing letters by assassin and victim.
Oswald's mother said she'll use the $3,000 for a trip to Russia to
gather data to prove her son was innocent.
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Detroiter Sol Dann's charge that have been part of such a conspir-
the root of the trouble in the Jack acy? Should credence be given
Ruby case was anti-Semitism is to such charges in a book by an
utilized in an analysis of the case American expatriate, Thomas G.
in "The Trial of Jack Ruby" by Buchanan, "Who Killed Ken-
John Kaplan and Jon R. Waltz, nedy?", which attracted wide at-
published by tention in Europe?
Macmillan.
"The conspiracy theory is
In this study, weakened by the failure of the
presented by the
prosecution, which had access
publishers as "a to most of the relevant Warren
classic study of Commission documents, to intro-
courtroom strat- duce any evidence of a link be-
egies," the auth_
tween Ruby and his victim,"
ors offer Dann's Kaplan and Waltz declare.
views with t h e
They also state: "Although Mel-
explanation that vin Belli still adhered to his view
according to that Ruby fired the fatal shot while
them "Ruby had in the throes of a psychomotor
killed Oswald in epileptic seizure, the trial testi-
a reaction to mony would seem to indicate that,
anti - Semitism though possible, this is relatively
and it was this unlikely."
very same anti-
The injected issue of possible
Semitism that ac-
counted for the homosexuality also is introduced
jury's verdict," in the analyzed testimony. The
Jack Ruby and they proceed authors comment on "simple self-
to quote from Dann's 35-p a g e glorification as Ruby's motive."
"memorandum brief" which de_ Then there is the motive of anger,
based on Ruby's "asserted ejacula-
Glares:
tion as he shot Oswald, 'You killed
"Jews are a highly sensitive my President'." The authors also
and emotional people . . . The
assert:
prosecution was 'guilty of mal-
"There is no doubt that the re-
ice' or 'bad faith' by frequently
referring to Ruby as 'Jew boy sult of the trial leaves one with
from Chicago' . . . Ruby is now an uneasy feeling. At least part of
`a number,' though it is not tat- this is due to the fact that most of
tooed on his arm. What irony us would feel that, considering
nature of the crime and of
that Ruby, who concerned him- the
accused, the penalty imposed
self with fighting anti-Semitism, the
was too severe. And while attain-
became a further victim of it ment of the right result does not
during the trial and may be
guarantee that the antecedent trial
executed because of this hate has been fair, it may be .true that
and prejudice ... The jury tried a trial reaching the wrong result
Jacob Rubenstein — the Jew. cannot have been fair."
(This name was used by some
(Jack Ruby's brother, Detroiter
reporters.) They punished Ruby
as though he killed their hero. Earl Ruby, last week withdrew
(Was Oswald one of their his petition that he be named
guardian of his brother's estate in
kind?)."
Kaplan and Waltz, both now Wayne County, and his request
holding professional posts in the was granted by Judge Thomas S.
law departments of Stanford and Murphy. Ruby said his brother's
Northwestern universities, have estate amounts to only $1,100 and
compiled an excellent account of that he had spent $55,000 in his
the Ruby case. They have probed brother's d e f ens e — $25,000
every detail, have evaluated the towards this sum having been
court testimony, inserting in their raised from the newspaper accounts
book the most important data re- by Jack Ruby.)
lating to the case.
Many Michigan motels and at-
They point to certain details
feature reduced rates dur_
that have caused concern a n d tractions
the mid-September to early
doubt, and they make reference ing
autumn vacation season.
to charges that there may have November
A free guide to the state's accom-
been a conspiracy. Could Ruby modations and attractions can be
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Poland, Canada to Open
Talks on War Claims
MONTREAL (JTA)—The Cana-
dian and Polish governments have
agreed to open negotiations in the
near future for settlement by Po-
land of claims by Canadian citi-
zens "whose property in Poland
was nationalized or otherwise tak-
en by the Polish government," the
Canadian Jewish Congress an-
nounced.
The CJC has several times pe-
titioned the government to make
such arrangements with the Polish
authorities, and has received noti-
fication from the Dominion De-
partment of External Affairs that:
"During recent discussions in
Warsaw, the Polish government
assured the Canadian government
that they are prepared to enter
into early negotiations toward a
lump-sum settlement of Canadian
claims in dollars or freely convert-
ed currency." It was made clear
that "war damage claims will not
be included in the negotiations."
The claims to be negotiated will
include only those of companies
incorporated under the laws of
Canada or Canadian provinces "on
the date on which their property
rights, interests or debts were
nationalized or otherwise affected
by Poland;" or individuals who
were Canadian citizens on the date
when their property was nation-
alized or otherwise affected by Po-
land.
Claims are to be filed with the
department of external affairs by
next Jan. 1, and negotiations are
scheduled to open shortly there-
after, the CJC stated.
Israel Exceeds 2,500,000 Population
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM — Israel's population passed the 2,500,000 mark this
summer, according to official statistics released here Wednesday. The
figure showed an Aug. population of 2,567,000, of which 2,273,000 are
Jews, with the remainder mostly Arabs.
The figures also showed a decrease in the ratio of marriages from
7.3 per thousand last year to 6.9 per thousand this year and a notable
increase in the divorce ratio from 1 per 1,000 couples last year to 1.2
per 1,000 couples this year.
Other vital statistics show that heart disease is the number one
killer among Israelis, followed by cancer. Polio, however, has ceased
to be a threat to the Israeli population, with not a single death from
that disease reported chu-ing the first seven months of this year.
Hebrew Author to Get Nobel Prize? Word Due Today
STOCKHOLM (JTA) — Shmuel
Joseph Halevi Agnon of Israel, one
of the most prominent Hebrew au-
thors of the contemporary era, and
the winner several times of the
coveted Bialik Prize for literature,
was high on the list for possible
selection as the winner of the
1965 Nobel Prize in literature, it
was learned here.
The year's Nobel laureate in lit-
erature is to be announced today,
but the deliberations of the Swed-
ish Academy, which picks the win-
ner in the field of literature,
were clothed in more than usual
secrecy this year. Other writers
among the leading candidates for
the prize are the British-American
poet and critic, W. H. Auden; and
two Russian authors, Mikhail Sholo-
khov and Konstantin Paustovsky.
We can live without our friends
but not without our neighbors. —
Thomas Fuller.
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days, pleasantly cool nights, excel-
lent hunting and fishing, and less
crowded accommodations combine
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