Yeshiva U. Students Back Ll3J Policy

The day after President Johnson issued the order to resume
bombing of North Vietnam, 30 Yeshiva University undergraduates
delivered a petition to the White House signed by 800 students from
Yeshiva College for Men and Stern College for Women declaring their
support for U. S. Vietnam policy. Representing about three-fifths of
the university's 1,410 undergraduates, the petition was given - to U.S.
Marine Corps. Colonel Herbert L. Beckington, Military Aide of Vice
President Hubert H. Humphrey, by Robert L. Mark, a Yeshiva College
senior who heads its Political Science Club. Co-leader of the Univer-
sity's delegation (between Colonel Beckington and Mark) was Joseph
I. Berlin, president of the College Student Council. Fourth from the
left was William Jordan, Deputy Secretary of State, who joined Colonel
Beckington in greeting the students in the Old Indian Treaty Room of
the Old Executive Offices Building adjacent to the White House.

Jewish John Birchers Branch Out;
AJCommittee, JWV Slam Group

NEW YORK (JTA)—Two Jews,
who said they are members of the
John Birch Society, announced
here last week that they are form-
ing a new organization, called the
Jewish Society of Americanists.
The men are Samuel Blumenfeld,
an employe of the John Birch Soc-
iety, in Boston; and Alan Stang,
of New York, author of a book
linking the civil rights movement
with communism.
They issued a statement of prin-
ciples declaring that the society's
aim will be "to demonstrate to our
fellow Americans and coreligion-
ists that the Americanist prin-
ciples, beliefs and aims of the
John Birch Society are based on
the very precepts of Judaism."
At a news conference, they said
that, since an announcement two
weeks ago in a Birch Society pub-
lication that the Jewish group
would be formed, "several hun-
dred" Jews around the country
have endorsed the move.
Stang, declaring the title of the
society a "misnomer," said the
group will admit not only non-
Jews but also non-members of the
John Birch Society.
Thomas J. Davis, public rela-
tions manager for Eastern
United States of the John Birch
Society, claimed there are 1,000
Jews in the USA among the soc-
iety's 100,000 members.
Listed among the officers of the
new group are Michael S. Kogan,
chairman; Blumenfeld, vice-chair-
man; and W. C. Solomon, execu-
tive secretary. None of them is
known in Jewish public life.
Dr. John Slawson, executive
vice president of the American
Jewish Committee, commented:
"The fact that the Society deems
it necessary to form such a group
is testimony to its abject failure
to attract Jews. Small wonder.
Jews and Birchites have only in
common the antithesis of their
views. Where Birchism emphasizes
conformity, Jews cherish diver-
sity; where the John Birch Society
is authoritarian in its structure,
the Jewish community personifies
a democratic structure. The fool-
ish notion that Jews can be siren-
songed into the John Birch Soc-
iety evidences the larger want of
rational thinking in the extremist
camp."
The Jewish War Veterans' na-
tional commander, Milton A. Wal-
dor, warned the nation against be-
ing "taken in" by such Birchite
publicity.
He said Blumenfeld, its vice
chairman, is a former "shill" for
the radical right-wing extremist
pitchman, Billy James Hargis.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
40—Friday, February 25, 1966

(Analysis editor of Review of the
News, a Birch weekly, Blumenfeld
is a graduate of City College of
New York.)
"It is obvious," said Waldor,
"that all thinking people will rea-
lize that Birchism is totally and
completely incompatible with Ju-
daism. The fear-and-smear philo-
sophy of Birchism is in stark con-
trast with the democratic ethic of
Judaism."
The new society endorses the
views of Robert Welch, founder
of the John Birch Society, that
the United States is in "immi-
nent peril of being subverted by
a gigantic domestic Communist
conspiracy;" that Chief Justice
Earl Warren should be impeach-
ed, that income taxes should be
abolished and that the civil
rights movement is a Communist
plot to destroy America.
Stang, author of "It's Very
Simple: the True Story of Civil
Rights," charges that a "Commun-
ist conspiracy" created the civil
rights movement. He has a mas-
ters degree from Columbia Uni-
versity.

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Connecticut GOP Eyes
Possible Rat Fink Ties

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (JTA)—
The Connecticut State Republican
committee disclosed it was making
an inquiry to determine whether
there was any connection between
Connecticut Young Republicans
and a group of ultra-conservatives
in New Jersey charged with anti-
Semitic and racist activities.
The executive board of the
Connecticut Young Republicans
at the same time voted over-
whelmingly in favor of a reso-
lution denouncing the Rat Finks,
the self-applied name of the
New Jersey right wingers. The
Rat Finks are the subject of
scheduled formal investigations
both by senior New Jersey Re-
publicans and the Young Repub-
lican organization in New Jersey
later this month.
The resolution charged that the
Rat Finks had "brought stigma,
embarrassment and shame upon
the Young Republicans nationally
and the constituent state and local
groups." The resolution added that
the Connecticut Young Republi-
cans Executive Committee "con-
demns and dissociates itself from
the New Jersey Rat Finks, their
members, their associates, all
songs, statements and activities."
The board also approved a com-
mittee to investigate a complaint
that the "militant right-wing ideo-
logy of those who control the
Young Republicans" has led to a
serious decline of Republican
popularity on college campuses.

Archbishop Dearden Calls Ecumenical Council
Statement on Jews Good, Hits Anti - Semitism

Archbishop John F. Dearden,
speaking at a testimonial dinner
tendered him Monday night at
Temple Beth El by the Temple
Men's Club, presented the liberal
bishop's view of the Vatican Ecu-
menical Council's declaration on
the Jews and other non-Catholic
denominations, and reviewed the
declaration point by point to give
assurance that it represented a
great step in the direction of good
relations between the Church and
other denominations and was a
serious step towards discrediting
and ending anti-Semitic practices
that were hitherto ascribed to the
Church.
In a meticulously prepared text,
Archbishop Dearden assured the
more than 450 in attendance that
"the Ecumenical Council bore
upon it from the very beginning
the impress of Pope John XIII."
Explaining why the adopted
statement, unlike the earlier one
which contained a specific item on
the Jews, was issued as "a broader
document," he said that it
"evolved around an effort to find a
central theme to which all efforts
were directed" and that "there was
an effort made to find some prin-
ciple of unification."
"Since the Church does not
exist in a vacuum, it was neces-
sary to relate itself to other
churches and communities," he
stated, and in the context of the
prepared statement "considera-
tion thus was given to the rela-
tion to the Jews."
Emphasizing that he considered
the statement on the Jews "a good
one," the Archbishop also declared
that the record of the American
bishops in their actions at the
Council in Rome "is a good one."
He said they favored a strong
statement, and he said especially
notable in that direction were the
efforts of the late Archbishop
Meyer of Chicago.
"The American bishops are gen-
erally content with the final state-
ment as drafted," he added.
Archbishop Dearden then pro-
ceeded to review the statement
and said "the language of the
final text is more precise than
the original one. The tone of the
document is more sober. It rec-
ognizes the place of the Jews in
the heart of God and in the
Catholic Church."
He expressed the view that the
purpose and meaning of the two
versions—the earlier one proposed
and the adopted one—"are identi-
cal." He explained that "Jews"
instead of "Jewish people" is the
term used because otherwise it
might be interpreted as referring
to a country. (Here he undoubtedly
had in view the pressures that had

Hebrew Corner

Security of the
State of Israel

On the day the State of Israel was
established, the armies of the Arab
states invaded the country with the
intention of destroying Israel. That
war ended with the Armistice Agree-
ments which were signed between
Israel and the neighboring countries
(Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon) in
(the year) 1949.
The Arab states not only failed to
negotiate with Israel about the replace-
ment of the Armistice Agreements with
a Peace Treaty, but they did not even
observe the terms of the Armistice
Agreements themselves. •
The Intelligence Sections of Egypt
and Syria organized units of armed
volunteers which penetrated into Israel
and committed murder, laid mines on
the roads, and tried to undermine the
peace of the State.
Many times the Syrians in the north
opened fire by machine guns, mortars,
and cannons on shepherds and plow-
men in the fields of the settlements
and on fishermen on the Kinnereth.
And in the south, the Egyptian posi-
tions distrurbed the peace of the
settlements.
After each case of infiltration, mur-
der and robbery, Israel filed a com-
plaint with the Armistice Commission,
which could at most censure the Arab
state from which the murders had come.
The Israel Authorities could not remain
passive about the (sight of the) blood-
shed, and there followed retaliatory
operations which struck at the centers
from which the infiltrators had been
sent
After each retaliatory operation, the
(acts of) murders ceased for a short
time.
Translation of Hebrew column pub-
lished by the Brit Ivrit OlamIt with the
assistance of the Memorial Foundation
for Jewish Culture.

come upon the Ecumenical Council Dr. Hertz declared that the Jewish

from Arabs against the adoption question "is very much a Chris-
of the statement on the Jews be- tian problem" and he emphasized
cause they viewed it as an en- that it is the obligation to elimi-
dorsement of the Zionist idea).
nate anti-Semitism and all sources
His statement explained the pur- of bigotry and prejudice." Wel-

pose of the document—to indicate
that the death of Christ could not
be charged to all Jews alike at that
time or to the Jews of today. "It
is explicitly denied that the Jewish
people itself was involved in plot-
ting on the life of Christ," he de-
clared. He added that the inten-
tion is to indicate that "the Jews
should not be presented as re-
jected by God. There is implied a
continuity (with the Church) —
Jews not to be east in a role
accursed by God."
Regarding the elimination of
the term "deicide" from the
f in al statement, Archbishop
Dearden said that "it is a harsh
sounding word involving a theo-
logical problem and should not
have a place in the vocabulary
of Christians."
He repeatedly emphasized that
the Church rejects persecution of
any man and "because of its patri-
mony with the Jews it sets forth
a forthright condemnation of anti-
Semitism in all forms."
Referring to the criticism that
the declaration, instead of con-
demning anti-Semitism merely de-
plored it, Archbishop Dearden said
it was due to a mistranslation of a
Latin term as "deplores" which
should really read "decries" and
he said steps are being taken with
academic care to prepare versions
that will more accurately present
the document."
He concluded his address by em-
phasizing that the Church rejects
genocide, abortion, euthanasia and
strives "to achieve a broad goal of
peace."
Monday night's dinner may
well be considered the highlight
of Brotherhood Week celebra-
tions. Marking the observance
of brotherhood, the event was
attended by outstanding figures
of all faiths and Archbishop
Dearden was presented by Rabbi
Richard C. Hertz with a citation
from Temple Beth El in recog-
nition of his deeds leading to-
wards good will.
In his presentation and intro-
ductory address—which he com-
menced by reciting a prayer for
Rabbi Morris Adler's recovery—

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coming the adopted Vatican dec-
laration, Dr. Hertz proposed:
"1. There should be dialogue
between Jews and Christians now
more than ever before. Whatever
has been done must be intensified.
"2. These dialogues of inter-
communication must flow both
ways. We Jews must be ready
prepared to meet the Christi.,
half way. It won't be an easy on,
way street.
"The Ecumenical Council's
words on paper must be translated
into action. In greed, violence,
hatred, war—all religious groups
face an inferno. We are all in the
same boat—we must pull together
or sink together."
Dr. Hertz concluded by stating
that the church, having acted
positively to end ancient myths
about the Jews, must, in that
spirit, continue the steps towards
perpetuation of good will.
The Rev. Merrill G. Lenox,
executive director of the Detroit
Council of Churches, in behalf
of the 800 congregations of the
24 Protestant denominations in
Detroit, brought greetings to the
gathering and praised Arch-
bishop Dearden's contributions
to Vatican Council II, to Detroit
by his efforts for Projected
Equality and his general inspir-
ational leadership.
Participants in the program in-
cluded Jerome L. Reiss, chairman
of the dinner committee, who pre-
sided; Rabbi Morton M. Kanter,
who gave the invocation, and Ber-
nard R. Isenberg and Sidney J.
Karbel, presidents repectively of
the Men's Club of Beth El and
Temple Beth El.
Attendees at the dinner included
the Very Rev. Laurence V. Britt
and the Very Rev. Celestin J.
Steiner, president and chancellor
of the University of Detroit; Sister
Mary Emil, Sister Mary Lucille
and Sister Mary Donatha, presi-
dents of Marygrove, Mercy and
Madonna Colleges; numerous other
officials of the various Catholic
colleges; Dr. Marc Beach and Dr.
G. Flint Purdy of Wayne State
University, and other leading
community figures.

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