`Medal of Infamy
Hit by Principal
in School Paper
How one principal handled the
iron cross teen fad was illustrated
last Friday in the "Letters to the
Principal" column of the Western
High School newspaper, The
Roundup.
In reply to one student's com-
plaint that Principal Louis Pan-
ush had no right to order removal
of the Nazi emblems, Panush
wrote:
"The iron cross and swastika are
symbols of Nazism and the Nazi
era. They bear witness to incarcer-
ation, persecution, torture and
murder by the Nazis and the ex-
termination of millions of people
— prisoners of war and innocent
men, women and children. The
swastika is a symbol of :hate; it
was worn by men who perpetrated
crimes against humanity, who com-
mitted genocide.
'There are many students in
our school whom the iron cross
and swastika will remind of the
sufferings of their parents, fam-
ilies and friends in concentration
camps, in prison camps, or in
slavery under Nazism. Many of
the fathers who fought in World
War II are aghast to see the
emblems of horror worn by
their children.
"The swastika is not a relic of
ancient history; wearing it cannot
be regarded as a fad, as a swagger,
or as an expression of revolt
against authority. It is a blasphe-
my on the spirit of freedom and
the ideals of democracy to which
we are committed. Who could take
pride in sporting this 'medal' of
infamy on his clothes or body?"
"May I suggest to those who
speak of rights to think of respons-
ibility. Read history and learn of
Nazi ideology and the holocaust
the Nazis were responsible for and
then make your decision, in the
light of knowledge and under-
standing that you will gain."
Philadelphia Swastika
Painter Gets Warning
PHILADELPHIA (JTA) — The
Philadelphia Electric Co. warned
its employes it would not tolerate
such :acts as- the painting of swas-
tikas on two dials in its Delaware
generating plant by an employe
who said it was "a joke."
The swastikas were seen by a
group of teachers touring the plant
who called the Jewish Exponent,
which notified the utility. An offi-
cial went immediately to the plant,
removed the swastikas -and warned
employes against such "jokes."
He said that such "reprehensible
behavior" would not be condoned
and that personnel at the Delaware
station "and all other stations in
the company system have been
warned that such acts will not be
tolerated."
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TEDDY KOLLEK
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Guest of Honor at the
ISRAEL CHAT DINNER
Celebrating Israel's 18th Anniversary
and Honoring the Memory of
MINA
ELIZABETH
EARGMAN
First Chairman of the
Israel Bond Women's Division
WOMEN'S CHAIRMAN 1951-1954
SATURDAY EVENING, JUNE 11 8:45 P.M.
Morris Adler Hall, Shaarey Zedek
heard him denouncing "Jews and
America." She also told the court
that she had heard from eyewit-
nesses about Nazi atrocities in the
Auschwitz death camp and that she
believed her action was "under-
standable."
Clean-up, Paint-up, Fix-up is con-
tagious. Do your part. Your neigh-
DAVID SAFTUN, Dinner Chairman
For Reservations Call
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$6.50 per person
bor will do likewise. -Keep Detroit
Beautiful.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 20, 1966-9 i
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Jerusalem
. BERKELEY, Calif. (JTA) —
Lynda Koolish, a 19-year-old coed
who kicked an A in e r i c an Nazi
propagandist at the campus gate
of the University of California, was
convicted of assault and battery
and sentenced to 30 days' proba-
Appearing in Municipal Court
before Judge Floyd Talbott, Miss
Koolish pleaded not guilty but she
admitted she had kicked Sibley S.
Seamon as the latter, clad in a
Nazi uniform, was delivering an
anti-Semitic tirade. She said she
had an "uncontrollable impulse"
to kick the neo-Nazi when she
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Mayor
Nazi's Kicker Gets
30 Days Probation
tion.
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Auspices, Detroit Israel Bond Committee