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August 19, 1966 - Image 9

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The Detroit Jewish News, 1966-08-19

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Boris Smolar's

'Between You
. and Me'

Friday, August 19, 1966
Canada Planning THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Action to Outlaw Dirksen to Demand Prayers
Hate Propaganda in School as a 'Civil Right'

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WASHINGTON (JTA) — Senate rabbis, who testified against his
OTTAWA (JTA) — Prime Min-
. ister Lester B. Pearson announced Republican Leader Everett Dirk- amendment.
that his government will intro- sen of Illinois said Aug. 10 that
The Senate judiciary subcom-
prayer in public schools is a "civil
mittee on constitutional amend-
EYES ON ISRAEL: With Israel now planning the introduction of duce a bill for the outlawry of right" and indicated that he might ments terminated hearings.
It
an austerity program, the U.S. government is keeping an eye on the dissemination of racial and re- act for legislation based on that was revealed by Sen. Dirksen
new developments in Israel's economic life . . . The Department of ligious hate materials. He said premise when the Senate considers that
he is planning to offer a
Commerce is especially interested in watching to what extent these he was not certain whether the the administration's Civil Rights school prayer measure
in the
developments will affect U.S. sales to Israel .. . Last year, American measure could be "squeezed" into Bill.
guise of a "civil right" as a sub-
carts to Israel topped $200,000,000 . . . This year they are expected the agenda of the national legis-
Sen. Dirksen, sponsor of a pro-
be in excess of $215,000,000, despite Israel's ambition to cut down lature's session during the fall, posed Constitutional amendment stitute for the controversial open-
section of the civil
ports from foreign countries . . . This expectation is based on the but that it "would certainly be to nullify the Supreme Court's rul- housing
rights bill.
fact that, during the first months of this year, U.S. sales to Israel ready for the session beginning ing outlawing public school pray-
His original amendment came
showed signs of maintaining an upward trend . . . Israeli trade sta- in January, 1967."
ers, belittled clergymen, including
under heavy fire from most
tistics for last year indicated that the U.S. supplied about 25 per cent
A campaign for the introduc-
clergymen who testified before the
of the total import . .. Preliminary data for the first few months of tion of such legislation was started
subcommittee hearings. He reite-
this year indicate that this trend will be continued if U.S. suppliers by the Canadian Jewish Congress
rated his determination to force a
meet the basic challenge of the Israel market . . . This challenge, the in 1953 and intensified in 1964.
vote in one way or another. Forty-
Department of Commerce emphasizes, is foreign competition . . . The Last April, a special parliamentary
seven other Senators have en-
Department of Commerce advises American firms that they should committee, headed by Dean Max-
dorsed the Dirksen amendment.
make stronger promotion efforts in Israel . . . It stresses that Israel well Cohen, of McGill University,
constitutes a highly competitive but relatively open market where recommended legislation for the
Adoption of the Constitutional
JERUSALEM (JTA) --Arab change requires approval by two-
adequate promotion would lead to sales of products in which other outlawry of hate propaganda. But,
countries compete with the United States on the Israel market . . . It until now, no official comment leaders may continue their tradi- thirds of the Senate and House and
advises American firms to concentrate on sales promotion efforts in on the subject has been. made by tonal enmity against Israel, but ratification by three-fourths of the
major changes have occurred states of the Union. If adopted, the
Israel in a number of highly competitive areas, especially in the areas the government.
among the Arab people "who no measure would represent the first
of telephone equipment, motor vehicle parts, lifting and loading ma-
Michael
Garber,
president
of
longer hate Israel or want war change in the Bill of Rights in
chinery, tinned plates and sheets, iron and steel bars, insulated wire
and cable . . . Also in the areas of medicinal products, chemicals, do- the Canadian Jewish Congress, ex- with Israel," an exiled Algerian American history.
mestic washing machines, food-processing machinery, cameras and pressed gratification today over revolutionary leader declared
projectors, hand tools, domestic stoves and ovens, agricultural tractors, Premier Pearson's statement, not- here.
and synthetic dyes . . . On the other hand, the Department of Com- ing that his pledge "appears to
The Algerian, Abdel Razek Ka-
to fruition our campaign of
merce takes note of the fact that Israel is now entering a slowing bring
der, was one of the foremost
many
years."
With
the
passage
of
economic activity, and that private consumption there is now declining a law outlawing hate propaganda, leaders of the anti-French revolu-
. • . It emphasizes that Israel's trade deficit is now a subject of major he said, "public opinion will be tionary forces in Algeria before
economic concern to the government there, but it also points out that more readily mobilized to reject that country gained its independ-
the per capita income in Israel today amounts to about $1,300 and the racist and the hatemonger, and ence. Later, however, he was
that this is higher than in some West European countries.
to ensure that the freedom we , exiled when he differed over


S
enjoy - shall continue to prevail." policy with Premier Ben Bella. He
arrived here Aug. 10 for a fort-
COMMUNAL ACHIEVEMENTS: Central Jewish community or-
night' s visit during which, he
ganizations in the United States are reaching this year a three-billion
dollar mark in their fund-raising since 1939 ... It was in 1939 that the Michener and LBJ
said, he will study Israel's social
James Michener, author of development "and try to learn
United Jewish Appeal — which until this year r e e.e i v e d over
$1,622,000,000, mainly from Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds — "Hawaii" and "The Source" de- how Israel's system can be used
was organized . . . It is estimated that there are today more than clined a dinner invitation at the to further Algeria's own develop-
1,000,000 contributors to Jewish philanthropies . .. Individual gifts to White House recently, but his ex- ment."
Federations two years ago averaged about $130, but these were mainly planatory letter to President John-
Kader told the Jewish Tele-
designed to cover family units . . Over half of the amounts raised son made full amends. "Dear Mr. g raphic Agency that he will, while
are in the form of gifts of over $1,000 in many Federation campaigns, President," wrote Michener. "I in Israel, visit Kibbutz Hatzor,
HANK NEWMAN
particularly in the larger communities . . . But over three-quarters of received your invitation three days `where I spent a year and had
President
individual gifts are $100 . . . An analysis of the annual totals for after I had agreed to speak a few t he happiest times of my life." He
campaign proceeds in federated fund-raising from 1939 until the words at a dinner honoring the i s the author of a book, "Arab- I
beginning of this year, made by S. P Goldberg of the Council of wonderful high school teacher who Je wish Conflict," in which he ex-i
Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds, reveals the following data .. . taught me how to write. I know p ressed his belief that the diff-
From 1939 through 1942, annual levels ranged from about $27,000,000 you will not miss me at your din- f erences between Israel and the
to $29,000,000 . . . From 1943 through 1945, there were annual rises ner, but she might at hers."
Arab states can be settled by
Commented the understanding Pe aceful means.
of over $10,000,000, so that a level of $57,000,000 was reached by the
,PAUL NEWM A N'S
end of World War II . . . From 1946 through 1948, peak fund-raising LBJ; "In his lifetime a man lives
was reached during the period of the massive postwar problem of under 15 or 16 Presidents, but a Who trusts a woman, might as
Displaced Persons and the efforts related to the creation of the State really fine teacher comes into his well trust the weather.—Russian
of Israel .. . Results in 1946 more than doubled, and moved forward life but rarely." proverb.
855 Oakland, Pontiac — LI 9-6161
to the 1948 peak of over $200,000,000 . . . From 1949 through 1955,
the impact of these historic events diminished; in 1955 only $110,000,000
were raised . . . From 1956 through 1964, campaign results ranged
9 from a high of $138,000,000 in 1957 to a low of $123,000,000 in 1958
. • . The result in 1965 were $132,000,000 — the highest since 1957,
and if pledges to the Israel Education Fund of about $10,000,000 are
included, the total of last year's campaign results would be the highest
in the last 16 years . . . These campaigns do not include totals for
capital fund or endowment drives conducted by Federations alone or
2 together with local Jewish agencies for local hospitals, homes for the
aged, Jewish centers and other structures.

By BORIS SMOLAR
(Copyright, 1966, JTA, Inc.)

Algerian Finds
Arab Hostility
to Israel Fading

THE BEST IN
SALES AND SERVICE

I'M THE DODGE BOY
THAT SAVES YOU CASH!

SPARTA N Dodge

B-G, Mrs. Meir Remain Noncommittal

\_

n Efforts to Merge Mapai With Rafi

:CM AVIV (JTA) — An effort meet between Mapai and Rafi, the
by some members of the Mapai dissident faction formed by for-
Party to work out a rapproche- mer Prime Minister David Ben-
Gution, has • resulted thus far in
statements by Ben-
N. Y. Religious Leaders inconclusive
Gurion and by Mrs. Golda Meir,
to Be Honored Sept. 12
Mapai's secretary-general.
, NEW YORK—The first annual
Members of a Mapai group seek-
; religious leaders dinner of the Na- ing reunification with Rafi report-
tional Conference of Christians and ed here Sunday that they had dis-
Jews will be held Sept. 12 at the cussed possible proposals for rap-
Waldorf-Astoria„ to mark the first prochement with Ben-Gurion at a
time New York's ranking religious meeting with him at Sde Boker.
leaders will share honors on the They said Ben-Gurion replied he
same days.
always favored greater unity with-
The Rt. Rev. Horace W. B. in the Israeli labor movement but
Donegan, Episcopal Bishop, New that such unity must be based on
York; Archbishop Iakovos, Prim- "truth and justice and the correc-
ate of the Greek Orthodox Church; tion of wrongs."
Dr. Julius Mark, senior rabbi of
Mrs. Meir declared she would
Temple Emanu-El, New York City, always be ready to consider a mer-
and Francis Cardinal Spellman, ger with Rafi, however she told
Archbishop of New York, will re- the Mapai secretariat that the mer-
ceive NCCJ's Gold Medallion and ger must be "total" and must in-
citation for courageous leadership clude the Rafi group within an
in intercreed al relations."
"expanding alignment."
General chairman of the history-
making event is Samuel D. Leides-
Know the true value of time!
dorf, founding partner, Samuel D. Snatch, seize, and enjoy every mo-
Leidesdorf & Co.
ment of it. No idleness, no laziness,
Toastmaster will be John A. no procrastination. Never put off
Coleman, president, Adler, Cole- till tomorrow what you can do to-
man & Co., prominent Catholic day. — Lord Chesterfield (1694-
layman.
1773).

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