JIDC's Annual Meeting, !Dec. 7, to Act on Care for Aged,
Welfare Programs for 400,000 Needy Jews in Many Lands
The exodus of tens of thousands of Jews from North Africa has left many old people
destitute and alone. To care for the rapidly growing number of needy aged the Joint Dis-
tribution Committee has opened several shelters for them and is supporting community efforts
on their behalf. A resident in one of the homes in Morocco who shares a happy moment with a social
worker is _shown in the accompanying photo. Care of the aged in North Africa, Israel, and
Europe is one aspect of the broad range of JDC's health, welfare and rehabilitation programs on
behalf of some 400,000 needy Jews abroad that will be discussed at the overseas welfare agency's
52nd annual meeting in New York, Dec. 7. Some 500 Jewish leaders from all parts of the country
will hear reports and adopt a program and budget for JDC activities in 1967. The United Jewish
Appeal, which provides most of JDC's funds, will hold its annual conference Dec. 9 and 10.
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Soviet's UN "yet' Fails to Dampen
Israeli Spirit, But New Syrian Troop
oves Force Security Fence Erection
Hitler's Munitions Minister
Says: 'Nothing Can Absolve Me
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News)
LONDON—Albert Speer, Hitler's minister for muni-
tions, told the Daily Express Tuesday that the German
people accepted the wartime explauation that Jews were
being placed in war camps after Nazi roundups because
they wanted to believe it and could have learned the
truth, "but we did not seek to find it."
Speer, who was released last month from Spandau
Prison in West Berlin after serving a 20-year sentence
for war crimes imposed by the allied Nuremberg War
Crimes Tribunal, included himself as one of the Germans
who could have made "forceful inquiries" and did not
do so.
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Soviet Russia's representative at the United Nations said "No" to a new six-nation resolution
at the United Nations Security Council — a resolution which would have reprimanded Syria
mildly for its incursions into Israel. The "Nyet" did not frighten the Israelis.
However, according to a JTA report from Jerusalem, Syria has increased its troop movements
along Israel's northern borders and has stepped up air activity along its frontier.
In a number of places, JTA reports, Syria started to clear areas opposite its fortifications of
trees and underbrush. Brush was being burned opposite the Israeli settlement of Dan, and trees
were felled opposite Israel's kibbutz at Almagor. Both of these Israeli sites have frequently been
attacked by the Syrians. It was obvious that the Syrians were clearing border areas to give them
a clear view of the Israeli side.
On Israel's side, officials disclosed that a two-mile-long security fence has been erected on
the Jordanian frontier in Jerusalem. The fence, equipped with powerful searchlights, has a special
patrol track. It was built following the recent Arab guerrilla raid in which explosives were planted in
the Romema section of Jerusalem, which severely damaged several buildings.
It was also disclosed that similar but much shorter fences were built several years ago at other
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Nazis' Victory in Hesse Viewed as 'Alarm, Signal':
Deep Concern Expressed by Victims, Israel Press
BONN (JTA) — Democratic forces throughout West Germany expressed deep concern over the results
in Sunday's state elections in the Province of Hesse, where the ultra-right-wing National Democratic Party, a
fusion which includes many ex-Nazis and neo-Nazis, scored its first impOrtant victory. For the first time, the
NDP has won seats in a state parliament. The NDP will hold, as a result of Sunday's balloting, eight of the
96 seats in the Hesse Parliament.
In some districts in Hesse, a state in the heart of West Germany's industrial and commercial life, in-
cluding the cities of Frankfurt and Wiesbaden, the NDP scored as high as 10 per cent of the total ballot. The NDP
failed to qualify as a party entitled to representation in the state parliament in only three voting districts in the
4entire state.
The Social Democrats, leading party in the state, garnered 52 seats in Parliament. Chancellor Ludwig
)Erhard's Christian Democratic Party came next, with 26 seats, while the Free Democratic Party won 10 seats.
the small Federation for Refugees and Disfranchised, which has been in the Social Democrat-dominated State
coalition, did very badly in the voting.
Minister of the Interior Paul Luecke, who had some months ago openly called the NDP a "neo-Nazi"
group, said the party's strength in the elections—in which it had polled more than 200,000 Hesse votes—is "an
alarm signal that should not be played down." "All the strength of democracy must be put into action to counter
it," he added.
Bruno Heck, another member of the Cabinet. said: "I am very worried. These people are not old Nazis;
they are the new generation, - between 18 and 30." Eric Mende, leader of the Free Democratic Party, also took note
of the fact that many young people had cast their ballots for the NDP ticket.
The only voice in official Germany that applauded the voting results was Heinrich Fassbender, leader of
the NDP in Hesse. He ignored charges that, during the election campaign, the Nazi trend of his membership had
shown up in the fact that the campaign posters of many other candidates had been smeared with swastikas. He
said outright Monday that the Hesse results have projected the NDP onto the national political scene. "This
election," he boasted, "is the springboard from which we shall jump into national politics."
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JERUSALEM — The entire Israeli press sounded an alarm Tuesday on the elections in the West Ger-
man Province of Hesse where the ultra-right-wing National Democratic Party won seats for the first time in a
state parliament.
Haaretz asserted that the election results should trigger a warning of danger "to the entire world and
first'and foremost to Germany itself.
Haaretz stressed that voters for the NDP included many young Germans and said that hence "there is
something fundamental and grave in this remarkable electoral achievement for neo-Nazism."
Davar said that anyone who believed that the roots of Nazism had been destroyed among postwar
Germans "now has found out his mistake."
The Association of Anti-Nazi Partisans called on the West German government Tuesday to outlaw the
neo - Nazi party and to prevent its spread,
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Canadian Govt. Backs
Anti-Hate Legislation
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News)
OTTAWA—The Canadian government introduced its
anti-hate legislation into parliament via the Senate. Three
new sections would be added to the federal criminal code.
Advocacy of genocide would bring a maximum sen-
tence of five years' imprisonment. Inciting hatred or
contempt against an identifiable group in a public place,
where this is likely to lead to a breach of the peace,
would incur a maximum penalty of two years. Prompting
hatred and similar responses by communicating written
or spoken statements, signs or gestures would also be
liable to two-year maximum prison terms.
Courts would be empowered to seize such literature.
No conviction would ensue if statements were held
to be true or believed to be true and relevant to public
interest.
Identifiable groups would be defined as based on
race, color or ethnic origin. Religion would be excluded.
There already have been two government committee
reports. The parliamentary external affairs committee
met and held hearings. A specially appointed study
committee under the chairmanship of Prof. Maxwell
Cohen, dean of the McGill Law School, recommended
such legislation last April.
Three readings are required in the Senate and in
the House of Commons. Introduction of the legislation
constituted the first reading. The second reading is the
significant one, the third being perfunctory. Introduction
in the house is expected shortly.
Observers here believe that the legislation will pass,
though there will probably be debate on some phases,
including the exclusion of religion as a basis for group
identification. Opposition parties are on record as favoring
such legislation.