Lehayim! Arabs Keep Drinking Coca-Cola . .. Delay Boycotts Also of Ford and RCA Firms Alpha Omega's Tribute to Hadassah Vital Need for Revitalized Public Relations Editorials Page 4 Vol. L, No. 18 LONDON (JTA) — The Arab League boycott against the Coca-Cola Corporation for rela- tions with Israel will not be implemented for 'nine months to avoid economic losses to Ara' , business, it was reported from Cairo. Arabs in 12 countries will therefore be able to continue buying the soft drink at least through next summer. The Cairo press reports from Kuwait, where the Arab League boycott - committee black- listed the soft drink firm, Ford Motor Company and Radio Corporation of America. that a similar grace period would be applied to Ford and RCA operations in the Arab countries for the same reason. The boycott committee agreed to allow Arab plants to continue to bottle and sell the soft drink from existing stocks of imported Coca-Cola concentrates for the nine-month period. Boycott decisions are not binding on the participating nations: Algeria. Iraq. Jordan. Kuwait, Lebanon. Libya, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria. Egypt and Yemen Which have the option to make final decisions. Iraq alone reportedly will enforce the boycott. HE JEWISH NEWS CZ) 'I" R2 CD I '7' U MICHIGA N f Jewish Events A Weekly Review Can People Be Induced to Read? Germany and Its Leading Jewish Editor Commentary Page 2 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE 8-9364—Detroit 48235—Dec. 23, 1966 '$6.00 Per Year; This Issue 20c Kiesinger Pledges to Combat Neo-Nazi 'Enemies of Germany' 2 • Covenants on Human Bights Adopted by 171' UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. (JTA)—The United Na- tions General Assembly last weekend adopted by unani- mous vote, two covenants on human rights, one dealing with economic, social and cultural freedoms, the other with rights in the civil and political fields. The covenants will become international treaties when they are ratified or acceded to by a sufficient number of governments. At the same session, the assembly adopted, by a vote of 66 in favor, with two against and 38 abstentions. an "optional protocol" which will obligate those govern- ments that adhere to this instrument to permit individuals to complain against human rights violations by their own governments. and could make it possible for one state to complain against human rights violations by another state. The adoption of the covenants came 12 years after drafts on those subjects were first opened to debate here, BONN (JTA)—Chancellor Kiesinger assured Dr: Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress, during a conference 'here last weekend, that his government will do everything possible to combat the influence and growth of the neo-Nazi National Democratic Party and all other "enemies of democracy in Germany." This will be done, the chancellor said, by stabilization of the West German economic situa- tion. A statement issued by the government declared that the Jewish leader had called the chan- cellor's attention to "the unrest and concern caused in Jewish and non-Jewish circles over a possible revival of nationalist currents in Germany." Reporting on his meetings with governmental leaders during the weekend, Dr. Goldmann said he had also been assured by Franz Joseph Strauss. minister of finance, that none of the indem- nification and restitution payments due in 1967 to victims of Nazism—most of them Jewish—will be curtailed, despite the difficult financial situation facing the government. "If this promise is implemented," said Dr. Goldmann, "the full sum of 1,900.000,000 marks ($475,000,000) for indemnifications payments, and 300,000,000 marks ($75,000,000) for restitution cases will be available and paid in the next year." During his two-day visit, Dr. Goldmann met with a number of other German leaders, includ- ing Eugen Gerstenmaier, president of the Bundestag, lower house of Parliament: Vice Chancellor and Foreign Minister Willy Brandt, and former Chancellors Konrad Adenauer and Ludwig Erhard. Continued on Page 5 (Continued on Page 11) Federation Adopts Formula Retaining High Aims for 60 Causes in '67 Allied Campaign; Hopes to Set Record With Goal of $6,000,000 With a sense of confidence that Detroit's Jewish community can and will retain the high standards for philanthropic participation in domestic as well as overseas causes, the 18th annual pre-campaign budget conference of the Jewish Welfare Federation, in session Sunday at the Jewish Center, adopted a formula to assure small increases for local agencies and the retention of the goal for the overseas movements — mainly the United Jewish Appeal. The formula for 1967 uses as a base the minimum goal of $5,750,000. This sum would provide $2,905,980 for Israel and overseas causes and $2,163,640 for all domestic agencies — local and national. But the minimum goal was established as a base. The aspiration of the 1967 campaign organi- zation, under the general chairmanship of Alfred L. Deutsch, is to aspire for a $6,000,000 total — the largest on record for Detroit Allied Jewish Campaigns. In the event that goal is reached—and some even point to a higher sum to be raised during the coming months—then the overseas agencies and Israel will receive 90 per cent of the excess amount and 10 per cent will be assigned for local and national causes. Conducted under the chairmanship of Hyman Safran, president of the Federation, with Paul Zuckerman serving as chairman of a special steering committee that developed the campaign formula, the pre-campaign budget conference heard reports on the progress that has been recorded during the past year by the various Federation divisions. Reporters for the divisions also outlined the needs for the coming year, with special emphasis placed during the discussions on approaching needs for expanded building programs, for priority for educational activities and for retention of the high standards of communal functions. After the Floods in Florence: Jew ish community buildings in the heart of the disaster area were inundated in this Italian city with 14 feet of water. Tora scrolls, some of them dating back to the 15th and 16th centuries, and more than 10,000 valuable books were soaked. An appeal for help from the Florence Jewish community brought an immediate response from the Jews of Rome and other cities, and from the Joint Distribution Committee. Eighty Tora scrolls were completely under water. Another 40 were saved. The water- soaked scrolls were brought to Rome where they were spread out to dry. Many of those coming to the Rome synagogue to hear reports on the flood damage were forced to stand in the aisles. The JDC together with the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany immediately made available a $25,000 grant for flood relief; long-range assistance programs will be worked out after the full extent of the flood damage is finally assessed. JDC receives its funds mainly from the campaigns of the United Jewish Appeal. (Related story Page 3) Reports submitted indicated that Detroit is now in the Number Two spot — after Cleveland — as a high-ranking American Jewish community, and the participants in the discussions expressed the hope that Detroit may this year assume the Number One position. In the course of an analysis of the campaign structure. Samuel Cohen, assistant Federation director, said one aim in the coming campaign will be to enroll thousands of additional contributors. so that the larger number of givers who were on record in the 1950s may again be in evidence towards the close of the 1960s. As campaign chairman, Deutsch reported that contacts with larger contributors in the forthcoming campaign already is assuring close to $1,000,000 with which to commence the 1967 income. The overseas needs were outlined in an addresS by Max M. Fisher, national UJA general chairman, who told of the economic crisis in (Continued on Page 7)