Every public-spirited citizen owes it to himself to become fully acquainted with the functions of his
community, with its agencies and'social services. This is an especially urgent period during which members
of the Detroit Jewish community should become acquainted with their community agencies.
More than 50 causes, representing the major agencies on the local, national and overseas fronts,
are included in the current Allied Jewish Campaign now in progress. In addition to providing the major
and the largest sums contributed by Detroit Jewry towards Israeli causes—the funds for the settlement of
new immigrants through the United Jewish Appeal and other related efforts for the relief of oppressed
Jews—the Allied Jewish Campaign supports the local school system, the major health, welfare and
recreational agencies, the civic-protective organizations and national and overseas higher educational projects
Know Your Community is one of the slogans aimed at making the current Allied Jewish Campaign
the success it merits. When the communay's functions—and needs—are fully understood, the raising of the
$6,000,000 goal set for the 1967 Allied Jewish Campaign can speedily become a matter of routine.
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Possibility of USSR Jews' Exit
Revealed in London Report
(Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News)
Report German Recruits Parade
Under Old Nazi Marching Son.is
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News)
LONDON (JTA) —Press reports here Sunday stated that old Nazi
marching songs are again being heard on West German parade
grounds. Recruits at the Wesendor Air Force base in Lower Saxony
are reportedly being taught the Ilitlerian tunes although they are on
a list of songs banned by the Bonn Defense Ministry in 1960 as being
"politically unsuited to the role of the German army."
A spokesman for the Bundeswehr training school at Koblenz said
"no one has given the order to stop singing" the songs, although
it was known that they were banned.
In Geneva, a resolution sharply calling the attention of the world
to the recent "radicalization of the extremist nationalist movement"
in West Germany was adopted last week by the governing council
of the World Jewish Congress.
The council concluded its two-day session, here, after hearing
reports about neo-Nazism in We: - t Germany, the failure of Austrian
courts to deal sharply with war i.-1 iminals, and the actions taken in
this city during the current session of the United Nations Commission
on Human Rights.
"Since it last discussed the problem of a revival of Nazism in
Germany," the resolutions stated. "the governing council of the WJC
hds taken note with concern evidence of the radicalization of the
extreme nationalist movement in Germany. Small as this movement is,
its capacity for mischief should not be underrated, especially as
a factor in holding up the normalization of international relations."
Earlier, a temporary victory went to the neo-Nazi National Demo-
cratic Party (NPD) "moderate" national chairman, Fritz Thielen.
A court in Bremen, to which Thielen appealed against a claim
that he had been ousted from his leadership, granted an injunction,
ruling that he is entitled "to continue in office for the time being."
The injunction was against the extremist party's faction led by
the deputy national chairman, Adolf von Thadikn. A group led by
the latter had voted at a rump conference held in Frankfurt 10 days
before that Thielen had been "unseated."
Thielen not only petitioned for the injunction but, in interviews,
also charged that the report about his being "unseated" and about
his alleged expulsion from the NPD had been put out by von Thadden's
"right-wing clique."
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LONDON (JTA)—The Board of Deputies of British Jews heard a report about pro-
cedures regarding efforts by Jews in Britain to bring Soviet relatives to this country
for a visit or for joining their families here. The report, given by Julius Jung. chair-
man of the board's aliens committee, spelled out the procedures as follows:
"The Soviet authorities are normally unwilling to consider issuing a passport and
exit permit until they are shown that there is a probability that a visa will subsequent-
ly be forthcoming. In these circumstances an application for a visa for a Soviet citizen
to visit or to join relatives in this country is usually initiated by the relatives here.
"If such inquiries as the Home Office is able to make indicate that a visa may
properly be granted, the British visa officer in Moscow will be asked to send a letter
to the applicant in the Soviet Union, advising him that, if he will arrange for a formal
visa application to be submitted, it will be considered. Provided that the information
received from the relatives in the United Kingdom is confirmed when his application is
received, a visa will be granted.
"If, in due course, the Soviet authorities decide to issue a passport and exit per-
mit, they send the applicant's passport together with the visa application to the
British visa officer in Moscow for the British visa to be added. -
2,000 Moscow Jews Attend Purim Services
Two thousand Jews jammed the Central Synagogue in Moscow beyond the 1,500-
capacity of the sanctuary When the Book of Esther, or Megilla. was read in the syna-
gogue last Saturday night, the eve of Purim, according to a report received here
from Moscow.
Many of the Jews in attendance at the Purim celebration in the synagogue were
young, the report stated. Most of those in attendance "stayed for a long time." the
report declared, indicating that the celebration of Purim had taken on the character
of a silent demonstration.
Israel Attracts West German Student Visitors;
Aid to Development of Asian Countries Extended
JERUSALEM—About 8,000 West German students visited Israel during 1966.
Dr. Aolf Pauls, West German ambasssador to Israel, reported Tuesday in an inter-
view with the student newspaper, Durben. He added that further increases in student
movements between Israel and West Germany were expected next year.
Abba Eban, Israel's foreign minister, returned Tuesday from an extended visit
to Asian countries with concrete proposals for cooperation from Japan, Australia and
new Zealand for Israel's plans to devote special efforts to aid the development of
certain Asian countries.
The foreign minister, who visited nearly a dozen Asian countries, said that most of
of those nations were ready for closer cooperation with Israel.
Resumption of Israel-Syrian Talk. Assured by U Thant After New
Israeli Protest; Friendly Radio Contact Links Israel With Lebanon
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News)
lion" for the continuing refusal by the
Syria has failed to help resumption of the
Damascus government to resume partici- ISMAC session, the Syrian envoy here,
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. — Secretary pation
in the extraordinary session of the Ambassador George J. Tomeh, had resorted
General U Thant said here Tuesday that
ISMAC, which has been in suspension since "to ill-tempered language and bluster,"
the United Nations will continue to bring
early in February.
Dr. Rosenne noted. He did not request
Israel charged that, even while the a meeting of the Security Council on the
ISMAC meetings have been stymied by issue but asked only that the contents of
Syria, the Syrian president, Dr. Noureddin
Al-Atassi, continues to "extol the out- his letter be circulated as an official
rages" against Israel committed by the United Nations document.
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Fedayeen, the sabotage gangs which op-
erate under Syrian encouragement. The Israel Aids Lebanese
charges were contained in a letter from Ship in Distress; First
Israel's acting permanent representative Radio Contact Since 1948
here, Ambassador Shabtai Rosenne, to this
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Israel's Post Office
month's president of the Security Council, Marine Radio Station aided a Lebanese
Ambassador Milko Tarabanov, of Bulgaria. ship in distress at sea off the coast of Israel,
home in Norway for recuperation.
Ambassador Rosenne's letter was in Sunday night, in the first radio contact
"As soon as Gen. Bull comes back to
his post with UNTSO, he will try to bring reply to one sent to the Security Council since 1948 between Israel and an Arab
a week ago, in which Syria reiterated all state.
the parties together," he said.
During a severe storm, the Israel radio
Israel again accused Syria on Monday its ancient charges about alleged Israeli facility at Haifa picked up a distress signal
of failing to give "any reasonable explana- "aggression." Instead of explaining why
Israel and Syria together again to the
extraordinary session of the. Israel-Syrian
Mixed Armistice Commission which has
been in adjournment for nearly six weeks.
At a press conference here devoted
almost entirely to the Vietnam situation,
Thant was asked whether any progress
had been made by Lt. Gen. Odd Bull,
chief of staff of the United Nations Truce
Supervision Organization, in the ISMAC
talks. Thant revealed that Gen. Bull is
now "indisposed" and has gone to his
from the Lebanese freighter, the Fulchera,
which reported that its gear was stuck
and that it had lost its bearings at a
location west of Israel's port of Ashdod,
and so notified the ship via Cyprus.
The Beirut radio, which picked up the
conversation between Haifa and the ship,
then asked Haifa directly about the details
of what was happening, and Haifa replied.
About five hours later, the Fulchera ra-
dioed that its gear was functioning again
and that it was proceeding to Rhodes.
Throughout that period, Beirut remained
in contact with Haifa.
Y. Freminger, director of the Israel Post
Office Marine Station, said: "This is the
first time since 1948 that an Arab radio
station called us directly. We were sur-
prised, but we answered, giving all the
pertinent information. Contact was renewed
several times until the Fulchera reported
that it was safely on its way to harbor."