Jewish Cemetery Vandalized in Hartford, Conn. HARTFORD, Conn. (JTA) — A wave of vandalism in the Jewish section of a local cemetery where more than 130 gravestones were overturned amid a litter of empty liquor bottles and beer cans drew expressions of shock and disgust from Hartford's chief of police and from the head of the Jewish fed- eration's community relations com- mittee. The desecrations occurred at the Zion Hill Cemetery while the care- taker was on vacation and were confined to the Jewish section. Damage was estimated in excess of $2,000. Police Chief John Ker- rigan said "these dastardly acts committed by unkown bigots who defiled and toppled gravestones of Jewish deceased are appalling and, I feel certain, shock the con- sciences of all men of good will everywhere." Jerry Wagner, chairman of the federation's CRC, said "we want to express our shock that such an incident could happen in Hartford We are satisfied that the police department is doing everything to apprehend those guilty and are assured that this will not happen again." , Morris Abram Eulogizes Francis Cardinal Spellman for Role in Vatican Action SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — The late Francis Cardinal Spellman, who died in New York Dec. 2, was eulogized by the head of the Ameri- can JeWish Committee as a "gen- tle, unpretentious and friendly human being" with whom the AJC enjoyed "a warm and long friend- ship." In a statement issued during the annual meeting of the Committee's national executive board here, Morris B. Abram, AJC president, said of Cardinal Spellman: "The AJC will remember with appreciation the quiet but deter- mined and effective personal leadership of the Cardinal in sup- port of adoption of the Vatican Council's declaration on non- Christian religions which called for a 'mutual knowledge and re- spect between Christians and Jews.' Beneath his complex public image, we knew him as a gentle, unpre- tentious and friendly human being. and memories of our close asso- ciation with him will long be cher- ished. In the spirit of our ancient tradition, we pray that 'his soul be bound up with the bonds of eternal life.'" NY's Maimonides Center Has Mental Health Unit NEW YORK (JTA) — The Mai- monides Medical Center of Brook- lyn unveiled a $2,100,000 Commun- ity Mental Health Center at a cornerstone-laying ceremony last week. The facility, the first of its kind in Greater New York's 78 voluntary general hospitals, was developed to provide a complete range of mental health services for a Brooklyn community — Boro Park — which has no other psy- chiatric facility. The four-story structure, sched- uled for completion in mid-Janu- ary, was financed under the Fed- eral Mental Health Center con- struction law of 1963. One-third of the cost came from the federal gov- ernment, one-third from New York state funds and the remainder from the Maimonides Medical Center. The new facility will include 25 in-patient beds and 16 night beds for patients who work days and get treatment at night; six beds on the general hospital pediatric floor for the treatment of children with emotional illnesses and a day treatment center for 30 patients. The center also will offer a 24-hour emergency service for residents of the community and a 24-hour-a-day treatment team to be sent to a patient's home, as well as out- patient services and community consultation and educational ser- French Foreign Minister Says Big 4 Solution Vital PARIS (JTA)—French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Mur- ville said Tuesday in an interview with the Paris newspaper, France Sor, that the UN Security Council's Middle East resolution of Nov. 22 "will solve nothing, but is a first step." He added that the Middle East problem must be settled on a political level with the aid of the Great Powers, but so far the powers have been unable to reach a common agreement. Couve de Murville said he thought it was "curious" that people accused France of abandon- ing her neutrality in the Middle East just because, prior to the Six-Day War last June, France de- clared that she could not side with anyone who opened military oper- ations. S. African Press Asks Ban on Funds Going to Israel JOHANNESBURG (ZINS) — Attacks against Israel and against the Jewish community in South Africa have appeared in the press and -broadcast on the radio as a result of the criticism voiced by Israel's representative to the politi- cal commission of the United Na- tions aganst the racial policies fo the South African government. The newspaper "Transvaaler" writes that any South African citizen who harbors sympathy toward Israel is bereft of national self-respect and is not worthy of enjoying citizen- ship rights in South Africa. T h e semi-official newspaper "Dagbrech" urged the South Afri- can government to ban the trans- mission to Israel of appeal funds raised in the country during the mergency in the Middle East. The Joint Appeal Funds raised during this period totaled $1,000,000,000. Jewish Congress Honors Kaminska NEW YORK—Ida Kaminska and members of the Jewish State The- ater of Poland were honored by the American Jewish Congress and the American section of the World Jewish Congress at a reception in Stephen Wise Congress House. Miss Kaminska, star of the troupe, respond- ed to the expres- sions of welcome and greetings voiced by D r . Joachim Prinz, past president of the American Jewish Congress and chairman of the World Jewish Congress govern- ing council; Jac- ob Katzman, gen- eral secretary of the Farband Miss Haminska Labor-Zionist Order; and Jacob Glatstein, leading American Yid- dish poet. Dr. Prinz described Miss Kam- inska as "a great actress, a great woman and a great Jewish artist— a vital force in the expression of Jewish cultural aspirations." Glatstein said that the world Jewish community owed "a pro- found debt of gratitude toward per- sons like Miss Kaminska and members of the Jewish State Theater," whom he described as "heroes and heroine of our people, performers with a great mission— the mission of keeping alive not merely a language and a literature but a whole tradition. Miss Kaminska noted that the Yiddish troupe toured abroad an- nually and had played in South America, Western Europe and Is- rael in recent years. She said that she and her fellow-players were conscious of their role in keeping the torch of Jewish culture alive. , Israel Unemployment Rolls See Downward Trend Man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that some- times he has to eat them. Adlai Stevenson JERUSALEM (JTA) — Labor Minister Yigal Allon told Parlia- ment that unemployment in Israel had passed its peak, and that the downward trend was expected to continue. Allon, who was replying to questions during a debate on the employment situation, re- ported that employment in the oc- cupied West Bank region was no different than it was before the June war. There are unemployed, however, in the Gaza Strip and in the Sinai, he said, where many residents had been in the pay of the Egyptian army and the Egyptian Labor Ministry before the war. UN Association Officer Quits Pro-Arab Group (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) LONDON—The director general of the United Nations Association in Great Britian and Northern Ireland announced his resignation Tuesday from a pro-Arab organi- zation after it was pointed out to him that his membership in such a group "must reflect on his im- partiality." The announcement was made by John Ennals in a letter to Jack Barnett, general secretary of the World Jewish Congress. 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