Washington Jewish Community
Pledges Aid to Poor People's March

WASHINGTON (JTA) — The Greater Washington sent to its
Jewish Community Council of affiliated organizations an unpre-
cedented resolution endorsing the
aims of Dr. Martin Luther King's
Hebrew Column
"Poor Peoples March" on Wash-
ington and offering shelter, food,
Belt HaGedudim
medical services and other support
In the central part of the country,
there stands a beautiful building con- to the demonstration, which will
taining a museum, club, theater and begin in April.
sports fields. This building is the
The action followed an approving
Bet HaGedudim Halvrim'im (House of
the Jewish Battalions).
The museum contains important his- vote by the JCC delegate assem-
torical archives, which cover the his- bly in which the Anti-Defamation
tory of the Jewish Battalions during
the period of the First World War League of Bnai Brith and two in-
and of those who belonged to them.
dividuals belonging to the assem-
A general conference takes place an-
nually at the Beit HaGedudim of mem- bly abstained after vigorous de-
bers of the battalions in this country bate on the proposal.
and from abroad. It is hoped that in
Supporters stressed that Jewish
time, the Beit HaGedudim will become
the center of Jewish veterans from communal cooperation with the
the time of the First World War until
the days of TSAHAL, and perhaps of demonstrators would strengthen
Jewish soldiers throughout the world.
The idea of establishing a Beit Ha- Negro advocates of nonviolence
Gedudim to perpetuate the memory and conform to Judaic principles
of the peroid of the volunteers to the
Gedudim during the First World War of social justice. Dr. Isaac Franck,
originated in 1950 in the minds of for- JCC executive director, said the
mer soldiers of the Gedudim.
The advocates of the idea of build- "most sensible course of action"
ing the Beit HaGedudim set (before) was to have the responsible com-
themselves the objective of perpetuat-
ing the memory of the 10,000 vol- munity involved and that it was
unteers of the battalions who came hoped such cooperation would
from all five continents of the earth
(world) to fight for the liberation of channel the demonstration in a
Eretz Yisrael from foreign domination constructive direction.
in order to lay down the foundations
of an independent Israeli state. The
Opponents of the resolution
idea is to perpetuate the memory of
contended that Dr. King was al-
the exploits of all the volunteers of
the battalions, from the Mule Corps
legedly unable to prevent racial
on the Galipoli front to the volunteers
violence this week in Memphis,
from the U.S.A., Canada, England, and
Argentina.
and that the Jewish community
(Published by the Brit Ivrit Olamit,
should consider such a decision
with the assistance of the Memorial
Foundation for Jewish Culture in
carefully because of the dangers
Israel).
of involvement in a potentially
unlawful disturbance. The reso-
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lution was submitted to the as-
sembly because it was unpre-
cedented.
In notifying the affiliates of the
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action, the JCC asked them to
cooperate with the campaign or-
ganizers. A number of synagogues
tzem in the area have already started
o rmlin :041:tr4 izty collecting food for the demonstra-
tors, who are coming from all
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of the nation for the event,
which may continue for two or
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The proposals were initially ap-
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proved by the interreligious com-
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stration organizers have warned of
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civil disobedience to dramatize the
plight of the poor, if action is not
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to meet their demands.
In New York, a 32-page summary
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aid in planning projects in support
eriv4 trn of the Kerner Commission's recom-
mendations.
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Other Jewish organizations spon-
the pamphlet are the Amer-
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Council of Jewish Women, the
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JERUSALEM (JTA)—Brand new
weapons of an as yet undisclosed
nature and weapons captured from
the Arabs during the Six-Day War,
topped off by a Russian-type SA-2
missile taken intact in the Sinai
Desert, will highlight Israel's Inde-
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PHILADELPHIA (JTA)—Volun- to Mrs. Benjamin A. Gouley, pres,-
teers of the Jewish Family Service ident. She said 54 men and women,
gave more than 2,000 hours of under the supervision of Mrs.
direct service to families and in- Shirley Weinstein, provided a va-
dividuals during 1967, according riety of services.

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Nathaniel L. Goldstein, former
attorney general of the state of
New York, has been selected by
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the Society of
the Founders of
American
Friends of the
Hebrew Univer-
sity to be the
1968 recipient of
the S. Y. Agnon
Gold Medal
Award, it was
announced by Ir-
ving Mitchell
Felt, chairman
of the society of
founders.
Goldstein, who
is completing his
third year as
Goldstein
president of
American Friends of the Hebrew
University, will receive the award
in recognition of his extensive in-
volvement in philanthropic, educa-
tional and cultural activities at a
dinner in late spring. The award
was created on the occasion of
the visit to the United States last
May of S. Y. Agnon, Israeli Nobel
Laureate in Literature for 1966.

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