1S—Triday, May 10, 1968

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Most Athletic Clubs in Major Cities
Bar Minorities From Membership

NEW YORK (JTA)—Only three Schary, promised that the Repub-
out of 38 athletic clubs in key lican National Committee would
American cities maintain religious- make- "every effort to select only
ly and racially open membership I those (clubs) that are open to all
policies, according to a national people regardless of race, creed
survey recently completed by the or ethnic background." An ADL
Bnai Brith's Anti Defamation spokesman said that a list of .clubs
League. known to practice discrimination
The resultS of the survey were would be sent to Bliss. Schary said
made public by Eugene L. Sugar- he had not written on the subject
man, chairman of the ADL's dis- to Democratic National Chairman
crimination committee, at the ADL John C. Bailey because a parallel
55th annual meeting here May 4. situation did not exist in Chicago
The survey showed that 21 clubs where the Democratic Party will
in cities of over 100,000 popula- hold its convention Aug. 29.
At an earlier session, Arnold
tion apparently admitted Jews but
Foster, general counsel, charged
excluded Negroes 14 other clubs
either barred Jews and Negroes that the Japanese government had
from membership (Detroit's club failed to protect Japanese industry
fits into this category) or imposed from Arab pressures and had thus
helped the Arab boycott against
quotas. The three clubs that brae Israel achieve its greatest success
Lice open membership policies
to date. Among major Japanese
were the Baltimore Olympic Club, firms that flatly refuse to do busi-
the Oakland Athletic Club and the ness with Israel because of Arab
Pacific Coast Club in Long Beach. pressure, Foster listed Toyota, Su-
Calif.
zuki. Sumitomo Mitsubishi, Mariu-

Hilarious Kishon Book—`Unfair to Goliath'

Ephraim Kishon is Israel's lead- on our part, blundered abys - tourism, poetry, philosophy, music,
mg literary humorist. He is the mally, and again defeated them. real estate—scores of subjects re-
great fuilletonist who entertains! The world, following with bated
lated to life in Israel—are evalu-
and provides a laugh while offering breath our struggle for survival,
ated in the sardonic humor of
sound comments on affairs within! suddenly came alive to the plight Ephraim Kishon.
Israel and happenings in the world. I of the victims of those 2,000,000
Splendidly translated by Yohanan
He is the philosopher-historian-1 Jewish aggressors. On TV Goldman from the Hebrew, the
sociologist-commentator. In this screens and in the world press Kishon volume, its variety of es-
combined role he has produced the arose the indignant cackling of
says, offer high rate entertaining
great Israel essay — and his col- objective foreign observers."
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lected works fascinate first the
By means of the David-Goliath- ble new Kishon best seller.
Israeli when he presents them in Philistine theme and Mrs. Freder-
H e b r e w and now they assure ika Goliath's plight, the theme is
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English translation.
gernaut of war" introduced, paro-
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"Unfair to Goliath" is the lat- dying the blame always directed
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The ADL presented its annual beni and Mitsui, firms that make
America's Democratic L e g ac y automobiles, appliances, machin-
award to John W. Gardner, chair- ery. footwear and many other
man of the National Urban Coali- products.
tion and • former secretary of
He said the ADL had met sev-
health, education and welfare. Ac- eral times over a two-year pe-
cording to Dore Schary. ADL riod with members of the
chairman, the award to Gardner Japanese Embassy and con-
was made "for his long career of
sulates in the United States and
public service and personal corn- with Chamber of Commerce of-
mitment to American ideals." ficials without satisfactory re-
Schary announced that he had
sponse. However, direct meet-
been assured, in a letter from
ings with officials of some of
Republican National Committee
the firms led to their abandon-
Chairman Ray C. Bliss that social
ment of boycott practices.
clubs in the Miami Beach area
Among those firms Foster men-
which practice racial or reli- tioned the Matsushita Electric
gious discrimination will be by- Corp., which announced it would
passed for events in connection
not allow any of its affiliates to
with the Republican National
yield to the Arab boycott office, the
Convention there on Aug. 5.
Fuji Photo Film Co., Nisaei San-
Bliss, replying to a letter from gyo, a subsidiary of the Hitachi
Corp. and the Kawasaki Dockyards.
Foster discounted the theories
that Japan feared jeopardizing its
oil imports from Arab countries.
He said that oil retaliation by the
major Arab suppliers had been
"severely. limited" against coun- Selwyn Lloyd Tells
tries doing business with Israel.
He noted further that the Arab Israel to Hold Gains
LONDON (JTA) — Former For-
market absorbed only 3 per cent
eign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd ad-
of Japan's exports in 1966
Schary later warned against vised Israel in effect to hold on to
"anti-Jewish danger signals" — a occupied Arab territories until an
revival of political anti-Semitism effective peace is assured in the
overseas and the anti-Semitic at- Middle East.
The British Conservative Party
: titudes of the far right and far
let in this country. leader .however, exempted - Jeru-
He said that recent events in salem. "It was a great thrill to see
Poland and West Germany reveal Jerusalem re-united and this de
that "for the first time since the facto situation must in due .course
Nazi period, the bloody ghost of become de jure," he said.
Lloyd spoke at a mass Israel In-
political anti-Semitism is again be-
dependence Day rally at Albert
ginning to take shape."
At the same time. he said, the Hall, as the representative of the
•
Middle East crisis and the Ameri- Conservative opposition.
The Labor government was rep-
can urban crisis had triggered re-
newed anti-Jewish sentiment among resented by Ray Gunter, minister
of power, and the Liberal Party
extremists in this country.
Schary charged that under the I by its leader, .Jeremy Thorpe.
guise of weeding out an alleged Minister of Labor . Gen. Yigal • Al-
Zionist conspiracy, Polish corn- Ion, of Israel, was guest of honor at
. munists were reviving the anti- the event. sponsored by the British
, •
Semitism endemic to the area. even Zionist Federation.
•
Lloyd declared that Israel h'ad
to the point of distorting Polish
history during World War II. The demonstrated that she was able to
new party line. he told the League guarantee law and order, freedom
Commissioners. made the victims and security for the holy places.
of the Nazis their collaborators. "This new situation must never
and those who had or would tell be given up," he said. He warned
the truth were branded enemies of that the Gaza Strip "must never
the state. be permitted to become a base
In West Germany, he said, the for murder and hatred." He de-
neo-Nazi National. Democratic Par-
scribed the capture of the Syrian
, ty amassed 10 per cent of the vote I Golan Heights in last June's
in the state's elections in Baden- 1 war as "one of the great feats of
Wurttemberg. He pointed out that
arms of all times" and said, ".if
WON'T PEEL or CHALK
three years before Hitler, "this
I were an Israeli, I would not -
same political force got twelve
give up the Syrian heights with-
WON'T BLISTER or FADE
percent of the vote."
out an assurance of .demilitariza-
tion in which Israel is a partner.
Brushes and Rollers
Words in the Bible
I would not leave it to a third
Clean Up in Wafer
The Bible has 3.566.480 words. party."
or maybe 3,586,489, depending on
Gen. Allon declared that direct
which authority you use. If you negotiations with Israel "could
have about three years to spare, lead to peace with honor for Egypt
you might check for yourself.
or for any other Arab country,
That's how long it took Dr. Jo- and peace with security for Is-
sephus Horne, an eminent 17th rael."
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Century English cleric who came
But, the labor minister warned,
1051-1052 for
up with the first figure. The sec- "Israel will accept no solution
and was tolled out in a 17th Cen- which is short of a complete peace
dealer nearest you.
tury prison cell by a religious treaty accompanied by effective
martyr. mutual security safeguards."

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