High Court Upholds N.Y. Text Bill, Right to Challenge Aid to EdiiCation
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
10—Friday, June 14, 1968
WASHINGTON (JTA) — T h e 300,000 students including children
The Orthodox leader asserted school children will read the hand-
U.S. Supreme Court, in a 6-to-3 de- in Catholic and Jewish schools. The "hopefully the American Jewish writing on the wall from this de-
Knowledge acquired in youth will
cision Monday upheld a New York federal government spends $419,- Congress and other groups fighting cision and will cease their cam- be retained far better than when
State law that requires public 000,000 a year under the 1965 federal and state aid for religious paigns."
acquired in old age.—Sabbath 21
school systems to lend textbooks to Elementary and Secondary School
students in parochial and other Education Act to provide special
private schools.
education programs in parochial
But in another ruling, the court schools.
decided 8-to-1 that taxpayer suits
Edwin J. Lucas, general counsel
may be brought challenging feder- of the American Jewish Commit-
al aid to parochial schools. The tee, commenting on thetextbook
latter decision reversed a 1923 case, said, "we cannot conceal our
finding by the Supreme Court that disappointment over today's . . .
individual taxpayers lacked stand- decision upholding the constitu-
ing in such cases because their in- tionality of the New York law
David E. Goldberg, educational consultant at the American
dividual tax payments were too which requires the loan of secular
small to prove adequate personal textbooks to religious school pupils.
Zionist Youth Foundation, will speak at an Oneg Shabat on
involvement. It cleared the way for In our view, it may be a serious
a suit by seven New York residents blow to those who believe church
FRIDAY, EVENING, JUNE 21st, 1968 at 8:30 P.M.
who contend that federal aid to and state must remain separate.
pupils in church-related schools This decision could open the flood-
In the Morris L. Schaver Auditorium at the
violates the Constitution.
gates to additional substantial pub-
The American Jewish Congress lic assistance to sectarian schools."
one of several organizations
The National Jewish Commis-
sponsoring the New Yorkers' test sion on Law and Public Affairs, an
case, hailed the Supreme Court's Orthodox organization which sub-
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mitted a brief favoring the law,
which "marks the end of the said it was "delighted with the de-
The Oneg Shabat will be sponsored jointly by the Detroit Council of
anomalous situation under which cision." The decision is a "major
The Labor Zionist Organization, The Zionist Council of Detroit and The
violations of the principle of victory in the struggle to win fair
Jewish Community Council of Detroit. The Entire Jewish Community
separation of church and state treatment for non-public school
through use of public funds for children and opens new perspec-
is Invited.
parochial schools have been im- tives for additional benefits for
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The case for reversal of the 1923 of Agudath Israel of America.
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