THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, August 30,

190

Goldberg Attacks Reds' Injection
of 'Zionism' in Czech Invasion. Issue

By HOWARD GOLDBERG

'" Goldberg Becomes AJCommittee President

NEW YORK — Arthur J. Gold-
berg, former Secretary of Labor.
Supreme Court Justice and U.S.
ambassador to the United Nations,
Tuesday became the 14th president
of the American Jewish Commit-
tee.
Goldberg was elected at a spe-
cial meeting of the agency's board
of governors, held at its national
headquarters here. He succeeds
Morris B. Abram, president since
1964, who is about to take office
as president of Brandeis Univer-
sity. Abram was elected an honor-
ary president.

"There was no Jewish involve-
ment in what was a national act
by the Czech people," he said, re-
NEW YORK—The new president ferring to that nation's resistance
of the American Jewish Commit- to the occupation. "The number of
tee, Arthur J. Goldberg, Tuesday Jews in Czechoslovakia is insigni-
decried East German and Polish ficant."
attempts to inject "Zionism" as an
At a press conference at the
issue in the Warsaw Pact invasion AJCommittee's headquarters
and occupation of Czechoslovakia.
here, Goldberg said he hoped
Taking office as the successor of that the Czech crisis would im-
Morris B. Abram, the former Su- prove the possibilities of success
preme Court associate justice and of the Middle East peace mission
United States ambassador to the being conducted by United Na-
United Nations said the Commu- tions special envoy Dr. Gunnar
nists' charge that ZioniSts posed a Jarring.
threat to Czech socialism was
"I hope the message will come
"shocking, shameless and com- loud and clear to the Middle East
pletely unfounded."
—to Israel's Arab neighbors—that
NEW YORK — The first Nation-
"The effort to revive anti-Semit- the Russians exact a price for aid
ism in Eastern Europe," Goldberg and help. The dimension of that al Young Leadership Conference
said, "carries a portent of danger" price was demonstrated by what to be sponsored jointly by the
to the whole world and is a re- was paid in Czechoslovakia," he United Jewish Appeal and the
Council of Jewish Federations and
minder of the Hitler era.
said.
Asked by the JTA whether in
view of the Soviet Union's heavy
supply of weapons to the Arab
sattes, President Johnson should
provide Israel with the supersonic
NEW YORK — General Itzhak Phantom jet fighter-bombers it
Rabin, ambassador of Israel to the seeks, Goldberg said:. "The best
United States, will be one of the solution to the Middle East prob-
principal speakers at the economic lem is for all states concerned to
emergency conference of the State take up the question of arms limi-
of Israel Bond Organization, it was tation. Israel, however, cannot dis-
announced by Dr. Joseph J. arm alone. The Soviets regrettably
Schwartz, Israel Bond vice presi- are pouring arms into the Middle
dent. The conference will meet East. The United States must see
Sept. 6-8 at Hotel Commodore, that the arms imbalance must not
exist."
New York.
Repeating his often expressed
Ambassador Rabin will join Is-
rael's new minister of finance, support for the nomination of Abe
Garon
Goodman
Zeev Sharef, at the conference, Fortas as chief justice of the
which will be attended by a large United States, Goldberg said he Welfare Funds will be held here
did not believe anti-Semitism was
Detroit delegation.
Sept. 13 and 14 at the New York
Gen. Rabin will be the main involved in Senate delay of Fortas' Hilton Hotel.
speaker at the concluding banquet confirmation. The issue, he said,
Plans for the landmark confer-
of the 71st national convention of was solely a political one.
Anti-Semitism is no longer an ence were announced by Herbert
the Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica, honoring the golden jubliee of issue in American political life, J. Garon of New Orleans, chair-
the Jewish Legion of World War he declared, citing his own con- of the UJA Young Leadership
I, Sept. 15 at the Statler Hilton firmation by the Senate for three Cabinet, and by Henry J. Goodman
important offices, including that of Cleveland, chairman of t h e
Hotel, Washington, D.C.
Nehe- of secretary of labor under the Council's national committee on
Gen. Rabin is the son of Nehe-
miah Rabin, an American Legion- late President John F. Kennedy. leadership development.
Such confirmations, the AJCom-
The two-day session will bring
naire. His father joined the Ju-
daean Battalion in the United mittee head declared, is "scarcely
together 400 men and women
States. The group received their compatible with anti-Semitism in between age 25 and 40 who have
risen to leadership in furthering
training in Canada and England Congress as a whole." .
He defended his intervention in Jewish philanthropic, religious,
before going to the front lines in
the controversial issue of New welfare and educational pro-
Palestine.
grams in their home communi-
Most of the Americans were in York University's appointment of
ties. Those attending come from
the 39th Royal Fusiliers command- John F. Hatchett, a former Harlem
ed by Col. Eliezer Margolin and teacher, as director of the univer- some 50 cities in 30 states.
were part of the British Expedi- sity's new Martin Luther King Jr.
The conference will deal with
tionary Force under General Al- Afro-American Student Center.
such vital problems facing Amer-
Pointing out that he had en- ican Jewish communities as the
lenby.
tered the dispute as a private urban crisis in America and the
citizen. interested in trying to human needs overseas. These
World Sports Conference promote
reconciliation and con- problems will be the subject of
Scheduled at Technion; 14 ciliation and not exacerbating major
addresses by Itzhak Rabin,
Lands Exchange Students differences, Goldberg said he former chief of staff of Israel's
HAIFA — The fifth International would stand by his role as peace- defense forces, who is now Israel's
University Sports Conference will maker.
ambassador to the U.S.; Edward
He acknowledged that there had
open at the Technion, Israel Insti-
tute of Technology, Sept. 16, and been differences within the AJCom-
continue for five days. Thirty-four mitte on his role in the Hatchett Paper Claims Israel
participants from 13 countries have affair and added that the organiza-
tion is a democratic one and does Has Ground Strength,
confirmed their attendance.
The conference is organized by not operate on the "fuehrer princi- Arabs Have Planes
the Academic Sports Association ple." He said that he expects dis-
LONDON (JTA)—An estimate of
and is sponsored by the sports and agreement with his views in the
physical authority in the ministry future on various AJCommittee the relative military strength of
Egypt and Israel published by the
of education and the International matters.
He voiced praise for UN Ambas- Guardian Monday gave Israel a
Council for Sports and Physical
sador George Ball's handling of the slight numerical edge in ground
Education of UNESCO.
Meanwhile, 106 students from Czech invasion debate in the Secur- forces, but placed Israel's numeri-
14 countries recently arrived in ity Council and said that, watching cal air strength at little better than
Israel to take part in the ex- the council on television, he had hall of Egypt's, and less than a
change of the International Asso- the urge to "put on his uniform" third of the combined numerical
strength of the Egyptian, Syrian,
and participate.
ciation for the Exchange of Stu-
Goldberg said he was "happy Iraqui and Jordanian air forces.
dents for Technical Experience.
During their two-month stay in to take on a new responsibility
According to the Guardian's as-
Israel they will be employed in in- in my role as a member of the sessment, Israel has eight armored
Jewish community. In a sense, brigades and 22 infantry brigades
dustries, public institutions and in
institutions of higher learning. At this is an all-embracing role plus 800 tanks against six Egyptian
since my concern for justice,
the same time, some 130 students
armored brigades, 15 infantry brig-
from Israel have gone to 18 coun- peace, enlightenment, morality ades and 600 tanks.
all stem from the heritage of
tries for the same purpose. The
Egypt, however, possesses 400
largest group of students, 34, ar- which I am the heir."
He recalled that he had served aircraft against 223 Israeli aircraft.
rived from Holland.
Since the exchange is based on as an honorary vice chairman of The Iraqi, Syrian and Jordanian
technical experience, the organiza- the AJCommittee, as a pioneering air forces were estimated to pos-
tion of the project is in the hands human rights agency, founded in sess 173, 158 and 21 aircraft
of the office of the dean of students 1966, whose concern for those respectively. Egypt in addition was
at the Technion. Most of the out- rights was squared with his own. said to have 100 surface-to-surface
Goldberg cited among the new missiles, None were listed for
going students come from the
technion, but students from the responsibilities he has assumed as Israel.
Hebrew University, the Bar Ilan a private citizen the chairmanship
When a man accepts charity
University and the Tel Aviv Uni- of the Harry S. Truman Peace
versity are also included in the Center at the Hebrew University in from others his face turns many
colors.—Berachoth 6
Jerusalem.
exchange program.

(Special Teletype Wire to
The Jewish News)

Irving M. Engel, a former presi-
dent of the committee and now
also an honorary president, pre-
sented a Tiffany clock to Abram
in recognition of his accomplish-
ments as president. Both Goldberg
and Abram spoke at the meeting,
which was chaired by Philip E.
Hoffman, chairman of the board of
governors.
Previous presidents of t h e
American Jewish Committee were:
Mayer Sulzberger, 1906-12; Louis
Marshal, 1912-29; Cyrus Adler,
1929-40; Sol M. Stroock, 1941;
Maurice Wertheim, 1941-43; Joseph

SEE OR CALL

1st National Young Leadership Parley
to Draw 400 to NY; Rabin Will Speak

Rabin to Address
National Parleys

M. Proska tier, 1943-49; Jacob
Blaustein, 1949-54; Mr. Engel,
1954-59; Herbert B. Ehrmann,
1959-61; Frederick F. Greenman
1961; Louis Caplan, 1961-62; A. M.
Sonnab en d, 1962-64; Abram,
1964-68.

Ginsberg of Cleveland and Herbert
A. Friedman of New York, general
chairman and executive vice chair-
man, respectively, of the UJA;
Louis J. Fox of Baltimore and
Philip Bernstein of New York,
president and executive vice pres-
ident, respectively, of the CJFWF,
and Rehaveam Amir, Israel's con-
sul general in New York.

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