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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, February 7, 1969-9
ACLU Opposes Sanctions for Station
That Aired Anti-Semitic Invectives
DeGaulle's Pro-Arab Policy Rebuked at Fete for Gen. Pierre Koenig
PARIS (JTA)—President Charles executions were condemned by vir- attitude concerning France's rela-
de Gaulle's pro-Arab policy receiv- tually the entire French press, tions not only with Iraq but with
ed a strong rebuke when 250 lead- and Communist Party organ Lebanon, Jordan and Egypt.
ing French personalities attended Humanite made it unanimous.
The paper warned that the
a dinner in honor of Gen. Pierre
hangings did not advance the
Koenig, World War II resistance
Arab
cause and urged Iraq's
leader and head of the France-
leaders to "show more wisdom
Israel Friendship Association.
The occasion was Gen. Koenig's in the future by abstaining from
acts that can only serve the
70th birthday. But the turnout,
enemies of the Arab people."
which included Alain Poher, presi-
dent of the French Senate, the It was the Communist news-
president of France's Economic paper's first criticism of any
and Social Council, members of Arab government.
The wave of revulsion over the
the French Academy, the Senate,
Chamber of Deputies and high Iraqi hangings, following wide-
ranking military officers, was seen spread criticism of President de
as an expression of solidarity with Gaulle's embargo on military
Israel as much as a tribute to a equipment and spare parts to
Israel, appeared to be having an
war hero.
Gen. Koenig called for a mass effect on the government. Ob-
meeting Sunday at the monument servers noted a "more discreet"
to unknown Jewish martyrs in
Paris to protest the public hang-
ings of the 14 Iraqis. Gen. Koenig,
a former defense minister, outlin-
ed a program for Mid East peace
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The Koenig event was only one
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of a series of outpourings of soli-
THURS. 9 to 5; FRIDAY, 9 to
darity with Israel since the Bagh-
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dad hangings were announced. The
make the Jiff
Negro-Jewish conflict, City Coun-
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cil president Francis X. Smith
assume guilt for what is not our
doing."
declared that if Mayor Lindsay
Representatives of two religious did not call a "summit confer-
schools and one synagogue that
ence" of civic leaders to deal
were recently burned by arsonists with racial tension, he would do
were presented with checks to be so himself.
used for the institution's restora-
Smith, a political opponent of
tion. These included Rabbi Meilech the mayor, proposed such a con-
Silber, director of the Eastern ference last week.
Parkway Yeshivah, Bro okly n;
Meanwhile, the Board of Educa-
Rabbi Saul Wolf, director of the
Yeshiva Ahiezer, Brooklyn; and tion has accepted a suggestion by
Rabbi Isaac Liebes, spiritual lead- American Jewish Congress to set
er of• the Torei Zonov Synagogue, up an emergency telephone number
The Bronx.
which parents, teachers and pupils
Later, the American Civil Liber- can call to report incidents of racial
ties Union took issue with organiza- or religious bigotry in the public
tions and individuals who have de- schools.
manded penalties for station WBAI-
The proposal to set up a "hot-
FM. Rep. Emanuel Celler, Brooklyn
Democrat, in a letter to FCC Chair- line" for the reporting of such in-
man, Rosel H. Hyde, had urged cidents had originally been made
the FCC to use its "full powers" by the AJC last Thursday in a let-
against WBAI-FM, a listener-sup- ter from Murray A. Gordon, chair-
man of the executive committee of
ported station.
Celler, chairman of the House the organization's New York Metro-
Judiciary Committee, said the di- politan Council, to Walter Straley,
rectors of the station "have at- chairman of a board of education
investigate racial
tempted to shield themselves with subcommittee to
and religious incidents.
a mistaken interpretation of the
First Amendment" to the U.S. Con-
stitution granting free speech. But
John De J. Pemberton, executive
director of the ACLU, warned that
"it is a false and ruinous logic that
would lead us to fight race hate
and religious bigotry with the alien
weapons of censorship and suppres-
sion of free speech." He said his
organization opposed sanctions
against WBAI-FM and was "pre-
pared to offer testimony before the 1
FCC in the interest of free speech."
The Ford Foundation has asked
City University to restudy a
$60,000 grant earmarked for use
by a community committee head-
ed by Vann, president of the mili-
Charles de Gaulle
tant African-American Teachers
Association. The foundation re-
quested the university to review
its relationship with Vann's com-
mittee following expressions of
concern by faculty members over
some of Vann's public state-
ments.
The $60,000 grant is part of a
$442,000 grant approved by the
Ford Foundation 'last December
for the Bed`ord-Stuyvesant Com-
munity Coalition. The Coalition is
cooperating with City University
in planning a new two-year com-
munity college in the predominent-
ly Negro section of Brooklyn.
Vann, an administrator of the
Ocean Hill-Brownsville School Dis-
trict, has denied anti-Semitic intent
in an editorial published in the
Indeed,
organ of the African-American
Teachers Association, and has been
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.
cleared of charges of harassing
Why, Sir, are you negating these basic principles of your great people?
union teachers during last year's
school strike. Other charges of anti-
Why, Mr. President of the people of France, are you antagonistic to the West?
Semitism brought against him are
under investigation by Superintend-
Why, Sir, are you especially unfriendly to the people of the United States, the friendship
ent of Schools Bernard E. Donovon.
with whom dates back to our Revolutionary days, the people of the United States who
The Brooklyn Jewish Community
were so eager to assist the people of France during both World Wars, our people who fought
Council demanded Booth's removal
from public office for his alleged
side by side with YOUR people?
failure to take action against anti-
Why, Sir, are you now endangering the peace of the world by setting up obstacles in
Semitic utterances and writings
the path of the only free people in the Middle East, the people of Israel, by giving comfort
made by city employes or dis-
seminated by city institutions. The
to persons who are ganging up to destroy little Israel?
demand was made to Mayor Lind-
say and other members of his
Why, Sir, are you preventing your honorable plane manufacturers from living up to busi-
administration. The community
ness deals and why are you directing that planesfor which Israel has paid should not be delivered?
group also demanded that the
Board of Education initiate pro:
And if the planes are not delivered, why aren't you returning the $100,000,000 of Israel's
ceedings against Campbell and sus-
money you have held for nearly two years now?
pend him without pay pending final
disposition of his case.
Answer, Monsieur, in the name of the great ideals of the French People!
The council charged that Booth
"has failed to condemn the (cata-
logue) utterance. On the contrary,
he has indicated that it isn't sub-
ject to criticism since it is an ex-
pression of fact." Another council
target was Thomas P. Roving,
museum director, who was assail-
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