The Hurban Records Majority of U.S. House and Senate Backs Declaration for Direct Talks on M. E. Issue Story, Page 3 Vast literature on the Holocaust admonishes generations of the future not to forget the tragedies of the 1930s and 1940s and to retain the vigilance necessary to prevent recurrence of Nazism and brutalities akin to it. Analyses and reviews on pages 2, 12, 48 THE JEWISH NEWS DETROIT A Weekly Review MICHIGAN of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle VOLUME LV—No. 8 °:14 °27 Search for Cures for Rising Anti-Semitism Detroit's Role in Aiding Hebrew University Editorials Page 4 $7.00 Per Year; This Issue 20c 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd., Detroit 48235—VE 8-9364 May 9, 1969 Allied Jewish Campaign's Closing Marked by Triumph for Community's Generosity to Israel, U. S. Causes Effort to Abolish German Statute to Punish Nazis Faces Defeat in Bundestag BONN (JTA)—A decision of of the parliamentary group of Chancellor Kurt Georg Kiesinger's Christian Democratic Union to oppose total abolition of the statute of limitations on prosecution of Nazi war murders raised the possibility Wednesday that the proposal, which was approved last month by the West German cabinet, may fall to obtain a majority in the lower house, the Bunde- stag. Should that happen, no action would be taken and the statute would automatically take effect next Dec. 31. The parliamentary group agreed at the meeting Tues- day night that there should be a distinction made between major and minor Nazi war criminals—those who corn- Mited crimes of their own volition and those who carried them out on orders. The chancellor supported that posi- tion and told his fellow party members that this distinc- tion should be the official attitude of the CDU, a stand which would mean a CDU vote in the Bundestag against total abolition. Detroit Jewry's generosity, expressed in record-setting responses to the Allied Jewish Campaign and the Israel Emergency Fund, registered another triumph in the philanthropic efforts of the Jewish Welfare Federation, sponsor of the drive. The closing event of the 1969 campaign, held Wednesday at Cong. Shaarey Zedek, was a genu- ine victory function, with every division in the drive recording increases over last year's gifts. Maxwell Jospey, chairman of the victorious 1969 philanthropic undertaking, viewed the result as a continuing identification by Detroit Jewry with the needs in Israel, the social service duties here and the scores of causes on the national scene aided by income from the local drive. When the many hundreds yet to give pledges are contacted in the coming days, in the follow- up solicitations, the final 1969 campaign income will be $10,119,000, William Avrunin, executive vice president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, told the large gathering in the concluding ad- dress of the evening. After division chairmen had submitted their reports, Avrunin reported that the total as of Wednesday night was $9,798,425, as compared with $9,048,000 from the same contributors in 1968. The total raised in 1968 was $9,468,097, from 24,040 donors. Thus far this year, contribu- tions have been made by 22,500. Jospey expressed the hope that the dedicated army of volunteer workers, whose labors were highly praised by him, Avrunin, Hyman Safran, Federation president, and the division leaders, will be able to reach thousands more who thus far have not participated in the drive. A significant statement by Avrunin was that of the total sum raised in the drive, $3,919,000 represents Israel Emergency Fund contributions and an additional $2,937,500 from Allied Jewish Campaign gifts will go to Israel and other overseas needs, with the United Jewish Appeal the major beneficiary. Thus, for Israel and overseas needs income from the drive will be in the amount of $6,856,500, the balance—$3,262,500—to be assigned for local and national agencies' needs. The chancellor, who a year ago had pledged to seek abolition of the statute and who later changed his mind, failed to win his point at the cabinet meeting which voted for complete abolition. The cabinet agreed with the view Israeli officials said April was one of the costliest months to Israel since the of Justice Minister Horst Emhke that it was June 1967 war. Twenty-five Israeli soldiers and four civilians were killed between Impossible to decide without trials which former Nazis had been guilty of wartime March 30 and May 2. Sixty-one Israelis were injured and one is missing, and one soldier was kidnaped by Egyptian commandos. Thirty-four Arab guerrillas were killed Murder. in the same period. There were numerous additional casualties in the first week in New forecasts of electoral gains for the May during which a number of additional Israelis lost their lives in battles with neo-Nazi National Democratic Party were Arabs on the Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian borders. made by NPD chairman Adolf von Thadden. (Detailed Story, Page 11) (Continued on Page 5) total April Costliest Month in Israeli Lives Every prospect not yet reached will be contacted in the coming weeks, Jospey and his associates assured the gathering. Avrunin summarized the gener- ous response by Detroit Jewry by stating: "We behave as a Jewish community should when we are in trouble." (Continued on Page 5) Mount Scopus Hebrew University City to Have Abraham, Mollie Borman Student Dormitory Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Borman this week were linked with the news of a master plan for the utilization of Mount Scopus, in Jerusalem, for the establishment of the Hebrew University City and the solving of a press- ing ongoing university problem—that of student housing. The Bormans have undertaken to create what is to be known as the Abraham and Mollie Borman Student Residence in the projected Mount Scopus University City. Forma/ announcement of the plans for the planned project will be made at an invitational dinner at Cong. Shaarey Zedek, May 20. Joseph Jackier has been named chairman of the dinner committee. A statement issued by American Friends of the Hebrew University in New York, announcing the association of the Bormans in the master project, pointed out that the prodigious growth of the Hebrew Uni- versity's student population and the continued flow of students from all parts of Israel as well as from abroad has placed great pressure on the university. "Today, with new land available and the revival of the Indomitable spirit which first placed the university on its hallowed heights, we present concrete plans for the establishment of a 'University City'—with undergraduate and graduate residence halls — the first stage of which would provide accommodations for 2,500 students, as well as a community center," the announcement Stited. This "city," housing Israeli as well as overseas students, would provide for all the needs of students who would study on both the Mount Scopus as well as the Givat Ram campus. This plan is the first stage of a more extended program to be implemented in the future, which will provide accommodations for about 10,000 graduate and undergraduate students, so as to enable the univer- sity to absorb an increasing number of Israeli students from out of Jerusalem and students from abroad. At the same time, the establishment of such a residence center would enable the university to accommodate about 3,000 students from abroad each year for the summer program. The student "residence city" is planned for 2,500 students: single students, undergraduate and graduate as well as married graduate students without children, and also for those with one or two children. Special attention has been given to the plans for housing married graduate students since many outstanding graduate students from abroad will come to the Hebrew University. It is expected that many of these will stay in Israel, some joining the university teaching and research staff. A community center and other general facilities providing shops, clinic, kindergarten, synagogue, post•office, restaurant and Cafeteria, recreation rooms and,'adminiStration offices, will cover an area of •50)000 , square feet. • Mr. and Mrs. Abraham Borman