14—Friday, March 27, 1970
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Church-State Fights Mount in East
TRENTON, N.J. (JTA) — Gov.
William T. Cahill's announcement
that_he would seek to channel
state -funds to private schools for
textbooks and lunches was assail.
ed by Rabbi Israel S. Dresner,
president of the New Jersey
branch of the American Jewish
Congress.
Rabbi Dresner said the gover-
nor's proposal would ''set a pre-
cedent for large-scale direct finan-
cing of 'religious and other pri-
vate schools by the state." woufd
"stimulate interreligious competi-
tions for the favors of the state
and involve public officials im-
properly in the affairs of religious
bodies," and would "intensify edu-
cational segregation.'•
A spokesman far the AJCongress
in New York told the Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency- that the organiza-
tion opposed the textbook, but not
the school-lunch, aspect of the Ca
hill proposal. Rabbi Dresner said
he also "deplores" the "pressure"
by sectarian groups for private-
school aid as a "disservice to reli-
gious freedom" and to the public
school system.
In Providence, a key test case
opened last week in the U.S. Dis-
trict Court in which six Rhode
Island taxpayers challenged the
constitutionality of a state law
passed last year that permits the
state to pay part of the salaries
of parochial school teachers. The
suit is sponsored by the Ameri-
can Civil Liberties Union and
the AJCongress.
Dismissal by a three-man federal
court in New Haven, Conn., of a
suit challenging the use of public
funds for church-related school
construction was hailed by an
Orthodox Jewish organization and
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opposed by one which had been a
plaintiff in the case.
The judges ruled that grants
under the federal Higher Educa-
tion Facilities Act of 1963 to four
Connecticut colleges and universi-
ties with ties to the Catholic
church did not "discriminate
against nonsectarian institutions."
Attorneys for AJCongress and
the ACLU. said the decision would
be appealed.
Leo Pfeffer of the American
Jest ish Congress, who served as
'chief counsel for the plaintiffs,
said .that the case of Tilton vs.
I Finch, apparently was not "ripe
for immediate appeal" to the
Supreme Court and that "we plan
. to make such an appeal."
Julius Berman, president of the
National Jewish Commission
Law and Public Affairs (COLPA).
said the Orthodox agency "heartily
approves" the decision of the Hart-
ford judges. He said that, if an
appeal is made to the Supreme
Court, COLPA woul file, "on be-
half of the Orthodox Jewish corn- ,
munity," a friend of the court
brief in support of the Hartford
decision.
-Lawrence of Arabia
in a New Light
One of the century's most enig-
matic perso na - •tak es on new-
substance with the publication this
week of "The Secret Lives of
Lawrence of Arabia," a biography-
by Phillip Knightley and Colin
Simpson (McGraw-Hill).
"It is now clear that, far from
having a deep emotional attach-
ment to the Arabs, as a race Law-
rence did not care for them," the
authors write. "Far from devoting
himself to uniting their divided
tribes so that an Arab nation
could emerge, he believed that it
was in Britain's interests to keep
the Middle East divided. Far from
furthering the cause of Arab
freedom and independence, he was
'intent on making them part of the
British Empire ... Lawrence with-
drew from public life after the
war not because he felt that the
Arabs had been betrayed, but be-
cause he was disgusted that his
plan for the Middle East had been
abandoned in favor of another."
What emerges from an abund-
ance of new data is a book with
two main themes: Lawrence's
public and international image
on one hand, and on the other
hand his private and highly per-
sonal life.
The authors "make no apology
for what some may consider to be
an intrusion" into some of the
most intimiate, and disconcerting,
aspects of their subject: "The
actions of e public figure may be
influenced by his private behavior,"
they note. "When a man has been
acclaimed as a national hero it is
historically' important to present
every facet of his life, warts and
all . . ."
22 Congressmen Urge
U.S. Stop Aid to Arabs
WASHINGTON (JTA)—A bipar-
tisan group of 22 congressmen is
sponsoring a resolution in the
House demanding the immediate
end to U.S. military aid to the
Arab states.
Te resolution was drafted by
Rep. Richard L. Ottinger, a New
York Democrat seeking his party's
senatorial nomination. He h a s
charged that "the continued train-
ing and equipping of Arab sol-
diers" by the U.S. "is unconscion-
able at a time when Israel's very
existence is threatened." He urged
the sale of U.S. military equipment
to Israel.
According to Rep. Ottinger, the
U.S. is training 589 Arab military
officers this year under a program
which has provided more than a
billion dollars to Arab regimes dur-
ing the past decade. The Ottinger
resolution calls on the President
to "take immediate steps to ter-
minate every form of military as-
sistance to any belligerent Arab
nation, including those harboring
or assisting Arab terrorst groups
or guerrillas."
Rep. Ottinger named as Arab
recipients of U.S. aid in the
1960s, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Syria
and Saudi Arabia. He did not
specify the countries receiving
officer training this year, but a
spokesman identified them to the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency as
Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, Saudi
Arabia, Morocco and Tunisia.
The training, he said, has taken
place at domestic U.S. bases.
(A spokesman for the Israeli Em-
bassy in Washington told the JTA
that the congressman's allegation
was not new and, considering the
reference to Iran, which has dip-
lomatic relations with Israel, not
particularly shocking. He stated
that in the last decade, U.S. mili-
tary aid to Arabs has gone only to
"pro-Western" Arab states of Saudi
Arabia, Iraq, Jordan and Kuwait"
and pointed out that the U.S. has
not had relations with Syria for
several years. In fact, he added,
Israeli pilots received American
training at the time of the 1968
Phantom jet sale.)
2 Arab Terrorists Accused
of Attacking El Al Jet,
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ATHENS (JTA)—Strict protective
security measures were in effect
here at the opening of the trial of
two Arab terrorists accused of at-
tacking an El Al airliner on Dec.
26, 1968.
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Mohamed, 27, and Hussein Suley-
man El Yamani, 20—were brought
to the courtroom in separte ,.ars
escsorted by plainclothesmen and
uniformed police, and only per-
sons with special passes were ad-
mitted inside.
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and Iraq, while present in court,
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Defended by Golda
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Bnai
Brith Board of Governors, at its
leadership conference here recent.
ly, was addressed by Premier
Golda Meir and attended by other•
cabinet ministers.
Mrs. Meir said that Israel was
justified in penetrating as deep as
necessary into Egypt to prevent
Egyptian forces from preparing
for a new war on Israel.
He said .that Israel would
never agree to a unilateral cease
fire. "As long as they shoot, so
will we," the 72-year-old premier
told her audience.
She said Israel was not trying
purposely to bring about the
downfall of Egyptian President
Gamal Abdel Nasser but that she
would "not shed any tears" if he
were deposed.
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