N- TTPT ,af vowing. ZW311 12 — Fridarblariveary 1S. 1971 Tl0/1T30 3117 t 45 ,r4. 4r-a, -tat, 4", 1? r j • Ar r * Pr -IF "1r P". THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Get-Tough Campaign to Be Waged on JDL his conversation with Verontsov, (Continued from Page 1) the Russian told him that about in the Russian language." (New York City Hall sources 900 Jews left Russia "recently" through normal channels but did said Tuesday that Mayor John V. Lindsay has embarked on a "get not say over what period. He ad- tough" policy against the JDL mitted that sometimes there were which 'included a directive to Cor - "bureaucratic delays" but insisted poration Counsel J. Lee Rankin to that the bulk of Russian Jews do study the pOssibility of obtaining not want to leave. a court injunction against acts of JDL Condemned in Israel harassment by the organization. by Leading Newspapers Rankin was said to be reviewing JERUSALEM (JTA)—The tac- the penal codes provisions dealing tics of the Jewish Defense League with conspiracy and harassment, were roundly condemned by lead- both . potential criminal matters ing Israeli newspapers Wednesday. that could be referred to the dis- The Histadrut daily Davar en- trict attorney's office. Police Corn - dorsed President Nixon's statement missioner Patrick Murphy was re- to American Jewish leaders that ported to have ordered a depart- his administration will do all it can mental policy in line with Mayor to prevent violence against Soviet Lindsay's directive Monday to be institutions in the United States. "as alert and forceful as neces- Davar said that "the Jewish De- sary" in d"aling with the JDL.) tense League or any other group Department spokesman using violence is at fault. They do State King said that since last Saturday not help but harm a just cause there have been no new incidents which they want to serve by the of harassment of American citi- wrong means. They interfere with zens in Russia. He said the cam the united effort that is being paign of retaliation for anti Soviet I carried on with zeal and devotion acts in the U. S. appeared to be I by legitimate means and is show- ing signs of success." "tapering off." The Socialist newspaper Lamer- A high-ranking Soviet diplo- mat told Pennsylvania's Sen. hay observed: "Even immigrants Richard S. Schweiker Tuesday from the Soviet Union believe that that Israel was trying to create the JDL clashes can only sabotage a rift between Washington and the just struggle for Soviet Jewry." Moscow and that the anti-Soviet Al Hamishmar, organ of Mapam, campaign based on the alleged said: "While the league - sets itself mistreatment of Jews in Russia up as a defender of the Jews, it emanated from Israel. Sen. sticks a knife in the back of the Schweiker, a Democrat, told the campaign being waged on behalf Jewish Telegraphic Agency of of Soviet Jewry." Two Orthodox newspapers also his conversation Tuesday morn- log with Yuli Vorontsov, the assailed the JDL, which has been strongly supported by certain charge d'affaires at the Soviet embassy who is the embassy's Orthodox elements in the United States. Hamodia, organ of Agudat highest ranking officer in the absence of Ambassador Anatoly Israel, said: "The President of the United States cannot stand calmly F. Dobrynin. Sen. Schweiker said he visited by while an extremist group sabo- the embassy in advance of a peti- tages relations between his coun- tion signed by 20,000 Philadelphians try and the Soviet Union." Shearim, of all faiths urging emigration organ of Poalei Agudat Israel, ob- rights for Soviet Jews and the re- served that "decades of struggle lease of Russian Jews recently notwithstanding, Jews in Israel sentenced to prison terms or fac- have never once been tempted to ing trial. When the petition was emulate their enemies' methods. delivered by a three-man delega- This is not the way Jews fight and tion, the diplomatic duty officer therein lies their strength." (Moscow's Chief Rabbi Yehuda refused to accept it and threaten- ed to call the police if it was left Leib Levin signed a petition on a table in the embassy hall. Tuesday accusing militant Jew- Monday, the press counselor of ish groups in the U. S. of "emu- the embassy refused to accept a lating fascists" in their tactics similar petition signed by 700 The petition, which also carried American scientists of the National the signatures of three lay lead- Institute of Health, Catholic Uni- ers of Moscow's Jewish commu- versity and the University of nity, said Soviet Jews did not want such "unsolicited protec- Maryland. Sen. Schweiker said Verontsov tors. (Rabbi Meir Kahane, chairman told him that the anti-Soviet cam- paign stemming from the Lenin- of the JDL, plans to emigrate to grad trial last month was "trump- Israel next August because "he is ed up" in Israel and in the U. S. very pessimistic about the destiny He insisted that the Leningrad de- of Jews in America," his father, fendants were tried for attempting Rabbi Charles Kahane, told New to hijack a Soviet airliner, and the York newsmen Tuesday. Kahane fact they were Jewish had nothing must appear in court on Jan. 19 to do with the case. He said Israel for arraignment on charges of dis- wanted to stir up trouble between orderly conduct and incitement to the United States and the Soviet riot. He was in Israel a week ago Union in order to delay a peace on what was described as a private settlement in the Middle East. He visit. Some sources said he was also said that Israel was pressing dickering for a post with the right- for Jewish emigration from Rus- wing Herut faction. Kahane has an apartment in Jerusalem. A brother, sia because it needs manpower. The delegation that visited the Nahman, Is employed by the reli- gious affairs ministry.) embassy after Sen. Schweiker left, Another letter from a Soviet was received by the duty officer. He parried their questions Jewish family appealing for assist- about Jewish emigration rights ance in emigrating to Israel has by observing that Russia had been received by Premier Golda friendly relations with the Arab Meir. The signatory's full name states and didn't want to "harass and address was given as Shtrom - - them," presumably by permit- ting large numbers of Soviet Jews to go to Israel. He said there were no Hebrew schools in Moscow, which has a Jewish population of MAO, because it was net possible to have schools for every nationality. He said he would not accept their petition and if they left it, he would "call the policeman outside." Rabbi Greenberg said later that the petition would be mailed to the embassy. Sen. Schweiker said that, during 4 v.', ". Khasya Meerovna, 63 Surorova Street, ApL 23, Riga, Latvian So- viet Republic. In her letter, Mrs. Meerovna writes that in May 1969, she and her family were re- fused an exit permit to go to Israel to rejoin their only surviving rela- tives who reside there. She had submitted applications for the per- mit since 1964 and all were con- sistently refused. 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