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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 40,000...Jew4..Win Right to .Y.ote.
20—Friday, April 9, 1 971
The measure became law
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has passed a
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official Gazette March 30.
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leader
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bill giving 40,000
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NEW YORK (JTA)—The Am - ondary schools with $200,000,000
erican Jewish Congress Wednes in new funds. One of the provisions
revenue-sharing
day expressed "grave concern" in his educational
for wider authority
about President Nixon's proposal progi . am calls

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to increase federal government to assist students in nonpublic
financing of nonpublic schools, schools.
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President Nixon's proposal noted,
warning that such a move would
"further violate the constitutional in part, that "all forms of educa-
principle of separation -of church tional services would be available"
and state and undermine-our pub- to students of nonpublic schools
which, he stated, "bear a signifi-
lic school system."

President Nixon's proposal, out- cant share of the cost and effort"
lined Tuesday in a message to of educating Americans.
Joseph B. Robinson. general
Congress, calls for combining the
$2,800,000,000 now spent on pro- counsel of the American 'Jewish
grams to aid elementary and sec- Congress and director of its corn-
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declared in a statement:
Yeshiva U. Offers Help
"To the extent that the federal
government has money available

to Potential Suicides

for education, it should be used

NEW YORK (JTA)—The first to streng
strengthen the public schools.
university sponsored clinic to help wh i -
ch ' are seriously underfinanc-
particularly
suicides,
potential
ed. In particular. the public
among young people, has been schools in our cities are failing
. opened in Manhattan by a Yeshiva to meet the educational needs of
University graduate school. Pro- children of disadvantaged fami
fessionally staffed, the facility is lies. The needs of these children
open Sundays from 10 a.m. - to 6 cannot be dealt with by financ
ing nonpubilc schools."
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The clinic is a part of a pilot
Noting that 90 per cent of the
program for potential suicides and no
.S. are
schools in the U.S.
their
families, program
with a complemen-
tary training
for chni- religious schools, the AJ Congress

attend privately sponsored Jewish
time in.nearly half a century. ly given by Lt.. Gov. 'Hugh La
day schools but none attend
The measure, adopted without
Catholic-sponsored schools.
dissent. was described by Quebec Polish Agents Rumored
. About 20,000 Jewish children, 75
Education Minister Guy Cardinal
per cent of all Jewish children of
as "just reparation for an histori- to Be Among Danes
school age, are enrolled in the
cal injustice." It was hailed by the
COPENHAGEN (ZINS) — well- Protestant-sponsored schools.
Canadian Jewish Congress.
founded rumors persist that among
Enfranchisement applies to the some 2,000 Jews who were driven
40,000 Jewish taxpayers of Greater out of Poland there are approxi-
Montreal, whose property taxes mately 80 provocateurs sent by
help support the Protestant schools the Polish Secret Police.
which niost. of -their children at-
At the same time, Danish police
tend. It does not apply to the two have reported that the Polish Em-
LADIES—MEN
other Quebec cities with Jewish gassy in Copenhagen is a deposi
TONE-O-MATIC
residents—Quebec with about 100 tory for opium coming from Asia.
Jewish families and Trois Riviers A diplomatic pouch was accidently
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The bill, introduced by the I taming 28 kilograms of opium. The
Quebec government earlier this Danish authorities said they sus-
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California Chaplain Cut

SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) — Jew-
ish leaders of California are hope-
ful of restoring the only three Jew-
ish chaplains in the service of this
state's huge mental hospital sys-
indications from
tem.
However,
acramento,
the state capital., are
that the chaplains will be dropped
on July 1 — as ordered by Gover-
said:
nor Ronald Reagan. He has or-
cians, started by the university's spokesman
"Government financing of sec- dered millions of dollars in health
Ferkauf Graduate School of Hu-
I tarian schools, under whatever cutbacks.
d Social Science.
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The school is offering a seminar guise, advances their primary pur-
A campaign has been mounted
on "issues of suicidology" to train pose of fostering a specific re- - including Protestant and Cath-
ligion.
We
believe
it
is
unconsti-
to retain the three
olic groups
clinical psychologists in the detec
tion, diagnosis . and treatment of tutional for government funds to
Jewish chaplains, who minister
be used in that manner."
to the 900 Jewish mental patients
potential suicides.
Robison added that obliterating in various California hospitals.
Dr. Ruth Lesser, director of
Unlike the Jewish chaplains,
the graduate school's clinical the distinction between public
the Protestant and Catholic min-
psychology program, said 18 and private schools "would be bad
isters are based on hospital
schools of medicine, nursing, for government, bad for religion
premises.
sociology and social work have and bad for education."
A spokesman for the California
been chosen to offer and evaluate
AJCommittee to Present
Human Relations Agency, which
this curriculum.
administers the state's mental hos-
Dr. Lesser. who heads the proj- Lehman Prize at Dinner
NEW YORK—Clarence E. Unter- pistal program, said it "can't be
ect, said the suicide problem is
the
greater than indicated by the 20,- berg of New York and Eatontown, said at this time
000 suicides reported annually in N.J., philanthropic and civic lead- chaplains would be retained.
the United States, adding that er, will receive the 1971 Herbert H.
Other sources in the state capi-
between 25 and 30 per cent of Lehman Human Relations Award tal were agreed that Governor
suicides are unreported to protect at a testimonial dinner in behalf of - Reagan would step in, if neces-
the feelings of physician and the American Jewish Committee's sary, and repeat his order to cut
family, "as well as for reasons Appeal for Human Relations April the chaplains — so intent is he on
of insurance benefits and asso- 21 at the Pierre Hotel, N.Y.
reducing the state's health costs.
ciated social stigmata." .
Philip E. Hoffman, president of Althought the charge of anti-Sem-
She said that while suicide rates the AJCommittee, announced the itism has been made against Rea-
for young people generally are award. Unterberg, a member of gan, most responsible Jewish
hard to ascertain, "experts agree the AJC board of trustees, endowed leaders in this state regard his
that only accidents account for a building at the Jewish Theologi- action as "unthinking," not dis-
more adolescent deaths." In addi- cal Seminary and a chair for reli- criminatory.
tion to helping potential suicides gious studies at Hebrew Univer-
and their families, she said, plans city.
also call for extending the program
The 1971 Appeal goal is $8,475,000. Nashville Rabbi Says
to help families in which such
Most Young People in His
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Bolivian Zionists Sought Established in Arava

LA PAZ. Bolivia (ZINS)—A
Zionist membership drive conduct-
ed by the Bolivian Zionist Federa-
tion has just been concluded, it was
reported here by Elias Huhn, chair-
man of the Federation and presi-
dent of the General Zionist Organi-
zation. Bolivia is entitled to one
delegate to the forthcoming World
Zionist Congress.

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Conn. 06902
M. Schwarschild, Director

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NASHVILLE ( JT A )—A Nashville
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Another Reform rabbi has asserted that as ; :::i
Nahal -- paramilitary settlement --- , many as 80 per cent of Jewish 1 ;•.::
has been officially established in young people here "have had some
the Arava region of the Negev 1 personal experience with drug
about 20 miles north of Eilat and; usage," from a "single experi- :::.:
less than two miles west of the' mental sampling to regular usage,
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Jordanian border. , from marijuana to LSD."
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Named Nahal Katora, it will ', The figure was given by Rabbi
produce early winter vegetables ! Randall M. Falk, in an editorial
that thrive in the hot, dry climate. in the Observer, the Jewish
weekly in Nashville.
He described as "one of the most
hopeful signs, in an otherwise
distressing and disturbing situa-
tion," recent evidence that "Nash-
ville Jewry seems ready to come
face to face with the reality of
drug usage among the junior and
senior high school and the college
young people within our city."

Sen. Hughes Says U.S.
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