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(Copyright 1971, JTA Inc.)

Friday, May 28, 1971-21

Irving Adler Elected to Second Term
as President of Cong. Beth Abraham

The officers and trustees-elect
At its annual meeting, Cong.
Beth Abraham re-elected Irving will be installed by Rabbi Israel I.
Adler as president
Halpern on the first day of Shavuot
With him were elected Menasche Sunday morning.
Haar, first vice president and
board chairman;
Irwin Klar, sec-
ond vice presi-
dent; Jack Schon
and Morris Beid-
e r , secretaries;
and Sheldon Fish-
m a n , treasurer.
Elected to t h e
board of trustees
were Oscar Bank,
Jules Feldmesser,
Adler
Nat Fishman,
Bernhard Lichtenstein, Dr. Mau-
rice Opperer, Theodore Scholnick
and Arthur Smith.
Continuing to serve on the board
of trustees are Judge Nathan J.
Kaufman, Benjamin Gantz, Sey-
mour Neuman, Leonard Edelman,
Jack Rosenzweig, Dr. Laurence
Ribiat, .Herman Rader, Julius Roth-
enberg, Mrs. Sherman Fisher, Jake
Moskovitz, William Genser, Mrs.
Leonard Green; past presidents
Sam Kaufer, Henry Thumin, Dr.
Robert Schlaff and honorary presi-
dent Louis Ellenbogen.

ROME AND JERUSALEM: A struggle is now taking place within
the Vatican over the status of Jerusalem. Ultra-conservative cardinals
and bishops are seeking to pressure Pope Paul VI to declare the
internationalization of Jerusalem as the official policy of the Catholic
Church. Part of liberal elements in the Vatican, and liberal dignitaries
of the Catholic Church in the United States and other countries oppose
this.
The ultra-right men of the Vatican are the same who had opposed
e adoption by the Ecumenical Council of the declaration exonerating
e Jews as a people from the charge of crucifying Jesus. Together
"th the bishops and Jordan and Lebanon, they have launched a power-
ful anti-Israel campaign aimed at removing Jerusalem and its environs
from the state of Israel.
Pope Paul VI is non-commital for the time being. But he has
given strength to the reactionary elements in the Vatican by speaking
publicly on March 14, of the need for the establishment of "an inter-
national agency of Jerusalem." To a large audience in St. Peter's
Square in Rome, he expressed concern over the status of the. Christian
Holy Places and the fate of the Arab Christians in Jerusalem.
About a week after the Pontiff made these utterances, the official
organ of the Vatican—L'Osservatoro Roman—carried an editorial
protesting "the Judaization of Jerusalem." It called for making Jeru-
salem and its environs "a separate body" under international jurisdic-
tion. This editorial added strength to the anti-Israel elements within
the Vatican.
In Israel, the editorial provoked great concern, since articles in
the official organ of the Vatican are considered an indication of the
Vatican policy. The apostolic delegate in Jerusalem assured the
Israel government that the internationalization proposal in the Vatican
Israel's Tire Products
daily newspaper does not represent the official policy of the Pope with
Israel
exports tires and tubes to
regard to the status of Jerusalem. However, this assurance has not
yet appeared in the Vatican newspaper. Many Catholics throughout more than 50 countries. Its ex-
the world are, therefore, under the impression that the Vatican policy ports in 1969 amounted to $13,300,-
is to seek the internationalization of Jerusalem rather than to have 000 and in 1970 to over $16,000,000,
showing an increase of 21 per cent.
the city remain an integral part of the Jewish state.
Whereas exports to Canada have
dropped by about two-thirds (from
SHADOW OF MOSCOW: It is now clear that the struggle between
the reactionary and liberal forces within the Vatican, with regard to $2,700,000 in 1969 to $1,000,000 in
Israel and to the status of Jerusalem, will assume major proportions 1970), exports to Germany in-
the
as long as the Pope avoids clarifying his views on the internationaliza- creased three-fold, and to
United
States
by
50
per
cent.
tion issue. It also is clear that the liberal dignitaries of the Catholic
Church—including cardinals and bishops in the United States—will
have a fight on their hands similar to the one they had at the Ecumeni-
cal Council to win the pro-Jewish declaration over the strong opposi-
tion of the reactionary wing.
All indications point to the fact that the Pope is—for the time
being—careful. He seems to fear the Russians. He is afraid that the
plating of Jerusalem under international control would open the door
of the city to the Soviet Union to introduce Red Army troops there.
Although so far non-commital, the Pope seems to be making a
distinction between Jerusalem and the Christian Holy Places in and
around Jerusalem. It is understood that Israel is now conducting quiet
negotiations with the apostolic delegate to Jerusalem—which are
making good progress—toward an agreement on some form of "extra-
territorialization" of the Holy Places under Christian auspices.
Israel has repeatedly stated that it is prepared to turn the juris-
diction of the Christian Holy Places over to responsible church bodies,
'" provided they are able to come to some agreement among themselves.
''here is, however, a strong rivalry among the Christian sects in
Israel. It is now known that the Greek Orthodox Church, the Protestant
=arch and the Armenian. Church are opposed to the Vatican position
ori- the Holy Places. They are preparing their own views. These may
be more sympathetic to Israel than the views of the Vatican.

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z ECHOES IN U.S.: The American Jewish Committee, perturbed
over the push on the part of the anti-Israel elements in the Vatican'
for the internationalization of the entire city of Jerusalem—which is
finding its reverberations among Catholics in the United States—asked
for an audience with Pope Paul VI in Rome. The audience was granted"
and the members of the AJCommittee delegation asked the Pope to
clarify the Vatican's policy with regard to the status of Jerusalem as
separate from the status of the Holy Places.
The Pontiff was not exactly clear in his reply, but he did not
make any "internationalization" remarks either. He said that he would
pray and work for peace and for the finding of a "just solution" to
the question of Jerusalem and the question of the Holy Places. He
thus indicated that he considers the status of Jerusalem and the
status of the Christian Holy Places as two separate matters.
This came as somewhat of a relief to the members of the Jewish
delegation. It will now strengthen the hands of American Catholic
leaders who are friendly. toward Israel and whose position was very
much weakened when the anti-Israel article appeared in the Vatican's
official organ. Many uninformed Catholics, who are otherwise positively
disposed toward Israel, read this article as a signal that the Pope's
attitude toward Israel has changed.
Greater clarification from the Pope, in addition to his friendly
statement to the delegation of the American Jewish Committee, will
now be sought by American Catholic leaders. Some Catholic organs in
the United States have already voiced their opposition to the cam-
paign by the ultra-conservatives in the Vatican. They came out in
support for a unified Jerusalem which assures free access to the Holy
Places for all religions.

Phosphates from Israel
The drop by one-third in Israel's
exports of phosphates (from $7,-
500,000 in 1969 to $4,900,000 in 1970).
is due mainly to reduced purchases
by Romania (from $2,700,000 to
$1,700,000). Exports of phosphates

also decreased to Holland and the
United Kingdom. Generally, how-
ever, exports to Holland rose by
$14,000,000, amounting in 1970 to
$45,000,000. The main items were
cut diamonds ($7,000,000), fertiliz-
ers and edible oils.

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