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Ina World at War There Ji the Everlasting
Hope for Peace Out of .the 'Infamy' Charged
at the UN . HOW Cairo Is Winning for P eace

By Philip

Sioniovitz

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Will Sadai Extend 1971 by Proclamation to Give Us a Long Year of -Pace? •
Father Charles E. Coughlin, having reached his 80th year, con-
The best pun of the year is contained in an analysis of Egyptian trends by. Geoffrey Godsell, Chris-
tinues to imply denials that he was pro-Nazi or anti-Semitic. Yet, not tian Science Monitor correspondent, in a dispatch trom.Calro- Gods& Poses the question: "Will Egyptians
a single volume of the hundreds that have been published on both have to extend 1971?" He explains it in the following, the opening and closing para.graphs of his . full - page
subjects fail to list him among the anti-Semites of our time.
article;
The late Edward Cardinal (Mooney stepped in to call him to task,
"The people of this teeming, age-old, hustling city retain their sense of humor. President Sadat,
in 1937, for his utterances, and he gave up his "Golden Hour" broad-
they say, will have to extend 1971 beyond Dec. 31 by decree if he wants to make !Mod on his repeated
casts, returning to Them for another two years in 1938.
assertion that this will be the year of decision .. .
He told a Free Press reporter: "I was never a coward. When
"Egyptians, with that canny instinct which the centuries have given them, sense what he is
the odds were against me succeeding, and expressing the truth, I did
up against If 'he is to deliver before the end of 1971. That is why they jokingly suggest he might be
if anyway."
able-to keep his only by issuing a presidential' decree to ensure that the arrival of the new year
Well, he did a lot of things. He didn't tolerate vigilance among
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be delayed beyond- the three months between now and Oct. 31.".
his opponents. There is a classic clipping in our files. It is from
With a sense of humor, Israel's antagonists have a good chance to overcome many obstacles which
Coughlin's Social Justice. Of special interest is the date: it was in have been Created by the good atmosphere that has been created by Israel's adherence to democratic prin-
his issue of Feb. 3, 1941, four years after the Cardinal Mooney rebuke ! ciples in administering vaster areas with large Arab populations. -
Here is what he wrote:
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Here are typical examples of what has transpired:
"It was the first nazi victory in
During the summer of 1971, -106,000 Arabs from all' Arab countries; in addition to Arab students
In its January 10th edition, the
this
country
against
a
Jewish
from
Western
Europe,
visited
Judea
and
Samaria,
without
restrictions;
and
2,000
applied for return to the
Detroit Jewish Chronicle printed
West Bank under the Israel inn-lily reunion program. Most of these applications have been approved.
the following, which requires no author.
"All
of
which
indicates
the
need
comment:
Citrus exports from the Gaza Strip, which have trebled since 1967, are expected to reach 200,-
for strengthening the _democratic
000 tons in the coming season, starting next month. Last year, some 163,000 tons were exported. The
"Pro-Nazis in this country are elements and of adopting a militant
Israel
Otrus Marketing Board is expected to handle the sales of half 'of this year's 200,000 tons to
hard at work to accomplish their attitude in defense of liberty and
Western Europe. Some 50,000 tons will be sold to Eastern Europe without going through board chan-
end of dealing a death blow to in the fight against Nazism.
nels and a similar quantity will go to Jordan. Gaza citrus - sales, `shipped via Ashdod, will earn local
democracy.
"We are confident that in the
growers a return of IL 5.10 to the dollar, compared with IL 4.55 before devaluation.
"rnr the first time since the long run the pro-Nazis will lose.
The campaign against Jewish administration of a reunited Jerusalem is not getting overwhelming
outbreak of the war, we heard a But this will only be possible if
few people hissing England and the conscious libertarians will support. Here are some samples of Christian reactions, in addition to the very strong . one that came last
month in support of Israeli rule of the Holy City from the National Coalition .of American-Nuns:
applauding Hitler during the show- assert themselves."
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ing of the March of Time British
Father Raymond J. Tourney, president of the Roman Catholic charitable organization "Caritas"
in East Jerusalem, said the criticisms "are not in keeping with the truth. The Israeli authorities are
RAF film.
Of course, the imprudent young
not interfering in the execution of our missions."
"At the meeting of the Amer- man responsible for spreading this
The Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem, Dr. • George Appleton, was reported denying the ex-
ica First Committee in Chicago invitation to spread anti-Semitism
istence of "real pressure" 'on Christians in Jerusalem and pointed to some economic factors that
on Dec. 23, there was a disturb- is Philip Slomovitz, editor of the
have been motivating property-owning Christians to leave the city.
ante when Irving Berlin's 'God paper.
The Dominican Father Marcel du Bois said: "No one can speak of a denial of Jerusalem's Chris-
Bless America' was to be sung,
Phil generally succeeds in keep-
tian character .. - These charges are all false. Where were all these sensitive souls when the Jordan.
and the pra-Nazi element won by log both feet in it, especially when
inns denied the Jewish character of the Mount of Olives by destroying *Its centuries-old cemetery? No
suppressing the song by the Jew-, he tells his Jewish readers of the
one in the Christian world made any sound of protest then—and the events oecurred right before our
ish composer.
need to adopt' a militant attitude.
very eyes."
If Coughlin is as brave as he says he was, why not admit an old
Will the Vatican.please take note cif these assertions? And when'Abe Christian Science Monitor hon-
error?
ors us by titling an editorial "Shalom, Mr. Rogers," will it, also, please apply it to -Jerusalem and rec-
"Silo Charlie"—that's how the late Henry G. •(Heinle) Hoch, one- ognize that only under Israel's administration has there been the slightest hope of an abandonment of strife.
time church editor of the Detroit News, defined him—no longer visits and the restoration of genuine peace in the City of Peace? --
the church he designed and from whose silo appearance that title
(We could apply this to editorial writers in a local newspaper who have been as unfair as the Moni-
stemmed. He doesn't view himself as an anti-Semite. How could he tor in pressing for an abandonment of the justice instituted - in Jerusalem by Israel in exchange for a return
possibly adhere to "the sin of anti-Semitism?" (That's how Pope Pius to barbarism that existed under Hussein's rule).
XI described hatred of Jews). Coughlin merely wrote—and spokel-
Here are a couple of other items to indicate the progress introduced under Israel's rule:
anti-Seinitically but interpreted it as capitalism and anti-Communism
Output in the administered areas rose by 20 per cent in 1969 and 14 per cent in
and meanwhile created his own form of fascism. It can't be ignored—
- 1970, according to Isiael's Central Bureau of Statistics. Principal reason for the slower
even on his birthday.
growth-rate last year is the achievement of almost full employment, with no labor reser-

The Coughlin Legacy

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Lee A White: In Memoriam

We learned of the passing of a teacher and friend upon our return
from Israel.
Lee A White—who had the distinction of insisting that the A should
not be perioded—was a guest lecturer in our English classes at the
University of Michigan. He was an associate when we were both mem-
bers of the Detroit News editorial staff.
(He was the father-in-law of Virginia White, public relations
director of the Jewish Welfare Federation and the Allied Jewish
Campaign).
More than that: we shared fraternal interests. When your com-
mentator served as prefect of the Society of the Occident and Orient,
Lee A White was a frequent guest at our 'meetings. -
James Devlin, George Laskaris and a group of fellow journalists
fordied that society. At its peak, there were 33 nationality groups
represented In the membership roster of that society.
Guests at our meetings included George F. Pierrot, the late Cyril
Arthur Player, who was• the Detroit News religion editor, and many
other notables.
We were flattered to learn that, in his eulogy to Lee A. White,
George F. Pierrot recalled that interesting chapter in the history of
journalism in Michigan. We are grateful to him for his compliment
to this commentator, who, as be said, is among the few remaining here
to tell the story of the Society of the Occident and the Orient.
Mr. Pierrot has become nationally prominent as director of the
Detroit World Adventure Series.
Lee A White was a remarkable man, a good newspaperman, an
historian, a friend. We join with 'George Pierrot and those who had
the privilege of knowing Lee A White in paying deserved high tribute
to his memory.

ves available among the Arabs. A study by the Bank of. Israel ("Economy of the Occupied
Areas, 1970") states that jobs taken by Arab commuting into Israel pumped IL 40,000,-
000 of money into the territories in each of the years 1969 and 1970, pushing up receipts
in two years from 10,000,000 Israel pounds to 86,000,000 Israel pounds. illImie non-Israeli
Arabs supplied one-third of Israel's extra employed labor in 1970.,-Including practically
all the increase of building workers. Now 16,000 out of Israel's 90,000 construction workers
are Arabs from the administered areas. -More than half of all the Arabs -employed by the
building industry work in Israel.

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- For the first time in the history of the Jebalya camp in the Gaza Strip, its in-
habitants saw a film. Over 3,000 people crammed - into a central square to see an Egyp-
tian melodrama, "Birds or Paradise." Up to around eight weeks ago film in Jebalya
would have been an impossibility. Not a night passed in the ramp without an incident.

There were hardly two consecutive weeks without -a curfew, and the street in which the

film was screened was commonly known by soldiers- ht the area u-"grenade alley."
There could be so much amity—if only the peaceful war could really have an extension proclama-
tion. So, we wait and hope and pray for good sense all around—after the debates of acrimony will have
ended at the UN and the Russians stop - giving comfort to the belligerent Meanwhile, if the facts about
the amicability in Israel could be made known, more Arabs would lay down their terrorist arms and the
Middle East could cease being an embattled area.
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Intolerance Equated With Ignorance

Support for Israel's

When Brandeis University established chapels fOr worship by stu- Universities From
dents of all faiths in an effort to make it possible for.those desiring to the Detroit Community
worship to do it in accordance with their consciences, the move was Resuming the fund-raising tasks
commended without reservations. After all, no one was compelled to -supplementary to the major ap-
pray in any other fashion than that of his own choice.
peals- , especially that of the UJA,
But there is no way of preventing ignorance from: injecting hatreds Israel's institutions of higher learn-
and from distorting. truths. That is why, in Boston, there has been ing again - will be-aided in special
distributed a leaflet, addressed to Catholics, stating: appeals .
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The Weizmann Institute of Sci-
The Late William F. Albright
CATHOLICS OF BOSTON
ence resumed activities with its
STOP
THE
JEWS
FROM
DISHONORING AND
All too little has been said about the late William F. Albright in
annual
dinner in New York
DESECRATING THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
whose passing is recorded a great loss to Bible scholarship and to
AT BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY
Wednesday.
archeological ranks.
Brandeis University is • a school recently established at Waltham, Massa.
In Detroit, the Hebrew Univer-
Many of the most eminent Jewish schOlars studied under him. He- chusetts, under the complete control and auspices of the Jews. Its founders, sity
will honor Joseph ,Tackier,
its supporters, its president, and its faculty are Jews.
had lived.for many years in pre-Israel Palestine. He knew Hebrew and its directors,
Right now, these Jews are planning to bring Our Lord in the Blessed on that evening.
he contributed greatly toward archeological efforts and in encourag- Sacrament into their midst. They have erected a building on, their Waltham
Bar-Ban University will estab-
campus and -they have, asked our archbishop to dedicate this building as a
ing the advancement of studies of ancient Jewish history.
Catholic chapel, where Our Lord will be present in the Blessed Sacrament!
lish a chair in law studies in
Dr. Harry M. Orlinsky, one of the world's most eminent Bible
We Catholics are thus being Asked- to approve a scheme whereby Our Lord memory of Judge Theodore Levin,
wm
be
turned
over
to
that
people
which
for
2,000
years
has
rejected,
sneered
scholars, who was one of the honorary pallbearers at the final rites
the undertaking to be marked with
and desecrated Hint in the Blessed Sacrament.
for Dr. Albright, paid the deceased the tribute of viewing him as "a at, reviled
Catholics of Boston: In the name of -the Immaculate Mother of God, this
-dinner on Dec. 1.
very great scholar, a very fine ,person and a friend of Jewry and must not happen! Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament must not be betrayed- a ' Of
added interest is the annual
again into the hands of that people who cried out, "Crucify Hint! Crucify
Israel."
Him! . . . His blood be upon us and upon our children!"
Technion
dinner, which- will be
Indeed, Dr. Albright was a saintly man. He will be remembered
It is doubtful whether anyone could possibly take this diatribe addressed by one of Israel's most
among the very great Christians who understood and labored with seriously. The Catholic church undoubtedly is embarrassed by such outspoken defenders, Sen. Henry
Jewish scholars for more than half a century.
nonsense.
Jackson of Washington; who will
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Amidst Infamy There Should Be Retained Hope for Peace Through the 'UN
On a - national scale, the Is-
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations George Bush deplores the "infamy" that marked the vote on the Chinese question. Who
raeli- universities are conducting
more than Israel could claim suffering from "infamy?"- And weren't American delegates to the UN guilty of acts of injustice towards
many functions in advance of the
Israel?
UJA drive in order to assure sup-
Yet the UN's role must be retained.,There are attempts to cut U.S. aid to the world organization. From all indications such
port urgently needed.
attempts wil ifail because most members of Congress are more realistic. -
In Detroit especially, these func-
True: the UN has become a debating society. It is a talking machine. But talk has substituted for wars. If this can be perpetuated,
tions should- receive the most
it will be all to the good.
generous cominunity support.
Perhaps confrontation witlf,Ited China at the UN will lead to convincing that great power over a fourth of mankind's population
of its injustice toward Israel. Perhaps what is occurring will assure a continuation of the cease fire. If we can assure peace, mankind
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
will benefit.
2—Friday,:October 29, 1971

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