'PAWS -(Tfed4 Tire Syrian gov4 err:merit his officially -denied that the former Beirut Jewish commun. ity secretary general, Albert Elias, is being held on Syrian territory. The Syrians also claim that they know "nothing at all" concerning the• whereabouts, of Elias. This' denial was made on behalf of the Syrian government by its ambassador in Paris, Kamal sein, during a meeting with the president of the French Senate, Alain Poher, who-is-also chairman of the International Conference for Jews in the Arab Lands. The meeting, which took place two weeks ago, only became known here Monday. - _ „_. : hi& E (CoPirligf r it 1972, --- INSIDE UJA: The United Jewish Appeal intendS4O go out now on a campaign to secure a million new contributors. This has become necessary .in view of the increased deiriandi for More funds needed to cope with the mass inunigratlon of Soviet Jews to -Ursa, ,.• Today there are approximately 1,000,000 Jews einitrinuting to the USA, _while there are -about 6,000,000_Jews in this country. Deducting the Children and youths, there should be it least_ another million Jews who could contribute to UJA, but have not done so till now. USA leader- ship feels that the time has -come to reach them. • - • An example of the failing. by many Jews -in their duty to the USA is the fact that In New York-where there are about 2,500,000 Jews— i ributors to the New York WA. They include there arc only 125,000.cont the largest in- the country; The same situation prevails in Los Angeles,- which, is the Second largest Jewish-pOpulated city in the United States. - The- situation -is - not- much better an -other_ cities with large Jewish populations-Only in the very small communities; where Jews know each other more closely, are gifts to-USA given by-almost every Jewish family.- However, the total sum raised in. these actual communities is only - a very- small fraction of the USA- income.- - - The national leadership of the-UJA, headed by _its-new, energetic national Chairman -Paul Zuckerman, has therefore -decided to double the number of its - contributors this year. It is determined to reach "evaders*" Mader' all circumstances. 'This is no --oasir.task. -However, ' effective plans are being made to -carry it out . The Jewish communities all over the country will be galvanized soon under Zuckerman's leadership to show -better .understanding for the needs of the agencies which receive their . funds from USA. Con- centrated efforts will be made to bring into the ranks of contributors all those who have hitherto been sympathetic to the causes for which the UJA raises its funds, but have abstained from contributing to these funds. vialidinaggreek. - ,iimilfert:ailiegrt .1874- 44116--- opt-ifirestern. AS his* way ts the JeldeiLogig - . - -liale ' floridly building in Behat said. 2Tbe Syrian; is located in the center 4 the proof to supplit'bil*flime and,„41 • - atenitOnts, city. t found to be "overly conviit - According to highly reliable by pollen formation, released here on Jan. 26 at the last meeting of the In- ternational Conference for the Safe- guarding of the Jews in the Mid- dle- East Elias is being detained in a Syrian military prison on the -outskirts of Damascus. Poher's meeting with the Syrian ambassador was held at the re- quest of the Arab diplomat, who apparently wanted to defuse Civil Marriage Loses' in..-Israel For • the Most Eclegant Bar Mitzva Suits in Town with the Finest Fat Slims and' Huskies Too! - PLUS alt the latest Fashions for men 6 to 60. JERUSALEM, (SW-4 private member's bill by Uri Avner'', the' maverick MK of Haobun calling for general - civil marriage and divorce - was overwitelmidg voted down by- the KnesseL. 1 with -four abstentions. f Avneri's only sup e Shalom Cohen of • Hao l Iftfzeh 'SOL and one of the three ' regentiVes of the prolfostow aka th.---tom- munists. Abs ',Were two membeprfif, • ane.(the rest of the against-the bill), and The PLANS AND ACTION: A start in the direction of doubling the faction' v twoState- Lig. number of contributors was made by arranging a "telephone confer- government's case in favor ence" from New York with local USA activists in 130- conimunities. The latest fashions fee son 6 retaining.halakhic marriage and Some 13,000 persons most active in their- communities attended Mk( aldoree was argued by -Religious unique conference in local halls in their cities. They Weionddresse at 20072 W. 7 Mile Evergreen Affairs Minister Dr. Zerach War from New York by Israel's Minister of Finance Pinhas - Sapir;- haftig. Agency Chairman Louis A. Pincus,. Paul Zuckerman and 5f president of the Council of Jewish Federations and Well Reports received at the USA national headquartersafter '- phone =conference" was over indicated thiiHhi - local - pants in the 130 communities were deeply impressed with the f s 14-lated to them on the telephone hook-up. They will novr'litarj, * Nroaden the base of the' number of givers and also seek pat ard revision of pledges already given to the USA for 1972.," • • • - JDC PROBLEMS: While the peed--f orjr<11.1A funds is pre- cipitated mostly by the large influx of Jews to Israel, ft-la. also • caused by the decline in value ..American-dollar in. European countries where the Joint Disffib oii Committee Li operating. -The JDC budget for .191 roved- a few months ago—includes the spending of aboat-ilil in countries outside of Israel, where •the JDC, spends ,Juere-,..tlia 9,000,000 on its. Malben aid to elderly people tindon citlierfo ot aid, Fortunately, Israel has not revaluated its currenci-to matcl e, value of the American dollar as did other countries. But_th6 ecrekse in the value of the dollar in the other countries his alrpi dy affected JDC relief and rehabilitation operations there to the=6 nt of more than a half-million dollars. This meask that within less than three months after the 1972 pro- World-Wide Teens is offering gram of wol'it has been approved by the JDC leaders -in New York, the orgaidtation finds itself in a position where it cannot meet the three holidays this summer, especially oblige obllgaji6ns under its accepted program, unless it receives at least an planned for, today's truth-seeking teens. ad onal $500,000 from the UJA. A similar situation also confronts which receives a large part of its budget in dollars from the JDC /and the American Women's ORT. - - PRINCETON SHOP - . •Best of the-West . Great Western Holiday Eastern Adventure Bolivian President Rejects Pompidou Request for Extradition of Barbie PARIS (JTA) — Bolivian Presi- dent Col. Hugo Banzer, in a per- sonal letter to President .Georges Pompidou, has indirectly turned down France's request for the ex- tradition of Klaus Barbie. Banzer, in a letter received here Monday by the Elysee Palace, said that "After an examination of the juridical elements available, I con- sider the problem as settled. • Banzer was replying to a per- sonal appeal from Pompidou to try and have Barbie, believed to be residing in Bolivia under the identity of Klaus Altmann, extra- dited immediately. Barbie was sen- tenced to death in absentia by a French court after the war for hav- ing murdered French resistance leader Jean Moulin, as well as countless other resistance fighters and local Jews. Barbie was at the time serving as Gestapo command- er in Lyons. The letter from Bruner is in- terpreted by French official cir- cles as meaning that the Boliv- ian government has no intention of submitting the French extra- dition request to Bolivia's su- preme court. These circles interpret Ban- zer's letter as a refusal by Bo- livia's executive tb refrain in the matter in favor of the judicial authorities. It is also believed here that France, after having tried to ob- tain Barbie's extradition at "the highest possible level," will not continue to press matters with the same energy. Since 1963, France has been pur- suing a policy of rapprochement- with South America. • U.S. Ohm to Revive Ancient Galilee City JERUSALEM—A group of Jew- ish settlers from the U.S. plans to revive the ancient Jewish com- munity at Shafer Ann in the Gali- lee. Now a Druze village, it was in Biblical times the seat of the San- hedrin. The last Jews loft the village in 1917, moving to Haifa. . The holidays range in length from two to-three-Weeks, with all trans- , ' trittMa scheduled -jet airliner and dc rpotorcoach. Have the 'tithe of your life see, 'life of your tirnes. -- - . - 10150Was1121dile Road, Suite 118, Southfield, Michigan 48078- 100 r i ..... \NOttj-VIACS2 .601.6011.. • Please send the colorful escorted summer travel brochure to: Your Name- Address. State: - Teens Name- . to 60 ICE 3-4310