Vo dins O ne of the most courageous-acts taske.ef gitiethils -of- Nizism towird the end of World War II will be recorded at the University of_Michigan on Mardi 15 and 16 with high honors for the hero of that operation. At the two-day program; the U. of M. College of Architecture will commence the first in an annual series of Raoul Wallenberg Lectures _in honor- of Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg, the hero of that rescue task during - which the special Swed- ish representativeofiiie - War Refugee Board- is believed to.have . been personally responsible for the rescue of more than 50,000 Jews who wereln have been consigned to extermination camps by Nazi forces in Hungary. Wallenberg was a member of the graduating class of the UniverSity of Michigan College of Architecture in 1932. In the early 1940s he volunteered to assist in rescue efforts in Hungary. "If 1 can save even a single Jew from death I'll undertake the_risk," he said when he volunteered his services. But be was a victim of the Russian invaders when they entered Hungary and subdued the - Nazis. in 1945. He was taken to Russia and hadn't been heard -from since. His classmate, Sol King, felt the obligation to keep mankind fully aware of the heroic deeds of the Swedish volun- teer for rescue services, and in 1969 he imdertook to raise a scholarship and lecture fund to honor the' Wallenberg name. --The $30,000 subscribed by a number of Detroiters and by Wallenberg's classmates is now being put into operation with , (Continued on Page 5)' The President and the Chinese ExPerierice: Effedi on the Middle 'East Situation -Commentary Page 2 Raoul Gustaf Wallenberg Hebrew in Southfield High Self-Hate and Self-immolation Michigan Weekly Review of Jewish News Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish .Chronicle OL LX, - N16. 24 • 17515, W.- 9 Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 • 356-8400 $8.00 Per. Year; This Issue 25c Beth Din Tradition Editorials Page 4 March 3, 1972 •— • Holocanst-Survivors Force Canceling Play- Branded as Insulting MONTREAL (JTA)—A production of the controver- sial play "The Man in the Glass Booth," by Robert Shaw, scheduled"- to begin a run Ian Btmday at the Saidye Brenhiaii -Center - of the,yJ 9IiA, - was 'canceled after bitterprotests frOm Part of the Jewish -community. here. The Association of Survivors of Nazi Oppression threatened- picketing and demonstrations if the play, which parallels the Eichmann trial in Israel in 1961, was allowed to open. The . Canadian- Jew-1*h Congress and the Allied Jewish Community Services agreed with the statement by the association preside.nt, Lou Zablow, that the play. was "insulting . . . to the survivors of the Holocaust" and "to all segments of this community." There are about 35,000 survivors of Nazi concentration camps and their families in Montreal. The •cancellation was announced in an advertisement published on the front pages of Montreal newspapers Sun- day. After expressing regrets to ticket holders, the board of directors of the Saidye.Bronfman Center noted that the play, scheduled as part of the center's carrent pro- gram on the theme of the Holocaust, "has aroused deep and painful emotional reactions among many members of the community, _particularly those pitiful few who sur- vived that - most terrible -ordeal but who still bear its scars." The announcement said that "it was out of respect and compassion for the feelings of those survivors who five among us, as well as in response to the stated de- sire of the majority of the community to spare them further suffering that the' board of directors decided 'to cancel the production." • p Demands by Lebanese newspapers for closer security measures against terrorists settling on Israel's borders, therefore inviting retaliation by Israel against murderous acts from Lebanese terri- tory, and. the mobilization of Lebanese police forces to free the country from "Fatahland" is be- lieved by Isriel to be the -major result fronr- the - fourLday incursions during which an effort was made to end the terror and the dangers to Israel's' border settlements. Hope mounted in Israel on Wednesday that the action taken by Israel the past weekend will prove a boon for Lebanon and an assurance of greater security to Israel's border settlers. JERUSALEM VTA)—Israel announced Monday night the completion of its military opera- tions against Arab terrorists in southern Lebanon and said that all of its objectives had been achieved in the four days of ground battles and air strikes that began last Friday. According to Israeli-sources, at least 50 terrorists were killed and about 100 were wounded in the fighting, against Israeli casualties of -11 men. wounded, most of whom have already been released from the hos- pital. A communique broadcast onn— ICol - Israel Radio __said the operation was successful in its in- tended purpose of pushing the terrorists further back froin_ the Israeli border, destroying their bases and munitions dumps. A large quantity of arms 'and ammunition was seized as well as propaganda material which included an IsraelPlansHong Kong Consulate Arab" translation of the sayings of chair- man Mao Tse-tung of the Chinese Com- JERUSALEM (JTA)—The establishment of an Israeli munist Party, Kol Israel said. Consulate General in the British Crown Colony of Hong Bong - is under active. consideration. According to the Israelis, Lebanon it- self was a beneficiary of the incursion in- Fdreign ministry sources said the foreign ministry and the finance ministry are examining the, prospects and the asmuch as it cleared the so-called "Fatah- budgetary requirements. Israel is presently represented in land" of Arab terrorists opening the way Hong Kong by an honorary consul. for Lebanese forces to re-assert their con- The proposal to establish a Consulate general in Hong trol of the region which had long been in Kong -was first made by Dr. Zvi Dinstein, deputy minister terrorist hands, As Israeli units pulled out of finance, who returned recently from a visit to the Far East_ of "Fatahland" Monday, Lebanese army Dr: Dinstein said Israeli business activity there already units were seen crossing the Hasbani Riv- warranted the establishment of a consulate. He told news- er to enter the southeastern section of men it would engage primarily in economic activities which their country in force for the first time could lead to political consequences. He said that with China in nearly four years. Authoritative sources opening up to trade with the West and beginning to influence here made it clear Tuesday that the Israeli events, Israel "should not miss an Opportunity to establish — its representation on China's doorstep. • (Continued on Page 14) Ford-Fisher Visit May Spur Creating ZOA Firm in Rejecting AZF Affiliation - While hope was expressed in some Zionist circles that the rift in the American Zionist Federation resulting-from the withdrawal of the Zionist Organization of Amer- ica can be mended, it became apparent that there will be wholesale resignation from AZF -ranks by ZOA representatives on the national AZF board and on boards of dil- JERUSALEM (JTA)—Ford Motor Co. may open a truck assembly plant in trict branches of the AZF. Israel, is a direct outcome of the visit to Israel a week ago of Henry Ford II, chair- The test may come at the meeting of the national board of the AZF scheduled 'man of the firm and grandson of its founder. . . . for March 11 and 12 to be held at the Blltmore Hotel, New •York. Thus far, only Amory Dearborn, a Ford senior executive in charge of heavy truck production, rebukes to the ZOA have indicated the reactions from AZF offiejals. arrived here for talks with Transport Minister Shimon Peres, and a team of economists Ina statement replying to-the%criticismaiabirmaii L. Weisman, ZOA , president, and market apecialists from Detroit is expected shortly to study marketing and export said this week that ZOA "will not .be intimidated' in its decision to withdraw from possibilities. , the A Zionist Federation by either .1lie unreali.stic appeal' of Rabbi Israel Ford said, at the end of his visit—his first to Israel—that he "would not be ...ifiller,„the federation's president, that the ZOA-recsosider•its decision, or by the influenced by an Arab boycott regarding a decision to invest here; since the Arabs ,intempeilite and threatening language of Avrahani.lichenker, head of the organize- - started boycotting us five years ago." A Ford assembly plant at Nazareth assembles tion department of the World Zionist Executive in Jerusalem, where he represents European models of pasenger cars. - the leftist Mapam Party." - Ford said: "I have been a friend of Israel for many years and now, after my The ZOA announced last week its withdrawal from the AZF, citing the fact visit here, I am even a bigger friend." He said he was seriously considering invest- that the AZF is "committed" to conducting "a wide _spectrum of Zionist activities" ing in this country but will wait to see what the Israel government's decision will be - which -"compete_ with, disrupt and-supplent"- importint --;entsing Zionist programs tra- regarding the future of the motor industry. ditionalyiiiilailacIed by the ZOA.-. Rabbi -,MllICIelel- the ZOA with violating a The British Leyland Motor Co. still has a monopoly on truck assemblies in uitanitheint-44iienhition adopted by the-ALIlth-Worid:titinist Congress which stated that Israel but it will expire in several months. Israelis have not been satisfied with the thaAlantet:Atriderition in each country "is the unified and comprehensive framework quality of Leyland trucks, and relations with that firm deteriorated after Leyland Withinenihickall. prganitations .and~ - cooperate in order to plan and carry refused to underwrite the debts 'of its bankrupt Israeli subsidiary, the Autocar Co., illieehisihinitions which ar e-held in coinintioliy. in.- which has gone into receivership. Seheakier. "lint ed- that.the ZOA's withdrawal was an "ill-considered and ill-timed Ford was accompanied on his visit to Israel by Mrs. Ford, Max M. Fisher of we the unity and cohesion of the Zionist movement" and urged the Detroit chairman of the board of governors of the Jewish Agency, Mrs. Fisher and ., - - -(Comatinned en Page 6/.. --: -. Irving Bernstein, vice-chairman of the United Jewish Appeal. Plant in- Israel; Ar Boycott Defied ab - -