24-Friday, Augwit 11, 1972
THE DETROIT JEWISH MEWS
Jewish Supporters Rallied
by 'Committee for Nixon'
(
of Ifinai Itrith and Ili JCongress
!Assail Jewish Endorsements of Candidates
WASHINGTON (-ETA -- '1-11 e candidate for President publicly. Soviet Jewry, to insist on this in-
• president of Bnai Brith deplore, though he has his OW 71 political disidual character of Jewish voters
political campa 1.271S that "impru - opinions. He said the AJC:mgress in this election and to remain pub-
dently and condescending])" ap - "has examined the record and the hely neutral in the campaign." He
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.reonsible for aid to Israel in all
proach the American Jewish corn -H positions of both major political said he intended to follow that
chairman of the World Conference. • . forms since his election in the
munity as a "one issue" group o f parties on Israel and Soviet Jewry" procedure "and I urge my col-
of Jewish Organizations and chair - 1 amount of $1,250,000,000, and said
voters. A "singular emphasis" on , and that "we are gratified that the leagues in similar positions to do
man of the final troth Internationa 11 this was a record not surpassed by
Israel, "which some supporters o f record of both the Democratic and so as well.••
Council; Rabbi Herschel Schachter any other national leader.
each of the candidates seem to Republican Presidents and parties •
Jewish Labor Committee re.
of New York, past chairman of
Rabbi Schachter, citing his com- have mistakenly adopted," ignores
g iona l chairman Joseph B. Green-
show s no real division on these
the American
Jewish Conference bat service in Europe in World
the diversity of issues to which issues." He said Israel had had hi-
field announced that th e
on !soviet Jr - M ry and past chairman War II, said he felt "committed
the vast majority of Jewish voters partisan support in the U.S. since mittee wilt ma ke a maior effort
of the Religious Zionists of Amer- as an American and as a Jew" to
react," David M. Blumberg of its birth and that "the record of to combat the use of the school
ica, an Orthodox group: and Rabbi
assist Mr Nixon's re-electon. lie Knoxville, told a midyear meeting both parties and their positions hosing
question as a politica l
Seymour Siegel of New York, said he had discussed with the
of the Bnai Brith hoard of gov- taken to date, reflect the over- issue during the election season.
president of the Jewish Rights
President domestic problems af- ernors
The president of the whelming support in the general
7-he committee has contacted
( ouned and a faculty member of fecting American Jews, the status American Jewish Congress issued
American public for a -,3fe and Rep
Louise Day Hicks (1> M s
the (Conservative) Jewish Theo- ,of Jews in Russia and the security a similar cnticisrn in New York.
secure Israel, for peace in the Rep
as -- •
a member of the House Education
logical Seminary of America
• of Israel. lie said that in these con-
The Bnai Brith board adopted a
Middle East and for fre."-dorn for and Labor Committee, asking her
(Rabbi Siegel was in Detroit this ! versations, he had found in the resolution viewing "with disfavor" Soviet Jewry."
to oppose all pendir
bills and
week to organize a Michigan Jews-
President "a keen awareness and the formation of "Jewish commit-
Citin g "recent d eclarations of constitutional amendments dealing
for Nixon Committee. A meeting a thorough knowledge of the issues tees" on behalf of any candidate.
some American Jewish leaders in with busing, he said. The commit-
for such organizational purposes and their implications, as well as The resolution said that "we would
support of one candidate for the tee is a lso in the process of corn-
has been called for Wednesday in a genuine determination to seek remind candidates of all parties
Presidency' against the other.
p i eting a 500-piece ma iling to k ey
Detroit.
proper solutions to these often vex- that Jews do not vote as a bloc or Rabbi Hertzberg said ' - if
those who leaders of a new pamphlet titled
The younger participants were ing and complicated matters."
in response to any single issue.
support a particular candidate for "The Facts About Busing." The
Rabbi David 1.uchins of New York,
Ile said he would vote for Nixon Jews are concerned with all the the Presidency were ordinary
pam phlet was prepared by the
chairman of Jewish Youth for because he had "acted forthrightly factors that enter into the nation's citizens, no
one would give undue Leadership Conference on Civil
liumphrey and director of com- ;and courageously in support of well- justice and wisdom weight to their
words. However, Bi ght s.
munal relations for the National those views held by the over- of our diplomacy, the strength and since they are members of
the
Greenfield noted that the basic
Council of Synagogue Youth: and whelming majority of Americans progress of our economy, the unity Jewish 'establishment,'
who are issue involved in b asing is "quality
of its people achieved through using their
Sue Schreiner of Lakewood, N. J., , of . the Jewish faith and of all
offices to declare that integrated education," and tha t
co chairman of Jewish Youth for faiths." Asked about his views on wise leadership and just social one candidate is better for Jewish the committee
is - unequi voca ll y
Humphrey and past president of the candidacy of Sen. George Mc- legislation."
interests than another, there will opposed to proposals which would
the New Jersey region of NOSY, Govern, Rabbi Schachter replied
The resolution also reaffirmed
be harmful consequences to such interfere with the use of busing as
the youth branch of the Union of •that on matters of foreign affairs,
a traditional policy of Bnai Brith
acts and they may even be costly a technique to achieve integration.
that it "can be partisan on issues,
Orthodox Jewish Congregations of Sen McGovern has "given us a
to the Jewish position." We deplore the action of those who
America. The five participants lot .4 double talk."
He declared that "every Amer- are turning America's vital need
were introduced by Mrs. Rita
tibi Siegel said that, though
The statement of reaffirmation of lean Jew goes to the election as for quality integrated education
Hauser, co-chairman of the Com-
.1 been a life-long Democrat. non-partisanship is to be circulated 'an individual. It is therefore the into a divisive political issue, and -
mittee for Nixon's Re-Election and he w
I. - ging, his fellow-citizens to the organization's 4,000 men's, obligation
c' Jewish leadership. we fear the undermining of the
former U S representative on the this .•
to vote for Mr. Nixon. women's and youth groups in the given
the .iipanisan nature of civil rights progress of the past
United Nations Human Rights II
sa.,I the President had "cor- country, Blumberg, said, "to make American sipport for Israel and two decades," he said.
Commission on a Nixon appoint- rec•ly du-:ermined that a strong clear that persons prominent in
ment.
and -.,ecurc Israel is the best in- Bnai Brith properly exercising a
Dr Wexler said "we can our
suran ,- •• 1 .,..y against an outbreak right of citizenship to become pub-
selves the Concerned Citizens for of hoe-11111.es in the Middle East " licly identified with either the
the Re Election of President Nixon
lie added that. "unlike his op- ! Nixon or McGovern campaign are
committee," which he said was ponent, Mr Nixon understands that acting in an individual capacity,
being presently formed lie said in Imlay's world, it is necessary to without involving the organization
"its activities and force will be negotiate from a position of in any way."
(Co tinned
m P age
diplomat on the ministry's North
Dr. William Wexler, past presi-
felt in every state." He stressed strength. - He also praised Mr.
dent of Bnai Brith, is one of the posts as Chicago school board American desk. The incident re-
that "I speak for myself. My in - 1 Nixon's domestic
chairman, as first director of the portedly occurred when Sen. Mc-
terest is in internatioaal affairs I
Rabbi Luchins said most of the national Jewish personalities who
Govern's bid for the Democratic
and human rights." lie said he had I young people in the Jewish com- took part in a press conference in Peace Corps, as director of the
Office
of Economic Opportunity Presidential nomination was gen-
met President Nixon on many oc- I munity who had worked for New York on Aug. 3, pledging sup-
port for the re-election of President and as U. S. ambassador to I erally thought to be a futile effort.
casions, finding him "friendly and Humphrey's candidacy would now
Rabin recently caused controversy
Nixon and announcing formation of France.
accessible " lie added he "recent- be working for President Nixon.
The official said that as Peace
when he reportedly ur g ed the re-
ly" visited the President on behalf lie said that "as Americans, as a national Jewish conwnittee for
shrive,.
Nixon's
re-election.
Blumberg
did
Corps director .
insistedelection of President Nixon in the
of Soviet Jews, declaring that "I Democrats or as Jews, we cannot
incumbent's campaign against Mc-
en implementing an official
trust him implicitly and complete- support the candidacy of Mc- not mention Dr. Wexler in his
Govern, a report
he
strongly
discriminating policy in assign-
ly. He has been a man of his word Govern," whose record, he as- statement. Dr. Wexler emphasized
denied.
ment of Peace Corps members
and I will do all in my power lc serted, had "lack of consistency.•' at the press conference that he
was speaking for Nixon's re - elec-
The
Israel
embassy
here
told
the
despite
criticism
from
Sc,,
J.
help him get re-elected."
Ile added that McGovern's "rec-
tion as an individual_
JTA that last Sept. 8 Sen. Mc-
William Fnlbright. Senate for-
Dr. Wexler said he was opposed
ord of indecision in general and
Blomberg acknowledged that
Govern's staff advised that he
eign relations committee chair-
to reduction of United States de- concerning Israel and domestic
r
Shriver's Pro-Israel Record
Greeted by Jerusalem Mayor
fense forces because the U. S. must
"negotiate from a position
of
strength." lie called Mr. Nixon's
visit to China and the Soviet Union
the beginning of "a thaw in the
cold war •• Ile praised Nixon's
record on Israel, declaring the
President had shown his deter-
mination for the posture of deter-
rence which is Israel's policy. He
said the President had been re-
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Jewish civil rights in particular
deeply concerns us." He said he
was "alarmed by McGovern's in-
sensitivity to the needs and feel-
ings of the Jewish community."
Miss Schreiner, said she had
worked for Humphrey but that
now she "and hundreds of other
Jewish youths who worked in the
Ilumphrev campaign find our-
selves with no alternative" but to
work for Mr. Nixon.
Jewish leaders were told here
on Aug. 3 that Israel will remain
non-partisan in the IT. S. Presi-
dential election in line with a
long-standing practice not to in-
tervene in internal domestic
policies of other countries. Those
assurances were give, by ID-
hak Rabin, Israel's ambassador
to the United States, at a private
meeting with members of the
Conference of Presidents
of
an unpaid leave of absence
TheVemocratic sources also told
the JTA that a Jewish section of
the McGovern campaign commit-
tee will be announced in mid-
August. To date, they said, no in-
dividual has been named as head
of the Jewish committee but it has
Major American Jewish Organ-
been indicated informally that Sen.
izations.
Abraham Rihicoff, the Connecticut
Responding to a question, Rabin
Democrat who had been consid- said Israel had not changed that
ered for the vice presidential nom- policy and reiterated earlier state-
ination, has been advising cam- ments that alleged remarks about
paign managers on Jewish vote- President Nixon attributed to him
getting and that an insurance in an Israeli broadcast were "mis-
executive Hillel Gross, has been quoted and incorrect"
directing that effort in New York.
Jacob Stein, chairman of the
Cohen, 49, was a reporter for Presidents' Conference, said the
the New York Times after gradua- group planned meetings after the
tion from City College of New High Holy Days with both Presi-
York. He worked for the Joint dent Nixon and Sen. George Mc-
Distribution Committee in
New Govern to hear their views on
York and Paris after World War issues of concern to American
If and has been with the AJCon- Jews, both international and
gress for 17 years.
domestic.
continued United States support
for Israel was "properly and
wholeheartedly" a matter of con-
cern to American Jews. "But it
is also a fact," be said, "that the
generally good working relation-
ships between our country and
Israel can reflect a strong bi-
partisanship that has been evi-
dent in the Congress and prac-
ticed, by and large, by every ad-
ministration since Israel's state-
hood,"
Blumberg added that "in that
context,
any political
campaign
that makes Israel the sole issue to
attract Jewish voters is demeaning
to its candidate and to the Jewish
community—and poor politics, to
boot." He declared that Bnai Brith
non-partisanship does not exclude
its being a forurri for candidates
and their spokesmen to discuss
and debate issues. lie said "we en-
courage that." Ile cited the 1968
presidential campaign when candi-
dates Nixon and Hubert Humphrey
each addressed a Bnai Brith con-
vention here.
Endorsements Attacked
by AJCongress President
NEW YORK (JTA)—The presi-
dent of the American Jewish Con-
gress
urged American Jewish
leaders to refrain from both en-
dorsements and attacks in the
presidential election campa ig n,
warning such actions would not be
helpful and might be harmful to
both American Jews and Israel.
Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg
said
that, as president of the AJCon-
gress, he would not support either
would be at Lydda Airport Sept.
12 for 45 minutes enroute to the
Far East, and that "a request was
made cm behalf of the Senator to
see the prime minister, the minis-
ter of defense, the minister of
Shriver is chairman of the In- finance or any other cabinet mem-
ternational Patrons of the Israel bers at the airport." The embassy,
Museum. lie was the recipient in according to a statement Friday,
1972 of the Hannah G. Solomon replied that the Israel government
Award of the National Council of "would welcome the visit of Sen.
Jewish Women and holds honorary McGovern to Israel, and the prime
minister and other cabinet mem-
degrees from Yeshiva University
man, who reportedly told Sbriver
in 1%1 that Peace Corps activi-
ties in Arab countries could be
imperiled if the Peace Carps
sent Jewish members to such
countries.
and the Jewish Theological Sem-
inary. He is a close friend of
Mayor Teddy Kollek of Jerusal em,
the
e informant said. The nominee,
his wife, Eunice, and two of their
children visited Israel last summer
and received much favorable at-
tention. While Shriver was envoy
bers would be glad to meet him
at their offices in Jerusalem." But,
"according to custom regarding
. . -
dignita ries in transit at the air-
port, "
the embassy concluded,
" the Senator was met by an of-
.
ficial of the foreign ministry."
Kollek Caagratidates Striver
to France, he used his good offices NEW YORK (JTA) — Mayor
to represent Jewish and Israeli Teddy Kollek of Jerusalem has
interests, the informant said
cabled congratulations to Sargent
The Israeli embassy has "not ' Shover
on
his designation as
to counter a published report Democratic candidate for vice
that the Israel government, a t
president, the office of the Israel
the urging f Ambassador ttr. Museum reported here"
Kollek, who is also chairman of
hak Rabin, snubbed Sr., George
McGovern lobd be riskiest Tel the board of the museum, cited
Aviv Sept. 12, 1271.
The report, in
the Israel news-
Haaretz, said Rabin's recom-
mendation was a "highly guarded
mendation
secret" between Israel and the
Democratic Party. Rabin recom-
mended that Sen. McGovern be
met by a low-level delegation,
Haaretz said, but "this was re-
jected by the foreign ministry, and
Gideon Jardin was sent to see
him." Jardin is the second-ranking
Shriver's activities as chairman
of the International Patrons of the
Israel Museum in his congratula-
tors
- message.
..I hope your country and the
world's gain will not be a loss for
the Israel Museum here in Jeru-
salem and that pressures of time
will not prevent your continuing
as head of the museum's patron
group," the mayor declared.
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