Mid East; Soviet Jewry Issues Raised Before GOP (Continued from Page 1) In a 45-page brochure to the com- mittee which is holding hearings preliminary to drafting a platform for presentation to the Republican ! Party's convention opening here Monday, the American Federation; of Labor and the Congress of In dustrial Organizations (AFL-C10 strongly backed both Israel and the rights of Jews in the Soviet 1 - n■ on to emigrate. AFL-CIO had pr It od the same documentation, to .ore Democratic Party's platform. • .:u mittoe in June. - Russia's direct to a issues as ones of major concern to American Jews whose constitu- tional rights, he stated, "can best be assured by advancing the se- curity and constitutional rights of all Americans. - On the controversial subject of busing to achiev e racially inte- grated public schools. Gold main- tained that "the discord which has at •••11 over this problem tend-. to the real issue. w hrh • fi,e%e « (vial ethi , i!orul'y t• , • tm_hest iro c i : - en involvement in the Ar.,. dispute - and - corm•m• for ads ocates of no,v a -- azamst Israel, - the g:ar,t union organization's statemeir poses a real threat to the exi•o.i.ci• of democratic Israel as a sover,...gn state and to world peace and freedom." ance where and when it is invited. In other Middle East aspects of his testimony. Rogers referred having "promised our beet efforts to help bring about Is-ace rie2.dia- lions in the Middle East" and that 'in the face of a heavy Sos iet arms buildup. fostering dangerous insta: batty, we promised the a•-s•sl.ihec neees,ary In maihtam ttm - The heroism of Soviet Jewry an I the simarity of the state of Israel are rot partisan issue s. - he said 30,000 Votes for Bigot Stoner Stuns Bnai Faith Leader h3A number of. influential Jews. who I ad opted for President Nixon's re election, were now reconsider- ing returning to the Democratic fold but he declined to mention any names He ‘ti-,c abed Sen Abraham MLA- coff. tier Conrieclicut Denwx rat, as McGovern on "Input ' with McGov ern in plannlie; and activit.es chief ads o'er 10 Sen_ liii Boa: 7- • i • s - h Israel Govt. Again Exempts Yeshiva Students From Army s, f A representative of the Hebrew Day School movement urged the Republican Party to adopt a strong resolution in favor of Fed- oral air to non-public schools. There are today 400 Ilebrevy Day Schools in 32 states offering a combined program of General and Hebrew studies, it was inch- sated. ooing to c h•iziiirs made his co:nine:it mg an ABC television ihtc, immediately Irony on the Nixon adrutrts•tm• foreign 'whey before the iicpuL, can resolution committee A JTA reporter solicited Rogers' statement by noting during the TV interview that New York Gov_ Rockefeller was reported as has ir. "We urge the U.S. government to adhere consistently and firmly to the policy of recognizing, in deed as well as word, that peace in the Middle East can be based only on agreement between the parties, that agreement can be said in Israel that Brezhnev Lad achieved only through negotia- Sp•eak'ng before the platform agreed during the suraiMt conic r- lions between them and that no committee. :Moses I. Feuerstein, ence to release 35,000 Jews agreement among the powers chairman of the executive board year Rogers was then asked by can be a substitute for agree- of Torah Umesorah. National S-a- JTA if he, having; been present at ment among the parties them- clety of Hebrew Day Schools, the summit eonf. , renCe. would c,r• selves. The United States should told key Republican leaders that firm whether such an a_ -cement provide Israel with the economic the time has come for the Repub- was indeed midi' and military help needed to meet. lican Party to chart a new and Without responding directly to this threat," the brochure con- dramatic breakthrough in Ameri- the question. Rogers replied that tinued. "The United States has , can education by making viable a he had not read what Gov. Rocke- a vital political and economic, "genuine choice in education." feller had said and did not wish as well as moral, obligation to American pluralism in education, to comment on it. "I am encour- help .Israel preserve her nation- Feuerstein declared, "sanctions aged though," the secretary con- hood." the existence of non-public educa- tinued, ''by the fact that the Soviet Under the caption "freedom of tion. Federal aid to non-public Union has permitted a considerably Jews to leave the Soviet Union," schools, however, will make such increased emigration in the last the statement urged "U.S. govern- a pluralism a reality for the poor year or so. We certainly think that ment initiative for prompt Soviet and middle class as well. Choice it is going to continue." Ilerbcrt guarantee to its citizens of Jewish in education should not be a haven Kaplow of ABC television then origin of the right to emigrate from for the rich. The poor, too, deserve asked whether the Soviet Jewish the USSR and go to Israel and a chance at education of their own matter — was discussed." to which choice." other countries." Rogers answered with the double ' "In so acting," AFL-CIO added. "Drastic reduction" in United affirmative. "the United States would render States military strength in the McGovern Says Nixon Trying a great humanitarian service and Mediterranean will end the "close to 'Deceive' U.S. Jews With lend prestige to the United Na- relationship" of the United States 'False Claim' on Soviet Jewry tions." In this connection it pointed with Israel as well as with Turkey WASHINGTON (JTA) — The to the declaration of human rights !and Greece, Secretary of State Wil- and the "international convention ham P. Rogers told the Republican Democratic presidential candidate, I Sen. George McGovern, Monday' on the elimination of all forms of platform committee. racial discrimination" to which'{ After delivering a broad review accused President Nixon of trying., the Soviet Union and the Ukraine of the Nixon administration's for- to deceive American Jews with a "transparent and false claim" of are signatories. ' eign policy, Rogers was aslcd by The American Israel Public Af- ' a committee member—Jerrold B.' helping the Jews of the Soviet Union. "It is both cynical and cruel fairs Comniittee (AIPAC) urged Speers of Maine—to discuss the of President Nixon's agent Nelson the Republican Party to adopt a "drastic reduction in defense" the Middle East plank reaffirming the delegate said was proposed by Rockefeller to claim credit on be- words and views of President Democratic Presidential nominee half of the White House for an Nixon and pledging continuation of Sen. George McGovern. Mention- historic event which belongs to the Jews of the USSR themselves," his policy. ing specifically only the Mediter- In a statement to the platform cancan area in his response, Rog- the senator said. "It is cynical because it has no committee, I. L. Kenen, executive ers said a $30,000,000,000 cut "or vice chairman of AIPAC, recalled one of that magnitude" in U.S. de- basis in fact," he declared. "It is !cruel because it holds out a false President Nixon's statement on t ense was "out out of the questi on." January, 1970, that "peace can be That figure had been used by Sen. I , promise of hope to Soviet Jewry- based only on agreement between McGovern as his contemplated re- a promise Richard Nixon is in no the parties and that agreement can duction in the arms budget over position to keep." McGovern attrib- uted the increased emigration of be achieved only through negotia- the next several years. Soviet Jews to ''the heroic determi- tions between them." Rogers pointed out that the Sov- nation of Soviet Jews themselves. Noting that AIPAC's recommen- iet Union has "built up" power in They have been supportd in their dations "are substantially consist- the Mediterranean and declared demands, their protests and their ent with the views of the admin- istratian and a bipartisan majority that American ties with brae , ' demonstrations by the public ap- of Congress," Kenen said that the Turkey and Greece "would all be peals of many governments and current U.S. policy "of maintain- out of the window if we would not millions of men and women of good ing Israel's deterrent strength has have the kind of strength" in that will around the world," he said McGovern claimed that Rocke been effective." AIPAC called for area. In his 2.500-word prepared text. a continuation of this policy of pro- riding Israel "with planes and other which he read to the committee the sophisticated equipment. and eco- with some thodificatMn , lead-off w itness for *.t-.•••,• nornic supporting assistance The American Jewish Commit- tee urged the Republican Plat- form Committee to endorse school busing and continued sup- port to the State of Israel, but to oppose the concept of propor- tional representation in connec- tion with "affirmative action" programs. A similar request w as made by the AJC to the Demo- • -rats last month. liertra 01 II Gold. exec•:ti•e v urged President Nixon and his ad- visers to place the concerns of Is- rael and Soviet Jewry aboc par- nsanship in the 1972 carnpaL4n hearmgs spoSu the n , ••• president of the AJC, in a lett, - to Rep_ John Rhodes. chairman of r' t • the platform committee (i'•••! tt , e, , . tm‘ernment's 1111 McGov ern Jewish l isle Seeker Says Appeal Is to Liberal Putlool. - Traditional ar Icriod while they studied Basic training would ise of a shorter duration than the .normal three year,. but the boys would he run call for the entire fist. vear Period. This arrangement operates at present. "I'll Govern would he based on appeals at sililie cials said to the traditional Jewish , need for clan_• approach to the h he said still exists in THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS country. Friday, August 18, 1972-19 new ly-appointed staff dirc c!or of the Jc ,xish Affairs Committee of the McGovern fur President cam_ said the committe , effort to vim Jewish ',cies for Sen. Mc - Richard M. Cohen of New York. associate executive director of the American Jewish Congress, stressed in an interview that the Jew ish Affairs Committee would not hase differing approaches for differing groups of prospective Jewish vot- ers, whether they were inner city, suburban, Orthodox, Conservative or' Reform. The premise of the campaign would be, he said. ,that all Jews were concerned with the need for "positive. productive and progressive change." Cohen stressed that he was on leave without pay from the Ameri- can Jewish Congress and that he had accepted Sen. McGovern's offer of the staff post as an indi- vidual, and not as a representa- tive of the AJCongress. He reported that he and two aides were mapping out the key . issues "of concern to Jews around , the country" and that "this infor- mation would become the basis for a campaign strategy" in seeking Jewish votes "which will move in- to high gear by Labor Day." lie said that since the nomination of Sargent Shriver as the Demo- cratic vice presidential choice, a , HUNDREDS OF NEW CHEVROLETS TO CHOOSE FROM , PriliZrArE 28111 Telegraph Rd. 355 - 1000 EXPECTING OUT OF TOWN GUESTS FOR A WEDDING OR A BAR MITZVA? Cranbrook House Motel 20500 JAMES COUZENS (8 Mu. & Gr000frold--Acroor from Nortirtood) Coll 342-3000 For No* Firs.* Accommodotitros COLOR r. V "L COMPLIMENTARY CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Try Our Borba, Shoop Dino on the SCOTCH & SIRLOIN RESTAURANT Airport Limousin. Service Ayailobl• Al's amt who has attempted to alter attitude on this r over the past four years, received little support from •ther ministers. 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