Nixon, McGovern Oppose Quotas, Sup port Merit System
NEW YORK (JTA) — President plauded the positions of the Presi-
Nixon and Sen. George McGovern dent and Sen. McGovern. Gold
expressed Wednesday, in separate cited the need for American so-
statements, their opposition to quo- ciety "to rectify historical injus-
tas in employment, education, and tices suffered" by B I a c k s and
governmental appointments and at- other disadvantaged m inor it y
'firmed their support of the merit groups However, he added that
system. "the American system. which is
Their views were contained in an open society, is based on indi-
letters to Philip E. Hoffman, pres- . vidual rights, not group rights. We
ident of the American Jewish Corn- , are opposed to quotas because quo-
mittee. tas are the negation of a man on
Two weeks ago. Hoffman had his worth alone."
urged the two political leaders to I Gold said that the AJC commit-
oppose quotas "in implementing tee had worked emphatically since
vitally essential affirmative action its 1906 founding to eliminate dis-
programs." Affirmative action pro- crimination based on arbitrary fac-
grams refer to efforts to bring tors of race or religion. He added
about equal opportunities for mem- that "It would be tragic now to
hers of disadvantaged groups.
adopt a national policy, Whatever
The Nixon and McGovern re- the motivation, that would re-in-
plies, along with Hoffman's let- troduce the concept of judging a
ter, were made public Wednes- 1 man on the basis of his skin color
day by the AJC committee here , or the church he attends."
and simultaneously by the White
Both the President and Sen. Mc-
House and the McGovern presi- Govern praised the A.IC commit-
dential campaign headquarters tee's efforts in combating discrim-
in Washington.
ination, and both pledged further
Bertram H. Gold, AJC Commit- action against quotas. President
tee executive vice president, ap-INixon wrote that he had asked "ap-
propriate department heads" to
review their policies to make cer- Israeli Officer Faces M anslaughter Charge
Several witnesses at the trial
TEL AVIV (JTA)— An Israeli
tain they conformed with his views.
Sen. McGovern said he was plan- army lieutenant, whose name is stated that there were many cases
ning, in a major statement soon, being withheld, has been charged in which terrorists who were fired
to deal with what he called the before a district military tribunal upon pretended to be dead. end
"interrelated issues" of quotas, the with manslaughter for firing at therefore attacked the Israeli sol-
merit principle and, "affirmative a prisoner even after he was in- diers from behind.
jured, thus causing his death,
action."
The prosecution contends that
President Nixon w rote that
quotas were not appropriate the defendant was in an army unit
that
last November was sent to
means of achieving equal em-
ployment opportunity. lie added apprehend two' men suspected of
he would continue to seek to en- being involved in terrorist activi-
Xperienced
large opportunities for men and ties. The unit detained the first
women of all backgrounds to suspect and then moved on to the
Xcellent
serve in responsible government home of the second one.
Rated
positions "but the criteria that I
have employed and will continue
to employ will be based on mer-
it."
Sen. McGovern called the quota
system "detrimental to American
society" and he added that "I be-
lieve it is both necessary and pos-
sible to open the doors that have
long been shut to minority group
members without violating basic
principles of nondiscrimination and
without abandoning the merit sys-
tem."
Ile added that he had pledged in
his campaign for the Presidency
"to expand the opportunities for
employment, for education, for
photograph records and micro- housing and for personal growth
phones to bring "continuous clia- and achievement for every citizen.
still needs communication equip- I am confident that this goal can
ment to receive news reports.
be reached in ways consonant and
The idea for a floating radio consistent with our basic commit-
station was born when Nathan ment to a society based on the
listened to Arab and Israeli sta- principle of full equality in a free
tions. "On the Arab radio," he said, society for all Americans."
"all you have is screeching and
screaming about war and ven-
PAY LESS! . .. FOR YOUR
geance. And the Israelis put what
the Arabs are saying on the air to
keep the people alert. On one side
fear, on the othe hysteria. I
thought 'If only here could be
a third voic
If the plan wu- k,. his staff
NOW
could reach 30.000.000 Arabs and
jCWS, Nathan said.
Abbie Nathan Hat, ing a Tough Time
Getting His Peace Mission Afloat
WEST NEW 'YORK, N.J. — No
one ever took Abbie Nathan too
seriously, it seems, when he start-
ed on his peace mission in 1966.
But the Israeli pilot, restauran-
teur and politician has stayed on
his course ever since a solo flight
from Tel Aviv to Port Said, Egypt.
in an old biplane, to try and start
peace talks in the Middle East.
It's taken him three years and
S220,000 to found a floating radio
station that would bring a voice of
.moderation to Arabs and Jews.
The ship, a 180-foot costal freight-
er, is almost refitted — overhauled
by volunteers — and docked on
the Hudson River. Nathan had set
a goal of $170,000 to refit the
freighter, acquired for him by the
subscription of 13,000 people in
the Netherlands.
But he still needs S40,000, and
the money isn't
coming in. Last
week, to -call at-
tention to his
n I i g. h t. Nathan
started a fast on
the ship, where.
he has lived for
the last three
years. His effort,
and the publicity
attendant to it,
has brought some',
Nathan
funds to the Peace Ship Fund.!
P.O. Box 1111, FDR Station, New
York 10022.
Although there have been dona-
tions from a wide variety of re-
ligious and peace groups, about
half of the cost has been borne
by Nathan himself. Of his once
sizeable fortune, $300.000, he has
little left but a few dozen paint- ,
ings. When things get had, he sells
one. he said.
Friday, August 13, 1972—S
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
EVENING
GOWNS
Food for Israel's Needy
Still Mizrachi's Goal
Mizrachi Organization of Detroi,
announces that orders are still
being taken to send food pack-
ages to the needy in Israel for the
High Holy Days. Food package.;
cost $15 each.
Checks can be mailed to the
Mizrachi office, 23125 Coolidge,
Oak Park 48237. For information.
call the office, 398-7180.
25%
50%
t o
Xtremely
Reasonable
While most of the soldiers en-
tered the second suspect's home,
the first suspect attempted to es•
cape. The accused lieutenant
chased the suspect and fired at
him repeatedy, even after the
suspect had fallen to the ground.
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And things have been bad.
One winter, when his boat was
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been cut off. Until recently,
there has been little attention
from the media, and many young
volunteers deserted him for
other causes,
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