Schools Faced With Strike Warnings; UHS
Teachers Demand Arbitration, Set Nov. 5
Deadline Date; Bnai David Claims Denied

Warnings of impending
strikes were issued by teach-
ers of two school systems
here. The Bnai David dead-
line of Nov 1 remains in
effect, and the Association of
Hebrew Teachers of Metro-
politan Detroit on Wednes-
day gave warning to the
United Hebrew Schools that
unless its case is reviewed
by a board of arbitration, the
teachers will be compelled
to strike. They have set Nov.
S! as the deadline for the ad-
ministration to concede to a
conciliation committee to re-
view the situation and to
hear the teachers' griev-
ances.

NEW YORK — The State sioner of the division of
Division of Human Rights is human rights, said that in its
planning to issue a report investigation the division "did
charging Dr. Harvey B. Scrib- not judge Fuentes," but the
board of directors is in ef- ner, the city's school chancel- situation "in terms of what
fect as given 10 days ago- lor, with prolonging the dis- could have been done to al-
3 p.m. on Nov. 1. Waintraub pute involving Luis Fuentes leviate the conditions of ten-
refuted claims made last and Community School Dis- sion and conflict that now
week by Donald Nitzkin, trict 1, on the Lower East prevail."
chairman of the Bnai David Side.
The division concluded that
education committee regard-
Fuentes, n a m e d district Dr. Scribner should have es-
ing a Din Torah.
superintendent in July by the tablished a fact-finding board
local school board, has been and reassigned Fuentes else-
Said Wain Traub: "The
congregation called us to a under attack by the Anti- where during the inquiry.
Din Rohah, we conceded but Defamation League of Bnai The division's report is ex-
we asked , that such a rab- Brith, the American Jewish pected to he turned over to
binical court decision should Congress and other groups, Ewald B. Nyquist, state com-
for making prejudiced re- missioner of education.
be binding on all parties.
But Bnai David refused to marks against Jews, Italian- I
Jewish action groups ap-
sign a pledge that such ar- Americans and others.
parently succeded in their
bitration should be binding."
Jack M. Sable, commis- efforts to remove five sup-

the contract a very strong
grievance procedure which
leads to binding arbitration
to be decided by an impar-
tial professional labor arbi-
trator and this is an agree-
ment agreed to and substan-
tially submitted by the union
to us at the bargaining table
which has been incorporated
into the new contract. How-
ever. on the question of the
terms of the contract, it has
been our position, which we
[ have maintained now for a
period of eight years, that
the only area for the nego-
tiation of a contract will be
Waintraub also said th at
the bargaining table and that,
c l aims
in-
as a matter of fact, this
creases made by Nitzkin were
actually took place around
The case for the VHS
not true. He said that the in-
the bargaining • table and
teachers is stated in a full-
crease for 1968-69 was 7 per
that an agreement was
page advertisement in this
cent, that there was no in-
reached on Sept. 14, 1972.
issue of The Jewish News
crease in 1970-71 and the
"For us, at this time, to raise for 1971-72 was 5 per
(Page 8). The teachers' de-
mand for arbitration has submit any of the outstand- cent.
been pending for some weeks, ing issues or the rebargain-
Jocularly, Waintraub said
and their claim is that their ing of the contract to any that the teachers would be
group
outside
of
the
normal
action is a last resort.
glad to accept the offered 3.2
bargaining procedure would
Norman Katz, president of be to subvert and destroy per cent increase instead of
the
5 per cent they demand
the United. Hebrew Schools, the regular bargaining pro-
issued a statement, addressed cedure, destroy the authority "if the alleged increases"
to members of the school of The board which governs claimed by Nitzkin would be
board, in which he reviews the UHS, and take the op- restored to them retroac-
the history of negotiations eration and the major policy t i vely.
He maintained that in the
between teachers and admin- determination out of the
istration and ma.ntains that hands of the board and place same years the increases
the "package in terms of it into the hands of some given Hebrew teachers in
salary and fringe benefits group not a part of the UHS other schools were 15 per
with the schools offered the governing structure. We are cent.
union were the most favor- confronted with a direct
Waintraub stated that the
able of any teachers' union challenge to the fundamental teachers feel the situation is
in the Detroit metropolitan role of the board of directors urgent e n o u g h for Bnai
area "
in conducting the affairs of [ David's board to be convened
I on an emergency basis in
Katz states in his message the school.
' order that the issue could be,
to the board that the union
"Our attorney has advised
attorney, Bernard Fieger, us that under federal law a [ as he believes it can be, re-
conceded on Sept. 19 that ne- union is both obligated to solved speedily.
Nitzkin stated on Thursday
gotiations then were marked 'bargain in good faith and to
by "final agreement on the reduce to writing any agree- that the Bnai David board
language included in the col- ment reached. It is our view could not be convened before
lective bargaining agree- that the union is acting in Nov. 1 because of the ab-
sence from the city of Rabbi
ment.. . ."
bad faith in maintaining that
Hayim Donin.
Maintaining that at that there is no agreement and
"Our rabbi, founder of the '
point there was "no disagree- in persisting in bringing be- school, is a most valuable
ment" Katz then states in fore the general community, man to be consulted, and he
for arbitration, its grievances
the message dated Oct. 23:
won't be back from Israel
against the school. We have,
"On Oct. 16, the union and
until Nov. 2," Nitzkin said.
therefore, filed with the Na-
the school's representatives
"We have asked the teachers
tional Labor Relations Board
met under the auspices of
to postpone their decision
a charge of unfair labor
the state mediator and at
until we meet with Rabbi
practices on the part of our
that time we informed the
Donin and convene the board
union and should the NLRB
union that we were ready to
upon his return.
accept jurisdiction in this
accept their interpretation.
case, we will be pursuing this
"However, the union's po- matter further in that court. Arab-Hebrew Lexicon
sition has now changed In the meantime, we are still
JERUSALEM — The first
drastically. In effect, they facing the threat of a strike
volume of a new five-book
are now repudiating the from our union and this is a
Arabic - Hebrew dictionary,
agreement 'which was made contingency which we will
edited by Prof. Moshe
with us and are demanding have to be ready to meet
Goshen-Gottatein, head of the
that a number of items which when and if it does occur."
ancient Semitic languages
had been agreed to at the
The teachers' attorney, department at the Hebrew
bargaining table on Sept. 14
Bernard Fieger, advised The University, is due to appear
should now be submitted to
Jewish News on Tuesday that shortly.
arbitration to some impar-
The most comprehensive
new causes for complaints
tial group outside the bar-
Arabic/Hebrew dictionary,
gaining table and that, until arose at the time the con-
it
is meant to serve both
tract was to be signed and
such time, they will not hon-
that charges of harassment Hebrew and Arabic readers.
or the agreement and, in
created the impasse.
fact, have notified us' that
While Katz's letter is dated
they are prepared to strike
Oct. 23 (Monday), both his
again.
statement and the union's
"It is our contention that
outline of demands for arbi-
there are normal avenues
tration contained in the full
for the settlement of all out-
page ad were submitted to
standing grievances and is-
The Jewish News on Wednes-
sues. On questions of curri-
culum and educational con- day.

The teachers' president,
tent and materials, the week-
ly meeting held with the en- Joseph Baras, insists that the
tire staff and the superin- problems hinge not upon fi-
tendent's office provides a nancial considerations but on
forum for complaints, sug- the "embarrassments created
gestions, 'changes, innova• for teachers" by the group
lions, etc. This is the proper against whom the charges
place for such' matters to be are leveled in their paid ad-
discussed, and not outside vertisement.
forums. In addition, if there
Meanwhile, the president
are grievances and objections of the Bnai David Teachers'
as to "harassment" or other Association, David Wain-
improper applications of the traub, affirmed that the Nov.
contract, we have built into 1 deadline given his school's

State Report Raps School Chief
for 'Prolonging' Fuentes Case

Kin of 11 Athletes
to Divide $1 Million

JERUSALEM (JTA)—The
entire 81,000,000 given by the
West German government to
the Israeli Magen David
Adom in the wake of the
Munich tragedy will be divid-
ed among the families of the
11 Israeli athletes killed there
by Arab terrorists, Deputy
Premier Yigal Anon told the
cabinet.

He said that in addition to
this money, the victims' fam-
ilies will receive all the pay-
ments usually made by the
government to bereaved fam-
ilies of Israelis killed by the
enemy.

Alton denied rumors that
some of the $1,000,000 Ger-
man contribution would be
used for a memorial project
for the dead athletes.
That memorial will be built
by the government from
other funds, Allon said.

porters of Fuentes from the
District 1 school board, be-
cause of a State Supreme
Court ruling. Justice Arnold
G. Fraiman said that all
vacancies to which appoint-
ments have been made must
now be filled by election. An
appeal of the ruling is almost
certain.

THE DETROIT JEWISH HEWS
18—Friday, Oct. 27, 1972

350,000 EMIGRES

Some 350,000 Jews have
passed through Vienna since
the Six-Day War on their
way to relocation, mostly in
Israel, according to Theo-
dore D. Feder, associate di-
rector general of JDC.

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