Soviet Mediterranean Strength Called
Exaggeration; Adm. LaRocque USN-R,
Calls McGovern M. E. Plans Practical

Council Backs
C, D School
Fund Proposals

The
Jewish Community
U.S. Navy Real Admiral Larry Gorman Mach. No. 5 Arab world rule out any di- Council has endorsed the two
Gene La Rocque (Ret.), who
"The U. S. Navy has never rect or indirect participation statewide school finance pro-
is now director of the Center had naval bases in Greece . in any acts aimed at our posals—C and D—that will be
for Defense Information,' vis- istration which is now es - Arab friends.' This state- on the Nov. 7 ballot.
Hubert J. Sidlow, president
iting here Monady in the in- It is only the current admin - ment was issued to disown
terest of the McGovern- tablishing a home-porting President Nixon's statement stated that this move is con-
sistent
with Council's tradi-
Shriver campaign, disputed facility there as a means of of July 27 in which he said,
claims of Soviet strength in cutting down on the rotation -'Without aid to Greece and tional support of measures
the Mediterranean and stat- of carriers from the U. S. to aid to Turkey you have no designed to improve and to
equalize public education.
ed that Nixon home-port fa- the Mediterranean.
Viable policy to save Israel.'
Sidlow stated that among
cilities planning is imprac-
"The home-port facilities 'After the Greek rebuff, Dep-
other advantages, the adop-
tical.
being established in Greece uty Press Secretary Warren
Meeting Monday at the Re- have nothing to do with our found it necessary to say tion of the proposals would
cess Club with a group of capability to guarantee the that what Nixon really meant stabilize public school finan-
Jewish leaders, under the security of the eastern Med- was merely that the eastern cing and eliminate the "fre-
chairmanship of the treasur- iterranean or, more partic- Mediterranean 'is of import- quently frustrating" public
school millage appeals which
er of the Michigan Commit- ularly, that of Israel. We ance to all our allies.'
school authorities must
tee for McGovern, Harold have maintained that secur-
"So, two things are 'per- mount.
Berry, and later in the after- ity without a hqme port In fectly clear.' First, home
Proposal C would eliminate
noon with Navy and Army Greece for many years.
porting part of the Sixth fleet a large part of the school tax
veterans, Admiral La Rocque
"Rather than enhancing in Greece puts diplomatic
burden now assumed by pro-
said he viewed the McGov- our capability to defend Is-
restraints on any action the
ern military attitude the rael, porting our ships in U.S. might deem appropriate perty owners, and Proposal
D would remove the present
most practical.
Greece would actually di- in defense of Israel. And,
ban against a graduated
He concurred that the mili- minish it. On Aug. 5, the
second, President Nixon has state income tax.
tary costs can be cut dras- Greek deputy foreign minis-
already felt the effects of
The council is one of sev-
tically, and he especially ter told newsmen, 'Greece's
this reality and has waffled eral organizations working
stressed,' on the basis of his friendly relations with the
the pledge to Israel."
with the Detroit Citizens for
personal experiences in the
•
Tax Reform for passage of
Mediterranean, the practi-
Proposals C and D. Council
cality of Senator McGovern's
'Jewish
Vote'
Going
in
Two
Directions
involvement in this effort is
friendship for Israel.
The political campaign has they included Rabbi Joseph the latest in a series of ac-
Adm. La Rocque retired in
April after 31 years of ser- assumed more competitive Ashkenazy, secretary to tions in support of education
vice in the navy. He entered proportions, and the quest Grand Rabbi Joel Teitelbaum reform, including participa-
the navy in 1940, was present for "Jewish votes" reveals of United Satmar Institutes; tion in the Metropolitan Task
at Pearl Harbor when the very sharp divisions. The Rabbi Martin Berkowitz, ex- Force on Education.
Council also joined other
Japanese attacked, served in president of the Union of ecutive director, Central
both the Atlantic and Pacific American Hebrew Congrega- Rabbinical Congress of the community organizations in
fleets during World War IL tions, Rabbi Alexander M. USA and Canada; Rabbi filing an amicus brief to the
and received 13 stars for Schindler, addressing the Re- Chaim M. Stauber, secre- Milliken - Kelley tax suit,
meeting the enemy in 13 form congregations organ- tary, National Committee of maintaining that the property
battles on the high seas. In ied in the Northeast Lakes Orthodox Jewish Communi- tax is an unconstitutional
1966-67, Adm. La Rocque Council, at meetings in De- ties; Sender Deutsch, editor- means of financing educa-
commanded a carrier task troit, last weekend, ex- publisher, Der Yid and other tion. Council participation in
group in the Mediterranean pressed confidence Jews will publications; Rabbi H. Fran- these activities, as well as
vote overwhelmingly for Mc- kel, chairman. Beth Rachel endorsement of the school
Sixth Fleet.
A specialist on
Middle Govern. At the same time, Educational System; and tax proposals, stemmed from
East policy, Adm. La Rocque a number of Orthodox rabbis Berl Friedman, chairman, recommendations by its pub-
has served on the staff of praised Mr. Nixon's "com- Yeshiva Torah V'Yirah of lic education subcommittee,
the Joint Chiefs of Staff. and mitment to moral values" Boro Park (Brooklyn, N.Y.). chaired by Stephen M. Rose.
received the Legion of Merit and endorsed his candidacy.
As a counteraction, it was
Regulation cannot over-
for his work in strategic
reported this week that 51 of
planning. He is one of Sen.
the leading American Jews, come the anemia of wasting-
McGovern's top three advis-
some of whom are heads of sickness which attends mon-
ers on military affairs.
national organiations, strong- opoly.—Louis D. Brandeis.

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It was on (he question of
Israel's concern over the
Sixth Fleet that Admiral La
Rocque gave important in-
formation regarding basic
needs. He said that Israel
Defense Ministry authorities
assured him that they did
not require the U. S. naval
forces on their shores and
that
they were concerned
only with being able to de-
fend themselves, as long as
they had the American as-
sistance in securing military
hardware.
Ile made another import-
ant point. lie said that Egypt
overwhelms Israel with her
naval force, including 11
submarines and 40 Konar
boats. "Rut Israel's air force
can handle the situation," he
added, "and Israel is wise
to abandon an urge for a
strong Navy. She doesn't
need such an involvement
with her ability to manage
in the air and with her
ground forces."
The retired admiral said
McGovern understands the
needs and is prepared to la-
bor for Israel's security. He
said he agreed with a state-
ment made to the New York
Times by Robert A. Andretta
of Washington, who served in
the Mediterranean Fleet and
on the staff of the command-
er in chief of U. S. naval
forces in Europe, who crit-
icized the Nixon administra-
tion for establishing naval
bases in Greece. Andretta
outlined the role of Israel in
relation to the U. S. position
in the Mediterranean as fol-
lows.:

Philippine Jews
Only a Handful

Eeaturette Prepared by Staff
of Encyclopedia Judalca

The problems currently
facing the Philippine Islands
turn attention to its Jewish
community, which numbers
about 250.

Marranos were found in
Manila in the late 16th Cen-
tury, but significant Jewish
immigration to the island
began only in the latter 19th
Century. The Jews came
from 'France, from the Middle
East, Russia and Central
Europe and from the United
States.
The attitude of the Philip-
pine authorities during the
Nazi period was friendly, and
it became a center for
refugees. By World War II,
2,500 Jews were living there.

The early part of 1945 was
calamitous for Philippine
Jewry. The Japanese had
used the synagogue and ad-
jacent hall as an ammunition
store, and both buildings were
completely destroyed in the
fighting. A tenth of the Jews
fell victim to atrocities per-
petrated by the retreating
Japanese or to the shelling
of the advancing Americans.
After the war, the com-
munity was recognized, but
most of the Jews there today
are not permanent residents:
they work on contract with
U.S. companies and on other
assignments. Except for a
handful, all live in .Manila.
Relations with Israel have
been most cordial, and the
Philippines was the only
Asian country to vote for the
partition of Palestine in 1947.

P—Friday, Nov. 3, 1972

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW

ROBERT J. HUBER

WILL GET US
OUT OF
THE BUSING
BUSINESS...

As a Michigan State Senator,
he was one of the first in
public office to see the
dangers in busing. On March
12, 1970, he introduced a
concurrent resolution
calling for a U.S. Constitu-
tional Amendment prohibit-
ing cross-district busing. .

While others who now seek
to serve weren't even talking
about the busing mess, Bob
was working to eliminate it.
That's because he thinks
like us.

•

As a Congressman, Bob will
be in an even better position
to continue this fight. Let's
vote for him November 7.

ROBERT J. HUBER... He thinks like us.

Paid for by Huber for Congress Committee
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Of all candidates in the recent 18th District Primary, both Democrat
and Republican, only Robert J. Huber received the Civic
Searchlight's highest endorsement
"
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DON'T FAIL TO
VOTE NOVEMBER 7

ly endorsed Sen. McGovern.
That list includes Philip M.
Klutznick, Prof. William
Haber of the University of
Michigan, Rabbi Abraham
Joshua Heschel, Rabbi Joa-
chim Prinz, Robert Nathan,
Dore Schary, Herbert Ten-
zer, Louis Weinstein, Rabbi
Arthur J. Lelyveld, Rabbi
Roland Gittelsohn and many
others.

JAMES A.
HATHAWAY

Especially heartening to
the McGovern forces was
the appeal for moral action
based on prophetic teachings,
issued in McGovern's behalf
by Prof. Heschel.

JUDGE

Of added interest is the ap-
peal published by nearly 350
members of the New York
JeWish social service, health
and educations agencies in
support of
McGovern for
President.

Recorders Court

RE-ELECT

PHIL MASTIN

STATE REPRESENTATIVE 69th DISTRICT

A' Great Freshman Record

• BUSING—Voted for ratifying federal
Constitutional amendment to prohibit
busing October 21, 1971.

• PROPERTY TAX REFORM — Sponsored
18 bills to eliminate present unfair pro-
cedures in property taxation.

• ATTENDANCE — Better than 97% — votes
recorded on 1935 roll calls.

• MICHIGAN'S ENVIRONMENT — "... after
examining your environmental and con-
sumer voting record we have named you

'outstanding'."—Detroit Area Coalition
for the Environment—July 26, 1972.

• WOMEN'S RIGHTS LEGISLATION—
Rated by Michigan Women's Political
Caucus as one of 4 top Democrats in
Michigan House supporting women's
rights legislation. Voted for H.B. 4139
providing equal pay for equal work.

• WORKERS—Nlastin's voting record on
legislation affecting working men and
women has earned him the endorse-
ments of organized labor.

I. Sere and Vote Democratic

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