'72 Campaign 'Reinforced the Seeds of Prejudice'
If political anti-Semitism Jewry is forewarned: the
no longer appears to be a 1972 election campaign bore
factor in American public some disturbing signs for the
life, nevertheless American future.
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"What happened in this
election," said Milton El-
lerin, national director of the
American Jewish Committee
trends analysis division, "re-
inforced the seeds of preju-
dice. Some day, in a climate
less favorable, these preju-
dices may come back full
blown to bode no good."
Speaking at the delegate
assembly of the Jewish Com-
munity Council last week at
Cong. Beth Achim, Ellerin
described as "nauseating"'
the amount of press cover-
age given to the Jewish vote.
"You'd think there were
no other issues," he said. "It
was a campaign in which
the Jews were wooed, pur-
sued and sought after more
than any other time in his-
tory and more than any
other group."
Some of the campaign oc-
currences that "may come
back to haunt us" were the
initial controversy over what
Israel Ambassador Itzhak
Rabin did or did not say by
way of support for the
Nixon administration; over-
eagerness of both presiden-
tial candidates to explain
their respective positions on
minority appointments and
job training that were bound
to win favor of the Jews but
alienate the Blacks; and the
implication that Jews were
pulling the strings on the
Soviet grain deal via the
Jackson Amendment.
Ellerin said it was par-
ticularly disturbing to find
bias-tinged referqnces in the
so-called responsible press—
such references as "the
monolithic Jewish vote cater-
ing to the whim of the Israel
government," noted by col-
umnists Evans and Novak,
and the allusion of Israel to
a "baby Junker state" by
columnist Nicholas von Hoff-
man.
Worse yet was the article
in the August issue of Time
magazine which contained
"as vitriolic an attack on
the Jewish community of
America as anything that
has appeared in the hate
press." That piece referred
to the "awesome display of
Jewish power on the Jackson
Amendment"
and asked
"Are the Jews getting prefer-
ential treatment?"
"In spite of what may be
an overoptimistic picture of
Jewish life in America prior
to the election," said Ellerin,
"judging by the election
articles there are more non-
Jewish Americans today who
feel Jews have a primary
loyalty to Israel than there
were before the election.
More feel that the Jews vote
the way Israel tells them to"
and that "Jews dominate the
political process," he said.
In other action at the
Council assembly, eligible
voting delegates decided 43-
32 to support a nationwide
boycott on head lettuce. The
measure was brought before
the assembly by request of
a minority on the executive
committee. Although the ex-
ecutive approved the resolu-
tion, the Council bylaws pro-
vide for a dissenting minor-
ity of 25 per cent to submit
a resolution to the delegate
body.
There was no disagree-
ment as to the morality of
adequate wages for lettuce
pickers, but there was a
q uestion whether Council
should take aides in a juris-
dictional dispute between
two unions, the United Farm
Workers, which called the
boycott, and the Teamsters
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14—Friday, Jan. 12, 1973
Union. Both seek to be the
bargaining agent for the
lettuce workers.
Avert) Cohn voiced opposi-
tion to the resolution, argu-
ing "It is not for us here
tonight to vote between one
union and another." Edwin
Shifrin, quoting from the
Bible and Pirke Avot, con-
tended that it is a moral
issue to which many religious
groups, including rabbinical
boards, have subscribed.
It was emphasized that
head lettuce bearing the Az-
tec eagle symbol of the
United Farm Workers is
considered acceptable and
"kosher."
CoLmcil President Hubert
Sidlow, who presided at the
assembly, read a statement
submitted by Branch 11 of
the Labor Zionist Alliance
which called upon the Coun-
cil fo appoint a fact finder,
or fact-finding body, to de-
termine by the end of Feb-
ruary, what are the griev-
ances in the continuing dis-
pute between the teachers
and administration of the
United Hebrew Schools.
Black Panthers Cited
JERUSALEM (JTA)—
Black Panthers turned up at
City Hall last week — with-
out picket signs and without
a cause to protest. They were
there to receive certificates
of appreciation for youth
work.
The four, often arrested
during Panther demonstra-
tions in the past, have been
working for the municipality
as fencing instructors in
neighborhood youth clubs.
The four are Ran Marciano,
Yehuda Iluz, Meir Cohen
and Reuben Abergil.
Hebrew U. Picks New Comptroller
JERUSALEM—The execu-
tive council of the Hebrew
University has appointed
Simha Pratt as comptroller
of the university.
The appointment follows a
decision in principle to set
up such an office taken by
the university's board of gov-
ernors at its annual meeting
last March.
Pratt has been seconded
from the ministry of foreign
affairs.
Born in Russia in 1912,
Pratt came to Israel as a boy
of 14. A graduate of the Reali
High School. in Haifa, he
studied law at the universi-
ties of Basle and London,
and was called to the Eng-
lish Bar in 1937. He prac-
ticed law in Tel Aviv and
Israel Defense Forces, join-
ing the ministry of foreign
affairs in 1953.
Among posts he has held
in the ministry are those of
consul-genreal in Chicago
and New York, and member
of the Israeli delegation to
the 14th, 15th and 19th gen-
eral assemblies of the United
Nations,
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