IL 36. _Billion-Plus Budget OK'd
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The
cabinet approved Sunday a
record budget of more than
IL 36,000,000,000 for fiscal
1974-75 after nearly six hours
of debate during which
Finance Minister P i n h a s
Sapir promised there would
be no new taxes.
The proposed budget con-
tains IL 14,500,000,000 for de-
fense needs — less than the
IL 16,000,000,000 in the cur-
rent fiscal budget which was
swollen by Yom Kippur War
eeds.
apir said the only tax this
ear would be an added value
tax which was decided upon
some time ago.
He said the burden would
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be offset by a decrease in
direct taxation — probably
abandonment of the 7 per
cent compulsory loan which
has been levied since 1971.
The cabinet approved the
proposed budget without dis-
sent. But three ministers
abstained.
The defense budget for the
next fiscal year was drafted
by a small ministerial group,
presided over by Premier
Golda Meir.
Sapir said there was no
time to submit the entire
budget to the Knesset before
the March 31 deadline and
he would therefore present
an interim three-month bud-
get proportionate to the
whole.
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France Shirks
Blame for Bias
PARIS (JTA) — President
Georges Pompidou said in a
letter made public that
France "cannot be held re-
sponsible" for acts of dis-
crimination committed by
Saudi Arabia against certain
French journalists who were -
denied entry visas because
of their Jewish origin.
The particular incident of
discrimination involved Le
Monde correspondent Eric
Rouleau who was prevented
by the Saudis from accom-
panying Foreign Minister
Michel Jobert on his recent
Saudi Arabian trip because
he was Jewish.
Pompidou's letter, dated
Feb. 5, was in reply to a let-
ter addressed to him by Ady
Steg, president of the Repre-
sentative Council of the Jew-
ish Institutions of France
(CRIF) asking the French
President to issue an official
statement denouncing such
discrimination.
In his letter, Pompidou
said: "My position and my
personal feelings oblige me
to confirm to you most sol-
emnly that France can in no
way be held responsible for
discrimination against
French citizens." He reas-
serted that France, for its
part, had never committed
acts of discrimination against
either race or religion.
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Thomas R. Marshall.
Orthodox, Reform Urged to Help
Conservative s Alter Jewish Life
PALM BEACH — The head
of Conservative Judaism
called on Orthodox and Re-
form to enter into "a lively
competition" with the Con-
servative movement, aimed
at reshaping Jewish educa-
tion to bring American Jew-
ish life more fully under tne
influence of "authentic Jew-
ish values and teachings."
Dr. Gerson D. Cohen, chan-
cellor of the Jewish Theologi-
cal Seminary of America,
told more than 250 Jewish
leaders that he was personal-
ly "driven by the vision of
training Jewish scholars,
rabbis, educators and laity
better informed, better
equipped and more deeply
committed to shaping modern
life by canons of authentic
Judaism under yardsticks of
excellence."
Soviet Arms Cost
Arabs $500 Million
LONDON (ZINS) — Since
the end of the Yom Kippur
War, the Russians have
netted $500,000,000 in sales
of armaments to the Arab
states and paid for by the
Arab oil-producing countries.
Now both the French and the
British are in the act.
As a consequence, the deli-
cate balance of power in the
Middle East, which was sup-
posed to be a key factor in
inducing the warring parties
to abandon belligerency, has
been upset.
In making bis bid to the
other religious groups to join
in a revamping of American
Jewish life, Dr. Cohen made
clear his own "strong belief"
that American Jewish com-
munity life should continue
to be "pluralist and volun-
tarist," and that "no one
ideology or sement of the
community is entitled either
to . hegemony or exclusive
support at the expense of the
others."
In this connection, he
lauded all the religious
groups "for the• programs
and progress" they have al-
ready achieved.
Dr. Cohen spoke in the
Breakers Hotel at the open-
ing of the seminary's 1974
national fund appeal. The
_drive seeks over $6,500,000 to
underwrite the seminary's
training of rabbis, teachers,
and centors, and a variety of
scholarly, synagogue, com-
munal and public service pro-
grams.
Sol M. Linowitz, chairman
of the National Urban Coali-
tion, and chairman of the
seminary's board of over-
seers, told the guests that
"Jewish youth are no longer
in flight from Judaism." He
said that he discerned "a
movement back to Judaism
on the part.of JeWish young
people who, in recent years,
had been turning their backs
on our traditions, our rules
and our prescriptions."
"They are searching for
the road back," he declared.
"In colleges and universities
across the country, thousands
of them are enrolling in Jew-
ish studies. In so many ways,
they are making known their
desire to find a renewed
sense of faith and commit-
ment."
Black, Jewish
Mayors Seek Ties
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NEW YORK (JTA)—Mayor
Abraham Beame of New
York and Mayor Kenneth
Gibson of Newark called
Sunday for an end to inter-
group "confrontation" and a
renewal of Black-Jewish co-
operation in obtaining federal
assistance for the nation's
ailing cities.
Beame, New York's first
Jewish mayor, told 500 dele-
gates attending the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress national
convention banquet at the
Roosevelt Hotel here that
"the politics of confrontation
and conflict are no longer
applicable. I believe that
more and more officials and
community leaders will be
engaging in a politics of con-
ciliation and agreement," he
said, adding: "What will be
missing from the new coali-
tion will be the old need to
find a scapegoat."
Gibson, Newark's f i r s t
Black mayor, said that "as
long as we point the finger
at each other, the longer the
true culprits can continue
their devilish business. I am
here to join with the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress in em-
phasizing the need for: con-
structive, interdependent and
empathetic relations between
the Black and Jewish com-
munities."
Rabbis Ask Boycot
of Farah Products
LOS ANGELES (JTA) —
The Board of Rabbis of
Southern California has
urged "our colleagues and
members of synagogues of
which they are spiritual
leaders to refrain from pur-
chasing" products manufac-
tured by the Farah Manu-
facturing Co. of El Paso,
Tex., one of the country's
leading manufacturers of
slacks, until the firm nego-.
tiates with the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America.
According to a letter sent
out by the board of rabbis,
almost 25 per cent of the
firm's 9,000 workers have
been on strike for more than
19 months.
"The average take-home
pay of the workers, 95 per
cent of them Mexican-Ameri-
cans and 80 per cent women,
is $69 a week," the letter
stated. "Although the Na-
tional Labor Relations Board
has recognized the ACWA as
the legal bargaining agency
for the cutting room workers
following _ an election, the
company has consistently re-
fused to negotiate with that
union and has pursued ac-
tivities deemed unlawful by
the NLRB."
Skating Rink Ban
on Skullcaps Hit
NEW YORK (JTA) — A
roller skating rink may not
require removal of a skull-
cap as a condition for use of
its facilities. the New York
State Division of Human
Rights has ruled, according
to the National Jewish Corn-
mission on Law and Public
Affairs (COLPA). Howard
Rhine, COLPA nresident,
said the New Wal-Cliffe
Roll,,q. drome in Forest Hills,
N. Y. refused to allow the
youth director of Young Is-
rael of Forest Hills and a
group of synagogue young-
sters to skate unless they
removed their skullcaps.
The refusal was ordered
despite the fact that the
skullcaps were held secure
with bobby pins and that the
religious significance of the
headgear was made clear to
rollerdrome officials. The
issue was taken before the
human rights division by
COLPA, Dennis Rapps, its
executive director. repre-
sented Young Israel.
WSU to Honor Four
`Detroit Builders'
Wayne State University
President George E. Gullen
Jr. has announced the sec-
ond annual Builders of De-
troit dinner to honor four
civic leaders who have made
"noteworthy contributions to
the quality of life in this
community." The dinner will
be held April 3 at Cobo Hall.
To be honored will be
Richard H. Austin, secretary
of state; Richard C. Gersten-
berg, chairman of the board
and chief executive officer
of General Motors; Joseph
L. Hudson Jr., chairman and
chief executive officer of J.
L. Hudson Company; and
Mrs. Gerard R. Slattery, for-
mer chairman of the board
of Children's Hospital.
Honorary co-chairmen for
the dinner are Governor Wil-
Compliments
liam G. Milliken, Mayor
Some people pay a compli- Coleman A. Young, and Sen-
ment as if they expected a ators Philip A. Hart and
receipt.—Kin Hubbard.
Robert P. Griffin.