Sabbath Observer Compensated After Dismissal by Post Office A young Sabbath observer bout with the U.S. Post Office lion after he was fired for re- from Oak Park has won a in his demand for compensa- fusing to work on the Sab- bath. Ronald Schreiber, 19, a pre-med and religion student at the University of Michi- gan, won an out-of-court set- tlement from the Post Office after taking his case through several grievance levels. The son of Dr. and Mrs. Leonard Schreiber of Raine At Somerset Inn, it's a lot nicer than you think it Ave., Oak Park, Ronald was might be, just because we have so much to take employed in a summer job at your mind off all the things that bother you all the Seven-Oaks station of the week long. A luxuriously comfortable room, for Post Office. instance. Troy's finest dining at our L'Auberge and He was fired after refusing carefree hours in our Golden Grape. There's a to fill a Saturday work assign- four seasons pool for your use, and a double ment, his superiors contend- cinema right on the premises. And just across ing that it was impossible to allow for such a deviation the lane, the 38 fine 5th Avenue shops of famed from the normal work rules. Somerset Mall. It can be a gas, even if your Ironically, because of his tank is empty. Call us now for reservations, religious observance Ronald won't you? had been permitted to take the federal civil service exam —which he successfully com- pleted—on a Tuesday instead Big Beaver Rd., east of Coolidge, Troy, Mich. 48084 of the usual Saturday exam Phone (313) 643-7800 day. Ronald's father, who re- lated the details of the case, said that they were assisted in their appeal by local at- torney Abraham Selesny, rep- resenting COLPA, the New York-based legal association that aids Sabbath observ- ers. Selesny was credited by Dr. Schreiber with seeing the case through to its successful conclusion. He charged no fee to the plaintiffs, suggest- ing only a donation to COLPA, Dr. Schreiber said. The equal employment op- portunities commission with- in the Post Office Department had investigated the case, which twice was rejected. Selensy persisted - until the Post Office agreed to settle out of court. Also assisting in the case were the Jewish Community Council and American Jewish Congress. The Gas-less Weekend. A r SOMERSET INN F Oommeee000mmoomm000000moos • - • • • Nola& - Noe' Vegtctotaw " The Sport • 30% OFF • • • ON SPORT SHIRTS; • • 310 DAYS A -YEAR • • • . .... • • • • • LONG AND SHORT SLEEVES • WE CARRY SIZES UP TO XXL : • PHONE: • • HOURS: MON.-FRI. • • • • 10 A.M. to 5 P.M. THE LATEST IN FASHION (313) 559-7898 SAT. 17000 W. Ten Mile Road Suite 115 Southfield, Michigan 48075 10 A.M. to 4 P.M. • • • • • • • • 0•••••••••••••••••••••••••••• • Pius Defended by,Pope Paul Friday, March 15, 1974-15 Magen David Adorn Cites Aim in Light of Yom Kippur War BY MAXA SALTIEL (Copyright 1974, JTA, Inc.) (Editor's note: Mrs. Maxa Saltiel, an Israeli temporarily residing in New York is di- rector of public relations at American Red Magen David for Israel (ARMD). Born in Egypt, she went to Israel in 1949' and joined the Israel Defense Force , where she served in the medical corps.) The Mideast conflict has spotlighted the role of Magen David Adorn, Israel's Emer- gency Medical Service (MDA), bringing a renewal of world-wide awareness and voluntary commitments to the organization. During a recent trip to Is- rael, I visited the various ROME (JTA) — Pope Paul MDA facilities. On election VI Sunday defended Pope day, when all places of busi- Pius XII, recently accused ness were closed to enable of failing to intervene and the population to go to the prevent Nazi reprisals in polls, the Col. David Marcus Rome 30 years ago. Central Blood Bank and Frac- Pope Paul VI told a crowd tionation Center in Jaffa was of 8,000 gathered for the reg- opened for business as usual. ular Sunday benediction at Dr. Shulamit Bar Shany, St. Peter's that Pope Pius director of the Blood Bank, showed me around the premi- ses and introduced me to her staff, who were busy taking blood from donors and work- ing in the laboratories. Sharon Cohen, 21, an American 1 a b technician working for Magen David Adorn, left her New York job last year to spend her sum- mer vacation in Israel. She loved the country and the people but found it hard to communicate in Hebrew and decided to extend her stay for six months to study the language. She joined a kibutz ulpan near the Golan Heights. Impatient to help when war broke out, went to Tel Aviv to work on the assemb- POPE PIUS XII ly line of an electronics fac- XII had always done his ut- tory and volunteered her most to prevent inhuman spare time to MDA. Later, acts. Pope Pius XII never re- Dr. Bar Shany offered her frained from intervening a full-time job as a lab tech- "winthin the framework of nician. She plans to continue his rights, when human life her studies and get a degree and liberty were in danger in her field. • Receiving a transfusion at the blood center was Avi Loya, a 16-year-old sabra of Bulgarian descent. Avi, who suffers from hem- ophilia, a hereditary blood disease, depends fully on MDA for his twice-a-week transfusions. He goes to vo- cational school for lab tech- nicians, and his ambition is to become a biologist in the MDA laboratory and helped in the blood distribution to hospitals. The Israeli man in the street supports MDA by con- POPE. PAUL VI tributions, buying MDA lot- . . . He always tried cour- tery tickets, taking part in ageously to prevent all in- the blood donor insurance program and joining a first- justice," said the Pope. In his book, "Massacre in aid instruction course. Others Rome," Robert Katz asserts that Pope Pius XII had fore- Shmura Matzo Baked knowledge of Nazi reprisal projects which ultimately at Manischewitz cost 335 lives, but did not NEW YORK—The annual intervene. Katz's lawyers last baking of shmura matzo was • week asked the Pope to furn- held recently, with the board ish 'material proving the con- of rabbis and the officers of • trary. Katz and film producer the company present. • Carol Ponti are accused of Immediately after the bak- • having dishonored the mem- ing, Rabbi Siegal handed the of Pope Pius XII, who kashrut certificate to Ber- • ory was a -close friend of the nard Manischewitz, president present Pope. of the B. Manischewitz Co. • • • • Shirt Man" Ronald's original complaint contained three demands: That the post office comply with federal regulations bar- ring discrimination against employes because of religion; that there be no discrimina- tion should he ever be em- ployed by the government in the future; and that the Post Office provide remun- eration for the earnings de- nied Schreiber after being fired. The Post Office agreed to comply with all three points and settled for $1,000. Although the case was set- tled out of court, Dr. Schrei- ber said his son was dealing with a principle and "was ready to go to federal court." THE DETROIT JEWISH. NEWS tell of being transported in labor to the hospital, or res- cued by MDA life guards, or being saved by a cardiac res- cue team. The home accident victim and the survivor of a tragic road accident also get prompt MDA assistance. Prof.- Moshe Many, execu- tive chairman of MDA, said that in the aftermath of the Yom Kipour War , MDA's goal is to improve its emer- gency medical service and meet the country's ever-grow- ing needs. MDA is working in close cooperation with the minis- tries of health and transporta- tion to • upgrade ambulance and _health station service so as to alleviate the burden to hospitals and minimize the heavy death tolls of ac- cident victims and cardiac patients. Station Raps JTA Story on Heller's Firing NEW YORK (JTA) — WBAI-FM has accused the Jewish Telegraphic Agency of having "blown up out of all proportion" the listener- sponsored station's dismissal of a broadcaster who criti- cized black basketball play- ers on the Rochester Univer- sity team who boycotted a game with the Israeli basket- ball team. Peter Heller, who worked for the station as an unpaid sportscaster was fired Feb. 8 and his broadcast on the game was scrapped several hours after it was taped. Heller, sports producer for ABC-TV, had contended on the taped broadcast that the black athletes had bowed to Arab pressure. Larry Cox, _ WBAI news director, said then that Hell- er was dismissed because "we did not like his work generally" and that the broadcast was cancelled be- cause -if had injected politics and was "a personal com- mentary." He asserted that Heller had been asked to contrib- ute on a trial basis a series of snorts reports and that the series was discontinued "because of the generally unsatisfactory quality of his work." Cox said the series were "a rather superficial presen- tation of material which was often a rehash of items used on the ABC network news show where Heller is em- e d " . Cox insisted that "the de- cision to end the series had absolutely nothing to do with any commentary that Heller did concerning Israel. The dicision was based on his two previous broadcasts and a discussion I had person- ally with Heller concerning an item which we considered sexist and which he did not." The commentary on Israel, which he said he had not heard, "was simply one of a number of items in his last program." He said that WBAI was "proud to be giving what we consider to be the very best coverage of Israel in the New York area."