Nixon Aide Denies Ethnic Slurs Appear on White House Tapes THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS WASHINGTON — Whit e House Counsel Fred Buz- hardt, Jr., declared on na- tional television Sunday that the publication of President Nixon's privately spoken re- portedly ethnic references was part of .a campaign "to poison the public mind against the President by any means, fair or foul." Appearing on the CBS pro- gram, "Face the Nation," Buzhardt said that he had listende to nearly 40 of the tapes and "heard nothing Gottschalk, Meyerhoff to Get Dropsie Honors that I would consider an eth- nic slur." In his blanket denial, Buz- hardt said he did not "re- member the word Jew" be- ing used. The New York Times, however, said Mon- day that President Nixon supposedly depicted some members of the Securities and Exchange Commission as "Jew boys" and also de- rogatorily referred to Fed- eral Judge John J. Sirica's Italian ancestry. A White House statement issued Tuesday by Buzhardt denied that the President made such comments and that the Times reference to the use of the term "Jew boys" was a "fabrication." In Cairo, the newspaper Al Akhbar said editorially that Monday's Times article revealed the extent of "Zi- onist plotting" under way in the U.S. The editorial said that if the article was true it meant • Two Congregations Still Fighting Machpelah Cemetery Control The Machpelah Cemetery suit goes on. Postponed three times by Oakland County Circuit Judge James Thorburn, the court date for a suit contesting con- trol of the Ferndale ceme- tery now has been set for July 29. It will mark the 64th anniversary of the cemetery, founded by three Orthodox congregations in 1910 and now controlled . by relatives of one of the original direc- tors. Two of the founding congre- gations are plaintiffs in the suit — Beth Jacob-Mogain Abraham and Bnai Israel- Beth Yehudah (the third founding congregation — Shaarey Zedek — withdrew its share in ownership in 1913). Defendants in the suit are Royal, Theodore and Edwin Oppenheim, and Alwyn Free- man, sons and brother-in-law of the late David Oppenheim. The latter was a cemetery director at the founding who remained trustee after his congregation (Shaarey Zedek) relesed its interest an Machpelah. He was succeeded in the trusteeship by his sons, who say they are carrying on the work and interest of their father in maintaining the cemetery. Other members of the Oppenheim family com- prise the board, a newly listed member being State Supreme Court Judge Charles Levin, son-in-law of Royal Oppenheim A plaque erected 10 years ago at the entrance to Mach- pelah reads "Founded by David Oppenheim in 1913." The two plaintiff congrega- tions plan to reject an offer by the Oppenheims in which the congregations would have received $20,000 each, 200 ce- metery plots and a total of two seats on an 11- member board — all by way of corn- pensation for relinquishing control over Machpelah. A * a meeting Tuesday n the membership of Bnai Israel-Beth Yehu- dah voted unanimously to re- ject the offer. Abe Silverstein, president of Cong. Beth Jacob-Mogain Abraham, said that a meet- ing of his congregation is scheduled for next week, but a poll of the membership in- dicated the Oppenheims' offer is unacceptable. Silverstein and Meyer Lev- in, president of Bnai Israel- Beth Yehudah, said the offer is inadequate to fill the needs of the congregation: the $20,000 to each congrega- tion will not buy a new ceme- . tery, and the 200 Machpelah cemetery plots would be scattered, making it impos- sible for an Orthodox burial society (hevra kadisha) to supervise. However, Silverstein said the real crux of the issue re- mains ownership of the ceme- tery. Judge Thorburn has indi- cated he no longer wants the suit heard by a jury in open court, but rather will himself rule on the case July 29. The hearing has been post- poned for several reasons, including the illness of a key witness, Royal Oppenheim; the judge's order that new briefs be prepared; and op- portunity for the congrega- tions to vote on the defen- dants' offer. Silverstein said that while much documenta- tion has been obtained, it is difficult to research the issue because the records of 40 years ago were kept by an immigrant generation un- familiar with legal formali- ties. One example was the spelling of the name Bnai Israel — spelled originally as Benei, later as Bnei, and finally as Bnai. Judge Thorburn, address- ing both sides in court April 30, said, "There are two kinds of cases that courts view with abhorence in our society. One is a litigation between members of an immediate family . .. The other is liti- gation between people of the same or similar faith, as you have in this case. "I think it is a very healthy thing if wise lawyers can help their clients settle a case of this kind. Certainly, in a case of this kind nobody can win. We have two appel- late courts to go to after you finish with this one. How- ever, I can see nothing but a total loss for all concerned. It is not something that is conducive to good human relations." that Mr. Nixon had conclud- ed that "pressure and secret activities by American Zion- ists" were so strong that they collided with the nation- al interests of 'the U.S. However, if the article was untrue, the paper said, it re- flected "Zionist participation in the present campaign to bring down Nixon" because he had changed American policies in the Middle East. The paper called the Times a "pro-Zionist and pro-Israel paper." There is a growing belief in Cairo that American sup- porters of Israel are the driv- ing force behind the demand for the President's impeach- ment, the Times reported. President Anwar S'adat is said to have "gone out of his way" to express gratitude to President Nixon, and said that his impeachment would be a tragedy. PHILADELPHIA — Drop- sie University will award honorary degrees to Dr. Al- fred Gottschalk, president of Hebrew Union College—Jew- ish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, and Joseph Meyer- hoff of Baltimore, national communal leader, at the 62nd annual commencement exer- cises, May 30. The exercises, to be held in the Dropsie Auditori- um on the university campus Friday, May 17, 1974-5 at Broa and York Streets here, also will include the conferring of Doctor of Philo- sophy degrees to seven grad- uates, and Master of Arts degrees by the university's division of education to two graduates. The commencement ad- dress will be delivered by Dr. Emanuel Rackman. 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