TEL AVIV—In the after-
math of the Ma'alot outrage,
several doubts have arisen
about the circumstances of
the tragedy, the Christian
Science Monitor reported.
The major source of doubt
lies in French Ambassa-
dor Jean Herly's account of
his role in preventing the
tragedy and the Israel gov-
ernment's account. (The am-
bassador was to act as a go-
between for the release of the
hostages.)
According to Prime Minis-
ter Golda Meir, who insisted
on supervising all negotia-
tions, the Israel government
had accepted the demands of
the terrorists after the extent
of the situation became
known. The 26 convicts whose
release the terrorists de-
manded had been collected
from their prisons for trans-
fer.
During this time, * Herly
was due to receive a secret
password from Damascus via
the French Foreign Ministry
in Paris and the French Em-
bassy in Tel Aviv. This code
was to identify him to the
terrorists. He never received
the code.
Since the password never
came, the French ambassa-
dor was unable to hold talks
with the terrorists holding
the hostages. In a press con-
ference, he said he was sup-
posed to receive the pass-
word only after his arrival in
Damascus together with the
freed convicts, and not prior
to leaving Ma'alot. "This was
the way I understood the in-
structions I . received from
Paris," Herly said.
Herly said he arrived in

U.S. Group Asks
ADL to Join Effort
to Free Rudolf Hess

NEW YORK — The Anti-
Defamation League of Bnai
Brith reported that "Friends
of Germany," an American
group seeking the interven-
tion of U.S. government offi-
cials—and the Jewish com-
munity — to free Nazi war
criminal Rudolf Hess, is the
same outfit which in 1972
raised funds for a visit to this
country of Colonels Hans-
Ulrich Rudel and Otto Skor-
zeny. two long time heroes of
the Nazi and neo-Nazi move-
ments.
In addition, according to
Benjamin R. Epstein, na-
tional director of the ADL,
Wilfried A. Kernbach, presi-
dent of "Friends of Ger-
many," has been a contribu-
tor to "American Mercury"
and the National States
Rights Party's newspaper
"The Thunderbolt," both anti-
Semitic publications.
Epstein was the recipient of
a letter from Kernbach which
urged the Anti-Defamation
League to support the release
of Hess as a means of im-
pressing "Gentile opinion."
A letter to Secretary of
State Henry Kissinger warn-
.ed that the continued impri-
sonment of Hess would be
attributed "in part at least,
to a personal, religious-
vengeful, bias on your part
which cannot but contribute
to an elevation of anti-Jewish
feelings in the world" and
asked whether the Jewish
community is ready to "bur-
den its future with another
`crucifixion.' "

Ma'alot prior to the time the to the terrorists, but was re-
ultimatum of the terrorists fused by the Israeli corn-
was due to expire. He said he mandant.
Mrs. Meir said that since
asked to be allowed to speak

Waldh eim's Hands Tied
on Issue of Terrorism

UNITED NATIONS (JTA)
—Rabbi Israel Miller, chair-
man of the Conference of
Presidents of Major Ameri-
can Jewish Organizations,
said his meeting Tuesday
with UN Secretary General
Kurt Waldheim left him
"with a feeling of pessim-
ism" because there was no
real response from the Uni-
ted Nations toward the prob-
lem of terrorism.
Rabbi Miller led a group
of American Jewish leaders
who met for 45 minutes with
Waldheim to press for UN
action against terrorism lest
the international organization
"by its failure to act" appear
"an accomplice to murder."
But at. a press conference
later, Rabbi Miller said that
although Waldheim is "a fine
gentleman with his heart in
the right place," he is pow-
erless to act as far as solving
the problem of terrorism.
The Jewish leaders urged
that United Nations Relief
and Works Agency Commis-
sioner Lawrence Michelmore
"root out" terrorist groups
headquartered in Palestinian
refugee camps run by the
UN in Lebanon and refuse to
give UN funds to camps that
serve as terrorist bases.
According to Rabbi Miller,
Waldheim said the camps
are not run by the UN, but
by the government of Leban-
on, and the UN only serves
them. Waldheim told the
Jewish leaders the UN does
not have police powers to
control activities in the refu-
gee camps but promised to
look further into the ques-
tion.
Rabbi Miller said the Pres-
idents' Conference will ask
Congress to consider cutting
off funds to refugee camps
that serve as terrorist bases.
The delegation demanded
that Waldheim print and dis-
seminate the secretariat's 41-
page study of the nature of
international terrorism, which
concluded in 1972 that "cer-
tain forms of violence partic-
ularly that directed "against
the innocent" have no legiti-
macy. They said that this
should include a statement
from Waldheim appealing "to
all governments providing
sanctuary or other forms of
assistance to terrorist groups
to cease and desist from such
practices." But Waldheim,
according to Rabbi Miller,
said he could not release the
study because the UN corn-
mission that had asked the
study be made forbade its
publication.
The delegation also asked
that the issue of terrorism be
placed on the agenda for the
next General Assembly ses-
sion and the United States
draft a resolution submitted
in 1972 following the murder
of Israeli Olympic athletes be
adopted.
United Nations guards at-
tacked and forcibly dragged
out 125 protestors who had
staged a peaceful sit-down
demonstration Tuesday in the
lobby of the General Assem-
bly building.
T h e demonstrators, 120

Jewish students from univers-
ities in the metropolitan area
and five rabbis, demanded
that the UN "assert moral
leadership to prevent further
Arab terror in the Mideast."
Many students and the rab-
bis complained of the brutal-
ity with which they were
treated. Yarmulkas w e r e
knocked off the heads of the
male students and rabbis. The
lenses of Rabbi Steven Ris-
kin's glasses were knocked
out, and one student was re-
peatedly punched in the base
of the spine and had to be
carried out by others. Several
protestors said that the
guards had removed their
identification shields before
they attacked.
After their ejection, the
group sat down in front of
the UN gates and conducted
a ceremony of speeches and
prayers. The demonstration
was initiated by the Student
Struggle for Soviet Jewry.

JWV Joins President
on Aid to Veterans

WASHINGTON — Ainslee
R. Ferdie, national comman-
der of the Jewish War Vet-
erans; Bernard T. Chesman,
a Vietnam veteran and JWV
member; and Col. Irwin R.
Ziff, assistant executive di-
rector of JWV, attended a
meeting May 9 called by
President Nixon to discuss a
new program with veterans'
group leaders.
During the White House
conference, President Nixon
announced the "Man on Cam-
pus" program as 'a positive
response to the expressed
need of Vietnam veterans
trying to further their edu-
cation.
Vietnam veterans have
been stymied in efforts to
attend schools because of
lost checks, delayed pay-
ment, and insufficient bene-
fits from the Veterans Ad-
ministration (VA).

Testimonial Slated
for Manufacturer

BALTIMORE — A tribute
committee consisting of top
executives of American in-
dustry and representatives of
government and private citi-
zens has been formed to ar-
range the state of Israel Na-
tional Tribute Dinner for
Israel Myers, chairman of
the board of the Londontown
Manufacturing Co. (London
Fog), June 2 at the Balti-
more Hilton Inn.
Marvin Mandel, governor
of Maryland, will serve as
honorary chairman of the
event planned in cooperation
with State of Israel Bonds.
Myers will receive Israel's
highest civilian honor — the
Prime Minister's Silver
Award.
Ambas s a d o r Mordechai
Shalev, minister plenipoten-
tiary of the state of Israel
and career diplomat, will be
principal speaker at the din-
ner.

Good advice is defined as
the kind you remember too
late that you forget to take.

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

18—Friday, May 24, 1974

Conflicting Reports Raise Questions on Tragedy

the terrorists refused to ex-
tend the ultimatum, the gov-
ernment was forced to seize
the school building. She said
that with this action a large
number of the hostages
would be saved. If the ter-
rorists carried out their
threat, all would have died,
she said.
Israel Defense Force Chief
of Staff, Lt. Gen. Mordecai
Gur, discussed the incident:
"Despite the fact that we an-
nounced to them our decision
to free the terrorists as they
demanded, and despite the
fact that the ambassadors of
France and Romania ap-
proached them and asked
them not to carry out their
threat, the terrorists repeat-
ed their announcement that
they would blow up the build-
ing and its occupants at ex-
actly 6 p.m. if they did not
receive their code-word.
"To our statement that the
French ambassador w a s
coming to them with a letter,
they responded that if he
comes without the code-word,
they will kill him. They gave
a similar answer to the Ro-
manian ambassador w h o
asked them not to carry out
the murder."
There were other unclear
points about the tragedy,
and Mrs. Meir said she would
agree to an investigation into
possible omissions.

Old City's Land Purchases Resume

JERUSALEM (ZINS) —
Israelis have resumed pur-
chasing large tracts of land
in the old city of Jerusalem,
in Bethlehem 'and the out-
skirts of Ramallah. The Jew-
ish National Fund is a lead-
ing purchaser of land in the

seized areas.
According to the Israeli
press, it is a sign that Israel
has no intention of withdraw-
ing to pre-1967 boundaries.

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