A Jew in the Ranks Promises THE JEWISH NEWS of Fomenters of Discord for Israelis A Weekly Review Commentary Page 2 by Hesitancies Thereafter of Jewish Events Editorial Page 4 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper Vol. LXV, No. 26 411Pi 17515 W. 9 Mile; Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 , $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30c Politicians Out of Power, September 6, 1974 '1.S. Emboldening Terrorists? State Dept. Attitude in Vacuum Greece Abhors Anti-Semitism, Government Official Affirms LONDON (JTA) — A Greek Cabinet official assured a Jewish delegation Monday that the Athens government abhored anti-Semitic articles that have appeared in some sections of the Greek press recently in connection with the Cyprus crisis. The delegation of Greek Jewish leaders, headed by Joseph Lovinger, president of the Central Board of Greek Jewish Communities, visited P. Lambrias, undersecretary of state to the prime minister, to express their growing concern over the articles. They voiced fear that such propaganda could disturb the brotherly relations that have long existed between the Christian and Jewish communities in Greece which had withstood the era of Nazi occupation when non-Jewish Greeks took great risks to protect Jews from the Gestapo. Lambrias responded by declaring that the government considered anti-Semitic articles to be "anti-Greek" and "harmful to the Greek nation." He stressed that Greek Jews enjoy equal rights with all other citizens and that anti-Jewish discrimination in Greece was "inconceivable." The articles referred to apparently stemmed from Greek bitterness over the American role in the Cyprus crisis. The leftist daily Athenaiki referred in recent weeks to U.S. Secretary of State. Henry A. Kissinger as "the German Jew Kissinger" and said that Greece no, longer wants to be the "sole means of survival for any more Israels." The latter was a reference to the use of U.S. bases in Greece in the American military airlift to Israel during the Yom Kippur War. E. German Reparations Negotiated as Result of Agreement with U.S. (Stclry on Austria Moves Transit Camp for Emigres By PETER FRIEDLINGER VIENNA (JTA) — The transit camp for Jewish emigrants from the Soviet on has been transfered to a Vienna ,Jurb last weekend, an Austrian interior ministry official said Wednesday. Without previous announcement, Soviet Jews are now brought to a former chil- dren's home at Simmering, a Vienna suburb near Schwechat Airport, where they wait for transportation to_ Israel. Until last week, the emigrants spent their first hours in the free world in a former army barracks at Wollersdorf, some 40 kilometers south of Vienna. Both the new transit camp at Simmer- ing and the Wollersdorf Camp are run under the supervision of the Austrian Red Cross which is responsible for the emi- grants since Chancellor Bruno Kreisky ruled the closedown of the Jewish Agen- cy camp at Schoenau last year. Kreisky had agreed to the closing of the Schoenau camp last fall to free a group of Jewish emigrants held as hos- (Continued on Page 6) Page 5) By JOSEPH POLAKOFF (JTA)—The State Department discussed at some length Tuesday, but without offering any clear answer, the matter of U.S. contacts with the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO). At Tuesday morning's briefing for newsmen, the Jewish Telegraphic Agency asked whether the U.S. and the PLO were edging toward high level talks on the Palestinian problem and its place in the Middle East settlement proceedings. - The question was prompted by press reports in New York and Beirut Tuesday. The New York report said PLO sources close to Cairo had stated that the PLO was ready to talk to U.S. officials on the Palestinian question on condition that the discussions were publicly announced. _ In Beirut, an unidentified PLO spokesman was said to have denied that the organization was prepared to negotiate with the U.S. or that it has had any contacts with the Americans. Some sources here said that both reports, while contradictory, were actually accurate. They said the Cairo version is unofficial and a "trial balloon," while the Beirut report is correct since no discussions have taken place as yet. In his response to the question, State Department spokesman John King referred specifically to the Beirut report, implying that he agreed with the denial by the anonymous PLO spokesman there, but King added that as "part of any Middle East settlement, the interests of the Palestinians must be taken into account." He declined to discuss specific details and issues in a settlement procedure for the Middle East, but he confirmed that low level contacts-have taken place be- tween the U.S. and the PLO. He also said that he would neither "rule out nor rule in" possible future U.S.-PLO talks. King's remarks seemed to contradict the Beirut report of no contacts which he had earlier given some credence, but they confirmed What a senior State De- partment official told a group of news- men here two months ago: that the U.S. would be willing to hold high level talks with the Palestinians. When reminded of that Tuesday, State Department sources said they had no information to alter that official's • position. WASHINGTON Abba Eban, to Address Akiva Dinner Here on Oct. 20; Diplomat to Present Israel Award to Local School Abba Israel's former Foreign Minister Abba Eban, who is in this country as visiting professor. at Columbia University, will address a specal dinner meeting of Akiva Day School, at Cong. Beth Achim's social hall, Oct. 20, it was announced this week. Eban will be here to present • the 1974 Spiritual Bridges Award to Akiva "for its inspiring educational projects which have effectively linked the students of this school with the heartbeat of Israel—both the land and its children." The presentation will be made to Rabbi Joseph L. Shuchatowitz, princi- pal of Akiva, who with his staff has pioneered innovative programs which have silccessfully built a spiritual bridge between Akiva and Israel, ac- cording to Dr. Haim Chamiel, director general of the World Zionist Organiza- tion's department for Torah education and culture, who originally announced the award. Max M. Fisher is honorary chairman of the dinner committee. The invitation to Eban was presented by Phillip Stollman, honorary president of Akiva Day School, during his recent visit in Israel, and his acceptance *as formally announced last week. Akiva is the first Hebrew day school in the U.S. to have developed a Grade 12 in Israel Program. Its high school seniors spent their last year of secondary education at Yeshivat Tikvat Yaakov (for boys) and Ulpan.at Segulah (for girls) in Israel where they lived and studied with their Israeli peers. The Spiritual Bridges Award is bestowed annually by the department for Torah education and culture of the World Zionist Organization upon the Hebrew day school which has met with the criteria of the award committee.