v-mw. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, Sept. 20, 1974-5 U OMEGA 4 •Nor for a lifetime of proud possession For split-second timing needs wrist stop-watch. Chronostop Measures elapsed time to one-fifth of- a second. Stainless steel case. With adjustable clasp strap suit- able for engraving. . . . $69.50 Bracelet model $79.50 iGOWNS 29-$49-599 JEWELERS • Graduate Cemologist • Certified Horologist WE CAN FIT YOU — SIZES 6 TO 44 HARVARD ROW SHOPPING CENTER Lahser & 11 Mile—Phone 353-3146 SANTIAGO (JTA) — Two leaders of the Chilean Jew- ish community sought with- out success recently to con- vince President Augusto Pin- ochet Ugarte that the film "Fiddler on the Roof" is not Marxist-inspired and should not be banned in Chile. WE KEEP PRICES DOWN! George OHRENSTEIN • Gold Smiths • Precision Watches • Precious Stones Chile Continues 'Fiddler' Ban; Officials Slap Amnesty Request . & SHANDELS 154 SOUTH WOODWARD NR. MAPLE BIRMINGHAM,MICH. MI2-4150 The issue was taken up by "Fiddler" after censors had Gil Sinay, president of the passed it, on grounds that it Chilean Jewish community, contains 'disruptive ele- and Rabbi Angel Kreiman at ments" harmful to the a private luncheon in August nation. with Gen. Ugarte, leader of The two Jewish ieaders the ruling military junta. noted in their conversation The JTA reported on Aug. with Ugarte that the ban 27 that Rear Admiral Hugo could be construed abroad Castro prohibited release of sis. Thean anti-Semitic basis. Daily—Hospital—Sympathy The president said it should be made clear that the film had not been prohibited but suspended and would be sub- jected to a new review and analysis of its message, Sin- 21032 Crosbeck M1-97 ay informed the JTA. 1 8Ik N 8 Mole Warren Two days before the meet- PR 2-4350 ing with the president, the World Wide Delivery government Secretary, Col. Pedro Ewing Hodar, wrote to Sinay "to inform you and assure you categorically that said measure has nothing at all to do with the world-wide Jewish community, nor much less with the resident com- munity with which the gov- ernment maintains and wishes to continue to main- tain the most cordial rela- tions." Hodar's letter added: "The prohibition of the picture ("Fiddler") obeys the fact that it was considered to con- tain a message clearly fav- orable to the Marxist tenden- cies, of which the Jewish people as well as our coun- try have been the victims." According to Sinay, Ugarte said he did not deny the ar- tistic merit of the film but did not consider it favorable to the Jewish tradition be- cause one of the hero's daughters married a person of a different faith and an- other married a student with revolutionary ideas who did not accept the traditional marriage bonds. Ugarte took exception to a sequence in which he said the intervention of the mili- tary forces was magnified with the clubbing of young students who carried red banners. He said that this might not be important in other cir- cumstances, but considering the present situation in Chile, "the junta cannot accept any factor of dissension," Sinay reported. Sinay said that neverthe- less, he and Rabbi Kreiman stressed that it would be . FRUIT BASKETS Rodnick Bros. very difficult to correct im- pressions abroad that the ban on "Fiddler" did not have an anti-Semitic basis and that this view would only create a false image of events in Chile. They also pointed out to the President that "Fiddler" has been banned in the Sov- iet Union but exhibited with great success in countries like Spain and Brazil. The latter two governments are vehemently anti-Marxist. It also was reported that the rabbi of the Chilean Jew- ish community, Dr. Angel Kreimart, says he acted solely in an ecumenical and humanitarian spirit when he signed a petition, with cler- gymen of other faiths, asking the ruling military junta to grant amnesty to political prisoners, among them four persons of Jewish origin who were not identified. Rabbi Kreiman, stressed , that the Jewish community had no problems or quarrels with the regime. The petition drew sharp attacks from official quart- ers after it was published in newspapers here. It was signed by the Cardinal of Chile, Raul Silva Henriques, and the . Lutheran Bishop, Hellmuth Frenz, in addition to Rabbi Kreiman. The rabbi stated that his membership on the Commit- tee for Peace in Chile and his signature on the clem- ency petition had no other reason but to act in accord with the other religious bodies. U.S. Publishers Honor. Kollek. NEW YORK (JTA)—Sev- enty New York publishers met here at a reception in honor of Teddy Kollek, mayor of Jerusalem, to invite continuing involvement of American publishers in the bi-annual Jerusalem Interna- tional B'(-- ok Fair. The reception, held in the Harvard Club, was hosted by SA VE ow "The Wort s most" ning: The Surgeon General Has Determined That Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous to Your Health. 397 FikYNOLOS TafrACO Oltatilla ay. Per cigarette, FTC LEArmERs Report: MAR 74' WOUND RDER YOUR '75 OLDS NO WHERE PEOPLE STILL COME FIRST . GLASSNAAN I - 1■ *111111....° OLDSMOB LE INC 28000 TELEGRAPH RD. • SOUTHFIELD • PHONE 354-3300 TEDDY KOLLEK a committee of New York publishers on behalf of the book fair. This seventh Jerusalem In- ternational Book Fair will be held from. April 28 to May 5, 1975, in Jerusalem. The sixth fair drew 625 publishers from 29 countries with 29,000 books exhibited and an attendance of 63,000 people. Kollek said the fair has be- come the place for visiting publishers to meet publishers from all over the world to buy and sell rights, to pre- sent and examine co-publish- ing and co-production possi- bilities,. to expand interna- tional sales of their lists, and to arrange co-publishing projects.