THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS U .S., Romania Relate Trade Negotiations to Emigration According to the provi- WASHINGTON (JTA) — The State Department con- sions of the trade law, Presi- firmed Tuesday that the dent Ford must report to United States and Romania Congress on the trading are negotiating a commer- 'partners compliance with cial agreement in accord- the emigration provisions ance with the Trade Reform and either house may reject Act of 1974 that includes the the agreement if not satis- Jackson-Vanik Amend- fied. State Department spokes- ments relating U.S. trade benefits to the emigration man Robert Funseth said practices of Communist bloc that the negotiations are "proceeding satisfactorily." countries. The negotiations are taking place in Bucharest where SHOP TO TO 5 the American negotiating DAILY, THURSDAY 'TIL 9' team is headed by U.S. SUNDAY 12 TO 5 Ambassador Harry Barnes. Funseth said he did not know when the agreement The will be completed but "understood" that negotia- for the living decor in your home... tions began Jan. 15. He said PLANTS and POTS he did not know of negotia- In The Country Village Center tions with any other Corn- 20099 W. 12 Mile Road munist country being con- at Evergreen, Southfield ducted under the 1974 trade 352-2089 act. The JTA learned from other U.S. sources\ that the terms of the trade agree- ment with Romania have been completed and that the talks now concern as- surances from the Roman- Latest medically approved ian government regarding dermatology equipment used emigration. According to these sources, emigration from 35 Years Experience Romania falls into catego- ries. One concerns. approxi- Doctors Referrals mately 650 Romanians re- lated to American citizens 1 BE HAIR FREE ELECTROLYSIS $7.50 + hr. - Mrs. S. Steiner LI 5-4700 cATERIN Asmetwitsiourioiteasikottx agrocox or holding dual citizenship — the largest number of such persons in any Com- munist bloc country. The second category concerns Romanian Jews who want to emigrate to Israel. American sources de- scribed Romania's record on Jewish emigration as "up and down." Romania is the only Communist bloc coun- try that maintains diplo- matic and trade relations with Israel. A sizeable flow of Soviet Jews passed through Romania en route to Israel until the Yom Kip- pur War. That channel was closed and has not been re- opened, the sources said. The emigration of Ro- manian Jews to Israel has ebbed and flowed, but was never entirely halted. One source said. Jews were leaving Romania all the time. Another source said there have been periods of up to several months when no Jews left Romania. There are presently fewer than 90,000 Jews in that country, the U.S. sources said. They described the Romanian Jewish commu- nity as an aging one with a low rate of natural increase. Friday, February 21, 1975 17 1111 11111111 11111 1 111111111111111 11 111111 1 11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 111111111111E There were 100,000 Jews in Romania at the time of the Six-Day War in 1967. Of the 10,000 who left since then, most emigrated to Israel between 1967 and 1973. Ottawa Butchers Reduce Prices Featuring the ALL NEW WINDSOR and TUXTAIL ALSO PRINCE EDWARDS ALL COLORS AVAILABLE FLARED PANTS, RUFFLE OTTAWA (JTA) — Otta- wa's two kosher butchers = SHIRTS IN ALL COLORS have made an agreement Rentals • Sales with the local kashrut su- Fittings pervising agency to cut, their prices by about 10 percent Volare Boots in for a three-month test pe- Black, Brown and White riod. 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FOR ALL OCCASIONS Leaders of the Israel gov- ernment, the Jewish Seating Up to 400 Agency, the Zionist move- ment, the American Joint Call Our Banquet Manager , Distribution Committee, JDC-Malben in Israel, State 682-4300 of Israel Bonds, and the United Jewish Appeal joined Hebrew University representatives in the Wise 441< >20"01111044nosommenstavanaV 40: son Auditorium to hear Univer- sity President Avraham Harman eulogize Joseph Schwartz as "the noblest exemplar of the Jewish 'civil servant" who served the Jewish people through its darkest and most glorious periods. Jewish Agency Chairman One of Allied Van Lines Largest Haulers Pinhas Sapir traced Dr. Schwartz's career of service 2253 Cole Street 1300 N. Campbell Road from his activities as the Birmingham Royal Oak JDC representative in Eu- MI 4 - 4613 LI 1-3313 rope from 1938, in which ca- pacity he was a central ,fig- ure in the underground rescue of Jews from the Nazis, through his post war leadership of the UJA as a prime mover in the immi- gration of Asian and North African Jews to the new While Trade Ins state, and to his role as the man who turned Israel Are Worth More Bonds into a powerful tool over the advice of econo- mists and accountants who insisted the idea would never work. Harman told of Mr. Harry Abram Schwartz's influence in the 'Fleet Manager establishment of the He- brew University's Paul Baerwald School of Social ALL OUR • Work — the first social work school in Israel. OLDSMOBILES HAVE • The Joseph J. Schwartz SAKS APPEAL Graduate Program for Training Community Cen- 35300 GRAND RIVER FARMINGTON HILLS ter Directors and Senior Parsonnel has been started Res. 968-5048 478-0500 • 478-6677 in his memory. 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In 1752, from Portugal, came Aaron Lopez. the Sephardic Jew described later by Ezra Stiles, President of Yale University. as "a merchant of first eminence: for honor and extent of com- merce probably surpassed by no merchant in America." In addition. Lopez was known as an active force in cementing friendly relations between faiths. He earned the respect of Chris- tians, as well as Jews, and no ship ever left his dock on either's Sabbath—Saturday or Sunday. Lopez himself laid the first cornerstone of New- port's famous Touro Synagogue (oldest in the U.S. and now a national shrine ) in 1759. During the War, the city suffered such heavy losses that it never recovered. Neither did Aaron Lopez who lost virtually all he had acquired during his many years of successful trading. When attempting to return to Newport after independence was won. Lopez was tragically drowned in a freak accident. Ezra Stiles eulogized him with these words ...‘ He did business with the greatest ease and clearness: always carried about him a sweetness of behavior, a calm urbanity, an agreeable and unaffected politeness of manners." A fitting tribute to Aaron Lopez—one of many Jewish-American patriots worthy of remembrance. K CERTIFIED KOSHER In strong sympathy with Revolutionary patriots. Lopez was forced to flee Newport to Massachu- setts when the British attacked. IGe or oth e i st$31, Maxwell ouse® Cofiee A tradition in American-Jewish homes for half a century 1PF GENERl1l r0005 4