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bers introduced a resolu-
tion last week denounc-
ing the French govern-
ment's release of Abu
Daoud, suspected Pales-
tinian terrorist who re-
portedly masterminded
the Munich Olympic mas-
sacre of 11 Israeli
athletes.
William M. Brodhead
(D-Mich.), addressing the
House membership, said
in part:
"In spite of France's
pledge to support the
anti-terrorist treaty
adopted by the European
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JULIUS ROSS
Common Market coun-
tries, and in spite of
France's extradition
agreements with West
Germany and Israel, both
of which sought to ques-
tion Daoud concerning
terrorist crimes, the gov-
ernment of France al-
lowed Daoud to go free on
a technicality. There is
serious question that the
French government pur-
sued every legal means to
detain Daoud.
"By this narrow, self-
interested and short-
sighted action, the gov-
ernment of France has
made it clear to the rest of
Voyage of Damned Disappointing
While the major powers
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Damned," the film detail- passengers aboard the St.
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Jewish refugees from more desperate. Many at-
tiled
Nazism who boarded the tempted suicide and
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ship St. Louis seeking others determined to
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freedom from persecu- overpower the crew and
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Friday, January 28, 1977 53
Another puzzling fac-
tor is that the viewing
audience is never in-
formed of the outcome of
a seemingly important
subplot involving Nazi
espionage, introduced at
the outset of the movie
and thinly carried
throughout.
An incident that
neither affects the plot or
the dialogue in the film is
the death of an elderly
professor, played by
.Luther Adler. He has a
nominal role in the pic-
ture and the scenes por-
traying his ill health,
subsequent death and
funeral are extraneous.
The dialogue can be
criticized as being muffled
in spots and without sub-
stance. An inane conversa-
tion takes place between
Werner (a once-wealthy
physician deprived of his.
practice by the Nazis) and
Miss Dunaway (his wife)
about the doctor's past
love affair. "Did you love
her?" "No," replied the
doctor, "I was a trophy for
her." The wife seeks a
reaffirmation of her hus-
band's love. Where is the
terror of what is to come?
Where is the desperation?
On the positive side, the
film presents several in-
stances where the agony
of the passengers is felt,
lending some credibility
to the story. There is a
brief mutiny scene where
a small group of
passengers led by a camp
survivor tries to force-
fully dissuade the captain
from returning to Eu-
rope, there are attempted
suicides, tears and wring-
ing of hands.
Unfortunately, the
tragedy of the St. Louis,
as portrayed in the film,
'Voyage of the Damned,"
will not be felt as strongly
by the non-Jewish
moviegoing public as by
the Jewish moviegoers
since it is presented in a
format featuring Hol-
lywood's finest speaking
meaningless lines. To
make for a convincing
aura of fear, the actors
should have been utter-
ing cries of terror of
sure-death as one would
expect of a persecuted
Jew being returned to his
native land where the
elimination of the Jews
was the current program.
The film opens Feb. 16
for an exclusive six-week
run at the Somerset
Cinema.
the world that it is willing
to sacrifice principle for
expediency. It has tacitly
approved terrorist ac-
tivities by ignoring the
rights of countries that
have suffered terrorist at-
tacks. It has vacated its re-
sponsiblities to the world
community by announcing
that suspected terrorists
may find not justice in Fr-
ance, but a haven from jus-
tice.
"I believe that the Un-
ited States must protest
France's irresponsible
actions in the strongest
terms. In addition, we
must continue to con-
demn and stand firm
against all terrorist ac-
tivities and use our influ-
ence overseas to encour-
age our allies to do the
same. Only with complete
cooperation between na-
tions can we hope to halt
these unconscionable
acts."
Meanwhile, the Senate
Foreign Relations Com-
mittee withdrew its re-
quest to the U.S. govern-
ment to bring France be-
fore the United Nations
General Assembly for re-
leasing the Palestinian
terrorist Daoud and al-
lowing him to go free to
Algeria.
Instead, the committee
approved a revised resol-
ution asking the govern-
ment to "consult prompt-
ply with France and other
friendly nations" to pre-
vent similar situations in
the future by which ter-
rorists are released with-
out trial.
The Senate committee's
original resolution,
drafted by Sens. Clifford
Case (R.-N.J.) and Hubert
H. Humphrey - (D.-Minn.),
criticized France for re-
leasing Daoud "without af-
fording the governments
of West Germany or Israel
an opportunity to seek ef-
fectively in the courts of
France the extradition of
Daoud."
The French Embassy
bitterly protested the Se-
nate Committee's action
as intervention in Fr-
ance's internal affairs
and Sen. John Sparkman
(D.-La.), tlae committee's
chairman, asked the Se-
nate to withdraw it from
' its calendar — a move
that referred the resolu-
tion back to the commit-
tee. Sparkman was sup-
ported by Sen. Jacob
Javits (R.-N.Y.) in this ac-
tion.
According to informed
sources, Sen. George
McGovern (D.-S.D.) op-
posed any resolution con-
demning France and Sen.
Charles Percy (R.411.)
suggested consultation
with French Ambassador
Jacques Kosciusko-
Morizet about it. Sen.
Frank Church (D.-Idaho)
acting as chairman of the
committee in Sparkman's
absence, telephoned the
envoy who reportedly
urged that the committee
suppress any resolution
but Church, informed him
that was impossible.
McGovern persuaded the
committee to delete the
phrase in the original re-
. solution relating to the
extradition moves by
West Germany and Is-
rael.
The revised resolution,
to which the committee
unanimously agreed, now
reads that it is the sense
of the. Senate that
Daoud's release is "harm-
ful to the efforts of the
community of nations to
stamp out international
terrorism" and that the
United States "should
consult promptly with
France and other friendly
nations to seek ways to
prevent a recurrence of a
situation in which a ter-
rorist leader is released
from detention without
facing pending criminal
charges in a court of law."
In New York, the presi-
dent of the National Con-
ference of Christians and
Jews has termed France's
release of Daoud "shock-
ing in that she has put
economic need ahead of
justice and the protection
of human rights."
Dr. David Hyatt said
that both France and
Germany, fearing threats
and extortion, "welched"
on a Common Market
anti-terrorist convention
and "caved in to the ter-
rorists."
He called upon Presi-
dent Carter, Secretary of
State Cyrus Vance and
UN Ambassador Andrew
Young "to take leader-
ship roles toward mobiliz-
ing the world's leaders to
quick and effective action
through the United Na-
tions and every other
possible instrument to
thwart the spread of
further terrorism which
the release of terrorists
like Abu Daoud obviously
and openly encourages."
In a related develop-
ment, Dr. Joseph P.
Sternstein, president of
the Zionist Organization
of America, rejected the
president of France's "at-
tempt to thrust blame on
the West Germans and to
portray criticism of his
government as criticism
of the French people," for
the release of the PLO
terrorist, Daoud.
Dr. Sternstein, respond-
ing to a press conference
held in Paris by French
President Valery Giscard
d'Estaing, said, "he cannot
whitewash the French ket-
tle by calling the German
pot black. The undue haste
of the French government
in releasing the professed
murderer, Abu Daoud,
was what prompted the
anger and revulsion felt
around the world."
Dr. Sternstein said,
"We are saddened and
angered by the French
government for its be-
coming an accessory to
murder by aiding and
abetting the PLO and in-
ternational terrorists
who have left a trail of
dead innocent men, wo-
men, and children."
.
Some 1,000 members of
the Synagogue for the
Performing Arts, includ-'
ing Red Buttons, dumped
500 bottles of French
wine in a sewer in front of
the French tourist office
in Beverly Hills to protest
.Daoud's release. The
group said they would
boycott French products.