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AT THE LODGE X-WAY OVER 50,000 SATISFIED CUSTOMERS 342-7100 nounced that he plans to- settle in the United States. Shtern was arrested in 1974 for allegedly accepting bribes from patients for drugs after he refused to block applications by his sons Victor and August to emigrate to Israel. Soviet law requires the con- firmation of parents for their adult children who want to emigrate. Meanwhile, Dr. Nahum Salansky, a leading Jewish activist of Vilna, had his exit visa revoked after he received formal permission to emigrate to Israel to join his ailing mother, Ida Sa- lansky, it was reported by the National Conference on Soviet Jewry and the Great- er New York Conference on Soviet Jewry. He had been expected to leave the Soviet Union Tuesday. It also was reported that Dr. Iosif Begun, a Soviet Jewish activist, is expected to go on trial shortly for being without a job despite the fact the activist had earned a living giving pri- vate Hebrew and mathemat- ics lessons. In Waltham, Mass., stu- dents from about 100 east- ern colleges and univer- sities, led by Hillel mem- bers from Brandeis and American Universities, staged a rally in Washing- ton Wednesday to support the struggle of Soviet Jews. In London, the wife of Anatoly Sharansky led more than 3,000 people to the Soviet Embassy last week to deliver a letter ap- pealing for the release of her husband, held in a Mos- cow jail after being ac- cused. of espionage against the Soviet Union. In a related development, the Buffalo chapter of the the southfield athletic club PROUDLY ANNOUNCES NAT COLEMAN Athletic Director Joining the Staff Of Michigan's Finest Athletic Facilities • 6 Racquetball Courts • 8 Squash Courts • Professionally Staffed Exercise Rooms • Swimming Pool • 3 Steam Rooms • 2 Whirlpools and Cold Plu-nge Plus Much Much More!!! 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When the Shea's secu- rity director told the SSSJ at the beginning of the per- formance that it had with- drawn a verbal agreement to permit the distribution of Soviet Jewry literature in- side the hall, the youths took a huge "Let My People Go" banner to their seats and hung it from the balcony. Theater security officers, who are off-duty policemen, then attacked the students. Several patrons walked out in protest against the at- tack. In New York, a leading Soviet emigre artist charged that the exhibition of Russian paintings at the Metropolitan Museum of Art was a "lie" because it showed Russian art that could not be seen in the So- viet Union or was no longer permitted to be done there. Ernst Neizvestny, re- garded as the most impor- tant Soviet visual artist to quit the USSR since Kan- dinsky and Chagall, said the Russian paintings in the Metropolitan Museum exhib- it were "designed for for- eign consumption — like the stores in Moscow where foreign citizens with foreign currency can buy caviar that the people cannot. "The modern Russian paintings in the Metropol- itan Museum shown under the official auspices of the Soviet Ministry of Culture are either by artists who are dead—such as Drevin, who died in a Stalin prison camp—or by living artists like Plavinsky and Kandau- rov, whose works have never before been officially exhibited in the USSR. What you see in the Metro- politan is a lie." It was learned that Rus- sia expelled a Philadelphia lawyer and his wife after Zi- onist leaflets, handbills and "appeals" were found in their suitcases. About 25 Americans were thrown out of the USSR in the past two years for carrying liter- ature that the Soviets con- sider subversive. Arab Land Fever TEL AVIV (ZINS)— There has been a boom in Jewish land buying in the administered areas of Shom- ron and Judea. According to local newspapers the land boom has even re- sulted in some swindling. In areas where the buy- ing is heaviest investors be- lieve Jewish settlements will be established, despite most Middle East peace for- mulas calling- for Israel to return the administered areas to the Arabs. Boris Smolar's 'Between You . and Me' Editor-in-Chief Emeritus, JTA _ (Copyright 1977, JTA, Inc.) "FORWARD" AT 80: No Jewish newspaper in the world—and even few of the general press—can boast exist- ence of 80 years. The Jewish Daily Forward, the Yiddish paper published in New York, can. It celebrates its 80th birthday this week. The Forward is the only Yiddish daily appearing in the U.S. The Yiddish daily newspaper in Israel—Letzte Nyes- is edited by Mordecai Tsanin, the Forward correspondent in Israel. The Forward grew from strength to strength under the editorship of Abraham Cahan who was not only a great edi tor but also a man who understood the needs of the immf grant Jewish masses. He helped organize immigrant Jew s into labor unions to improve their lot. At the same time, he was deeply interested in seeing them more American- ized. Soon the Forward became the trusted and favorite organ of the Jewish masses, reaching a circulation of about 250,000. But before reaching this high point the For- ward struggled hard for its existence. I remember the years when a part of the Forward in- come came from "Forward Balls"—huge balls held in Madison Square Garden in New York and in the Coliseum in Chicago, supplementing the income that the paper had from advertisements and its sale on the newsstands. At these balls, the adherents of the Forward, in the tens of thousands, not only paid admission but made also in- cognito contributions in cash. Many women in the au- diences donated their golden earrings and wedding rings. The income from circulation and advertising grew to a point where the paper was in a position to erect its For- ward Building, the tallest on East Broadway, which be- came a landmark and important center of Jewish activi- ties. Later, the Forward was also in a position to acquire a radio station—WEVD—which the paper still owns. The For- ward balls continued for about two decades as a tradition but the income from these balls was donated by the paper to various Jewish causes. *** DEVOTION OF READERS: The devotion of the read- ers of the Forward to their paper is deep even today. Seeking funds to cover its deficit and to strengthen its financial position, the Forward last year issued a call for $250,000 in the hope that a good part of this sum would be forthcoming from national and local Jewish organizations served for decades by the paper with unpaid publicity and editorially. However, the anticipated aid from this source did not come. It did come from the needle-trade labor unions which the Forward helped to establish, and from readers. From thousands of readers. As a result, the For- ward campaign exceeded its $250,000 goal. The same was repeated this year. *** THE "FORWARD" TRADITION: Numerous books in English have been published in this country on Abraham Cahan and on the Forward, stressing the impact of the paper and the personality of its editor. The tradition of Abraham Cahan in the Forward was carried on by his successor Hillel Rogoff, also a brilliant editor. It is being carried on today by Simon Weber, the able journalist and editor who started his career in the For- ward years ago as city editor. The paper sold its imposing 11-story building on East Broadway a few years ago. It moved to the Workmen's Circle Building in the very center of New York, in the vi- cinity of the New York Public Library. In Israel there is a settlement named "Forward" in recognition of the support the paper has given to the Jew- ish state even before its establishment, following a visit made by Cahan to Palestine in the 1920s. The Histadrut, the Israel Labor Federation, has established a library in Tel Aviv bearing Cahan's name. Syria Foreign Minister Meets With Carter, Vance on M.E. WASHINGTON (JTA)—In an unexpected Middle East development, the State De- partment and the Syrian government announced that Syrian Foreign Minister Abdal-Halim Khaddam is in Washington for meetings with President Carter and Secretary of State Cyrus Vance. His visit is at the in- vitation of Vance and will be part of the "continuing discussions of their efforts for a just and lasting peace" in the Mideast, the State Department said. Syrian President Hafez Assad met with Russian leaders in Moscow this week.) The Damascus announce- ment of his trip said it was concerned with - political and diplomatic efforts re- lated to the Middle East question." If a disgrace has attached to you, be the first to fte- clare it. —Baba Kama 92.