THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, March 3, 1918 45 Skokie Nazi Ordinances Overturned, Called Unconstitutional CHICAGO (JTA) — Fed- eral Judge Bernard Decker ruled unconstitutional a • series of village ordinances in Skokie, Ill., intended to bar a planned march by swastika-wearing Ameri- can Nazis through that heavily Jewish-populated suburb of Chicago: The ordinances over- turned by Judge Decker banned the wearing of military-style uniforms in ,m-arches of a demonstrative' \ire and the dissemina- of_"offensive material" such as hate literature. They also required heavy insurance for damages that might result from demonst- rations. An estimated 50,000 Jews live in Skokie, some 7,000 of them sur- vivors of Nazi death camps. So far, Illinois courts have been unaimous in uphold- ing the constitutional right of the Nazis to march in Skokie. The village au- thorities have pledged to carry the case to the Sup- reme Court. Sol Goldstein, of Skokie, a Holocaust sur- vivor and chairman of the PAC. committee on individual liberty and Jewish security, who in- itiated a private suit which was rejected by Illinois Supreme Court, seeking a perma- nent injunction against the proposed march, made a second bid for the injunction by filing in the State Supreme Court. In San Francisco, Geof- frey Fisher, managing editor of the San Francisco Jewish Bulletin, said he had been served with a notice of a suit for damages totalling $28 million filed in federal district court by the local National Socialist White People's Party. Fisher said the suit grew out of the destruction last April of a Rudolph Hess bookstore set up by the Nazi Party opposite a synagogue. The building in which the store was opened is owned by a JeW, Nathan Green, who said he had not known at the time that the renters were Nazis who intended to open a Nazi bookstore. Fisher said that he was charged in the suit with de- famation of the Nazi group, based on editorials he had written about the party in connection with the bookstore. He said the Nazis also were -seeking damages from James Ruderman, di- rector of the northern California regional office of the Anti-Defamation -- . League Of Bnai Brith; and Joel Brooks, director of the regional American Jewish Congress office here. The suit also names Mayor Geroge Moscone; Diane Feinstein, a member of the board of supervisors of San Fran- cisco city and county; and Joseph Freitas, the United States Attorney, for alleged failure to pro- tect the Nazi property and to prosecute those who had wrecked the bookstore. The suit seeks general damages of $2 million; punitive damages of $1.5 million; $15 million for threats on the life of the plaintiff, Allen L. Vincent, head of the -Nazi group; and the balance for miscellane- ous damages. Altogether, 12 defendants are named in the suit, most of them local political figures, Fisher said. The subpoena requires an answer within 20 days and May 25 has been set as the date for initial hearings in the District Court for the Northern District \. of California: In a related development, George L. Rosenblatt, .a Jewish 68-year-old naturalized American citi- / JI1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 1 11 other news claim they're #1 BUT - THERE'S ONLY ONE Jewish News Ir .1 bommortil Send a gift to a friend or relative TODAY and keep them - abreast of happenings here, there and everywhere MI MI OM MI OM UM OM MO In OM OW • — - — MO • — MI • THE JEWISH NEWS 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd. Suite 865 Southfield, Mich. 48075 Gentlemen: Please send gift subscription to: • Name Address City From State sed Zip Code °ccasion Il• 1■ 11111 zen, residing in New York services last week for City, will be the recipient of convicted war criminal the first award by the U.S. Herbert Kappler, were Foreign Claims Settlement charged byb police with Commission against the "using the emblems of an German Democratic Repub- unconstitutional organi- lic (GDR) for property ex- zation." propriated by the Nazis and The Association for later taken over by the East Christian-Jewish Coopera- German Communist re- tion has filed charges with gime. the Dusseldorf prosecutor Under a federal statute against a group of men and adopted in 1976, the women in that city who,dis- commission is empo- tributed Nazi literature wered • to adjudicate outside the regional court claims 'by American citi- during hearings in the cur- zens for such property rent trial of Maidanek con- and determine the centration camp guards. amounts to be paid. In Tel Aviv, the Associa- Rosenblatt, who became tion of Fighters and Sur- a citizen in 1943, filed his claim with the Commis- sion last May 31 for loss of a family home in Gotha, East Germany. The commission awarded (Continued from Page 5) him $20,000. It also of the Jewish Community awarded Rosenblatt in- Center. terest at six percent from Rabbi Ernest J. Conrad is September, 1952 when the chairman and Rabbi Israel East German authorities I. Halpern, adviser, of the took over his property, until section. such time as funds for pay- That evening Mrs. ment are made available by Borenstein will address a the GDR. The principal and dinner meeting of the De- interest are both subject to ntists Section at Adat negotiations between the Shalom Synagogue. The U.S. and the GDR. evening will begin with a More than 1,000 claims cocktail reception at 6:30 have been filed with the p.m. commission since the filing Dr. Joseph M. Jacobson is period began on May 15, chairman of the section. 1977. The deadline for filing Drs. Eli V. Berger, Jack M. under the present program Jackson, John D. Marx, is May 16, 1978. Prospective Sheldon M. Mintz and Leo claimants should contact Shipko are co-chairmen. the Foreign Claims Settle- Associate chairmen are ment Commission at 1111 Drs. Ellsworth Levine, 20th St. NW, Washington, Maurice S. Opperer, Ber- D.C. 29579 for claim forms. nard J. Shapiro, Arnold In Bonn, increased Winshall, Richard D. Wil- neo-Nazi activity in West liams and Arnold Zuroff. Germany and the alarm- Drs. Burton D. Faudem, ing proliferation of leaf- Elliott Folbe, Steven M. lets, Nazi era symbols Lash, Alden M. Leib, and artifacts in public Richard Lezell and Donald places has led to a dis- B. Sherman are vice chair- pute between the Federal men. Minister of Justice, Members of the section Hans-Jochen Vogel and cabinet are Drs. Myron - L. the Justice Minister of at Attenson, Robert Becker, least one state — North Seymour D. Berman, Eric Rhirie-Westphalia — on Billes, Aaron Blake, Her- the need for new, tighter bert J. Bloom, Simon L. laws to combat the Cook, David L. Edgar, spread of Nazi prop- aganda. Vogel said the increasing Melody Musicale circulation of Nazi emblems Group to Gather and propaganda called for Melody Musicale will new laws "if it should meet 8 p.m. Wednesday in emerge that adequate the home of Celia D'zodin, punishment is not possible 21901 Beverly, Oak Park. under existing law." Ms. .D'zodin will perform Westphalia Justice on piano while alto Helen Minister Diether Posser, Koblanski will entertain who is chairman of the with songs. Refreshments - Coordinating Committee will be served, and guests of State Justice Minis- are invited. ters, rejected Vogel's proposal. He said on a Meshel in Spain television interview that tougher measures should for Trade Talks be considered only if BRUSSELS (JTA) — there was "convincing Yeruham Meshel, secretary evidence" that there general of Hisadrut, will were loopholes in exist- pay an official visit to Spain ing laws that ban Nazi next month as the guest of propaganda. Spanish Socialist trade Meanwhile, West Ber- union movement. lin police broke up a Meshel, who will be ac- meeting of the outlawed companied by Aharon neo-Nazi NSDAP. The 17 Barnea, Histadrut's Euro- participants, some carry- pean representative, is ex- ing swastikas, were re- pected to confer with leased after questioning. Socialist leaders and try to In Soltau, north Ger- further develop relations many, two men who gave between the labor move- the Nazi salute at funeral ments of Israel and Spain. vivors of Nazism has asked Premier Menahem Begin to take up the problem of Nazi propaganda material that is circulating throughout the world. The association is seeking action against both the United States and the West German governments, the countries from which this material originates. It also was reported that the city of St. Louis has re- fused to give the Jewish De- fense League a permit to march at the same time and place as the March 11 Nazi parade, JDL national direc- tor Bonnie Pechter re- ported. • • Nine Meetings in Two Weeks for Allied Jewish Campaign Manuel Feldman, Jack J. Freedland, Arthur Preed- man, Robert M. Galin, Jason A. Goode and Jo _ seph E. Goodstein. Also Drs. Jerome B. Kur- tis, Alvin B. Lezell, Ronald E. Michaelson, Jerry B. Morof, Martin Naimark, Michael S. Rosenfeld, Joel P. Schaumberg, Edwin C. Schneider, Murray A. Shek- ter, Sidney 0. Siegan, Franklin Solway, Sheldon Sonkin, Alan J. Warnick, David Weine and S. S. Wil- lis. British Jews Clash on Emigres LONDON (JTA) — A ' sizzling row has broken out between leading Jewish politicians following an at- tempt to involve the Jewish community in the latest ar- guments about immigra- tion between the Labor gov- ernment and the opposition Conservative Party. The row was touched off by Sir Keith Joseph, the foremost Jew in the Conser- vative Party, whd tried to enlist Jewish support for his party's tough new line against colored immigra- tion. Sir Keith, chief policy adviser to Mrs. Margaret Thatcher, cautioned British Jews against identifying themselves with present- day immigrants simply be- cause their own families had been immigrants to Britain. He said that whereas the Jews had assimilated suc- cessfully by their own ef- forts, the present immig- rants, from different cul- tures were far too numerous to do so. The protests sparked off by Sir Keith's appeal were on two levels — first, against the policies he was preaching, and second, against his attempt to enlist a distinct Jewish vote. Diamond Exports Shatter Record . JERUSALEM (ZINS) -- Israel's diamond industry exported $1 billion worth of polished diamonds in 1977, a 40 percent increase over the previous record. Diamonds represent more than half of Israel's indust- rial exports.