In D.C., New York NEW YORK(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League of Bnai Brith ADL Seeks Closing of PLO Offices While Israel Celebrates, American Jewry Has Concerns Over Attitude of White House has urged the State Department to close Palestine Liberation Organization offices in Washington and New York City because PLO representatives have illegally engaged in fund-raising activi- ties. Such activities, according to Arnold Forster, ADL's general coun- sel, violate the terms of the visas held by PLO representatives and of the new Washington office's own sworn submission of purpose. The registration statement of the Washington PLO office does not de- dare any intention to engage in fund-raising, Forster said. In a letter to Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, Forster cited three examples of PLO fund raising activities, one as recent as April 26. - Last week, a PLO spokesman was allowed to speak at the State University College at Westbury, Long Island, after a federal court ruled the college must allow the speech. The college administration had opposed the speech because of violent, anti-PLO demonstrations three years ago following a similar speech. NOW ... for the Documentary on the Holocaust, and Teaching Its History THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Commentary, Page 2 of Jewish Events Editorials, Page 4 VOL. LXXIII, No.11 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30' May 19, 1978 Pressure on Israel Resented `Genuine Peace' Is U.S. Task in Aftermath of Plane Sales Nazi Propaganda Found in Raids in West Germany BONN (JTA) — Police in Scharzfeld in north Germany's Harz region raided several homes and autos late Saturday night, recovering large supplies of Nazi emblems and neo-Nazi prop- aganda. A man in possession of a pistol was taken into provisional custody. The raid took place following a rally in Scharzfeld of the ultra-right-wing "Inde- pendent Circle of Friends" (ICF) organization. Supporters distributed a special edition of the "Voelkischer Beobachter" which used to be the Nazi Party's official newspaper, printed to mark Adolf Hitler's 89th birthday on April 20. Ironically, the raid took place on the same day that the weekly "Spiegel" disclosed a growing trend of terrorism among rightwing neo-Nazis, patterned on the activities of Ger- many's notorious leftwing Baader-Meinhof gang. The ICF's activities were discovered following the arrest last month of a German rightwinger charged with an armed attack on a group of Dutch soldiers stationed in Ger- many and the theft of their weapons. Police now think the neo-Nazis. supported by rightwing groups in England, have been responsi- ble for several bank robberies as well. Spiegel said the number of organized rightwing extremists is diminishing (from 28,000 in 1971 to 18,000 last year) but a hard core of about 150 activists and 1,000 "sympathizers" remains. "Only a few dozen" of the activists support vio- lence, says Spiegel. But in 1977 the number of attacks doubled to 613, and with every second arrest, state security sources said, they found "weapons, ammunition and explosives." Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, chair- NEW YORK (JTA) man of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, stressed Wednesday that the differences be- tween the American Jewish community and the Carter Ad- ministration are not "unbreachable" despite the Administra- tion sale of sophisticated jet planes to Saudi Arabia and Egypt. But he warned that if the Administration was to attempt now to impose a peace settlement on Israel it would result in an "ir- reversible break." Schindler said that President Carter now has the "moral obligation" to see that Egypt returns to the negotiating table, and to persuade the Saudis to give their "full-hearted backing to bilateral negotiations" between Israel and Egypt. Schindler confirmed that after the Senate voted 54-44 against rejecting the sale of planes to Israel, Egypt and Saudi Arabia, top White House officials called him and other Jewish leaders and non-Jewish supporters of Israel throughout the country Monday night and Tuesday in attempts to assure them that the Carter Administration still supports the need for a secure Is- rael. — Asked if he believed such assurances from the White House, Schindler said he is a "pragmatist" and "I measure true belief by deeds." He explained that when words are substantiated by action then "I believe it." He added that Jewish history has taught him this since Jews have been betrayed so often. Schindler noted that President Carter stressed that the U.S. was providing 60 F-15s to Saudi Arabia because of a promise made to the kingdom by the Ford Administration. "If America has to keep our promises to Saudi Arabia it has to keep our promises to Israel as well," he declared. He pointed out that Israel was promised as part of the 1975 Sinai Agreement planes and other weapons. At the outset, Schindler stressed that the Senate vote was not a "watershed" in American-Israeli relations. He said he was "outraged" by those who called the Senate vote a defeat for the "Jewish lobby." He noted that while it was "proper" to call the supporters of Israel a pro-Israel lobby it was improper to call (Continued on Page 7) President's Sister Urged to Cancel Conference Talk NEW YORK (JTA) — Representatives of the Jewish community have cabled Ruth Carter Stapleton, urging that she withdraw from her scheduled appearance June 8 at the annual con- ference of Bnai Yeshua (Sons of Jesus), a Hebrew-Christian missionary group based on Long Island. Richard Ravitch, president of the Jewish Com- munity Relations Council (JCRC) and Dr. Seymour Lachman, chairman of its Task Force on Missionary Activity, stated that this organization has been denounced by Christian and Jewish groups alike for engaging in deception and mis- representation of Judaism and Christianity. They pointed out that Bnai Yeshua, like other so-called Hebrew-Christian or mes- sianic Jewish groups, engages in activities primarily aimed at proselytization in the Jewish community. These groups have been frequently criticized for their exploitation of Jewish religious symbols and sancta, and un- dermining the relationship of mutual respect of various faith groups. Ravitch and Lachman expressed dismay that Mrs. Stapleton would associate herself with Bnai Yeshua and serve as keynote speaker at its meet- ing. They cited the recent statement by the Long Island Council of Churches board of governors, which noted "with alarm that certain groups are engaging in subterfuge and dishonesty in repre- senting the claims that they are faith groups. The board also deplored the pressures which result when any faith group calls into question the right to continued existence of another faith group." Max and Frieda Stollman to Receive Bar-Ilan Honorary Degrees June 20 Special to The Jewish News RAMAT GAN, Israel — Dr. Emanuel Rackman, president of Bar-Ilan University, this week announced the unanimous decision of the Bar-Ban University Senate to award honorary doctorates to two prominent Detroiters, Frieda and Max Stollman. This will be the first time that honorary doctorates will be conferred upon a husband and wife team. Three other awardees who will receive honorary doctorates at the June 20 commencement services are Nissim Gaon, the world Sephardi leader, who resides in Switzerland; Abraham Spiegel, Los Angeles Jewish leader; and former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Yitzhak Kister. Frieda and Max Stollman have a pioneering distinction in the founding of Bar-Ilan and in the formation of many chapters in its behalf throughout the United States. several of the Bar - Ban University MAX STOLLMAN Max Stollman, with his brother Phillip Stollman, has his name linked with buildings and with many scholarship and other projects at the university. Frieda Stollman was the organizer and national president of the Women's Division of Bar - Ban University and the' organizer of women's chapters in many cities. FRIEDA STOLLMAN