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Friday, illy 7, 1978 39

ADL Urges State Dept. to Probe
Fund Raising by PLO Mem ers

NEW YORK — The
Anti-Defamation League of
Bnai Brith said that the
Editor-in-Chief
U.S. State Department re-
Emeritus, JTA
sponse to ADL accusations
(Copyright 1978. JTA. Inc.)
of illegal and proscribed
fund raising by members of
WITHOUT MALICE: Jewish communities today are
the Palestine Liberation
judged not only by their fund-raising efforts and other
communal activities but also by the kind of local English- - Organization in this coun-
try "unfortunately raises as
Jewish weekly newspaper published in their community.
many questions as it
The face of each community is reflected through its
answers."
English-Jewish publication.
According to Arnold Fors-
The importance of the English-Jewish press has become ter, ADL associate difector
obvious in various Jewish communities during the last
and general counsel, the
decade. A number of organized communities, having
ADL has called upon the
realized this importance, have gone into financially help-
State Department for "offi-
ing the existence of their local paper.
cial clarifications" of its re-
Among the outstanding English-Jewish newspapers in sponse to the charges.
Disclosing the contents of
the country is The Detroit Jewish News, excellently edited
by its very able editor and publisher Philip Slomovitz. A an exchange of correspon-
pillar of American Jewish journalism— he has been in this dence between the ADL and
field for more than 50 years — Phil, as he is affectionately officials of the State De-
partment, Forster declared
called by friends, has established a high reputation for the
Detroit Jewish community and for his paper which is en- that the State Department
tirely a private enterprise seeking no financial support had avoided the real issue
by denying that PLO rep-
from communal funds.
Because of the fact that the paper is so ably edited and resentatives had violated
travel restrictions "even
presents a well-balanced picture of Jewish local, national
and international news, against a background of well- though no such charge was
written editorial comments and inside information, it has a made by ADL."
readership also in cities other than Detroit. I know Jews in
Instead, he said, ADL
states other than Michigan who subscribe to The Detroit accusations communi-
Jewish News and read it religiously. By presenting solid cated in letters to Secret-
analytical and interpretive views on developments in ary of State Cyrus R.
Jewish life, the paper serves its readers constructively and Vance on May 3 and May
instructively, giving them direction and a deeper under- 5" specifiedseveral in-
stances of fund raising
standing of the news behind the news. _
activities by PLO offi-
HONORING AN EDITOR: Appreciating the service cials stationed in New
Phil Slomovitz has been giving for decades to the Detroit York
and
City
Jewish community, to American Jewry and to Israel where Washington, D.C., which
he is highly regarded as an ardent Zionist and a brilliant violated the terms of their
journalist, a number of Jewish leaders in Detroit have now visas and the conditions
honored him in an appropriate manner by publishing, under which they are
through the Wayne State University Press a collection of permitted to function in
his editorials under the title "Without Malice."
the U.S.
The collection — which I would call "Phil's Best" —
In those letters, the ADL
reflects the values he believes in. It is the best testimony to requested that the PLO UN
his ability 'as editor, to Ms clear thinking, to his fair at- Observer Mission in New
titude on important issues, and to his firm stand on matters York City and the PLO In-
concerning the advancement of basic Jewish ideals. The formation Office in
selected editorials also throw light on his personality as a Washington; D.C., be closed
man dedicated to everything that is important in Jewish because:
life, who is speaking out without malice against any
.. semblance of injustice to the Jewish people and Israel any-
where. The editorials are not pompous, not pontificating,
not pretending to speak in the name of the Jewish people;
they are reserved, dignified, courageous and incisive. They
NEW YORK — A
also have an appealing warmth.
What makes Philip Slomovitz so outstanding as an editor German-Jewish couple liv-
in the field of Jewish journalism? Some years ago, on the ing in New York will celeb-
occasion of the 25th anniversary of The Detroit Jewish rate their 100th birthdays
News, I as editor-in-chief of the Jewish Telegraphic this summer and nearly 70
years of marriage.
Agency, wrote:
Dora Kahn celebrated her
"To be a good editor of a Jewish publication requires not
only journalistic ability, but also a good Jewish background birthday June 30 and her
husband,
Julius, will reach
and solid Jeivish knowledge. An English-Jewish editor
must master not only the English language, but must know the milestone Aug. 16.
The Kahns, from
well Hebrew, Yiddish and a few more languages of the
countries from where Jewish news eman•tes. He must be Frankfurt -am-Main, im-
deeply steeped in Jewish history, know ancient and modern migrated to the U.S. in
in the
Jewish literature, understand the currents and undercur- 1938. They have lived
same apartment in New
rents of Jewish life in this country and abroad.
"He must participate in Jewish communal activities and York since 1940.
be part and parcel of the community. He must understand
Jewish events and must follow general events related to
Jewish interests. He must anticipate events and be well-
TEL AVIV (ZINS) — The
qualified to analyze them and interpret them clearly and chairmanship of the Liberal
properly to his readers. He must, therefore, understand
Party has been vacant since
' world affairs, no less than Jewish affairs. And — in addi- the resignation of Dr.
tion to quite a number of other qualifications — he must Elimelech Rimalt. Gideon
also enjoy the full confidence of Jewish leadership of all Patt claims Finance Minis-
shades and movements."
ter Simha Ehrlich is the
Phil possesses all these qualifications. This is why he is only logical choice for the
in a position to present - the news from a proper perspective position.
and is able to comment on developments authoritatively.
It was also announced
This is also why be is so highly respected not only in his own that Leon Dulzin would re-
Jewish community, in Detroit, but also by national Jewish tain his position as chair-
leadership in this country and by leaders of the state of man of the Liberal Party
Israel. As to his prestige in the profession, it is sufficient to central committee despite
say that he was a founder of the American Jewish Press his busy schedule as chair-
Association and for many years president and the spark- man of the Jewish Agency
plug of this body of the English-Jewish press in this coun- and World Zionist Organi-
try. He is also a vice president of the Jewish Telegraphic
zation Executives.
Agency.
,

Couple Celebrate
100th Birthdays

Ehrlich Is Pushed

• Zehdi Labib Terzi, head
of the PLO Observer Dele-
gation to the United Na-
tions, and his deputy,
Hasan Rahman, on at least
two occasions illegally par-
ticipated in fund raising ac-
tivities in the New York
area although such action is
clearly proscribed by the
special visas under which
they were admitted to this
country and by State De-
partment policy;
• Hatim I. Husseini, act-
ing director of the PLO In-
in
Office
formation
Washington, D.C., violated
his office's own sworn sub-
mission of purpose with the
AttOnaey General — a "true
and complete statement" all
foreign agents must file
under the Foreign Agent
Registration Act — by mak-
ing a pro-PLO fund raising
speech at Oklahoma State
University.
In seeking clarification,
Forster wrote Nicholas A.
Veliotes, deputy assistant
secretary of the Bureau of
Near Eastern and South
Asian Affairs: "In the light
of Terzi and Rahman's fund
raising efforts which, it
would seem, were in direct
contravention of U.S. policy
which proscribes such activ-
ity by members of the UN
Observer Mission, we fail to
comprehend the conclusion
reached in your letter that
on the basis of the specific
allegations which you have
made in your letter of May
5, it would not appear that
PLO Observer Mission per-
sonnel violated any pros-
cription of their travel!' "
Forster stressed that
the ADL charged "not
that Terzi and Rahman
violated the 25-mile
travel restriction, but
that they engaged in pro-
hibited fund raising."

Forster also pointed out
that since "fund raising"
was not listed among the ac-
tivities the PLO said it
would conduct in this coun-
try in its statement of pur-
pars for its Information Of-
fice,,it "was prohibited from
engaging in such activity."
He added that a State De-
partment briefing officer
had told a press conference
on September 21,1976, that
"the PLO is not registered
under the Foreign Agents
Registration Act as a fund
raising organization nor is
any agent registered to so
act for them."

DR. RALPH HANDLERS

NUTRITIONAL and

IITPNITIENAPT CUNIC P.C.

This would indicate,
Forster went on to say,
"that the PLO would
specifically have to regis-
ter as a fund raising or-
ganization in order to
conduct such activity in
this country."
Forster said that the
State Department was
urged to act because it has
full control and authority
over the terms under which
PLO members may remain
or reside in the United
States under the terms of
the Foreign Relations Au-
thorization Act of 1978 and
under 8 USC Section 1182
(28) (F).

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