1
THE Dom JEVOSH NEWS
Friday, Papist 4, 1978
U.S. Won't Comment on Swap for Shcharansky
WASHINGTON (JTA) —
The United States govern-
ment has refused to make
any comment on reports
from Europe that the Soviet
Union would release im-
prisoned Jewish activist
Anatoly Shcharansky in a
major East-West swap. "I
don't think any comment I
might make would be useful
in a situation like this,"
State Department spokes-
man Hodding Carter told
reporters, Wednesday.
Secretary of State Cyrus
Vance also had no comment
when he met with reporters
after leaving a meeting of
the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee. But, when
asked if such an exchange
would be helpful to U.S.-
Soviet relations, he said,
"Obviously it would be help-
ful if Mr. Shcharansky were
rel
DRAPERY
CLEANING
DRAPERY CLEANERS
All That The Name Implies
We Remove & Rehang
FREE ESTIMATE
891-1818
Trade Member
American S6ciety of
Interior Designers
(A.S.I.D.)
It was reported this week
that a secretary to Samuel
Flatto-Sharon, a member of
the Israeli Knesset, was in-
volved with negotiations to
swap Shcharansky.
reported that her husband
is still on a hunger strike.
He was arrested while out-
side the courtroom during
the Moscow trial of Soviet
dissident Yuri Orlov.
Israeli activists de-
nounced Flatto-Sharon's
recent claim that his in-
tervention was responsi-
ble for the Soviet grant of
an exit visa to Israel Zal-
manson, a defendant in
the 1970 Leningrad
hijack trial. The activists
said that visas were given
to all Jewish prisoners
who completed their sen-
tences and charged
Flatto with using that
case for political gain.
Leon Uris, author of
"Trinity," "Exodus" and
other books, announced
that he and his photo-
grapher wife Jill were
cancelling a scheduled
fall visit to the Soviet
Union because of the re-
cent trials of dissidents.
Meanwhile, the National
Conference for Soviet Jewry
in New York reported that
Shcharansky's 70-year-old
mother Ida Milgrom has left
Moscow to visit her son at
Vladimir Prison 120 miles
northeast of Moscow. At the
same time, the NCSJ said
that the whereabouts of
convicted prisoners of con-
science Vladimir Slepak
and Ida Nudel are un-
known. Nudel may be on
her way to internal exile at
Novosibirsk in Siberia.
It was also reported that
the appeal of Soviet Jewish
activist Iosif Begun's sen-
tence of three years of in-
ternal exile was upheld by a
Moscow appeals court. Be-
gun, who was not present
during the appeal, was con-
victed of violating Soviet
passport regulations. He
had previously been con-
victed of "parasitism" and
had served a sentence in
Siberia.
Begun's wife, Alla, was
present at the appeal and
FRESH FISH
From Great Scott's
Fresh Fish Counter
CANADIAN
WHITEFISH
PLUS SAN GREEN STAMPS
FOR THE FINEST IN PERSONAL
SATISFACTION CALL ONE OF
THESE GREAT SCOTT! STORES!
* Farmington-32906 MkWlebelt & 14 Mi. 855.9390
8.
*Farmington-308SO Orchard Lake & 13 Mi. 851.5868
* Bloomfield Twp.-1900 Woodward
Square Lake 338-4436
* Bloomfield Twp.-Telegraph & Long Lake
*Southfield-27155 Greenfield 8. 11 Mi. 557-0150
* Southfield-19855 Twelve Mi. & Evergreen 559.9829
WE CARRY A COMPLETE
SELECTION OF YOUR
SEAFOOD FAVORITES
%cm,
UJ wm
■
Meanwhile, the Interna-
tional Harvester Co. dis-
closed it has suspended
trade negotiations with the
Soviet Union and appealgd
to other U.S. firms doing
business with the Soviet
Union for support in protest
against the arrest of Jay
Crawford, Harvester's rep-
resentative in Moscow, who
was dragged from his car on
a Moscow street June 1 and
held prisoner in Lefortovo
prison.
He was accused of illeg-
ally buying large sums of
Soviet currency on the black
market.
Crawford was interro-
gated again this week by
Soviet agents.
In Tel Aviv, a group of
activists involved in the
struggle of Soviet Jews
for emigration urged that
the cause of Soviet Jewry
be divorced from the
general human rights
battle being waged by
Soviet dissidents.
A statement issued by the
Public Coordinating Com-
mittee for Russian Jews
said it sympathized with the
human rights campaign
conducted by dissidents
Yuri Orlov, Alexander
Ginzburg and others.
"We have deep respect for
such people," the statement
said, "but the Jewish fight
for aliya bore fruit mainly
because it carefully avoided
interfering with the inter-
nal problems of the USSR,
especially the human rights
issue."
On another matter, of-
ficials of the State De-
partment and the U.S.
Postal Service publicly
blamed each other last
week for the U.S. failure
to bring formal com-
plaints to high Soviet au-
thorities for the non-
delivery of mail from
Americans to Soviet citi-
zens, mostly Jews, or to
lodge complaints against
the Soviet government
with the Universal Postal
Union (UPU).
The conflict arose at the
second hearing by the
House Subcommittee on
Postal Operations and Ser-
vices.
The Postal Service re-
ceived 2,522 inquiries last
year about parcels and let-
ters that did not reach
Soviet Union addresses. Of-
ficials said that has been the
average for the past five
years.
. .
Rolex
Fredrick
ick
Fredr
of BLOOMFIFID HILLS
869 Weil long late Road
646 0973
Moo thsnt Sot 10 to 500
Thom to 9 pot
App&ai.olo b. Appoint...et
' ,1-Waillo You
t
Wait-WNW
BAD CHECKS!!
DELINQUENT ACCOUNTS!!
LET US COLLECT FOR YOU
FOX & ASSOCIATES
23777 Greenfield, Suite 277
Southfield, Mich. 48075
1-313-559-9600 Mr. Elias
JEWISH NATIONAL
FUND
Comfort G Yey
Comfortc- Ye,
People
In this 30th anniversary year of Israel's renewed independence, what
more appropriate way to mark Tisha B'Av than by affirming our solidarity
with the people of Israel by redeeming and developing the land of Israel.
Tisha B'Av is the occasion for Jews everywhere to recall the destruction
of the Holy Temple, that traumatic event which ushered in two millenia of
Jewish dispersion and statelessness. It is also a time to give thanks for
the miracle of Israel reborn in our lifetime and the restoration of Jewish
sovereignty in our historic homeland.
MAKE YOUR CONTRIBUTION
TO THE
Detroiter's Kin
Get Exit Visas
Congressman James. J.
Blanchard, (D-Pleasant
Ridge) has learned that
Soviet refusnik Mikhail
Strugach and his family
have been granted permis-
sion to emigrate from the
Soviet Union.
Strugach has been trying
for over five years to gain
permission to emigrate. He
has not been allowed to
work since he first applied
to leave the Soviet Union in
May of 1973. He had been
arrested twice for so-called
"hooliganism," a term often
used by the Soviets to label
Jewish activity, and each
time spent 15 days in jail.
Blanchard said that he
had been asked last year
to help the Strugach fam-
ily to emigrate by
Strugach's cousin, Mrs.
Dorothy Harwood of
West Bloomfield, and by
the Soviet Jewry Com-
mittee of Cong. Beth
Shalom.
Strugach, his wife Yelena
and their two children
Grigory and Valery are
scheduled to leave the
Soviet Union on Thursday
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND
MORE GENEROUS THIS TISHA b AV
Over the years it has become a proud tradition for synagogues through-
out the United States to conduct appeals or other fund raising functions
during their Tisha B'Av observances for the Jewish National Fund. This
year, more than ever, as Israel faces a critical moment of challenge ,and
opportunity, the members of all congregations will want to join JNF in
bringing new life and color to the remaining wastelands of the Jewish
State.
WE KNOW WE CAN COUNT ON THE LEADERSHIP IN ENLISTING
THEIR CONGREGATIONS' SUPPORT AND PARTICIPATION BY
CONDUCTING THE APPEAL IN THEIR SYNAGOGUE ON SHABBAT
CHAZON, BEFORE KINOTH ON SATURDAY EVENING, AUGUST
12th, AND ON SUNDAY MORNING AUGUST 13th
Those Not Attending The Synagogues on Tisha B'Av
Are Requested to Send Their Contributions To The Office
Of The
T 5
1 ' 7 rTri
r
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND
27308 Southfield Road
Ir-11
st■ OWN !Om.' 04 UMW.
Southfield, MI 48076
557-6644
Contributions to JNF Are Tax Deductible