22 Friday, May 25, 1919

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Klutznick Reviews Status of Diaspora

marks, Klutznick disclosed crisis level. But there are
some surprising population disturbing manifestations
in parts of Latin America
figures.
He said Jews in the Soviet and in some European coun-
Union numbered between tries where neo-Nazi and
fascist groups are becoming
1.7 and 1.9 million, not 2.5
million as estimated ear- more numerous and bolder,
lier. He said this figure took Klutznick said.
He said there were cer-
into account the 200,000
Jews who have emigrated in tain lessons to be learned
recent years, the almost from the American televi-
zero natural increase of sion series "Holocaust"
which was ignored by some
Soviet Jews and the inroads
communities. That, he said,
made by assimilation.
The entire eastern bloc, is one reason why the Sta-
including the USSR, has a tute of Limitations allowing
total Jewish population the prosecution of Nazi war
criminals in West Germany
today of 2.25 million,
must not be allowed to ex-
Klutznick said.
There are three million pire at the end of this year.
Klutznick spoke of chang-
Jews in Israel and six mil-
lion in the U.S. and ing lifestyles and work pat-
terns among Diaspora Jews,
Canada combined. West-
ern Europe has 1.250 mil- notably their mobility
lion Jews; South and which is greater than at any
time in the last 35 years. He
Central America 900,000;
said that in the U.S. fewer
The Far East, including
Australia and New Zea- Jews are going into busi-
ness or self-employed occu-
land 150,000; and 150,000
pations and more into pro-
in all of Africa.
. fessions and salaried jobs.
Klutznick said that in the
This, he said, may have re-
Diaspora as a whole, anti- percuSsions on fund-raising
Semitism, including anti-
in the future.
Zionism, was far below
In that connection,
f
Klutznick remarked, "I
hold the opinion that Is-
rael's difficult march
toward full peace will
continue to the focus of
Diaspora concern and ef-
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — A
review of the status of Dias-
pora Jewry was presented
by Philip Klutznick,
president of the World
Jewish Congress here
Tuesday at a gathering to
mark the first anniversary
of the Beth Hatefutsot, the
Museum of the Diaspora,
which was officially re-
named in honor of Dr.
Nahum Goldmann, former
WJC president, who con-
ceived the idea 20 years ago.
Future anniversaries will
also be occasions for
analysis of the situation of
Diaspora Jews. In his re-

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tion of gifts. It has be-
come for tens of
thousands a way of iden-
tifying themselves with
the Jewish community."
In a Monday statement in
Israel, Klutznick strongly
defended Jewish organiza-
tions that provided aid to
"Noshrim," Soviet Jews
who choose to settle in coun-
tries other than Israel after
they leave the USSR.
Klutznick said those
organizations operate ac-
cording to the principle of
freedom of choice which
means that they see it as
their duty to help Jews find
a home wherever they
choose.
"Israel's failure is prob-
ably not in absorbing im-
migrants but rather in at-
tracting them," Klutznick
said. He observed that
Soviet Jewish emigration is
increasing while Iranian
Jews, who are beginning to
feel the pressure to move,
hesitate since they are wary
about applying for exit visas
from the present regime. He
said the primary concern of
the World Jewish Congress
in the coming year will be to
maintain Jewish unity
throughout the world and to
safeguard the interests of
Jews in places where it is
necessary to do so.

With respect to the Mid-
dle East, Klutznick noted
that next year is a
Presidential election year
in the U.S. and that will
have repercussions on the
situation. But he said he
was convinced that the Car-
ter Administration is re-
solved to remain involved in
the Middle East negotia-
tions.

Knesset Blocks
Marriage Bill

JERUSALEM (JTA) — A
demand that Israel insti-
tute civil marriage as an al-
ternative option to religious
marriage was struck off the
agenda by the coalition
majority in the Knesset last
week.
The private motion was
submitted by Yossi Sarid of
the Labor Party, Shulamit
Aloni of the Civil Rights
movement, Meir Payil of
Sheli, and Mordechai Wir-
shuvsky of the Shai faction.
Minister of Religious Af-
fairs Aharon Abu Hatzeira
said it was futile to attempt
to disrupt the delicate bal-
ance between the religious
and non-religious popula-
tion. He stressed that all
previous governments had
maintained the status quo
on marital issues which are
under the jurisdiction of the
Orthodox rabbinate.

Navon Visits
Gush Etzion

JERUSALEM (JTA) —
President Yitzhak Navon
toured the area of Gush Etz-
ion, the first presidential
tour beyond the Green Line
in the state's history. The
president, however, denied
that his visit to the region
had any far-reaching politi-
cal significance.

Congress Acts on Barring
PLO From Entering the U.S.

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Shafik al-Hout, director of
A Senate-House conference the PLO operations in Be-

committee will work out
language that will have the
effect of barring members of
the Palestine Liberation
Organization and officials
of labor organizations in
Communist countries from
entering the United States
unless both the Secretary of
State and the Attorney
General agree on a special
waiver for them.
The House of Representa-
tives, which rejected a pro-
posal on that basis last year,
had adopted the legislation
providing for the toughened
law after its introduction by
Rep. Stephen Solarz (D-
N.Y.) and Edward Der-
winski (R-Ill.). A proposal
with a similar purpose was
introduced by Senators
Jacob Javits (R-N.Y.) and
Robert Dole (R-Kans:). The
Senate approved it 87-2.
The measure is part of the
authorization bill for the
State Department. Sen.
Howard Baker (R-Tenn.)
and 10 other Senators asked
the Senate to repeal the
McGovern Amendment
that made it easier for
members of proscribed
organizations such as the
PLO to enter the U.S.
But Javits and Dole
urged milder language as
a compromise because
the McGovern Amend-
ment had been originally
offered to strengthen the
U.S. position with respect
to the Helsinki accords.
In the debate on the pro-
posal, the Carter Adminis-
tration had declared its op-
position to any changes in
the law, contending that the
McGovern Amendment
supported the U.S. position
under the Helsinki agree-
ment.
But opposition to the Ad-
ministration emerged
strongly after the State De-
partment granted a visa to

irut, to visit the United
States for three weeks dur-
ing which he traveled freely
after he was invited by un-
identified groups at four
American universities.
The AFL-CIO and the
American-Israel Public Af-
fairs Committee had op-
posed the McGovern pro-
viso. Baker noted that the
proviso allows Communist
officials "under the guise of
trade unionism" to enter the
U.S. and "grant the stamp of
legitimacy to this patent
charade."
Under the law, "the
PLO is a proscribed
organization" but Baker
added that "PLO mem-
bers have had virtually
free access to this coun-
try." Contrary to some
recent assertions, Baker
said, "it is a matter of of-
ficial record at the De-
partment of State and the
Immigration and
Naturalization Service
that these agencies inter-
pret the McGovern
Amendment to require
approval of visa applica-
tions for PLO officials."
Baker observed that the
amendment he offered "red-
resses this problem — these
excesses of the present law
— without doing any vio-
lence whatsoever to the
legitimate and laudable
purposes of the Helsinki ac-
cords."
It would require a U.S.
government decision to
admit visitors . "openly
rather than secretly and it
reaffirms the commitment
of the U.S. to an exchange of
views and the movement of
people that is truly free —
not the convenient captive
of propagandists and ter-
rorists." The lone opponents
were Senators William
Armstrong (R-Colo.) and
James McClure (R-Idaho).

Likud Is Casting Wary Eye
at President Yitzhak Navon

By MOSHE RON

The Jewish News Special
Israel Correspondent

TEL AVIV — Relations
between the Likud and the
Labor Party are becoming
increasingly strained. For
example, Likud MK Dr. Ab-
raham Katz recently pro-
posed that the Israeli
President should not be
active in the political field
until four years after leav-
ing office.
It was suggested that this
proposal was aimed at the
present President Yitzhak
Navon, a former active
member of the Labor Party,
who is very popular and
might be a candidate in the
next Knesset elections with
the aim of becoming the
next Prime Minister.
The newspapers have
been saying that Navon
meddles too much in politics
in order to increase his
popularity. Navon insisted
on greeting President Car-
ter and President Sadat on
their arrival in Israel thi4,
year instead of Prime

YITZHAK NAVON

Minister Menahem Begin.
Some leading Likud
members accuse the
President of political
aims, but Begin rejects
these rumors and con-
tinues his good personal
relations with the
President.
But it becomes more and
more clear that inter-party
relations will be more
strained as the next Knes-
set elections come nearer.

The Sinai Peninsula has
been one of the most
crossed, but least occupied
pieces of real estate on the
earth.