JEWISH NEWS

10 Friday, Octobl, lotii9p

Autonomy Talks to Resume
Formally' in Washington

Member Sees
Advisory Unit
As Opportunity

WASHINGTON (JTA) —
The newly appointed 20-
member U.S. Inter-
governmental Advisory
Council on Education con-
stitutes "a unique opportu-
nity" to help advance learn-
ing and training of Ameri-
ca's youth, according to
Rabbi Abraham Shemtov,
the lone Jewish member of
the group.
"I hope the council will be
active and not a passive
paper organization," the
Lubavitcher rabbi said after
the Council was sworn in
last week at the White
House.
"With good will and coop-
eration, it can be made to
work and help improve
America's educational
processes."
Shemtov is director of the
American Friends of
Lubavitch and regional
head of the Lubavitcher
movement in Pennsylvania,
southern New Jersey and
Deleware.

Arafat's Aide
Meets the Pope

ROME — Pope John Paul
II, declaring that "Ab-
raham's heirs are still pain-
fully confronting each
other," has called for a
worldwide effort to make
Jerusalem "a truly holy
city, a city of peace."
The statement was made
following a meeting be-
tween the Pope and Afif Saf-
fied, an aide to PLO leader
Yasir Arafat. This was the
first meeting between a
Pope and an official of the
PLO.

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WASHINGTON (JTA) —
Discussions will be resumed
"formally" on West Bank-
Gaza autonomy starting on
an unspecified date next
week in Washington, the
State Department said
monday.
The announcement ap-
peared to contradict official
Egyptian reports that the
talks will be resumed here
Oct. 14, but only to discuss
"modalities" on how to pro-
ceed with the negotiations
that Egypt broke off in
August.
Confronted with these
differences of view on a sub-
ject of broad interest in the
Presidential campaign,
State Department spokes-
man John Trattner insisted
that the talks are "formal."
He emphasized "Yes" when
asked if the talks would
mark a "formal resump-
tion" of negotiations.
He named as the par-
ticipants the heads of the
three delegations — U.S.
special ambassador Sol
Linowitz, Egyptian.
Foreign ifinister Kamal
Hassan Ali and Israeli
Interior Minister Yosef
Burg.
Trattner's statement
came in the context of ques-
tions about Secretary of
State Edmund Muskie's
conversations in New York
last week with Saudi Ara-
bian Foreign Minister Pr-
ince Saud al Faisal. The
minister said in a CBS na-
tional television broadcast
that "The PLO, if there is a
peaceful settlement, has to
be brought into the picture."
Trattner refused to say if
any change has taken place

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in Saudi Arabia's opposition
to the Camp David process
in view of the U.S. supply-
ing the Saudis with sophis-
ticated aircraft and other
military equipment and
American personnel to op-
erate it.
He noted, however, "We
have made it clear we would
like to widen the peace
process in the Middle East
to include as many of the di-
rectly affected or closely in-
terested parties as we can —
as can be included."
Last Friday, in one of his
toughest statements on Is-
rael, Saud told the United
Nations General Assembly
that in order to "free
Jerusalem from the grip of
racist Zionism," Moslems
and Christians must con-
duct an all-out holy war and
endorsed an Arab move to
suspend Israel from the
General Assembly.

Pakistan Leader
Condemns Israel,
at UN Assembly

UNITED NATIONS
(JTA) — President
Mohammed Zia-ul-Haq of
Pakistan, speaking as
chairman of the Islamic
Conference, charged last
week that Israel is "the
most destabilizing factor in
the Middle East" and
warned that the Palestinian
problem could "explode at
any-moment."
In a speech to the UN
General Assembly devoted
mainly to the Iraqi-Iranian
war, Zia said the Moslem
world fully supports the
Palestinian cause and the
leadership of the Palestine
Liberation Organization in
their efforts to liberate their
territory "from Zionist rule
and occupation."
He accused Israel of defy-
ing UN resolutions and con-
tinuing to occupy Arab land
by force. Zia said the Mos-
lem world "salutes" the 13
countries which have re-
moved their diplomatic
missions from Jerusalem
and called for further ac-
tions by the world commu-
nity against Israel.

The Pakistani president
also attacked the United
States. He said that while it
claims vital economic and
strategic interests in the
Middle East, the U.S. is
pursuing a policy of "hostile
confrontation" with the
Arab world by extending
open-ended support of Is-
rael.

Israel Visits Set

NEW YORK — Members
of the American Jewish
Committee will share a
person-to-person view of Is-
rael and the Israeli people
through a series of four
Membership - Missions - to -
Israel beginning in Novem-
ber.
The November mission
will have a special emphasis
on Jerusalem, where mis-
sion members will end their
14-day stay. Other missions
will visit Israel in De-
cember, March and July.

Leo I. Franklin, of Beth El
Rabbinic Family, Dies at 76

Leo I. Franklin, a 50-
year-plus practicing attor-
ney, member of a nationally
prominent rabbinic family
who activated the progress
and growth of Temple Beth
El here commencing with
its downtown Detroit
synagogue, died Oct. 2 at
age 76.
A native Detroiter, Mr.
Franklin often expressed
his pride, in comments to
The Detroit Jewish News,
that his father, the late
Dr.Leo M. Franklin, who
was an early member of the
Council for Judism, was the
first to abandon the anti-
Zionist-anti-Israel organ-
ization.
Mr. Franklin was chair-
man of the largest draft
board during World War II.
Mr. Franklin was
graduated from the Uni-
versity of Michigan Law
School in 1926 and taught
at the Wayne State Uni-
versity Law School in the
1940s.
He was the chief legal
counsel for the U.S. Office of
Price Administration and
chief counsel for the Price
Adjustment Board of the
U.S. Army Air Corps cen-
tral procurement district.
He served as labor counsel
to Detroit Edison.
He was one of the found-
ers of the Detroit Common
Pleas Court and past
president of the Detroit Bar
Association (1950). Mr.
Franklin was the commis-
sioner of the Detroit House
of Correction from 1961 to
1969, commissioner of the
State Bar of Michigan and a
former commissioner of the
Detroit Fire Department.

U.S. Opposes
Ousting Israel
From UN Body

WASHINGTON (JTA) —
The State Department said
last week that the United
States would "firmly oppose
any attempt" to oust Israel
from the United Nations
General Assembly, but
stopped short of saying that
the U.S. itself would with-
draw from that body in the
event of Israel's expulsion.
A State Department
spokesman, David Noll, was
asked for comment follow-
ing President Carter's re-
cent statement that such an
expulsion "would raise the
gravest questions" about fu-
ture U.S. participation in
the General Assembly.
Noll read the following
prepared statement: "While
we have no indication that
serious challenge to Israel's
credentials at the General
Assembly will be made, ob-
viously this is potentially
an extremely serious mat-
ter. The United States will
firmly oppose any attempt
to deprive Israel of its
legitimate rights as a re-
spected member of the in-
ternational community.

Next to invention is the
power of interpreting in-
vention; next to beauty the
power of appreciating
beauty.
—Margaret Fuller

, LEO I. FRANKLIN

He was a member of Tem-
ple Beth El and its president
from 1961 to 1962. He was
chairman of the Wayne
State University Founda-
tion in 1955, a board
member of Boys Republic
and Civic Searchlight and a
founder and past president
of the Great Lakes Club. He
also held membership in the
Detroit Club and Savoyard
Club.
Mr. Franklin was on
the boards of the Tuber-
culosis and Health
Society of Wayne County,
the Montefiore Home for
Aged and the American
Judicature Society.
Mr. Franklin leaves his
wife, Ethel; a son, John; a
sister, Mrs. Stanley (Mar-
garet) Fleischaker; and
three grandchildren.

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Norman Folbe

Norman Folbe, president
and chief executive officer of
Imperial Heating and Cool-
ing Co. for 18 years, died
Oct. 4 at age 44.
A native Detroiter, Mr.
Folbe was active in raising
money for autistic children.
He was a board member of
American ORT Federation,
Temple Israel, Crescent
Shrine Club, Masonic Tem-
ple and Oak Park Masonic
Lodge.
He leaves his wife,
Eleanor; two sons, Jack ^nd
Adam; three daughte'
zan, Ronda and Marla, nis
mother, Mrs. William
(Sophie) Folbe; and a sister,
Mrs. Fred (Annette)
Schriber.

Carl Gersten

Carl Gersten, founder
and owner of City Cleaners
in Detroit, died Oct. 2 at age
67.
Born in Hungary, Mr.
Gersten lived 50 years in
Detroit. He was graduated
from Cass Technical High
School and was involved in
the dry cleaning industry
for 50 years and owned his
own business for 33 years.
He retired eight years ago.
He leaves his wife, Clara;
a son, Richard; two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Bernard (Joan)
Bloch and Mrs. Gena
Bhatia; two brothers,
Joseph and Ted; and six
grandchildren.

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