THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

14 Friday, January 23, 1981

Supreme-Court Takes U.S Citizenship from Treblinka Guard

WASHINGTON (JTA) —
The U.S. Supreme Court in
a 7-2 decision Wednesday
ruled that a former Ukrai-
nian guard at the Treblinka
Concentration Camp in Po-
land during World War II
had violated U.S. law in'his
application for U.S. citizen-
ship almost 11 years ago
and he is no longer a U.S.

citizen.
As a result of the decision
in the first case of an alleged
Nazi war criminal ever
aired before the Supreme
Court, Feodor Fedorenko,
73, of Miami, Fla., faces de-
portation proceedings.
There was no immediate
indication when the pro-
ceedings will begin or to

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where he would be deported,
The case before the courts
was unusual in several as-
pects. It was the only case
argued before the nation's
highegt tribunal by Benja-
min Civiletti in his capacity
as attorney general. It also
established precedents that
would affect future cases
dealing with "material re-
presentation" of facts by
would-be citizens.
Former Rep. Elizabeth
Holtzman (D-N.Y.), who
chaired the House
Judiciary subcommittee
that urged the prosecu-
tion of Fedorenko by the
U.S. Department of Jus-
tice, hailed the court's
decision. "It will be terri-
bly important in allowing

the prosecution against
the remainder of the al-
leged Nazi war criminals
in our country."
Fedorenko, born in. the
Ukraine in 1907, was an
armed guard at Treblinka
at which it was estimated
some 800,000 Jews and
others were killed. He was
charged by the government
with participating-in the
beating and shooting of
Jewish prisoners while at
the camp from 1942 to 1943.
Fedorenko came to the U.S.
in 1949 under the Displaced
Persons Act and applied for
citizenship in 1970 in New
Haven, Conn.
In proceedings filed
against Fedorenko in
August 1977, in the U.S.
District Court in Miami, he

was accused of having con-
cealed on his application for
citizenship that he was an
armed guard at Treblinka
and engaged in atrocities
against prisoners. The dis-
trict court ruled, however,
that his service at Treb-
linka was "involuntary"
and that the U.S. govern-
ment had not proven that he
had committed war crimes.
Even if he had concealed
the facts, the district court
held, Fedorenko's ago and
his good record since cc ming
to the U.S. constituted
equitable condition: that
should allow him to retain
his citizenship.
The Fifth Circuit Court
of Appeal in New Or-
leans, however, decided
in 1979 that the evidence

was material and in re-
versing the lower court
opinion held that the
court in Miami had no
power to rule he could
remain in the U.S.
The arguments before the
Supreme Court were given
on Oct. 15. Two particularly
"critical points" stemming
from the Supreme Court's
decision, sources close to the
case told the JTA, are that it
determines the factors of
material representation"
in denaturalization prc
ceedings and that a trial
court does not have discre-
tion to set aside material
facts and consider other fac-
tors as mitigating the cir-
cumstances of violation of
law relating to applications
for citizenship.

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Rabbis and Cantor Join in the
Pre-Inaugural Public Worship

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joined Sunday in the only
public worship sponsored by
the presidential inaugural
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Founded by Norman and Esther Allan

with the sWearing in of
Ronald Reagan as Ameri-
ca's 40th President Tues-
day.
Rabbi David Ben-Ami, of
Harrisburg, Pa., Rabbi
Andre Ungar, of.Temple
Emanuel of Westwood , N • J • ,
and Cantor Roy Garber of
the Washington Hebrew
Congregation, Washington,
D.C., were among the 16
clergymen who participated
in the inaugural convoca-
tion held at the National
City Christian Church of
the Disciples :of Christ. The
others represented the
Catholic, Orthodox and Is-
lamic faiths.
Rabbi Ben-4mi, in his
remarks, said "this inter-
faith service gives expres-
sion to the common ground
of all the great religious
traditions that have influ-
enced American life, stres-
sing the sacredness of
human personality, respect
for human rights and the
duty of fraternal coopera-
tion for common welfare."
Rabbi Ben-Ami is
chairman of the Ameri-
can Forum for Jewish-
Christian Cooperation
and was vice chairman of
the religious participa-
tion committee headed
by Dr. Robert Billings.
Rabbi Ungar read the
72nd Psalm which begins
with the words, "Oh God,
endow the ruler with Your
own justice and give of Your
compassion to the leader so
that he may govern our
people with righteousness
and deal out justice to the
poor and suffering."
Cantor Garber chanted
verses from Psalm 34 in the
Hasidic melody, "Mi
Ha'ish," part of which,
translated reads, "see peace
and pursue it."
Reagan will be third
President who is a member
of the Disciples of Christ.
The others were James Gar-
field and Lyndon Johnson.
At the inauguration itself,
the sole religious represen-
tative was the Rev. Donn
Moomah, of the Bel Aire
Presbyterian Church of Be- -
verley Hills, Calif., whcih
the Reagans attend. Reagan
is a member of the

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Hollywood-Beverley Chris-
tian Church.
Meanwhile, close-to 100
leading. Jewish Republi-
cans in Washington for
the inaugural ceremonies
were entertained at the
Capitol by the American
Israel Public Affairs
Committee headed by
executive director
Thomas Dine.
Among those unable to
attend were Theodore
Cummings of Los Angeles
and Max Fisher of Detroit,
the honorary chairmen of
the Reagan-Bush Coalition
that was organized last July
in Detroit during the Re-
publican National Conven-
tion.
Both Cummings and
Fisher were reported
pressed by personal matters
and their absence com-
pletely unrelated to politi-
cal circumstances.
Among those attending
were Ivan Novick; Gordon
Zacks, George Klein, Max-
well Rabb, Leonard
Goldfine, Jacob Stein,
Richard Rosenbaum, Paul
Borman, Stanford Adels-
tein, Norman Bremen,
Richard Fox, Irwin Levy
and Bud Hackenberg.

Sadat Attacked
in Soviet Press

PARIS (ZINS) — The
Soviet press gave Egypt a
great deal of attention in
December. • Major Com
munist papers called Anwa_
Sadat a dictator with no
popular support, wrote of
censorship in the Egyptian
press and massive arrests of
:military officers opposed to
Sadat's foreign policy.
One Communist paper
charged that Sadat was
allowing U.S. military
bases in Egypt in the hopes
that the U.S. would save his
regime.
In response to Sadat's
criticism of the Soviet inva-
sion of Afghanistan, Pravda
said that Moscow's "politi-
cal measures" in October
1973 had virtually saved
Sadat when Israeli troops
were within 60 miles of
Cairo.

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