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Friday, May 10, 1985

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

NEWS

ARE YOUR TEACHING SKILLS BEING
BURIED UNDER A MOUNTAIN OF
PAPERWORK?

Better Reminder

Continued from Page 1

Climb out for a minute and take a look .. .

Do you have enough preparation time?
Are you actually getting the amount of prep time bargained?
If not, what is the DFT doing to enforce your contract?
Has your paperwork load increased while your prep time de-
creased?
5. DFT Vice President Carol Thomas suggested you politely refuse
to do excess paperwork. Will the DFT defend you in an insubor-
dination action?
6. Isn't it reasonable to expect your union after failing to win eco-
nomic gains for you, to be able to negotiate and enforce no-cost
items to improve working conditions?

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Fact: There is no evidence to indicate DFT has worked for you to provide
adequate prep time and limit paperwork.
Fact: MEA teachers have more prep time and less paperwork.

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MEA/DETROIT . . . fighting for what you want
VOTE MAY 20-JUNE 4

we do not support his choice of
site for that reconciliation."
Robert Arcand of the Detroit
Round Table of the National
Conference of Christians and
Jews (NCCJ) said that nations
and victims should forgive one
another "but we don't have to
forgive the oppressors. Memo-
rial services for SS troops do
not help the process of recon-
ciliation."
In a letter, Sen Carl Levin
told the 150 persons at the
ceremonies that Reagan's ac-
tions dishonored the victims of
the Holocaust. He called
Reagan's insensitivity "be-
yond comprehension."
Those words were echoed by
Winston Lang, executive sec-
retary of the Detroit Branch of
the National Association for
the Advancement of Colored
People.
But others saw a "lesson in
tragedy." David Lebenbom,
president of the Jewish Com-
munity Council of Metropoli-
tan Detroit, said Bitburg
showed that mankind can
forget the Holocaust. "But we
can not allow this to happen.
We can not ever allow the
President of the United States
to ever forget or forgive."
One who refuses to forget is
Ralph Mitchell, a retired
Army major who was present

at the liberation of Dachau
and Landesberg concentration
camps. He described the
bodies — the living and the
dead — that he saw in the
camps, and he said, "Nobody
can ever tell me that the
Holocaust never took place."
The short ceremonies in De-
troit, sponsored by the VFW,
JWV, NCCJ, Jewish Commu-
nity Council and the Ecumen-
ical Institute, opened with the
presentation of the colors by a
veterans' color guard, and
closed with the brief wreath-
laying ceremony. The audi-
ence stood at attention as a
taped version of "Taps" was
played, and then the crowd
slowly left the hall.
Several members of New
Jewish Agenda stood at the
edge of the crowd, distributing
leaflets and holding signs at-
tacking Reagan's visit to Bit-
burg.
Larry Brenners stood up to
leave, just holding his sign in
his hand. He didn't hold it
aloft, and he didn't seem to
care who saw it. It simply said:
"Recon - SS - illation at Bit-
burg."
"Reconciliation started 40
years ago," Brenners ex-
plained, "but I think another
Holocaust started today. Re-
agan and the American people
have forgotten."

`The Wounds Will Heal'
After Bitburg Cemetery

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An Israeli soldier signs a petition in Jerusalem asking President
Reagan to cancel his Bitburg trip.

Washington (JTA) — Two lead-
ing spokesmen for Holocaust sur-
vivors said Sunday that Jews
were "wounded" by President
Reagan's visit to the German
military cemetery at Bitburg de-
spite the good speeches he made
the same day at the site of the
Bergen-Belsen concentration
camp and the U.S. Air Force base
at Bitburg.
"In the long run, I'm sure that

the wounds will heal," Elie
Wiesel, chairman of the United
States Holocaust Memorial Coun-
cil, said on the ABC-TV This Week
With David Brinkley program.
"After all, he is the President and
we must deal with his policies,
with his staff, with his Adminis-
tration.
"But the wounds are there and
the wounds are deep. I felt
excluded, rejected, almost un-

