Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1960-02-19

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COLUMBUS EDITION
Vol.. 38, No. 8
FRIDAY, FEBRUAKi   it,  , ,.„-
Devofad to American and Jawiih  Idaali
CRC Meetings Provoke Informative Discussions
Ike Is Honorarv Fellow
President Dwight D. Eisenhower has been named the first Honorary Fellow of the Ameri¬ can Jewish Committee's new Institute of Human Relations for his global lenderaliip in I>ehalf of I>eace and free<Iom. At the White House ceremony the President also received for tbe Eisenhower library in Abilene, Kan., a human relations book¬ shelf of 54 volumes which represent a baalo read¬
ing list on the major aspects of Intergroup re¬ lations. With the President are: (left to right) A. M. Sonhatiend, of Boston, chairman of the In¬ stitute's Development Program; Dr. John Slaw¬ son, AJC executive vlce-prealdent; Col. Frederick F. Greenman, committee exeoutive traord chair¬ man.
BY DOROTHY YASSENOFF
"A good deal of progress has been made In combatting religious education in the public schools, but this should not lead to smugness."
This statement by Sidney Z. Vincent, assistant director of the Jewish Community Federation ot Cleveland, was the summation of the Saturday eve¬ ning  sogaion   ot   the Ohio  Conference  on   Jewish
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BY   LARKY  SOPPEL
"Anti-Semitism appears not to be playing such a serious role as we look at it now."
This statement formed the basis of a discussion led by Paul Flacks, chairman of the Antl-Defama¬ tlon League Committee of Eachol Lodge of B'nai B'rith in Dayton, at tho Sunday morning session of the Ohio Conference of Jewish Community Rela-  I tions.
UJFC Sets 1960 Campaign Goal 11% Above Last Year
Is Bool^inder
BOOKBINDER WILL ADDRESS MEETING OF BROTHERHOODS
Brotherhoods of the five Co¬ lumhus temples and synagogues win hold a joint meeting at Temple Israel on Tuesday, Feb. 23 at 8 p.m. The meeting will be spon- ' sored by the Temple Israel Brotherhood.
Is "Judge" Bookbinder, known as the "prince ot Jewish humor," will be the guest speaker. Book¬ binder Is an Insurance man in East Orange, N.J. He is a native of New York City and began his career as a comedian in settle¬ ment houses in that city.
He has entertained In the United States and Canada Includ¬ ing the  "borscht circuit."
Bookbinder has appeared sever¬ al times before temple and fra¬ ternal groupa in Columbus and other cities. He has been praised for his presentation called, "The Gentle Art of Jewish Humor."
There will be no admission charge and refreshments will be served. Seyman Stern and Jack Jay are co-chairmen ot the affair,
Mindful of Increased needs in Columbus, the nation and over¬ seas, the United Jewiah Fund and Council has»set its 1960 goal at $819,000, an 11 per cent increase over la^t year.
The drive is divided into two goals: the regular campaign for $619,000 and a special fund of $200,000.
THK GOAL' was unanimously approved at a UJFC board meet¬ ing Feb. 11 at the Excelsior Club. Action was taken on the recom- mendation ot Charles C. Gold¬ smith, general campaign chair¬ man.
Goldsmith presented an esti¬ mate of needs whloh included a distribution of funds tor com¬ munity relations, eduoation and culture, health and welfare, over¬ seas needs. United Jewish Appecil, UJA Fund and capital funds.
A highlight of the meeting was an informal address by Ernest Stock , consultant on overseas studies for the Council of Jewish Federations  and  Welfare  Funds.
STOCK DECLARED there was no Immediate emergency in Is¬ rael this year as In the past three years when Roumanian Im¬ migration, Polish immigration and the Slnal Campaign threaten, ed to engulf the tiny nation. How¬ ever, he said, Jews have been living In a constant state of emer¬ gency since 1933 when Hitler roae to power.
Thoughtful people welcome this respite, he said, for the time it gives Israel to deal with other long-neglected   problems.
Stocit listed housing, employ¬ ment, education, agriculture and lack of medical facilities as Is¬ rael's greatest problem areas.
HOUSEVa, HE,aald, was far too
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Inadequate for Israel's present population and the 25,000 immi¬ grants she alisorbs yearly. Much of what Is available, he said, often goes to newly arrived irrimigrants from European countries. Such preferential treatment Irritates poorer segments ot the population and contributes to such Incidents as the recent riots by North Afri¬ can segments In Haifa.
Regarding education, S to c k said Israel has no compulsory secondary educational system, thus sending children out Into the world at age 14. This can breed juvenile delinquency and crime.
A total of $400,000,000 has al¬ ready been invested in Israeli agriculture, he said, and an addi¬ tional $300,000,000 is needed to make the settlements self-sup¬ porting.
United Jewish Fund and Council was   the   host .organization.
LAURENOE H, Williams, chair¬ man of the Community Relations Committee of the Jewish Com¬ munity Federation of Cleveland, aaid in his opening remarks "that our argument against religious practices in the public schools. Is political and not theological. The Jewiah viewpoint Is that ot pro¬ tecting  civil   rights."
Seymour Gorchoff, director of the Ohio-Kentucky regional office of the Anti-Defamation League ot B'nai B'rith, presented the background ot religion Ln pubilc education, a review of pending legal proceedings in Ohio, com¬ ments on released time programs and other practices in the public achoois and views on the role ot the Ohio State Board of Educa¬ tion.
Other panelists on thia opening seasion were Dan Aaher, adminis¬ trative assistant ot the Jewish Community Council, Dayton, who spoke on the involvement ot the Jewish community; Myron J. Nadler, chairman of the Com¬ munity. Relations Committee of tho Jewish Federation of Youngs¬ town, whoso topic was Interaction with the non-Jewish community; and Sidney Z. Vincent, speaking on understanding the role of the school authorities.
IN   THB   PBESENTAnONS
and the discussion which fol¬ lowed, it was the conaensus that continued and more marked prog¬ ress muat be made. Members of the Jewish community must be kept informed, educated and aware of the problem; diplomacy and tact must be used In handling such incidents; avenues of con¬ versation must be kept open be¬ tween Jewiah and non-Jewish communities.
As Vincent pointed out, "We cannot expect to deal effectively when our only contact is fighting a piroblem."
RIGHTS MUST GET FURTHER SUPPORT
"Enactment of the civil rights commission is only the first step; it still needs support."
This statement was the basis of the presentation by Richard E. Guggenheim, chairman of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission, at tlie Sunday afternoon session ot the Ohio Conference on^ Jewiah Community  Relations.
GUGGENHEIM explained that the tive member commission, set up by the law enacted on July 29, 1959, ia charged with three major functions.
First, all complaints of discrim- inatibn in employment must be investigated. Attempts muat be made to settle disputes without public hearing. If settlements cannot be made, the coinmission has the power to proceed with a public hearing.
- Seeond, a comprehenstve^duta- tional program to eliminate preju¬ dice must be set up for schools and individuals.
THIRD, periodic surveys are to be made in the effort to discover the existence of discrimination. These surveys are not necessarily confined to employment practices.
In the six months since the passage of the law, the commis¬ sion haa set up its staff, sent out notices of the new law to em¬ ployers •and la now in the process of going over employment ques¬ tionnaires. It has been found that 90 percent of such applications need revision in eliminating ques¬ tions in relation to race or creed.
The education program Is well under way. In the discussion which followed Guggenheim's presentation, It was pointed out that the Jewish community should (Continued oo psfire 4>
FLAOIiS CITED a Columbus organization, artd said that past leaders of the group have been supporters ot Gerald L. K. Smith. Dayton, he said, has had a long record of such activity. Flacks indicated that it wasn't the rab¬ ble-rousing approach, but- a more quiet one.
Recently a questionnaire was distributed asking tor opinions on anti-Semitism. The feeling de¬ rived trom the questionnaire, Flacks said, "was that the spread ot anti-Semitism has not been unusually -strong with the excep¬ tion ot the last few months."
Moat persons filling out the questionnaire expresaed the feel¬ ing that they were satisfied with what has been done about the re¬ cent rash of Dutbreaits which on the whole were not ot an organ¬ ized nature. Opiniona expressed indicated that "most persona were satisfied with the editorial policy taken by newspapers on the situa¬ tions."
ORGANIZED anti-Somlti^m is no longer the problem it once was. "The position of tha Ameri¬ can Jew is more secure," Fiaclts said. "We have less and less prob¬ lems, are being more and more accepted and have less conflicts and more tolerance."
Many its atlll remain in the field and whether we are evaluat¬ ing the real problem is still a question to be conaldered, Flacks aaid. "Are We assuming too much or are we juat fighting wind¬ mills?" He aaid that we must de¬ cide first, then take a view.
Other speakers at the session were Alan D. Kandel of c:aevpland on changing neighborhoods. He explained that equality in housing is a situation under investigation. In Cneveiand, he said, it is pos¬ sible for minority groups to be heard through the work of the Jewiah Community Federation.
SIMON LAZARUS, JR.,  .,i  the (Continued on pace 4)
Storm Over Navy Practice Is Mounting
(Copyright, 1960, JTA, Ino.)
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The storm over the disclosure that the United States Navy has tor nearly two years supported a policy which abets the Arab boycott of Israel has mounted despite a dla- clalmer from the White House.
In Its first statement on the dispute, the White House said that the Secretary of the Navy "advises that recent newspaper articles reflect a misunderatand- inif of the purpose and effect of contractual provisions in Navy charters."
HOWEVER, IT was further ex¬ plained, the contracts of the Mili¬ tary Sea Transportation Servioe, which acts as character for the Navy in arranging for the trans¬ port of oil and other supplies to overseas bases and for Navy ships, "have a provision putting shipowTiers on notice that ships which have traded with Israel may not be permitted by certain countries to come Into their ports. It spells out the options that the Crovemment. may exercise In the event that a ship that has traded with Israel la not permitted to load."
The letter, sent to Adolph Held, chairman of the Jewiah La¬
bor Committee, by (jcn. Wilton P. Persons, aaaistant to Preaident Eisenhower, added that theae ar¬ rangements assisted the ship¬ owner "who might unknowingly undertake a service he cannot perform and thus tends to avert financial loss to him."
The Navy policy, which haa been under aharp fire from Democrats, came under attack by Republicans as Senator Hugh Scott, and Rep. John A. Latere, both Philadelphia Republicans, demanded cancellation of the ar¬ rangement.
THE NAVY continued to stand firm, aided by support from the Arabian-American OU Company (ARAMCO) which la re-negotiat¬ ing a contract with Saudi Arabia. ARAMCQ reportedly has inform¬ ed the Navy that if the United States is to maintain its position in the Middle East, it muat be friendly to the Arab League. *          
BAL HARBOR, Fla., (JTA) ~ A resolution protesting against the United States Navy policy whloh In effect supports the anti- Israel boycott proclaimed by the Arab League was adopted here by the executive board of the Marl- time   Trades   Department   repre.
sentlng 250,000 martlme workers organized In 28 AFL-Cao unions. The resolution called upon the U.S. (government to rescind the Navy's stand. It termed the Navy's policy a "Hitlerite boy¬ cott." It called upon Congress to make a thorough investigation of the "disgraceful and un-Ameri¬ can contacts'with Arab statea."
THE BOARD'S resolution went on to say that "certain American ships, manned by American sea¬ faring men and built by American shipyard workers" were barred from the Middle Eastern trade because they were owned "in whole or in part by persons of the Jewish religion."
The resolution charged also that the Government was put In tho position of joining the Arab states In dlscrlmlniiting against American flag-s hipping. The board said further that the our¬ rent policy put the United Statea In the position of contradicting the stand expressed tn the United Nations upholding freedom ot the seas.
A similar protest was made in New York by Paul Hall, president of the Seafarers tnternational Union. The SIU's protests were made in letters to President Bia-
enhower, the Navy, the Agricul¬ ture Department and the Com¬ modity Credit Corporation. Mr. Hail said the policy Indorsed the Arab boycott, permitted foreign nations to bar American ships from carrying their own govern¬ ment's cargoes, created an Ameri- c a n government blacklist o f American vessels and threw now burdens on the already hard- pressed American merchant fleet. •    *    *
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., (JTA) The Rabbinical (Council of Amer¬ ica, an Orthodox group, called upon Congreas to Investigate the "discriminatory policies of the United States Navy toward those shipping companies which deal with the State of Israel."
IN A RESOLUTION adopted at Its mid-winter conference, the Rabbinical C!ouncll chlded Navy officials tor "yielding ao readily to Arab pressure and becoming a tool In the Arab campaign of in¬ ternational  boycott."
In another resolution, the Coun¬ cil denounped Egypt for interfer. Ing vrith the passage of Israeli products through the Suez Canal and called upon the United Na¬ tions to adopt measures to terml- (Contlnued on page 4)