Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1960-12-30

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Vol.   38,  No.  54
FRIDAY,  DECEMBER  30,   I960
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World-Wide Tumult Touched Off By Israeli Atomic Reactor
ALL FOR CANCER
Mrs. Maurice Levien, chairman of the United Order of True Sisters Cancer Service, presents a check for $1100 to Milton Hans of the Israel Supply Mission in New York City, renewing an annual grant to the Tel Hashomer Government Hospital In Israel, for radioisotope therapy for cancer patients. The United Order of True Sisters, founded in 1846, is America's oldest national women's fraternal and philanthropic organization.
NEW YORK, (JTA)~A world-wide tumult over a new Israeli atomic reactor was touched off here by irritated CJovernment offi cials in Washington, secrecy-prone Government officials in Jeru¬ salem, and sensation-hunting newspapers In  several  countries.
The short-lived but high-powered incident brought big headlinei that Israel had become the latest member of the "atomic club," expressions of annoyance and charges of deception from United States Department of S t a t c Sources, and varying expressions of amusement and indignation from Israel.
Mrs. M. J. Leeman Is Named To Post
Mrs. Robert S. Curl, women's division chairman. State of Israel Bonds, announced that Mrs. Milton J. Leeman has been appointed her successor for 1961 — Israel's Bar Mitzvah year.
Mrs.  Leeman  is  the  president of the Ideal  Furniture  Co., and resides at 43 S. Remington Rd. She is the mother of Donald Leeman, { vice-president and manager of Ideal; Mrs. Bernard (Beverly) Wein- stein, who resides in Tuscon, Ariz.; and B'nai B'rlth twins, Cherl and Bary,    seniors    at   Bexley   High School; as well as a grandimother four times over.
AS A WOEKING member of the majority of organizations to whlob she belongs, her highest positions were aa the president of District #2, B'nai B'rlth, an area of eight states, in 1957; as well as past wonjen's division chairman for the United Jewish Fund and Council.
She is also a past president of the B'nai B'rlth Ohio Association, bast president of the Columbus B'nai B'rlth Bowling League, chairman of the Children's Hos¬ pital Twig #89, a chartell member of Brandeis, l)oard member of Hillel, Both Jacob Sisterhood, Council of Jewish Women, Ha- dassah and Mizrachl.
tN AOCEPTING her appoint¬ ment, Mrs. Leeman expressed ex¬ citement over being chairman' during Israel's Bar Mitzvah year. She announced that already Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, vice president of the Israel Bond organization, is in Israel for conferences with | Finance Minister Levi Eshkol and 1 other government leaders in Isra¬ el regarding the program for the 1961 campaign tor the sale of State of Israel Bonds. j
A report on his meetings In Is¬ rael, and on the status of the Is¬ rael   Bond  campaign   in  Europe
Mrs. Milton Leeman
will be presented by Dr. Sch¬ wartz at a planning conference of national officers and city chair¬ men, which will be held in New York City on Jan. 14 and 15.
"OTHER NATIONAL plans will be the National Inauguaral which wlil be held in Miami on March 3, 4 and B," Mrs. Leeman went on. "The highlight of 1961 will be a Jerusalem Conference of top lay leaders  from  the  United  States
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THE INCIDENT apparently was closed when the State De¬ partment Issued a statement, ex¬ actly one week after the first rumors were published by a Brit¬ ish dally not noted for its relia¬ bility, defhiing the United States position toward Israeli clarifica¬ tion of the highly exaggerated reports of Israel's nuclear ca¬ pacity.
The statement said the United States Government welcomed Is¬ raeli assurances that the second reactor was destined to serve only peaceful purposes and it noted that Prime Minister David Ben- Gurlon had expressed a willing, ness to welcome visits from stu¬ dents and scientists to the reactor when it is completed three or four years from now.
THE TARGET of all the ex¬ citement was an atomic reactor plant, which has been under con¬ struction near Beersheba. The first plant, built at-Nebl Rubin with United States aid under the American atoms-for-peace pro¬ gram, has a capacity of about 1000 kilowatts. Its capacity to produce plutonlum, the key in¬ gredient in nuclear explosives, is trivial. The second reactor, being constructed with French help, will have a capacity of 24,000 kilo¬ watts and could, theoretically, produce enough plutonium in three or four years to build an atomic bomb—by 1968 or 1970.
While excitement mounted for a few days and State Department sources Indicated mounting an¬ noyance at Israeli reluctance to explain everything, Israeli offi¬ cials pondered the matter. Then Ben-Gurlon made a statement In the Knesset, Israel's Parliament, that Israel was Indeed building a second reactor and that It would be dedicated solely to peaceful purposes. Simultaneously, Israel Ambassador Avraham Harman met with Secretary of State Her- ter to convey the same Informa¬ tion.
FROM BEERSHEBA came re¬ ports of amazement about Wash¬ ington   reports   that   Israel   had
deceived the United States Gov¬ ernment. The alleged deceit was built   around   reports   the   Israel
j informants had told United States officials that the atomic reactor project   was   a   textile   plant.   It
: turned   out   there  was   a   textile plant being built nearby. It was evident that no attempt
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INCREASE OF JEWISH DAY SCHOOLS IN NEW YORK REPORTED
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Enroll¬ ment in Jewish day schools has increased in Greater New York by 16 percent during the year 1959-60, while there was a decline of six percent In afternoon schools and 12 percent in Sunday schools, the Jewish Education Committee reported this week.
While equivalent figures were not available for the current school year, partial results of a new survey by the Committee indicated Ihdt the trend would continue.
pull-time enrollments in Jewish high schools Increased by 5.1 per¬ cent last year from 4935 bi 1958-69 to 5l86 in 1959-60. There was a sharp 46.8 percent Increase in afternoon Jewish high school en¬ rollment In the city, with a Jump ot 97.9 percent in the suburbs. Sunday high school enrollment In the city followed the elementary pattern, dropping by 19.3 percent.
The Jewish Education Commit¬ tee survey showed a total of 150,913 Students enrolled In Great¬ er New York last year in 774 Jewish schools of all types. Of the total, 6919 were in pre-school classes, 131,440 in elementary grades and 12,664 In high schools.
The survey also indicated an Increase of 10.9 percent in at¬ tendance at Jewish high schools, either full or part-time. This trend, a JBC spokesman said, can be attributed to the efforts of the Committee and affiliated groups to impress parents, with need for "continuity In Jewish education." He also cited im¬ proved standards in Jewish ele¬ mentary schools.
MARK CULTURAL TIES
To mark cultural ties between the U. S. and Israel, the America-Israel Cultural Foundation has presented twin castings of a bust of composor-condactor Leonard Bernstein of the New York Philharmonic and Israel Philharmonic orchestras. Samuel Rubin, president of the Foundation, made the presentation. Shown at the ceremony are, left to right, Abe Cohen, manager of the Israel Philharmonic; Robert Berks, the noted sculptor who made the bust; Mrs Bianca Schwartz, donor of the sculpture, who Is the wife of a Queens chemical manufacturer; David M. Kelser, president of the New York Philharmonic and Rubin. Bernstein has figured importantly In the two-way cultural exchange pro¬ gram tarried on by the America-Israel Cultural Foundation.
Eichmann's Lawyer Seeks 120,000 Fee
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Robert Servatius has asked the Govern¬ ment of Israel to pay him $20,000 for his fee and expenses in defend, ing Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi colonel who directed the extermination of 6,000,000 European Jews.
According to an official communique, the Cologne attorney was received by Attorney General Gideon Hausner. He told the Israel official that he was willing to undertake Eichmann's defense In the trial   slated   to   start   March   6
but that this would be possible '° 8:ive prompt consideration to only If the Israel Government "^e matter and an early answer financed  the  defense  costs  and  '« ^^ ''^"^s'- ™« '^'^^t ^^vel-
fee.
THE   GERMAN  attorney  pre-
opment reinforced widespread opinion that there was something strange about the entire question
sented a letter, addressed to Jus- of financing the Nazi mass mur-
tlce   Minister   Plnhas   Rosen,   In ^^'^''^ f f^"^,'   "  T^   f^f',f
which he said he had no sources ^^^} Eichmann s brother Initially
to pay his fee and cOsts and asked '°"» "j« f ^^^ '" West Germany
the Government to cover fees and ^hat Dr. Serva ius in offering his
expenses   for   him,   an   assistant, ^^"'"^^^     hard y   even   d scussed
and  a secretary. The letter cited '^e question of finances.
a statement reportedly made by
Eichmann in Buenos Aires, after
bis capture last spring, in yrhicb
he stated his wllllngaess to stand ridiculed   reports  that  fees  from
trial   in   Israel   if   guaranteed   a Eichmann's    memoirs     In     Life
WEST GERMAN Parliamentar¬ ians and newspapers consequently
proper legal defense.
, magazine would pay for the Elch-
The Attorney General promised  man defense. The belief was ex¬
pressed that former Nazi leaders and neo-Nazis were quietly pro¬ viding the defense money. Then came stories that the Cologne attorney was asking the West German Government for funds.
At a press conference held prior to the conference with the Attorney General, Dr. Seryatius said that Eichmann would plead "not guilty" to the charges of being responsible for the mass murders of Europeaiji Jews. The attorney said that Eichmann in¬ tended "to admit the fact" but that he would not admit respon¬ sibility. The lawyer said Eich¬ mann's defense will be based on the contention that he acted un¬ der orders. The press conference followed Dr. Servatius' third meeting with Eichmann in the Nazi's prison cell.
DR. SERVATIUS said that, un¬ like other Nazis, Eichmann was not trying to hide the fact that he was one. Eiclimann is "con¬ vinced,"  the lawyer stated,  that
he executed orders handed down by his Naii superiors, and that "he did what he ought to have done."
Asked whether Elclunann shows any regret for his mass murder activities, Dr. Servatius replied: "He considers the word 'regret' as childish regarding what he has done. You cannot do such things and merely say Tm sorry.'"
DR. SERVATHJS expects to see the prisoner again before return- Ing to Germ,any. According to the attorney, Eichmann has spent his time writing and reading his memoirs. So far, Eichmann has written 4000 pages of his life story, signing each page. Dr. Ser¬ vatius said.
According to the attorney, Eich¬ mann denies that the number of Jews killed In the Nazi extermi¬ nation program reached the fig¬ ure of 6,000,000. "The number Is much smaller," Eichmann was reported by the attorney to have (Continuad  on  paqa  4)
Series To Revolve Around Teens Again
"Teen Grades Drop as Driving Increases." "Teenagers have too big allowances, too many clothes and parents give them everything' they want."
These headlines have become popular recently as parents have been assailed more and more for bringing up children with false values.
THE FAMILY Life Education program on Monday, Jon; 16 at 8 p.m., at the Jewish Center will give parents an opportunity to discuss the problem of teenagers "growing up in an affluent so¬ ciety."
The Family Life Education program Is sponsored by the Jew¬ ish Center and the Jewish Family Service and is open to the public without charge. Sam Stellman, of the Jewish Center and Murray Danlnhirsch of the Jewish Family Service are coordinating the ser¬ ies with a representative com¬ munity committee, headed by Mrs. Joseph Horchow and Allen Gundersheimer, Jr.
THE JAN, 16 session will be de¬ voted to a discussion of such prob¬ lems as "What are the false val¬ ues and real values in modern family living? What kind of goals should adolescents have? Should parents give children 'evcry- thing'-money, clothes, convertible, etc. 7 Are we making snobs out of  our teenagers?" |
This Is the tUrd session of the series and parents will have ] an opportunity to discuss with specialists In teenage develop¬ ment, the problems of teenage growth today.
Dr.  WUUs  DriscoU
FIVE DISCUSSION groups will I be conducted with these leaders— ' Dr.   Willis   C.   Driscoil,   Clinical ' Psychologist,    Columbus    Psychi- | atrlc  Hospital;   Dr.  Irving Pine, Psychiatrist, Lecturer, Ohio State University; Dr. Simon Dinitz, Re¬ search    Sociolog'st,    Ohio    State University;  Dr. Robert Sylvester, , Director  Teen   Age  Clinic,   Chil¬ dren's  Hospital;  John  A.  Shultz, I Rural   Agr.   Ext.   Specialist   4-H ' Clubs,   Ohio  State  University.       j
Dr. Robert J. Dane, Paychlatrlat and   director   of   the   Children's
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Soviets To Permit New Synagogue
TEL AVrV, (JTA) —The Soviet Government has grant, ed permission for the con¬ struction of a new synagogue at Leningrad, it was reported here by Dr, Gerhard Riegner, European director for the World Jewish Congress.
Here to attend a meeting of the World (Congress organ¬ izational committee, as well as to participate In the 26th World Zionist Congress, Dr. Riegner told a press confer¬ ence that he saw signs of possible easement of Soviet Russia's attitude toward Jews In the USSR.