Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1965-12-24

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Vol. 43, No. 52
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 24, 1965 — 1 TEVES
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D«voHd to Amarte^n and J^w)ih Idcali
Bundesrat Ajpproves Measure To Defer Payment To Jews
BONN (JTA)—Legislation empowering the West German Government to defer in 1966 and 1967 the indemnification payments to a sp>ecial group of Nazi victims, involving about 150,000 Jews, was approved last weekend by the Bundesrat, the upper house of the gonn Parliament. It had been previously' approved by the Bundestag, the Ipwer house.
The legislation is now to go into effect after being signed by President Luebko and by Chancellor Erhard, and following its publication in the Official Gazette. The measure will
give the West German Government authority to defer in those two years scheduled payments of $50,000,000 for each year to victims who were in Iron Curtain countries by October 1, 1953, the deadline for filing claims under the original West Ger¬ man legislation. They were there¬ fore unable to file. To meet the plight of these victims — many of them old' and ill—West Germany set up a hardship fund of about $300,- 000.000. with initial payments sched- ulod to start in 1966.
CHANCELLOR ERHARD'S Gov¬ ernment move to postpone the pay¬ ments because of "budgetary diffi¬ culties," touched off worldwide ni tidsm by Jewish organizations. The move was opposed in the Bundestag by the Social Democrat members of the Parliament. Chancellor Erhard was scheduled to fly from Bonn to Washington, to meet with President Johnson on various problems of in¬ terest to tl'ic two countries.
German Minister of Finance Answers Criticism of Jewish Groups
BONN (JTA)-On the eve of the departure Monday of Chancellor Er¬ hard for Wasliington to confer with Resident Johnson on matters con¬ cerning West Germany, Dr. Rolf DaJilgruen, M i n i s ter of Finance, issued a declanation here stating that "some misconceptions have arisen recently on the implementa¬ tion of Germany's restitution pro¬ gram."
The declaration was a reply to criiticisms by Uie Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, and by other Jewish or¬ ganizations around the world, against the decision of the West German Government to postpone 1966 and 1967 reparations payments due to victims of Nazism who'could not file their claims prior to 1953 because tliey had still been unable to leave East Epropean countries.
THE CLAIMS Conference has threatened to challerige the con¬ stitutionality of the budget ball, if
Robert W.  Schlff
Schiff Re-elected Honorary Chairman
NEW YORK, N. Y. — Robert W. Scliiff, noted Jewish leader of Co¬ lumbus. Ohio, was re-elected as an Honorary National Fund CliaiTman of the United Jewish. Appeal, at the 28th Annual National Conference of the UJA in the New York Hil¬ ton  Hotel.
Prominent in tlie shoe industry, Mr. Schiff is President and Treas¬ urer of the Shoe Corporation of America in Columbus, and Chair¬ man of the Board of A.S. Beck Shoe Corporation in New York.
enacted, on the grounds that it v/ould jeopardize rights of property or acquired property, contrary to the provisions of the West German Constitution. The declaration of the West German Finance Minister reads in part:
"The Federal Government has often demonstrated the special priority it givts to restitution for in¬ justices committed under National Socialism. The payment of the $250,000,000 increase voted by the Bundestag on May 26, 1965, how¬ ever, will have to be effected with¬ in the framework of our budgetary problems. Nevertheless, I can say with iissurance that the largest pos¬ sible amount of this increase will be paid out in 1966 and 1967.
"IT  IS  OUR  intention  that  the
special conditions of recipients wfll be given full consideration. Since a .statutory order is necessary for this purpose, we shall draft it with the consullatio'n of the competent as¬ sociations of persecutees. I would aiso stress that all claims to pen¬ sions, irrespective of whether they liave been fixed in the past, or whether they will be fixed in 1966 or 1967, will be satisfied to the full in the future.
"The same applies to expenses incurred for medical treatment. It is being asserted that intolerable hartlships are involved due to the fact that the educational grants, which have been increased by the final amending law from 5,000 to 10,000 Marks without requiring proof of lasting injury, are included in the postponement of payments S'uch assertions ignore the fact that the persecutees affected thereby have already received the 5,000 Marks, and will a-Ko receive an ap¬ propriate share of U^^jecond $5,000 Marks  wittiout any postponement.
The World's Week
Compllad from JTA and WUP Ropor+i
Columbus Organizations Fight 'Arab Boycott'
The Honorable Leonard J. Stern, chairman of the Community Rela¬ tions Committee of the United Jew¬ ish Fund and Council, tod;y called to tlie attention of the Board of Trustees of the United Jewish P\ind and Council a significant new edu¬ cational project undertaken co¬ operatively between the CRC and the Columbus Area Chamber of Commerce.
The project concerns the recent Congressional atcion amending the Export Control Act of 1949, and a companion directive Lss'.u-d to U.S. exporters by the Department of Commerce. The amended law and the Commerce Department direc¬ tive called upon all American ex¬ porters not to cooperate with any foreign country in imposing a boy¬ cott against another country friendly to the United States.
THE    DEPARTMENT    of    Com
merce further staled that all ex¬ porters who receive such boycott de¬ mands shall not cooperate with these tactics and must inform the Department with in 15 days after receipt of such questionnaires.
Judge Stern reported that the staff of the CRC carried on dis¬ cussions with officials of the local Chamber as to how this new gov¬ ernmental action could best be im¬ plemented   in  Columbus.
THE INTERNATIONAL Trade Committee of the Cljamber agreed to supply to every major exporter in the Columbus area a newsletter on the historical backgrourd of the "Arab boycott." This newsletter, "The Near East Report, also in¬ cludes a detailed explanation of the Federal government's new policy in tlvis area. '
A letter has been sent to Colum¬ bus exporters by Johi W. Palmer, Columbus industrialist and chair¬ man of the International Trade Committee, explaining the new law and the Commerce Department di¬ rective to the exporters, and calling to their attention the "Near East Report," which was attached to the communication.
COPIES OF the special report on tlie "Arab boycott," as well as other information on this complex situation, can be obtained from the Community Relations Committee, 82 N. High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43215.
Chronicling
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Society 6, 7
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Teen Scene      5
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Meltons Feted At Graduation
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Mendel Melton were honored at the con¬ vocation of the Jewisli Theological Seminary Sunday, receiving jointly the first Seminary medal for dis¬ tinguished service to Icwisii edu¬ cation.
Mr. Melton, a member of the 5>eminary Board of Directors, is founder and chairman of the lioard of a research cervter fo.' the ad¬ vancement of Jewish education which bears his name. Established at the Seminary in 1959, the center is concerned with the development of the theory and practice of char- actor education. A leading Ohio business man, Mr. Melton is chair¬ man of the board of the Capitol Manufacturing Company, which he founded in 1929. Tlie compiiny op¬ erates plants in Columbus, Ohio, and Detroit, Michigan. He is also vice-president of the Harsco Cor¬ poration of Pittsburgh.
I'MTEI) N'.ATIONS, N.Y., (JTA) — The General As¬ sembly overwhelmingly approved a resolution to extend the mandate of the United Nations Tlelief and Works Agency . for throe years and calling for rectification of the agency's swelling relief rolls. The vole was 71 to one with sovon abstaining. Israel cast the .sole negative vote because the resolution emphasized a single i)aragraph from a 1!)18 resolution which the Arab states consider gives the refugees a "right" to return to Israel.
LONDON, (JTA) — Tunisia's President¦ llablb Hour- guiba, who i)ropo.sod last spring that Israel and the Arab states start negotiating about peace, made it clear in an Interview published here that his plan cnvisagotl that "a portion of Israeli territory must he returned to the Arabs." The Interview appeared in the quarterly, "'Views," together with answers Viy Abba Eban, Deputy Prime Minister of Israel.
JERVSAI.KM, (JTA) — Gert Frobo, the movie actor who played the role in "Goldfingor," the James.Bond film banned by the Israel Government, may he pro.socuted as a former member of the Nazi Party, undej- the Israeli law against Nazis and their aides, if ho comeg'to Israel, Ministry \ of Justice .sources said here. The filrrt was banned after Frobo admitte<l that ho had been a member of the Nazi Party.
WHITK PLAINS, N.Y., (JTA) — A flood of mail, most of it anti-Negro and some of it expressing al.so anti-Semitic sentiments, is being sent to addre.sscs in New York City suburbs, particularly in Westchester County, of which this city is the center. That was revealed hero by Israel H. Moss, executive director of the Westchester office of the Anti- Defamation   League  of  B'nai   B'rith.
.lERTHALKM, (.ITA) _ Foreign Minister Golda Meir informed Israel's Parliament that Hungary has not complied with Israel's r^cQuest to examine the original documents concerning the fxist of Dr. Alexander Tocrok, the counsellor at the 'VVost German Embas.sy in Tel Aviv who has been charged with having been a member of the Arrow Cross, the wartime Hungarian Fascist organization.
.lOHANNESBUKtt, (JTA) — With the completion of the organization of tho South African Senate, it developed that only one .lew will servo pn that body, instead of two in the previous Senate. The Jewish Senator is Dr. E. B. Wooir, of tho United Party. Tho Senate is comiiosod of 44 members chosen by the electoral college and 10 nominated by the President. In his list, the President nominated not a single Jew. Dr. Woolf had boon a member of tho previous Senate and was re-elected.
CHURCH MAJOR CAUSE OF ANTI-SEMITISM, MEYER LEVIN STATES IN INTERVIEW
Levi Eshkol Leaves Jerusalem Hospital
JERUSALEM. (JTA) - Prime Ministor Levi Eshkol was back home Monday after two weeks of hospitahzation, and immediately launched into direct activity toward forming the new coalition Govern¬ ment, necessitated by the results of the general eli^tions held on No- vember 2, The present Cabinet is a caretaker  Government.
Mr. Eshkol was released from Hadassah-Hebrew Univorsity Hos¬ pital after spending two weeks re¬ cuperating from wi>at the medical bulletins called "ex'hausition." He had been wearied by the extraordi¬ nary activities during the election campaign. The first tlung he did when he came home last night was to light the C^fianukaih candles. Tljen he conferred with Fojeign- Minister Golda Mttii>, receiving from her the latest reports on affairs concerning the Mapad-Achdut Avoda alignment.
BY   MICHAEL   FEINSTEIN
The Churcli is the sdnglemost im¬ portant factor in the continuation of Anti-semitism through the ages, Meyer Levin stated, in an interview prior to his speech at the Jewish Center liist week.
Levin, noted author of "Compul¬ sion," "The Fanatic," and most re¬ cently, "The Stronghold," was in Ck>lumbus under the auspices of the Gordon Cultural Series in conjunc¬ tion with Jewish Book Month.
LEVIN IS A strong believer in the ' Church's responsibility in the continuation of anti-semitism. The priest in "The Stronghold" exempli¬ fies the tremendous guilt and shame felt when he realized that the Nazis' "final solution" to the Jesvdsh prob¬ lem was in i)art a result of the teaching of the Oiurch.
The search for the roots of anti- semitism is an obsession with Levin. One cannot read "The Stronghold" witliout realizing that Levin is looking for ttie innermost answer to Jew-hatred.
LEVIN SPENT SIX weeks of tliis past summer on an automobile trip through Russia to Witness for him¬ self t)he slow extermination of Ju¬ daism. His observation was as he expected -Judaism is on its way out in Russia, lie described tlie situa¬ tion as grave, and saw little hope for a reversal. The younger genera tion of Jews is being assimilated- into the Soviet society—minus any vestiges of their heritage and re¬ ligion.
But on the question of tho vanish¬ ing American Jew, Levin takes ex¬ ception to recent statements of wist¬ ful   regret:
"I, FOR ONE, do not believe tluit the American Jewish community with its intensive and complex in¬ terplay    of    religious    and    social
Meyer Levin
forms, its stvKly grouiw. interfaith ii'ml community activities, women's groups, youth and etlucational pro¬ grams, historical and ethical .scviirch, is on the way to self-ex¬ tinction. Nor do I Ix-'lieve tliat prac tical aid to Israel and love for Israel is in any way in ciniflicl with love tor America and iTcative participa¬ tion in American growth."
" Levin, miw GO years old, is one of tlw rno.st significant Jewish writers of this ci-ntury. A former Jewish Telegraphic Agency correspondent. Levin ¦and his family maintain a home in Israel. The above photo¬ graph was taken in the study of ills hunie there, his window, over¬ looking  the sea.
Joseph S. Summer
UJFC Clinic To Discuss. New Campaign
The United Jewish Fund and Council announce the inauguration for the 1966 Campaign of a "Cam¬ paign Clinic," to be held at the Jewish Center at 6:30 p.m. on Janu¬ ary 11. The clinic will be preceded by a buffet supper. Invitations will be sent out to campaign workers and leaders.
The aim of the Clinic is that the participants air old problems, ex¬ change ideas, and discuss now tech¬ niques to be brought to the sessions by a prominent out of town speaker to be announced later. The project is aimed to make solicitations and campaign organization easier and more effective.
THE AGENDA for the Clinic was prepared by the Campaign Clinic Committee, headed by Joseph S. Summer, who has been active in communal affairs for many years. He is a board member and past president of the Winding Hollow Country Club, board member and. fonrer vice president of the Jewish Cenier, vice president and mcni- ber of the board of trustees of Tem¬ ple Israel.
He is a member of the Board of the Columbus Jewish Welfare Foun¬ dation. In United Jewish Fund ac- tiv'ties, he is now serving as chair¬ man of the community Comptroller Study Committee; as a mcTnber of the Allocations Committee and as a member of the U.IFC—Jewish Ccn- tor Study Committee and a member of the UJFC Board of Trustees. Summer served five years in World War n, attaining the rank of Cap¬ tain.
KID CONVENTION TO BE HELD HERE
Nancy Wa.sscrman. Gary Stew¬ art, and M'rs. Murray Edi.son, the overall coordinators of the 19^5 Kentucky, Indiana, Otiio Regional Convention, have been working dili¬ gently to prepare the Columbus Jewish community for a great tenth anniversary convention.
The convention will be held from December 26-29.
Mrs. Edison, the adult coordi¬ nator, has been an active member of B'nai B'rith since she joined a BBG chapter in Milwaukee, Wis¬ consin. After being elected presi¬ dent of her chapter for two years, .she went on to become a.ssistant advisor  to  her  chapter.
IN 1953 SHE and her husband, Murray, moved here to Columbus. Mrs. Edison immediately started working for B'nai B'rith by joining Candlelight Chapter of B'nai B'rith Women. She went on to become president  of  this  chapter.
Also, she is a past advisor of Ziv BBG here in Columbus. Be¬ sides being active in B'nai B'rith she also keeps a busy schedule at IwnK' raising her three children.
NANCY WASSERMAN, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sid Wasserman, has been active in BB'YO for three and one half years. She is a past
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