Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1967-08-24

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DUappearanee Of Executive Still A Mystery
NEWS FLASH
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. (JTA) ~ The body oCChar- les H. Jordan, executive vice-chalnnan of the Joint Distribution Committee who disappeared last Wecbies- day evening in Prague after he left his hotel room to buy a newspaper, was discovered this week in the Zoltava River in I>rague, the State Department re¬ ported.
The bocly was found at 1:30 p.m.' local time by a civilian in a rowboat, floating at a water barrier downstream from thc May 1 Bridge. The civilian notified the police i^o informed the Ainerican Em¬ bassy. U.S. Consul Norbert J. Krieg viewed the body on tin river bank and identified the clothing, the jewelry and the general features as those of Jordan. The cause of death was not immediately determined. Mrs. Jordan, wbo had remained in Prague tiuring the search for her husband, was notiiled.
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Charles H. Jorilan, execut¬ ive vice-chairman of the American Joint Distribution Committee, became the principal in an international incident this week when he mysteriously disappeared in Prague, Czechoslovakia, af¬ ter he had left his hotel room to buy an American
&<' We6k.<^Hia wife had';reported t- his absence. ^ '"'*-'> n X^: • Edward W. Burgess, U.S. Charge d'Affairs in Prague called on the Czechministry of foreign affairs and met with Ambassador Trulik of the office of Western Eur¬ opean and North American Affairs, when Jordan's dis¬
appearance became known. The American diplomat stressed that the safety and whereabouts of Jordan were the subject of gravest con¬ cern to the United States government. He said the Un¬ ited States considered It es¬ sential that the foreign min¬ istry intervene withthe high¬ est levels of the Czech gov- t^ijto OTovlde awimj
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said he ftdly appreciated the- gravity of the case and had been in touch with approp¬ riate authorities and that he had emphasized the ur¬ gency  of an investigation.
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Newsletter Draws Outraged Response
First Jewish Chaptain Completes Army
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Sweeping protest from' prominent Negro leaders as well as from the Jewish communUy this week almost engulfed the anti-Zionist, anti-Israel and anfi-Jewish statements that appeared in the official newsletter of the Student Nonviolent Coordin¬ ating Committee and were later reiterated at a press conference in Atlanta by leaders of the organization.
When the newsletter drew an outraged resiwnse from tbe Jewish communily, three SNCC leaders at the "black power" organization's At¬ lanta headciuarters told newsmen that Jews "were imitating their Nazi oppres¬ sors, commiting some ofthe same atrocities against the Arabs," a charge that had previously appeared in the group's official organ.
THE SNCC attack, Ralph Featherstone, program dir¬ ector said, was not anti- Semitic, but was directed against "Jewish oppres¬ sors" and those Jews in the
Increased Militaiy Yraining^ Opposed
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Opposition to Administration plans to double the number of servicemen receiving military training In this country within the coming year was mounting on Capitol HUl this week.
Disclosure of these plans was the first indication since the Arab-Israeli war, when all U.S. military shipments to the Middle East were sus-
Orphans Day Is August 31
In a joint announcement by Lawrence Rubenstein, president of Zion Lodge, and Bernard Newman, general chairman of Orphans Oay, it was announced tteit the
. turn out at the annual B'nai B'rith Orphans Day will ex¬ ceed all prior expectatitms. ,. August 6l, has: been pro¬ claimed as B'nal B'rith Or¬ phans Day by Governor James A. Rhodes. For the second tune the B'n^l B^rith Family of Lodges^'^^aiAers and youth havieabeenrgr^uite^ , the honor hostingtineorphai)^ from the entire statetoaday
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pended, that the U.S. would expand any aspect of its military aid programs to countries in that region.
SEVERAL congressmen privately voiced their res¬ ervations and said they would oppose the move. A defense department letter made pub¬ lic this week informed the House Armed Services Com¬ mittee that there were 326 Arab servicemen now rejc- eiving training in this coun¬ try and thatthe number would be Increased to 633 during the fiscal year ending next June 30. The Administra¬ tion's position was made dear in a letter from the Pentagon to Rep. Mandel Rivers, head ofthe House Armed Services Committee in response to biguiries in¬ itiated by Rep. Lester Wolff of NewYork, '
Rep. Wolff who made the correspondence public said he planned to offer an amend¬ ment to the foreign aid bill designed to halt mo^t uA military aid to the Arab states, especially those that fought Israel and broke re¬ lations with the United States, or which condoned mass demonstrations against the  ynited States.
HIS' AMENDMENT, Rep. Wolff told reporters, would
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'NEW YORK -- A23-year- old Orthodox rabbi who has> a degree in electrical engin¬ eering has become the first Jewish chaplain to complete airborne training and win the U.S. Army's parachutist badge.
He is Chicago-bom Chap¬ lahi (Capt.) Franklin Char¬ les Breslau, who success¬ fully completed the course at the Airborne Training School, Fort Benning, Ga. Chaplain Breslau will be as¬ signed to the 101st Airborne Division at Fort Campbell, Ky., where he has served as post Jewish chaplahi.
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SNCC anti-Jewish attacks, say' 'g he had not read the SNCC newsletter. He stated, however, that he was strong¬ ly opposed to anti-Semitism and "anything that does not signify my concern for hum¬ anity for the Jewishpeople."
OTHER prominent Negro civil rights leaders, as well as. labqr leaders, joined Jew¬ ish organizational leaders who condemned SNCC. Whit¬ ney Young, Jr., executive director of the National Ur¬ ban League, compared the SNCC newsletter's views on - the Israeli-Arab issue to those of the American Nazi Party, and declared: "Negro citizens are well aware of the contributions for equal rights by Jewish citizens. Negroes have been the vic¬ tims of racism for too long to indulge in group stereo¬ types and racial hatred themselves."
A joint statement issued by A. Philip Randolph, presi¬ dent of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, and Bayard Rus^tin, eixeci^i^' dh?ec|or;: of.' th%^ JC^/PWUp
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WASHINGTq?jtj.aTA) rn A delegittltn of pii^r jlcsm^ew- ish l^ieiders, meeting with German Chancellor Kurt Georg kiesinger here this week received a pledge of "continued German sup¬ port" of Israel's efforts to achieve peace and security in the Middle! East,
Kiesinger's statementfol- lowed an expression of ap¬ preciation by the American Jewish leaders for the Fed¬ eral Republics stand onthe Middle East situation.
THE GERMAN Chancellor said his country would vig¬ orously support Israel's re- quest^or associate member¬ ship in' the Euro^an Comr mon Market, according to a spokesman for the Confer¬ ence of Fresidetits; ofMsdor American Jewish^ Ortaiiiza- tions;- •'   ,.        '''.'.¦''
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joined in the first of his five qualifying jumps by Protestant Chaplabi (Capt.) Charles E. Brfaikmeyer and Catholic Chaplain (Maj.) John P. McCullagh. This be¬ came tite first tri-faithjump in the history of the Army.
The flrst Jewish airborne chaplabi received his bach¬ elor's degree in electrical engineering fk-om the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1965 and was ordained as a rabbi by the Hebrew Theo¬ logical College at Skokie, III., the same year. He was ecclesiastically endorsed for servlceas a Jewish chap¬ labi in the U.S. Armed For¬ ces by the Commission on Jewish Chaplaincy ofthe Na¬ tional Jewish Welf^e Board (JWB) in August 1966. Prior to ills military service, he had been assistant rabbi of SchomTe Hadath Congrega¬ tion, 16 South Bridge St., Poughkeepsle, N.Y.
AT COLLEGE, Chaplahi Breslauihad served as sec¬ retary of the Institiite of Electronics and Electrical Engineers. In his earlier years, he had been a youth group leader and Hebrew school teacher, and had sung in a choir.during the High- Holy Days.
The J)yB Commission on Jewish Chaplaincy recruits, ecclesiastically endorses and serve^ Jewish chaplains in all branches of the tnil-. itary service and hi theVet- eranis Administration. JWB Is the agents authorized by the Department of Defense to serve the religious, wel¬ fare ; and morale needS' of Jewish f military perstnuiel and their, dependents, and is a meml^j of agency of yso. it 1^ ;dso the National. Asr sociation of YM & YWHAs and Jewish Conununity Cien- ters.
:6bthold for Amer lean and British exploiters in the Middle East and Afk-ica." Miss Ethel Minor, another SNCC leader, told the press that the organization would expand on its anti-Israeli propaganda. The same at¬ titude was voiced by Stanley Wise, executive secretary of SNCC.
The Rev. Dr. Marthi Luth¬ er King, Jr., declined in At¬ lanta to  comment  on the
ide" in the SNCC newslet¬ ter. They declared that the SNCC attitude "reflects a complete divorce from the opinions and aspirations of the mass of American Neg¬ roes. The famous Negro singer, Harry Belafonte, said he was not surprised at the SNCC attitude. Mr. Belafonte has frequently supported pro-Israel causes, on Is- (Continued on Page 4)
NEW YORIf, (JTA) — About 200 Jewish youUis con¬ ducted a Tlsha B'av "fast-in" this week on the side¬ walks across the street ft-om the headquarters of the Soviet mission to the United Nations. Most of the participants—organized by the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry—silently sat on low"shlva" stools while a few ofthem picketed with placards denouncing S6v- iet antl-Semitishi. Part of the demonstration was the display of a 10-panel exhibit depicting the plight of Soviet J6wry.
WASHINGTON, (JTA) - Rep. Robert Tatt, Jr.,' Ohio Republican, reported to the House this week on < "Increased ahti-Semitlsm" in Communist countries/' He noted -a speech by Natimial Commander Malcolm A. Tarlov,' of tjie Jewish War Veterans, onthe rise ' of anti-JieiVish pressures emanating ftom Moscow. The ' Congressntan termed the situation "disturbing."      '
STUTTGART, West Germany, (JTA) — Dr. Albert Wittman, a chemist who was an officer of Hitler's SS during the war, went on trial here this week on ' charges of murder of Jews and of being thei scientist who had developed the Nazi system of asphyxiating ¦ people in trucks eijulpped wtth gas exhausts. Ttetria^ is expected to liast about six weeks.
BUENds AIRES, (JTA) — A bomb exploded here thla week in a tearoom next door to a theater where ' a massmeeting was being held cond^m^ing^SiOviet anti-Semitism. There were no casHaltifa« but the tearoo^ suffered heavy clamage. Tbe(;,massmeetfaig was called to commemorate the Jewlsh-wiiitersand   i ' intellecttials murdered by the Soviet Union, in 1952,1   i under the iStalhi regiine. Heavy police guards, had '' surroundra the theater lind,^ it was believed, tiioset! ¦ who planted the bomb put the explosive as n^ tbe auditorium as possible because'of the presence of police.
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