Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1967-06-01

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THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 1967-22 lYAR, 5727
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NEW YORK, (JTA) — A stady sponsored by the Antl-Defamatlon League of B'nal B'rith has foundthat to the degree that American Negroes distinguish be¬ tween Jewish and non-Jewish whites, they prefer Jews and are less anti-Semitic than whiles. The stut^ was part of a five-year research project on prejudice conducted by the Universiiy of California Survey , Research Center with an AKL grant
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J., (JTA) ~ Dr. Elijah Bort- niker, president and executive director of the Jewish Education Association of Essex Couniy warned against disruptive and conflicting trends in the field of Jewish education and in the Jewish community. He spolce at theftlst annual conference ofthe National Council for Jewish Education Communal Service.
BOSTON, (JTA) — A Jewish scientist who has pioneered in the use of radartostudythe solar ^stem, Dr. Irwin I, Shapiro, staff researcher at the Mass¬ achusetts Instttute of Technology Laboratory since 1954, has beai appointed Professor of Geophysics and Physics at MTT.
BRUSSELS, (JTA) — King Badouin has nominated Charles H. Jordan, executive vice-chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee, as an Officer of the Order of Lec^ld IL Tbe high honor and decoration according to the King's order, are to be given to Mr. Jordan "for worldrwide humanitarian action and outstanding services rendered to Belgian Jewxyinre-,, constructing Jewish community life atter, World War
Crisis Continues In Mid-East
Political Figures Take Stand On Crisis
Following are talcen firom statements by leadingpolitl- cal figures on the current crisis in the Middle East.
UWWMT JlHiB A* hNMI
As Govemor of Ohio I have no jurisdiction to speak on matters of forelgnpolicy, but, as a private citizen deeply concemed with jus¬ tice,,! uise that the Uiited States hraior to the letter ita international commitments witii respect to the territor¬ ial integrity of Israel and that this nation conthiue its .tradittonal insistence on freedom of navlgatloninsuch intemational waters as the Gulf of Aqaba.
Crisis Spurs Bond Buyers
Joseph F. Kass, chairman ofthe Coiiunbus Israel Bond Committee, reports that the Jewish community is one hundred per cent behind Is¬ rael in its present crisis and that bond sales have spurted sharply hi the past week.   •
"The support which we have received sincethe Mid-, die East situation flared up up is simply amazing," he stated. "All weel( people have been calling the affice to help Israel by buying Is¬ rael Bonds. Many are reg¬ ular customers who' wish to increase' their iiurchases in this time of crisis. Others are holders of maturcdbonds who want to re-inviest their monegr-at once, in some in¬ stances, we have received calls from people who have (Continued on Page 4)
UN PUPPY
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — A brown and white puppy crossed the Israeli lines from Gaza this week with a note in English attached 'to its collar which read "I am a Danish dqg and my name is NlMd. I am afraid of Egyptians and have crossed the Israeli line. Please take care of me and I will serve you well when I am grown up."
The letter apparently was written by a Danish member ot thcUnitedNa- tions Emeiigency Force which was ordered out of its Egyptian positions earlier in the week on demand of Egyptian President Nasser. The puppy was adopted by children of a collective on the border.
Urgent Cash Drive  '"" Begun By U.i.F.C
hi Columbus the^Leader- sblp of the United Jewish Fund and Council has moved ctuickly to act in the~crisis now facing IsraeL Iii res¬ ponse to telegrams sent out by the Emergency Com¬ mittee, signed by Herman M, Katz, president, Samuel M. Melton, treasurer, Her¬ bert H, Schiff, member of tho National United Jewish Appeal Cabinet, and Gordon Zacks, member of the Young Leadership Cabinet of the Uta, a special meeting was held Sunday night at the Tif¬ ereth Israel Temple. ~ More than 200 people at¬ tended and heard a specially- taped message ft-omRabbi Herbert Friedman, execut¬ ive director of the United Jewish Appeal, who had re¬ turned late Saturday night firom Israel, hi his message Rabbi Frie'dman expressed in no uncertain terms the critical n^lire ofthe emer¬ gency now'facing Israel and therefore the Uhited Jewish- Appeal, which helps support the work of tbe JewishAgen- cy.'Total conscription has swelled the ranks of the ' families on relief. Vital pro¬ grams have been affected for men, women and children, includbig the sick, the aged, and the newcomers to IsraeL
An outpouring pt cash that evening restated in almost $300,000.00 being raised trom those present, andft-om' a special Emergency Com- imittee of wiiich Gordm Zacks has been appointed chairman by Herman M, .Katz. A special committee mobilizing for CashCoUect- ions,'by the Women's Div¬ ision^ headed by Mrs. Aaron 2; acks, hasalsobeenwozifing to collect cash.
Tho Chronicle will carry current and up-to^the min¬ ute informationonthese dev¬ elopments  as tbey occur»
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I commend President Johnson on his statesman¬ like posittonaboutthe Middle East crisis. The re;Sponsl- biliiy for a potential war in the Middle East is a grave one' and the closbig of the ¦^td?;ofiftfciJMi.Wf]>Tttb^er,liin'. dara'ahippit^-maa interna¬ tional waterway. As .Presi¬ dent Johnson stateii^ "the right of free, Innocentji^- sage-of the intemt^iiiHil, watenray is a vital it%x^Bt of the 'intemational-'.icKHh- munity." I johi with Miti- cal leaders of both great partes in urging that th^ United States, tluough the United Nations, does eveiy¬ thing pos^siUeto avert war in the Middle East. The ter¬ ritorial integrity of Israel has been guaranteed by the last four Presidents of the United States and the threat to the peace must be re¬ moved.
I am sure the m^oriiy of the Congress joins me in backing the President in the desire to prevent aggres-' sion, protect the democratic state' of Israel and, finally, cut off all aid to Nasser.
As you know, I was one of the minority in the past that voted against aidto this despot who, during the 89th Congress, suggested the United States "spit in the ocean" and have notyetbecn
able to understand those in the Congress that supported aid to Nasser.
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Certidnly members of Congress and people all the United States are, aware of the exjEiloslveness of events of the last few days.
I am vinterested in main¬ taining the integrity of the State of IsraeL The action of Nasser in closing the Port of Aqaba cannot be condoned. We must actwise- ' ly in carrying out our com-_ mttments.
May I associate myself
with other Senators on this
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Publbhers Meet In brael 0espHe Crisis
JERUSALEM, (JTA) -- The 25th annual.comrenticxi, of the American Jewish Press Associatirai opened on schedule here last week with , 30 publishers and editors attending despite State De¬ partment warnings to Am¬ erican nationals to stay out of the Middle East.
The first session was held in the Welzmann Hall ofthe Jewish Agency. Premier Levi EshkoL occupied with the current Middle East crisis, was unable to at¬ tend. He sent a worm mess¬ age of greetings. Expressing regrets over his absence because of the emeigency, the Premier declared that "I call onyouas messengers - and spokesmen for the Jew¬ ish communily of the United States to inform our brethren there of the priorities of the hour.
THE CHAIRMAN of the session was Adolph Rosen- beig, editor and publisher of tlie Southern Israelite of Atlanta and president ofthe association. Greetings were presented by the Israel's Union of Journalists andthe ' World Bureau of Jewish Journalists.        .
EDITORIAL
We join the United Jewish Appeal andthe Emergency Gommittee of the United Jewish Fund and Council (consisting of Herman M.'^'Katz, Samuel ,M.t Melton, Herbert B. Schiff, Edward Schlezinger and/Gordon Zacks) in their appeal for Emeigency Cash Mobil¬ ization to raise maximum Auids for programs juid services which the Israel Government caiMot ^support in view of the desperate defense situation^ >^ritnent ot your pledge now will demonstrate jrdur ^^rt of Israel at this critical moment in histoiy. Checks may be sent to the United Jewish Fund and CouncU, 40 S. ThirdSt, Room 330.
We also urge anyone interested to send telegrams or letters to' tbe President, Secretaiy of State Dean Rusk, or your scnfitors or congressmen showbig your concern for peace, .In the Middle East' Any member group of the Council of Oiganizati(ms has further information to as^sist thoso Interested in telegrams.        '   I
EDITOR'S NOTE:. Even in a technological age it sometimes happens that news travels faster than the ^printed word. Some of the reports contained hero run the risk ot being outdated by the time the Chronicle reaches its subscribers. Below are the latest reports in capsule form compiled at press time.
DIPLOMATS SEEK MIDEAST SOLUTION
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Leaders of the woriff s major powers—including the Soviet Utiion—appeared to be in agreement that the current Middle East crisis required prompt and decisive action to pre¬ vent a new Israeli-Arab war but remained in dis¬ agreement on wbat the action should be.
bl a rapid-fire series of events, Egyptian Presi¬ dent Nasser announced that he was closing the Gulf of Akaba to Israeli shipping President Johnson forth- ^ rightly denounced such action as "illegal and poten¬ tially disastrous to the cause of peace;" Israeli Premier Levi Eshkol reiterated Israel's view that such a blockade would be an act of war; Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban a hurried tour of London, Paris and Washington to leam just what the major powers would do; and United Nations Securi^ General U Thant retumed from a dramatic visit to Cairo^ apparently empty-handed, while an emergency ses¬ sion of the Security Council met briefly, debated, and a^ioumed to hear a report from the Secretaiy General.
X in an unexpectedly strong announcement, President Jcdmson urged action fay the Security CouncU in de¬ nouncing the Egyptian blockade. He said the United States regretted that the general armistice agree¬ ments had "fWed to prevent warlike acts trom one territoiy against another government, or against civU-
-lanei, or territory, under control oCanothei^govera- ment" He Vaidthe UnitedStates was "dismayed" at the "hurried withdrawal" ofthe UN Emergency Force from Gaza and Sinai and continued to regard a UN presence in the area "as a matter of fundamental importance and shaU support its continuance with aU possible vigor." Finally, he declared, the United States deplored the recent buUdup of Inilitary forces on the Egyptian-Israeli border, and he stressed the importance of the "sensitive areas," such as the Gaza Strip and the Gulf of Akaba.
EGYPT REJECTS
LONDON, (JTA) — Al Ahram, the Cairo newspaper which usually reflects the view^of President Nasser's regime, reported that Egypt had rejected a five-pobit United States proposal for settlement of the Akaba Gulf deadlock.
The newspaper said that Egypt refbsed the Uni¬ ted States proposal that Israeli shipping be per¬ mitted free passage through the Tiran Strait and a related proposal for a pullbacfc of ESgyptian troops - irom the Israeli border, on the understanding that Israel would do likewise."
EBAN SEEKS ANSWERS
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Israel Foreign Mtoister Abba Eban met with Secretaiy of State Dean Rusk to an effort to determtoe what the UnitedStates wUl do- to open the Strait of Tiran — which, he sai^ was not only a problem of Israel but an intemational issue. Mr. Eban also met with Undersecretaiy of State Eugene Rostow and Assistant Secretary of State Lucius Battle.
Mr. Eban made the point that it was generally agreed to his meetings to Paris and London earlier that the strait of Tiran iriiist be reopened. He said the closure of the passage,|Was a mutUation of geo¬ graphy which Israel "q||iyipusly can't accept." The issue is "grave for the wHoIe world," he said.
SOVIETS BACK NASSER
WASHINGT(»J;5(JTA) - Tho Soviet Wiionhaa pledged support to Ee^, foUowing the announce¬ ment by Presi^nt Nasseythat the Straits of Tlran were closed to| Israeli shipping. A statement carried by Tass, official Soviet news agency, said: ''He who would venture to unleash aggression inthe Near East would ehcouiiter hot only the United strength ofthe"/ Arab countries, but also resolute resistance to ^ aggi«ssion on the; part qf the Soviet Union and aU peace-loving states; Only a handtol of colonial oil monopolies and their hangers«on can be toterested to such a conflict Only tbe forces of imperiaUsm, to the wake of whose policy Israel foUows, pan be interested to this."
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