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THURSDAY, JANUARY 25,1968-24 HVES
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Columbus Leoders See Levi Eshkol
Sidney I. Blatt, - general chairman of the 1968 United Jewish Fund Campaign, Mrs. Aaron Zacks, Stanley Sch¬ wartz, Jr. and Herbert H. Schiff were among the 2500 proninent men and women firom organized Jewish life all over the country at the FareweU Dtaner for-Prime Minister Levi EshkOI ta New Ytxek recently.
Pledges of moral support ta the achievement of peace, and material support for Is¬ rael's economic programs ta the coming year were voiced fay Edward Gtasberg of Cleveland, general chair¬ man of the Unltedf Jewish Appeal. Blatt was pleased to add the pledge ofthe Co¬ lumbus Jewish community, now about to embarli cn Its 1968 effort for boththe Re¬ gular and the Emergency
.Fund Campaigns, ta which uassivfe ftmds would be re¬ quired to meet the goals vrtdch have been set.
"I WAS most Impressed' wtth Mr. Esfakol's state-
' ments," said Blatt, "es¬ pecially wben be said that what Is at staice for Israel Is the light of the Jewish
' people to retata its place ta
, ld$Mty - the right to live
..nfi^tbuQd.their llvos wtth-
^.'aut.sufitering, witfaout being
'¦° dftteUsiBless, wtthout being dependent "oh ,tU cbtlnglng
- favor of others. Hearing and ; seeing tbis great statesman : Itrlpm the small state of Is- , ra^l, who had Just come firom '
private conferences whh the
- head-of our own large govern¬ ment, and had been received fay our President with such
warmth and cordlaliiy, made me prouder than ever tobe a Jew, and to be the General Chidrman of the United Jew¬ ish Fund and Council Cam¬ paigns for this year."
"I know," Blatt continuecl, "that we ta Columbus will measure up to the respon¬ sibilities reqiiired of us ta this year of destiny and cri¬ sis. We will do what has to be dene, and we wlll> never lose sight of the ftaal goal, tbe goal of a people reborn, ta-their own lano^ making their fiiU ccntributian to hu¬ man advancement, and Uv¬ ing at last- ta securily and peace."
WITH THE first Advance. Gifts Functions of tbe Cam-^ , paign alroady ccmpletiBd or ta the'- immediate future, every evidence Is already at hand that tbe Columbus Jew¬ ish community is responding to the appeal with over- vidielmtag generosity, and that the goal set for the Re¬ gular Campaign, as weU as for the Emergency Func^ where no dollar goal was fixed, wlU be achieved.
UoS. Liberty In Coastal VKaters In Israel's Interest
The World's Week
LONDON, (JTA) ~ Mrs. Francolse Jordan, ex-wife of British Nazi party leader Cdta Jordan, was sen¬ tenced to 18 months Imprisonment this week after a jury ta Old BaUey Court found her guUty of con¬ spiring to set fire to a London synagogue that burned ta 1965. After the Judge pronounced "sentence, the French-bom Mrs. Jordan faced thejunr, gave the Nazi salute and shouted "heil Hitlen"^ ^
BONN, (JTA) -- ChanceUor Kurt, Kiesinger, of West Germany gave assurances to Dr. WiUiam Wex¬ ler, the tatematidnal president of B'nai B'rith, that he would do aU he could to assure that Nazi war criminals wiU be punishec^ even though the statute of limitations on tbeir prosecution goes into effect at the, end of 1969. The ChanceUor met with Dr. Wexler here. Dr. Wexler later' told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the ChanceUor had cited a recent poll indicating that conttaued prosecution of Nazi war criminals was favored fay 58 percent of the German people and fay 38 percent of the rightist National Democratic party. Postponement of the ef- , fective date of the limitations law would require ParUamentary legislation.      I
LONDON, <JTA) — The po|slbaity of setting back the date when the statute qfUn^tatlans on the prose- cution of Nazi war criminals goes into effect,,and the rising political power of extreme right'wing parties ta the West German Federal RepubUc were topics discussed fay a delegation representing the Anglo- Jewlsh Association which vf^itedthe German Embassy here;
, PARIS, .(JTA) —The EJgyptian E^assy here de¬ nied chiuges tiiat appeared ta the newspaper, L'Ex '• pres8,.tbat JQgyptlan JOws arrested during, last June's Slx-Itay War were.degi^ac^dandtortured.The changes were made'ta an' artlcle^fay the>EB]*ptlaif-Jevrfsh Journalist, BertoFarhl,.wdio is now in Paris.    .
AMSTERDAM, (JTA) ~ The^Netherlands'delegation totthe Uiited NaUons.was urged to intervene atthe world body for action on behalf of Jews irjiprisoned and persecuted ta Arab countries stace iiist June's Artib-Israel ,war. Tbe appeal was made io-Iforeign .Minister Dr. Joseph Luns, fay the Executive of WIZO, the Women's Zionl^ Organization ta tie Neti»rlands, N on behalf of its 2,300 roemiiers.
BONN, (JTA) J- The, State, Prosecutor here has demanded life; imprisonment at hard labor for seven of 15 accused ta the "Stanlslaw trial" now before a jury. Tiw defendants wore |!^;cused ofthe murder of 12^000 Jews in Stanlslaw, East Galicia; durtag the war.
BY DAVID HOROWITZ
UNITED NATIONS, (WUP) —Accordtag to a reliable 'source close to the Pent¬ agon, the U. S. Liberty— which was attacked and dam¬ aged on June 8 fay Israeli torpedo boats some ISmUes off the coast of the Slnal Pentasula—had secret or¬ ders to report to. the Sixth Fleet on any possible dan¬ gers facing the existence of Israel durtag the massive Arab mUitary buUdrUB aim¬ ed at the annlhUatlon of the Jewish State which at the tlm'e seemed a near possib¬ Uity.
Had the situation looked 'dlsfavorable to IsraeU-flie source revealed, the Sixth Fleet with its air power would have tatervencd and , prevented a second holocaust ' and mass slaughter ta our times, even at-, the-risk of tacurrlng Soviet taterven- tion.
THE U.S. position would have been presented as being justifiable on the strength of its announced policy of the necessity of coming to
the Immedtate aid of any State ta the area faced fay aggression of another State.
It is true that the Liberty, a communications vessel, did intercept messages', but iiot for the purpose of "prov¬ ing" that Israel had started the war, as some Hsraell circles matatained. On the contrary, its mata jjurpgse.. for its presence so close to the war zone was to make sure that Israel would sur¬ vive.
THE SOURCE ftnrther dis¬ closed that it was upon the direct orders of President Johnson—who was concern¬ ed over Israel's survival- that the ^Liberty was sent to the Slnal Coast and that the .Sixth Fleet be alerted fipr action.. -  i
The White ) House , move ta June 1967 was likened to the lato President Kennedy's naval operation during the 1961 Cuban crisis over th^' USSR missUes.
m THE llghtof these facts, the source noted, the Israeli attack on the vessel wUl go down ta history asthegreat- cst blunder over committed fay the reborn nation.
Prisoners Are Sent Home W ith Messoge
TEL AVIV, (JTA)'— Defense Minister Moshe Dayan naid a surprise visit to the prisoner-of-war camp atJV^it and told 100 Egyptian officers, tacluding four generals, who are being repatriate^ that Israel wants to exist peaceful!^ as a Jewish state among Arab states but wiU always fight back If attacked. He said he wanted the Egyptian'-sOldlers, vibo were captured ta last June's Six Day War, to return
home with the message that *   	
Israelis want peace and co-      r ^     m ¦
existence. Af1| A||n||fll
Gen. Dayan's visit to the     ""' «¦¦¦¦»»¦¦ POW camp was unannounced     Uitk^immim and was made apparently on     IllCcfflllU the spur of the moment \^n     g,        . severe gales  and snow     SUIIflflV storms delayed a prisoner i^aaf
exchange'^agreed to fay Egypt and Israel under'the aegis of the intemational Red Cross. Israel holds afaoul 4,500 Egyptian POWs.       \
,EGVPT has 10 to 15 cap¬ tured IsraeUs, niibstly pilots. The agreement for their ex¬ change was arranged bgr the IRC at Geneva and the first contingent of Egyptian pri¬ soners wqs sent home last
General Dt^an's remarks ^made ta English, were sum- "marized. by the Defenso Mta-, istry; He brushed.aside as' '^historic" the Question of whether the Jands of Israel belpnged.tp the.Ara.bs'or' welre the ancestral homo of the Jews. "Now we have a state  and the question is whether this state can exist , here."
"1 SAY yes," 'Gen Dayan told the Egyptian officers. "We consider ourselves part of the Jewish world, just as
Jacob G. Gold, executive director of the Chicago Jew¬ ish Hopie for the Ag^, wlU address the sixth annual meeting of Heritage House, 1151 College Ave., Sunday, Jan. ,28, at 2 pim.
A past president of the National Association of Jew¬ ish Homes for the Aged;* Gold has spent 27 years creating and administering programs for the aged. He started his career ta 1941 as assistantexecutiyedirec- tor/of the Brooklyn Hebrew Home ~& Hospital for the Aged and iii ^1947 took up his present post. ' -' '
THE' ANNUAL' meeting wlU also .be highlighted by the election of officers and directors; dedication of a memorial plaaue to tfae late Aarui Zacks, afounder'and president Of Heritage House, and a social hoiu' at which members of the Heritage House Auxiliary wiU act as
Arms Emb^go ToBeUited
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Official sources revealed that a U.S. embargo on arms shipments wlU be lifted withta 30 days to allow the shipmentof Patton tanks to Jordan to re¬ place the losses suffered ta last June's war with Israel.
Spare parts, ammunition and other transportation and communications equipment required fay the Jordanian army wiU also be sent, A new agreement is beiiig negotiated for surplus - agricultural  com¬ modities to meet Jordan's needs. ,
THE STATE Department said that the United States had terminated a $30 mUlion annual cash budgetary su^ port allocation for Jordan because the Husseta regime was receiving adequate aidi ftrom the oU-rlchArabcoun¬ tr ies. The $30 mUliohta-^ eluded ftjnds with whichJor- dan paiA its army, according to' Robert McCIoskey, State Department spokesman.'
there that the wealthy Arab countries would aid those whode economies suffered ft-om the'June war. Mr. Mc¬ CIoskey said.
THE Washtagton Daily News said that the United States had "politely but cool- ^ly," tiimed asitjie thro? bids trom Egypt ta recent weeks for renewal of. diplomatic relations.
we consider Arabs'Uving tai hostesses the state of Israel as pfflt      Hy Ston'e, a vice presi- of tte Arab world. We don't. jent of Heritage House, Is want to make ti»m into   5^^^^ ^^ chairman of the Jews-ifs  impossible  biiA  piamtog eommittea. there is no need for it-4
just as we don't want i^Jbe    	
made tato Arabs. True," Gen. Dayan said, "we ar^ a small nation, perhaps we shaU reach 5 million souls. But even as such we can live alongside you and with you without becoming part of you and withoutyourbe coming part of us. Under those cir¬ cumstances, we car Uve ta mutual respect a id peace. You 'WiU not attack our ships and we wiU not attack you. The^oidy way is for you to understand thai ta the midst of the-Arab worldthere exists a Jewish state. TheirefUgee Problem can be solved and a peace treaty can be sign¬ ed. We shaU tir to achieve it"
Gen. Dayan blamed the June war on mlslnfbrmatian« supplied to Egypt fay Syria and the Soviet Uiion that Israel was mobUizing for an
£1 Fatah Betrayeds By Boss
McCIoskey said that Jor" dan had received an author¬ ization of $112 mUlion a year trom the wealthy Arab -states at last September's Arab summit meeting ta Khartoum. It was decided
The paper said that the approaches had been ta Washington and Cabro and that the Egyptians had re¬ ceived "the stifily correct U.S. response that they would be taken-under advisement."
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Nine members of the El Fatah gang facing' trial by mUi¬ tary tribunals for attempt¬ ing to blow up the Zlon cinema ta Jerusalem last .October and other terrorist acts, learned that it was theb* own leader who betrayed them to Israeli security au¬ thorities.
The' Syrian-trained ter¬ rorist and sabotage ring was rounded up swiftly after the
        cinema-bombing attempt ta
attack OTS^riTie~sard that ""^ "^^ haUed as a ex- JEfeypt's subsequent blockade traordinary piece of-pollce- of the Strait of Tiran, which w^"*- But the IsraeU au- Israel shipptag had used for "»0""es had been given the a decade, was considered by names of the gang members Israel "a ^clargUon of ^nd told where tof|ndthem war." ' ., """ ""^"^ ^.m"?-^. ^ '^ea-
The prisoner exchai«e f^f^ ^^ exiJosiVes. The was resumed/Bftertiie storm imormant was theganglead- abated ^d/another convoy ^'' ""''™' ^ "^- ^"*"»" ofprisoMtswastumedover «•«> was picked up ta a to Egyptian officials at Kan- ""rt'ne security check ta tara. No announcement was Jorusaiem and found to be made on tiw number of pri- - "" *"«8»l possession of a soners tavolved. revolver.
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