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VOL. 51 NO. 1
I JANUARY 4, 1973 - SHEVAT 1
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NEW YORK (WNS)— The American Jewish
Congress and the Union of American Hebrew
Congregations, in separate statements released here
this weekend, condemned the re-esealation of the
Vietnam war and urged implementation of the cease¬
fire agreement which seemed imminentja short while
ago. Howard-Metzenbaum of Cleveland, chairman of
the UAHC-Central conference of American Rabbis'
Commission on$Social Action; said he sent President
Nixon a telegram urging him to break the Vietnam
deadlock by personally going to Paris and Hanoi" as he
went to Moscow and Peking, to safeguard the October
draft cease-fire which both sides so painfully ham¬
mered out together."
In addition,  National Council  of Jewish  Women
president, Mrs.-Earl Marvin called on the President to
"bring this holocaust to an immediate end." Th&
Massachusetts Board of Rabbis, The Labor Zionist
Alliance and the Rabbinical Assembly also denounced \
the renewed bombing and called' for an immediate   v
halt. - /■ - \
, WASHINGTON (WNS) — Senate and House backers
of legislation linking,freedom of emigration to U.S.
Soviet trade are preparing to resubmit their bills
jointly about the middle of January. The amendment
introduced by Sen. Henry M. Jackson (D. Wash.),
which would withhold mostfavored-nation status and
credit privileges from Communitst nations which
violate emigration rights, continues to enjoy a Arm.
foothold in the Senate. The corresponding bill in¬
troduced by Rep. Charles Vanik (D. Ohio) has so far
Jailed to, clear the maximum majority mark of 218 in
the House.' The two Congresmen are, seeking new .
support for their legislation from freshmen
congressmen.
AJC Intervention Causes Removal
Of Offensive TV Commercial Statement
AJC Asks FDIC To Prohibit Bank Discrimination
In Housing Loan Applications
SAN FRANCISCO - A
segment of a television
commercial declaring
"there is no. hackin' nor
hewin' nor Jewin' at Spartan
Dodge" has been removed
from the air following uV*
tervention by the American
Jewish Congress.
The offensive statement
was aired on KGSC (Channel
36), San Jose, Calif., along
with others sent by par¬
ticipants in the sponsor's
contest to select a per¬
manent slogan for the "San
Jose Spartan Theatre."
Joel Brooks, director of the
AJCongress' Northern
California Division,
headquartered at 40 First
Street, San Francisco, in-
iormed the sponsor that the
statement was in "ex¬
ceedingly bad taste," with
overtones of anti-Semitism.
- "He* requested that it be
deleted from the commercial
and a public apology be
made on the air.
Executives  at  Spartan
Dodge replied that the tape
,"qould only be changed at'
. considerable   expense   and
time" and that .they were
unwilling to do so.    -
The American Jewish
Congress then contacted
KGSC and - in accordance
with Federal Com¬
munications Commission
regulations - asked to
monitor the tape to deter¬
mine what further action
would be necessary.
Channel 36 .subsequently
informed the American
Jewish Congress that the
offensive segment would be
' removed from the com-
"'mercial and that the host of
ihe.pfogram would make a
public apology. He did so the
following night.
NEW YORK
American Jewish Congress
has asked the Federal
Deposit Insurance Cor¬
poration to prohibit banks
from discrimination against
women in housing loans and
from seeking racial and
ethnic information from its
housing loan applicants.
In a statement submitted
to the FDIC, the Congress
urged that proposed new fair
housing lending practices -in
the FDIC's regulations bar
such discrimination and
questions that might be
regarded as encouraging
discrimination.
The statement was signed
by Theodore Mann, of
Philadelphia, and Paul S.'
fterger, of Washington, D.C.,
co-chairmen ', of the
Congress' Commission on
Law, Social Action and
Urtian Affairs, and Joseph B.
Robison, of New York,
general counsel. Bjgverly
Coleman of the Commission
staff is'listed as "of coun¬
sel." ;
Oh the subject of sex
discrimination, the Jewish
organization declared:
"The-American Jewish
.Congress has consistently
supported the right of every
American to achieve his or
her maximum potential as a
human being without regard
to religion, race, ethnic
origin or sex. We believe it is
beyond ' argument that
American women must
share fully in the rights,
privileges, benefits and
obligations of our society,
j "It is a;matter of belated
consciousness that women,
too, have been subjected to
discrimination, in the
exercise of their rights as
citizens," the Congress
stated, noting that con¬
siderable efforts were now
being undertaken by federal,
state and city agencies to
correct this discrimination.
The statement continued:
"The American Jewish
Congress therefore supports,
as desirable, the expansion
of -the .Federal, Deposit In¬
surance; T; Corporation's
regulation ■   h\andating
nondiscrimination in lending
to include discrimination
based on sex.
"We make the assumption
that the FDIC shares with us
the . belief that arbitrary
discrimination for any
reason is undesirable, and
that the addition of sex to the
prohibited categories of
race, color, religion and
natural     origin      would
Appeal For Amnesty
For Soviet Jewish Prisoners Of Conscience
•' ? ?•»,' Mrs. John B. Resler, chairman of the UJFC - Soviet Jewry Comittee received a request
from the National Jewish Community Relations Council asking that Columbus, along with
other communities across the country, make an urgent appeal to everyone in a special ef¬
fort, to write, telegraph and call prominent Soviet officials urging that amnesty, be granted
to Jewish PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE early in 1973.
The matter of amnesty for prisoners during this period of the year is an approach usually
utilized by governments, and it would be advantageous if this same type of procedure could
be brought to bear with the Russian Government regarding Jews serving in Soviet Prison
CampsUecause of their so called 'zionist' activities stated Mrs. Resler. Therefore, Mrs.
Resler is enlisting the support of Columbus Jewry to appeal to their friends, organizations,
university/faculty members, and influential'government officials, such as congressmen,
senators and others to make personal phone calls to Russia, or writeito the Russian UN
Representatives and other Soviet leaders urging amnesty. Anyone desiring additional in¬
formation or direction, please call 237-7686, or Mrs. Resler at 252-4796.
Those to whom such communications can be directed are:(Ambassador Jacob Malik,
Soviet Mission to the U.N., 136 East 67th Street, New York, New York 10021; Ambassador
Anatoly Dobrynin, Embassy of the USSR, 112516th Street^ N.W., Washington, D.C.
promote the rights of women
in a basic area, the securing'
of mortgage financing."
The Congress cited as
authority for the FDIC in
prohibiting * sex
discrimination the; "due
process" clause of the Fifth
Amendment and the "equal
protection of the laws" of
the Fourteenth Amendment,
as' well   as   a   series   of
court decisions that dealt
with discrimination on the
basis of race but "must be
viewed as applying with
equal force to discrimination
based on sex."
On banks' seeking racial
and ethnic information from
loan applicants, the
statement asserted:
"Representing   members
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"Sneak Preview" Theme of 11th
Annual Heritage House Meeting
"A Sneak Preview of the
Expanding Heritage House"
will be the theme of the
eleventh Annual Meeting of
Heritage House to be held
this SundayJlan. 7, 1973, at
1:30 {rttf-"^
Dr. Herbert Shore,
Executive Vice President of
the National Association of
Jewish Homes for the "Aged,
and the Consultant to the
-Heritage House expansion
program will be the keynote
speaker.
Sol Zell, President and
Gerald N. Conn, Executive
Director, will present brief
reports.
Mrs. Allen Gun-
dersheimer, Jr., ac¬
complished harpist will
. entertain.
At the Annual Meeting, the
officers for -1973 will be
elected. The Nominating
Committee will present the
following slate: President-
President Ed Schlezinger;
Milton Staub, Sol Morton
Isaac, J. Maynard Kaplan
and Dave Levison, Vice
Presidents; N. Victor
Goodman, Secretary;
Robert Kaynes, Treasurer;
Ted Finkelstein, Associate
Treasurer; Honorary Board
Member, Jack Resler.
Nominated to serve a three
year term as Board Mem¬
bers are: Maurice Bleich,
Troy Feibel, Milton Good¬
man, M.D., William Kahn,
Frank Nutis, Mrs. Joseph
Schecter, Melvin Schot-
tenstein, Mrs. Leon Schot-
tenstein, Saul Schottenstein,
Allen Gundersheimer, Jr.,
Justice Leonard Stern, and
Sanford Topolosky.
Nominated to serve as Board
Member fqr an unexpired
one year term is Martin
Hoffman.
Continuing Board Mem¬
bers are: Merom Brachman,
B.B. Caplan, M.D., Alfred
Friedman. Gerald Fried¬
man, Louis Krakoff, M.A.
Krakoff, M.D., Mrs. Simon
Lazarus, - Mrsv> Samuel'
Melton,, Herbert! Schiff,
Morris Skilke'n, Leslie
Wexner, Mrs. Milton
Leeman, Sidney Blatt,
William Engelman, D.D.S.,
Don Erkis, Herman Katz,
Ira  Monroe, Henry  Piatt,
EDWARD SCHLEZINGER
D.D.S., Louis Robins, David
Roth, Mrs. Samuel Shin-
bach, JackSilberstein, M.D.,
Hy Stone, Robert Weiler, Sr.,
and Abe Yenkin. Past
Presidents of the Board
serving as permanent
members are Abe Wolman,
Sol Zell and Mrs. Jack
Resler. Serving on the Board
by virtue of their presidency
at sister agencies and the
Heritage House Auxiliary
are David Derrow, Arthur
Isaac, Norman Meizlish and
Mrs.- Abe Yenkin, .,
A reception and sweet
table in honor of the newly
elected officers and Board
Members will be held.
All members of the
community are cordially
invited and encouraged to
attend this important
community event.
"CASH NOW" Mattlin Urges
An urgent plea for Cash
Now has been received from •
the United Jewish Appeal.
Columbus Jews are now
being called upon to redeem
those of our people who are
allowed to leave'Russia at
this particular time. Morris
L. Mattlin, Treasurer and
Edwin M. Ellman,
Associate Treasurer of the
United Jewish Fund and
Council urge all contributors
to make payments on their
1972 pledges without delay.
"Critically needed funds are
required to bring out Soviet
Jews, transport, resettle and
rehabilitate them in Israel,",
Mr. Mattlin said, Mand
unless there is a personal
effort by each contribufflrJo
the UJFC to make payftl^it
on his own pledge, then ,we,
cannot help meet the/^Ga?:
cerns of these' • peoprey*
CASH NOW will bring
freedom NOW!"
"We never know how the
Moscow government will act
towards its Jewish
population. As long as the
doors remain even slightly
ajar we must be in a position
to help our fellow Jews
leave. At any given hour the
Kremlin can close the gates
and then it will be tod late,
and those who have secured
their visas will face harsh
repercussions," Mr. Mattlin
stated.
Mr.  Edwin M.   EUmah,
Associate Treasurer, spoke ,
of the new mass immigration
from the Soviet Union  to
Israel as being made up of a
"heroic generation of Soviet
Jews", a generation that has
suddenly   come   to   life. S*-:
"These people are full" of
richness - they are rich in
courage,   high   spirit   and
hope."
"However," he added, "if we
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Dr. Louis Finkelstein
To Speak Jan. 8
At Ohio Union
Columbus will be
privileged to have as its
guest Dr. Louis Finklestein,.
Chancellor Emeritus of the
Jewjsh Theological
(Seminary of America. Dr.
Finklestein will be here tq^
speak at a conference
sponsored by the Melton
Research Center and the
Ohio State University. He
will deliver a lecture open to
the public at the Ohio Union
Conference Theater in the
Student Union Building,
Twelfth Avenue and High .
Street, at B p.m.- on Monday,
Jan. 8.
This gives ohr community
the privilege of listening to
and meeting with one of the
truly great men of American
Judaism. Everyone is urged
to attend this lecture.