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VOL. 51 NO. 10
MARCH 8, 1973 — ADAR II 4
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NEW YORK (WNS)-Former Supreme Court Justice
Arthur J. Goldberg, chairman of the Ad Hoc Com¬
mittee on the Human Rights and Genocide Treaties,
has applauded the Senate Foreign Relations Com¬
mittee's unanimous action in approving the 23-year-old
Genocide convention, in force since 1953 and ratified by
75 UN member states. He expressed confidence the
Senate leadership would bring the Convention before
the Senate for a vote early in this session. He noted that
a bi-partisan letter, initiated by Senators Frank
Church, William Prpxmire, Jacob Javitz and Hugh
Scott, had been signed by 53 Senators. This, he said,
demonstrated strong bi-partisan support for con¬
sideration and approval of the measure.
WASHINGTON (WNS)-The Washingtoni Committee
for Soviet Jewry has written Dr. Armand Hammer,
board chairman and chief executive officer of the
Occidental Petroleum Company, to express his con¬
cern to Soviet officials about the approximately 40
Soviet Jews imprisoned for wishing to emigrate when .
he negotiates with Soviet authorities. Hammer was
instalments] in arranging the loans of 41 post-
inimpressionist paintings owned by the Soviet
government to.be shown here at the National Gallery
and also in New York.
Warn Of Anti-Semitism it
Russian Trade Bill Blocked
Israel Urges Governments Not To
Surrender To Terrorist Extortion
WASHINGTON (WNS)-
G.A. Arbatov, director of the
Institute for U.S. studies at
the Academy of Sciences in
Moscow, told American
tf-jsiness "leaders here that
proposed Congressional
legislation aimed at
removing Soviet restrictions
on emigrations "would
revive anti-Semitism in the
Soviet Union" because it
would give "Soviet Jews a
special status and treat¬
ment" Speaking at the two-
day U.S. Soviet trade con¬
ference here sponsored by
1 the National Association of
Manufacturers with U.S. and
SovietrGovernmentbacking,
Arbatov warned that if the-
question * ; of w Soviet
emigration 1 becomes in¬
surmountable it "would spur
anti-Semitism in the United
States itself" because many
would use it "as a. pretext
against the SALT talks and
detente." '
He warned that if "nor¬
malization"     of     trade
. relations between the two
countries is blocked it would
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JERUSALEM, (JTA)<-
The Israel government
urged other governments
March 4 "not to surrender to
extortion by terrorist
organizations" if terrorist
outrages are to be curbed. A
sharply worded statement to
that effect was issued by the
Cabinet this evening, several
hours after the an¬
nouncement that eight Black
September terrorists who
murdered two American
diplomats and one Belgian
envoy in Khartoum Friday
had surrendered to Sudanese
authorities,
The Cabinet statement
broke the official silence that
Israel had maintained since
Thursday when the heavily
armed Black Septembrists
shot their way into the Saudi
Arabian     Embassy    in
Khartoum and seized three
Western diplomats and two
Arab envoys who were at¬
tending a reception there.
I    The only Israeli statement
i until   today  was   a   brief
(message   of   condolence,
'which   Foreign   Minister
Abba Eban* sent to' IKS?
i Secretary of State William
' P. Rogers over the deaths of
i the  two  Americans,  Am¬
bassador Cleo A. Noel, Jr.
and U.S. Embassy Counselor
George C. Moore. The third
victim, Belgian Charge
d'Affaires Guy Eid, was
reported earlier to have been
spared when the two
Americans were shot.
Today's Cabinet statement
contained additional con¬
dolences to the American
and Belgian governments. It
stated that the Khartoum
episode provided "additional
evidence of the murderous
nature of the terrorist and
sabotage organizations'' and
; noted: "These organizations
not only show total disregard
of all human standards in
their decisions. and
operations but also aim to
torpedo  every  chance   of
progress toward peace
between the Arab states and
Israel."
The Israeli statement
warned: "The terrorists
threaten the peace of each
and every country, un¬
dermining the sovereign
interests even of Arab
states. Their activities could
be checked were the
necessary security and legal
measures to be instituted by
the countries of the world,
including the Arab states-
each country for itself, in
cooperation with the world
community." The statement
called "on all governments
of the world not to surrender
to extortion by the terrorist
organizations and to do
everything possible to
prevent their activities."
Apart from the Cabinet
statement, Israeli circles
here laid a large measure of
the blame for the latest
terrorist outrages on what
they called the acquiescence
of. some Western European
governments to terrorist
blackmail.
"There is the feeling that.
the Western European
governments have, by their
very acts of acquiescence to
terrorist blackmail, in¬
creased the chances of
terrorist activities," the
circles said. "By their weak-
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Meir: Israel Has friend In White House
lise
WASHINGTON (WNS)-
Israeli Premier Golda
Meir's meetings here this
week witli President Nixon
and top U.S. officials ended
with  the Premier's  an-
asked to take any measures
to open any .new activities
regarding Middle East af¬
fairs. Wgh level diplomatic
circles believed there had
also been no change in the
nouhcment that Israel has a, positions of'; Jordanian King
friend in the White House
questions on various topics.
Referring to the Sinai
tragedy, Mrs: Meir
reiterated it had taken
place against the backdrop
of Black September threats
arid that we pilot was partly
and apparent satisfaction
mat no pressure would be
put on Israel regarding a:
peace settlement. It was
understood in Israeli circles
here that Mrs. Meir was not
Hussein ,  or     Egyptian . to blame for failing:.to heed
President Anwar Sadat. Israel's signals to land. She
$1,250,000 Raised To Date
Through UJFC Campaign
At the major big gifts
dinner in the Advance Gifts
Division held Wednesday
evening, February 28th, at
the Winding Hollow Country
dub, the total funds pledged
to date in the entire cam¬
paign.was announced to be
approximately $1,250,000
iiidijding the gifts reported
that evening. This is the
largest total to ever be an¬
nounced at this time in the
campaign in the histroy of
Ihe United Jewish Fund and .
Council, representing ap¬
proximately 15 percent to 20
percent over-all increase on
gifts obtained to date from
all of the major ^divisions.
Mr. SamuelM: Miller,
National Chairman of the
United Jewish Appeal, and
the evening's speaker,
highlighted the) importance
for significantly increased
giving in 1973 in order to
maintain and support the
flow and resettlement of
Jews from the Soviet Union
to Israel. "A miracle in our
time is now taking place," he
stated, "which must be
recognized and the op¬
portunity grasped to rescue
these people before the iron
curtain may again come
vtown."
Michael Radimoslosky,
immigrant to Israel from
Russia last year, spoke
about his experiences and
told of the hardships con¬
fronting all Jews: in the
Soviet Union in retaining
their identity, in order to live
a Jewish life. "The only
course for such Jews is that
of going to Israel, but in
making such a choice one
undergoes a horrible ex¬
perience of alienation
among the Soviet Jews, the
loss of employment, the loss
of educational opportunity
and the loss of all those
normal activities which we,
in a democartic state, take
for granted," he said.
A direct telephone call to
the Soviet Union to one of the
Russians awaiting a visa,
was made at the Dinner by
Mark Mellman, a young
dynamic leader of Columbus
Jewish Youth activity in¬
volved in seeking the release
of Soviet Jews. Unusual
difficulties were en¬
countered, so Mark played a
tape recording of a con¬
versation he had with
another such individual the
night before when he had
been successful in getting
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White House press
Secretary Ronald Ziegler
said Nixon "assured" Mrs.
Meir "of continuing U.S.
support" for Israel during
their 90-minute talk at the
White House March 1, and
that the President felt the
meeting was very con-:
structive." The White House
spokesman stressed that it
would be inadvisable to
expect any easy or instant or
immediate results. The
question, however, remains
one of what we can con¬
tribute to moving?^toward
peace in the area."
Mrs. Meir received a
Standing ovation at the
National Press'. Club after
addressing 400 news media
representatives and
responding to a long series of
added that "everything is at
the disposition'* of an in¬
ternational body to in¬
vestigate the tragedy, but
decried being "condemned
and then investigated."
Responding to questions
on Israel's borders; she said:
"Egypt must understand
Israeli control of Sharm el-
Sheikh is to protect Israeli
shipping" through the
Straits of Tiran to the Far
East and East Africa. She
described the Straits as "a
lifeline for us." She also
reiterated Israel's need to
control the Golan Heights,
and said the Suez Canal
could be open for Egypt to
use at present. Withdrawal
from the Suez area would not
be "a final line," she said,
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B.B. Caplan Presents Report
At National ORT Conference
Dr. Benjamin B. Caplan of CUumbus, Ohio,
presented a special report on the ORT scholarship
program at the 51st annual National Conference of the
American ORT Federation, which was held in New
York City last weekend. Dr. Caplan, who has been
elected the new treasurer of the Columbus Men's ORT
chapter, is widely known for his involvement in
medical services throughout the world.
At a dinner in honor of Justice Stern, Dr. Caplan
undertook the development of a physics laboratory at
the ORT school in Teheran. As treasurer of the
Columbus ORT group, Dr. Caplan assumes an office
formerly held by Ted Simson.
Also among the 1,000 delegates attending the ORT
conclave was Louis Robins, who is the , newly-
designated president of Columbus Men's ORT, suc¬
ceeding Bed-*Balshohe, who becomes honorary
president.
'Mr. Robins, who is active in community affairs,
recently visited the Syngalowski ORT Center in Tel
Aviv, the largest vocational brining school in the
Middle East and was deeply impressed with ORT's
program. Mr. Robins was elected to the National ORT
Executive Committee andtothe National Organization
Committee.
Calls For Alternatives For
Young Within Community
BY BILL COHEN "
CHRONICLE SPECIAL
REPORTER
Jewish community funds
should financially sponsor
groups of young Jews "that
hate them" and synagogues
should "make room for
experimentation,'' in order
to help the younger
generation find its Jewish
identity, according to Rabbi
Arthur Green, who spoke at
the Jewish Center February
».
Rabbi Green, a member of t,    ,...,,,
(he Hqyurat Shalom- Com-   are now h\.their twenties."
munity near Boston, said      RaJ-bi. Gr(-en, A Hasidic
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RABBI ARTHUR GREEN
that most or the synagogues
and other Jewish institutions
we now have "meet all of the
heeds of the second
generation American Jew
who is 5O60 years old but
wine of the needs of the third
and fourth generation, who
rabbi, traced the develop¬
ment of the institution of the
synagogue in the U.S. He
stressed that synagogues
today serve social function
but mat few Jews go there to
pray, study, or ask deeply
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