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VOL. 51 NO. Ill
APRIL 19, 1973 - NISAN 17
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TEL AVIV (WNS) — Yugoslav authorities' in¬
sistence that the Israeli table tennis team depart from
the world championship tournament in Sarajevo,
Yugoslavia because they could not guarantee their
protection against possible terrorist attacks, has
disappointed and angered Israelis. Hie Israeli players,
who arrived home April 12, said the Yugoslav
authorities told them that five unidentified Arabs had
been detained as they were about to board a plane at
Zaagreb for Sarajevo, TTiey said the Yugoslavs ad¬
vised them strongly to leave to prevent another
"Munich" in Sarajevo. The Yugoslavs were ap¬
parently worried over terrorist retaliation for Israel's
commando raids on Beirut.
NEW YORK (WNS) — The Federal Equal Em¬
ployment Opportunity Commission and the United
States Attorney in Manhattan are suing. the
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company with "unlawful
employment practices which discriminate against
Jews and other minority group members." In a
complaint filed April 5 in Federal District Court in
Manhattan'the government charged that the 55,000
employes corporation followed a hiring policy which
limited employment opportunities of Jews and other
minority groups and that it failed to make reasonable
accommodation in certain shift week assignments to
enable Jews to observe their Sabbath.
NEW YORK (WNS) —The National Committee for
the Furtherance of Jewish Ekl^cationnas filed suit in
U.S. District Court against Long Island's largest daily
tiewsltepef,- Newsday, for its refusal to accept, an
advertisement denouncing intermarriage by Jews.
The ad, claiming that Jewish intermarriage, if un¬
checked, Was tantamount to "suicide, national .and
personal," for''the Jewish people, has been published in
the New York Times and the New York Post. The
Committee accused Newsday of running ads
"facilitating interfaith marriages by ordained
clergymen and ads advocating the philosophy of 'Jews
- for Jesus."' The group said it was also suing the U.S.
government "for giving Newsday preferential mailing
privileges and free space in government buildings."
Nixon Asks Power To Giant
Trade Benefits To Any Country
WASHINGTON, (JTA) —
President Nixon asked
authority on April 10 to
extend U.S. governmental
trade benefits to any
country, including the Soviet
Union, without prior
Congressional sanction when
he deemed it in the national
interest. But he offered
Congress a compromise in
the form of a veto on the
issue of granting most
favored nation status.
The President's request
was contained in a 134-page
legislative proposal to
Congress entitled the "Trade
Rfjforn* Act of 1973." His
proposals appeared to be
asking for more Presidential
power over trade than any
other American President in '
history to help meet the
competition U.S. industry
faces in overseas markets.
i The President's request no
sooner reached Congress
when Sen. Henry M. Jackson
(D. Wash.) introduced the
legislative measure bearing
his name which would
withhold most favored
nation status from any
Country that denies its
citizens the right to emigrate
arid which imposes more
than nominal emigration
fees. The Jackson measure
is obviously aimed at the
Israeli Commandos Attack Beirut On Heels Of
Arab Terrorist Attacks In Nicosia, Cyprus
TEL AVIV (WNS) —.
Israeli paratroopers and
commandos raided the
homes and headquarters of
Arab terrorists in Lebanon
April 9, killing three
guerrilla leaders.The raid, a
combined operation with the
Navy and Air Forces in
which two Israeli soldiers
were killed and two woun¬
ded, came on the heels of
Arab terrorist attacks on the
Israeli Ambassador's
residence in Nicosia, Cyprus
and on an Israeli airliner at
Nicosia Airport. Of the nine
terrorists who took part in
both assaults, onewas killed,
four wounded, three cap¬
tured and one1 escaped!
Ambassador Rahamim
Timor was not at home at the
time of the attack. The
Embassy residence was
damaged and some damage
was done tome Israeli plane.
Israd's Chief o| Staff, GfiJi,
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raiders[ -; destroyed thev
headquarters , of the
Khuwarmen ''Democratic
Front" terrorist group in
Lebanon. The Arabs lolled
were identified as Aba Yusuf
Najar, described: as, El
Fatah's No. 2 leader • Kamal
Nassar, a Fatah leader and _
spokesman; and Jamal
Adwan, believed responsible
Soviet Union and the
exorbitant diploma tax it
levies on citizens seeking to
emigrate, virtually all of
whom are Jews.
Tiie Jackson amendment
is supported by 76 Senators.
An identical measure in¬
troduce in the House by
Reps. Wilbur Mills (D/Ark.)
and Charles Vanik (D. Ohio)
has the support of 275
Representatives.
in his proposal, Nixon said
he would notify Congress at
least 90 days in advance of
concluding an agreement
and if neither the House nor
the Senate moved to block it,
it would go into effect. He
made it clear that he wanted
.the authority to grant the
Soviet Union most favored
nation treatment — tariff
' concessions, U.S. credits and
investment guarantees —
arid thereby ensure
repayment, by the Soviet
government of its World War
n lend-lease debt.
Referring directly to the
diploma tax imposed on
Soviet Jews, Nixon said, "I
recognize the deep concern
which many in the Congress
have expressed over the tax
levied on Soviet citizens
wishing to emigrate to new
countries. However, I do not
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for planning terrorist ac¬
tivities inside Israel. He said
all were involved in the
preparation of the Munich
massacre last Sept. 5. The
Israelis, he said, had eight
targets, seven in Beirut and
one in Sidoh where Fatah
had a garage to maintain
and service its vehicles.
Other places hit in the raid
included workshops where
the  terrorists  had  been
preparing their bombs and
other destructive devices
sent to Europe and
elsewhere.
Premier Golda Meir
praised the raids in a speech
to the Knesset saying the
raiders had attacked
terrorists who had killed
before and were planning to
kill again. Israeli sources
said the raid was ordered
after an Intensification of
Soviet Jews Receive Visas
Without Paying Diploma Tax
never be permitted to leave
the U.S.S.R. Four of the
academicians ■ — . Dina
Berliner, engineer; Victor
Brailovsky, medical
cyberneticist; Yevsei
Ratner, "plant; physiologist;
arid Vitaly-Rubin, an expert
in Chinese history — issued
ah appeal to the West urging
that they not be forgotten.
Even if they could raise the
huge sums required under
the   .     diploma tax
requirement, the four
warned, they would be
denied • permission to.
emigrate.
The two men arrested in
Tbilisi are brothers, Isai and
Gregory Goldshtein. Two
weeks ago, their apartment
was searched by the Soviet
police and allegedly "sub¬
versive" material was
confiscated, including tapes
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NEW YORK — Ten more
Soviet Jewish families have
received exit visas without
paying the diploma tax but
two Jewish activists in
Tbilisi have been arrested,
the American Jewish
Congress learned today inn
telephone call to a leading
Soviet Jewish activist in
Moscow^      N
Ttie Jewish source warned
that while the exit tax was
currently- being waived in
some cases, there remained
a groiip ;bf scientists,
academicians and
professionals who had been
informed by Soviet
authorities that they would
terrorist activities in Europe
and elsewhere, and cited "at
least" nine major incidents
which they said had
originated in the Beirut
terrorist organization.
In Washington, the State
Department -deplored the
raid. A United Nations
spokesman said Secretary
General Kurt Waldheim also .
deplored these "new acts of
violence" in Cyprus and
Lebanon.
In Washington, Arab
governments 'were sternly
advised by thev State
Department on April 12 to
stop immediately allowing
their off icial media facilities
to spread the "Big Lie"
invented by Palestinian
Arab groups that the United
States had assisted Israel in
its raid on April 10: in Beirut
to which three reputed Arab
terrorist leaders were slain.
At the same tithe, the
Department disclosed that
additional precautions were
being taken to safeguard
American lives and property
in the Arab countries against
violence which might stem
from the emotional upsurge
over tiie raid and alleged
U.S. complicity. Arab
governments were being
reminded. Department
spokesman Charles Bray
said, that they have a
responsibility for visiting
officials and their proper¬
ties. He declined to name the
countries being advised.
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Mrs. Meir Changes Mind On .
Hot Issue Of Land Purchases
Smiling donors wait their turn to give blood on B-
Day.     . -
Blood Donor Day Is April 29
April 29 is the date set for
asking the Columbus Jewish
Community to donate blood
•at the spring blood donor
day. On that date volunteers
from various Jewish
organizations wiU gather at
the main office of the
Huntington National Bank,
17 South High St., between 10
AM. and 2 P.M. and will
participate in an all out
effort to contact each former
blood donor and each
prospective Hood i donor in
the ; ^iuihMs,:;; Jewish
Ctommu^i^ytMers.wili be
remtodmg^)aon6|s''that B-
Day is to be held at the
Jewish Center from 12 noon
until 6 P.M. on Wednesday,
May 2, and callers will be
setting appointments for.
those wishing to make them,
Ttie calling day serves
both as a reminder to the
v community and as a plan¬
ning aid to the blood donor
council. Results of the
calling help council mem¬
bers schedule more workers
at peak times to create a
smooth flow of donors
through the blood center.
This  spring  the blood
donor calling day has been
scheduled just a few days
before B -' Day itself to
provide a  very  current
' Vemtader for donors,   ,:.'..
.   jVplunteers are still needed
. tbjielp make phone calls and
', to Kelp with other B - Day
activities.  Call  Mrs.  A.B.
Thall at 861-3767 if you would
like to help. The most urgent
need is for blood donors.
May 2-12noon til 6 P.M. -
the Jewish Center.
JERUSALEM, (JTA) —
Premier Golda Meir told the
Knesset on April 10 that she
changed her mind on the
issue of land purchases in
the administered territories
after seeing the list of ap¬
plications from private
persons for permission to
buy Arab lands and watch-
. ing the prices "leap
skyward" during the two
weeks of nationwide debate
on the subject. She said that
claims that she was
pressured by Washington to
change her mind on altering
the status' quo were
"laughable" and she would
not bother to rebut them.
Mrs. Meir admitted that
she was reluctantly
prepared to go along with a
compromise, offered by
Justice Minister Yaacov
Shimshon Shapiro, that
would have permitted Jews
to purchase Arab land under
strict government super¬
vision and license
requirements. But she said
\ she changed her mind when
'.she was given a list of ap-
'plications for the purchase of
huge tracts of land in the
'administered  territories.
She said the applications
added up to over 100,000
dunams (25,000 acres) of
land between Jerusalem and
Ramallah and Jerusalem
and Bethlehem. She said the
size of the tracts led her to
believe that speculators
were at work in at least some
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Professor Nemzer   ,
At Hillel Friday    J
Dr, Louis: Nemzer,
Professor of Political ■-*
Science at the University of
Chicago; will speak on
Friday, April 20; 8:45p.m. on '
Topic "The Jews as a
symbol of Descent within
Soviet Society" at Hillel
Foundation, 46 East 16th
Avenue.
In keeping with the spirit
and meaning of Passover,
Dr. Nemzer will inform us of ,*r''■!'■
new developments within ,\
Russia.
Services will begin at 7:45
p.m. The entire Columbus
community is welcome to
attend.
Refreshments will be
served. v