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VOL. 52 NO. 7
FEBRUARY 14, 1974 - SHEVAT 22
LIBRARY,   OHIO  HISTORICAL SOCIETY
1082  VELMA   AVE. .
COLS.  0.     43E11 EX0H
Request Airing Of Charges That Parts Of
Soviet Trade Agreement Kept From Congress
Mr. Robert Glick reviews a copy of the Ohio Jewish
Chronicle as part of the research for the Columbus
Jewish Documentation and Publication Project..
Launch Project To Research
History Of Jewish Community
board, the group will con-
Columbus - A group
composed of three Columbus
organizations have banded
together to research the
history of the Jewish com¬
munity in the capitol city.
The Ohio Historical
■ Society, Ohio State
University and Columbus
Jewish Federation have
launched a three,-year
project to document the
lives, interests and con¬
tributions of the Columbus
Jewish community from 1850
to the present.
According to Jtobert Glick,
chairman of the advisory
duct the most extensive
study ever made of the
Jewish contribution in
Columbus. Initially, the
group will concentrate on
collecting historic materials
on the Jewish community.
This information will then be
■ compiled, in to a. 200 -to - 300
page history. |
Anyone having in¬
formation on documents
relating to Columbus Jewish
history should contact the
Ohio Historical Society
Archives-Library.
WASHINGTON, (JTA) —
The      Senate      Foreign
Relations Committee, at the
request of Sen. Clifford P.
Case (R. N.J.) has asked
Secretary of State Henry A.
Kissinger to provide "a full
airing" of charges that
"important parts" of the
Soviet   -   American   trade
agreement were not tran?
smitted to Congress "in
accordance with law." Case
told the Senate on Feb; 8 that
the parts  "have indeed
entered  into   force: and
Congressional   deliberation
on granting credits to the
USSR has been bypassed by
an Executive agreement
that extends credits at a
preferred rate to the USSR."
The House in Dec, adopted
by a 4-1 ratio the Mills -
Vanik measure forbidding
credits or most favored
nation tariffs to the Soviet
Union until it relaxes its
emigration barriers. The
identical   measure,   the
Jackson   Amendment,  is
backed  by 78 Senators
l,
overall Trade Reform Act
late this month or early
March. No date has been
fixed for Kissinger's ap¬
pearance before the Foreign
Relations Committee
regarding Case's charges
relevant to the U.S. - Soviet
agreement signed Oct. 18,
1972 as a follow-up to the
summit meeting in Moscow
in May of that year.
Case said in his speech
that "neither the Congress
nor the taxpayer has been
told the extent .of the
obligation to extend sub¬
sidized credit to the USSR;*'
An agreement, he said,
between the U.S. Export-
Import Bank and the Soviet
Vnesthtorgbank provides in
essence- for long-term
-credits at six percent "on a
; case by case basis to. the
USSR" and that the con-'
ditions for the credits "will
'not be less favorable'than
those usually extended to
other purchasers in similar
transactions." The
agreement, Case says, put a
J500 million "ceiling" on the
credits which, Case says, he
is questioning. Thus far; Ex-
Im Bank has lent the USSR
$119 million of the $500
million committed to the
Soviet Union. Pending final
approval is $180 million
more, mainly for the Oc¬
cidental Petroleum Com¬
pany's fertilizer complex for
the USSR and $49 million {or
gas exploration, Case said.
Israeli Forces Continue Pullout
Egyptians Demolish SAM Sites
TEL AVIV, (JTA) -
Israeli forces continued
preparations on Feb. 7 to
complete their pullout from
the Israeli bridgehead on the
west bank of the Suez Canal,
an operation officers said
would be finished by
He'arlngs oif it are expected ~ -Feibr'^i' when the • last
before the Senate Finance Israeli tinits will cross the
Committee as part of the   canal   back   to   the  Sinai
Israel Solidarity Mission
Scheduled For April 22nd
Recognizing that one of the
most visible means of in¬
dicating support, of Israel,
for her people and to her
economy, is to go to Israel,
the Columbus Jewish
Federation is co-sponsoring
a special Federation
Solidarity Mission with five
other cities in Central Ohio.
Appealing to the Columbus
Jewish Community, the
Federation is asking that as
many residents of the
community as possible join
in an indication of Solidarity
with- Israel by making
reservations for this special
UJA sponsored Mission
scheduled to leave on April
22nd for ten days. This will
give the tourist an bp-^
portunity to spend In¬
dependence Day with the
Israelis.
At a cost of $850 per per¬
son, double occupancy^($90
supplement for single room)
this mission includes six
nights to Tel Aviv and three
nights in Jerusalem at five-
star deluxe hotels.
The price quoted includes
group air fare, hotel ac¬
commodations, all meals,
daily program activities as
well as taxes, transfers and
gratuities. A special {roup
fare from Columbus to New
York and return will be
worked out and announced
later., Watch for further
details.
Norman Meizlish,
President of the Federation
said "We urge Columbus
residentsrto make that trip to
Israel Now. Go with this
special Columbus Solidarity
Mission. Your presence can
help fill the void and be a
tangible sign of our
solidarity with those in
Israel who are enduring
many hardships, both
personal and economical.
We have learned from those
who have recently returned
from similar trips, that this
experience can be
meaningful and enjoyable
.for the participants as well
as for the people there. Let
us band together to assure
the success of this com¬
munity as well as for the
people there. Let lis band
together to assure the
success of this community
sponsored visit.
For additional information
and details regarding this
specially   planned   trip,
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WASHINGTON (WNS) — After two votes in which
the Senate failed to get the necessary two-thirds to cut
off a filibuster by the opposition, the Senate decided to
postpone action until next year on ratifying the in¬
ternational treaty against genocide. In both votes 55
Senators supported the move for cloture while first 36
and then 38 Senators voted against it. This was the first
time the Senate debated the issue since the treaty was
adopted unanimously by the United Nations General
Assembly in Paris in 1948 as a reaction to the murder
of six million Jews by the Nazis. Opponents of the
treaty expressed fear that it would cause the United
States to lose jurisdiction over trials of its citizens to
international tribunals. Sen. Jacob Javits (R., NY),
one of the leaders in the fight for ratification, said the
treaty's supporters will wage an educational campaign
during the next months to combat the "great deal of
misinformation about this treaty."
LONDON (WNS)'— In return for a moratorium on
religious legislation during the present emergency, Dr.
Immanuel Jacobovits, the Chief Rabbi of the British
Common wealth, has urged the Israeli Chief Rabbinate
to press for religious instruction and practices in all
Israeli schools. Rabbi Jacobovits told ministers and
leaders of the United Synagogue that he made his
suggestion during a recent meeting in Jerusalem
because the present agitation was "divjsive and
counter-productive." He advocated a gradual
disengagement of religious activities from partisan
politics.
CHICAGO (WNS)—Philip M. Mutznick; a former
president of B'nai B'rith, has called for a "more
representative" structuring of the American Jewish
community to deal with "changing needs, changing
lifestyles and the increasing burdens of inflation.""
Speaking to 400 persons' at convocation exercises
commemorating the 50th anniversary of B'nai B'rith
. Hillel Foundations, Klutznick warned that the com¬
bined pressures of inflation and "indispensable Jewish
communal needs abroad that must be met" Can mean
a weakening of Jewish institutions and programs in the
U.S. if the American Jewish community continued to
"trifle with the need for chave."
Peninsula. Sources here
reported that the Egyptians
were implementing their
share of the agreement to
the letter. A report from the
west bank said that the
Egyptians have demolished
four of the five SAM misile
sites they built on the canal's
east bank since the Yom
Kippur War. At noon on Feb.
21, an Israeli officer will
, hand over the bridge at the
Israeli salient to United
, Nations, Emergency Force
officers who, six hours later,
will turn the bridge and the
.salient over to the Egyp¬
tians. Until then, Israeli
sources said, Israel will
maintain significant forces
of paratroops, armor and
artillery in the bridgehead.
Israeli sappers meanwhile
continue to deactivate the
minefields they planted with
a target of de-fusing and
removing a half million
mines out of the 750,000
mines that were placed.
Maps on the location of the
still active mines will be
given to the Egyptians.
Maps of booby-trap mines
also have been prepared and
handed to UNEF and the
Egyptians, In . an incident
Feb. 6 an Israeli soldier was
killed whan a patrol clashed
with a terrorist gang near
Kibbutz Dan in' Upper
Galilee. The terrorists had
penetrated from Lebanese-
territory. Meanwhile, Army
Chief of Staff Gen. David
Elazar, speaking at Bet
Sokolow, the headquarters
for jounalists here on Feb. 6
defended the disengagement
agreement with Egypt, said
there had been no violations
so far and claimed that the
new Israeli lines in Sinai
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Federation Young Men's Division
Plans 'Night For Life' Affair
The Yojng Men's Division
of the Columbus Jewish
Federation   announced   its
plans for the 1974 Night for
Life Dinner Dance.
Traditionally, this affair is
a celebration, marking the
culmination of the Young
Men's Campaign  of the
United    Jewish.   Fund.
However, this year due to
the Yom Kippur War the
affair will have, perhaps, a
deeper meaning: There will
be a gathering of the young
. leaders  of  the   Columbus
Jewish  community  whose
hard work . and  dedicated
efforts  enabled   the  cam¬
paign to reach its goals.
-    The Young Men's Division
is  honored  to   have   Mr.
Jacques Torczyner as the
guest speaker.  Mr. Torc¬
zyner is chairman of the
Zionist   Organization   of
.- America. He is  also a
Jacques Torczyner
founding member of the
American - Israel Chamber
of Commerce.
In addition, Mr. Torczyner
is a leader in the Diamond
Industry and has made
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