Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1974-07-18

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VOL. 52 NO. 29
JULY 18, 1974 - TAMUZ 28
WASHINGTON (WNS) —Sen. Henry M. Jackson,
back from a visit to the People's Republic,of China,
said China was more concerned about Soviet power in
the Indian Ocean than the Israeli-Arab dispute: Noting
that he discussed: the Middle East with the Chinese,
Jackson said China "formally supports" the Palestine
Liberation Organization and the Arab countries
against Israel but "how much it goes beyond that I was
unable to ascertain." fSi
- BONN (WNS) — Cologne Judge Viktor Somoskoeoy
sentenced Mrs. Beate Klarsfeld, the Nazi hunter, to
two-months in jail for attempting to kidnap in1971'Kurt
Lischka, the former Gestapo Chief of Paris and bring
him to France. According to her Israeli lawyer, Arie
Marjnsky, Mrs. Klarsfeld has rejected the court's
suggestion that she seek a clemency decree and in¬
stead is appealing her sentence. Mrs. Klarsfeld, who
holds French and German citizenship, readily admits
she sought to bring Lischka, i now a Cologne
businessman, to France where he has been sentenced
to life imprisonment in absentia for his role in the
deportation of 100,000 French Jews and others during
World War II. The trial focused attention on the failure
of the West German parliament to ratify a 1971 Franco-
German treaty under which Nazi war criminals
convicted by French courts could be retried in German
courts. West German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt has
assured Visiting French President Valery Giscard
d'Estaing that the treaty will be ratified. West German
' political parties are now indicating that the treaty will
be ratified in.the wake of the-Klarsfeld trial.
Argue Transfer Of Nuclear Reactors to Egypt
Israel Important -But No Safeguards On Uses
"    by Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
A battery of Administration
.officials argued before two
sub-committees of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee
that the U.S.  transfer  of
nuclear reactors and fuel to
ig Egypt and Israel is essential
y^ to       maintaining       the
|}' momentum of peace moves
g  in the area. They indicated
$  that if the U.S. did not supply
|:  this material, other couri-
w  tries would. But,  under
w  sharp questioning by some
f subcommittee members,
:.;. „ they conceded that there
S were no "absolute
g: safeguards" to assure that
S: the nuclear material would
g be used' exclusively for
peaceful purposes. In that
connection, a State
Department official gave
assurances to members of
Congress  who  have   ex-
Nixon Says Visa Applications Declined —
Soviet Trade important - NCSJ Disagrees
by Joseph Polakoff
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
President Nixon was
reported July 10 to have
"again indicated the im¬
portance of a trade
agreement (with the Soviet
Union) and the fact that the
Soviet government has
received less (visa), ap¬
plications recently than
before, and his view that
without an agreement the
Soviet Union has the right to
refuse applications." That
position by the President
was relayed to reporters by
Sen. Hugh Scott (R. Pa.) the
Senate Minority Leader,
after he emerged from a
White House briefing for
Congressional leaders of
both parties on the recent
Moscow summit conference.
The President's reported
assertion that visa ap¬
plications have declined was
promptly refuted by the
National Conference on
Soviet Jewry in New York,
According to the NCSJ, visa
application have been
running at an average of 4000
per month during the first
six months of 1074, despite a
40 percent cut-back on
emigration and despite
increasing harassments,
arrests and threats of trial to
visa applicants: The NCSJ
conceded   that  visa   ap¬
plications were slightly
higher during the same
period last year—about 4500
a month—but said that under
the circumstances the drop
was negligible.
Regarding Nixon's
reported assertion that
without a trade agreement
that includes most favored
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pressed skepticism Over
President Nixon's offer of
reactors to Egypt and Israel
that the U.S. will require
stringent controls on the
storage of nuclear materials
by both countries to prevent
theft by terrorists, sabotage
or diversion of such
materials to produce nuclear
w ea p o n s. Assistant
Secretary of State Linwood
Holton asserted in letters to
members of the Foreign
Affairs * Committee that
'/stringent controls will be
applied regarding
disposition and storage of
the plutonium operated
reactors."
Administration witnesses
appeared July 9 before the
subcommittee on in¬
ternational organizations
and movements and the
subcommittee on the Near
East and South Asia. The
lead-off witness, Fred C.
Bde, director of the U.S.
Arms Control and Disar¬
mament Agency, agreed
that there is "no absolute
safeguard" to prevent
terrorists or others from
acquiring both the
knowledge and the means to
produce destructive devices.
But Ikle declared that Egypt,
could definitely obtain the
nuclear technology and
material from supplier
nations other than the U.S.
and that Israel "probably
also", could acquire them.
Under questioning, by Rep.
Benjamin Rosenthal (D.
NY),   Ikle   admitted   that
there is "no aboslute
safeguard...not even for
reactors in this country." He
repeated that statement
when he was taken over the
same ground by Rep. Lester
Wolff (D. NY).
Rep. Peter Frelinghuysen
(R. NJ) chided Rosenthal
and ' organization sub¬
committee chairman Rep.
Donald Fraser- (D. Minn.)
for their caution with regard
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Shown greeting new Central Ohio Area Israel Bond
Director Sidney Stein (center) are left, Columbus -
Dayton Region chairman Howard R. Schoenbaum and
right, Cohimbus General Chairman Ben Gdodman.
Offices for the Central Ohio Region are at 2375 E.
'■- Main St. in Columbus.
Sidney Stein Named To
Head Israel Bond Drive
leaders Issue Urgent Cash Appeal
National leaders of the
1974 UNITED JEWISH.
APPEAL this week issued
an urgent appeal for cash to
the COLUMBUS JEWISH
• FEDERATION to meet
crucial human needs in
Israel. Terming the con¬
version of 1974 pledges, into
cash "a lifeline to the sur¬
vival of the people in Israel,"
the UJA leaders.pointed to
an ever-increasing backlog
of unmet needs "jeopar¬
dizing the welfare of Israeli
society at a time when its
very existence depends on
how ready we are to tran¬
slate our commitments, into
concrete, practical life-
saving means."      v
Edwin M. Ellman,
Treasurer of the COLUM-
B U S JEWISH
FEDERATION, com¬
menting on the necessity for
a steady flow of cash said,
"despite the recent military
disengagements, and the
resulting   Semblance   of
decreased tension, the
Israelis, conscious of the
importance of vigilance,
must devote their own
resources to cover
tremendous security ex¬
penditures '.— a drain on the
country's/ economy that
leaves little, if anything, for
social welfare programs.
"Thus, it becomes our
responsibility to provide for
the absorption of new im¬
migrants whose arrival in
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Sidney Stein, who has been
Executive Director of the
Jewish' Federation of
Greater San Jose the past
fifteen years, has been
appointed Manager of the
Israel Bond Campaign in
Central - Ohio, with
headquarters in Columbus,
it was announced by
Chairman Frank R. Nutis.
/ "We are delighted to
welcome Mr. Stein to our
staff and to our: community"
Mr. Nutis said, "and we
know by his past record and
training that we are bound to
have great success in the
campaigns ahead" Mr.
Nutis added.'
A graduate of the Rabbi
Jacob Joseph School in New
rYork (America's first
Jewish   Day   School.)   Mr.
Stein also holds a B.A.
degree from Brooklyn
College, and an M.A. degree
in Counseling and Guidance
from Teachers College,
Columbia University.
His other Jewish com¬
munity professional em¬
ployment history includes
stints with the United Jewish
Welfare Fund in Toronto, the
American Jewish Congress
in Detroit, the Israel Bond
office in Minneapolis, and
the New York Association
for New Americans, where
tie was Director of
Placement for Religious
Functionaries.
Israel Bond Chairman for
the Columbus - Dayton
Region "* Howard R.
Schoenbaum,    Columbus
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HEW To Consult With Jewish, Black, Spanish Groups On Affirmative Action
WASHINGTON (WNS) -
The U.S. Department of
Health,    Education    and
Welfare has promised, to
consult with leaders of six
Black, Spanish and Jewish
Organizations on ways to
implement affirmative
action in higher education,
HEW Secretary Caspar A.
Weinberger, in making the.
promise, was responding to
a letter sent him by .the
executive directors of the
B'nai' B'rith Anti-
Defamation League, the
American Jewish Com¬
mittee, American Jewish
Congress, National
Association for  the  Ad¬
vancement of Colored
People, National Urban
League and Puerto Rican
Legal Defense Fund. After
meeting, with Eleanor
Holmes Norton, head of the
New York City's Com¬
mission on Human Rights,
the six leaders wrote HEW
calling   on .it   to   is'sue
guidelines for use by
colleges and universities to
expand educational op¬
portunities for those
historically excluded from
the full use of these op¬
portunities. Ms. Norton
noted that "despite varying
positions" the six
organizations held on the De
Funis cases, they wanted to
avoid polarization and were
in agreement on the goal of
"the elimination of all forms
of discrimination and the
establishment of affirmative
actions." Marco De Funis, a
Seattle Jew, had complained
in 1971 that he was the victim
of "reverse discrimination"
at the University of
Washington Law School in
that he was barred from
admission while 37 others,
mostly Black were allowed
to enter despite lesser
qualifications. The Supreme
Court in a 5-4 decision ruled
that the case was moot since
De Funis under other lower
court rulings was allowed to
enter the school and was
about to graduate.
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