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VOL. 53 NO. 4
2][\\y7 Serving Columbus and Central Ohio Jewish Community tor Over 50 Years y^/AxA
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By Joseph Polakoff
(Copyright, 1975, JTA, Inc.)
Cancel Trade Agreement
Preparing for the Agudas Achim Sisterhood Donor
Dinner February 8 are left to right: Mrs. Terry Meyer,
Sisterhood President, Mrs. Harold Harris, Donor
Dinner Chairman, Mrs. William Nullman, Sisterhood
Treasurer, Mrs. Ed Stan, Solicitation Chairman, and
Mrs. Martin Greenberg, Invitations and Reservations
Chairman. ,
Agudas Achim Sisterhood Donor
Dinner Is Set For February 8
Mrs. Terry Meyer,
President of Agudas Achim
Sisterhood, announced that
plans are being made for an
evening of champagne,.
dinner and dancing,
Saturday, February 8 at 7:30
p.m. This gala event is. the
culmination' of the yearly
fundraising for. the
Synagogue by the
Sisterhood. The donor pledge
is a $12.50 minimum, and the
.proceeds from the evening
will go to maintain religious
school' equipment, and
synagogue ' and kitchen
facilities.
Chairmen for the evening
include: Mrs. Sheldon'Sch¬
wartz, Fundraising Vice
President;   Mrs.   Harold
Harris, Donor Chairman;
Mrs. Ed Stan, Solicitation
Chairman; Mrs. Nate Katz,
Solicitation Co-Chairman;
Mrs. Martin Greenberg,
Reservations and Invitations
Chairman1; Mrs. Jack
Silberstein, Hostess
Chairman; ''Mrs. Larry
Felsenthal, [Donor
Treasurer; Mrs. i Stanley
Vogel, Dinner Chairman;
Mrs. Frank Nutis, Program
Chairman; Mrs. Ronald
Goodman, Decorations
Chairman; Mrs., Herbert
Greff, Physical
Arrangements Chairman;
' and Mrs. Frederick Luper,
Publicity Chairman.
For reservations, call Mrs.
Martin Greenberg 253j-7261.
WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
Key Senate and House;
members expressed Jan. 15
surprise and most reserved
immediate comment on the
Soviet government's
repudiation of its 1972 trade
agreement with the United
States and its refusal to
accept conditions based on
recently adopted American
laws. Senator Russell Long
(D. La.), chairman of the
Senate Finance Committee
which heard Secretary of
State Henry A. Kissinger say
on Dec. 3, that the com¬
promise he had reached with
Senators Jackson, Abe
Ribicoff (D. Conn.), and
Jacob K. Javits (R. NY) was
satisfactory to him, in¬
dicated through aides that
they felt the Soviets also had
agreed to the compromise
arrangements. Kep.'Charles
A. Vanik (D. Ohio), who led
the emigration phase of the
jtrade legislation in the
House, said that he regretted
the Soviet action and hoped
the Soviet government would
change"its mind. "We can in
no way force credits or most
favored nation treatment on
any nation," Vanik said in a
brief statement. A joint
statement issued by
Jackson, Vanik, Javits and
■ Ribicoff noted that the Soviet
Union's repudiation of the
trade pact was a "disap¬
pointing development." It
added: "We in the Congress
remain committed to the.
view that a broadening of
trade relations must be
accompanied by progress in
the area of human rights. We
shall not diminish our efforts
to help those who seek
freedom." They also said
that "with or without a trade
agreement we have a right
to expect the Soviet Union to
honor .the Uniyersal
Declaration of Human
Rights." They said they did
not. know why the Soviets
have chosen to "scuttle" the
agreement. But they said the
compromise of Oct. 18 which
"was freely entered into by
all concerned, appears to
have lost its appeal to the
Soviets only when it became
apparent that the Congress
would not approve govern¬
ment credits for multi-billion
dollar development
programs in the Soviet
Union." The Senators said
that since the Oct. 18 ex¬
change of correspondence
between Secretary of State
Henry A. Kissinger and
Jackson the assurances
contained were reaffirmed
by Soviet Communist Party
Secretary Leonid I.
Brezhnev in Vladivostok,
and Kissinger        in
Washington.   "At   no   time
have we been informed by
' the Administration to which
the assurances were made
Ford Says U.S., Israeli Interests
May Not Always Be The Same
NEW YORK (WNS) -
President Ford has in¬
dicated that while the tlnited
States and Israel's national
interest, now coincide this,
may not always be the case.
In an interview. in Time
magazine, the President was
asked, if ttiere are "any
concrete limltj'to otjr com¬
mitment to Israel." Ford
replied: "It so happens that
there is a substantial
relationship at the present
time between our national
security interests and those
of Israel. But in, the final
analysis, we have to judge
what is in our national in¬
terest above any and all
other considerations." Ford
i said he would not rule out a
formal U.S. guarantee to
Israel "under some cir¬
cumstances, but there has to
CJF Sets Record $6,000,000 Goal For 1975
The Columbus Jewish
Federation has established a
record $6,000,000 campaign
goal of needs for 1975. Sidney
I. Blatt, President. of the
Columbus.   Jewish
Sidney I. Blatt
Federation, stated, "that the
goal is the highest in our
community's history. A
$6,000,000 goal of need to
provide for the basic human
needs and to improve the
quality of Jewish, life in
Columbus, in the United
States, in Israel and
throughout the world, places
upon the Jewish community
of Columbus a high degree of -
responsibility." The
$6,000,000 goal wa<- set at the
regular meeting of the Board
of Trustees of the Columbus .
Jewish Federation, on
Monday, January 20th,-1975,
and was unanimously
adopted. )
The campaign, under the
Chairmanship of Millard
Cummins, is concerned with
raising funds . for many
causes. The -overseas
beneficiaries of the fund
include the United Jewish
Appeal and the Israel
Emergency Fund. The
United Jewish Appeal, the
major fund raising arm of
American Jewry, i^ the
single largest beneficiary of
the Columbus Jewish
Federation, and includes the
following agencies which
receive allocations towards
their program of im¬
migration, rescue, reset¬
tlement and rehabilitation
for Jews in Israel and
throughout the world: The
Joint Distribution Com¬
mittee (JDC), The Jewish
Agency, ORT, and The New
York Association for New
Americans. The Israel
Emergency Fund devoted
exclusively to Israel's
humanitarian health and
welfare services, is an ad¬
ditional fund 'which is
necessary because of
Israel's precarious con¬
ditions. Other overseas
beneficiaries include The
American Israel Cultural
Foundation, The Federated
Council of Israel In¬
stitutions, The Joint Appeal
of Hebrew University and
The Technion, The Jewjsh
Telegraphic Agency, United
Hias, and .the Youth Aliyah
Program of Hadassah.
Allocations are ' made to
major-- national Jewish
agencies to support their
'vital programs, and to
eliminate the need for a
multiplicity of fund raising
efforts in Columhus. These
organizations contribute to
the needs of Jews throughout
the United States, and in
many cases elsewhere in the
world. Included among the
national beneficiaries of the
Columbus campaign are:
American Association for
Jewish Education,
American Jewish Congress,
Anierican Professors for
Peace in the Middle East,
Anti-Defamation League of
B'nai B'rith, Bellefaire,
B'nai • B'rith Hillel Foun¬
dation, B'nai B'rith Youth
Organization, The Council of
Jewish Federation and
Welfare Funds, Dropsie
University, The-Institute for
Jewish Life, The Jewish
Braille Institute, The Jewish
Labor'  Committee,    The
(CONTINUED ON PAGE II)
be, in my judgment, some
real progress (toward
peace) there before that step
would be taken." Ford
warned that prospects for a
new war 'are very, very
serious. They get more
serious every day . if we
doh'C get some action for
further progress in the
settlement of some of these
disputes." Fond said the
Soviet Union wants all of the
Mideast issues decided at
the Geneva conference. He
said the U.S. does not rule
out Geneva, "but we do feel
that in the interim, before we
go to Geneva ... we ought to
try and make some other
additional progress on .a
step-by-step basis."
Asked about Soviet Jewish
emigration, Ford said "we
have worked very hard to
get conditions that would
increase the. availability of
applications for emigration,
non-harassment and
relatively free emigration.
The great publicity that has
been given by some, perhaps
going beyonckthe facts, may
well have hurt rather than
helped Jewish emigration."
In Jerusalem, Ford's
remarks were seen as a
gentle nudge to Israel to
make further concessions in
advance of second-stage
negotiations. Observers feel
his offer of a U.S. guarantee
. is intended to soothe Israel's,
security susceptibilities and
prod her toward greater"
generosity in' a Sinai
pullback. Observers see a
real and definite American
interest in achieving a
second-stage agreement
and thereby further limiting
Soviet influence in the
-Mideast. Meanwhile in New
York, Rabbi Israel Muller,
chairman of the Conference
of Presidents of Major
American Jewish
Organizations, told a press
conference   that- Ford's
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 3)
that they have been with¬
drawn." Sen. Cliffod P. Case
(R. NJ) issued a statement
saying that the Soviet action
reflected a struggle' for
control within the Soviet
leadership and was not
related to any U.S. action
since the USSR had accepted
the trade bill. He noted that
the U.S.. "Cannot base its
own foreign policy ob¬
jectives on the shifts and
turns of Soviet domestic
politics," and therefore it
would be "unwise and im¬
prudent for I any
Congressional action on
trade with the Soviet Union
at this time."
Some Senators, and
Representatives apvocated
caution and no denunciation
of the Soviet government,
Kissinger or the Congress
which virtually was
unanimous in adopting both
the trade law with its
Jackson-Vanik amendment,
and the Export-Import Bank
law that puts a ceiling of $300
million in credits to the
Soviet government over the
next four years. The Soviets
had expected to. get some $8
billion from the United
States to develop its Siberian
gas and oil fields. The Ex¬
port-Import Bank restric¬
tions, plus the 18-month trial
period for Soviet emigration ,
practices in. the trade bill
appeared to be the fun¬
damental basis for the Soviet
repudiation* but some felt
there was more to it. "We
ought to sit back and wait'
before we talk too much,"
one moderate Senator said,
asking that his name not be
.used since he would appear
to be violating his own ad¬
vice. "The Kremlin ap¬
parently is engaged in a
bitter . back yard quarrel.
Between Oct. 18 when the
Kissinger - Jackson com¬
promise was.announced and
Dec'. 18 when the letter to
Kissinger from Soviet
Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko made known
strong Soviet displeasure
over the legislation,
something happened, it
seems, within the Kremlin
leadership." Continuing, the
Senator said, "We don't
know if the Soviets are
making a change in
leadership. If so, the
denunciation of 'the trade
agreement may be symp¬
tomatic of that since new
leaders in the Soviet system
always attack the last
' leadership on' some major
element. Usually' the new
leaders go back to the
previous position. But it .may
be that the present
leadership acted this way to
blunt the opposition's attack.
We should know what is
taking place within a few
days."