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VOL. 55 NO. 18
MAY 5,1977-1YAR17
Carter Says Without Success Assurances
Geneva Talks May Not Be Held This Year
N.Y.C. Holocaust Services Held
NEW YORK. — Participants carry candles in
memorial service for 6 million Holocaust victims on
April 24 at New York's Temple Emanu-El.
Gideon Hausner, Israeli cabinet minister,' who
successfully prosecuted Adolph Eichmann for crimes
against the Jewish people, was the principal speaker at
the service.
"RELIGIOUS NEWSSERVICE PHOTO
WASHINGTON (WNS) -
After completing two days of
talks with King Hussein of
Jordan. President Carter
told newsmen April 26 that it
would be better not to hold a
Geneva conference this year
if. there were no assurances
of a Middle East peace
settlement.
"Unless we see some
strong- possibility for sub¬
stantial achievements
before the Geneva con¬
ference can be .convened,
unless we see that prospect,
then I think it would be
better not to have the
Geneva conference at all,"
the President said.'But, he
stressed he was not "more
Publicity Upsets Community
Ku Klux Klan Found In Rockaway
t"
By William Saphire
NEW YORK, (JTA) -
Leader of Far Rockaway's
Jewish community said
April. .21 that they were
caught <jqjHpletely" by. sur¬
prise by the disclosure of the
existence of a Ku Klux Klan
chapter in the Rockaways,
made by the B'nai B'rith
Anti-Defamation League
April 20.
Officials of the
predominantly- Orthodox,
middle-class community of
35-40,000 told the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency that
they did not feel "menced"
by the presence of the racist
organization in their
vicinity.
But they said they were
angry that the ADL had
failed to inform or consult
with the local community,
which includes four B'nai
B'rith lodges, about its in¬
vestigation before the story
broke in the New York Post.
Sidney Lipstein, president of.
the Jewish Community
Council of Far Rockaway,
said he had expressed a
"strong protest" to Howard
Weinstein, New - York
regional director of the ADL.
The Rockaways comprise
a seashore peninsula in the.
borough of Queens with an'
overall population of about ■
144,000. Jewish sources
estimated that as much as 8
per cent of the poplulation is
Jewish but Jews are now
concentrated at the eastern
end of the peninsula, near'
the Nassau County line.
Irwin Suall, director of the
Domestic • Fact-Finding
Department of the B'nai
B'rith Ant£Defamation
League, told the ,'Jewish
Telegraphic Agency that the
ADL had "good, sound
reasons", for not informing
the Jewish community in
Far Rockaway in advance of
its investigation that Ku
Klux Klan chapter was
active in the Rockaways.
But he explained that if the
ADL had gone-to .the com¬
munity first it would have
jeopardized its probe of the
racist KKK in the
Rockaways which, he said,
is only part of a national
round-up of Klan activities
now being prepared by the
ADL.. '
Suall   said   the   local
. community,  would   have
asked for a discussion of the
effects of the disclosure on
the reputation of the
Rockaways and would have
debated whether or not it
should be made public. Suall
said the ADL and the Far
■Rockaways. community
looked at the issue from
different points of view. The
community is un¬
derstandably anxious to
preserve itself and stem the
flight of Jews to otherareas.
The ADL, Suall said, is
primarily concerned with
exposing anti-Semitic
organizations such as the
(CONTINUEDON PAGE III
Center Stage Will light Up'
Beginning This Saturday Night
"Light Up the Sky," Moss
Hart's Broadway hit comedy
about show business, will
open on the Gallery Players'
stage1 at The Jewish Center,
1125 College Ave., on
Saturday eveningrMay 7.
Performances will also be
shown on May 8,10,11,12,14
and 15. This is the laugh hit
that.tells a behind-the-scenes
: story of what goes on when
the greasepaint comes off.
Called "comedy
dynamite" by a N.Y. Mirror
reviewer, .'.'Light Up the
Sky" shows what happens to
an idealistic young
playwright at the hands of a
group of exhibitipnistic and
emotional show people who
undertake to turn his poetic
play from a $300,000 flop into
a Broadway gold mine.
Joe Hietter will be seen as ■
the lowbrow producer who's
gone in for the'higher art and
Linda Wasserstrom will play
his ice-skating wife. Lil
Strouss .will- portray the
unpredictable star who does
as much performing off¬
stage as on, Roger A. Masten
will play a whining director
and Irene B'raverman will be
seen as the star's gin-rummy
playing stage mother.
Others in~ the Gallery
Players' cast include George
.Cappell, Jfm Nelson, Larry
Samuels and Joan Twiss.
The production has been
directed by Harold M.
Eisenstein and the setting,
the Ritz Carlton suite in
Boston of the leading lady,
has, been designed by Herb
Snouffer.
Few dramatists are more
familiar with, the foibles and
temperments of Broadway
than Moss Hart, author of
"Ught Up the Sky." Hart
will be remembered as the
co-author, with George S.
Kaufman, of such other
smash hits as "The Man Who
Came to Dinner,"'"George
Washington Slept Here" and
"You Can't Take It With
You."
For times and ticket in¬
formation, call the .Gallery
Players'pffipe, 231-2731.
pessimistic"   than   before
Hussein's visit.
However, he warned, "To
raise expectations too high, I
think would be potentially
very damaging." He said
■ that after his meetings with,
all Middle Eastern leaders
"we will have a much
clearer conpept of what can
be done."
The Hussein visit followed
meetings here with-Israeli
Premier Yitzhak Rabin and
Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat. Carter is scheduled to
meet Syrian President Hafez
Assad in Geneva-May 9 and
Saudi Arabian Crown Prince
Fahd May 25 in Washington.
In addition, it was an¬
nounced that Secretary of
State Cyrus Vance will meet
Israeli Foreign Minister
Yigal Allon in London May
11 to bring him up to date on
the President's discussions
with Arab leaders.
Carter's words after the
conclusion of his talks with
Hillel Announces
Annual Meeting
Will Be On May 12
The B'nai' B'rith Hillel
Board of Trustees will hold
their annual meeting on
Thursday, May 12, 8 p.m., at
the Hillel Foundation, 46 E,
16th Ave.
The evening's agenda will
include the election of of¬
ficers and board members,
the directors annual reports,
recognition of volunteers
and staffj and a skit and
discussion ,led by Sally Fox,
dramatist.
Nominations for the
election of officers and board
members will be, presented
by B. Lee Skilken, chairman,
and Dr. Malcolm Robbins,
president, nominations
committee.
Nominations for officers
are Malcolm Robbins,
president,- Sandra Resler*
vice president; Howard
Fink, vice president; Karen
Moss, secretary; Joe Paul,
treasurer; and Sylvan
Frank, past faculty advisor.
Present board members
are Eydie Garlikov, Benson
Wolman, Fred Weil, Samuel
Rosen, Sally Wasserstrom,
Jerry Keller and Sarah
Schwartz. Also serving on
the Hillel Executive-Board
are Professor Milton Ain,
past faculty advisor and B.
Lee Skilken and Sanford
Shapiro.
. New board members are
Saul Seigel, Roger, Klein
(Rabbi), Nelson Glenshaft,
Fran Rothman, Jerald
Weiner, Alan Hackel, Carol
Singer and Barry Golden.
Hussein somewhat echoed
his words when he welcomed
the monarch on the White
House lawn April 25. "This
year 1977 is a special time,"
the President said. "We face
possible opportunities for
major strides; toward per¬
manent peace in the Middle
East. It will be a mistake to
be too optimistic because of
i the serious nature of
divisions that, have long
separated one people from
the other in the Eastern
Mediterranean!"
Newsmen . immediately
reported that the President
sounded more pessimistic
than he had in the past about
the chances for a Mideast
settlement. This in-,
terpretation was
acknowledged later in the
day by White House Press
Secretary Jody Powell who
said "It will be a mistake to
read into the" remarks this
morning that there is a
change of feeling.1"
After Carter's statement
to newsmen April 26, the
State Department stressed
.&eJtf^aa§£§till extremely
interested" in a ^Geneva
conference. A Department'
spokesman emphasized that
"at this moment the U.S.
government is in no way
backing away from its
strong commitment to a
major effort to reconvene
the Geneva conference in the
latter half of this year. The
president's meetings with all
the Middle East leaders
have underlined our
determination on this
score."
This was underlined in a
message Carter sent to the
American-Israel Public "
Affairs Committee (AIPAC)
which was holding its 18th
annual policy conference
coincidentally as .the
President was meeting with
Hussein. Carter said he will
be "devoting much of my
personal energies over the
next year to assist Israel and
her Arab neighbors" reach a
peace settlement.
' He stressed that this will
require "the wholehearted
support of all our citizens
and, in • particular, of
Americans like you for
whom peace in the Middle
East is such* a special *'
priority." He described
AIPAC as "a powerful force
in shaping of public opinion
in our country."
The Palestinian question
loomed large in the Carter-
Hussein talks. However,
neither' Carter nor Hussein
mentioned.Palestine or the
Palestinians in their public"*""""
remarks', during the
welcoming ceremony. But ,
after the two days of talks
were concluded newsmen
asked the President to
clarify whether Palestine
Liberation Organization
representatives or non-PLO
Palestinians   would   par-
(CONTINWEDON PAGE 13)
AMSTERDAM (WNS) — Dutch newspapers have
raised the possibility that a $10 million art collection
donated recently to the University of Pretoria in South
Africa by a Dutch national, Jacob A. Van Tilberg, may
be loot taken by the Nazis from Jewish families during
World War II, Former members of the Dutch
resistance in Dordrecht, south of Rotterdem, have
brought charges against Van Tilberg who lived in that
town during World War II and served on the municipal
council. ~ Meanwhile, the Netherlands Ministry of
Justice- has agreed to reopen' the case against Van
Tilberg.
JERUSALEM (WNS) — Israel was urged to legalize
prostitution by a government committee headed by Tel
Aviv District Court judge Hadassah Ben-Ito. The
committee which consists of sociologists and legal
experts proposed "discreet'.' advertising by prostitutes
and prostitutes be allowed to receive customers in
certain hotels. It also recommended that. sexual
relations be allowed in cars if it did not constitute a
public nuisance.
JERUSALEM (WNS) - The~ Ministry of Finance
announced April 28 that it has received evidence from
former Deputy Finance Minister Zvi Dinstein and
others that former Foreign.Minister Abba Eban did
receive permission to hold bank accounts in the United
States in 1967. "Eban has furnished the Ministry with a.'
copy of his application for a permit but neither he nor
the Ministry has been able to find the actual permit.
,The Ministry said it will continue with its investigation
ofEban's finances abroad.
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