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The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-08-14
North African Demonstrators
Stif|ed By Israel Police Action

rioters. David Ben Haroush, self
proclaimed leader of the Wadl
Salib immigrant group, who is
under arrest, told the government
committee at Haifa last week he
was receiving financial aid, and
boasted you'd be surprised if you
knew who is helping u.s."
There is general feeling here
now, following a cabinet meeting,
that the government is handling
the situation satisfactorily. Several
members of the cabinet pointed out
that, while some of the new vii
lages erected for the North African
immigrants have vacant homes,
immigrants are flocking into Wadi
Salib, making an overcrowded
slum of the area.
THE MAPAI PARTY, whose
Wadi Salib election rally was used
as a pretext for the latest Haifa
riot, announced it will hold another
election rally in Wadi Salib. 1--WE
will not yield to force" said the
Haifa leaders of Mapai.
A hint that political motivation
may be behind the rioting appear
ed in the newspaper Davar, organ
of the Israel Federation of Labor.
Davar pointed out that Ben
Haroush stated recently that he
"favors" the program of the right
wing Herut Party.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-08-14

our communities is next on the
agenda.
SEPT. is THE publication date
of a new book by Herman Wouk,
author of 1.-THE Caine Mutiny"
and Marjorie Morningstar" and
teacher at Yeshiva University.
"This Is My God" will be, ac-
cording to the publisher, "a per-
sonal statement of faith and a
fascinating popular explanation of
Jewish religion and culture" 1t
will be lucid and Informative, with
flowing, easy-reading style.
The price of the book, for those
interested and curious, will be
1895.
LAST MONTH 1 reported on
plans for filming Howard Fast's
''My Glorious Brothers" and Leon
Urls Exodus" in Israel.
The list is not complete. Two
interesting new additions have
been announced.
1.-THE Dybbuk," by S. Ansky,
will be made into an English Ian
guage movie, to be filmed, not in
the unavailable corner of Eastern
Europe which was its original
locale, but in Israel. British pro
ducer Tyrone Guthrie will direct
Jewish Telegraphic Agency wri.
ter Herbert G.. Luft reports thai
DIR. Nelson Glueck's Rivers ir
the Desert" has been purchased
for the movies, and will be filmed
in the Negev. Director will bt
Henry King, and producer Dave
Siegel hopes to star Marion Bran
do and, perhaps, Danny Kaye.
AT THIS WRITING, the Sue:
Canal issue between Egypt ant
the nations of the world has no
been resolved.
Egypt contends that, because tn
Suez Canal is an Egyptian water
way" she can close it to ship
which she deems undesirable.
Not only Israel ships, but Graf
carrying Israel cargo, have bee
so considered in recent months. 1
May, the Danish freightAr Ing
loft, carrying cement and lpotas
from Haifa to the Orient, wa
stopped at Port Said and not pei
mitted to go through the canal
Now, in August, the ship is sti
held in Port Said.
Such international lawlessnes
has been justified by Egypt on tn
ground that she is at war wit
Israel.
Does anyone accept this as
legitimate excuse? Let him glanc
at the Constantinople Conventio
of 1888 for the legal aspect of Sue
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-08-14
The World Over

ed with their children'S studies,
and too many of the children dis
continue their Jewish education
after Bar Mitzvah.
Here are the areas, then, in
which there is work to be done.
To have better trained teachers,
we must have more than schools
in which to train them. Increased
salaries and improved community
status are other necessary factors.
Parental interest is dependent,
to some extent, on parental know
ledge, and here an adult educa-
ton program is the obvious need.
Now adult education has become
one of those noble ideas to which
people give lip service, but little
else. We are too busy, and time
is limited. But 1 suggest that,
while our children are young, it is
of especial importance to them
and to us that we increase our
Jewish knowledge.
LIABILITY NO. can then, I
predict, cease to be a problem.
For with greater dedication on our
part will come greater interest
on the part of our children.
And a larger number will re-
main in our schools and devote
themselves to the kind Of scholar
ship which is a tradition in Juda-
ism.
Now that we can no longer look
to European sources for educators
and scholars, now that we must
depend on our American schools
for. the training of our future
teachers and leaders, the matter
acquires an urgency of which we
have perhaps not been aware.
The AAJE report is the first
step. A more intensive, as well as
extensive, Jewish education for al
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-08-14

JERUSALEM q T Al - Tension
continued to prevail in various
parts of the country as a result OF
attempts at repeated demonstra-
tons by North African immi-
grants. The efforts were checked
by the police. :,
Police moved swiftly. to break
up plans for demonstrations In
Beersheba, in the village OF
Pardess Hanna, in LYDIA and at
Ramleh. At Beersheba, six leaders
of a planned demonstration were
arrested before they could stage
the disturbances. In their homes,
police found pamphlets calling for
a demonstration under the slogan:
1--WE are hungry and Disseminated
against" Police said that a youth
who is the leader of the Beersheba
group has a long criminal record.
AT PARDESS HANNA, where
the population consists predomi-
nantly of North African immi-
grants, there has been anger over
the dismissal of North African
from his job at a brick factory.
Authorities said, however, that the
firing of the man had nothing to do
with his origin, being due to the
fact that he has repeatedly clashed
with the foreman on the job.
In the labor exchanges at
Ramleh and LYDIA, police inter-
vened to halt demonstrations by
unemployed.
Haifa's Mayor Aba Houshi, testi-
flying before a governmental COM
mittee probing the first of the
Haifa riots in the North African
immigrant quarter of Wadi Salib,
declared that criminal elements"
are responsible for the disturb
ances, saying there was an "un-
derground" directing the clashes.
ARRESTS IN HAIFA alone have
totalled 70 persons. Of these, SO
have been remanded to Jail for Is
days each to await trial. InveStiga-
tions are being centered on efforts
to find out who the "outside
sources" are that are backing the
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-08-14

control. The wording is clear and
unmiStakable:
"The Power contiguous to the
Suez Canal must keep the Canal
"always free and open IN TIME
OF WAR AS IN TIME OF PEACE
to every vessel of commerce or of
war without distinction of flag"
(Caps are mine).
Thus Egypt is legally bound to
keep the SueZ Canal open to Israel
ships as well as to those of other
nations. (We shall not speak here
of her obligation to keep the peace
with Israel, as directed in the
Armistice agreement signed by
both nations in 1949. Let us bear
in mind, however, that her war
with Israeli too is illegally
All maritime nations are involv-
ed in this matter, and all have
shown their concern. There is
feverish diplomatic activity behind
the scenes, but no action in the
United Nations.
Our UN. representatives should
be reminded of the words of Presi-
dent Eisenhower, which were
quoted by our editor last month,
but which bear repeating.
On Feb. 20, 1857, the President
declared, regarding withdrawal of
Israel troops from Sinai:
eve should not assume that, if
Israel withdraws, Egypt viii pre-
vent Israeli shipping from using
the Suez Canal or the Gulf of
Akaba. If, mhappily, Egypt does
hereafter violate the Armistice
agreement or other international
obligations, then this should be
dealt with firmly by the society of
nations"
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-08-14

STOCKHOLM (JTA)-A demand
that all governments in all coun-
tries recognize the right of Jews
to maintain their communal life
and institutions was voiced at the
assembly of the World Jewish
Congress here in a report on the
situation of Jews in various lands
presented to more than 300 dele
gates.
The report revealed that sus-
tained effort was made to secure
the interest of the Soviet authori-
ties to permit Jewish congrega-
tons in the Soviet Union to send
observers to the Stockholm con-
ference.
I'VE were assured repeatedly
and emphatically by Soviet repre-
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-08-14

OCOUAO NACSA PASSSAACCO.
Enrolment in Jewish religious
schools is at an all-time high,
55S, 900 in the fall of 1858. This
represents an increase of 1872
per cent over 1948.
More than 1900 children from
the age of II up were questioned
on their attitudes, and more than
nine out of 10 accepted Jewish
education as natural and desir-
able. (This is perhaps the most
hopeful of all statistics.)
OF THE 1000 PARENTS inter-
viewed, 89.9 per cent showed a
positive and growing interest in
Jewish education.
There are liabilities, however.
The majority of teachers in Jew
ish schools do not have adequate
Jewish training, the majority Of
parents are not too well acquaint-
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-08-14
VIC Hears Report On Soviet Jewry

sentatives that the congregations
and individuals We had in mind
were free to accept our invitation
if they wished, and that the Soviet
government as matter of policy
did not intervene in such matters, !"
the report stated, adding that af-
ter many months of silence,
the Soviet Jewish congregations
have declined the VIC invitation
just on the eve of the assembly's
opening here this week.
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-08-14
Bv Deborah Jaffa Metz
fThe News Own Columnist)

The long-awaited report on Jew
ish education in the United States
was made public this summer.
Seven years of research went
into this study of 33 representative
American communities, whose
Jewish population ranged in size
from "small" q,0OO to 5,000) to
"very large" (4OO, ,0OO). The Amer
The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-08-14

ican Association
for Jewish Edu-
cation sponsored
this national stu
dy.
I think that
most of us will
find some en-
couragement, as
well as S o m e
areas of concern,
in the picture
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Additional Problems

Nuclear disarmament, an atom
free" zone in Central Europe and
a thinning out" of opposing
armed forces are additional prob
lens on which there is as yet no
firm agreement among the West
ern allies.
On the issue that directly
brought about the present inter-
national negotiations, that of the
future status of West Berlin. the
Western allies appear agreed on
insisting on the maintenance of
the four-power responsibility now
in effect. But if this principle can
be maintained with Soviet &C
ceptance, there will have to be a
quid pro quo. And the West is
by no means now in accord on
how much quid can be giver for
the Soviet quo.
Mr.. Herter on Thursday sug-
gested to Chairman Fulbright Of
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee that he and the rank
ing Republican Senator on the
committee, Wiley of Wisconsin,
accompany the United States del
egation to the Geneva meetings.
Senator Fulbright took a dim view
of the proposal, repeatedly be-
cause he doubted that such par
ticipation in foreign policy at a
working level was a senatorial
prerogative or was desirable. Sen
ator Wiley, however. was said to
be anxious to make the trip.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
A Kennedy Defeat

The Mcclellan victory was
tempered three days later when
the Senate, in unusual Saturday
session, voted overwhelmingly to
substitute watered-down version
of the bill of rights" The extent
to which the Kennedy Erwin bill
had been toughened by the coali-
ton of Southern Democrats and
Republicans remained a singing
defeat for Senator Kennedy, how
ever.
Here are the chief points Of
the labor reform bill hammered
into final shape by the Senate
yesterday and passed, in a sur
prisingly show of unanimity after
four days Of raging debate, by a
vote of 80 to /.
Q A requirement that unions
make public reports of their flnan-
cial operations.
Q A provision requiring employ
ers to report any conflict of in
terest" payments to union officials.
Q Government enforced stand
ards for democratic election pro-
cedures in unions.
Q A modified bill of rights for
union members designed to pro-
tect them from corrupt leaders.
Senator Goldwater. Republican
of Arizona, cast the lone vote
against passage.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Herter Takes Oath

For Mr.. Herter, however, things
were different. The Senate leader
ship moved swiftly to set aside
the seven-day rule, and in a most
unusual display of bipartiSanship
voted to confirm his appointment
on Tuesday, only a day after the
White House had sent his NOM
nation to Capitol Hill. On
Wednesday, in a simple ceremony
at the White House, Mr.. Herter
took the oath of Office as the Goth
Secretary of State of the United
States. Several Secretaries served
more than one term)
Behind the unprecedented dis
patch of the Senate lay several
important considerations. The
foreign ministers of the Western
powers are to meet this week in
Paris to coordinate Western policy
in the forthcoming negotiations
with the Soviet Union. On May IL,
only two weeks away, the foreign
ministers of East and West are
to meet in Geneva, probably to
lay the groundwork for a summit
conference later in the summer. 1t
obviously was essential that a new
American foreign minister be
named without delay.
But most important of all, in
the opinion of many Senators
directly concerned with the con-
duct of foreign policy, was the
necessity of giving Mr.. Herter the
maximum of prestige and self
confidence on the eve of these
critical international parleys.
There had been a mixture of
puzzlement, chagrin and resent
ment among the lawmakers as a
result of the still-unexplained
White House delay in naming Mr..
Herter and letting the world know
that he enjoyed full presidential
confidence. There already was
speculation in the press-Amer-
lean and foreign-that Mr.. Eisen-
hover did not repose in Mr.. Herter
anything like the trust he so
openly had in ailing former Sec
rotary John Foster Dulles.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Modified Curb

While the proposed ban on all
"blackmail" picketing was de-
feated, a modified curb on Or
ganizational picketing was written
into the bill. 1t would bar such
picketing only when the COM
pany involved had a contract with
another union representing a ma
jority of its employees, or during
a nine-month period after an
election lost by the picketing
union.
The AFL-CIO, which had
warned that it would muster its
legislative strength to defeat any
bill that it regarded as antilabor,
accepted the compromise version
OF the Kennedy Erwin bill with
out enthusiasm, but without OPP
position.
The bitter floor battle on the
labor bill swirled with political
overtones that involved four of
the leading presidential prospects
for 1860 - Senators Kennedy,
Humphrey and Lyndon johnson,
and Vice President Nixon.
The head-on clash with Sena-
tor Mcclellan rumpled the pres
tige of Senator Kennedy and de-
prived him of the stature that
would have been his reward for
ready Senate acceptance of his
labor cleanup plan. 1t also pitted
him against Southern Democrats
whose support he may need in his
bid for the Democratic nomina-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
NucIeor Weapon Step

Last week it was revealed that
President Eisenhower had sent
a message to Premier Khrushchev
suggesting a first step" ban on
tests of nuclear weapons. Noting
that the current talks-going on
since last October-at Geneva on
a nuclear test ban remained dead
locked, Mr.. Eisenhower urged an
immediate ban on atmosphere
tests at attitudes lower than 30
miles. This. he said, would dimin-
ish the danger of radioactive fall
out Immediately while the nego-
tiators continued to try for &C
cord on a complete cessation. The
Geneva conferees are stalled on
the issue of inspection to enforce
a test ban, the Russians refusing
to permit full inspection and con-
troll on Soviet territory.
The Presidents letter to the
Kremlin was followed by a mes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
The Reaction Abroad

Thus the suspension of the
rules and the swift confirmation,
in the hope-expressed almost
openly among the SenatorS-that
whatever harm had been done to
the prestige of Mr.. Herter by
the Administrators actions could
be Offset by this demonstration of
Senate backing. That the tactics
were effective, at least in part,
seemed certain when the editorial
reactions Of British, French and
German newspapers were studied.
Mr.. Herter was sworn in Wednes-
day, with the President voicing
warm approval. full confidence,
and full support.
"As you undertake this mission,
God bless you-and I am sure the
people Of the United States join
me in that feeling" Mr.. EiSen-
hover told the new Secretary. He
also observed that Mr.. Dulles had
himself chosen Mr.. Herter as his
successor, and that ''he (Mr.
Dulles and I were one in deciding
that you we're the man best quail
fed to take over the Office Of
Secretary Of State"
On Thursday, President Eisen-
hover, Mr.. Herter, Vice President
Nixon and White House officials
motored to Walter Reed Army
Hospital, where the man Who has
guided American and. for that
matter, most of the Vests policies
in the cold war since 1858 is under
treatment for cancer of the alb
domen and of the neck. Mr.. Dulles,
scorning hospital clothing, received
his visitors in a blue business suit
looking much like his old self ex-
cept for his loss of weight. He
stood proudly as Mr.. Eisenhower
handed him a commission as Spe-
cial Consultant to the President,
with cabinet rank, on foreign af-
fairs, with a salary of $4,000 a
year. He responded eloquently TO
the Presidents words of praise and
confidence. After a short CONVEX
Sation. the White House party left
at the suggestion of Mr.. Dulles
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26

sage from British Prime Minister
Macmillan endorsing Mr.. Eisen-
hower's proposal. But yesterday
the Kremlin. according to Radio
Moscow, rejected the proposal as
mot solving the problem"
AS the test ban talks Jagged, the
International Commission on
Pathological Protection last week
draStically lowered the safe" lin
its of radiation exposure on the
basis of new studies. The fall
out danger, the scientists SAID.
was ten times as serious as had
been predicted, and radioactive
debris from tests already conduct
ed would bring the hazard to the
permissible" limits when it finally
Sits down from the Stratosphere.
The International Commission
findings were Immediately chal-
lenged by the United States Ma
tional Committee on Radiation
Protection, which is a member of
the international body and a
quasi-official project of the Ma
tional Bureau of Standards. The
American group said that queS-
tons of national security and the
adverse effect of a test ban on
further development of nuclear
weapons made a higher level of
fallout "permiSSibility" essential.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
For India:
Problems

The aStute diplomacy and skill
full tactics of Indian Prime Minis
ter Jawaharlal Nehru were getting
a severe testing last week. Having
long ago established an enviable
reputation for devotion to princi-
pie, and an equally enviable abil-
ity to wed his principles with
practical politics without serious
injury to either, Mr.. Nehru now
has TO equate his sympathy and
support Of Tibet's Dalai Lama
with his long-term policy of get
ting along peaceably with Com
munist China.
He took masterful step Friday
when he suggested at a press
conference that the Panchen
Lama, installed by Peiping as the
new ruler of revolt-torn Tibet.
visit the self-exiled Dalai Lama in
Mussorie, India. Or, said Mr..
Nehru, the Chinese Ambassador,
or anyone Peiping might name.
would be welcome to visit the god
king and ascertain that he was
not in India under duress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Difference of Opinion

That major differences Of
opinion continue to exist among
the Big Three was apparent as
the London working group wound
up its deliberations Friday. The
British Foreign Office has been
keeping reporters we'll briefed on
the groups discussions, a fact
apparently deplored in Washing
ton where the press has been left
in the dark.
Mr.. Herter and his top aides
went to see Mr.. Dulles Friday
to talk over the working groups
report. Repeatedly, the major
difference in view is on the sim
certify of the Soviet intentions.
The British believe they really
want a period of tranquility
and a lessening Of tensions, to
make possible more attention to
the Soviet economy. The French
disagree. With the West Germans,
France holds that the entire
question of European security
must be linked to the unification
of Germany in freedom"
But the Soviet Union has been
making it clear for some time
now that there will be no Ger
man identification at this time. If
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Venomous Charges

The Prime Minister acted after
days Of almost venomous charges
in Communist China that Indian
"expansionists and reactionaries"
were encouraging the Tibetan re-
volt. In Peiping. the National
Peoples Congress (Parliament)
rang with accusations that the
revered Dalai Lama had been
kidnapped by the Tbetan rebels
with Indian encouragement, and
was being held against his will in
MuSsorie.
Peiping claimed during the week
that the rebellion had been
crushed by Chinese troops. The
whole uprising. the Chinese as
serted, had been engineered by
corrupt reactionaries and BAN
dts" who had been seeking to
separate Tibet from China and
offer ties to foreign imperialists.
Peiping Radio said more than
1000 rebels had been slain or
captured. and that only handful
Of bandit remnants" had escaped
to the Businesses Of the high
Hlmalayas.
Cautiously, India refrained from
replying in kind to the Chinese
charges. Instead, Mr.. NehIu
iourneyed personally 10 Mussorie
for a lengthy interview with the
Dalai Lama. After the talk, the
two met with newsmen. Mr..
Nehru appealed for restraint and
understanding. I'VE don't want
this matter TO become the subject
Of heated exchanges or heated
debates" he warned.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Evoked Some Memories

John Mcclellan is the last Of
the line of fire-and-brimstone
Senate orators and his impas-
stoned tones evoked memories OF
Henry Clay and Daniel Webster.
of Thomas Hart Benton and Will
liam Jennings Bryan.
They also wreaked havoc on the
hopes of Senator John Kennedy,
Democrat of Massachusetts, that
the moderate Kennedy-Ervin labor
reform bill would sail smoothly
through the Senate.
To the Rackets Committee
chairman, the Kennedy plan for
Kidding labor unions of corrupt
and grating officials was COM
pounded chiefly of empty ges-
lures and pleasant platitudes." He
offered a seven-point bill Of rights
to protect union members from
the abuses of their officers.
With the support or Southern
Democrats and all but two Sem
ate Republicans, the Mcclellan
proposal was written into the
Kennedy bill on a dramatic 46-45
vote Wednesday, with Vice Presi-
dent Nixon casting the rare tie
breaking vote.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-04-26
Some Provisions Out

The Mcclellan bill of rights
provided for enforcement by the
Secretary of Labor through in
functions of such rights for union
members as freedom of speech
and assembly and freedom from
arbitrary financial assessments.
The enforcement provision, which
Southerners feared on second
thought could have dangerous
civil rights repercusSionS, was
eliminated from the substitute
proposal.
The approved version generally
would allow unions to adopt "rea-
Sonable' rules to limit some Of
the listed freedoms guaranteed
their members.
Recovering from Wednesdays
rebuff, the Kennedy forces beat
down efforts by Senator McClel-
Ian to stiffen the bill by two key
amendments to the Taft-Hartley
law. A proposal to prohibit So
called "blacEmail" picketing was
defeated $3.50. Another Mcclellan
amendment which would have
frightened present Taft-Hartley