Vol. XXXIV—No. 50.
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i-Semitic Matter Handed Out at Meet Antl-Semlllc literature was distributed on Yom Klppur J a y at the convention held In Omaha of the proposed Constitution Party, Sol Llttman, regional director of B'nal B'rith'i A n 11 • Defamation League, revealed Sunday, Mr, Llttman who attended the convention ax an' observer said It was given out by George E. Homsby of Valentine, Ncbr. George
World Scene By David HorowiU ' Toe Israeli foreign ministry ' through an official spokesman expressed deep satisfaction with the Western plan for an association 'of Suez Canal users. The Israeli spokesman said that "Israel welcomes any development which is "apt to insure the rule of international law In the Suez Canal and end the discrimination against the Israeli flag." The term "Suez Canal users" raised a serious question in some Israeli unofficial circles. Officially, Israel Is not listed as among the users of the . Canal during the past eight years. . The ''new British-French proposal, backed by the United ' States, appears to have one ob" Ject: to force dictator Nasser either to accept inter-national operation of the canal or to commit a flagrant violation of the '1888 Convention. It Is a showdown ' on Uils whole critical controversy with Egypt. Having already Indicated rejection of the plan, Nasser, bolstered by the Kremlin and Asian-Arab world, appears to have accepted the Western challenge and, as a . leading editorial writer stated this week, "anything can now happen." Nasser himself termed. the new Western plan ''a step towards war." In the light of this development and considering Secretary of State Dulles' statement to the effect that the U S . would not "shoot Its way" through the Suez Canal If it were blocked, it is now generally accepted that the West will bring the whole Suez matter - to the Security Council for judgment. Explaining tho new plan to the Brtlsb Parliament, Mr. Eden.stat' ed that the authority would serve as a provisional organization of , the nations that use the waterway and that It.would ignore tho nationalized Egyptian management, employing its own'pilots and collect the tolls. In London it was generally accepted that Mr. Dulles was; the mastermind behind this plan.
T h o m a s of Omaha, convention chairman, was reported as saying the distribution was not authorized or. approved by the Constitution Party, but Mr. Llttman pointed out that the literature was not removed after ho had twice called Mr. Thomas' attention to It. Mp. Littman addressed a meeting last Wednesday evening of the Epstein-Morgan Post No, 260, Jewish War Veterans dt which he declared: "The Third Party Movement In Iowa and Nebraska has not only been Infiltrated but has also received its leadership from people with a proven record of actl-:ty in the field or religious bigotry." The American Constitution Party of Iowa, Mr. Llttman stated. Is headed by Edward Fields, a young chiropractic student from Davenport. In 1954, Mr. Fields confessed to Davenport police that he and one of his'friends were the authors of crude antl-Semttlo posters attached during the night to downtown store-windows in Davenport during Brotherhood Week, the ADL director pointed out. More recently Mr. Fields was the distributor of a pamphlet expressing blatant religious bigotry, he added. George H. Thomas, publisher ot the Greater Nebraskan and ah organizer of the American Constitution Party of Nebraska, also serves as executive director of the Congress of Freedom, Mr. Llttman asserted. 'The first two mailings issued by Mr. Thomas after his ap^ polntmcnt as executive secreary of the Congress of Freedom contained sample copies of the works of two of America's best-known and obvious purveyors of racial and religious hatred, the director pointed up. •The Anti-Defamation League Is an educational and not a political organization," Milton Abrahams, hcalrman of the Anti-Defamation League's Advisory Committee commented. ADL's concern, he continued, is with the number of persons with proven anti-Semitic records who ore attracted to the Constitution Party.
Incidents Flare-up On Israel Borders Jerusalem (WNS)—There has been intermittent fighting In recent days nlong the Israel-Jordan frontier, with casualties reaching more than thirty In three days. The mounting scries of Incidents brought an immediate appeal from the U N . Truce Chief to both sides "to put a stop to this most tragic scries of events." Jordan claimed losing nineteen when a large Israeli force engaged a Jordanian police force in trie Hebron' area. Tho scene Of the Incident was somo three miles nway from the site where six Israeli soldiers had been previously killed by Jordanian fire. The six were killed within Israoli territory and their bodies were dragged across the border. Two hours nftcr Issuance of the peace appeal by the U.N. Truce Chief, Jordanian marauders murdered two Israeli village guards.
Both Prune Minister Eden and Premier Mollet,who met in Paris, are said to be pleased with the 'latest U S . position on the Suez. ' Meanwhile, between them, they decided on a harsh economic campaign against Egypt. As a first step, the Suez Canal company lias authorized Its non-Kt;yptiun canal pilots to leave Egypt. As n conntermovc, the Cairo regime Issued a statement that it could run the canal without foreign help. Depending now entirely upon Soviet "support" alone with the "moral" backing of India—Nehru warned the Western powers they were creating a gravo risk of w a r Tel Aviv (WNS)—Two clvllNasser is proceeding with his milInns, one an American water exitary build-up. pert Herbert Mark, were abducted In the take Tiberias by Syrian troops, it was disclosed here when United Nations officials were Sunday Radio alerted to the situation and miked The Eternal Light program to negotiate their return. will bo presented over KFAR The men were removed followfrom 10:15 to 11:15 p. m. The ing an attack on their vehicle on series is being offered under the western bank of the Jordan tho ausplcler. of the Jewish The- about 100 yards north of Lake ological Seminary. Tiberias. Their car was found riddled with bullets.
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Federation Executive Committee to MeetThe Executive Committee of the Federation for Jewish Service will meet at 8 p. m. Tuesday, Sept. 25 i n - t h o JrWsh Community Center, it was announced by Jack W. Marer, Federation president.
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Advance Units Spark Drive Tho advance units of the 1957 United Red Feather-Red Cross Campaign have started this weekend to raise the $1,702,? 986 needed to keep the 47 Red Feather services and Red Cross in the coming year. Both the pace-setting initial ••"gifts division and segments of employee solicitation groups are seek* ing "fair share" gifts from every contributor. P. Gerellck Is a vice-chairman of tho initial gifts division. Arthur H. Goldstein and Ernest A. Nogg New York (JTA)—The United are generals. Herman Goldstein heads the mercantile division:of Jowish Appeal ushered in the Fall and final phaso of Its 1956 nation- the employee units. wide campaign on Saturday eveThe goal Is 12 per cent higher ning immediately following the than the amount raised for operatday-long observance of Yom Kip- ing needs In last year's combined pur, It was announced by. William operating and building fund drive. Rosenwald, general chairman of However, people will be asked to the UJA. give according to the "fair share" scale, not percentage Increases, Mr. Rosenwald announced at the same tune that between that Milton R. Abrahams, president of week and November 30, the UJA United Community Services, which will seek $30,000,000 in cash to stages the drive, explained. add to the cash sum of $14,000,He said the "fab: share" formuUOO-it was realized since January la was set by a committee of giv1 on Its current efforts for sup- ers Including business, professional port of refugee resettlement, wel- and laboring people following a fare and rehabilitation programs study of actual giving. The fair share range in each Income bracIn Israel and 23 other countries. In making his announcement, ket is already matched or surMr. Rosenwald termed the Ap- passed by about 40 per cent of the givers. peal's final 1956 effort "as fateful The drive's theme is "The Good as any since we started raising funds 18 years ago." He urged You Can Do Is Priceless." This Jews In this country to keep In emphasizes the fact that the help mind that "the most serious given people by Red Feather-Red threats to Jewish life since the Cross services is Invaluable, "You can't put a dollar sign on days of Hitler "face large Jewish communities in a number of ..over- the good done by guiding one boy seas nrens. "The very threat of or girl away from delinquency, or... annihilation has been levelled providing a new home for a homer against the people ot Israel," ho less child," drive chairman James declared, "while tho threat nf L. Pax ton, Jr., said. He cmpaslzed that the needs Isolation from the rest of Jewry grows larger and larger for Jews that have to;bc met by Red Feather-Red Cross services are greater In certain other areas now being swept by revolutionary changes." than ever today. "Good tinics don't cure welfare Ills," Mr. Paxton added. "Our youth population for which most of Highest Prize the services are needed hat inHome (WNS)—The Premlo VI- creased by 25 per cent in Just tha areggio, one of Italy's most cov- past five years, even greater in- ' eted literary prizes, has been creases are ahead. "Families are being torn apart awarded to Carlo Lcvl, noted auat the rate of one In nine, bringthor and painter. The award came to tho Italian ing about greater need for family Jewish author for his latest Work, counselling services and care for dealing with peasant lire in South- homeless children. "More services are needed for ern Italy. Carlo Lcvl gained world fame with the publication of our aging population which has "Christ Stopped at Eboll," his first soared by 40 per cent In ten years." book. The Federation for Jewish Serv. Ice allocation of $62,858 for 1957 depends upon the.drive's success. '
Charter Explained UJA Will Seek By Coordinator Nearly one-half of the 115,000,000 spent annually by the City of Omaha does not show up in tho city budget, William T. U t l c y , "rofessor of History and Government at the University of Omaha and coordinator of the Omaha Charter Convention,-stated Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Utley addressed a meeting of the Omaha Section. National Council of Jewish Women, at which he explained the archaic form of city government we now have and the changes which the convention has adopted. It Is an Important event In the life of our city and tho women con ploy an significant role In bringing it about, he aald referring to the coming election when tho charter will be voted on. The city commissioner form of government that we now have was dratted In 1912 by the state legislature, Mr. Utlcy stated. Since that time the basic weaknesses of that form of government have become apparent and it has declined with city after city abandoning if; ho pointed-out As an example, Mr. Utley told of a city employee who has worked for sixteen yearn and he still does not know what department ho belongs to. In explaining the charter, Mr. Utlcy asserted that lie would like to show the reasoning used by the delegates. They first spent a month and a half listening to all shades of opinion and everyone had a reasonable opportunity to be heard by the convention, he stressed. Next the members of the convention studied the different forms of city government throughout the nation and of the City of Omaha. They then heard what city employees thought about It. What they wished to determine was whnt the people of Omaha wanted, Mr. Utlcy emphasized. Tho choice finally narrowed (Continued on Page 4.)
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Co-Chairmen Named for Bond Drive
Germany Praised Cologne (JTA)—Marking th« fourth anniversary of the day that Federal Chancellor Konrad Adenauer for West Germany and then Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett for Israel met in Luxembourg City Hall to sign the Reparations Agreement b e t w e e n the two states, the head of the Israel Purchasing Mission In Germany issued to tho German press an anniversary declaration p r a i s i n g German Implementation of tho pact as having come up to expectations entertained In Israel, In Germany and by world public opinion.
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Mrs. Samuel N. Wolf and Mrs. Isailor Lcvlnson were named cochairmen of the Women Division of the? 1956 Uonila for Israel Committee, It was announced today by Joe M. Hlce, Koncral chairman. Mrs. J. Harry Kulakofsky, pioneer in the Israel Ilond movement not only In Omaha but on the national scene, is again honorary chairman of the women's division. '•The ladles have been faithful leaders In the division for many
years," Mr. Rico said, "and we welcome them again this year UB an Integral part of our volunteer organization." "They have done a mnfiiilficcnt Job nnd we are lookIng forward again to them for continued support," he concluded. The first affair of the bond campaign, n women's division tea, is now being planned, Details will be announced ns soon 03 arrangements have been completed.
Community Chest-Red Cross Women Workers SAVE Friday, Oct. 5 IMPORTANT