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A neif/.hb'M' in P a s a d e n a said Sirhan lieiri; saiei h<- baled the Sr-nntiir hi-f.'iiuse- h e w a s ri':li l a s t wi-i-k to siril.<- •IOV.M s-.n. ;ind " a t.• jll.ibonti.uv with .Jev/.s.' R o b e r t !•'. Ki'ime'ly '.vim Inej Washington Kcaclinn called strejujiiy Ihreinnhiim in:. In Wn:;liiii]',!ein. ofliciais who public f;iri'er t o r .supjvirl l o r I/,- inelud'-el (•'iii;>,ie.,:;iiii'ii said it rael. a p p e a r e d Mr, Kennedy's n"sas:,iA H - i - y t a r - o i d .Icrii 1 -:tl'-ni b u m natiein V.MS a jxihlieai one motiJ o r d a n i a n Ar.'ib M u d ' - n l . S i r h a n vated by .-'-.nib fauafiH.-wn bill I i i . s h a r a . S i r l i a n . w,.., ii«-l(i :.t.-i ! i , e tln'\ s a i d i n s l n i e t i u n s h a d h e r n a s s a i l a n t v.-lm t u r n ;< v o l b - v nl issued Ml leip (.JeiviTniueiit levels b u l l e t s in Ilii' Ainii;i-.-:;i'.lof ' If'i- In help sp:in- I lie Arabs, p a r t f l . ill l,o.', An;r<-I<'-. v.'he-n- Si-n. ticularly .Ionian, from any (ml Kennedy v.'.r, - e - i ' l i - b m i i i r ; a burst ill AnieriiMii public opin P r e s i d e n t i a l p r i m a r y vie-ieirv" in ion a,",:iiu.';t thi- A r a b pi-OjilcCalifornia. S..-vi r a i o i t i i e ' b u l '1'lie Adiiiiiiistraliou w a s r e l e t s hit t h e Senal'M', w h o died p'irted lei h e deeply (-oneei m el \ 21 h o u r s l a t e r . l'M;t llii1 n u i n i e r a i l e d IJiuli d j 'III!- a . v ; a : : s u i v/a:. l i u m i,'i ,U: Stater, r e l a t i o n s with the pi r \ r u s a l c n i in ]'.i\] v/licn i h c eilv Miuiabiy pro We'Kiern n-ijiiiK" ol 1 w a s u n d e r liriti h r u l e . H e r a m c J o r d a n , Tunisia, L e b a n o n . S null
with o u r friends in Hit' A r a b v.'urkl." Tin; theory w a s advanced (.lint Hie .'.]:iyin|: s'-rveel Ihc inlcrc.'.tf; of Kl F a t a h and oilier A r a b exlre-inisi. groups in thai ii could undermine J o r d a n i a n Kiii;; 11i[:;'.(• 111 ii Ibc Unit-
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Arabia and Kuwait. Kfforts v.'ere bi'ini; made ;il tin.' bi|;h m i l t e d i i s a. | i " i - r i i i n i i ' M t i ' e . ' . i d ' M i i esl level.s to pr(ite:;t Arab (lip \ at New York City iii \'.)•>'!. Police Inuiats Irnin possible reprisals in I.os An.'idlcs said In- was a and ID play doivn the apparent Student at Pasadena .Skiti; colfact, that tiie killing was 'linked lege and was active in ;mti Is- with the Arab-Israel conflict A i'.'K.'l agitation carried DM bv tin' top ollickil said '"We- cannot p»i Organization ol Aiab .'-tiidcnls nut n wave oi anti-Arab smti U.,.,n.,nA-there. meiit aineiii;:; Hie American pub
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m in Tremdl ®f New York iJTAt-A leading fuiliiority e;n American ethnic problems, fonner Assistant .Secretary of Labor Daniel P. 'Woynihan. warned this week ."iCainst the trcnei lo ethnic quotas in efforts to ivslnblish job •and cdueiitional opportunities for di.sadvantiit;ed minoritie.s xuiel charged that there was "a whiff of anti-Semitism" in many of the demands for (|iiola.s being made now. •Kir. Tviuyniiiiin. npcakin;; ai tiie commencement exKreiiie:; of the New .School for Social Research here, warned that "if ethnic quotas a r e to be imposed on American universities anil similarly (|iiasl-ptiblic institutions, t h e Jews will almost certainly he dr!-.!'« out. They art ne;i thiee
perceent (if (lie [>opulation. This would he a mislorliinr to Ihcm, and a disasler In the natiiin. And I very much fear that thenis a whitf n( aiill-Seinitism in many «f llicsc di'inaiiels." He; deplored the fact that in universities, "the cry has risen for racial quotas roughly representative of population proportions" ,'IIK] said he greatly feared that "if wo bcfiin to become formal about quotas for this or that group, we will very quickly come to realize that these are instantly translated into quotas against." lie noted that employers were being given "quotas of the minority group employes they will hire" and said this contravened the anti-discrimination provisions of the Federal Civil P.i,"ht-» Act
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form;; iti aid to Jordan becaust of outrage amon'; American ciii/eus. At tin- United Nations. N.-w York Cny and \_<N police v/t-t't? placed ou securitv alert alter telephone, threat;; a'lainsi Jordanian. .Syrian and Algerian ambassador:;. Arab ISeaelion AI. T. .Mchdi. secretary ol I lie Action Committee on AmericanArab relations, an Arab propaganda (,'roui). told the pies:, thai the sliootmi; "I'dlect;; (lit- iriiS-tratious ol many Arabs with American politicians who have sold the Arabs ol Palestine to the American Jewish voters" and lhal. Sirlian "'may have been inflamed" by slrongly pro Israel slatcmenls made on June I by Sen. Kennedy in a television debate with Sen. Ku»ene McCarthy. Sen. Kennedy nrijed that the United State.'.-;'send'50 Phantom Jets to Israel. Dr. Mehdi said such "disrespect" (Continued on I'aije 2)
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Skhmn's Foflier Jerusalem iJ'I'Al- -Bisbara Salaineli Sirlian, whose .son is accused ol the; assassination of Sen. Robert. I-'. Kennedy, announced that be was Coin;! lo the United Stales soon to help the son whom, be bad .said earlier, deserveei to be handed. He also was quoted as blaming the martyred Senator for his own (lentil brcau.se of his "antiArab statemenls," The former Jerusalem civil .servant did not explain .why he had abruptly changed his mind rcynrdinf,' his .son and the late Senator he had formerly extolled, nor did he say who was providirif! the funds for- the journey from bis West Hank village lo I.os Angeles. He charged yesterday lhal Mr. Kennedy had "insulted the Arabs enough."
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New York < JTA)-Rabbi Menachem M. Kclmee'rson. Ihc Lubavitchcr Rcbbe, urged Jewish women to observe the age-old Jewish tradition of dressing modestly "despite the undesirable winds of our time which becken the woman to change; her modest nttire." The head of the Hasidic dynasty addressed his remarks to more than a thousand women at the Uibaviteher Center in Brooklyn. "While these winds blow however forcefully, and particularly with the anprnaeh of the summer months with its vacation time and resort areas," he said, "it is the duty of each and every Jewish woman to proudly set the proper example In this regard ior others to follow."
Washington (JTA'i-State De- nients should be suspended partment sources said this week "while the matter is placed unthat most of the arms and muni- der thorough review." He said tions which the United States . the U.S. should not "permit a agreed last. March to provide situation in which American to Jordan has already been de- ammunition kills and maims Islivered. Officials insisted that raeli farmers and villagers." the Israel Government had made no protest against the shipments and had been informed in advance. They said shipments to Jordau_were continuing. New York UTA)—Rabbi JaThe equipment delivered to Jordan included artillery and cob P. Rudin, president of tho ammunition and there was spec- Synagogue Council of America, ulation here that some ol the called on synagogues throughlonfi-ranRe guns pounding Is- out the nation this week to supraeli settlements in the Jordan port the National Mobilization Valley and some of the shells in support of the Poor People's dropping on them were of Amer- Campaign in Was hington on June 1!(. The Synagogue Counican origin. Rep. William S. Brooinlicld, cil is the central .coordinating Michigan Republican, a member agency f-;r the three branched of the House Foreign Affairs of American Jewry. Rabbi RuCommittee, urged the Adminis- din urged rabbis and laymen to tration to hall immediately ship- be in Washington in large numment of artillery- and munitions bers as "a demonstration of tho. to Jordan, The Congressman will of people—while and black said there was evidence of "ir- — to bring new light into tho responsible" use of American darkness and new hope to tho ..'••' arms by.Jordan. lie said slap- hearts of the dispirited." Albert Vorspan, director of social action of the Union of American H e b r e w Congrega-' tion, disclosed that the Reform Jewish body is alerting all of its member temples to rally their congregants to support the June Washington (JTA)--B'nai B'rith Ii) assembly. The support would lias offered a reward of $i).00(J be in the form of financial and for information leading to the logistical a r r a n g ements, Mr. arrest and conviction of persons Vorspan said. He noted that the "criminally involved" in the has endorsed the call by May 27 bombing of a synagogue UAHC Byard Rustin, civil rights leadin Meridian, Miss., and earlier er, for white people to join Neattacks on churches there. The offer was made by Dr. William groes in the June 1!) assembly. A. Wexler. president of B'nai B'rith, in a telegram to Mayor TV I'KOUKAM NOTE Al Key of Meridian. Dr. Wexler Sunday, June Hi, 12:30 p.m. wired that the 'reward money would be made a v a i l a b l e KMTV Channel 3 through the mayor's office THE ETEnNAI, LIGHT: "within 24 hours of the convic"A Conversation With The tion of the guilty party." Other Honorable Yosef Tekoah"— rewards totalling $45,000 have Israel's Permanent R e p r e been offered by the city and sentative to the United Naprivate groups. tions, Yosef Tekoah, will be Temple Beth Israel, a Reform interviewed by Hal Lehrman, synagogue, was the target ol President of the Oversea* night bombers who caused conPress Club of America, in. siderable damage to the reobservance of the 20th anligious school. The nearby sancniversary of the State of Istuary and assembly building3 rael. (Color.) escaped serious damage.
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TKN DISTINGUISHED LKADKllS in Hie nils, sdrm-os, icllglem and public life were cited with honorary degiees al llu* 3~fli annual commeiu-cmrntexeirises of the Yrsliiva I'nlversily in New YoiL The lioriorci-8 are: Top row (left to right): MaJ, (icn, Yitzhak Itahln, Israel's Ambassador to the United States; Arthur I.tvitl, comptroller' of New Vork State; Dr. James A. Perkins, prcslilcnt of Cornell University; Dr. Kenneth B. Clark, professor of psychology at the City University In New York; and Dr. A. Aeirian Albert, ilean of (lie division of physical sciences and i:. II. Moore distinguished service professor of mathematics at the University of ('liica.s'n. BoKom row (left to right): Arthur II. Heifer, chairman of the Hoard of Ueleo Petroleum Corporation, president of tiie Bclfcr Foundation and member of Yeshlva University's Board of Trustees and Overseers; Dr. Joshua A. Flshman, distinguished university research professor of social sciences nt YcHhlva University; ICabbl Leonard Kosenfcld, executive vice proaldrnt of the Jewish Education Coniinitloe; Itabbl Kenjamln IMorgcnstern, spiritual leader of Congregation Sum of Israel, Brooklyn, N. Y;, and Professor Itachel Wisehnitzer, professor of line arts at Ycshlva University'* Slern College f or Women.
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