Ohio Jewish Chronicle, 1974-05-07

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VOL. 52 NO. 18
MAY 7, 1974 - IYAR 10
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Supreme Court Does Not Rule In De Funis
Case: "Reverse Discrimination" Charged
Seated at the piano, Carmen Cavallaro .'.. he knows
the score! Standing from left to right with the popular
recording artist is chairman, Mrs. Stanley Novak and
- co-chairman Mrs. Martin Hoffman and looking ad-;'
,. miringly at her husband is Mrs. Cavallaro. Not present
' in the picture is co-chairman, Mrs. Jerry Rossman.
Carmen Cavallaro Will Play
Concert For Hadassah Benefit
Mrs. Stanley Novak,
general chairman, an¬
nounces that the in¬
comparable     Carmen
Cavallaro has agreed to
perform a benefit concert for
the    Hadassah    Medical
Organization on Saturday
Night, May 4, 9:00 p.m. at
Battelle Auditorium, 505
King Avenue. A reception
will be held  immediately
after the concert in his
honor.
Co-chairmen for the event
are Messrs. Martin Hoffman
and ' Jerry Rossman,
publicity is being done by
Mrs". Herbert Fineberg.
Husbands and guests are
welcome. The public is in¬
vited.
Tickets are $5.00" per
person. For reservations
call: 235-9760 or 237-0011.
NEW YORK, (JTA) -
Jewish organizations which
involved themselves on both
sides of the De Funis case
expressed disappointment
over the refusal on April 23
of the Supreme Court tb rule
on the case on grounds it had
become moot. Marco De
Funis had complained that
because of his race, he had
been denied admission to
WashingtonUniversity. Law
School as a result of the law
school's policy of easing
admission requirements for
minority group students. In
a 5-4 unsigned opinion, the
Supreme Court ruled the
case had become moot
' because De Funis will
graduate from , the law
school next month. After he
was refused admission in
1971,' he obtained an order
from Justice William 0.
Douglas which enabled him
to enter and stay in the law
school while the case was
before the court. The court
said, in its ruling that "if the
admission procedures of the
law school remain un¬
changed, there is. no. reason,
to suppose .that a subsequent
case attacking these
procedures will not come
with relative speed to this
court." The American
Jewish Congress, the Anti-
Defamation League of B'nai
B'rith and the American
Jewish Committee, had
intervened as friends of the
court in support of the
student's position that he
had been: the victim■'.-of.
"reverse discrimination" iri
being rejected for admission'
when a number of Black
applicants with lower test
scores had been admitted.
Ihe Commission on Social
Action of Reform Judaism
"and the National Council of
Jewish Wbmen were the only
Jewish organizations to
support the university!^
position. Howard M.
Squadron, chairman of the
AJC Congress' Governing
Council.        Said   .    the
AJCongress was "sharply
disappointed" by the court's
declining role on the sub¬
stantive issues in the De
Funis complaint. He said the
AJCongress supported
"affirmative action" to
increase opportunities in
education and jobs for the
disadvantabed but "without
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Unprecedented $,750,000 Raised
In Columbus - Leaders Honored
Hillel Rabbi Backs Gall For Compromise
Among Israelis, Arabs, And Palestinians
by Bill Cohen   ,
Chronicle Special Reporter
Chaim Feller, rabbi at the
Ohio State University Hillel
Foundation, says he sup¬
ports a recent Mideast policy
statement of the Jewish
Peace Fellowship, including
a call for the Israelis to
"recognize the right of the
Palestinian people to self-
determination."
'"- The statement issued by
the pacifist-oriented group
hints  at  criticism   of  all
parties involved in the
Mideast - Israel, - Arab
nations, Palestinian groups,
the U.S., and the Soviet
Union. \
The J.P.F. statement also
calls on the Palestinian
leadership to recognize the
right of the right of the
Israeli people to self-
determination. It then says
.that the "public policies" of
both the Israeli government
and the _ Palestinian
leadership are not moving in
the direction  of  mutual
recognition and self-
determination.
The Fellowship criticises
both Israel. and the
Palestinians for violence and
calls on botn sides to avoid
'' t e ir r o r i s t a 11 a c k s,
assassinations, bombing of
villagesS'etc."
The J.P.F. statement also
calls on Arab nations to
refrain from">■' violence
against Israel, but goes on to
say that military force
should not be used by one
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Responding to the
humanitarian needs of the
Jewish people during the
Israel Emergency crisis and
to the increased needs of the
local community, Millard
Cummins, Chairman of the
1974 United Jewish Fund
Campaign of the Columbus
Jewish Federation an¬
nounced at its closing func¬
tion on April 17th the
achievement of over
, $&750,Q0O.and.the possibility
, of moving toward'$4;minfon.
"Vigorous efforts are still
underway to reach this
amount in order to double
last year's accom¬
plishment;" said Cummins.
"There are.       still,
many men and women in the
community who have not, as
yet, made their gift to the
1974 Campaign, so the four
million dollar goal is at¬
tainable. We trust they will
join us so that we may
double our support to those
who so desperately look to us
for; survival."
Paying tribute to the ef¬
forts of the hundreds of men
and women who spent en¬
dless hours and efforts
soliciting funds to achieve
this largest of all amounts
ever realized by Columbus
Jewry, Mr. Cummins ex¬
claimed "This has been a
great year! Many have
worked, and together we
have raised a large sum of
money to save Jewish lives.-
As Chairman, I thank all of
you and all the Jews in
Columbus for responding so
unselfishly and so
magnificently. Again, we
have proved that we
recognized that it was
necessary to keep the gates
open for the thousands of
Jews who were coming to
Israel and the thousands who
were enduring untold human
suffering. We faced the
situation and1 responded
immediately and massively
to meet the challenge."
The   chairmen   of   the
.divisions who actually
worked on two campaigns,
the October 1973 Israel
Emergency Appeal and the
1974 Campaign are as
follows:   Advance   Gifts   -
Louis Robins and Erwin
Cohen; Trades and
Professions - Heinz Hoffman
and Al Tyroler: Young Men -
Hal Leiner and Jeff Paine;
Women - Geri Ellman and
Harriet Parker; Young
"Matrons ' - Linda Wasser¬
strom and Ellen Siegel;
College -Michael Barry; and
Juniors - Jeff Pruzan..
Labor Party Picks Rabin
To Form New Government
TEL AVIV (WNS) - The
Labor Party has selected
Labor Minister Yitzhak
Rabin, the former Chief of
Staff and Ambassador to
Washington, as its new
leader and Israel's next
Prime Minister should he
succeed in forming a new
government. Rabin was
selected over Information
Minister Shimon Peres by
the Labor Party's 600
member Central Committee
by a narrow margin of 298-
254. Rabin, noting that it was
difficult' following Golda
Meir, who was a symbol of
Israel's founding generation,
said it was now time for
the sons of the founders
to take over. The
Jerusalem-born Rabin, if he
is successful in forming a
coalition, would be the
youngest and first native-
born Israeli to become prime
minister.
Rabin is expected to take
charge personally of the
tough coalition talks needed
to form a new government.
He will have 21 days from
the time that President
Ephraim Katzir officially
assigns him the mandate to
form the government. He
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White House Maintains Tight Security Lid On $250 Million Aid For Egypt
by Joseph Polakoff
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WASHINGTON, (JTA) -
State Department officials
expressed surprise on April
25 and more than a hint of
chargrin that they had been
kept totally in the dark about
President Nixon's special
aid and development fund
package for the Middle East,
including $250 million for
Egypt, until the story broke
in the news media on April;
24. The officials, who would
normally be fully acquainted
with such fiscal matters,
acknowledged that in this
instance a tight lid of
secrecy was maintained by
the White House. The aid
package indicated that the
government appeared to be
moving unilaterally toward
defusing Palestine hostility
through increased aid to
refugees in the Middle East.
The funds were expected to
give Secretary of State
Henry  A.  Kissinger  ad¬
ditional political - leverage
when he meets Arab leaders
in at least six countries on
his scheduled visit to the
Middle East on April 28.
They were also seen as a
move by Nixon to bolster
Egyptian President Anwar
Sadat domestically and
draw him further away from
the Soviet orbit.
Sources here suggested
that the White House kept
the matter secret to enable
the    President    or    the
Secretary of State to spread
the glad tidings to the Arab
governments before it
became public knowledge.
White House Deputy Press
Secretary Gerald Warren
told the JTA that the
"special requirement fund"
proposed for use in the
Middle East by Nixon was
'•strictly for peace-keeping"
and y"reconstruction".
Warren said, that "recon¬
struction" has not been
"identified" for the purpose
of the fund's use and that
there "may be other
demands for special
requests" but did not in¬
dicate what they may be.
Asked whether some of the
money might be used for the
settlement of Palestinian
refugees as indicated in the
President's statement on
U.S. foreign aid, Warren
replied, "If Palestinians are
identified, sure."
The possibility that Syria
might be given U.S. aid was
also indicated. A State
Department source implied
the possibility exists while
Rep. John Rhodes (R. Ariz.)
indicated that it might be
made on a long-range basis.
Rhodes made his comment
after having hearing Nixon
and Kissinger explain the
overall aid program for the
new fiscal year to
Congressional leaders at the
White House. This seemed to
indicate   that   Kissinger
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