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jess jowin Freedom's Children
If you want to find out about the greatness of the United States of America
do not talk to native born Americans.
We’re all liable to take everything for granted: Our freedoms as well as our
responsibilities as citizens.
To get a “real” feeling about the U.S.A. one has to talk to survivors of
totalitarian regimes or people who have cherished their freedoms and have
tried and succeeded in migrating to the United States.
Most Jews know this because they’ve been vitally concerned with their
antecedants and the totalitarian governments which persecuted them.
DEDICATED TO TRUTH, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE
In Our Thirtieth Year of Continuous Service
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THE SOUTHWEST'S LEADING ENGLISH-JEWISH WEEKLY NEWSPAPER
READ BY MORE THAN 20,000 EACH WEEK
VOLUME XXX NO. 22 THURSDAY, MAY 27,1976 20 PAGES 254 PER COPY
Much of this has been borne out by a two year study conducted by the
American Jewish Committee’s William E. Wiener Oral History Library which
interviewed over 250 Holocaust survivors.
The survivors have not lost their faith in the United States despite
Watergate and other political scandals.
Most all of the survivors, some of whom have lived in this country a quarter
century, still saw America as “a land of endless opportunity, a vigorous
country with wonderful people.”
Consider some of the responses from former partisan fighters, people who
used the forest to survive the rigors of Hitlerism and Stalinism, some Jews
who were hidden by non-Jewish families, others who took their chances and
“passed” as non-Jews in the countries that were seeking to destroy them.
One woman said: “Exactly five years after our arrival in the U.S., we were
naturalized. This was the closest thing to democracy we had experienced
since Czechoslovakia.”
A Hungarian survivor said: “I’ll tell you, I’ll never forget the day President
Roosevelt died. We though the world would come to an end, you know?
Roosevelt was, you know, like a Jew thinks of the Messiah. Who is going to
save you? President Roosevelt is going to save you.”
Another woman spoke for a consensus of thought: “I was overwhelmed first
by the kindness to us strangers and secondly by a city and country nearly
without boundaries. There is the respect for the Constitution and the belief in
the democratic process. Again and again I am stunned by how democracy
works. I experience tolerance. America gave me a chance to start a new life.”
Those interviewed came from Poland, Holland, Rumania, Yugoslavia,
Germany, Austria, Norway, Italy, Soviet Union, France, Greece and
Hungary. Some had migrated to South America and the Middle East before
finally finding haven Lrthe United States.
Those canvassed included 88 women, and 118 men married to the 20b
survivors and their children. They represented a cross section of 62 cities in
the country.
Louis G. Cowan, director of Special Programs at the Graduate School of
Journalism at Columbia Univesity and National Chairman of the Wiener Oral
History Library directed the study. Cowan said, “Much of American history
has been based on its immigrants. In fact, part of the uniqueness of our
society has been its ability to respond to successive influxes of immigrant
groups. From the pre-Revolutionary period to the present day, many coming
to this country have been survivors of famine, persecution, war and even the
extremes of attempted annihilation. In referring to the 60,000 Jewish
survivors of Hitler’s Holocaust, he said they “represent the best of the
contemporary examples of such an immigrant group, and have provided an
excellent case history.”
We think they have done more than that.
They have shown the meaning of America.
Also the opportunity.
And the Hope.
Shalom.____
Hidden Suitcase Bomb Explodes;
2 Killed, Others Injured in Israel
TEL AVIV - Two persons A second guard was re- uprising in the occupied
were killed and at least 10 ported to be in critical lands of Palestine.”
others injured when a bomb condition at Tel Aviv hos- All of the injured were
hidden hi a suitcase ex- pita! with burns over most of apparently Israelis, doctors
ploded in Israel’s main his body, officials said. said. The wounded were
airport Tuesday. Airport police said the man taken to hospitals in helicop-
A second suitease bomb who was carrying the bag ters and ambulances,
was carried away by police had a Dutch passport in the
before it could cause damage name of Hugo Miller. Re- After the first blast, police
or casualties. ports conflicted on where quickly dragged two more
The bombing occurred the luggage originated. suspect suitcases from the
when a woman guard or- terminal with ropes. One
dered a blond traveler, The radical Popular Front was **£ went off as
suspected by security* for the liberation of Pales- they pulled it, but not before
checkers, to open his hand tine claimed responsibility hundreds of passengers and
luggage. When he did, the for the blast from Beirut, airport workers had been
bomb exploded and both he stating it carried out the evacuated. The second case
and the woman were killed, attack in the name “of the was fiUed with clothing.
Egypt Claims Israeli
Weapons in Lebanon
War Prompts French Peace Offer
Two Egyptian newspapers which often
reflect government views have charged
that Israeli munitions are being used by
Syrian-backed forces against the Pales-
tinians in the continuing civil war in
Lebanon.
Statements, attributed to an “official
spokesman” of the Egyptian government,
appeared in A1 Ahr&m and A1 Akhbar this
week. They claim that Syria is conspiring
with right-wing Lebanese forces to effect a
partition of Lebanon that is designed to
wreck the Palestinian forces.
Last weekend, the Foreign Ministers of
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait flew to Cairo to
mediate the smoldering dispute between
Egypt and Syria over the Lebanese conflict,
but the Egyptian newspaper charges have
deepened these efforts.
An English newspaper in Cairo, con-
trolled by the Egyptian government,
attacked the recent French offer to send
troops to Lebanon as a “peace-keeping”
force.
During a visit to Dallas this
spring, Secretary of State
Henry Kissinger flatly re-
jected the idea that the
Lebanese conflict could
cause a split between Egypt
and Syria. Also, on his many
campaign visits to Texas,
President Gerald Ford
classified the Lebanese civil
war and Syria’s participa-
tion as not a serious threat
to Middle East stability.
French President Valery
Giscard d’Estaing said last
week during his American
visit that France was willing
to send troops to Lebanon as
“peace keepers” if prin-
cipals in the conflict agree.
In Oslo, Norway, which
Kissinger visited, a “senior
American official” (general-
ly acknowledged to be Kis-
singer himself) said the
United States is trying to
ascertain what the reaction
to Giscard d’Estaing’s pro-
posal would be.
The senior American offi-
cial stated the United States
is sounding out Israel and
Syria about the French idea
but not the Soviet Union.
Kissinger said the U.S. will
take an official posture on
the French proposal when,
“We know the view of other
parties in the Middle East in
greater detail.”
Meanwhile, the proposal
came under criticism from
the opposition in France and
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On West Bank ..
Peres Seeks Control of Violence;
Alton Foresees Talks with Jordan
JERUSALEM (JTA) - Foreign Minister
Yigal Allon indicated May 20 that Israel
should be prepared for sudden and
far-reaching changes in Jordan which,
should they occur, would cause it to
reconsider Jordan’s role as a possible party
to peace talks on the West Bank. He also
stressed that West Bank leaders must play
a part in any future peace talks because
Jordan has no monopoly as a negotiating
partner. The
Foreign Minis-
ter made his
remarks in a
speech at the
Hebrew Uni-
versity grad-
uation ceremo-
nies. He listed
three circum-
stances that
might alter Is-
rael’s policies
on peace talks
with Jordan: U
that country
“became a pro-
vince of Syr-
ia”; if the PLO yip ai at f am
overthrew the YIGAL ALL0N
present regime there; or if Jordan persisted
in demanding an ’illogical price” for peace
with Isrrel. Observers here saw Alton’s
references to Jordan as a warning to King
Hussein not to damage the prospects of1
peace talks by moving into a close alliance
with Syria or insisting on maximal
demands.
JERUSALEM (WNS) - Defense Minister
Shimon Peres has announced that Israel’s
security forces are seeking new methods of
containing disturbances on the West Bank
and East Jerusalem without bloodshed. He
said the Jordan River bridges will remain
open and Israel was determined to protect
lives and normal activities. His remarks
came after Arab youths were killed on
three consecutive days during demonstra-
tions against
Israel. The
first death,
that of a 17-
year-old girl,
Lina Nabulsi in
Nablus, was
being investi-
gated on the
orders of Chief
of Staff Gen.
Mordechai
Gur. Israeli au-
thorities said
L' the girl was ac-
cidentally hit
by a stray bul-
s let. The sol-
dier, whose ri-
fle went off
accidentally, is being held in detention. The
second death occurred when two Israeli’
soldiers, reportedly firing in self-defense,
fatally wounded an Arab youth on the
Jerusalem-Jericho road outside Jerusalem.
The victim, Abdullah Mustapha Hawass, a
student at a high school in Shuafat near
Ramallah, died in a hospital.
SHIMON PERES
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