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TEXAS JEWISH POST PASSOVER ISSUE THURSDAY, APRIL 1, 1982 PAGE 2
AJC Pledges Support In
NY State Suit Against Club
NEW YORK (Special) — Commenting on the case, who recognize that social
The American Jewish Com- Franklin Ornstein, Chair- club discrimination is one of
mittee pledged that it would man of the American Jewish the last vestiges of institu-
cooperate “in every way Committee’s National Com- tionalized bigotry in Ameri-
possible" with State Attor- mittee on Social Discrimina- can society.”
ney General Robert Abrams tion, stated: ‘The problem of
in his current suit against social discrimination is per- The Attorney General suit
the Ocean Club in Atlantic vasive throughout our so- contends that the Ocean
Beach “for maintaining a ciety. It eats at the very Club is not a private club
policy of refusing to admit roots of a democratic society entitled to exemption from
Jewish persons, either as and can no longer be the anti-discrimination laws
members or as guests of tolerated. The American because some of its facilities,
members.” Jewish Committee will con- such as tennis courts, are
tinue its leadership role in open to the public for
eradicating this problem.” payment.
The action, brought in the
Federal District Court in Ornstein recalled that 1°a brochure entitled The
Brooklyn against the Nassau AJC had long been active in Public Disgrace of Private
County south shore beach efforts to ei idicate social Club Discrimination, pub-
club, followed a charge by discrimination and that it lished in September, 1981,
Dr. William Bell, a former was currently cooperating the American Jewish Com-
club member who is a- with the American Bar mittee made the point that
co-plaintiff in the suit, that Association to that end, in many discriminatory clubs
last summer the club man- support of legislation that enjoy the benefits of state
ager rebuked him for taking would bar clubs which liquor licenses, local zoning
four Jewish friends to the receive substantial business- variances and preferential
club and warned him against related income from discrim- tax treatment, all of which
inviting Jews again. Mr. Bell inating. He expressed the add UP to a public subsidy
thereupon resigned from the Committee’s determination f°r bigotry and are thus
club. “to join forces with all those open to challenge.
UN Begins Debate On Unrest
On West Bank and Gaza Strip
BY YITZHAK RABI Bank not to cooperate with the Security Council to
the Israeli civilian authori- ensure “with all means at its
UNITED NATIONS ties. This order by the PLO disposal, the termination of
[JTA] — An Arab draft was obeyed by the mayor of Israeli occupations which in
resolution requesting Israel El Bireh and he was some two months will have
to rescind its decision to therefore dismissed by the lasted 15 long years.” He
disband the town council of Israelis, Blum charged. accused Israel of “wanton,
El Bireh and dismiss its inhuman and indiscriminate
mayor, Ibrahim Tawil, was use of fire arms” against
circulated here as the Ambassador Hazem Nu- unarmed demonstrators. He
Security Council opened its seibeh of Jordan termed the claimed that Israel aimed at
debate on the current unrest Israeli actions on the West emptying the territories of
on the West Bank and the Bank as “brutal acts of the Aj*ab-Palestinian popula-
Gaza Strip. oppression.” He called on tion.
Real Culprit Confesses
It Took 69 Years For1
Frank's Vindication
NASHVILLE, [JTA] -
The anti-Semitic frenzy that
swept Atlanta, Ga., nearly
70 years ago, culminating in
the lynching of Leo Frank, a
Jewish factory employee,
was recalled by the revela-
tions of 83-year-old Alonzo
Mann that absolve Frank of
the murder for which he was
found guilty in 1913.
Frank, then 29, a super-
visor at a local pencil
factory, was convicted of
killing 14-year-old Mary
Phagan, who worked at the
factory. Mann, a teenager at
the time, also employed at
the factory, told the Nash-
ville Tennessean that he saw
the true murderer, janitor
Jim Conley, carrying the
limp body of the dead girl to
the basement.
Frank’s sensational trial
drew mobs to the Atlanta
courthouse shouting “Kill
the Jew”. One newspaper
referred to the accused as a
“Jew Sodomite”.
Frank was convicted and
sentenced to hang, but in
1915 Georgia Gov. John
Slaton commuted the sen-
tence to life imprisonment.
This revived mob fury.
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itic mobs roamed the streets
of Atlanta, forcing Jewish
shopkeepers to board up
their places of business.
Jewish businesses were
boycotted and about half the
state’s 3,000 Jews reported-^
ly moved away. Those®
events led to the formation^
of the Anti-Defamation
League of B’nai B’rith.
Leo Frank
Vigilantes, calling them-
selves Knights of Mary
Phagan, dragged Frank
from the prison farm where
he was held and hanged him
in Marietta, Ga.
The Knights of Mary
Phagan became the nucleus
of the reborn Ku Klux Klan
in Georgia. Armed anti-Sem-
Mann, who knew the truth
about the Phagan murder,
told the Tennessean report-
ers Jerry Thompson an *
Robert Shelborne that h
kept silent initially out o
fear. Conley had threatened
to kill him. His mother
warned him not to speak out
and he volunteered no
information during his brief
testimony at the Frank trial.
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The frail, ill octogenaria
said that years later he trie
to tell his story but was
ignored by the authorities
and the press. He said he
revealed it now to ease the
burden on his conscience
before he dies. According t
the Tennessean, a tw
month investigation cori
firmed that Mann’s account
was accurate in every detail.
Mann submitted to lie
detector and other tests.
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State Department Worried About |
West Bank And Gaza Strip
The preliminary draft
resolution also declares that
Israel’s dismissal of El
Bireh’s town council is “null
and void” and that the action
violates international law.
The draft states that if
Israel fails to comply, the
Security Council should
meet again at the end of
April to take “appropriate
measures,” which could
mean sanctions against Isra
el. In addition, the draft
measure calls for Israel to be
condemned for its actions on
the West Bank, Gaza and the
Golan Heights.
Israel Says PLO Is
Responsible
At the opening of the
meeting, which was called
by Jordan, Israel charged
that the Palestine Libera-
tion Organization was re-
sponsible for the current
unrest on the West Bank
and Gaza Strip. Ambassador
Yehuda Blum of Israel said
that while Israel was build-
ing a “framework for the
peaceful coexistence be-
tween Jew and Arab,” the
PLO and Jordan were
“conspiring to destroy it.”
The envoy charged that
the PLO commanded the
Arab leaders on the West
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State Dep't. Discussed
Iraqi-Iran War With Israel
BY DAVID FRIEDMAN
WASHINGTON [JTA] -
The State Department ad
mitted that it has discussed
the Iraqi-Iranian war with
Israel. But it refused to say
whether it had asked Israel
to stop sending arms to Iran
or whether Israel was, in
fact sending arms to that
country. State Department
spokesman Dean Fischer
however, left the implication
that the arms issue has been
discussed with Israel.
That appeared to be the
gist of Fischer’s remarks in
the wake of news reports
from Baghdad that Iraq has
demanded several times of
the Reagan Administration
that it stop Israel from
sending arms to Iran.
“Without getting into the
specifics of our diplomatic
exchanges, Iraq has raised
reports of arms shipments to
Iran with us from time to
time,” Fischer said. He
added, “Again, without get
ting into the specifics of our
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diplomatic exchanges, we
have, in the context, with
our frequent contacts with
the Israel government,
there have been discussions
regarding the Iraq-Iran
war.”
There have been frequent
reports over the last 18
months that Israel has sold
arms to Iran or arranged for
Iran to obtain arms. Some of
these arms reportedly were
manufactured in Israel
under U.S. license. In
addition, many Arab coun-
tries have been supporting
Iraq. Egyptian President
Hosni Mubarak revealed in
his speech to the National
Press Club here last month
that Egypt has sent arms
and ammunition to Iraq.
Jordan has reportedly offer-
ed troops to Iraq’s forces.
The 1981 "Polish Crisis”
has meant distribution of
more than 600,000 CARE
packages to elderly people,
children, pregnant women
and nursing mothers
throughout the country.
BY DAVID FRIEDMAN
WASHINGTON [JTA] — ‘
The State Department con-
tinued to say that it was
“profoundly concerned” by
the violence on the West
Bank and Gaza Strip which,
it said, “has resulted in
needless and tragic deaths
and injury to Palestinians
and Israelis alike.”
The statement, which like
all others in the past several
days issued by the State
Department avoided placing
blame for the situation, also
said: “It is a serious source
of regret to us that appeals
for restraint to calm the
situation have as yet had no
effect.”
Department spokesman
Dean Fischer also expressed
the Administration’s “re-
gret” over the removals of
the mayors of Nablus and
Ramallah by the Israeli
authorities. “We always
regarded the Israeli decision
to permit municipal elec-
tions as a progressive and
helpful policy. Consistent
with this position we regret
— as we have made clear
previously — the removal of
elected municipal officials on
the West Bank,” he said.
Withdrawal Timetable Not
Affected
Fischer said the U.S. does
not believe the situation on
the West Bank and Gaza
Strip will affect the time-
table of Israel’s withdrawal
from Sinai on April 25. He
said that Premier Mena-
chem Begin has “consistent-
ly” said he would “adhere”
to Israel’s commitments
under the Camp David
agreements. “We believe
the withdrawal will take
place on schedule,” Fischer
said.
The spokesman rejected a
suggestion by an Arab,
reporter that U.S. troops infj
the new Multinational Fore®
and Observers (MFO),
which will police Sinai after
Israel withdraws, should be
used to restore peace to the
West Bank and Gaza. This is
“not an option under serious
consideration,” Fischer said.
Meanwhile, the State De-
partment has scheduled a
ceremony at which Secre-
tary of State Alexander
Haig will sign the MFO
agreement for the U.S. The
other signatory is MFO
Director General Leamon
Hunt.
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Chagal Donating Award To
Fund For Needy Israeli Artist
Chagall, as well as Mayor
Teddy Kollek, added funds
to the Chagall prize money
to establish a ‘Chagall Fund’
to assist local artists.
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JERUSALEM [JNI] -
Artist Marc Chagall will use
his 50,000 dollar Wolf Prize
Money, awarded to him in
Absentia, to create a fund
for needy Israeli artists. Six
prizes, each worth 100,000
dollars were distributed The other prize winners
among 13 laureates, in the include Spanish Painter An-
presence of President Yitz- tonio Tapies and 11 scien-
hak Navon. tists and mathematicians
from the U.S., England and
A Jerusalem friend of Utrecht.
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Wisch, J. A. & Wisch, Rene. Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 36, No. 13, Ed. 1 Thursday, April 1, 1982, newspaper, April 1, 1982; Fort Worth, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth754279/m1/2/?q=sigma+nu+north+texas+state: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; .