Texas Jewish Post (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 29, No. 23, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 5, 1975 Page: 1 of 16
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Those of us who were in the trade knew it for many years. How could
Scripps-Howard continue a losing operation with publishing the Fort Worth
Press. For nearly a quarter century it had been losing money and yet it went
on gallantly constantly trying to resuscitate its business opportunities,
ploughing more $ into a never ending demand, and always winding up more in
the red.
It was something to behold! An afternoon newspaper with a limited
circulation trying to battle the big dog, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram. It was
more than a challenge though. The Press’ reporters were dedicated newsmen
and, perhaps, what they lacked in advertising revenue or whatever acumen it
takes to get the proper mix economically they made up in the determination
to publish a good newspaper.
Fate has certain ironies. Here, in the same city, was the Star-Telegram with
its morning and afternoon papers being sold for over $100 million in cash to
Capital City and the poor Press probably using that much on the losing side
before the terse announcement was made last Friday, “Farewell, Fort
Worth.”
About a week before that good friend and colleague Willard Barr, a former
mayor of Fort Worth, had to make a similar announcement for his weekly,
Labor News. Willard and this old jaw started about the same time and we
used the same printer until we each established our own printing
departments.
We called Willard and told him how sorry we were for the demise of the
Labor News. Willard told us he kept it alive as long as he could but when he
lost support he had to finally fold.
All this is interesting indeed when one considers the plight of the
English-Jewish Press today.
We returned this week from Memphis where the American Jewish Press
Association held its 33rd annual convention. We were honored with the
presence of Irving Bernstein of the United Jewish Appeal. Israeli foreign
affairs officers, who briefed us. A segment of the Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds also addressed us.
Most everyone told us how “important” we were to our own Jewish
communities and the American Jewish Community as well as World Jewry.
Highlight of our meeting was the honoring of Leo Goldberger and Memphis’
Hebrew Watchman and Adolph Rosenberg and Atlanta’s Southern Israelite
for each reaching the milestone of 50 years of publication. A golden
anniversary worthy of celebration.
Memphis turned out in force to pay tribute and a couple of fellow-workers
journeyed from Atlanta to give deserved cheer U> Adolph.
i listened to all the great speeches by rabbis, presidents ol Federation and
Israel Bonds and others and wondered about the years that were ground into
making each of the papers survive the vicissitudes of the business cycle.
First of all it takes supreme dedication. The chauvinists come and go in all
businesses. We’ve seen racketeers plague both these newspapers with their
tormenting competition. Through the years there have been some who start
papers to peddle political influence and try to infringe on the established
paper. Adolph has had his share of that, too, besides the boiler room operators
who sap an editor’s precious time to combat the nuisance.
Regardless of the pitfalls, Leo and Adolph have kept their independent
newspapers alive and have served their communities outstandingly. It’s too
bad that they do not publish larger newspapers. I’m sure they would be more
than willing to do it if they had greater advertising revenue.
I was thinking, too, of the independence of the two papers. Leo Goldberger
who is now editor emeritus and Adolph Rosenberg who is an active editor and
a professional journalist by training have the spunk that is needed to continue
in a profession that takes its news-media for granted.
Leo has discussed his problems with me from time to time and it is a great
credit to him, in spite of all of life’s usual kicks besides those that a Jewish
editor may suffer through the conduct of his business, that Leo always
maintained a cheery outlook and continued.
Adolph had many problems, too - as we all do. Some officials of the Atlanta
Federation said a few years ago that he had “Adolph and the Southern
Israelite in my hip pocket” and could break him and take over anytime he
wanted to do so.
Adolph kept on against tremendous odds and has been a credit to his
profession. And the Southern Israelite has not been in anyone’s “hip pocket.”
We have Jewish newspapers that are much older than 50 years. Some are
much younger. We’re approaching thirty.
With the contraction of the general news media and many cities being “one
city newspapers,” it may be highly advisable for the Jewish leadership of this
nation to determine ways and means to keep the Jewish Press not only
private and independent but successful.
Continued on page 5
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VOLUME XXIX NO. 23 THURSDAY, JUNE 5, 1975 16 PAGES 25^ PER COPY
Israel Cuts Canal
Forces in Half;
Pulls Back 24 Miles!
The victor, Israel, again made concessions to the victim, Egypt, Monday when Premier
Yitzhak Rabin announced, while President Ford was meeting in Salzburg, Austria with
President Sadat of Egypt, that Israel would cut its Suez military forces in half.
President Ford is back in the United States following his get-acquainted Summit with
Sadat and other European leaders. It has been the first time the appointed
chief-executive has been on European soil as President.
Rabin, taking full advan-
tage of Sadat’s constant cry
for more troop withdrawals
and with full cognizance of
his forthcoming visit to
Washington next week for
discussions with the Presi-
dent, announced that half of
Israel’s tanks in the front
line zone near the Suez
Canal would withdraw about
18 miles from the Canal.
Artillery firepower and
auxiliary equipment would
be withdrawn about 19 miles
from the Canal.
Missiles, with the excep-
tion of anti-tank weapons,
would be withdrawn 24
miles from the Canal and
half of Israel’s front line
fighting troops on the
waterway - about 3,500 men,
would also be withdrawn
from the limited arms region
east of the United Nation’s
buffer zone.
An Arab official said
Sunday that Israeli .bound
cargo would be allowed to
pass through the Canal only
if there was “tangible
evidence” that Israel
YITZHAK RABIN
showed a commitment to
withdraw from Arab lands.
Another spokesman added,
however, that Egypt had the
right to bar Israeli shipping
because the two nations
were still technically at war.
Following Rabin’s An-
nouncement, in a Jerusalem
press conference, he said,
that this additional positive
peaceful action by Israel
would show “the world and
to Egypt the fact that Israel
really wants peace.”
The Israeli reductions and
withdrawals were scheduled
before the opening of the
Canal on Thursday, June 5.
For analysis see page 4 and
j for related story see page 7.
The decision was a sur-
prise to many Israeli ob-
servers and analysts who
thought that Israel would
stick to its pre-announced
policy of not announcing any
cutbacks or concessions to
Egypt until Premier Rabin
met with President Ford.
A high Egyptian official in
Cairo welcomed Israel’s
move and called it “a step in
the right direction.”
Jewish Leaders
Concerned Over
U.S. Reassessment
NEW YORK (WNS) - A two day national leadership conference of 300 Jewish leaders
ended with the adoption of resolutions voicing “concern” about the Administration’s
reassessment of American nolicv in the Mideast and endorsed “acts of conscience” against
the Gulf Oil Company. The resolution on reassessment at the assembly convened by the
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, expressed “concern”
that while new military aid commitments to Israel had been barred during the
reassessment period the U.S. has agreed to provide Jordan with $100 million worth of
“Hawk” anti-aircraft missiles. “We call on the Administration to strengthen American
and military support of Israel, not only for Israel’s security but for America’s as well,” the
resolution said. The resolution on Gulf Oil said that the member organizations of the
Presidents Conference “advised their membership that their organizations approve and
endorse acts of conscience taken by individual members reacting to the Gulf Oil
Corporation’s gift to Arab sources in Beirut, Lebanon for propaganda purposes in the
U.S.” A Presidents Conference spokesman said there was no definition given of the term
“acts of conscience” but agreed it could be interpreted by some to mean turning in Gulf
credit cards and refusing to buy the company’s oil.
Yosef Tekoah, who is Nations, urged American ish strength on the side of
leaving the post of Israel’s Jewry to demonstrate "an Israel even though in her
Ambassador to the United unremitting display of Jew- Continued on page 4
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