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We have a request on hand from the Peace Corps, which has
done a tremendous job in raising the image of the United States
of America in neighboring countries and distant lands.
Actually, the Peace Corps, works fundamentally under the;
terms of the greatest ideals of Tzdoka, which are Jewish principles
of charity and humanita.rianism.
Tn the Jewish Way of Life, we say that the greatest aim of
charity is not just to give your dollars hut to do something to
he’n an individual help himself ... to help himself to that high
standard of dignity and self-respect where he can stand on his
two feet, solid with his roots in the ground and know that thru
his own initiative and endeavors he is trying to make a place I
for himself and his family, to improve his lot in the world and
to do the things necessary to increase the chances for betterment
of all mankind. 1
Actually when we give Tzdoka in this view and from this
standpoint we are raising the level of all people everywhere . . .
and it will eventally add up to a time when each nation will
stand in communion and understanding with its sister nations as
one large family of Nations United. A shorter term for this
might be the Brotherhood of Man Under the Fatherhood of God.
Th*s is the American dream that is our greatest asset and our
most profound bedrock of democracy in the American tradi-
tion. • •! ; | <&;f
All this, purposely, is to introduce the request by the Peace
Corps of the United States of America for teachers who are now
retired but don’t want to waste their lives idling their time. A
motor that just idles never gets anywhere in direction or pur-
pose. It just stands still and uses up time, space and energy.
Teachers who are retired can escape from this boredom. But
let us suffice. We believe the dispatch from the Peace Corps it-
self can offer a concrete example. Here it is:
“Successful retirement is primarily a matter of retiring to vs
from a given field of activity. The Field retired to should be one
that could fully utilize the skills and special abilities of the re-
tiree; it should be within the purview of the public welfare; it
should offer expanding vistas and horizons, new understandings,
new friendships, new interests, and should constitute a worthy
challenge. This new field should also offer a financial return
that would supplement the usual pension allowance of most re-
tirees.
“Peace Corps now offers to 1964 retiring teachers a two
year retirement plan or program which contains all of the above
conditions. It has announced that during 1964 more than 5,000
teachers will be required to man its various teaching posts in
some 50 countries throughout Latin America, Africa and Asia.
Up to one-half of these posts may be filled by 1964 retirees, if
physically fit and otherwise qualified.
“Any American teacher who plans to retire during or at
the end of the current school year and desires to retire to one
of the above posts should request a copy of the new brochure.
“Older Volunteers in the Peace Corps” and a Questionnaire,
from. *>FA<~'E CORPS, SENIOR MANPOWER RECRUITMENT,
WASHINGTON 25, D. C.
“Since two to three months are usually required to pro-
rncs an application, an early letter advising Peace Corps of your
ir.+-roc:t subiect and/or level on which you are qualified to
teach, and the country in which you would prefer assignment,
is desirable.”
Well, that’s a message that you may want to pass along
to some of your friends who want to see other parts of
the world and still contribute to the benefit of their coun-
try and all of mankind while doing so.
Speaking of organizations that are deserateJy looking for
employees to work in foreign climes, we’ve another request from
the World Jewish Congress to publicize a project it initiated some
time ago. 1 J 1
Following a call for volunteers willing to serve in Jewish
communities around the globe who need hep, Mr. Samuel Bronf-
man, Chairman of the North American Executive, issued a call
for applicants to fill pests in Latin American lands.
Our Latin-American neighbors are despartely in need of
trained community personnel. Main problems confonting smaller
communities in Latin-America are for Rabbis and teachers. Ac-
centing these initial problems of positions to be filled were the
added problems of language, housing, salaries and the great dis-
tance from the shores of the U. S. A. Since the original re-
ouests, pleas (for help) have been received from Bolivia, Co-
lombia. Curacao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador
Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru and Surinam. A call was
received from Yugoslavia, too, for trained personnel to help
small Jewish communities to giant steps forward in their edu-
cational processes.
Mr. Bronfman had ordered the Cultural Department of the
World Jewish Congress to ascertain the needs of smaller com-
munities for community personnel and simultaneously, attempted
to mobilize personnel through a variety of contacts with rab-
binical seminaries, teaching colleges and. other institutions both
in the United States and in the greater Latin American Com-
munities of Argentina and Brazil.
WJC tells us “Attempts to find candidates willing to go to
outlying Jewish communities at first produced only meager
results since the demand for graduates of rabbinical and teach-
ers’ seminaries in the United States by far exceeds the supply-
However, as the World Jewish Congress initiative in this field
became more widely / known a number of volunteers came
forward who either felt that they wanted to gather experi-
ence in far places or make a personal contribution to help
the continuation of Jewish life in far-flung communities.”
Main requests being received by the World Jewish Con-
gress are for rabbis and teachers.
It’s something to think about.
At any rate pass the information along.
The Peace Corps address in Washington: Director of Peace
Corps, Washington 25, D. C. The World Jewish Congress’ ad-
dress is 15 East 34th St., N. Y. 28, N. Y.
No ZIP code numbers needed. Just Talent!
IN OUR EIGHTEENTH YEAR
VOLUME XVIII NO. 6 THURSDAY, FEBRUAY 3, 1964 12 PAGES-2 SECTIONS-15c PER COPY
United Nations Unit Adopts First Statement
To Outlaw Discrimination On Religious Basis
BY SAUL CARSON
FJPost-JTA UN Correspondent
UNITED NATION, (JTA) —
For the first time in the history
of the United Nations, and pof
sibly in the history of the world,
an official UN body formally
adopted last week a document
which would outlaw all forms
of religious intolerance and
make it mandatory upon all
governments to extend fullest
freedoms for the practice of all
religions.
The document was adopted by
the Human Rights Commission’s
14-member Subcommission on
Prevention of Discrimination
and Protection of Minorities, by
the overwhelming vote of 12-0
with two abstentions. The ab-
stentions were cast by the Rus-
sian and Polish members of the
group who, spearheading a long
Tight by the Communist bloc at
the UN, fought hard against
passage of the instrument.
There were two reasons for
the Communist opposition. Open-
ly, they insisted that a document
dealing with religious free-
doms must also protect atheists
and other non-believers from
persecution by religious ele-
ments. Covertly, they opposed
the move because many of the
clauses in the adopted document
aim directly at the USSR’s dis-
crimination against Soviet Jew-
ry.
The document was entitled
Draft Declaration and Draft
convention on the Elimination
of All Forms of Religious In-
tolerance. A declaration is mere-
ly an enunciation of principles.
A convention, however would
become an international treaty
when ratified by a sufficient
number of member states.
The Declaration - Convention
was adopted after a motion for
its passage in principle had been
introduced by Morris B. Abram,
the United States member of the
subcommission, who is chairman
of the executive board of the
American Jewish Committee;
and Peter Calvocoressi, the Bri-
tish expert in the group. All
members of the subcommission
serve officially as individual ex-
perts but represent the thinking
of their governments.
The adopted draft was a re-
vision of an earlier document
prepared by Arcot Krishnas-
wami, of India, who, in redraft-
ing, accepted many amendments
proposed in separate earlier
drafts by Mr. Abramt and by
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Second ‘Auschwitz Trial’ To Open For 20 Defendants
I FRANKFURT, (JTA)—A sec-
I ond Auschwitz murder camp
trial, involving 20 defendants,
will open here as soon as the
current case against 22 former
guards and officers is complet-
ed, a district court spokesman
announced. He said the trial
could begin i mmediately but
the delay was forced by the
lack of courtroom facilities. The
defendants in the forthcoming
Auschwitz trial include former
SS men up to the rank of ma-
jor and 'two former inmates,
both criminal prisoners.
Charges and evidence in the
case already fill 20 volumes and
hundreds of former Auschwitz!
inmates have been questioned in
investigations that included rc»
search in Israel, Poland, East
Germany, Hungary and Czecho-
slovakia. Only three of the 20
defendants are in pre-trial con-
finement, the other 17 having
been released on bail.
Among the 20 are the former
labor chief of the camp at Birk-
enau and two commandants of
subsidiary camps in the huge
murder complex. Four are for-
mer SS truck drivers charged
with aiding and abetting mur-
der by transporting inmates to
the gas chambers in trucks. As
compensation for this work,
they received extra rations of
food and whiskey.
Meanwhile, at the trial against
22 euards and oficers and Josef
Klehr, 59, a carpenter who
served in the camp for four
years as a medic, admitted kill-
ing- 250 inmates over a two-
month period by giving them
injections of phenolic acid di-
rectly in to the heart. In addi-
tion to charges that he killed or
aided in the murder of thou-
sands of inmates, he is charged
with pushing a Jewish woman
and her daughter, who had re-
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Mrs. B. E. Ellman Heads Fort Worth Women’s Division
As Campaign Kicks Off With Workers Rally At A.Sholom
Louis BOckstein, President,
and Dr. Abe Greines, 1964
Campaign Chairman, announced
that Mrs. B. E. Ellman has been
appointed the 1964 Women’s
Campaign Chairman for the
Jewish Federation annual
' campaign. The Federation acts
as the central organization of
the Jewish Community of Fort
Worth, responsible for plan-
ning and maintaining its social
welfare and community serv-
ices. Mrs. David Eisenman is
the year-round chairman of the
Women’s Division.
The a n n u a 1 campaign, of
which Dr. Greines is general
chairman, supports ever 100
health, welfare, and educational
agencies at the regional, nation-
al and international levels, a
large portion of its funds being
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Jewish Folk Festival Opens Schepps Community Center Showcase Series
An evening of Jewish and Is-
raeli Folk Music will open the
Showcase Series ’64 at the Julius
Schepps Community Center this
Saturday evening, Feb. 8 at 8:36
p.m. The program will feature
Howie Porper, Abbie Lipschutz,
Isabel Gardner and Mary Helen
Kuhne. No newcomers to the en-
tertainment world. They have
appeared on Television and
Radio, Dallas night spots in ad-
dition to being recording artists.
The program combines the his-
tory and heritage of the Jews of
Eastern Europe and Israel with
lucid commentary.
In announcing the opening
program of the Showcase Series*
Philip Vogel, JSCC President,
stated that it will be one of the
most unusual and memorable
events in the Center’s history.
The remaining programs to be
presented are: March 8—Origin
& Development of Jewish Music
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Dallas Native, A. J. Beck, SAC-‘I. G.,’ Named Major General
OFFUTT AFB, Neb.—A Dallas demonstrated the leadership, ex- ficant contributions to the de-
native, Maj. Gen. A. J. Beck, emplary foresight, and ceaseless fense posture of the United
Strategic Air Command inspec- efforts which resulted in signi- States and the Free World ”
tor general, was recently award-
ed the first Oak Leaf Cluster
to the Legion of Merit. Gen.
Thomas S. Power, SAC com-
mander in chief, made the pre-
sentation at SAC headquarters,
Offutt AFB, Neb.
General Beck, a graduate of
the Southern Methodist Uni-
versity Dallas School of Law,
was associated with the Dallas
law firm of Beck and Knox be-
fore entering the service in
1940.
The general became SAC’s in-
spector general July 1, 1963,
and was promoted to major gen-
eral recently. He was cited for
his “exceptionally meritorious
conduct in the performance of
outstanding service while serv- M
ing as commander of the 817th m
Air Division, Pease AFB, N.H.,
from July 24, 1961 to July 1,
1963.”
“During this period,” the cita-
tion continued, “General Beck MAJOR GENERAL A. J. BECK
A veteran of the Strategic
Ai.r Command, the general join-
ed the command in 1947, a lit-
tle more than a year after SAC
was activated. He served in
many important posts, including
chief of the air judge advocate
section and later as SAC de-
puty chief of staff.
Rabbi Abraham I. Jacobson,
rabbi of Temple Emanu-El, Hav-
erhill, Mass., who is part-time
Jewish chaplain at Pease AFB,
recalls General Beck as “a man
who is well oriented in Judaism
and in whose life there is a pos-
tive approach to faith and prac-
tice.” In a letter to the Nation-
al Jewish Welfare Board (JWB)
Rabbi Jacobson noted that the
general not only attended ser-
vices regularly with his family,
and was frequently called to
the Torah, but also made it a
practice to remain after services
to review the sermon with the
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