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IP A CANADIAN cabinet minister is misquoted in an article which m^kes him appear to be a racist, and he subsequently issues a public denial, then all of the newspapers which published the original article have an obligation to their readers to publish the denial;
A few weeks ago The Vancouver Sun priiited a story quoting Jean-Pierre Goyer, Minister of Supply and" Services. It contained a 4uote alleged td have been made by Mr/ Goyer, w^^^^ had definite undertones of anti-Seifnitism.
The saine article was published in The Ottawa Journal on two consecutive days, March 27 and 28. But on April 1 The Journal also printed a Letter to the Editor in which Mr. Goyer categorically denied the racist inference attributed to him. Under the title, "Unfortunate innuendo," the minister wrote:
"Sirs:—I deeply resent being incorrectly quoted especially when the misquote carries an innuendo which I did not mean to
"On March 26, during a meeting with the members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery in Ottawa, I said: 'I am ready to take an idea when it is a good one from anyone, whether he is American, Jewish, slim or fatj^ It happens that Mr. Herman Kahn is American, iis Jewish and is not a slim person, f)ut he had a brilliant idea. I hope that we Canadians are not parochial or ultra-nationalistic to th(B point that we will refuse to take a good idea because it is coming from abroad. I am ready to take ani^ idea when it can be of some'benefit-to Canadians'..
"Now in the March 27 issue of The Ottawa Journal, Richard Jac^kson of l^he Journal Parlianientary staff commenting
about Alberta's oil sands reported the following r 'where did he (Mr. Goyer) get the idea? He was asked aft^r he c^merged from the bedlam he had made of the House. From Herman Kahri, head of the Hudson Institute "think tank" he replied. "You know that American, a Jew, the fat guy'.'' This exact same remark was catried in the March 28 issue of The Journal.
' "This style of reporting carries racist overtones. In attenipting to be sensational Mr. Jackson seems to have lost both his judgment and perceptiori. I object strenuously. I have alwajfs defended the rights and freedom of all individuals and will hot stand by and allow ^arepo^ the impression thafe I can in any way be'a racist.
"This is unjust; this is unethical and in addition this is untrue, Not only is Mr. Kahri a warm and pjersonal friend of mine but also he has a brilliant mind."
TO DATE the Vancouver Sun, which gave the original story a front page position under a five-column headline, has printed nothing further.
Is it possible that The Sun's Ottawa reporters were unable" to obtain a further interview with Mr. Goyer, giving him the opportunity of commenting on the published statement and either confirming or denying its accuracy? In the field of journalism such a "follow-up" generally is a routine practise.
Or is it possible that The Sun's editors did not recogni:!:9 that what they were printing was a racist slur aM did iri fact defame the Jewish people?
Regardless of the reasons, there is still time to publish M\r. Goyer's strenuous objection to 'the manner in which he was quoted. ,
PASSOVER, 1974: FOR THE GENTILE
bV STANLEY COOpERMAN
If I huve token onger fo my heart, Lion-pastion/beatt of rage/ Forgive me.
Agoin, ond yet ogoin/you hove token my fle»h And mode it compost:
fl fometimes feel thot oil the broken stones in the world Are Jews, . ^ •
Eren the child ot this toble, repeoting oncient questions:
Behind the sweet excitement of her eyes
A furnoce-moster woits to seize her by the breoth,
A knife is being shorpened
To pierce her throot.
Perhops she will not be killed, but stolen:
And oil the long procession of stubborness ond poin>
Slovery, festiVol, piety, ond pride,
,Will stop ot the edge of her foce
Erosed ^ ^
You who sit comfortoble, b(omeless.
On the rogs ond totters of my fother's bones.
Do not be too. horsh with my suspicion or despoir:
The centuries—^yours ond mine—exoct o price.
In this smoll rituol of memory ond wine
We relive the future . . : ond prepbre.
FBI sought to wiretap Ebon
WASHINGTON - During one of Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban's visits to the UnitedjStates several years ago the Federal Bureau of Investigation wanted to put a wiretap on him, former Attorneyspeneral Ramsey Clark disclosed. . '
But Clark told Senate investigators that he denied the request because Eban's activities did not threaten the country's military
activities.
Clark who was Attorney-General in the Johnson admimstration made this disclosure before. a joint hearing of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Surveillance and the Senate Judiciary Subcomniittee on Administrative Practice and Procedure.
He offered no further immediate information on the wiretap incident.
No memoriaI service will suffice this time
Dear Mr. Kaplan:
I am sure everyone was as shocked as I was when we heard the news April 12 of the massacre in Kiryat Shimona.
As well as the feeling of shock, came a feeling of frustration.
The world has watched in silence the incredible antics of the Palestinian guierrillas. Every time the reaction is exactly the same,-surprise, shock occasionally, followed by forgetfulness until the next time. Occasionally there are commemorative acts as at the time of the Munich massacre.
How much longfer will we as Jews' sit in silence?
When will we learn that the world will not remember as long as we are not prepared to react strongly and forcefully so that few can forget?
We have had many examples in recent years proving that those who are prepared to fight for themselves win in the end.
For us perhaps the best example is the progress that has been made for Soviet Jewry. We were prepared to shout and scream and therefore an increased number are able to make aliya.
Little would have been accomplished had we cried amongst ourselves.
I cannot help but ask myself would this massacre have occured if we had demanded justice the first time?
Would so many people have died
in hijackings if we had refused to let the world forget?
Would we now have a repetition of massacre as at Munich if we had shouted then?
Is there any ^ one of us who, will be able to sleep quietly if
we do not act now, to halt these murderers thi^ time?
With all our experience for Soviet Jewry surely we can find the way to get the^ necessary publicity.
It will be a challenge to our community leaders to react immediately and if they are not prepared to do the job they must step aside and let those who are prepared to take on this task.
No memorial service will suffice this time!
BETTY C. NITKIN
COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS MUST B£ MAINTAINED
Dear Mr. Kaplan:
In conjunction with the 1974 United Jewish Appeal, the urgency of which is paramount indeed, the'1974 Jewish Community Fund and Council. Drive is also now on. To save manpower and expense, both appeals are combined with separate pledges to each cause.
Donors are being asked to help not one or two but 19 local programs and institutions. We built these institutions and must of necessity continue to maintain them. If not us, who then?
While the 1973 local drive for funds was postponed because of the Yom Kippur War, the institutions carried on just the same -this via arranged credit which must be paid now.
Donations now must therefore take care of two years local needs, and unless the required amount is raised, services that benefit
us all will have to be trimmed and. we'll all be the sufferers.
To live amidst these institutions is indeed a privilege which dannot be measured in dollars and cents.
Donors should remember that, as an example, a $100 donation actually gives less than one percent per day to each beneficiary.
Pledges can be paid on any Basis convenient to the donor and designation of the donation to an individual's preferred institution can be arranged. .
Canvassers who give free of their time, energy and expense, deserve full cooperation oh their first call as many canvassers-have numerous cards to call on.
Again, by giving generously, individuals help their own community, as well as themselves.
JOHNESKIN Canvasser
Endorsed Appeols
Combined UJA/JCF Gampsign Apr. 15-June 30
Social Calendar
Warsaw Ghetto
Memorial Evening Apr. 21 B.I. Sisterh'd Con: Apr. 22-24 Exec. Bd. JCF&C Apr. 24 B.I. Warsaw Ghetto
Evening :- Apr; 24
JFSA Bd. Mtg...... -Apr.25
Temple Sholom
Rummage Sale......Apr.25
Peretz School Yiddish Festival _______Apr. 26
Pioneer W[omen—Yom Haatzinant' Dance.. Apr. 27
Peretz School—Yiddish Music Festival .......Apr. 28.
Combined Jewish Appeal Women's Pacesetter Evening „._____.......Apr. 30
Israel Song Festival— Paravrim Duo..........Apr,30
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Remember The Sabbath
Sabbath begins, Light candles Friday, April 19, 6:51 Sedre Shmini, Leviticus Sabbath ends, Havdalah AprU 20, 7:51
Friday, April 26, 7:01
Sedre Tazria-Metzora, Leviticus Sabbath ends, Havdalah April 27, 8:01
JEWISH CALENDAR (LUACH) 1974
Israel Independence
Day^^^.^^^^^:„ ......Apr. 25
Lag B'Omer ...Iv... .May 10
ShavuOt ....... . May 27
Tisha B'Ab ... July 28
Rosh Hashona...........Sept. 17
Yom Kippur.......Sept. 26
All l^olidays begin the preceeding eve ot sundown.
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