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NEW YORK~The chief prosecutor in the federal government's deportation case against Mrs. Her-inine Braunsteiher Ryan, the convicted ex-Nazi living:in the borough of Queens, said that he was eager to have former concentration camp inmates contact ; fiim with the view of testifying against her.
-While he is not "advertising" fior witneisses, Vincent Schjanp of .
tiie immigration, and naturalisation fcysm said of Maidanek: "It was jervice told reporters, he ^^1^^ a death camp. She
"icertainly appreciate": hearing told, me on two or three occ^jsions survivors of Ravensbrneck she saw wagons being pushed thr-
Mrs. Ryan^s husband, Russell, a 48-year-old mechanic, testified that his wife had advised him that she had been granted; complete amnesty by a Vienna court, whereas she had received only partisil amnesty. "$he told me she was coH^victed of war crimes but that she never committed these crimes," he told Schiano;
Admitting that he had never questioned her about her past.
and Maidanek who eari tesijftti to Mrs. Ryan's activilies^there', especially those living in the~ United States. :
Mrs. Ryan, 53, was convicted in Austria in 1949 of beating and torturing women and children prisoners as "one ofthe most dreaded" 6( Nazi guards, according to the transcript of that trial. But because she did not note this on [applying for American citizenship * in 1959, she lost that citizenship last Sept.
The government, spurred on by i^Nazi^hunter Simon Wiesenthal of Vienna, is now trying to deport her. She faces murder charges :in Austria.
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Preparaitions are now underway Ifor an intensive campaign to make [every B'nai B'rith member a lemorial tree purchaser. The annual Martyrs Memorial ly will be observed on April 9, pjpmmemoratirig 29 , yearssince le heroic uprising of the Wiarskw Jhettd Fighters; j i
In Vancouver, B.B. will join irith; Jewry across the World by the anniversary of the Ghetto uprising as a memorial ^0 the Six Million who perished the European Holocaust, and is a tribute to the heroic men ind women who sacrificed their lives in defense of Israel against Constant Arab aggression.
Tribute to those wh died, "Al [iddush Hashem", is the beautiful LB. Martyrs' Forest near Jerus-ilem, which memorializes the suffering and tragedy of the Jewish )ejople, and symbolizes' the hope for a world freed of man's in-jumanity to man, officials said. "We intend to make this our lost isuccessful Martyrs Forest rive yet and are certain that the jsponse will be an over-whelm-demonstration of support for Israel in these critical days", (stated Leo Levey, Jewish National ^und regional president.
ough tlie camp with.bodies oh it." Recently, a self-styled Jewish
"Resistance League" sought to firebomb the Ryan home but hit instead a building with a similar street number half a mile away causing little damage.
The current hearings are closed . to all but the press for Mrs. Ryan's protection,
Ryan testified that he and his wife - have slept with a loaded shotgun nearby for the past five years because of threats of "assassination and kidnaping/ to IsraeL"
When his wife's background was publicized in 1968,. he said, she lost her job "because her employers were Jews."
WITH COBIPLETION of eonstniction work at DorVftl passenger terminal at Montreal Inteniatioiial Airi»ort; EL AL is, relocated to its own new coontdr in the main terminal area, right opposite the duty free shop.
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The Consul General of Israel, Emanuel Shimoni will be in Van -couver to keynote the community-wide Yom HaAtzmaut celebration of Israel's 24th birthday slated Saturday, April 15, 7:45 p.m. at the Centre. Mr. Shimoni will speak on behalf of the State of Israel.
The simcha will also feature Yacov Dan, described as an explosive one-man show. Hal Davis will emcee the evening for which _ international commitment against Max Kushnir has assembled a mass murder."
Goldberg calls (or speedy U.S. signing of Genocide Convention
NEW YORK—Former Supreme Court Justice Arthur J. Goldberg and Columbia University law professor Richard N. Gardner called recently for speedy US ratification of the Genocide Convention, stating "it is inconceivable that we should hesitate any longer in making an
special orchestra to play only Jewish and Israeli music.
Adnission is open without charge to everyone in the community under sponsorship of the FZOC-Canadian Zionist Federation.
In a detailed legal brief in a recent issue of the American Bar Association Journal, Goldberg and Prof. Gardner examin^ all the objections which have been advanced against retification ofthe Genocide Convention, which^ has been ratified by 75 nations^ has
been before the US Senate since 1949. It was reported on favorably last May by the Foreign Relations Committee and is now awaiting Senate action.
"At a time when our committment to human rights is being questioned by some of our own people and by others overseas," Goldberg and Prof. Gardner declared, "it is particularly important that we ratify" a treaty so thoroughly consistent withournat-iortal purpose."
Goldberg arid Prof. Gardner appeared before the Fpreigh Relations Committee in its heating on the Genocide Convention last year
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WASHINGTON — The Jewish Community Council of Greater Washington said recently that four Moscov^r Jews have asked to meet with a representative of President Nixon in Moscow before the President's arrival for his conference there in May, to discuss the problems of Soviet Jews and the circumstances surrounding their requests for emigration. Prof. David Korn, who is chairman of the Russian and German department at Howard university and head of the Washington JCC's Soviet Jewry Committee, told reporters that the request for the meeting was relayed to him in a telephone conversation with Roman Rutnian, a Jevdsh activist in Moscow, Korn said that he and Isaac Franck, executive vice-president of the JCC, were writing to President Nixon about the request. According to Korn, Rutman told him that he felt that Soviet Jews have the right to meet with a representative of President Nixon's advance party because of the President's pronouncements regarding Soviet Jews. Rutnian also reportedly said that the President's statements indicated that he was aware of the problems of Soviet Jews. Korn quoted Rutman as saying that the Soviet government cannot speak for Soviet Jews and that four Jews have been selected, from among those who have applied unsuccessfully for exit visas, to speak for them to a Presidential aide. He said the four were Rutman, Victor Pulski, Vladimir Slepak and Alexander Lemer.
on behalf of the Ad Hoc Committee on Human Rights and Genocide Treaties—a committee of 52 national, civic, religious and labor organizations.
Two representatives of the ABA testified in opposition to the convention after the ABA House of Delegates reaffirmed by a narrow margin the Association's previous stand against the treaty.
However, aU the ABA sections and committees with .special in^ terest in the subject matter have come out in favor of the convention.
Goldberg and Prof.. Gardner, in^ summing up the main arguments for ratification of the convention now, stated: "Our adherence to the Genocide Convention can make a practical contribution to the long and difficult process of building a structure of international law based on principles of human dignity. It would put us in a better position to protest acts of genocide in other parts of the world and will enhance our influence in United Nations efforts to draft satisfactory human rights principles."
A bipartisan effort to bring the Genocide Convention to the floor of the Senate has been initiated by Senators Frank Church (D., Idaho), Jacob K. Javits (R., N.Y.), William Proxmire (D., Wise.) and Hugh Scott {R., Pa.).
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JERUSALEM — Housing Minister Zeev Sharef said that housing problem in Israel has reached crisis proportions that only large pre-fabricated or mobile housing could solve.
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ORT is making application to the science, general office clerks and Canadian federal and provincial «*airdressing and beauty-care are
governments for funds. A substantial membership in Men's ORT will help ORT achieve its objectives Mr. Finkelstein stated, adding that Men's CRT does no general fundraising — it is a membership organization and its only revenues are from its annual subiscription dues which are tax-deductible. Further information is available from Mr. Finkelstein at 263-3966.
the ORT Vocational High School for" Girls in Bombay was opened in 1970 and offers four different courses. The first 50 girls had
the courses given to the girls attending the ORT school. For 45 students from the provinces, dormitory facilities are provided as well.
The school is accredited and under supervision of the department of education of the government of Maharastra State. This May, when the first class of girls will graduate, jobs are waiting for them.
The "seed-money" of Vancouver Miles for Millions, which is provided as "matching funds" to a
tarian system of vocational-technical training in the world. ORT schools in 23 countries, on five continents, accommodate today more than 65,000 students annually, mainly Jewish, between the ages of 10 to 65. More tHan 90 trades are taught in over 700 teaching units.
to pursue a preparatory remedial grant from CIDA, will have most
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course which included an intensive English-language course, personal hygiene, first-aid and basic nutrition. These courses were toensure a complete education for the girls whose educational standard was too low to assure success in future specialization — invariably, the girls had a below ninth grade general education and came from the poorest homes in India. Social assistance had to be provided to the parents of the girls, because during the time of their attending the ORT school, their income is lost to the family. Hotel receptionists, secretarial
desirable results in the immediate future, officials concluded.
D. Lou Harris, national president of Canadian Organization for tlehabilitaiion through Training, has announced the appointment of Norton Finkelstein as chairman of the newly-formed Vancouver Men's ORT.
In another local ORT development, the Vancouver Miles for Millions committee has allocated $3,000 from its 1971 Walk to the ORT Vocational High School for Girls in Bombay.
ORT is the largest, oldest, nonprofit, non-political and non-sec-
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