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will supply for Arabs
JERUSALEM — Reports have been received here that the Soviet Union has proposed ;ifco supply the Syrian and Egyp tian military forces with roc-ikets. A similar proposal was ipade some time ago to Iraq and preparations are now be: ing made to send the rockets to all three Arab countries, I Which have accepted the 0%-ter. ■ . .
: The very fact that three Arab couotries will have rockets in their .arsenal presents Israel with serious defense problems. Many types of arms which the Israel Army now possesses will become antiqu-atedV^.and the entire balance of power in the .area will dhanjge. In Israel it is npw felt that The country top must obtain rockets as soon! as possible. ■
Decision on appeal is expected in one month
JERUSALEM — Adolf Eich-mann's appeal against the death sentence is now in the hands of Israel's highest court following the conclusion of Attorney General Gideon Hausner's rebuttal last Tuesday and the closing statement of defence chi^f, Dr. Robert-Servatius. Israel's five-man Supreme Court panel is not expected to rule on the appeal for at least a month.
While Mr. Hausner methodically slashed at every point raised
in the appeal
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arguments • last Week, the convicted former N a z i Colonel sat calmly in his glass^enclos-ed, bullet-proof
dock, taking voluminous notes and sending a hastily scribbled note to his counsel at various moments.
The Attorney General's hardhitting irebuttal pounded successfully at every point raised in the appeal and called upon the Supreme Court panel to reiect all the defense claims and uphold iiie judgment of guilty handed down last December by the Jerusalem District Court.
idhey b. Olyarrnamed ew Centre Dit^ector
Alvin J. Narod, president of he New Jewish Community eritre, today atinouneed ihe apr
«;itmeijt^^ Ji^iiey Qj^ij^:
ive Director. .Mr. Olyah will ssume his new duties in Van-ouver on May 14 and will be troduced to local Jewry at the econd annual meeting of the ew Centre to be held on Tues^ ay, May 15, at the Home For he Aged. Thirty-six years of age, Sid lyan is married and the father f two boys. He was born in Ed-bnton, Alberta, and is a vet-ran of World War II seeing ser-
ihetto Memorial Jated April 29
vice with the - Royal Canadian Navy. His Jewishr^ucation was obtained in iUie Talmud Torah
the B.A. degree in 1949 at the University of Toronto and a
SAM HELLER
Sam. Heller, chairman of the Varsaw Ghetto Memorial com-Jmittee, has announced that the |19th Anniversary of the Warsaw fehetto Uprising will be com-lemorated in Vancouver on Sun-fday evening, April 29, at the Park theatre. The Memorial evening will be sponsored by the [Warsaw Ghetto Memorial committee, Canadian Jewish Congress, in conjunction with the Vancouver Jewish Community Council. Further details will )pear each week in The Jewish estern Bulletin.
SIDNEY D. OLYAN
year later was awarded the B.S.W. from the School of Social Work at the same institution, specializing in Group Work He received the Master's degree in June 1951 and has continued his advanced studies in Supervision and Sociology at the University of Toronto in preparation for his Doctorate. During his student years, Mr. Olyan won three important scholarships as well as the West Toronto Kiwanis Bursary.
Mr. Olyan has just resigned from the position of Assistant Executive Director of the Toronto Y.M.H.A. to accept the major posting in Vancouver. Prior to his last office he served as Program Director at the Toronto Y.M.H.A., Recreation and Area Planning Secretary for the Toronto Welfare Council, Regional Director for the B'nai B'rith Youth Organization in Montreal and principal of the Temple Sinai Religious school in Toronto. His well rounded professional background include (Continued on Page 5) See DIRECTOR
- - Mr^ Hausner tore apart the defense insistence on Eichmann's having been a "mere transport officer" in Hitler's Gestapo. He ripped into the defense claims that Eichmann's "low rank" had been indicated in his "modest manner of living."
All matters affecting Jews were referred to Eichmann, Mr. Hausner recalled. The International Red Cross, he pointed out, ^d described Eichmann as the "key man on all matters pertaining to Nazi dealings with Jews."
The Attorney-General also showed that the Nazi's quiet manner of family living applied pnly to the period he was hiding
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Hausner noted, citing testimony previously entered in the trial, "Eichmann lived in a private villa, commanded three automobiles and two chauffeurs, had at least 4wo known mistresses."
Concerning Israel's jurisdiction, Mr. Hausner told the high tribunal that it is a fact of international law that a court need not be concerned with the manner in which the prisoner had been brought before the court if his offense is against the law. Thus the Attorney General replied to Dr. Servatius* contention that Eichmann was not subject to an Israeli court because he had been abducted in Argentina.
When he had opened the appeal of his legal fight to save Adolf Eichmann from the gallows, although much of Dr. Servatius' arguments were a reiteration of the case he made during the four-month trial last
summer, . he did try to bring up new considerations. In addition to his request to call Dr. Hans Globke, State Secretary to West German Konrad Adenauer, as an "expert witness" on the Nazi era, the West German attorney also hinted that a document incriminating Eichmann in the Nazi use of gas in the mass murder program might have been falsified. He stated, too, that he would appeal to the United Nations, invoking a clause of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights on behalf of his client, if all other legal steps had failed. , He,;brought up the matter of United Nations intervention with the argument that it was the duty of the West Qerman Government to defend Eichmann against his abduction in the spring of 1960 in Ai'gentina.
Rabbi has appealed to Russia to cancel its prohibition against baking mattes for Passover, declaring the act deprives Soviet Jewry of an elementary right to maintain their thousands of year's old tradition symbolizing man's emergence from bondage I to freedom.
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El Al ofoff
TEL AVIV—A ten-day strike of El Al International Airlines crews which cost the company $26,400 per day, ended with air crews now working no more than ten hours on direct flights with 15 hours maximum time of duty.
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ShoreH- odmires
JERUSALEM—Moshe Sharett has returned home from a five-week American-Canada tour to stimulate UJA contributions, expressing renewed admiration for the spirit of dedication to. Israel shown by large numbers
of Jews on this continent.
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Turkey trades ^
JERUSALEM—A 1962 trade agreement signed between Israel and Turkey for $30,O00;06o represents a ^5,000000 increase over the 1961 pact between the two countries.
COLOkFUL ISRAELI AT UJA DINNER APRIL U
. y.J.A. Chairman Morris Jac-pbspn has announced that a spec£^ duv^^ for ^
U.J.A. worker^ will be held in the Schara Tzedeck auditorium on April 11. "This dinner affords us an opportunity to honor workers in last year's . campaign, and also to bring t h i s year's workers up to date on the current Israeli situation," Mr. Jac-obson said.
Guest speaker at this function will be a most colorful personality. Major Rehaveam Amir of Israel.
As a teacher during the middle and late 30's in the Galilee, Mr. Amir lived and worked in the farming community of Yav-niel. It was here, in Israel's northern sector, and later in Jerusalem, that he saw his first militarj'^ service, serving with the Haganah during the Arab riots of 1936.
Accustomed to dangerous missions, at the outbreak of World War II, Mr. Amir found himself in the most hazardous branch of the army. In 1941 he was parachuted by the British forces be-'
MAJOR AMIR
hind German lines in Jugoslavia, where he led a partisan guerilla band and helped organize Jewish resistance against the Nazis. (Continued on Page 5) See AMIR
aJA TO CALL ON NEW PROSPECTS'
A SPECIAL EFFORT to increase the number of contributors to the U.J.A campaign has been undertaken by a conOHittee under the chairmanship of Harry Herman. Pictured above are the members of the committee and campaign chairman Morris Jacobson reviewing com> munity lists and assigning prospects for solicitation. It has been estimated that there are close to one thousand men who did not contribute in 1961. Left to right:^Ace Hersh, Jack Slobin, *M. B. Schachter, Harry Herman^ Abe Glotman, Morris Jacobson, and Joshua Checov.