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Vol. XXIII, No. 50 TEBET 1, 5716
VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1955
$3.00 Per Yeor;. 10c Per Copy
asb for cases of In answer to Fair Accominodations recjuest
By A. X ilBN<HJ>
VICTORIA—The Vancouver Civic Unity Association made its first f<>rmal submission to the government of British Colimi-bia this week in the form of a brief requesting the enactment of a Fa^ir Accorimiodation Pi^ctices A«t for.the province. A veiy courteouis reception
was accorded to the Civic Unity delegation by the Cabinet^ six of whose intern^ were iii .attendance. The Attorney Geti^ erd, Hon. R. W.^ Bo sitting'as Acting Premier in the absence of premier Bemiett, re^esteid a memprariditim dt-; ing cases c^^^^N^^ the field of public accommoda-: tic^ io^'^ljiUXk ujp the reque^ m^detinthe
Halford D, WUson, chairman of the Civic Unity Association " 'T^GdV'the'^'deibj^nil^^ ed S. B. C^i^triii/
nadian Jewish Congress, Rev. Patrick R.ElHs, representing the Vancouver Council of- Churches Fbcm Si«i of the Chinese B6ri-evoieht As^ciation; Frank Collins of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters and spokesman for the Negro community; Knute Battedahl, representing the Joint Labbr Cbttunittee to Combat Ra-ci^ Distooiiriation; and this \Witer representing B'nai B'rith.
Mr, Gervin, whO; is vice-presi-!-dent of the association read the prepared brief, which urged the government to consider, the use of law in ^^elping to combat racial discrimination.
CONCILIATION VITAL
*Tn proposing the nsie of law,** it said, ^there is no suggestion tbat a penalty should, be. a prominent feature of the la.w, but rather the well-known process of cbn6iIiatioh and 'a> meeting, of the minds* should be the dondn-ant Qualitsr within the law and its administratioh.
, "It is sometiines argued,'* the brief 'Pointed out, "that rattier than the use of law, education should - be the sole weapon t6 combat discrimination. BUt it is submitted that application of law may serve as an educational force in its^ . . . ^
"Tlurough the passage of such a law, the, community may- obtain loiowledge; of particular instances of discrimination/ whereas under present circumstances acts of discriniination are often furtive and Unheard of .. .*'
The brief visualized a form of conciliation that would be **a high point in the education pro-
cess." It went on to explain that *the individual who has engt^red in dlsorlminatioiii, and who may never have explored the ethics of his attitude; has the opportunity of ^sitting down and talking over the whole Issue with Informed representatives of the govern-
ment and public at large.**
In requestthg a Fair Accommodation Practices Act the.Civic trhity ;brief explained that "A common a,rea of discrimination and/one wiiich lends itself to application of legii^lation, is the matter of ser at hotels, restaurants, b^^^ shops, and other such iiubiiic facilit^^
ONTAMQ ACT CitED
The essence of t^e proposed legislation is fouixd in Section ot the Ontario Fair Accbmmoda-
huliian award
CALGAiRY — Dr. David M, Baltzari, FRCP, well-known Saskatchewan heart specialist, was thexecipierit of the Human Relations Award When the Western Division, of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jew/s held its Annual Banquet in the Al San Club, Calgary, on Wednesday, December "^ii The Award was pre-
tions Practices Act, passed in
1954, which states:
"No person shall deny to any person or class of persons the accommodation, service or facilities available in any place to which the public is custom-
arily admitted because of the race, creed, color, nationality, ancestry or place of orli^'of such persons or class of persons.**
The Civic .Unity Association (Continued on Page 8)
Israel hits dt Syrian
hard
JERUSALEaVI — This week's attack by Israel upon Syria, described a$p^ of the deadliest" of the undeclared boi:der war, has been explained by Is-authoritfes; ai^^^^
^an
the
day'before. The Israelis killed' 55 Syria soldiers and took 29| prisoners in the surprise at-: tack, while losing four men of their own and having 12 wounded.
At the United Nations Syria demanded this week that the Security Council meet to consider
Israel's attack
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whic^h was made near the Sea of Galilee. In London the British foreign office called the attack "unpro-voked.'* And in Cairo Egyptian and Syrian leaders met this week
to consider whether I^raeFs attack justified joiut action under •the terh?:s '6f the. Egyptian-Syrian miiitary pact against Israel.
Israel soui;ce9:: ||3Eplatoed^ that
out the Ara^b military posts which were causingr trouble for Israeli fishermen in the Sea of Galilee for years. Syrian firing oh; Israe] fishing boats last year cost not only lives but forced abandonment of 100,000 pounds^ of liets and fish. Complaints to the Mixed Armistice Commission have been of no avail.
M. W. BECKELMAN DIES AT 49
NEW YORK—The death was reported here this week of Moses W. Beckelman, director general for overseas operations of the Joint Distribution Committee. Mr. Beckelman, who was. 49, suf-
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^ DR. DAVID M. BAtXEAN
sented by G. Max Bell of Calgary on behalf of the Canadian Council of Christians and Jews.
Dr. Bait?:an has long been ac-ive with' thei brotherhood movement. I^or years he has been a m^beir of the national Board of Directors of the Council and helped to establish the Western Division, where be has been a member of the tlxecutive Committee. His financial support of the movement reached a high point last July when he travelled to Brussels, Belgium, on his vacation to represent the Western Division of the Council at the Fifth Year assembly of Worlc( Brotherhood.
Ben Gurion interviewed on the danger of war
JERUSALEM—In a recent interview by radiortelephone the Israel Prime Minister, I>avid Ben Gurion, was quoted as saying that there was a danger of full-scale war. unless Israel received the same amount of arms as Egypt was now receiving.
Mr. William Randolph Hearst, editor of the Hearst newspapers, reported that Mr. Ben-Gurion had said this in a radio telephone interview. He said that the Premier told iiim, "The situation is better now than it was last week."
The other questions and answers were:
Question: "Do you' think the present situation mi^t develop into, a full-scale war?'V
Ajiswer: "If Israel were to ' get the same aiAoant of arms and military eqnIpmeiU as Em>t Is now receiving, I am sure there would be no wiar. I am sure thero is a danger of full-scale war If we cannot get the arms. But If we do get
them, I am sure that Egypt would not dare make war on us."
Question: "Does Israel know whether the arms now going into Egjrpt from Czechoslovakia are ending up in the Gaza Strip for use against Israelis?" ' Answer: "Well, they can ship these armaments to any pbce they like, to Gaza or anywhei'e else. But I don't think they have, up till ndw. Ihey may do It In the near future. We did take from them in the non-mllltary zone some did arms that were Cvech and British. It was old stuff." Question: "Do you think that Egypt, for any reason, is not entirely under Premier Nasser's control?" Answer: "Nasser and his group are In foil conomumd. There can be no doubt about that," Mr. Hearst said he ended the radio telephone interview at this
point ""in view of the miterable atmospherics."
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Vancouver 'is leading the way f or all Clianada in the in-te^ified-drive for the sale of Israel Bcinds, asked for by Moshe Sharett, Isra^ foreign minister oh his recent visit to Montreal.
The latest total on bond sales here was not available at press time.. However, it is known that $40,000 worth of Israel Bonds were sold at last week's emergency meeting in the ScharaTzedeck Synagogue where the drive was opened.
(See page 2.)
Last Sunday there was a good response from Ipcal UJA leSfders who were called to a special bond meeting by Harold Freeman, chairman of the Bond drive.
M; A. Appel, assistant manager of the Israel Boiid Drive in Canada, has remained in Vancouver this week in the hope of guid-
ing the drive here to an early and very successful conclusion
Several parlor meetings have taken place this week in support of the Bond Drive and several more are scheduled in the next few days. The committee is hopeful of completing tha drive successfully by December 23, but if this is not achieved then campaigning for bonds will be resumed in January.
Another notable aspect of the current drive is the special effort being made by the women, led by MarjOrie Groberman, Hadassah president,: and BI<wsom Wine, Hadassah past president.
Vancouver Lodge B'nai B^rith held; ia%>(^ial^eJK:e<m meeting
on'-;:waaMeg^ ^
plan its cqntribUtion to the Bond drive.
FIRST ISRAEL BOMD
DRIVE IN yiaoRiA
The first Israel Bond Drive ever held in the city of Victoria will be launched there this Friday night, December 16.
Harold Freeman, local bond chairman, and Moe A^pel, assistant manager for Canada, will visit Victoria Friday, and will address the Jewish community af-er the services in the synagogue of Congregation of Emanu-El.
Dr. Lesk re-elected New Westminster
n
DR. L. LESK, a practicing physician in New Westminster lias been re-elected School Board Trustee for the city of New Westminster for his second term of wo years.
Dr. Lesk is chairman of the Advisory Board of Health for the city of New Westminster, is past president of Red Cross, a trustee of the Gyro Health Club, a member of B*nai B'rith and of the i Beth Israel Synagogue.
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