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JUNE 11, 1965
PabUcatka Offto
VOL XLVTI, No. 37
WHAT TO DO WITH PUBLIC MONEY
A funny thing happened on the way to Subsidy at the recent Canadian Jewish Congress convention in Montreal. On the last morning, when the Yiddish-speaking people were milling in tumult around the honey pot of expected subsidy for a Yiddish publication and other similar undertakings, no doubt, Stanley Shenkman, of Montreal, who was defeated in the 1962 Federal ofection as Conservative candidate for Parliament and hopes to do "better next time, stepped to the microphone, accompanied by his editor ("in chief"), the former executive director of the Zionist Organization of Canada, in the halcyon days, and said: "I am Stanley Shenkman of the Canadian Jewish Chronicle".
Then he went on to say something to the effect that he could not speak for the other weekly papers, nor was he asking for a subsidy, but if the Yiddish papers were getting subsidies he would like to have one, too.
Now, Stanley Shenkman is not just plain Stanley Shenkman. He is the man of property, the architect, the builder, the realtor, the Stanley R. Shenkman, of Stanley R. Shenkman and Companies, and in the Roll of Contributors to the Joint Campaign of the Combined Jewish Appeal, United Israel Appeal, and the Rescue And Survival Fund, he is listed as having contributed for 1963 $4,400 (four thousand and four hundred dollars); in 1962 it was $3,000 only. Besides, he is the young owner of that reconditioned old hack, the Jewish Chronicle, which should have been put to sleep long ago, and expects it to take him to places of power and who knows what else in the realm of dreams.
The quaint idea has often been openly expressed that he needs it like a hole in the head. Its transparent whistling in the dark and its unabashed begging for "more support from the organized community" have been going on for some time. And now a request for subsidy is an obvious, open confession of failure to make the grade.
The scene before the convention microphone was funny without its accidental suggestion of Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy. But perhaps not to everybody. For example, not to squeamish people like those whose contributions to the Joint Campaign supply the Public Money from which the Canadian Jewish Congress budget is provided.
When they are being canvassed for their contributions-plus, all they hear is talk about life-saving programs which may fail and fall dead for want of sufficient funds; the terrible need of thousands of children and of the aged overseas; about how urgent it is to settle immigrants, train them, feed and clothe them; and long pleas with which all Jews are only too familiar. Does anyone address them through the mist of tears on the great need of a subeidy to help out poor fellow, Mr. Shenkman, and take his man, Max Malomet, off the hook so thert they can do big, hitherto-unheard-of, many-splendoured things for the community with Public Money?      _  _
Has any one of them ever yet been told the amount of any such subsidy or even whether it was granted at the time by any arrogant national executive committee, or before that, or why? Was there ever a mention of a public hearing, out of respect to public donors?
The Toronto Globe and Mail, one of the best daily papers published in English in this country, says in its issue of May 29, under the heading, "The Barons Meet In Secret":
"On Monday a distinguished group of gentlemen will meet art the Centre of Criminology al the University of Toronto for a four-slay conference on the prevention of crime . ., They will produce specific recommendations for changes in the Criminal Code. Their deliberations will be held in secret, and rigidly policed to see that no outsider is permitted to enter. The outsiders who are to be excluded are the people of Canada, whose lives and rights are subject to the Criminal Code, and their eyes and ears, the press . .. The conference will, in fact, be questioning many of the principles which form the foundation of our system of justice, which make us a society of free men. By what Incredible process can they arrive at (he conclusion that it is none of our business?
"Public Money in one way or another is paying* fox this conference. The Centre of Criminology is supported by provincial and federal funds. Most of the delegates attending are paid from the ptd&c purse. Changes in the laws by which Canadians must fif� are to be recommended at this conference. Canadians be-lorKr at this conference.
"When the barons of England forced King John to put his seal to Mag&a Carta; they did It In an open meadow, where anybody could look on and listen. But then, of course, they were establishing freedoms. Peftiaps It is only when people are considering what freedoms should be removed that the deed must be done in secret" itc.
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HAMILTON MONTHLY MEETING RELIGIOUS SOCIETY OF FRIENDS (QUAKERS)
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June 15
Quakers believe that disputes can and must be solved by appeal to "that of God in every man", and not by resorting to violence. We speak, however, with a widening body of people when we say that we believe that there is no "right" and no "wrong" side in war; war itself is wrong, founded as it is on cruelty to human beings and suppression of truth. We are deeply concerned over the misery which the continuing war in Viet Nam is causing itsvpeople. We view with sorrow and alarm the worsening crisis in Southeast Asia.
We call upon our government to take the following actions now, to stop the war in Viet Nam:
1. To call for a meeting of the Security Council, which could act as a forum for discussion, which could convene a conference of natipm concerned in Viet Nam, anoT direct peace operations, including the provision of a U.N. peace-keeping force, (Note that the U.S.S.R. does not object to U.N. peacekeeping forces being used by the Security Council).
2. To declare in advance that
Canadian troops will be avail' able, after a cease-fire, for peace-keeping duties under the U.N., provided only that other nations similarly send troops.
3. To take the initiative among the governments of the world, and to show Canada's good faith, by placing the money it has offered for development of the Mekong River Basin, in trust with U Thant; and to urge the United States and other interested nations to do the same.
We believe that the lesson of this crisis is that new methods for solving international disputes must be found and that one such method, cooperation in a superordiuate goal, should be tried, through the agency of the only supranational body, the United Nations.
We invite religious leaders in Canada, of all faiths and denominations, to join us in support of all constructive, non-military solutions to this crisis in Viet Nam.
Alan Newcombe, Clerk, Hamilton Monthly Meeting.
On June 15 in tlje year 1215 at Runnymede, a tyrannical King was brought to order by the Comma* nity of the land and subjected to the laws which hitherto it had been his private privilege1 to administer and modify at will.
Thus from histoids earliest and most memorable civil rights demonstration there emerged a Char-ter of liberties which in the course of centuries was to become the foundation of our free institutions and of our democratic society. Bowing to the will dt the Community King John pitted the great seal of England on these and other concessions:
e No freeman shall be taken, im-
prisoned, outlawed, banished or in any other way destroyed, nor will we proceed against or prosecute him except by lawful judgement of his peers or (and) the law of the land. No bailiff shall put any man to trial upon his simple accusation without production of credible witnesses to the truth thereof.
To no one will we sell, to none will we deny or defer right or justice.
If anyone shall have been . . . deprived by us, without legal judgement of his peers, of lands . . . liberties or rights, we will instantly restore the same . . .
ARAB BOYCOTT
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put the stockholders' views above my personal beliefs."
Aiding the success of the boycott is a peculiar combination of U.S. government officials, Chamber of Commerce, trade associations and business men.
Under conditions of the Arab boycott American business men who trade with Israel are blacklisted from doing business in the 12 countries of the Arab League.
The Arab economic boycott of Israel differs any other act of economic warfare of one nation against another. It is not limited to the boycott of Israeli goods and Israeli firms. It extends to a secondary boycott of foreign firms doing business with Israel and in some instances to a tertiary boycott of foreign firms who have dealings with other foreign firms that are blacklisted by the Arabs.
In its investigation (which began last January) the Herald Tribune discovered a new dimension of the boycott: The use of American businessmen trading with the Arab to apply economic pressure on those American companies which refused to stop dealing with Israel.
The boycott has its opponents, but so far they have been powerless to act.
Rep. Thomas E. Morgan, D., Pa., powerful Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said the boycott "involves more than the relatively few Jewish and" non-Jewish Americans who are directly affected: it involves a matter of national pride and respect."
His thoughts were echoed by Sen. Harrison Williams, D., N.J., author of legislation to halt such boycotts:
"It is not enough to say that we don't approve or condone these practices. We must not permit them. If we agree to this sort of boycett, then the American businessman becomes an unwilling pawn in every trade war in the
world.
"Tomorrow the Indonesians can tell American business men that they cannot sell their goods in Malaysia . . . The U. S. business man could be enlisted as a partner in every economic reprisal. We must not allow American business men to be used in this way."
STUDY OF SUBURBS
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schools, more playgrounds and parks. They mingled comfortably in parent-teacher associations and simiiar groups.
However, the Btudy also found that older members of the community tended to direct their resentments against cultural and social changes in the suburb toward Jewish newcomers. Such changes included over-crowding of schools and new home designs.
In this connection, the report held that- a recent influx of Jewish residents had altered Lake-ville's traditional character and introduced "many problems that accompany municipal growth."
"All of which," the study added, "has placed the Jewish newcomer in a particularly vulnerable position. He is the main scapegoat of those residents who disapprove of the cultural and political changes in Lakeville as well as those who simply disapprove of Jews," says the New York Times. The study indicated that four out of five non-Jews in Lakeville were willing to live among Jews, although the degree of the "acceptance level" varied within the group.
Twenty-three per cent of the non-Jews said they would prefer Jews to remain the minority � not more than about 30 per cent of the community population.
Twenty-five per cent said they would accept a situation in which there were as many Jews as non-Jews, and about 43 per cent were in the "don't care" group.
The study described these types of non-Jewish  attitudes  toward
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"The exclusionist � considers Jfws a 'racial' or biological type and is opposed to them as a group." He would tend not to accept Jewish neighbors.
*'The exemptionist � is willing to tolerate Jews when they remain in a very small minority as non-Jewish Jews."
"The pluralist � is the individual who" finds differences in people challenging rather than threatening. He is attracted and stimulated by Jews because he believes their 'differences' can be rewarding. He prefers an equally balanced neighborhood where no one group iB dominant."
"The egalitarian � emphasizes the similarities underlying group differences and believes in relating
to * people as individuals rather than as members of a group. He seems to be generally indifferent to the number of Jews in his neighborhood and maintains a Hive and let live' attitude which fosters congeniality and acceptance."
The study covered a broad cross-section of established Jewish residents and newcomers from German and East European backgrounds of diverse social and economic classes. It will be published early next year by Basic Books.
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