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THE CANADIAN JEWISH REVIEW
MAY 21, 1965
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MAY 21/1965
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VOL XLVIL No. 34
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THE ARAB BOYCOTT: U. S. UN-NEUTRAL NEUTRALITY
The New York Herald Tribune says:
The Arab countries, declaring themselves to be in a state of war, have the right to conduct economic warfare against Israel, and the latter, if it chooses, may reply in kind. The United States, which seeks to maintain friendly relations with both, has the right to remain neutral. The Washington Administration professes to be doing so. But it isn't.
It is permitting the Arab states to conduct their economic warfare on American soil by allowing their diplomatic, consular and business agents in this country- to engage in their boycott and blacklist activities'
There is nothing, of course, to stop them from such activities on their own soil, or on that of their Communist friends or of others who may be motivated purely by profit. But that is no reason why Washington should make their task easier and, by doing so, become the unwitting accomplice. Its failure to uphold strict rules of neutrality has exposed American chambers of commerce and other
trade associations to pressure by Arab states to handle their blacklisting papers and questionnaires for them.
To the extent that they are doing so, this raises the startling question whether such chambers and associations should be required to register as agents for foreign countries � and not just any countries but ones which are in a state of war. And the question is even more startling if applied to the U.S. Department of Commerce. The Herald Tribune series on this issue has pointed out that the department allowed its journal to advertise the discriminatory trade offer of an Arab state.
The proposal by a group of Congressmen to legislate against the conduct of Arab economic warfare on American soil makes sense. It would not end the warfare. That will take years and will come only after the Arabs themselves recognize that their best interests will be served by coming to terms with Israel. But it might help reduce it, and correct our presently un-neutral position.
WHY?
The Toronto Star says:
Shock and indignation are the first natural reactions to the news of yesterday's affair on Toronto Island, in which young boys at a synagogue picnic were attacked with claims and baseball bats. But the second reaction is to ask why. Why should a group of teenagers launch themselves in this savage unprovoked fashion on another group whom, in all probability, they had never seen before?
Because the victims were Jews, it is natural to suspect that anti-semttism was involved � especially in view of the flood of '"hate" propaganda which is being distributed in the city. But there seems to be no evidence that anti-semitism was the motive � though this is obviously an aspect which needs to be carefully investigated.
A policeman described the attackers as "just a gang of plaza punks over here to raise trouble." But this is not an explanation.
What is the origin of these disorderly gangs which have sprung up in recent years, and which infest supermarket plazas and other convenient meeting places? They do not seem to be � as they are in some cities � a product of extreme poverty and slum life, because they are often found in well-to-do suburban districts. What is it in our affluent society that drives adolescents into this kind of aimless and brutal violence?
The law must take its course in the ugly affair at the Island, and those responsible must be firmly dealt with. But punishment is not enough. The incident should inspire Metro or provincial officials to commission a real study "in depth" of the causes behind outbreaks of this sort, the home and neighborhood conditions that produce them. Until we understand better the wellsprings of this kind of lawlessness, we have little chance of correcting it.
ISRAELI CONSUL IN INDIA ASKS GROUP TO CALL OFF EVENT FOR HIM
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"may not be helpful as far as India's effort to consolidate friendship with the Arab states is concerned."
Mr. Singh said that the Government made no effort this year to interfere with the reception, perhaps because there was little it could do. The reception, unlike last year's event, which was to hare been gircn by the consulate in a Government hotel, was to hare been aponaored by a private aoeiety in * private hotel.
Last year, the Government's efcief of protocol told Mr. Gordon that be could holdauch a reception
reservation of its main lounge for the event.
The public outcry over this incident led to the formation of the Indian Friends of Israel Society. Among its more than 100 members are such well-known writers in India as Frank Moraes, the editor of The Indian Express, Nirad Chaudhuri, and R. Prawer Jbab-vala.
The Society has not had an easy time. Last fall, one of its most prominent members was insulted by Arab diplomats who walked out of a reception at which she was present. Both the Indian International Center and the Indian Council of World Affairs have refused to let the Society meet in their buildinjrs.
Last year's cancellation incident and the formation of the Society have stimulated great interest in India and in Israel. More than foTty newspaper* all over the country, says the New York Time*, printed material on Israel to commemorate her Independence Day on May 6, much of It sympathetic to Israel.
CJ.C. HEAD URGED C.B.C. TO WITHDRAW FILM CANADIAN BROADCASTING CORP. RUMORS OF INTERVIEW WITH WOMAN EX-PROTEGE
OF HITLER
By Dennis Brarthwolte, in the Toronto Globe ond Moil
Michael Gaiber, Q.C., president of the Canadian Jewish Congress, wrote to Alphonse Ouimet, president of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in Ottawa, urging the withdrawal of the film, shown this month, of an interview with Lejii Ricfenstahl, who was described by the "CBC Times" as a motion picture producer who "played a key role in Hitler's propaganda machine" and whose documentaries "glamourized all aspects of Nazi life".
Mr. Garber's letter noted that this program ("Other Voices") "is not going to be an 'exposure' show nor does it purport to be a 'news commentary' (these being the basis on which previous air time for Nazis has been justified by the CBC); the program rather appears to be an interview with Miss Riefenstahl, which would rank her on a par in artistic achievement with artists such as painter Frederick Varley and writer Wyndham Lewis. Of course we recognize that many Nazis were 'artists' in many fields but we cannot appreciate the validity of a decision to confer dignity and status on their artistry, considering their aims and actions and how such artistry brought the world to the brink of destruction .. ."
The letter pointed out that "The Canadian Jewish Congress does not desire to engage in a continual battle with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The Canadian Jewish Congress is wholeheartedly committed to the principles inherent in the concept of a Canadian national broadcasting system. Part of this commitment impels us to a considerable feeling of pain and desolation at what we deem to be at least extreme insensitivity and at most serious irresponsibility in the planning and production of programs that feature Nazis.. ."
We urged the CBC to withdraw the film of the interview and expressed the hope that "we would sincerely like to feel that once and for all we could know that glorification of Nazis, which is what these programs do, is not and will not be part of the production or program policy of any department, division, or any other sub-section of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation".
Mr. Ouimet Teplicd that "It is certainly not the purpose of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation to 'glorify' present or former Nazis in any way. On the other hand, the Corporation, within reason, must be free to air programs on any subject which is interesting, topical, educational, informative, and so forth. To place a ban on all things Nazi would set a precedent for demands to ban all things Communist, or all things dealing with apartheid, for example. In other words, the Corporation cannot accept the sug-
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gestions made in your letter that Nazism is a subject which should never be dealt with by the CBC".
The President of the CBC further pointed out that the program on Leni Riefenstahl "in no way supports the Nazi movement. It is primarily the portrait of an aging, naive artist who thirty years ago was caught up by the enthusiasm engendered by the Nazis. She still cannot comprehend the nature of the Nazi movement, nor her contributions to it which, of course, she cannot deny. We believe that the program will be useful because it illustrates the confusion and self-destruction of a one-sided person with limited knowledge involved in a world she does not understand. Although there is an element of self pity, she makes no effort to whitewash, glorify, or justify the Nazis, and the over-all effect is, frankly, pathetic rather than appealing. Incidentally, the interview was conducted by Charles Wasserman, son of the famous author, Jacob Wasserman, and the story editor was Martin Lavut".
The letter concluded: "In closing, please let me assure you that we of the CBC are very well aware of the feelings not only of your organization, but of many other people as well concerning the Nazi movement, and that programs which deal with this subject appear on TV or radio only after the most careful consideration".
Rumors were circulating in'Ot* tawa that CBC president Alphonse Ouimet will be out of that job in September, when his eight-year term comes to an end. Such speculation (started' this time by the Liberal Citizen) is not new, but it's timely because of the imminence of the Fowler committee's report on broadcasting.
The committee is deliberating in secret, but hints and murmurs coming out of the capital suggest its report, when it comes, will be the most important document of its kind since the Aird Commission of 1926 recommended establishment of a public broadcasting system. Fowler and his colleagues have been examining that concept in great detail � along with every other aspect of radio and television � and their findings, if accepted by the government, could cause much greater upheavals than the replacement of President Ouimet.
Everything that has happened in broadcasting since the last major examination of the industry (by the same Robert M. Fowler, in 1957) points logically to the need for a redefinition of the CBC's mandate. (The malaise that has spread through the corporation since the committee was set up a year ago reflects a neurotic anxiety over its future.)
In simple terms, what the Fowler committee must decide is whether, at this stage in Canada's development, the CBC should be cut back to a more modest function, or whether it should be enlarged, strengthened and granted more independence from parlia-
ment � by being given a charter or at least 10-year financing. The decision is agonizing and complicated, because there exists in this country a national ambivalence on the subject of public broadcasting versus free enterprise.
Can Canada get along with less of a public system than it has, or shouldn't the CBC grow as the country grows? If the CBC were to be cut back, could the private segment do the job that would then need doing?
Whether Alphonse Ouimet is reappointed in the fall, or is replaced by his assistant, Ron Fraser, or by someone from the outside � Don Jaraieson? Royce Frith? Gerard Pelletier? Fowler himself? -- will depend on the nature of the committee's recommendations and the Government's intentions regarding their adoption or rejection.
Some clues: Robert Fowler, though his last report was pro-CBC, is a champion of free enterprise; Gordon Sheppard, cultural commissar for the Government, was recently dropped as committee secretary, which would mean Fowler is asserting his independence from the Cabinet; any reduction of the CBC would hurt most in Quebec; the Liberals, philosophically and as a political strategy, are dedicated to further Government encroachment in every aspect of Canadian life.
Run it through your computer and it comes out this way: Fowler may want to hold the CBC as is, or chop it, but the CBC will continue to proliferate, with Government encouragement.
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