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Thousands Observe Anniversaries of Ben-Gurion Refuses to Attend Israel's Independence Day Parade in Jerusalem Warsaw Ghetto Uprising and Holocaust cratic elements in the country against the dangers of a radical rightwing revival. The Bavarian official, accompanied by other state and federal officials, joined the thousands of Jews and non-Jews who assembled at the site of the camp, on the outskirts of Munich, to dedi JERUSALEM (JTA) David NEW YORK f.rr& Ben-Gurion, former Prime Min ister of Israel, announced that he Bomb Explodes in Argentina Synagogue BUENOS AIRES (JTA) A synagogue in the summer seaside resort of Mar del Plata was seriously damaged when a bomb exploded inside the building. No one was injured in the explosion since the synagogue is used only during the summer. In Avellaneda City, meanwhile, the Catholic diocese was set afire with five Molotov cocktails by vandals who left leaflets declar ing: "Death to Judeo-Christian-Marxist integration," "Paul VI is a traitor" and calling Msgr. Po-desta, Bishop of Avellaneda, a "Bolshevik." Meanwhile, Interior Minister Guillermo A.

Borda assured the DAIA, the representative organization of Argentine Jewry, that his Ministry shared their concern over recent activities of extremists. In a reply to a letter from the DAIA expressing concern over extremist activities, Mr. Borda said that the Government "will take all steps toward effective social peace." will not attend Israel's Independ cate the memorial. Many of the participants had been inmates of suit. Israel's Cabinet will not hold its regular meeting next Sunday on which Israel will observe its annual Memorial Day for those who died in the War of Independence.

The Memorial Day traditionally comes the day before Independence Day, a succession arranged to link the joy of independence with the sorrow for those who died to make it possible. It is in this sense that the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising has a universal significance. It is also a lasting symbol of a battle which, lost in its first stage, has developed into a triumph for justice over tyranny." The event was sponsored by the Canadian Jewish Congress in cooperation with the Association of Bergen Belsen Survivors, the Association of Survivors of Nazi Oppression, the B'nai B'rith, the Federation of Polish Jews, the thousand persons, including delegations from religious communal and civic groups in the metropolitan and outlying areas crowded into Times Square here lu ln. the commemoration of the 24th Anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising against the armed might of the Nazis. The famous thoroughfare was renamed Warsaw Ghetto Square for the day.

The rally was held under aus SENSATIONAL DEALS ON 1967 PONTIACS If you want to see tlie greatest sports car you 've ever laid eyes on, you must see the incomparable Firebird the camp the first set up by the Nazi regime for political offenders. The memorial is a simple stark vault of rough stone. A Me-norah projects from its sharply peaked roof. A Protestant and a Catholic memorial had previously been erected at the camp, most of which has been razed except for the crematory building which has been kept as a museum. At the new memorial, after the Jews, some of them in Dachau prison garb, had recited prayers for the dead, representatives of German youth organizations, and Catholic priests deposited memorial wreaths, as did representatives of an Israeli student group.

Ambassador Asher Ben-Nathan of Israel, a speaker at the ceremony, said that the Dachau camp had been "a school for murderers who learned there their bloody trade which they later put to practice elsewhere." Rites at Mauthausen Site VIENNA (JTA) Thousands of former resistance fighters from both West and East Germany, Italy, Austria and Eastern Europe participated in commemo ence Day military parade, which is to take place in Jerusalem on May 15. It is understood that his refusale to participate in the parade is due to his being opposed to the curtailment of the display of armament at the parade and to the fact that the size of the parade will be limited generally. The curtailment of military display has been decided upon by the Israel Government in view of the fact that Jerusalem is near the Jordanian border and also because of the opposition of certain governments to the holding of the parade in Jerusalem which they refuse to recognize as the capital of Israel. Israel Galili, Minister for Information, commenting on a possible boycott of Israel's Independence Day Parade by diplomatic representatives of a number of countries said: "Israel asked no one's permission to transfer its Parliament to Jerusalem and we need no permission to hold our Independence Day parade in Jerusalem." He made the statement in an address to the Industrial and Commercial Club here. Britain has already indicated it would not be represented among observers at the parade and other major powers are expected to follow Labor Zionist movement, Miz-rachi, the Zionist Organization of Canada and many synagogue and fraternal organizations.

In Rio, Too In Rio de Janeiro, Governor Negrao deLima of the state of Guanabara and a representative of President Costa Silva were among the 2,000 persons who participated in ceremonies here commemorating the 24th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto uprising and the murder of 6,000,000 Jews in the Nazi holocaust. JERUSALEM (JTA) President Zalman Shazar participated along with thousands of other Israelis here in memorial ceremonies on Mount of Memory for the 6,000,000 Jews killed during the Nazi holocaust. Addressing the RIDE THE WIDE-TRACK WINNING STREAK! PHIL TOLKAN PONTIAC Wisconsin's Largest Pontiac Dealer ration ceremonies at the site of the Mauthausen concentration camp near Linz, Austria. Some 120,000 Jews and others were murdered by the Nazis at Mauthausen between 1938 and 1945. pices of the Zionist Organization of America in co-sponsorship with 40 national and local Jewish organizations and was addressed by Senator Jacob K.

Javits; Mayor John V. Lindsay; Orin Lehman, secretary of the American Jewish Committee; Jacques Torczy-ner, president of the ZOA; Rabbi Emanuel Rackman, assistant president of Yeshiva University; Dr. Joachim Prinz, chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, and Abram Salomon, chairman of the Anniversary Committee, who presided. The sentiments of President Johnson were expressed in a message sent to the gathering from the White House by Will Sparks, assistant to the President. The message read: "The President appreciates knowing of your memorial tribute to the Jews who lost their lives in World War II.

He joins you in honoring their memory and in praying that no such tragedy shall again befall members of the human race. While seeking to end the bitter legacy of World War II, the President hopes above all to bring about a stable peace when men can forever live in freedom and security from persecution." Crowd Drury Lane Theatre In London, more than 1,000 people crowded the Drury Lane Theatre here for the observance of the 24th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Revolt against the Nazis and in memory of the 6,000,000 Jewish men, women and children the Nazis murdered. The observance was sponsored by the Polish Ex-Servicemen's Association in cooperation with the Board of Deputies of British Jews, the British Section of the World Jewish Congress and the Association of Jewish Ex-Servicemen and Women. Prof. Boris Chain, a Nobel Prize winner, paid tribute to the heroes of the Warsaw Ghetto who Phone 374-2800 23rd and Silver Spring The Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany last year allocated a total of nearly $200,000 for medical, educational, religious and general relief projects for Austrian Jews.

Milwaukee, Wis. They never fail who die in a great cause. Byron ceremony, Education Minister Zalman Aranne said that what had happened during the Nazi holocaust "can never be forgotten." Similar ceremonies were held last night atop Mount Zion and in many other parts of the country. Addressing one of the gatherings at Nahlat Yitzhak Cemetery on the outskirts of Tel Aviv, Prime Minister Levi Eshkol warned against the recrudescence of anti-Semitism in any part of the world. He said that Israel alone cannot serve as a bulwark against anti-Semitism.

In special ceremonies, the Premier pinned medals on several hundred members of the Fighters Against Nazism organization, escapees who had fought often against armed Nazi murderers. Germans Warned on Revival at Dachau Memorial Dedication MUNICH (JTA) Deputy Prime Minister Alois Hundham-mer of Bavaria, himself a survivor of the Dachau concentration 3--- 9 '70 Caring is a Jewish 'iT, if -4t TTy Tradition camp, used the occasion of the dedication of a memorial to the Jews who perished there during the Nazi regime to warn the West German Government and demo- tVvrv A 1 Protest (Continued from page 1) ferred to Mr. Abram, who is also president of the American Jewish Committee, "in terms that imputed to Mr. Abram a religious bias in his presentation of the United States position. On the had "preferred to die soldiers' deaths rather than perish of starvation and disease" in the ghetto.

He said that it was "almost impossible" for mankind to rely on scientific and intellectual progress to prevent a recurrence of the "horrible massacres" committed by the Nazis. "We must rely on the ethical laws laid down in the Bible as our most precious heritage," he asserted. Sir Barnett Janner told the assemblage that Nazism had "reared its head again" and called for constant vigilance. He described Israel as the "safeguard" of the existence of the Jewish people. Mayor Issues Proclamation A rally marking the 24th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto revolt was held at the B'nai Jacob Synagogue in Montreal, following a proclamation by Mayor Jean most recent of the three occasions, the Soviet representative openly charged Mr.

Abram with 'serving two That was on March 23 when the commission discussed a recommendation for creation of a UN Commissioner of Human Rights. The Soviet delegate then accused Mr. Abram of "obeying the orders of the Zionists and Jews of America" and with "serv ing two masters." To React Vigorously in Future Drapson urging all citizens to join in the observance. The Mayor said in his proclamation that the event was a trib In an earlier exchange on March 21 in the same debate, Mr. Abram iv ute "not only to the Jewish people raised a point of order and was attacked by Mr.

Ostrovski who said: "You may interrupt people if II but also to all those who would prefer death to the loss of liberty. at the American Jewish Commit tee but this is not a meeting of the American Jewish Committee." Mr. Lelyveld (Continued from pare 1) Abram replied that the Soviet delegate had "bias" that was "barely concealed" in conduct that was "in keeping with the policy, which has become infamous in all the world, of claiming non-discrimination while practicing discrimination and repiession." Mr. Goldman, in his letter to Mr. Rusk, urged the United States to find "suitable means" to protest the Soviet delegate "vicious at A tempt to raise the specter of a religious test for representation on UN bodies." In the absence of a T7 I protest, Mr.

Goldman added, Mr. Abram's rebuke to the Soviet FOR LIFE Jewish Way is to GIVE delegate could be misinterpreted as a personal defense "whereas it was not he, but the integrity of the United States representation early, Julius R. Atkins, general campaign chairman, noted that he was appreciative of the heavy burden of responsibility placed upon campaign leaders and workers by establishing May 24 as the target date. "However, everyone has been discharging his obligations effectively and promptly," Mr. Atkins observed, and expressed confidence that they would continue to do so through to the end.

"Campaign Is for People" "This campaign is for people. It is for life. It's for Jewish agencies. It's for Jewish community. It is for Jewish culture.

It is for so much that so many people hold so dear. Those who love mankind," he said, "will not falter. Those who care about Jewish life will make these last days before the conclusion of this campaign days of accomplishment. No one," he said, "who truly cares about the Jewish community, Jewish peoplehood, will hold back in his work or in his gift. No one will seek or find reason to' do so." Mrs.

Abraham Marck, chairman of the Women's Division, joined with Mr. Atkins in a plea to workers to complete the task in which they have performed so brilliantly. that was being besmirched." Mr. Rusk said that the State Department had been equally con cerned, adding that "we fully supported the eloquent and telling response Mr. Abram made.

That response was made on behalf of the United States Government, in Mr. Abram's capacity as United States representative. We believe that it disposes very effectively of the anti-Semitic aspersions made by the Soviet representative. Mr. Rusk added that the State Department would "continue to react vigorously to such unfounded attacks on American representatives if they should recur." Your Welfare Fund means life to the young and old, rich and poor, sick, aged, handicapped, emotionally and mentally ill.

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