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iRiawi Herald JOHNS KNIGHT Editorial Chairman JAMES I KNIGHT Choirman IEE HILLS Publisher AIVAH CHAPMAN Jr President DON SHOEMAKER Editor JURGENSMEYER Gen Mgr GEORGE BEEBE Senior Mo aqmg Editor LARRY JINKS Monogmg Editor JOHN PENNEKAMP Associate Editor 6-A Friday July 14 1972 VS Jews largely support Israel so do the majority of LS Christians Are they too politically enslaved by the so-called Jewish vote EDITORIALS Things That Happen Are Marks Of Excellence son in selling out US intrests for) alien gain If the US government and this is a big has been hard on the Arab nations and helpful to Israel it has only been to serve the US interest No nation operates in interest or against its own interest and remains alive If candidates for office promise to continue US aid to Israel it must be that they also see it in the same US interest If US Jews largely support Is- rael so do the majority of US Christians Are they too politically enslaved by the so-called Jewish vote? And if candidates recognize the popular wish to support the democra A cy of Israel against the non-democracies in the Mideast and promise to support her if elected wrong with that? Mr Von Hoffman asserts that US aid to Israel has opened up tht Arab world to the -Russians Eve scarcely informed people understand that even if Israel did not exist the Soviet Union would be finding its way into the Middle East as part of its own long-term global strategy Is 1 Israel responsible for the Soviet war-ships spreading across the entire Mediterranean and in the Indian Ocean? The Chinese also are now seeking to intrude in the area Wi'! Mr Von Hoffman blame that or Israel too? His lack of objectivity in arguing that Israel has no right to stop terrorists at its borders from crossing over to kill its women and children is matched only by his revealing use of the word to describe' the Israeli defenders If Mr Von Hoffman fears being labeled anti-Semitic by some of his readers he should avoid likening the Israeli military to the Nazi wehrmacht That his comparison is not accidental is revealed when he actually dubs Israel Prussia of the Middle and 'by his use of the wora to describe the Israeli alleged geopolitical outlook In this connection must we remind him that Israel is larger today than in 1948 only because she was attacked three times by the Arabs whe then refused to sit at a peace table with her to settle boundaries? Mr Von Hoffman should be understood for what he is a political partisan cloaked as a newspaper reporter and a first-rate Arab propagandist BURTON YOUNG Chairman' Executive Committee Anti-Defamation League the situation is to control it County Manager Ray Goode who provided both the theory and bore the ultimate designated authority and Gov Reubin Askew who stood observantly in the wings and assigned the responsibilities We could go on to other groups and individuals civic and governmental but there will be a place for that when the events of a week many dreaded are as we said a part of history Surely it has luster Crime Wave Curls Under THE EBBING of the crime wave continues we rejoice to note in 80 of the largest cities including Miami They reported actual decreases in the number -of serious crimes during the first three months of 1972 For Miami the figures declined in each of the seven categories Nationwide however the picture was slightly less rosy The Federal Bureau of crime index rose during the quarter but by the lowest percentage increase in 1 1 years one per cent The most striking change was in the six cities with more than a million people each The number of serious crimes in those cities actually went down by 6 per cent The drop was almost the same 5 per cent for the 22 cities in the 500000 to one million bracket The biggest cities are attaining the desired goal a downtrend in crime The next quarterly report could show similar success nationally If so the hope we voiced in these columns last Dec 3 will be fulfilled that Americans of tomorrow will look back on 1967-68 as the crest of a past crime wave THE 1972 Democratic National Convention in Miami Beach apparently is going into history without any major incident of violence so apprehended for weeks That nothing much happened and that of of unruly demonstrators did not descend upon the community is owed to intelligent planning of security the thoughtful handling of protestors exercising their constitutional right to assemble and the restraint and discipline of the protestors themselves Confrontation is a way of communicating if it is done peacefully One miniincident- in which a relatively small group of youths invaded a hotel lobby threateningly and attempted to hold it illegally did not really mar the convention Rather it was a lesson in the best use of dialogue For this outcome all credit is due to Sen George McGovern a few hours before his nomination as the Democratic candidate for President Against some advice to the contrary Sen McGovern left his rooms went to the lobby and engaged its invaders in conversation They came off second best to the McGovern forthrightness No one was arrested No one was hurt End of protest In these times which often seem so intolerant this was the classic American response It ought to not to be forgotten in the days ahead if the first principles are to be preserved along with public order The story of Miami Beach July 1972 will be told best in retrospect Among the many individuals who should be cited for exceptional performance of duty are Police Chief Rocky Pomer-ance who prepared his men to deal with an unusual situation Mayor Chuck Hall who realized that the best way to meet Nominating System Fails Nicholas von Hoffman in his July 6 Viewpoint column attacked the US electorate US candidates for political office the administration in Washington and the State of Israel and then apparently worried at what he had done inferred hopefully that we of the Anti-Defamation League would not only protect him from the charge of anti-Semitism but would not ourselves accuse him of it Mr Von Hoffman may not be an anti-Semite but he is pro-Arab and anti-Israel To suggest that officeholders and candidates Republican and Democrat alike are nothing but disloyal opportunists bending at the knee before an alleged Jewish voting bloc is insulting and simplistic He imitates the tactic popularized by Sen Joe McCarthy in charging our President and other government people with whom he disagrees of trea- Wlmt Would Poor Richard Say? The rebirth of a nation should be the central theme of our 200th anniversary an appropriate goal after 40 years of the red tape and red of bureaucracy Bureaucracy is the expensive substitute for the lack of self-restraint by business labor and the politicians too There may be political gold in the bills of bureaucracy but there is nothing more democratic than a lower price the natural by-product of the increased productivity of a free economy Poor Richard would have a few choice words to say about a nation pricing itself into a bureaucratic state and calling it prosperity MILLER Philadelphia Pa Fischer Gives Us A Bad Image Chris Evert won the hearts of tennis lovers around the world in her matches in England at Wimbledon Her great playing and her mature conduct for a 17-year-old young lady under great pressure was in marked contrast to Bobby Fischer US contestant in the world chess match with Boris Spassky of Russia Because of arrogance demand for more money and late arrival in Iceland for the he was dubbed by the people of that country Ugly I would have to agree We need more types like Chris Evert as ambassadors of goodwill for the United States MILDRED BUTLER Bare-Fect Party Even Vote I wonder how many of the nondelegate protesters encamped on Miami Beach are registered voters Are those children so naive they realize the only protesting voice a politician is capable of hearing is one backed by the weight of a vote? I fear the "bare chests and bare party blew its chances of having any say in the government when most of them be bothered registering as voters After all over and they are safe at home the young protestors will wake up to realize the only thing they won at Miami Beach was a chance to sleep overnight in Flamingo Park Big deal GAIL COMPTON Growth Like This Is Not Progress When the last shovelful of asphalt has been planted on the last blade of grass in Hialeah the politicians who have sold out for the other green stuff will surely not want to live in the congestion they have created We have watched trees that were landmarks mowed down fields that were beautiful become bulldozed wastelands The streets become wider and still not wide enough for the bumper-to-bumper traffic The real meaning of progress is a movement toward a steady improvement and 3000 more apartments with the attendant problems they create is not progress VIRGINIA SMITH i Try Hijackers Immediately I believe there is an obvious solu-' tion of the hijacking problem In each case of hijacking there is kidnaping involved and the threat of murder either voiced or implied There is also a large number of witnesses to the crime All that is needed is an international agreement which will guarantee the perpetrator a speedy trial and justice The trial should be held immediately while the witnesses are avail- able and in front of the highest jus- -tice immediately available The ver- -diet under these conditions would -have to be guilty The sentence should be death and should be exacted within 24 hours There would be a huge saving of -public monies with no chance of error in the identification of the crim- inal This action once put into effect -would stop most hijackings while they were still a fleeting thought in the mind GEORGE GALE Gainesville be for him if they had another candidate who was more and who could win The truth still is that the nominating processes in-America are a failure Instead of wasting millions and millions of dollars to get a duet of nominees who are unrepresentative why not chuck the conventions in favor of an open national election to nominate intelligent responsible men? Such a system would envision a list of candidates for each party a run-off if necessary Surely such a system would be more democratic The worst it could do would be only to affirm the poor undemocratic choices that the majority of Americans have not chosen DANIEL KEINER In November a confused electorate will be faced with polarization: Nixon on the right and McGovern on the left While one orx the other may succeed in winning a majority of the votes that will not at all prove that the majority' of people in the country are for that particular candidate The fact of the matter is that McGovern has won only a little more than 30 per cent of the Democratic votes in the processes of open primaries and other methods of selection before the actual convention Yet he is now going to be presented as the for Presidential candidate And while Mr Nixon has the Republican Convention locked up this does not at all prove that even the majority of Republicans would From ERTS Lots Of Goodies Convention Is A Spectacle TV a group of women who said they represented the poor undernourished and illfed Each one weighed about two pounds less than a horse I suggest the poor send representatives the next time who' look undernourished rather than those who walk but waddle to the door MICHAEL SHAARA Melbourne Poor Sure Do Get Around If the poor-are so poor how did they get to the convention from all parts of the country? I live here and even afford to get there ARTHUR HUBBERT My father was an immigrant and I have seven brothers and sisters born here He worked hard with his hands to bring us up No welfare for us we all went out and worked selling papers shining shoes driving grocery wagons etc We all got a good education but we worked for it We never begged We had pride I am aware that many people need welfare the crippled blind helpless and the orphaned and be the first in line to grant it to them But when I see some so-called protestor who is so busy protesting he has no time to work making the statement he either gets 750 seats on the convention floor or going to start a lot of trouble and some convention officials smile at him I get mad They should get some convention officials with some guts Then I saw another spectacle on A Remedy For Hijackings Regarding hijackings a remedy: 1 1 Guard or padlock all empty planes between trips A gun can easi-' ly be smuggled into a lavatory to be picked up later 2 Screen all passengers when -boarding to the skin search and fluo-roscope all large packages and hand baggage 3 Have two to four security guards riding on each plane two in uniform with guns two in plain- clothes 4 Pay for this by a slight increase in air fares JONATHAN SMYTHE AT LEAST 22 nations already have asked for data from a satellite designed to carry out a long list of tasks useful to mankind from monitoring water supplies to tracking icebergs Its name ERTS for Earth Resources Technology Satellite tells the story Assuming it works its three color cameras and an experimental sensor will disclose such information as locust breeding sites good fishing spots in oceans health and quantity of vegetation and crops perhaps even mineral de- posits The mineral potential has given rise to qualms in some quarters as reported last March 5 in our Viewpoint section For example Australia one of the 22 participants is sensitive about how foreign mining companies might use the data to commercial advantage All told however it appears to us that ERTS offers enormous promise Brazil for instance hopes to use inventory ERTS data as the basis for $10 jnillion of resources in a region spanning 33 million square miles Original plans for ERTS as we understand them called for storing data-collected from the far side of the globe in tape recorders until it can be read out -to a ground station Possible benefits to the Soviet Union and China are obvious if ERTS photos are covered in pending proposals for scientific and technical cooperation with the United States Canada is building a ground station' able to receive and process ERTS signals and thus will be an immediate beneficiary Priority areas for coverage are the United States and sites in other countries nominated for coverage by the participating scientists The first ERTS is expected to remain in polar orbit about 600 miles above the surface for a year Its successor is scheduled for launching in November 1973 The National Aeronautics and Space Administration also is planning to put similar gear aboard its manned Sky-lab next year The goodies to be derived from this payoff from space exploration alone should make other nations eager to their get share of the data That Not So Tender Trap VARIANCE requests follow a familiar pattern as property owners in Greater Miami know from experience The applicant usually wants to provide fewer parking spaces and less setback than required Those were precisely the requests in New York City from an unusual applicant the Soviet mission to the United Nations The Russians want to build a housing complex for 240 families on a six-and-a-half-acre tract of rocks and trees in the Bronx They said buses would take the residents to and from their work so only 70 parking spaces would be needed rather than the larger number specified by the rules No doubt the Soviets will control the number of motor vehicles absolutely so long as they own and operate the place But what if they should sell it? Which is exactly the trap so many Miami neighborhoods have fallen into with zoning variances BEHIND THE FRONT PAGE An Idea That Deserves A Home wmsuftfr- By JOHN PENNEKAMP WHAT amounts to a slogan or motto is plaguing the efforts to establish its ninth half-way house here It is: approve what you are doing but want it near Half-way houses are training centers to which teens whose ages range from 14 through 17 are sent when they have twice broken the law but indicate that they can be reformed There for up to five montlis they together studying associating in recreation and are sent out to paying jobs or to schools for indicated Too Much Is Said About Drug Users Have seen and read so much about the 75 to 80 per cent of high school students who supposedly use drugs What about the ones who do not? hear more of them FRED OAKLEY Ruined The Chess Match Bobby conduct has made good sportsmanship so mercenary and distasteful there is no desire left to follow the match JEAN ROBBINS scheduled for West Miami where a plea for acceptance will be made before the city council on Wednesday when the supervisors expect to have opposition from residents under the good but not motto Half-way houses says Alvin Itz-koff acting complex administrator for the proposed West Miami place are occupied by 20 to 25 teenagers The one in West Miami would be for boys Supervision is on a 24-hour basis They have proven in every instance to be good neighbors he adds and the average of success in diverting the youngsters from the beckoning crime path is nearly 90 per cent: that is boys who have not again come before a court and who have not been sent to reform places IN THE Dade County experiment Herman Lucerne widely known South Dade grower and shipper agreed to employ 10 boys in his fields The boys lived at honje They assembled at a central meeting place each morning and were transported to that place for work Sometimes the entire group was on one project under an agricultural supervisor When broken into units they were under the supervision of one of their numher picked for the ability he has shown The work involved fertilizing spraying pruning making new trees through layering planting or any other grove activity In the half-way house program a greater variety of employment opportunities will be sought NOMINAL but unobtrusive halfway house guidance is given by Itz-koff who found that the usual juvenile tendency to form cliques shows up but is readily dissipated Much of value comes from the evening meetings where it has been learned that the shape-up program progresses because the youngsters know each other better than do adults "They might succeed in with said one of the administrators during the Lucerne experiment "but they get away with kidding each other they know how the other fellow THE HOUSE here will be known as the Dade Field TRY Center the capitals standing for training rehabilitation and youth The program has federal financial support and was begun about four years ago Expansion is contemplated so that the attendants at a half-way house will not be limited to their immediate neighbornoods city or county A When they are together in the evenings they perform what is known as a therapy service each attempts to pressure his fellows to shape up It has been a successful effort in a somewhat similar experiment here and in half-way houses which have been set up in West Palm Beach Tallahassee Tampa Opa-locka Jacksonville and Daytona Beach and in one for girls at Orlando Sign Your Name Letters to the Editor must bear the name and address The use of initials or pen-names as signatures will eliminate a letter from consideration for publication All letters are subject to condensation by the editors V) Sec You Iu THE DADE house which would operate in the Dade-Broward area is.