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pr 1 vagrqrirrrergirqrrrrgewir 1 30A The Miami Herald Thursday August 18 1984 2 MIMISINAM1 The rlorin View 1)e Miami Heratb JOHN KNIGHT (1894-1981) JAMES KNIGHT Chairman Emeritus RICHARD CAPEN JR Chairman and Publisher HEATH I MERIWETHER Executive Editor BEVERLY CARTER JIM HAMPTON President and General Manager Editor JOANNA WRAGG Associate Editor PETE wErrzEt Managing Editor Shun This Reform I i I it 4 1 1 PERFECT) i IP 40) 4 ti Nw AI lib' 4 Ait' 41-4kh 4- Nov At de sq1110hil tr opio AI 7--' 4 6 I 11 4 -011141jilititililtit414 Itt -411 a j--4- 4 NL1707s Tint- -tts017-'-1161111 ''W: -t' s- ie' ------41---- 116 4 liftlik Ir -4-1 '-ze? 1 411 -V 'Itr rak0 -74- 1111mA ''6b -1- 1 11 Mg 01 I( LA ''1 1 A A 011-- Ni tft 'vC (itt stkor ti-- i ca12111-40 :4 1 Pt i tiz4ii i- 41'4 feV14i474' 'Itli 04 -141iitZ: i 6 A 44: 7 4410 jr 3 7 40 po 111A "ipti ttAr '7- 4'' 't' 'A V1141 14 1 (tip 1 11 I -If ii fl I a 1 z0 lb 40 l' 4 4 ii 'I 11 i' li 1 Ili 1: 2 7 0 11 Ill 1 I' 141 'II 00100111 pdtilip Ili I 011:101 71' 1) i i le 1 14 1 oi- 0" L11414? io 1 44r itqcth i ii 41 Iiii i --wimiirilft 1' 1 ii I bpTFogy's- ill '41--71Atill11141111111 1 1 1 i ----7-714011411p 7 'AL iii141611: I 1 I 1111'' 11111610-- to 14 I 411! 4 I 1 I b'zqe Are' I I 1 A01 i 4 I littgt I 14 i olijithilljilliolgtolt 1 1 it I I 071 I 1 I i '4 1 piff -i 1 i lo-'411i 4A (41ko 1111i 1141111it ill 11 1 4- mi Alop 11111101 1 I il Art sliii di I 1---- 70 it i -usi itss 0tiiii- I I 1" t' i igniiiiiilitiii1 111L cfAtot4 Ets ftrtami Herta i i 111111111011k i I ----ir--4 teL 11 i 1 I LIKE ROOTS pushing up through concrete efforts to define who is a legitimate and authentic Jew and who is not have inflicted themselves persistently upon Israel The issue has surfaced again divisive and dangerous Five religious parties that won seats in recent elections for Israel's parliament the Knesset have demanded an amend- ment to the "law of return" They would bar all converts from the Reform and 8 Conservative Movements from gaining entrance to Israel as Jews Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir and Shimon Peres the Labor Party leader both trying to form a new government have been told that the amendment is the price for the religious parties' support Both leaders should pass the price is too high Reform and Conservative groups for years have sought religious parity in Israel which recognizes only those marriages performed by Orthodox rab bis as legal Jewish marriages In the United States the Reform movement has been a proponent of converting non-Jewish spouses in mixed marriages The amendment stipulates that only those persons whose conversions were performed by Orthodox rabbis in accor dance with halacha or Jewish law can be accepted for citizenship in Israel as Jews Israeli law currently recognizes Reform and Conservative conversions performed under Jewish law which according to usual interpretation does not require Orthodox rabbis Eighty-five percent of US Jews are not Orthodox and 16 major American Jewish groups that represent them have protested the amendment They argue that it is "morally and religiously offensive" and that it would cost Israel the support of American Jews In 1981 when the issue cropped up before those who pressed for a change in the law were pacified by an agreement to close the Israeli airline El Al on the Sabbath Five Orthodox groups in America that support the amendment accused opponents of attempting to interfere in Israeli internal policy That isn't altogether so: The law of return primarily affects those who live outside Israel What is so is that the proposed! amendment would widen the already- I dangerous chasm between Israel and the' Jewish diaspora alienating Israel from American Jews to whom it looks for material and spiritual support Because of that unacceptable risk the amendment again should be shunned The Readers' Forum Sweep the Mines Canadian's view of seat belts and gun control al criminal record had to obtain from the Quebec police force a permit to carry the revolver from the gun dealer to my residence and had to obtain from the Quebec police force a permit to carry the weapon to and from my own gun club or the others where I may from time to time engage in tournament I am required to keep the gun and ammunition in separate locked places in my residence and am subject to inspection by the police at any time in respect to this As an ordinary citizen I do not find these requirements particu- larly "strong" as described by Mr Harbron from the to carry er to my from the to carry DWn gun ay from rent gun and places ibject to time in citizen I particu- by Mr To The Editor: I am a Canadian visiting Palm Beach (Canada's "Ilth Province" in Florida) I was particularly interested in an Aug 6 Viewpoints Page article by John Harbron on our Canadian gun-control and seat-belt laws With respect to Mr Harbron's comments I will make no mention about our universal medicare in Canada (which he also discusses) as that would be a comment on a social issue that Americans must resolve for themselves It would be wrong for a "foreigner" to say anything However I must speak out on his views about seat-belt and gun-control laws I live in a province that like Ontario requires the use of seat belts I always use mine and insist that my passengers do so even in your country Several years ago in one of your states that I shall not identify my life and that of my passenger was saved because we were using our seat belts Someone foolish crazy or under the influence of alcohol or another drug suddenly drove in front of us when I had the right of way Had the belts not been on (and the brakes not been working) we both would be dead All that happened is that we very slightly hit the windshield and had short headaches As to gun control I own a 357 magnum for the purpose of target shooting To obtain this weapon I had to establish to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and to the Quebec police force that I did not have a ONCE again less than one year after 265 US servicemen were killed in Lebanon US military forces have been dispatched to the Middle East Unlike before this time the enemy is known the task is achievable and the mission is entirely justified This time US forces are helping to clear the seas of mines sewn by culprits yet unknown When mines were sprinkled through the Red Sea a few weeks ago the effect was as if clots had been injected into arteries of a human heart For the Red Sea is a vital artery of international commerce It is connected to the Mediterranean Sea by the Suez Canal a channel cut through Egypt's Sinai Desert This vital artery permits shipping between Asia and Europe North Africa And the Middle East to avoid having to steam clear around the west coast of Africa When that artery was clogged the health of international commerce demanded that someone surgically remove the mines Why the United States? Because Egypt and Saudi Arabia friends and allies asked for US help Because the United States has the most sophisticated minesweeping equipment Because though the United States is far distant it has strategic interests as a global superpower both in keeping that particular international waterway operating and in keeping all international waters open Thus because the cause was just and necessary and because it served the interests of both US allies and the United States itself the United States was right to get involved The international imperative to keep the seas open is well-illustrated by this incident It offers an instructive contrast to the Reagan Administration's indefensible mining of Nicaragua's harbors earlier this year Like this mining of the Red Sea that was akin to an act of piracy Today's US mine-sweeping helps to restore the use of American force to its proper role to keep the peace to uphold the law and to protect the weak from their predators HOWARD RIPSTEIN Associate Professor Concordia University Montreal Quebec RIPSTEIN itolessor niversity 'Quebec That's the ticket! Sister-City Splits 4 41'1 1 itl 4 cc 11111 18: '4 Si' A ::::1 -zIk A 1'4 iIN i 0 4 -71 14 1 ::1 ri 1 ARKING-'7 1 -46 tin i 4 it I' --ok litArrAtimo Tc-'i- -'-'4141: -s ji' it: 4' -'041 'Karate' column a winner To The Editor' I was deeply moved by the appreciation shown of the film The Karate Kid by Editorial Board Member Robert Sanchez in his Aug 4 column While the scene about the old Okinawan drowning his sorrows over the incarceration and death of his wife and unborn child was underplayed it still brought back some most unpleasant memories associated with World War Even though he fought for the United States like many other Japanese his wife joined thousands of others in internment camps or "relocation" centers The irony is really overwhelming Mr Sanchez humanely links this "law" with other laws passed during the Holocaust in Nazi Germany While millions were being slaughtered for being Jews or Gypsies or in opposition to Naziism no Germans were interned in the United States Bigotry really showed its ugly face We need more movies like The Karate Kid and more columnists like Mr Sanchez to point out our prejudices and failings in the hope that we may learn from them nner Kid tobert the old )ws over his wife Rayed it tpleasant )rld War le United nese his thers in location" this during ly While ered for pposition interned really like The lists like Irejudices we may To The Editor: Recently while going into a restaurant in Aventura Mall I noticed two cars pull into the designated handicapped spaces Out of the cars came four football types who were as "handicapped" as Attila the Hun If there's a God I hope he makes them handicapped then just maybe those animals will understand I called the North Miami Beach Police Department and asked them to come give tickets The police said they couldn't because it's not their territory They gave me Metro Dade police They said they could come but never did (I watched all the while from a window) What a shameful situation this is! I would take over the handicapped-parking violation "concession' I would hire "deputies" to cruise parking areas Our people would give the just deserts via tickets to the handicapped-parking violators Each ticket would have an affidavit that is signed and notarized that such violation occurred Our sole authority would be to give tickets to the violators of the handicapped spaces In short order the violations would diminish It would work well MARK FELDMAN North Miami Beach THERE was a time not long ago when the Sister City program was just people helping people Established in 1956 by President Eisenhower it provided a vehicle for Americans to increase their contact with people all over the world It was a nonpolitical reciprocal program that helped civic-minded people skirt government bureaucracy to share ideas technical assistance and disaster relief Now politics has ruined that ideal On Tuesday Hialeah severed its 18-year relationship with its sister city Managua Nicaragua And on Aug 1 West Miami ended its 13-year relationship with Leon Nicaragua Both cities cited the Marxist Sandinistas' rule in Nicaragua since 1979 as the reason for the sibling estrangement Most of the residents of Hialeah and West Miami are Hispanics who fled Communist Cuba a few who fled Nicaragua Their sentiments are well appreciated This is an official relationship between cities and Hialeah and West Miami have every right to choose cities with which they associate or dissociate Officials of both cities said that their residents continue to maintain moral and spiritual ties with Leon and Managua Even so they did not want to give the appearance of condoning the loss of freedom and the human-rights violations that are a part of everyday life in Nicaragua A State Department official who attended the West Miami meeting said there was concern that the Sandinistas could point to the Sister City official relationship between cities and Hialeah and West Miami have every right to choose cities with which they associate or dissociate Officials of both cities said that their residents continue to maintain moral and spiritual ties with Leon and Managua Even so they did not want to give the appearance of condoning the loss of freedom and the human-rights violations that are a part of everyday life in Nicaragua A State Department official who attended the West Miami meeting said there was concern that the Sandinis- tas could point to the Sister City program as evidence that the American people did not support the Reagan Administration's opposition to their regime Hialeah has chosen a new sister city Cartago Costa Rica and West Miami is looking for another These developments while understandable are still lamentable The Sister City program links 735 American cities with more than 1000 foreign cities in 85 countries It was particularly successful in Hialeah before the Sandinistas Hialeah's Sister City committee coordinated the collection and distribution of vast quantities of medicine food and clothing for Managua after the 1972 earthquake there In other cities alas the program has been little more than an excuse for officials' junkets Last week in Sweetwater where many refugees from Nicaragua have settled the program was the focus of a territorial dispute A former city-council member after losing office had appoint ed her own committee to work on Sweetwater's relationship with Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic She didn't tell the current council which upon finding out wanted to disband her committee and appoint a new one The committee survived on a 4-3 vote These incidents make clear that charity and good-will the rationale for the Sister City program are ill-matched against the political fervor that dominates cities filled with exiles Let's hope that one day when all the dust has settled charity and good-will can set aright what politics has knocked askew -rr---- ed her own committee to work on Sweetwater's relationship with Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic She didn't tell the current council which upon finding out wanted to disband her committee and appoint a new one The committee survived on a 4-3 vote These incidents make clear that chari- ty and good-will the rationale for the Sister City program are ill-matched against the political fervor that domi- nates cities filled with exiles Let's hope that one day when all the dust has settled charity and good-will can set aright what politics has knocked askew HELEN ARNOLD Deerfield Beach ARNOLD dd Beach I Judging the scales of wages uugin SedleS (II wages ges ALERIAN Trifa the Nazi war criminal was a boil on the face of America's political conscience Af ter nearly two decades of trying the US Government finally has removed the infection It deported Trifa to Portugal this week The deportation is a satisfying conclu1 sion to the lengthy and tedious process of divesting Trifa of the facade of respectability that he achieved as archbishop of the Romanian Orthodox Church in America Trifa was a leader of a World War II Nazi group the Iron Guard that incited riots against Jews in Bucharest Nearly 300 persons were slaughtered He concealed his Nazi past and emigrated to the United States where he became a naturalized citizen seven years later US Justice Department officials for years steadfastly pressed the investigation of Trila's past That is persuasive evidence that tys nation will not Justice on Trifa intentionally provide haven for Nazi war criminals Trifa was the third suspected Nazi criminal in recent months to be prosecuted by the Department The official pursuit resulted in Trifa's signing a statement in Federal court acknowledging that he hid his Nazi ties in order to enter the United States As archbishop Trifa gained a large stature and high visibility in the Detroit-based church and nationally Several years ago when his deportation seemed imminent Trifa said: "I was twice exiled in the past I have learned that it is foolish to plan for the future because God and destiny decide" Destiny aided by diligent US investigations finally has decided There can be no solace in this country either intentional or inadvertent for those who committed the modern world's foulest acts Justice was delayed here but not denied Good riddance To The Editor: In the article "Law grads' salaries out of sight" (Aug 3 Herald) staff writer Emilia Askari reported that at the Miami firm of Arky Freed Stearns Watkins Greer partner Bill Greer said it doesn't bother him to pay new hires $34000 plus a possible $7500 in expenses and bonuses "It's more an indication of the potential they have than the value of their work during that first year" The article went on by quoting a partner of another law firm: "Why do you pay $110 for a loaf of bread?" asked Jim McCann of Miami's Mershon Sawyer Johnston Dunwody Preserve Little Havana To The Editor: I work in the Little Havana area Does it take a non-Latin white to publicly mourn the loss of Miami's Latin Quarter? I am referring of course to our already-existing Little Havana Once again a genuinely unique area will become Americanized bastardized and homogenized until it is palatable to middle America Soon the aren't-we-oh-so-chic crowds who inhabit Coconut Grove's downtown will come And then after Gucci and Burdines open stores there the Coral Gables set (the very same I'm sure who complain the loudest about Dade's Latinization) won't be "afraid" to venture into the area Yes all the business owners will make a lot of money and be very happy but the true flavor the real Latin Quarter will be forever lost Scorr Tom Miami Cole where this year's starting salary plus initial bonus is $39000 "You have to meet the conditions in the marketplace" "We want the best people so we pay what it takes" said Paul Bonavia a partner at Miami's Steel Hector Davis "1 don't think it's morally reprehensible it just tells you something about the values of this community" These last words are worth reflecting upon as thousands of teachers will be returning to their classrooms in few weeks And these are teachers whose annual salaries are in the range of $20000 to $25000 after some 15 to 20 years of service to this community which includes helping to train future lawyers SERGEI JOHN RI Miami Guide for letter writers The Herald welcomes your views on any public issue Letters must bear the writer's signature and printed or typed name full address and telephone number Send them to: The Readers' Forum The Miami Herald 1 Herald Plaza Miami FL 33101 We routinely condense letters and we correct errors of fact spelling and punctuation Because our mail far exceeds our space for letters we publish only original letters addressed to us We don't publish poetry open letters or copies of letters sent elsewhere And to ensure diversity we limit each writer to one published letter every 30 days It NORM' anti-glyphosate To The Editor: An article published in The Herald on July 17 implied that the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML) supports the use of glyphosate in eradicating marijuana in Colombia NORML opposes the use of chemicals in eradicating marijuana We believe that this will result in risks to the environment and health and that this is an inappropriate method of controlling private social behavior Glyphosate is not the safe substance that the July 17 article indicated Indeed in many ways it is more dangerous then paraquat KEVIN ZEESE National Director NORM Washington DC Unsuitable comment To The Editor: I found the Aug 3 editorial titled "Suitability" to be offensive disappointing and somewhat chauvinistic You offered solace to "those whose admiration for American womanhood was diminished by the distasteful recent Miss America fiasco" by printing the names of women who have won medals In the present Olympic Games I suggest that you print a companion piece for those of us whose admiration for American manhood has been diminished by the disgusting spectacle of several men engaged in a legal slugfest for a share in the enormous profit being generated by their exploitation of this young woman BETrE SORENSON Naples NORML anti-glyphosate To The Editor: Cole where this year's starting salary' To The Editor: In the article "Law grads' salaries plus initial bonus is $39000 An article published in The Herald on out of sight" (Aug 3 aff "You have to meet the conditions in July 17 implied that the National writer Emilia Askari re rted Herald) hat at the marketplace" so we pay Organization for the Reform of Marqua- the Miami firm of Arky Freed Stearns "We want the best people Watkins Greer partner Bill Greer what it takes" said Paul Bonavia a na Laws (NORML) supports the use of said it doesn't bother him to pay new partner at Miami's Steel Hector EI ylp obsa iNnoRermaticeating marijuana in smeasrr thjeeenuese of hires $34000 plus a possible $7500 in Davis "I don't think It's morally chemicals in eradicating expenses and bonuses "It's more an reprehensible it just tells you something believe that this will rgesult in risks to indication of the potential they have about the values of this community" the environment and health and that than the value of their work during that These last words are worth this is an inappropriate method of first year" reflecting upon as thousands of teachers controlling private social behavior a will be returning to their classrooms in The article went on by Glyphosate is not the safe substance partner of another law firm: few weeks And these are teachers "Why do you pay $110 for a loaf of whose annual salaries are in the range that the July 17 article indicated bread?" asked Jim McCann of Miami's of $20000 to $25000 after some 15 to Indeed in many ways it is more dangerous then paraquat which includes helping to train future Mershon Sawyer Johnston Dunwody 20 years of service to this community Justice on Trifa lawyers KEVIN ZEESE SERGEI JOHN RR National Director Preserve Little Havana Miami ALERIAN Trifa the Nazi war intentionally provide haven for Nazi war Washington DC criminal was a boil on the face of criminals Trifa was the third suspected To The Editor: Americas political conscience Af- Nazi criminal in recent months to be I work in the Little Havana area ter nearly two decades of trying the prosecuted by the Department Does it take a non-Latin white to Unsuitable comment 1 Guide for US Government finally has removed publicly mourn the loss of Miami's Latin the infection It deported Trifa to The official pursuit resulted in Trifa's Quarter? I am referring of course to letter writers To The Editor: Portugal this week signing a statement in Federal court our already-existing Little Havana I found the Aug 3 editorial titled The deportation is a satisfying conclu- acknowledging that he hid his Nazi ties Once again a genuinely unique area The Herald welcomes your views "Suitability" to be offensive disappoint- 1 to the lengthy and tedious process in order to enter the United States As will become Americanized bastardized on any public issue Letters must ing and somewhat chauvinistic You sion archbishop Trifa gained a large stature and homogenized until it is palatable to bear the writer's signature and print- offered solace to "those whose admira- of divesting Trifa of the facade of middle America and high visibility in the Detroit-based ed or typed name full address and tion for American womanhood was respectability that he achieved as arch- Soon aren't-we-oh-so-chic tasteful recent church and nationally th 't hi telephone number Send them to: The diminished by the distasteful bishop of the Romanian Orthodox crowds who inhabit Coconut Grove's Readers' Forum The Miami Herald Miss America fiasco" by printing the Church in America Trifa was a leader of Several years ago when his deporta- downtown will come And then after 1 Herald Plaza Miami FL 33101 names of women who have won medals a World War II Nazi group the Iron tion seemed imminent Trifa said: "I was Gucci and Burdines open stores there in the present Olympic Games Guard that incited riots against Jews in twice exiled in the past I have learned the Coral Gables set (the very same I'm We routinely condense letters and I suggest that you print a companion Bucharest Nearly 300 persons were that it is foolish to plan for the future sure who complain the loudest about we correct errors of fact spelling piece for those of us whose admiration slaughtered He concealed his Nazi past because God and destiny decide" Desti- Dade's Latinization) won't be "afraid" and punctuation Because our mail for American manhood has been dimin- to venture into the area and emigrated to the United States ny aided by diligent US investigations far exceeds our space for letters we ished by the disgusting spectacle of Yes all the business owners will several men engaged in a legal slugfest where he became a naturalized citizen finally has decided There can be no make a' publish only original letters ad- lot of money and be very happy for a share in the enormous profit being seven years later solace in this country either intentional but the true flavor the real Latin dressed to us We don't publish poet- US Justice Department officials for or inadvertent for those who committed Quarter will be forever lost ry open letters or copies of letters generated by their exploitation of this years steadfastly pressed the investiga- the modern world's foulest acts Justice sent elsewhere And to ensure diver- young woman we limit each writer to one pub- tion of Trila's past That is persuasive was delayed here but not denied Good Scorr Tom sity BE SORENSON lished letter every 30 days evidence that tys nation will not riddance Miami Naples 11 7 A NORM' anti-glynhoRate tri 11 1 PIEIMNIMMMU.