THE AMERICAN JEWISH CONFERENCE ON SOVIET JEWRY

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AVTOS PASS
The shooting took place at a suburban in-
tersection when the chauffeur-driven cars
in which the two men were riding happened
to pass. Senor Jimenez called to the driver
of Senor Arias' car to stop.
The cars stopped and the two men got
out. After a brief argument, Senor Jimenez
pulled a gun and started shooting.
The dispute apparently arose from last
month's election in which Senor Arias won
a seat in the National Assembly and Senor
Jimenez was elected an alternate.
Senor Jimenez expected to. be Senor Arias'
alternate, but yesterday he found himself as-
signed to another seat. He apparently be-
lieved Senor Arias had refused to accept him
as an alternate,
SIMILAR CASE
It was the second political shooting to
occur in virtually identical circumstances
since the election. Aquilino Boyd, chief
Panamanian delegate to the United Nations,
shot up a Panama City editor when their
cars were halted side by side in a traffic jam
last month.
Roberto Arias has been in recurrent hot
water since his uncle was deposed from the
Presidency a few years ago. He fled the
country by the diplomatic-asylum route in
1959 to escape charges of plotting an attack
on an Army post, and last year he was
charged with smuggling.
[From the Washington (D.C.) Evening Star,
June 9, 1964]
ROBERTo ARIAS HAS CHANCE FOR LIFE AFTER
SHOOTING
PANAMA, June 9,-Roberto (Tito) Arias,
shot down by a disgruntled party associate,
was given a chance to live today but it still
was a question whether the colorful politician
will be paralyzed.
As police hunted the assailant, Mr. Arias'
wife, British ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn,
said in Bath, England, she will fly to her
husband's beside tomorrow.
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ethical idealism. They are the kin of the
millions who went forth from Russia to other
countries, bringing with them the social
idealism of their tradition enhancing the
cultures of their new lands.
With the lessening of repression and per-
secution so widely acclaimed following the
death of Stalin, it was hoped that the Soviet
Jews would share in the new atmosphere of
relaxation of tensions. Now, however, with
anguish and indignation we witness Soviet
Jewry being denied its natural right of group
existence. It is fragmented from within and
kept isolated from without. Though for-
Mr. Jimenez' car stopped at an intersection RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE AMERICAN JEW-
for a red light. ISH CONFERENCE ON SOVIET JEWRY, APRIL 6,
Witnesses said Mr. Jimenez spotted Mr. 1964
Arias, leaped from his car, whipped out a We, as representatives of the major na-
pistol and fired. tional American Jewish organizations, have
"You're not going to cross me up," Mr. met for the past 2 days in solemn assembly
Medina said Mr. Jimenez shouted. in Washington, D.C., to express with one
Mr. Arias and Mr. Jimenez, in his late 30's, voice our deep concern with and our deter-
ran as candidates for deputy and alternate mination to protest the plight of our Jewish
deputy, respectively, brethren in the Soviet Union.
Of the vote count yesterday, showed Mr. Soviet Jewry constitutes the second largest
Jimenez elected, but as an alternate for an- Jewish community in the world and is the
other deputy and not Mr. Arias. last remnant of the once great East European
Speculation was that Mr. Jimenez believed Jewish community. This remnant exists
he would have less chance to sit in the as- largely because of the heroic resistance of
sembly than he would have had as Mr. Arias' the Soviet Union to the Nazi hordes which
alternate. destroyed the great majority of European
Dame Margot and Mr. Arias met when she Jewry.
was 16 and a hopeful soloist during a sum- The approximately 3 million Jews of the
mer week of ballet at Cambridge. U.S.S.R., have a special claim on the con-
In 1955, after he had become Ambassador science of all who are zealous of securing
to Britain and she world famous, they were human rights, and, more particularly, on the
married. His first marriage had ended in conscience of all Jewry. Soviet Jews are the
divorce.
.mally recognized as a nationality and as a
religious group, the Soviet Jewry community
is deprived of those rights granted to other
nationalities and other major religious
bodies in the U.S.S.R. A process of attrition
forces Soviet Jews to live only a most at-
tenuated Jewish life and threatens to crush
their spirit and to sever their ties with the
Jewish people.
Soviet Jewish youth, traumatized by the
Nazi holocaust and by Stalin's anti-Semitic
excesses are now seeking to reestablish their
links with Jewish life. But they are denied
even the most meager opportunity to learn,
enhance, and transmit their Jewish heritage.
The whole of Jewish culture, and Yiddish
artistic and literary expression in particular,
once so flourishing in the U.S.S.R., are now
represented by the merest tokens. The links
of Soviet Jewry with its tradition are being
destroyed by increasing restrictions against
fundamental and sacred Jewish practices.
Synagogues are closed down; the public
production and distribution of matzot and
of other essential religious articles are
banned. Soviet Jews are cut off from con-
tact with their brethren at home and abroad.
Jewish opoprtunities in higher education and
in certain fields of employment are being
curtailed.
Simultaneously, a campaign of vilification
of the Jewish past and present is conducted
in the press and other official publications.
Judiasm and Jewish history are falsified.
Anti-Semitic stereotypes are exploited to
portray the synagogue as a breeding ground
of economic and social crimes.
The American Jewish Confer
Soviet Jewry
EXTENSION OF REMARKS i
HON. ABRAHAM J. MULTER
OF NEW YORK
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Tuesday, June 16, 1964
Mr. MULTER. Mr. Speaker, on April
5 and 6, 1964, 24 national Jewish orga-
nizations gathered `here in Washington
to give united expression to their grave
concern over the plight of the 3,000 Jews
in the Soviet Union.
Every major segment of the Jewish
community came together to speak out
She has been a star at the Bath Festival. on this issue of important concern to all.
She told the festival organizers she hoped to The sponsoring organizations were:
be back by Saturday for her last two per- American Israel Public Affairs Com-
formances. She had last seen her husband mittee.
3 weeks ago in Panama. American Jewish Committee.
SHOT THREE TIMES American Jewish Congress.
At first Dame Margot, who had received American Zionist Council.
word from her brother-in-law. Harmondio American Trade Union Council for
Arias, that her husband, was out of danger, Histadrut.
said she would continue her performances
unless he took a turn for the worse. She was B'nai B'rith.
to be featured tonight with the Russian Central Conference of American Rab-
dancer, Rudolf Nureyev. bis.
Mr. Arias was shot three times with one Hadassah.
bullet lodging against the spine. Jewish Agency for Israel, American
Dr. Antonio Gonzalez Revilia, who headed Section.
a team of neurosurgeons in a 21/2 -hour opera- Jewish Labor Committee.
tion on Mr. Arias, said it would be 72 hours Jewish War Veterans of the U.S.A.
before he could say whether his 45-year-old Labor Zionist Movement.
patient would live or whether he would be
paralyzed. Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachl.
Police sought Alfredo Jimenez, a member National Community Relations Advis-
of Mr. Arias' Panamenista party and an old ory Council.
friend, as the gunman. National Council of Jewish Women.
It was the second political shooting since National Council of Young Israel.
Panama's national elections, May 10. Presidents' Conference.
Panama's United Nations Ambassador, Rabbinical Assembly.
Aquilino Boyd, fired two shots, May 21, at the Rabbinical Council of America.
editor of a newspaper which accused Mr. Synagogue Council of America.
Boyd of election fraud. The editor, Escolas- -Union of American Hebrew Congrega-
tico Calve, received a minor wound. tions.
Mr. Arias was in surgery twice last night Union of Orthodox Jewish Congrega-
over a period of almost 8 hours. First, doc- tions of America.
tors removed bullets from his right arm and United Synagogue of America.
his right side. He was given blood trans-
fusions. Then the surgeons removed a bullet Zionist Organization of America.
which lodged against the spinal column and The 500 delegates to the conference
caused paralysis. adopted unanimously the following reso-
Mr. Arias was riding in a car driven by lution and plans for action at both the
Reynaldo Medina yesterday when they met local and national levels:
heirs of a tradition that stretches unbroken
over 1,000 years of Jewish history in Eastern
Europe, a tradition which produced an en-
'during heritage of scholarship, piety, and
We are appalled at the discriminatory
application of maximum penalties, includ-
ing the death sentence, against Jews for
alleged economic crimes and dismayed that
they are singled out in the press in a cal-
culated attempt to exacerbate public anti-
Semitism.
We are moved by the plight of thousands
of Soviet Jews whose families were shattered
or separated by the Nazi devastation and
who are prevented from rejoining their re-
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maining kin in the 'United States. Israel, AMERICAN JEWISH CON1' RENCB ON SovIZr our houses of worship to overflowing as an
and other countries. JEWRY-PROPOSALS YOU LOCAL FOLLOW-UP earnest of our sympathetic Identification
We appeal to the Eoviet Government to rxraonvcrrox with Soviet Jews.
redress these wrongs, to restore the rights in our effort to awaken the moral con- (c) We urge every local organization to
of Jew.t and of the Jewish community and science of the world, the Jewish communi- devote a major meeting during the next
to grant the equality with other religious and ties of America can and must play a vital month to this subject; we urge our syna-
nationality groups se required by Soviet role. In the final analysts, public opinion gogues and Jewish community centers to or-
Constitution and law. totality of sts pu tic reached ganize lecture series; discussions and other
We make this appeal within the frame- reflects the activities around it; making use of materials
work of our ardent desire to see an end to an communities throughout the NMtthat will be developed and made available by
the cord war and to lessen and hopefully to Long experience has taught that Interpreta- eta our national organizations.
eradice.te existing irternational tensions. tion can most effectively be achieved on the 2. We shall seek through every channel
Our aim is to mobilize public opinion into level where people live and work together, available to us to spread knowledge and
a moral force that will save Soviet Jewry from through well-established ties rooted in mu- understanding throughout the community at
spiritual annihilation. tual trust and respect. Perhaps the most large. To this end:
effective agent of interpretation is the In- (a) We urge Jewish communities to assist
who We moral are eret atmb of here are bound by dividual member of the Jewish community, in the creation of Jewish communities
itywide commit-
the demands out our history, on the fate which of who can convey Insights into the plight of
demands nds that t w we speak pe;ek whether he be tees on anti-Semitism in the Soviet Union,
our brothers in the soviet Union. We pray soviet Jewry to his neighbor, which draw into the common purpose all in
that our voice will be heard and that it will the publisher of the neighborhood weekly or the community who share a like-minded con-
be heeded. of the metropolitan daily; the parish priest cern about the problem. Several such com-
The American Jewis'l Conference on Soviet or the archbishop; the precinct committee- mittees already established may serve as
man or the county chairman; the university models.
the b protests the denial to Soviet Jewsnted d president or the head of the high school (b) Various religious groups, once they
the Desk lgion on~ dad i social studies department.
to other r relligions and nationality groups have been made aware of the facts, will be
within the Soviet Union. Considerations of As we mount the effort to which we have especially sensitive to Soviet efforts to
humanity and justice require the Soviet committed ourselves, we rely upon the basic smother the Jewish community by choking
tools of community relations, tested In rela- off the means whereby its life is sustained.
Gover 1. To decla tion to many issues with which the Ameri- Protestants and Catholics may be expected
1. To de by its policy of u eradicating anti- can Jewish community Is concerned. The to respond favorably to examining this prob-
conaiu~cte by a vernmen and educational o effort programs proposed here are, for the most lem in the course of the interreligtous dia-
2. Topermit tthrnree party. part, undramatic, though they may have log. They may be expected to welcome
2. es the fray functioning
r meetinof sans- dramatic consequences. Grand projects also speakers before the boards and general mem-
go3. To private prayer meetings. have their effect, but must be deemed at berships of church federations, ministerial as-
3. To remove hinderances
ouch as e the obser- best only as the overture to the steady. on- soclations. and local churches to clarify the
and c of mcisd rites retch as religious burial l going job of interpretation that must lie at situation, especially the distinction between
and c'_o make possible core of our effort. the general antipathy of Soviet policy toward
4. To make possible the production Find The most difficult commitment we ask religion and Soviet hostility against the
mezzuzoth, of phylacteries, prayer ion r she re- from the communities is not that they pour Jewish community.
liglou at i religious ;alendazs and other r their resources Into one spectacular pro- (c) Other organizations in the community,
5. T as es or ject--though that too may be necessary- Including civil rights and civil liberties
matzoth for but that they accord a high priority to a groups, labor bodies, veterans groups, civic
5. To restore all rights distribution facilities
and production and distribu steady and sustained effort, continuing long groups, and service groups should be en-
and kosher food. beyond the initial period of excitement gen- couraged to consider the problem at their
and other ublish crated by this conference. meetings and to speak out on it. Some civil
8. Hebrew make avaa erb facilities
Hebrew Bibles, the neces fry and ottell- Such a sustained effort cannot depend rights leaders, labor officials, religious lead-
gious texts in the necesosary quantities. upon the contributions of a few individuals, ers, Intellectuals may wish to join together
7. To permo the ea n ozauon of a nation- however dedicated or able, It requires the in special meetings and statements.
wide Sed sanction of the association tpooling and planned use of all local resources (d) Scholars at institutions of higher
8. To w the such a in a concerted effort. Fortunately, in most learning in and near our communities should
federation n with organizations of f c orel iglontats of our communities the mechanism for such be encouraged to study the problem and is-
abroad. planning exists in the form of local commu- sue reports and statements. Universities
9. ag permit
the oly y l make rrael. pit- nity councils. We suggest the use of such should be encouraged and aided to hold con- aces gir . To to make teit able to is Ys allow raal all councils to facilitate the planning. coordi- ferences or seminars on the subject. Soviet
10. To possible t qua]I- nation, and Implementation of local efforts. leadership seems to be sensitive to exposures
fled e. to provide ito attend the Moscow bush- Fortunately, too, outstanding resources for of anti-Semitism in the U.S.S.R. by great
vah, to facilities for she establish- and Implementation exist in our local civic academicians and great universities. Apart
tent enable rabbinical s `'estude as needed, and groups, synagogues, and regional offices of from their academic role, faculty members of
seminaries ie abrinial students to study at national agencies. We are confident that the American universities would welcome the op-
. To provide abroad. cooperation that has been manifested in the portunity of expressing themselves in public
Il To pschools and other facilities preparation of this conference will be reflect- statements.
for the r,l Yiddish and Hebrew, and of ed on the local level. Thus the potential (e) Other local educational groups which
Jewish hist story, literature and culture. Is present for an outstanding job. would be sensitive to the problem of Soviet
2. To . ] e In permit Intellectuals to Jewish create writers, their own ew sown Iiand In undertaking this job we must remem- anti-Semitism, include high school social
other In en h her that our purpose is not to exacerbate studies teachers associations and State and
culture an the emlouragemt of Jewish cold-war tensions. Our aim is to mobilize local teachers associations. Such groups
cultural and sraisticlife. the judgments of responsible citizens of our probably would welcome the opportunity to
13. To reestablish a books Yiddish community Into national, and ultimately a examine the issue at their conferences.
class and and contemporary y Jewish e ea wri by world-wide moral force, which will save the (f) The question should be raised for con-cal lassi T and cblishYiddi h state theaters Jewish community in the U.S.S.R. from sideratton before organizations in our com-
inter-
14. To reestablish Jewish na and spiritual annihilation. munitles whose orientation Is toward inter-
to major centers ew
to publish lish Yiddish Jewish Yiddish language ge newspapers cexxaAr. oumEi,axRS national affairs, e.g., world affairs councils,
with national circulation. 1. Our own Jewish communities must be local chapters of the American Association
15. To eliminate discrimination against given a thorough grasp of the nature of the for the United Nations.
Jews In all areas of Soviet public life, threat to Jewish survival in the Soviet Union. (g) Publishers, editors, and others respon-
16. To end all propaganda campaigns including an understanding of the differ- sible for the content of local media of com-
which use anti-Serritic stereotypes, implied ence between that threat and the physical munication, Includpress, radio and to e-
or overt. extermination by the Nazis. To that end: vision can play powerful
17. To halt the discriminatory application (a) Urge communities throughout the the formulation of public opinion through Nation to
confere
convene
ewish or- their sentence, against Jews f erel ilege the ganizations on the patteranofsthisJAmerican that actual andis inte pretivee mater aort lsade
crimes. Jewish Conference on Soviet Jewry in order veloped and furnished by the national or-
18. To make prti;sable on humanitarian that they may have maximum accumulative ganizations be brought to their attention,
grounds Soviet Jews who are members of impact. It would be desirable that as many preferably in face-to-face contacts. Letters
families separated as a result of the Nazi conferences as possible be held within a con- ttoitors or local papers should be encour-
holocaust to be reu sited with their relatives cent rated time period. aged.
the national scene, the concerns
abroad. (b) We call upon synagogues everywhere (h) As on
We appeal for a redress of these and other to observe the National Day of Prayer called of local communities are frequently articu-
wrongs and sufferings; for the elimination for at this conference; upon rabble to preach lated in the formal expressions of govern-
on Jews t fill mental gbodies. We overnmenllasy sthat tate such
of rights in the U.S.S.R. eatora- tthis and the plight
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and city councils, upon being apprised of the dorses that proclamation, calling upon Jews proposed that other religious bodies national
situation of Soviet Jewry, will want to pub- throughout the Nation to attend services on and international will be called upon to in-
licly pronounce judgment on the issue. The that day in their synagogues and to observe elude discussions of this matter in their own
views of individual citizens on this problem the occasion wherever they may gather for deliberative channels.
should be communicated also to both the ex- worship, meditation, or study. 9. To make tangible the opinions of Ameri-
ecutive and legislative branches of Federal 2. Each of the organizations participating cans, in a form that can be neither misread
Government. III this conference will separately, at its own nor dismissed by the Soviet Government, we
(I) Where deemed effective, all moral and national meetings or on other appropriate suggest considering the advisability of such
lawful direct actions may be used on a se- occasions, review the proceedings of this means as petitions and/or mail campaigns
lective basis including the picketing of stra- conference examine the recommendations to the Soviet Government for equal treat-
tegic buildings, offices and events, the gath- here agreed to, and consider how it may ment of Soviet Jews.
erings and forwarding of petitions, and the contribute most effectively with its own re- 10. In our democratic society, the issues
stimulation of letter writing campaigns, etc, sources and through its own programs to that agitate the public come inevitably to
the execution of those recommendations and be reflected in legislative chambers and in
AMERICAN JEWISH CONFERENCE ON SOVIET to the realization of the common purpose, other forums and governmental offices where
JEWRY-PROPOSALS FOR NATIONAL FOLLOW- We anticipate that each organization will at the representatives of the people seek to ex-
UP an early date reaffirm separately the conclu- press their will and their sentiments on be-
DECLARATION OF PURPOSE sions of this conference. half of the Nation. It is therefore natural
We cry out against the cultural and spirit- 3. The proceedings of this conference, to- that the oppression of Soviet Jewry should
ual annihilation that threatens Jewish life gether with the documentation presented to have become the subject of speeches on the
in the Soviet Union. We address ourselves it, and including the major presentations floors of both Senate and House of Repre-
to the moral conscience of the world, to en- and resolutions, will be published as expedi- sentatives. We should regard it as appro-
list it in a concerted demand upon the So- tiously as possible in the form of a paper- priate and desirable for the Congress of the
viet Government that it put an end to the bound books; through the cooperative efforts United States, by joint resolution or other-
calculated assaults by which the destruction of the participating organizations, copies will wise, to express its view; for the national
of the Jewish community within the Soviet be distributed to libraries, universities, conventions of the major political parties to
Union is being pursued. We shall extend our schools, editors and writers, scholars, re- incorporate commitments to strong interven-
resources and our energies to the fullest to ligious leaders, public officials, and other tion with the Soviet Union in their plat-
bring to the attention of the world the facts interested and concerned individuals and forms; and for the President of the United
about the oppression of Soviet Jewry, institutions throughout the Nation and the States to communicate America's official con-
through every means at our command, world. cern to the Soviet Government.
through every channel of communication 4. The 18 points that this conference is 11. American representatives to United Na-
aavilable to us, through every contact and addressing to Soviet authorities will be re- tions bodies debating proposals for the in-
association, in every place and in every sea- Produced in appropriate form for large-scale ternational outlawing of discrimination on
son. And we shall not rest or desist until mass distribution and will be given the grounds of race, color, or religion have long
we have awakened world opinion and widest possible dissemination. and vigorously advocated such action by the
brought its full weight and influence to bear 5. Every means will be employed to pub- United Nations against the very fors of
upon this unconscionable wrong. . licize the relevant facts through the mass anti-Jewish discrimination as are being prac-
In exposing to the world and, more par- media of communication; all the partic- ticed in the Soviet Union. Steps shall be
ticularly, to the people of our own land, the ipating organizations will lend their re- taken to seek a meeting with the U.S. mis-
cruel facts about the restrictions and depri- sources to this effort in accordance with Sion to the United Nations to explore with it
vations imposed upon Jews in the Soviet their means and special competencies. the possibilities and prospects for intensiflca-
Union, the denials to Jews of elementary Among specific projects now contemplated tion of these efforts.
rights to practice their religious faith, nur- are: (a) Production of a film strip with ac- 12. Similar approaches will be made to
ture their cultural traditions and maintain companying commentary; (b) production of voluntary organizations associated with the
their ethnic identity-rights accorded other a documentary motion picture film for tele- United Nations, to channel their efforts more
faiths and other cultural and ethnic minori- vision broadcast or screen projection; (c) effectively to the marshaling of international
ties in the Soviet Union-we appeal to the preparation of . a selected bibliography of opinion against the mistreatment of Soviet
conscience and the sense of decency and books, pamphlets, articles, and other ma- Jews.
justice that reside in the hearts of our fel- terials; (d) production of taped interviews 13. To assure that all may be continually
low Americans of all faiths. and discussions for radio broadcast; (e) informed of developments in the situation,
We are convinced that once American pub- pale preparation of articles for Jewish periods- the national organizations participating in lic of Soviet opinion has obeen nce sensitized e wider reed plight (f) development ment of a list of speakers the Conference will maintain a flow of timely
Jews, for local groups; sheets. (g) preparation of brief information to Jewish communities through-
lie awareness of the full dimensions of the out the Nation.
oppressions to which Jews in the Soviet Plans
nsuwill be pursued looking toward 14. Immediately upon the adjournment of
Union are -subjected, the outraged voice of the convening of a broadly representative this Conference, the presidents of the co-
America will be raised in expressions of ab- American Conference on Soviet Jewry, in-
horrence. volving representatives of religious, civic, will sponsoring national Jewish organizations
for the purpose of considering how
Our purpose is not to exacerbate "cold war" labor, civil rights, civil liberties, veterans, best meet assure that the p
our
tensions. Our aim is to mobilize public women's, youth, business, and other bodies will a systematically lane set out herein
opinion into a worldwide moral force which and groups, to give expression to the pervad- further he sproposals that mplemented. It v our
which will save the Jewish community of the ing concern of Americans for the plight of the er proposals
means o of posals thcontinuinthe g g thi s Conference is Con isce on
U.S.S.R. from spiritual annihilation. The Soviet Jews. on an and
leadership of the Soviet UnionIs not impervi- 7? We anticipate that, as knowledge and na to ongoing basis naeq and mpl m nt h- nced I
coordinate and implement the
pus to such world opinion. It cannot permit awareness of the oppression of Jewish life. ____.
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a guarantor and protector of freedom ----b organizations such as those
and the rights of minorities, to be revealed enumerated in the foregoing paragraph and
to the world as the fabrication that it is
other will include the matter on their a
d
.
gen
a
We believe therefore, that the dissemina- or hold special conferences, and make state- Typhoid Angus
tion of the truth about the discriminations ments expressing their concern and calling
and persecutions to which Soviet Jewry is for Soviet rectification. We anticipate that EXTENSION OF REMARKS
being subjected may move the Soviet lead- the number of prominent and prestigefui
ership to reappraise the political expediency individuals-religious leaders of prominence, of
of the present course of Soviet treatment winners of honors and awards in scientific HON. J. ERNEST WHARTON
of its Jewish citizens, and humane fields, outstanding intellectuals
To disseminate the truth and to spur the and others-likewise will raise their voices. OF NEW YORK
moral sense of our fellow Americans, we pro- We propose to make special efforts to make IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Dose to nse of r available to such
o
nd inter
tation, utilizing every
channel
pr every other materials. and communication, to spread and to q M1. WHA epidemic Mr. Speaker, a dev-
means of com n-
s. The uniqueness of the situation of So- astatine epidemic of typhoid fever i
dramatize our message. viet Jewry, as compared with the situation of eluding hundreds of cases of hospitaliza-
PLAN FOR ACTION other religious groups in the Soviet Union, tion, deaths, and citizens in a panic-We
1. It is proposed that a National Day of t
requires ion in the ediscu discussions between Jews, Chria-
Prayer, to be observed in all the synagogues tians, and other religious groups. think it could o not happen in mmuni y.
of America, be proclaimed by the Jewish leaders will therefore strive for the Inclusion - ton iwater osupplynisrtreated and in-
religious bodies represented in this confer- in such dialogs of the question of the spected by experts. - We go to great
ence; and the conference as a whole en- present situation of Soviet Jews. It is also lengths in food inspection and sanita-
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tion but how about our imported canned communities in 9 States have issued munity owns and leases a plant, it loses
meats and other foodstuffs which can't nearly $200 million worth of these bonds tax revenues. For Meal year 1958 a
s treasury lost $500,000
possibly be subject to inspection at the for their people, industry. and compete with other mated Mississippi
the State
source,
We hear daily ccmplaints from our towns In search of prosperity. Most of this way. Thus existing industries wind
farmers and producers of their depressed these towns are in the South and South- up supporting the tax burden and in ef-
tenfo d, tracted under th se give away programs.
prices and leas of the facts from the west. Governmentas to the necessity of for- ance of$ethese nbo1957 and 1962 nds Increased the
'" ^?"'t^^ r^ tag minion a year. as The prizes, however, are also alluring.
eign imports and competition but what
uality and health inspection?
of
q
It has taken some time to develop the
facts of the Scotland typhoid epidemic
t In the process tie American farmer
b
u
has found another potent argument
against imported beef. I include here-
with and commend a factual article on
the subject from lime magazine issue
of June 12, 1964, outlining the devastat-
ing experience of the city of Aberdeen.
The bacteria that cause typhoid fever live
almost exclusively in sewage, and typhoid re-
mains a major problem in Asia. Africa, and
parts of South America. In countries where
water supplies are l'.ept free from sewage
contamination and where food handlers fol-
low the basic rules of cleanliness, typhoid Is
a rare disease. When it erupts in a place
that prides itself on good sanitation, as it
did in the Swiss sk resort of Zermatt 18
months ago, it cause a violent flap. Last
week there was a new typhoid flap in84e/clean
Aberdeen, Scotland (population
There: were 324 conf rmed cases (2 deaths)
and 65 suspected, with still more expected.
Aberdeen's medical officer, Dr. Ian Mac-
Queen, was certain that he had found the
explanation: "There Is no shadow of doubt
that this outbreak started from a tin of
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meat was In a 6-hound
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creating 35,760 jobs from the 1930's
through the end of 1960 with an average
annual payroll of $3,242 per job. This
works out to an Increase of $116 million
in the income of the people of Missis-
sippi. Since every dollar of increased
payroll increases sales in a community
about 4" times, the total stimulus to
Mississippi's economy was about half a
billion dollars a year. This doesn't con-
sider the rise in real estate values In a
prosperous community. For example,
when H. Alexander Smith moved its
carpet plant to Greenville, Miss., it pro-
vided a thousand new jobs there and
within a year 500 new homes had been
built for the town. Nor do these figures
consider fully the compound growth of
industry growing from the fact that in-
dustry tends to attract other services and
related Industries.
Much of this municipal subsidy is ac-
tually industrial piracy. When Norge.
for example, built its plant in Green-
wood, Ark.-Population 1,600-it pro-
vided employment for 1,750 persons, but
left 1,800 out of work at Muskegon,
Mich.
Everybody agrees that areas which
have vigorously pursued overall develop-
ment programs have achieved startling
results-but controversy exists about the
actual effectiveness of the various de-
vices used to lure Industry such as indus-
trial aid bonds. For example, Drs. Ber-
gin and Eagan, writing in the Michigan
Business Review, reported on a survey
of the managements of over 800 firms
which had recently located or expanded
in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Mississippi.
They report that company executives
generally say that a friendly attitude and
the existence of adequate normal com-
munity facilities are more important
than direct financing aid in any form.
The doctors conclude that the bulk of ex-
penditures
programs go fora facto) rsdevelop-
ment which
management does not consider of prime
importance In selecting a new plant loca-
tion. Most firms listed availability of
labor and convenience to markets at the
an Aberdeen delicatessen it was sliced on a General Tire & Rubber, Minnesota Min-
macIdne that was also used to slice other ing & Manufacturing, Rand, McNally,
meats. The infected machine spread the in-
fection to these meats and to the customers Scott Valve Manufacturing, Standard
who ate them. piled up, the British Government o sickness a The big advantage: since the municipal
top-level inquiry to find out just where In bonds are tax exempt, and the plants
South America the meat had come from and, built with them are Government owned
hope-fully, to learn how typhoid bacilli got and hence tax exempt, the corporations
into it. get out of Federal taxes on their high
Typhoid is no forget the dreaded, deadly cost fixed assets such as buildings and
plague old, now that can usu-
ally cure e it. . But while the e Inquiry went on, plant machinery. Moreover, they can
Aberdeen remained a beleaguered city. write off the entire cost of plants in 20
A f en as required under
tive. Nor has this siren song seduced
only the corporals and privates of Ameri-
can industry.
The captains and kings are also getting
in on the gold rush. Cherokee, Ala., a
town of 1,400, recently sold $25 million
worth of bonds to build an Armour fer-
tilizer plant. Carrying the craze to a
perfectly logical absurdity, the 4,443 in-
habitants of Ste. Genevieve, Mo., have
announced their intention of floating a
$500 million bond Issue, the equivalent
of $113,000 per inhabitant, to lure a suit-
able basic industry. At the top of their
shopping list: a steel plant.
State legislators have written the laws
so that some towns are engaging in sav-
age headhunting expeditions.
Lander New Mexico's legislation, a town
may raise bond money to go into another
State, buy business outright, move it back
to New Mexico, build It a plant, and set
it up in business anew-and one town
already has. Nor are small local commu-
nities alone engaging in this rush. The
States of New Hampshire, Pennsylvania,
Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma, New
York, and Illinois have variations of such
years instep o
normal Internal Revenue Service depre-
ciation schedules.
History and Current Status of the The cost of State industrial develop-
Municipal Industrial Aid Bonds ment programs is heavy. It takes money
to make a slick, expensive and business-
like area presentation showing every-
EXTENSION OF REMARKS thing that an industry could want to
or know: available sites and costs, taxes,
HON. BURT L. TALCOTT zoning, transportation, water, sewer,
die, colt conditions, building
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES structure and growth, labor supply and Plant location experts for the big cast-
Tuesday. June 16, 1964 costs, climate, school and recreation fa- em industrial firms who met with 250
Mr. TALCOTT Mr. Speaker, there is cilities, availability, and cost of housing, area development representatives from
ad infinitum.. chamber of commerce groups throughout
an Interesting and complicated in cpe l The expense to States and communi- the Nation in the summer of 1963 listed
lation between tax-exempt municipal ties of such programs is considerable. In these five factors at the top of their list
b and ARA loans. I want to develop those States with the most attractive pro- in selecting a plant site: availability of
this. his. s for example. the amount expend- labor, nearness to markets, lower labor
in 185, the town of bonds to build a is- ed grams, from $1,000 to $1,500 for each costs, availability of suitable buildings
plant $8o the of bonds new manufacturing job created. or sites, and availability of raw materials.
In 1959 Tennessee spent $200,000 and Far down on the list in 13th and 15th
This nt for
was s t the he first time Silk a municipality Il M
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had ever issued what has become known Mississippi $375,000 just to administer places were the considerations of favor-
as an industrial aid bond, using its credit their programs. Fairfax County, Va., able tax structure and financial aid. in
to build or purciase a capital asset such with a modest and fairly typical pro- fact, the site seekers pointed out that
as an industrial plant to lease or sell to gram, has budgeted about $35,000 a year communities who advertise "cheap labor.
a private enterprise. Since then 400 for the past 4 years. Also, when a com- cheap electricity, cheap plant sites, and
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