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«§g£■W.V .. ■SISSillMBBfflnn Flayed F®rNon-MilitancyFriday, January 8, 1960National Jewish POST and OPINION Friday, January 8, mKANE, KLUTZNICK SAYExpanding S®c§ kr ofk Legitimate FutuBy GERSHON JACOBSONNEW YORK (P-O)—Two national Jewish leaders sharply disagreed with Dr. Nahum Gold-mann’s views on the role of the synagogue in representing American Jewry.Irving Kane, newly-elected president of the Council of Jewish Federations said he disagreedambitions, tjust like individual organizatios, to become spokesmen of U.S. Jewry. Klutznick said: “I do not think there is any danger whatsover as Dr. Goldmann sees it.”He said the synagogue can do much to freshen up Jewiwsh life in America. Klutznick said the present issue does not merit debate. Instead, he said, “We have to work together.”Fm\§krnl Sees JewsIsrael’s first submarine is shown in Haifa bay after its maiden voyage under the Israeli flag from Britain. Members of the Israeli “silent service’’ spent nearly a year in training runs under British navy instructors. The submarine named Tanin (crocodile) by Premier Ben-Gurion was bought from Britain.By LILIAN LEVYWASHINGTON (P-O)—American Jewish Committee leaders met with German Ambassador Wilhelm Grewc in Washington to protest the resurgence of Nazism in West Germany.The Committee placed responsibility for the “current manifestations of Nazism” on the Bonn Government. They charged the Bonn Government knowingly placed former Nazis in positions of honor and trust. West Germany is a haven for notorious Hungarian Fascist leaders who are free to agitate against Jewswithout interference from theBonn Government, the Committee said.THE COMMITTEE demanded that Germany act at once to remove former Nazis from Government posts and stop Fascist elements from further activity.Most important the Committee called for educating German youth of the evils of the Hitler era. The Committee said “obviously democracy is not yet firmly anchored in Germany.”German Ambassador Grewe denied that the current rash of anti-Jewish incidents indicated a resurgence of Nazism in West Germany. He said, “facts indicate that no organizations exists inside Germany with money and connections to do such things.”GREWE CHARGED Communists were responsible for the incidents. He also denied formerNazis were in Government posts.A m® tin aIsraeli U-BoafHe said: “The Government of Germany would not tolerate anyone in official jobs who were involved in past crimes.”The Committee left a substantial pile of evidence for their charges for the German Ambassador to ponder.Grewe did pledge immediate government action against Hungarian Fascist elements.The Committee delega t i o n which met with Grewe, included: President Herbert H. Ehrmann, Colonel Frederick F. Greenmen, chairman of the national executive board; Ralph Friedman, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee; Dr. John Slawson, executive vice-president.Anti-Defamation League notional director, Benjamin Epstein, announced plans to go to Germany next week to investigate the current rash of incidents for his report to the B'nai B’rith international council meeting Jan. 25-26 in Amsterdam.Ambassador Grewe was professor of international law at the University of Konigsberg and the University of Berlin during thewar.U. S. NATIONAL Jewish organizations metEpsteinnitv.the rising tideof anti-Semitica g i t a t i on throughout theworld with a flurry of conferences resulting in vigorous denials there si any evidenceof danger t othe American Jewish com mu*
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