A merican ,Nl ish Periodical Coffer
Friday, July 27, 1945
CLIFTON AVENUE • CINCINNATI 20, OHIO
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
Page Three
Jewish Institutions Confer on Jerusalem Crisis; JDC Sent $5,000,000 Worth of Supplies
Press Hits Government for Dissolving Council To Jewish Refugees in Asiatic Russia
JERUSALEM (Palcor) — Con-
ultations are under way among
he representatives of the major
lowish institutions and parties
egarding the municipal crisis in
erusalem caused by the Govern-
'ent's order dissolving the Coun-
il. The discussions among Jews
r ade representatives of A gu.
ath Israel, on the extreme
ight, and the Histadrut, Pales-
ine's Federation of Labor.
Davar, Hebrew Labor daily,
eclares: "Jerusalem has a large
ewish majority, but despite
his, the Government first gave
.ralos a majority of councillors
nd then half the total number
iith the Arab mayor casting a
ote. The Government always re-
arded this situation as just and
ormal, but it was only when
he Jewish deputy mayor suc-
eeded to the mayorality after
he death of the Arab mayor
at the Government became
ware that something was wrong
the Jerusalem municipality
nd began searching for solu-
ons.
It never entered the minds of
uthorities to seek a simple and
at solution through new elec-
ons. Instead they first proposed
compromise which the Jews ac-
epted and the Arabs rejected.
he Government surrendered to
rub threats to boycott the mu-
icipality. All Jewish Palestine
epresentatives will resign be-
cause of this new Government
action."
.
The Palestine Post, only Eng-
lish language newspaper in Pal-
estine, in an editorial titled "Ap-
peasement in Jerusalem," de-
clares:
"Although for years Jews have
formed the majority of the popu-
lation of Jerusalem, they have
not been given representation,
correspondin g to their numbers,
on the Municipal Council. In
March, 1945, the Government of-
fered a compromise under which
the office of Mayor would be held
in rotation by councillors of the
three faiths. The proposal was
rejected in toto by the Arab
councillors, but was accepted, in
principle, by the Jewish council-
lors.
The solution now adopted by
the Government amounts, in ef-
fect, to this: that councillors
who accepted the Government's
proposal and their constituency,
who represent the majority of
the population, are being penal-
ized for the intransigence of the
minority who rejected it. More-
over, the picture conveyed in the
official communique of the Gov-
ernment, maintaining an attitude
of austere detachment in a con-
flict in which both sides are
equally stubborn and unwilling to
make any compromise, forcing
imposition of a commission of
nominated officials, is at variance
with the facts and the situation."
sidor Sosnick Elected
'resident of The
lurover Aid Society
Palestine Group at
Buchenwald Hear from
Zionist President
The Turover Aid Society held
s 70th semi-annual installation
f officers at its meeting Monday
ight in the Jericho Temple. Sol
umberg presided over the in-
ugural ceremonies.
lsidor Sosnick, well known Jew-
h communal leader, was elected
nd inaugurated as president;
Hoffman, first vice-presi-
ent; David Hertz, 2nd vice-pres-
lent; Max L. Roberts, financial
cretary; Julius Gottleib, record-
ig secretary; Morris Zugoff,
Tamer; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ep-
Lein as hospitalers and Sol Lum-
erg, Abraham Grant, John Le-
owsky and Charles Ablecop as
iustees.
The first meeting of the newly
lected officers, together with the
utgoing officers, was held at the
one of Mr. Hoffman on LaSalle
:lvd. Mr. Sosnick outlined a pro-
ram for his term of office and
amed the members of the various
ommittees. He pointed out that
ith a treasury of almost $14,000
he Turover was perhaps the
trongest landsmanshaft verein in
he city and that its position de-
landed that it play an important
art in all matters pertaining to
he welfare, the future and the
ecurity of the Jew. The Com-
, 1 1tees named were the Budget,
,,uilding, Entertainment, Surprise,
,SO, Membership Conservation,
iscal, Program, and Chevra Ka-
isheh.
The Kibutz (Palestine Pioneer
group) that was organized re-
cently in Buchenwald by a group
of former inmates of that noto-
rious Nazi concentration camp,
received a message of greeting
from Dr. Israel Goldstein, presi-
dent of the Zionist Organization
of America, delivered on his be-
half by U. S. Chaplain Robert
Marcus. Composed of a few hun-
dred Jewish youths, the Kibutz,
founded on the site of Buchen-
wald camp, is now engaged in
training its members as farmers
and skilled craftsmen in prepa-
ration for their emigration to
Palestine.
Rabbi Goldstein said that he
was sure President Truman had
Zionist aims in mind when he
went to the Big Three Confer-
ence and that he believed Mr.
Truman would try to raise the
question of Palestine at the Pots-
darn meetings.
"We have faith in Mr. Truman
as our advocate for the 5,000,000
Jews in America represent near-
ly half the total number of Jews
in the world," Rabbi Goldstein
said. "I estimate that since the
war massacres of Jews there are
about 11,000,000 in all."
Addresses Large Rallies:
Dr. Israel Goldstein was the
guest of honor at a series of ral-
lies and functions tendered in his
honor by the Zionist Organiza-
tion of France. On July 14th he
spoke at religious services in
honor of Bastille Day at the La
lebrew Ladies Aid
Victoire Synagogue. On July 17th
>ociety Plans For
he was the principal speaker at a
large rally under the auspices of
donors Luncheon
the Zionists of France which was
A very fine luncheon of the attended by a crowd of many
[drew Ladies Aid Society was thousands.
owed at a board meeting in the
one of Mrs. J. Ringon Petos-
eY, president, on June 27.
Report New British
The Annual Donor Luncheon
ill be held Nov. 19 at noon in Partition Plan
ue Bnai Moshe Auditorium. Mrs.
JERUSALEM (WNS)--A new
atil R. Freeman is chairman and British proposal for solution of
Frs. Louis Kepes, co-chairman. the Palestine problem, which com-
Breakfast at the Jewish Corn- bines a partition plan with guar-
'unity Center U.S.O. was served antees for Jews in all European
y the following hostesses: Mrs. countries, is rumored to be in
hilip Berkowitz, Mrs. Paul R. the making. Under the new plan,
reeman, Mrs. Rose Eskovitz, a "symbolic" Jewish state will be
I 's. Irving E. Leibson.
established in a small part of
Palestine, while, at the same time,
Britain will attempt to secure full
alestine Greets
and equal rights for Jews in all
Europe.
;hip with Immigrants of The
scheme would, according to
HAIFA (Palcor) — The first its sponsors, on the one hand, re-
hip with Jewish immigrants to ward the Jews, especially the
one directly from liberated Eu- Jewish community of Palestine,
oae arrived July 15 with some for their contributions to the war
.300 persons, of whom 818 are effort and lift the pressure for
torn France, including 343 chil- emigration from European coun-
ten 228 tries to Palestine, while, on the
halutzim, youths trained for Pm- other hand, it would satisfy Arab
e th .
tig in Palestine. Of the chil- demands by ending immigration.
ren, 320 are survivors of the It is understood that a high Bri-
iuchenwald concentration camp. tish representative in Egypt, who
The transport included 200 per- recently arrived in London, dis-
?lig
from Britain, among them cussed the plan with leaders of
9
0 are chalutzim and 50 children, the Arab League in Cairo, who
nel 50 arrivals from Italy, in are reported to have voiced no
Yugoslav Jews.
opposition to the proposal.
NEW YORK (WNS)—More
than $5,000,000 worth of relief
supplies—food, clothing and medi-
cine—have been sent during the
past two years to 200,000 war-
displaced Jews in Asiatic Russia
by the American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee, Charles
Passman, director of the Middle
East program for the agency, re-
ported. Mr. Passman, an Ameri-
can citizen who has been absent
from this country for seventeen
years, made his report on the re-
lief program at a conference at
the Joint Distribution Committtee
offices, 270 Madison Avenue.
Despite wartime supply diffi-
culties the agency has built up
commodity stock piles in Teheran
under arrangements made in
1943 with Russia and other Gov-
ernments, said Mr. Passman. Food
parcels and other supplies were
sent from Teheran at the rate of
10,000 a month, to Jewish refu-
gees who had escaped to Asiatic
Russia.
The committee, it was revealed,
is still waiting for permission to
send representatives into the area.
Clothing and shoes purchased
in Palestine, tea and cotton goods
bought in India, foodstuffs, soaps
and shoes from South Africa and
Australia were stocked in ware-
houses in Teheran, and shipped to
refugees from a branch postoffice
set up especially by the commit-
tee, with the consent of the
Iranian and Russian Governments,
said Mr. Passman.
Describing the 50,000 Jewish
families in Southwest Asiatic Rus-
sia as "poverty-stricken," the di-
rector said that "without relief,
they might have reached the point
of starvation."
He explained that news of the
Jewish groups in Russia comes
chiefly from travelers and letters,
since no private agency has been
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allowed to send agents into Rus-
sia.
The latest information is that
Polish Jews in Russia will be
allowed to choose between re-
maining there, where they may
become citizens, and going to
Poland, according to Mr. Pass-
man. Some may go to the Russian
part of Poland, he said. There are
about 225,000 Jewish refugees
in Asiatic Russia, including ap-
proximately 200,000 Polish Jews,
and others who fled the German-
occupied Baltic areas of Europe.
Teheran has been the base for
furnishing bulk supplies for sur-
viving Jews in Poland, Mr. Pass-
man also reported, with weekly
shipments of fifty tons of food-
stuffs, clothing and medicines sent
to Lublin, Warsaw and other Po-
lish centers. Other relief ship-
ments have gone to Jews in Bal-
kan areas and in the Middle East,
and the committee is making ar-
rangements to ship relief parcels
to Bessarabia, Bukovina and the
Baltic district, he said.
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