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DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE

Fridley, January 28, 1949

Strictly Confidential

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encies Curb Private Enterprise in Israel

The delegates, mind you, only two delegates from
THERE ARE many complaints from Jewish bus- tion of these organizations. Great action was implied
THERE
men who want to do business with Israel. in these invitations. They specified that two, mind each organiztition, went home, more bewildered than
It seems that Jewish organizations, not 'necessarily you, only two delegates of each organization would ever. They could not figure out why they had been
called away from their important organizational work.
be admitted.
•only Zionist groups, are interfer-
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But we solved the mystery.
ing with the normal growth of
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private investments in the. Jewish
SO 160 DELEGATES assembled last week in a ho-
republic. These organized groups
tel room. The atmosphere was tense; everybody was
IT SEEMS THAT when the British rumors failed to
feel that they are entitled to pri-
wondering what action Rabbi Silver would assign to
materialize and Bevin announced the liberation of the
ority when it comes to the repre-
them. And Rabbi Silver in his best oratorical style
DP's from Cyprus, our emergency council no longer
sentation of Israeli business inter-
spoke for a half an hour on the present political sit- knew what to do with the conference. Instead of call-
ests in this country.
uation, coined a few striking epigrams and sat down.
ing it off the leaders of the Council preferred to go
Why, for instance, should the
Then Israel's young and brilliant representative at
through the motions.
National Jewish Welfare Board
the UN discoursed in the most appropriate diplomatic
A rather unfortunate decision. The delegates will
grab the sole distribution rights in
form about restraint being Me most useful policy just
not feel inclined to take invitations from the emerg-
the United States and Canada of
now and sat down.
ency council seriously in the future.
Israeli Filmnews Reviews, a ser-
P. J. Biron
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ies of 15 minute 16 mm sound films on the Jewish
BY
THAT
TIME
the
delegates
were
frantic
in
their
NO
USE
DENYING
the fact, the official Catholic
State? This is a commercial proposition which would
bewilderment. Rabbi Silver arose once more and ap- press here and in Canada is antagonistic to the Jew-
have attracted unattached businessmen.
pointed a committee on resolutions. After disappearing
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ish republic. The latest journal to join the anti-Israel
hysteria is the Montreal ''Le Devoir," the organ of
THE RUMORS from London were ominous. It for a half hour it brought in the next of three resolu-
tions which the efficient secretary of the emergency the Catholic-Nationalist party in the province of Que-
was whispered that Bevin and his cabinet had agreed
that Israel would have to he stopped by a show of couni:il had prepared during the day.
bee.
The resolutions were passed unanimously, of course.
military strength. And so the Zionist Emergency
In its editorials and stories, "Le Devoir" is most
Council, asleep these last few months, roused itself They were harmless resolutions thanking President vehement in its proteVations that the Israelis are the
Truman and expressing determination in the support aggressors in the wanand that Britain should be per-
and called an emergency meeting of 80 Jewish org-
anizations.
of Israel. You know the kind of resolutions that are mitted to proceed as she sees fit. In other words, these
The telegraphed invitations called attention to
being thrown around in practically every Zionist dis.
nationalist French Canadians say "Plutot (rather)
the British threat of war and asked for the coopera-
triet these days.
Britain than justice to the Jews anywhere."
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Israel Goes to the Polls
in Climax to Big Events

By NATHAN ZIPRIN

Y HOLDING its first national
election under the strain of
war and international politics
Israel has given an impressive
demonstration of democracy in
action. ,
The week that just passed may
prove to have been the most
momentous in the history of the
young State. The Arabs sued for
peace . . . Bevin yielded . . •
British and French recognition
of Israel is expected any mom-
ent . . . The Export-Import
Bank has approved a $100,000,-
000 loan.
Some of these phenomenal
events are not . mere accidents.
Londoit and Washington were
interested in the election of
western-minded David Ben Gur-
ion.

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most orthodox Jewish city in
American .. .
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver cele-
brates his 56th birthday on Jan.
26 . . . Isaac Neiditch, the vet-
eran Zionist leader, is recup-
erating from an operation . . .
Mrs. Anne McCormick of the
New York Times has written an
interesting series of articles
about Israel. Moshe Shertok told
her in a recent conversation:
"We are not only a State but
a world nation" .. .
The Yiddish Art Theater.
whose celebration of its thirtieth
anniversary was made possible
by the sheer stubbornness and
deterimiation of Maurice
Schwartz, will close its doors
earlier this season than ever be-
fore. The Art Theater has been
a great institution in American
Jewish life . . .
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Mrs. Adler to Talk
to Jr. Hadassah.

Mrs. Morris Adler will be
hostess to the Junior Hadassah's
"JUG " (Just
Us Girls)
meeting at 8:30
p.m., Monday.
A discussion
will be led by
Mrs. Adler
dealing w ith
the role young
women of to-
day play in
developing and
Mrs. Adler
maintaining a
Jewish' home.
The session is open to mem-
bers only, but non-members may
attend by contacting Helen Kar-
abenick, membership chairman,
TO. 8-4966.
Junior Hadasash's dramatic
group is casting for plays sched-

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GOLDIE ACCLAIMED
JEWS IN the Soviet Union are
stirred by the presence in their
midst of Israel's envoy Goldie
Myerson. At the Rosh Hoshonah
services in the Moscow Syna-
gogue many Jews kissed the
hem of the Jewish envoy's skirt.
When riding in the subway she
was asked by Jews who didnit
give their names: "How can we
go to Israel?"
At the diplomatic reception
on November 7, on the occasion
of Red Army Day, Molotov
singled her out for .special at-
tention. Mrs. Molotov, who is
Jewish, expressed friendly senti-
ments toward Israel. Goldie has
not yet met Stalin.
The Soviet Union will prove
its sympathies for Israel when
it permits Jewish emigration to
the new State. Lenin, in a let-
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ter to the Haifa industrialist
Michael Poliakoff, once termed
MOST ORTHODOX .
the Jews as the "lubricating oil"
HARRY GREENSTEIN, advis- in a country's machinery.
or on Jewish Affairs to the
American Military Government
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ON THE HO q FRONT
THE MONTOR controversy
has been solved. The leaders of
the ZOA are determined not to
yield. If Montor is foisted on
the UPA, they claim, the ani-
mosities he has aroused will do
more harm than good . . .
Few of the 1,200 delegates
who attended the Atlantic City
UJA conference realized they
were merely figures in a chess
game between Ben Gurion and
Abba Hillel Silver. A royal bat-
tle is ahead whe,n the members
of the Jewish Agency executive
arrive here to take a hand in
the issue. Zionist leadership is
taking the position that the Ag-
ency has no jurisdiction with
regard to UPA policy. . .
Gov. Lehman is in a hospital.
He is undergoing treatment for
an eye ailment . . .

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