•• ■, ..... 4 *rm. Read a new type of editorial Page 4 Vol. 52 — No. 4b27 H ethar"-Lt .Teurah, Youth Education League Page 16 . 4) .,„ ..v() AJ Commit Outlines Sth on Civil Rights January 26, 1950 tat's the Idea! A - Stec NEW' YORK—(WNS)—The American Jewish Commit- The conference was attended agreed that the responsibility for by 500 members of the American allaying existing tensions and in- Jewish Committee, representing augurating long-range programs Jewish leadership in some 50 to improve intergroup relations cities throughout the country. rests upon all groups in the corn- President Truman, in a letter Munity, including police, educa- addressed to Jacob Blaustein, na- tion and welfare departments. tional president of the American ACTION PROGRAM Jewish Committee, praised the "In tension areas, where viol- organization for having 'fought the good fight" against bigotry ence has broken out, the police and prejudice for 43 years. The must play a vital role in prevent- President's message, . part. said: ing disorder and in dealing with the incidents themselves," said TRUMAN'S MESSAGE ' During the first half of the Dr. R. B. Loewy, of Peekskill, a 20th century we have seen despite member of the Committee's New momentary setbacks, great over- York Chapter. all progress made in eradicating • In the foreign affairs area, the prejudice and hatred among the delegates were advised that a sur- races and religions of our citizens. vey of West and Central Euro- This progress has been attribut- pean Jewish communities reveal- able In an awakening conscious- ed that Jewish communal life is ness of and awareness by the beginning to show signs of sta- American people of the great bilization. principles of the prophets of old Dr. John Slawson, executive and the fundamental tenets of vice-president, declared that the our Constitution. The American objectives of the American Jew- Jewish Committee and other ish Committee program in Eu- great organizations have contrib- rope are to help the Jewish com- uted materially to this progress. munities there to re-establish I wish for your organization many their social and religious insti- more years of constructive tutions, to strengthen their civil -, *111111110941X:". - r-ights,position:. to develop their In th .esion devoted' to cultural life and to integrate with `Overcoming Racial and Reli- the life of the nations in which gious Tensions•" the delegates they live. Gnashing Teeth, Nazi Town Returns Synagogue to Jews FRANKFURT— (WNS) — The Jewish physicians to local hos- German town of Markdreiwitzd pitals, lost another round to the which gained notoriety some Jews. months ago when its Nazi Burg-I Through a miracle the town's !twister barred the admission of synagogue was spared in the No- vember, 1938, wave of pogroms, when hundreds of synagogues throughout Germany were de- stroyed, burned and pillaged. In- stead, the synagogue was trans- formed into a city hotel. 111 The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Hour will honor the Cantors and Ministers Association of Detroit on the program at 10:45 p.m., Sunday over station WKMH, 1310 on the dial. 1 When the war ended, the few returning Jews demanded the synagogue. The Germans laughed at what they called Jewish "im- pudence," and declared it was "a shame that these Jews re- turned." For years negotiations had Among the guests to be inter- been going on with the town viewed will be Cantor A. A. authorities for the return' of the synagogue, but without progress. Rosenfeld. In fact, some of the negotiators A program of Jewish liturg- dared to threaten that "what ical music will be featured. In Hitler failed to accomplish, the addition, Israeli music and folk extinction of the Jews, we will songs will be sung by members accomplish." of the Cantor's Association. Finally American m i I i .l a r y The news of the world and the authorities stepped in. And that Calender of Local Events will is how the synagogue was turned round out the program. over to the Jews. 10c a Copy —$3 Per Year Camp Schools Create Rift in Israeli Cabinet JERUSALEM—(WNS)—Premier David Ben Gurion, taking note of the controversy which has been raging in this country over charges by religious elements that children in immigration camps were being compelled to attend nron-reli- gious schools, said he would leave the cabinet if the charges are proven to be true. held its 43rci anntial meeting with a series of workshop seminars, where the major issues facing American Jewry in 1950 were considered. • Chronicle Hour Will Feature Sacred Music Reich Restitution Set at 600 Million FAIGE RATER, 18-month-old DP, objects to being deposited on the doorstep of America in a basket, while her folks go through the customs. Faige was born in a DP camp and was brought over by the Ileb- rew Immigrant Aid society. JERUSALEM—(Special)—It is estimated here that West Germ- any might pay about $600,000,000 in goods for what had been ex- torted from Jews by Hitler. About a third of this compen- sation might be transferred to Israel in the form of pre-fabri- cated houses, irrigation pipes, machinery and other goods. Approximately 350,000 claims are listed. German authorities, it was ex- plained, recognized the principle of these claims. Jewish Communities Seek Action on Civil Rights Plan Detroit Jewish organizations took an active part in a nation- wide mobilization for Civil Rights in Washington on Jan. 15-17. Meyer Silverman, president of the East Side Merchants Asso- ciation; B. M. Joffe, executive di- rector of the Jewish Community Council, and M. Leavitt, the Workmen's Circle, joined hun- dreds of other delegates from or- ganizations throughout the coun- try. Recent incidents in Peekskill, and Chicago, seem to indicate a pattern. Th:w started as anti- Negro demonstrations, then de- veloped into anti-Semitic out- bursts. ington expressed the opinion that the Civil Rights Mobilization was the most impressive and most or- derly mass visitation ever wit- nessed in Washington. Both Michigan senators, Homer Ferguson and Arthur H. Vanden- berg authorized the publication of their decision to help bring the FEPC Bill to the voting stage and to try to break the filibuster, even if it takes six to eight weeks. made across the borders, the size of the peacetime Army must be enlarged. "It's not over yet," he warned. The present two-year military service act enables many officers and men who started army serv- ice in 1948 to obtain their re- lease in 1950. Volunteers for the regular army are numerous— many more proportionally than, in other countries. But old- timers, especially those whose service in defense organizations dates back many year, want to make a new start in civilian jobs TIBERIAS—(WNS) — home- It is the feeling of all Jewish diate revival of the Sanhedrin, community relations organiza- traditional Jewish tribunal vest- tions that Jews have a direct ed with authority to promulgate stake in President Truman's civil and interpret religious law, was rights proposals. urged here by Rabbi Judah Mai- CONGRESSMEN POLLED mon, Israel's minister of religion. Congressmen and senators went Speaking at a gathering dedi- on record either in favor of the cated to the revival of the San- President's program or in favor hedrin, Rabbi Maimon counseled of bringing the pending bills the immediate convocation of a on the floor of the house and the national conference of rabbis to senate. act on re-establishing the ancient The organizers of the Civil law body. Rights Mobilization, led by the He delivered the address at the National Association for the Ad- grave of Rabbi Yochanan ben vancement of Colored People and Zakai, who was president of the the Jewish community relations Sanhedrin at the time of the agencies, barred all representa- destruction of the second Temple tion from totalitarian groups. by the Romans in 70 C.E. A credentials committee dis- Chief Rabbi Isaac Halevi Her- qualified credentials of some 600 zog is reported veering to the alleged "delegates" whose cre- view that it is premature to talk dentials were found to be not in of estabiishing a Sanhedrin. He order. is said to feel that the issue is IMPRESSIVE MEETING too complicated for action now Experienced observers in Wash- and that before proceeding it and their places must be filled by conscripts, Yadin declared. "The army should be pioneer- ing in spirit, modern in out- look, democratic and technical- ly efficient," he stated. Yadin proposed that women be called up for a two-year per- iod of service because 10 to 20 per cent of army jobs could be performed by them. • • • DRAFT CHANGES PROPOSED JERUSALEM— (ISI) —Three basic changes in the Israel con- The Israeli Premier made the declaration in a letter to Rabbi J. L. Maimon. minister of reli- gion, in which he stated that the religious groups would have to bear the consequences in the event the charges are not sub- stantiated. In the meantime a cabinet com- mittee of five has been appoint- ed to investigate the complaints of the religious groups. Although the eyes of the new state are being focused on Ge- neva, where the UN Trusteeship Council was slated to discuss measures aimed at implementing the General Assembly's Jerusa- lem internationalization decision, little doubt remained that there was nothing to stop Israel from its plans regarding the Holy City. At the same time Israeli Premier moved in the direction of broadening his cabinet by in- viting the General Zionists and Mapam to join his coalition gov- ernment. On the economic front much at- tention was centered on the con- templated action by Knesset to make special concessions to foreign investors. Meir Gross- man, Jewish Agency executive member, reported after a tour of Europe that financial circles aboard were favorably impressed by the proposed move to encour- age private capital investors. Rabbis Divided on Revival of Sanhedrin in Israel Now Threat of a 'Second Round' No Propaganda Scare — Yadin TEL AVIV — (ISI) —Prepara- tions for the "second round" by Arab countries are real, not a propaganda scare, and as a re- sult, the size of Israel's peace- time Army will soon be suffi- cient, Ray Alouf Yigal Yadin, chief of staff, told the press. In giving the background for proposed changes in the present defense law, he said that Israel's army is as prepared as ever to repulse any attack and fight the enemy on his soil, but in order to cope with preparations being Read About would be wise to hold a series of conferences with prominent rabbis in Israel and abroad. A number of rabbis in the United States are said to have opposed the idea on the ground that the Sanhedrin institution cannot be revived before the coming of the Messiah. Britain Eases Pressure for Oil from Iraq BAGDAD — (Special) — Ac- cording to a report of the New York Times' correspondent in Iraq, Britain and the Iraq Pe- troleum Co., which is owned by British, U. S., French and Dutch interests, are weakening in their determination to persuade the Iraqui government to reopen the• oil pipeline from Iraq to Haifa. Britain exerted pressure on Iraq by opposing an international loan and withholding financial as- sideration bill were presented to sistance. the Kneset by Prime Minister Ben A recent grant of a three-mil- Gurion. He proposed that men of 18 lion pound British loan for Iroqui years accepted for service in railroads is the first evidence of technical units or duties requir- a growing willingness to give way ing longer periods of training on the pipeline issue. be exempt from agricultural In Iraq, the issue has become training. a symbol of national honor. It He also suggested that recruits is the answer to charges of tire over 20 years called up before Egyptian press that Iraq did not October, 1951. be exempt from do enough in the Palestine war. agricultural service, and that Keeping the pipeline closed has women be called up for two become a symbol of Iraq's claim years instead of one, as at pres- to the respect of other Arab ent. states.