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U. S. Rejects Israel's Bid for Arms

WASHINGTON—(Special)—Israel's request
for heavy weapons such as artillery and tanks
has been 'tentatively" rejected by the United
States.
Government officials said there was still a
possibility that Israel might be allowed to buy
light arms and perhaps some surplus jet fighters.
It Was reported that the Department of Defense

has ruled that there were not enough heavy U .S.
wisipons to meet the Israeli request and at the same
tins arm western Europe.
Israel had asked the U. S. government for arms

Irote Pact
for Safety

Arab spokesmen described the
proposed treaty as the first step
toward a regional bloc of Arab
states, adding that the group
would seek recognition from the
United Nations.

The pact seeks collective meas-
ures against any aggressor. A
Joint defense will be set up to
coordinate inter-Arab defense.

One clause states that the sig-
natories "assert their determina-
tion to seek peaceful solutions for
international disputes involving
them."

Meanwhile, it was believed by
political observers that the Arabs
are trying to re-establish peace in
the Middle East through the me-
diation of the United States Pal-

estine Conciliation Commission.
Palestine Arabs joined Jordan-
ians last Tuesday in voting for a
new Jordan parliament. There
were rumors that immediately
after the election King Abdullah

would sign a peace treaty with

Israel.

The Jordan elections arc of su-
preme importance and may
change the whole political pic-
ture in the Middle East. Observ-
ers believe that Abdullah agreed
to the Arab League pact exclud-
ing separate peace agreements
with Israel only because he want-
ed to avoid a crisis and was
afraid he could endanger the
elections.
It is believed that Abdullah's
original desire to come to terms
with Israel is unchanged.

1st ZOA Head
Dead at 85

BALTIMORE — (Special)* —
Funeral services were held here
for Dr. Harry Friedenwald, Zion-

ist leader and noted ophthalmol-
ogist, following his death, at 85
years of age, last Saturday.
Dr. Friedenwald was a person-
al friend of the late Dr. Theodor
Iferzl and was a pioneer in the
development of American Zion-
ism.

He served as first president of
the Zionist 'Organization of
America. He presented his col-
lection of rare manuscripts to a
university in Israel.
A native of Baltimore, Dr.
Friedenwald is survived by a son,
a daughter, and two brothers.

Argentine Hate-Sheet
Circulated in Germany

government circles do not agree with Israel in that
there is an imminent danger of attack by the Aral)
states and that the Israeli fears are exaggerated.

It is also believed in Washington that at the present
time Israel is the strongest power in the Middle East.
It is furthar argued in Washington that Israel already
is equipped with heavy weapons, according to U. S.
intelligence reports,
An additional reason for the U. S. coolness toward
Israel is seen in the fact that Israel has remained
neutral in the cold war and tried to steer a course be-
tween the democracies and Soviet Russia.
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HRIINICLE

CAIRO — (Special) — The
Political Committee of the
Arab League approved an in- Vol. 52—No. 15
ter-Arab collective security
pact.

The pact is aimed at creat-
ing a military, political and
economic front of the states
which were allied against
Israel in the Palestine war.

about three months ago. It said it needed the arms to
bolster its defenses, not for aggressive purposes.
Spokesmen of the State Department, however, were
careful to point out that the Israeli demand is still
under study by various government agencies and that
no definite decision has.been taken.
Secretary Dean Acheson, a year ago, declared that.
the embargo of arms to the Middle East no longer is
in force but that henceforth Israelis and Arabs would
get only such weapons as are necessary for self-
defense.
It is learned from informed sources that U. S.

.C,17,27 Thursday, April 13, 1950

Senate Liberalhes Law
on Admission of DPs

WASHINGTON—(Special)—In a 58-15 vote, the U. S.
Senate approved the hotly contested liberalization of the DP
bill, as asked for by the Truman administration.

The new bill is considered a
considerable improvement over
the discriminatory DP legislation
which has governed this country's
immigration policies so far.
Under the new act, the United
States will
1) Admit 359,000 displaced per-
sons and 54,744 persons of Ger-
man ethnic origin who were dis-
pelled from homelands outside
Germany;
2) Extend the DP program for
another year until June 30, 1951;
3) Eliminate the clause that 40
per cent of the DPs be Batts and
that another 30 per-scent be farm-
ers (a provision which was con-
sidered_ discilminatoryagainst
Jews);
4) Establish Jan. 1, 1949, in-
stead of Dec. 22, 1945, as the
date on which persons must have
reached the occupied zones as
displaced;
5) Give U. S. consuls authority
to rule over a person's eligibility;
6) Admit 20,000 orphans ,in-
stead of 5,000 originally proposed,
and
7) Permit sponsorship of DPs
entering the country by U.S.
citizens only.
On the other hand, the Senate
defeated proposals to change the
definition of a displaced person
so that it would include the ex-
pellees of whom there are about
8,000,000, to extend the cutoff
date only to April 21, 1947, and
to require that the immigration
and consular services have au-
thority equal to that of the DP
commission in determining the
eligibility of the displaced.
The fight for limitation was led
by Sen. Pat McCarren of Nevada.
Sen. Homer Ferguson of Michi-
gan was among those who fought
for a liberalized DP bill.

Dutch Confirm
Rights of Jvs
Cl
to Restitution

ipreplier

Warns of
2nd Boa nd

JERUSALEM— (Special) —
The danger of a second round
10c a Copy — $3 Per Year in the war of the Arabs
against Israel is very great
and quick mass settlement of
IsraelU underdeveloped areas
is a vital necessity, Prime
Minister Ben Gurion said at
a meeting here.

Christians Join
With Jews in
UJA Campaign

WASHINGTON — (WNS) — A
group of outstanding American
Christian leaders in politics and
industry joined together this
week to emerge plans for enlist-

ing the support of the entire
American community in the 1950
campaign of the United Jewish
Appeal (Allied Jewish Campaign
AMSTERDAM--(WNS) — The in Detroit.)
rights of Jews to receive full
The plan sets a new precedent
restitution of property was up- in UJA history. Among those
held here when a special Hague participating are Charles F. Bran-
court ruled that Jews need not nan, Oscar Chapman, Maurice
accept a portion of their property Tobin, Mrs. Franklin D. Roose-
velt, Senator Robert A. Taft,
looted by the Germans during the Mrs. J. Borden Harriman, union
occupation of Holland, in lieu of heads William Green and Philip
Murray and Rep. Franklin D
full settlement.
The question before the court Roosevelt, Jr.
The conference, officially spon-
concerned the Lipman-Rosenthal
Bank, which is now being/liqui- sored by the National Christian
dated and which offered the Jews Committee of the UJA, headed
70 per cent of their deposits, pro- by Roosevelt, will be held in
viding t hey renounce their Washington, D.C. on April 15
claims to securities and negoti- and 16.
able property, which has since
been sold by the bank. The offer
was suggested by the Dutch Min-
istry of Finance.
According to terms of the court
decision, the government must
make public, within two months,
the percentage which the bank
will pay to its creditors on ac-
NEW YORK—(WNS)—An old
count of the 400,000,000 guilders
deposited in the bank.
manuscript, written by a Jew in
Palestine in the first century of
the common era, bringing to light
many new legends about Adam
and other Biblical characters, has
PARIS—(WNS)—A Jew, who been found by Professor Guido
robbed and tortured his fellow
Kisch, visiting professor of his-
prisoners in the Birkenau concen-
tration camp was sentenced to tory at the Hebrew College.
Dr. Kisch disclosed his findings
death here by a military tribu-

The Premier added that the
difficult political situation made
it necessary for Israel to be fully
mobilized and to be on the alert.
Ben Gurion urged the collec-
tive kibbutzim to do their utmost
in creating greater facilities for
absorption of new immigrants.
His speech implied a criticism
of the kibbutzim. Their "fanati-
cal adherence to their ideology,"
Ben Gurion said, causes the kib-
butzim to isolate themselves and
to reduce their farming activities
rather than hiring immigrant
workers.

Funds Raised,

for Fellowship
•

NASHVILLE — (WNS) — A

$1,200 Hillel Fellowship in Reli-

gion for graduate work leading
toward the M.A. or Ph.D. degree,
has been established at Vander-
bilt University with funds col-
lected from Jewish residents in
this city.
The Hillel Professorship was
created last year, with funds
granted to Vanderbilt by the
B'nai B'rith Foundations and the
Carnegie Corporation.
• « •
PHILADELPHIA—(WNS)—The
great majority of colleges in this
state require the answers of
questions in applications for stu-
dents which point to the appli-
cants' race or faith.
Only 24 out of 123 do not put
such questions to the applicant, a
survey by the Committee on Fair
Educational Opportunities indi-
cates. Many of the schools, it
pointed out, also require the ap-
plicant to submit a photograph.
This is regarded as another
means of barring students of un-
in a book published by the Uni- desired faiths.

First Century
Manuscript
Tells of Bible

Jewish Nazi Gets
Supreme Penalty

nal.
The accused, Pinkus Chmiel- versity of Notre Dame. The man-
nicki, pleaded that he was forced uscript is contemporary in origin
CARS TO ISRAEL HALTED
by the Germans to accept the with some of the New Testament
NEW YORK—(ISI)—The gov- post. Several witnesses for the writings and throws much light
ernment of Israel will no longer prosecution testified that Chmiel- on them as well as on religious
grant permission for the import nicki had killed a number of his thought of the Jews of that per-
BUCHAREST—(WNS) — Aris-
iod.
charges.
of automobiles as gifts.
tide Manolescu and Constantin
Georgescu, former commander of
Jewish slave labor battalions,
were found guilty of treating
Jewish prisoners under their
command with "revolting cruel-
recognition
of
Israel.
An address by Dr. Abba Hillel
Dr. Silver also served as ty" and sentenced to 20-year and
Silver will be the high point of
president of the Zionist Organi- five-year prison terms, respective-
the rally at which Detroit work-
zation of America in 1945-6. He ly, by a Bucharest criminal court.
ers and givers will formally open
The court also ordered confica-
was one of the leaders who ne-
the 1950 Allied Jewish Campaign
gotiated the inclusion of the tion of their property and loss of
at 8:30 p.m., Tuesday. at Congre-
United Palestine Appeal in the civil rights.
gation Shaarey Zedek.
United Jewish Appeal and was
The Zionist leader, rabbi of
chairman of UPA from 1943-48.
Cleveland, is a noted orator and
The meeting will mark the
is remembered in Detroit from
opening in the trades and pro-
many previous appearances. He
fessions, largest division of Allied
is a former chairman of the
TEL AVIV.—(WNS)—In an
Jewish Campaign contributors.
United Jewish Appeal, major
The women's division opened attempt to halt a second round
beneficiary of the Allied Jewish
its drive March 27 and will between Israel and the Arab
Campaign.
initiate general solicitation April states, Israeli President Chaim
In his capacity as chairman of
17. The junior division campaign Weizmann, now recovered from
the American section of the Jew-
DR. SILVER
opened March 26 and general an illness, is reported to have
ish Agency for Palestine, he was
• • •
com:nunicated with President
coverage began April 10.
the spokesman at the United Na-
Trunian on the question of sell-
H.
Krolik
is
chairman
Julian
Zionist
Emergency
Council
In
tions hearing which recommend-
ed the partition of Palestine. He Israel's war year of 1919 and of the general cabinet directing ing American arms to the Jewish

Romania Punishes
Camp Torturers

Dr. Silver to Launch Fund Drive Here

BERLIN— (WNS) —Circulation
of the Anti-Semitic sheet, "Der
Weg." banned by the American
occupation forces in Germany in
May 1949, is being resumed, it
was reported here by the Berlin
Jewish community,
The publication, published in
Argentine, seeks to discredit
also was the chairman of the in the period preceding American the campaign.
Anglo-American democracy.

Weizmann Asks
Truman. for Help

State.

