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Thursday, May 11, 1950
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illebresv University
Illa•ks 25th Year

WASHINGTON—(WNS)—Israel's application for a li,

10c a Copy — $3 Per Year cense to purchase defensive arms in this country has still not

Robert Nathan
to Speak for
Allied Drive

solicited a reply from the U. S. government, it was declared
here by a spokesman for the Israel embassy.
The disclosure was made against the background of it
denial by Secretary of State Dean Acheson of a reported re-
jection of Israel's request., Dean Acheson told a press confer-
ence that he knew of no such decision by the American gov
-
ernment.

JERUSALEM—(WNS)—President Chaim Weizmann, in
The Israel embassy spokesman states which went to war to de-
a message hailing the 25th anniversary of the Hebrew Univer-
Robert Nathan, who was the pointed out that his country was stroy Israel, which still demand
sity, called the institution the cultural center of the Jewish
concerned" over the that Israel give up some of its
state and a rallying symbol for Jewish communities the world economic wizard of America's "gravely
"rapid pace" with which Arab territory, which in defiance of

war production effort and is now

armament was moving during international law carry On every
the three months since Israel kind of economic 'sanction, such
"first approached the U. S. goo. as the closing of the Suez Can-
ernment on this matter" and al, and which persist in a refusal
that "it is very strange to read to make peace with Israel."
the alleged claims of military ex- Britain's rearming of the Arab
perts that Israel is stronger than states and the U. S. government's
the Arab states." conduct in the matter will be the
The statement revealed that subject of a two-day parley to
by the
while Egypt has received 25 jet American
be held here
June
4-5
Zionist
Council.
planes during the first three
Disclosure of the conference
months of this year, Israel has was made in New York by Louis
not been able to purchase even Lipsky, chairman of the organ-
one such plane.
ization, who said the Council in-
, Declaring that Britain's sale of tends using "all legitimate meth-
arms to Egypt, Lebanon and Sy- ods at its disposal to bring about
ria was forging a "ring of arma- a reversal of the position taken
ments around Israel," the state- and maintained by the Stale De:
ment noted that a country sur- partment." 0
rounded by armed belligerents
At the same time a group of
can "find no defensive armor in Congressmen submitted a poti-
the complacency of military ex- tion ta'Acheson requesting inter.
Social
ROBERT NATHAN
peas who say that the Arabs cession with Great Britain to the
• •
will not attack us." end of halting the shipping of
the consultant to the private in-
It is clear, the statement con- arms to the Arab states. The pe-
Meanwhile it was reported that vestment program in Israel, will eluded, "that peace in the Neat tition asked Acheson to take up
WINNIPEG — (WNS) — The
speak at the fourth report lun-
Union of Electors, Quebec -branch the Canadian Legion, meeting in cheon of the Allied Jewish Cam- East is not promoted by a one- the matter when he meets Brit-
of the national Social Credit a three-day conference at Sher- paign Friday noon at the Detroit- sided policy which places power- ish Foreign Secretary Ernest Be-
ful arms at the disposal of the vin in London this month.
Party of Canada, has been ousted brooke, Quebec, approved a reso- Leland Hotel.
from the parent body because of lution urging the government to
Nathan is director of the Eco-
its insistent pursuit of an anti-
close the doors to all displaced nomic Department of the Jewish
Semitic program.
Agency for Palestine and co-au-
Disclosure of the ouster was persons and to keep them closed
satis- thor of the book, "Palestine:
a
"until
such
a
time
when
made by Solon Low, national
head of the Social Credit Party, factory balance will be achieved Problem and Promise."
and
He last spoke in Detroit in 1947
who accused the Quebec affiliate in Canada" between native
DP workers. Such a ban, the at a meeting of the mercantile
being
a
dictatorial
organiza-
of
ease
JERUSALEM --- ( IVNS) — Ap• • Foreign Affairs Committee, when
division of the DetrOirService
tion and. of- disseminating anti- resolution stressed, would
in Group.
proval of the policy followed by he declared that the establishment
. saroitialo. , and other dangerous the unemploynien: situation
Canada.
propaganda.
Nathan made . his reputation the Israel government with re- of an independent state in the
rest of Palestine "would be an
during World War II as deputy
gard to Jordan's annexation of economic parasite on our body,
director of the Office of War Mo-
bilization. lie programmed the Arab Palestine was voted by the enabling the Mufti to rise to pow-
vast increase in America's pro- Knesset after a sharp debate, er and strengthening the Arab
ductive capacity which tipped the during which the Ben Gurion League and Egypt."
At the same time he stressed
war scales in favor of the Allies. policy was subjected to fire by
that
expansion now by Israel in
members
of
wing
In previous positions as chair- right and left
the direction of the Arab sector
man of the planning committee of parliament.
At the present time, Dr. Fait- the War Production Board and
The leftist members, of the of Palestine would mean "the
Israel did not reject the entry
of Falashas into the country, said lovitch said, intensified Christ- assistant director of research and Mapam Party, demanded rejec- destruction of the Third Temple."
Prof. Jacques Faitlovitch, inter- ianization in Abyssinia is the statistics, his surveys had pointed tion of King Abdullah's annexa-
national authority on the Falasha greatest threat to the Falashas out the soft spots in civilian and tion move and the severance of
negotiations with Transjordan.
Jews in Abyssinia, in an exclusive and their existence as Jews. A military production.
interview with the Jewish Pro-Falasha Committee in New
He was formerly chief of the They demanded that Transjor-
York, under the chairmanship of national income division of the dan be cited before the United
Chronicle.
Charles P. Kramer, is taking U. S. Department of Commerce Nations for a move, they said,
WASHINGTON — (WNS) —
Dr. Faitlovitch, who began
and has held key positions in the constituted a threat to the peace Jacob Blaustein, president of the
studying the Falashas in 1904, their plight to American Jews.
G.N. American Statistical Association,
of the world.
said there was no foundation to
American Jewish Committee, met
Menahem Beigin, leader of the
the National Planning Association
the allegation that the Falashas
with President Truman over the
and the Executive Committee Herut Party, right wing, struck week end and among the subjects
were disease ridden. Oct the con-
a
belligerent
tone,
declaring
that
rule
Conference
on
National
Income
a
trary, he said, they are, as
discussed was the question of
Israel would smash Abdullah's
much healthier than their non-
and Wealth.
army in the event of a clash over Israel's bid for a license to pur-
Jewish countrymen.
chase defensive arms in the Unit-
Israel's refusal to recognize
Dr. Faitlovitch added, however,
ed States.
Transjordan's grab.
that there was no immediate need
Prior to meeting the president,
was
The government's
for any large-scale Falasha emi-
Blaustein conferred with Secre-
stated
by
Zalma
Aharonovitz,
gration. Although they are poor
tary of Defense Louis Johnson.
LANSING — (Special) — Bill
and on a low cultural level, they
CINCINNATI—(WNS) — Tan- chairman of the Parliamentary
are not faced with extermination No. 34, introduced by Sen. gible recognition for the Jewish
like the Jews of other Near East Charles S. Blondy, was passed by Community Center "as a decisive
the senate on May 3.
countries.
force on the American Jewish
The Falashas, the scholar ex-
The bill is an amendment to scene" was achieved in 1949,
plained, are a blend of Semites Public Act No. 351 and enables when Jewish community planning
and Hamites. Jews came to Ab- people who for religious reasons for leisure time and informal ed-
yssinia about 2,000 years ago, cannot vote on a holiday to use ucation projects reached a new
the Greater nees from Detroit to the District
In a recent election
probably from the Jewish- Egyp- instead the absentee ballot.
level of activity and achieve- Bnai Brith Women's Council set _ Six Convention. Delegates are
tian military colony of Elephan-
nominated from eight states and
This year's state primaries will ment throughout the country,
tine. They became a powerful be held on the first day of Rosh Frank L. Weil, president of the ected two women, Mrs. Robert four Canadian provinces and then
group in Abyssinia, subjected a Hashanah.
National Jewish Welfare Board, Coggan, president of the Council, elected at the convention which
number of tribes, converted them
The bill still has to be passed declared here at the opening and Mrs. Gerald Goldberg, past will be held in Chicago, July 1-3,
In a recent article in the De-
to Judaism and set up a Jewish by the house before it can be session of the organization's bi-
president of the Council, as nomi- troit News, the Bnai Brit)) Wom-
kingdom which was in existence signed into law by the governor. ennial national convention. •
until the 17th century.
en were lauded for the excellent
Then the Christianization of
record of their work for the Can-
the country began, and the Jews
cer Society.
were reduced to a powerless
To date, over a total of 41,300
group which now probably num-
dsTh h a i s ve is beetn he
The commission's first job will cancer pads
d e by
bers only 50,000.
m a largest
GENEVA—(Special) — Israel it is believed that direct talks
to find out how far the Arab chapters.
The Falashas are living in their
amount
of
any
Jewish
organiza-
be
between
Jews
and
Arabs
will
not
own villages. They are mostly informed the United Nations that start immediately.
states will insist on putting the lion in the city.
it has accepted the proposal of
farmers and craftsmen.
Pisgah
Chapter leads with over
Meanwhile, it was reported refugee question at the top of
P
They are biblical Jews, still the UN Conciliation Commission from Tel Aviv that the Israeli
21,000 pads, and 170 johnny coats.
the
dicussions.
practicing immolation, and never for Palestine to proceed with di- government has based its accep-
Member of
According to Israel sources, the Mrs. Simon Holden, a
had any contact with talmudic
tance of the UN proposal on the Arab League has demanded Pisgah Chapter, has made 5,135
rect
negotiations
with
the
Arab
Judaism. To help them, Dr. Fait-
condition that the refugee ques-
alone.
lovitch set up a school for Fal- states.
tion be considered within the "prior concessions by Israel as pads
Mrs. Gerald Goldberg has been
The Arab states had previously
for the negotia-
ashas in Addis Abeba as early as
context of the overall program. prerequesite
tions." In Israel's opinion this in charge of the city-wide cancer
1923, and succeeded in educating accepted the UN plan on condition
The UN commission is trying would mean "refusal to enter drive for Bnai Brith Women. She
a nucleus of Falasha Jews who that the return of the refugees to act as a mediator and a broker
is community relations chairman.
upon peace negotiations."
could go out and spread knowl- be made the first item on the between the two sides.
agenda.
Because
of
this
condition,
edge among their fellowmen.

Over.
Expressing regret at his inabil- faction at the cooperation between
ity to attend the university's ju- the Hebrew University, the Haifa
Dr. Weizmann recalled how Technion and the Relwvoth In-
bilee,
he, Martin Buber and B. Reivel stitute and said he was proud to
students
wrote a pamphlet some 50 years learn that the number of
reached 1,600.
ago on the need of establishing had Anxiety
over the health of Pres-
what they then called a "Jewish
in the
University," how the foundation ident Weizmann prevailed
of the Hebrew University country, when it was reported
stone
suffered
was laid amidst war in 1918 in the that Dr. Weizmann had his condi-
presence of Gen. Allenby and how a heart attack and that
How-
the institution was opened seven tion was "rather grave."
it was re-
years later in the presence of Lord ever, later in the week
president had re-
Balfour, Achad Ilaam, and N. ported that the three-day illness
from a
covered
Bialik.
been permitted
"We were proved right, the and that he had
take a short
by
his
doctors
to
skeptics wrong," the Israel presi-
dent stressed. He expressed satis- walk in his garden.
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Credit Party of Canada
Ousts Quebec Anti-Semites .

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Knesset Approves Policy
on Jordan's Annexation

Falashas Not Rejected
by Israel, Expert Says

Blaustein Sees
Truman on Arms

Absentee Ballot
Bill Passed by
State Senate

JWB Head Lauds
Work of Centers

Bnai Brith Women Choose 2
Delegates to District Parley

Israel Accepts UN Peace Mediation

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