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Israel Proclaims Immigration Right
JERUSALEM—(ISI)—The right of every Jew to
immigrate into Israel was formally and unanimously
written into state legislation by Israel's Knesset on
July 5, following a session marking the anniversary
of the death of Dr. Theodor Herzl, founder of mod-
ern Zionism.
Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, who introduced
the 'law of return," called it a 'challenge" to the Jews
of the world for whom the way to Israel was no longer
barred.
The law of return is linked with the proposed
nationality act which is before the House. The nation-
ality bill does not discriminate between Jewish and
other citizens. It pledges equal rights to all regardless
of race, creed and color.
The law deals with the inherent rights of the
Jewish people in Israel and states:
1. Every Jew has the right to immigrate to Israel.
2. Immigration shall be on the basis of immigrant
visas which shall be issued to any Jew expressing the
desire to settle in Israel, except if the minister of
immigration is satisfied that the applicant acts against
the Jewish nation or may threaten the public health
or state security.
3. A Jew who comes to Israel and after his arrival
expresses the desire to settle there may while in Israel
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Vol. 52—No. 28
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Thursday, July 13, 1950
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Israel Invites
U. S. Oil Firms
Knesset Backs
Israel Policy in
KoreanConflict
TEL AV1V—(WNS)--Israel's position on the Korean con-
flict and the policy pursued by the UN Security Counce're-
ceived parliamentary approval when the Knesset upheld the
cabinet's decision supporting the UN resolution on aid to
Korea.
106 Shanghai
Refugees Get
City Welcome
TEL AVIV—(Special)—Israel has invited an independent
American oil combine, now operating in the western United
States and Mexico, to study the establishment of a refinery
and to explore natural oil possibilities.
The offer includes off-shore drilling in addition to work in
the Negev.
The existing oil refinery in
Haifa—a British-owned outfit,
which will resume operations at
one-third of its capacity, is not
adequate for Israel's needs, ac=
cording to official estimation.
Iraq cut off the pipeline from
Iranian oil beds in 1948, and the
Haifa plant has remained unused
• ever since. Because of corrosion
and deterioration there is doubt
whether the British firm will be
able to restore the plant to its
original capacity without great
expense.
It was emphasized that Israel's-
invitation to the -.Ntritrietin -COM*
bine was made with the, under-'
standing that any new plant to
be erected would eventually re-
vert to Israeli ownership. The
same applies to natural oil. If
discovered in any great 'quanti-,
ties, it will become in time the
property of the state.
The oil companies pproached
by Israel are represented by
Bartley C. Crum, former member
of the Anglo-American Commit-
tee on Palestine and a fervent
advocate of the Jewish cause. It
is understood that Crum dis-.
cussed the matter with Foreign
Minister Moshe Sharett who
agreed that the proposal was of
considerable interest.
Knesset Urged
to Abolish '
Death Penalty
JERUSALEM — (WNS—Min-
ister of Justice Pinkas Rosen this
week submitted a bill to the
Knesset calling for the abolition atAtsfn. KOHN, 3, born in a
of capital punishment except in DP camp; waves to the first
cases involving treason.'
free laud she has ever seen, and
ba introducing the bill, the to relatives she has never seen
minister of justice urged the before, as she arrives in New
t.....1‘....Act...with speed be- Volk. -Matta . and her parents,
cause "otherwise the state wilt •roJILW .eeteratie.of several 'eon
haV. e to find 'a hangman and I centration campS, came to the'
doubt whether one can be found United States with the aid of
in Israel."
DIAS and will, stay in the so-
•
ciety's shelter until resettle-
ments arrangements are com-
pleted.
JDC Lacks Funds
for 75,000 Jews
NEW YORK—At least 75,000
Jews will be unable to emigrate
to Israel this year because the
Joint Distribution Committee
lacks the funds to transport all
Jews in a position to leave Euro-
pean or Moslem lands, Dr. Joseph,
J. Schwartz, JDC director-gen-
eral, declared here this week.
Dr. Schwartz,. who discussed
the emigration crisis facing the
JDC in an interview given to
Paul Tobenkin, reporter for the
New York Herald Tribune, said
that later this month he would
fly from Paris to Israel to con-
fer on the situation with gov-
ernment officials there.
"As matters stand now," he
stated, "we have been forced to
NEW YORK—(WNS)—Abra- refuse assistance to thousands of
ham Cahan, dean of the Yiddish Jews who wish to go to Israel
press in America and editor-in- this year. By the end of this year
chief of the Jewish Daily For- the number of Jews seeking to
ward, reached the age of 90 this go to Israel who are unable to
get there because of lack of JDC
week.
At Spring Valley, where he is funds, will be at least 75,000."
Dr. Schwartz emphasizpd that
vacationing, hundreds of congrat-
ulatory messages reached Cahan, never before has JDC had to hold
back emigrants who had a place
who takes his years in stride.
Cahan, editor of the Forward to go to, and who were in a posi-
to leave. He stated: "This
since 1902 and novelist and short tion
is the first time in JDC's thirty-
story writer of note, is the author
of "The Rise of David Levinsky," six year history that Jews have
published in 1917, considered to been unable to emigrate because
one of the finest novels of the of lack of funds."
Daily Forward
Editor Cahan
90 Years Old
be
obtain an immigrant certificate, except those unquali-
fied under the above article. But a person shall not be
regarded as a threat to public health as the result of
an illness which he contracts after arriving in Israel.
4. 4i/cry Jew who migrated to the country before
this law goes into effect, every Jew who was born in
the country either before or after the law becomes
effective. enjoys the same status as any person who
migrated on the basis of this law.
5. The minister of immigration is designated to
enforce the law and he may enact regulations in con-
nection with its implementation and for the issue of
immigrant visas and immigrant certificates.
After a sharp debate, during
which the Ben Gurion govern-
ment was under attack by Mapam
and other left-wing elements, the
Knesset voted confidence in the
government by a vote of 68 to 20.
Defending his cabinet's stand, the
Premier maintained that the
threat of war had been "decreased
BREMEN — (WNS) — Mayor
by the action of the United Na- Wilhelm Kaisen of Bremen greet-
tions."
ed the 106 Shanghai refugees
Meanwhile it was disclosed that who arrived here this week, fol-
Israel's position on the interna- lowing their deportation from the
tional scene is to be discussed at United States after being de-
a conference of top-ranking Israel tained at Ellis Island while
diplomats in foreign countries. awaiting entry into this country.
The conference is scheduled to
The German-born refugees will
take place July 17, with Foreign be sent to a displaced persons
Minister Sharett as.chairman.
camp at Lechfeld, Bavaria, until
During the Knesset debate, further arrangements can be
Sharett defended the govern- made. Fifty of the immigrants
ment's policy, particularly with want to return to the United
regard to Korea, declaring that States, 30 desire to emigrate to
and the remaining 26 have
Israel's policy was one of adher- Israel
asked
to •• establish 'permanent
ence to the United Nations.
residence in Germany and Ans.
with - .•thelAttereption= Ot: the
NfEijj'am and -VrOinniunist press,
there was -Virtual unanimity
among the country's papers that
the ' Ben Gurion g9vernment had
no other choice than going along
with the United Nations on the
Korean conflict.
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Bernadotte Incident Regarded
`Closed Matter' by Sweden
STOCKHOLM— (WNS) —T h e
Swedish government, in a note
to Israel this week, regarding
the assassination in Jerusalem of
Count Folke Bernadotte, United
Nations Mediator for Palktine,
declared it considered the' affair
a closed matter.
Let Students
See Dachau,
German Says
MUNICH—(WNS I—A recom-
mendation that all school chil-
dren here be taken to the site of
the Dachau concentration camp
and to the burial grounds of those
killed in the Nazi purge, was
made here this week by the
Munich Council.
Under the plan all children
would be asked to see the mean-
ing of Dachau with their own
eyes.
NEW YORK — (WNS) — The
Yiddish Authors and Journalists
Association in Poland has been
liquidated and its membership
The Swedish Foreign Office has been advised to join the
union of Polish writers, accord-
declared in the note:
"The Swedish government ing to a report appearing in a
notes with satisfaction that the recent issue of the Jewish Morn-
government of Israel admits ing Journal.
without circumlocution and re-
The report states that at a
grets the shortcomings in . the meeting of the organization Berl
Israel police injuiry in the case Mark, chairman, pointed out that
which have been pointed out while there was need for such a
by the Swedish authorities.
Jewish body in pre-war Fascist
"The Swedish government and reactionary Poland there was
notes further that the govern- no need for a separate Jewish
ment of Israel accepts full re- writers association in "demo-
sponsibility for what has oc- cratic" Poland.
curred in this respect. The
He said the professional inter-
Swedish government wishes to ests of Jewish writers will be
express its expectation that since better protected through affilia-
since conditions in Israel have tion with the union of Polish
now been stabilized, continued
investigation will one day throw writers.
full light on the whole case."
ARABS ATTACK BEDOUINS
TEL AVIV—(WNS)—Bedouin
tribes near Beersheba were at-
tacked this week by a gang of
Arab infiltrees who were driven
back after a brief skirmish. The
Bedouins, had been armed by
Israel authorities.
Dutch Jews Claim Grant to Labrador
times.
A strong supporter of the Jew-
ish Labor movement in America,
Cahan has fought Communism
since the rise' of the Communist
AMSTERDAM—(WNS)—A Jewish family here
•Party in Russia. In his honor, a is contemplating legal action to establish its claim
chair in labor history has been
established at the Hebrew Uni- to Labrador, it was disclosed when members of
the group announced formation of a committee to
versity in Jerusalem.
investigate the matter and to secure certain docu-
EXODUS FROM POLAND
PARIS—(WNS)—An estimated ments which, they believe, will prove their rights
title.
12,000 Jews, among them 2,500 to Of
Portuguese origin, the De La Fena family
children, have migrated from settled in Holland some 400 years ago. The mem-
Poland to Israel since October
of 1949, it was disclosed by bers of the family claim to have originiated from
who is said to have re-
Israel Barzilai, Israel Minister one Joseph De La Fena, Labrador
from King Wil-
to Warsaw, on his arrival here. ceived in 1695 a grant to
Poles Liquidate
Association of
Jewish Writers
Ukranian Visas
Protested by Jews
MONTREAL — (WNS) —Con-
cern over the government plan
to admit a Galician division of
Ukranians, which served under
Hitler and which collaborated
with the Nazis in exterminating
Jews, was expressed here this
week b ythe Canadian Jewish
Congress.
It is the plan of the Canadian
Jewish Congress to prevent entry
of those Ukranians by submitting
documentary evidence sustaining
its charge about the elements in
question. The division surren-
dered to the U. S. armed forces
in Gecrnany after the collapse
of the Hitler regime and most
of its members subsequently
went to England, whence they
are now seeking admission to
Liam III of England for having rescued him from
a collapsing boat on the high seas.
About 23 years ago, Tobias Groen, sexton in a
Montreal synagqgue, was said to have found a
document showing that the English king had
granted Labrador to Joseph La Fena. When Isaac
De La Fena, offspring of Joseph, received the
document he immediately instituted a law suit.
The trial was to have taken place in Montreal,
but it was interrupted by the second World War.
The Dutch Jewish family is now pressing an-
other law suit and, preparatory to that event, is
Canada.
seeking-additional documentary evidence.