Carter CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, 01110 .0•• ■ ••••• • •- ■■ •• ■ ••-••••••••• ■ • 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 C HRONICL _ h Etiw -LE J'auriA Vol. 52—No. 28 .C). 27 Thursday, July 13, 1950 10c a Copy — $3 Per rear 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. - 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.