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Ration Plan. Upheld; •
Israel Stores Reopen

JERUSALEM — (WNS) — The Ben G urion government, which has
jetted to severe strains by left and right win g elements in parliament, has late ly been sub -
em erged tri-
umphant again when the Knesset, by a vote o
f 57 to 36, sustained the textile and leather
goods rationing plan and refused to entertai n a leftist motion for a debate on Israel's pledge
of medical aid to the UN forces in Korea.

Approval of the government's ,;,
rationing program was secured
against the background of a
strike called by the Merchant's
Association. The Knesset upheld
the principle of foot-wear and
clothing rationing but it took "no-
tice of the government decision"
to appoint an advisory committee
to study the rationing regulations.

UN Group Limits DP
Protection to Europeans

GENEVA—(Special)—The United Nations Economic and

Immediately after the Knesset Social Council is working on a future action program for
vote all stores reopened, except refugees and statelesspersons.
those businesses directly affected
The Council's work so far includes a preamble to the
by the rationing laws. These will draft of its program and a definition of the term refugee.
reopen within a few days, or as
The preamble states that "hu-
soon as some rationing technical- man beings shall enjoy funda-
ities are ironed out.
mental rights and freedom with- this clause administratively. 01)-
out
discriniination." The draft servers
feel there is a chance that
Premier David Ben Gurion slat-
,
ed that there was no "moral jus- however, restricts refugees en- a broader definition of refugees
o UN aid to three cate- will be adopted by the United
tification" for the strike called by gories: to
Nations.
the merchants because the de-
The definition which limits the
mands for abolishing rationing
1) the refugee must
have refugee question to European DPs
were incompatible with Israel's refugee status between the
economic situation. He said his world wars;
government's policy was a
2) he must be now under the
planned economy, aimed at fos-
tering the country's development mandate of the International Ref-
and enabling the nation to dou- ugee Organization, and
ble its population and strength-
3) he must have a "well found-
Since Monday, Sept. 4 is
en its security.
ed fear of being a victim of per-

Rosh Hashana
Special Deadline

Israel, he said "is neither a So- secution" as a result of "events
cialist nor a capitalist state, since in Europe before Jan. 1, 1950, or
we encourage private enterprise." circumstances directly resulting

Denying that his. economic pont from such events" and who has
had to leave his country for the \

Scenesat the Jewish Community Center's Camp Northwest. The
top cut shows the morning flag raising ceremony. The bottom cut
shows a rest period. Counsellor Sol Ritter tells a story. The Jewish
Community Center's camping program, which will close Aug. 25,
embraces four day camps (Habonim, Dexter-Davison, 12th Street
and Northwest), the Davidson country camp site and Camp Chel-
sea for mothers. Camp sessions for old people and for teen-age
girls have also been held at Chelsea.

Tucson Grants Absentee Vote;
Colorado .Re sectsLe al Action

TUCSON — (WNS) — A rul-
ing that Jewish voters in this
city may use the absentee ballot
in the forthcoming primaries,
which conflict with the Rosh
Hashana holiday, was made by
John J. Johnson, chief deputy of
the county recorder's office.
Under the law the absentee
ballot is extended to people who
expect to be "out of the city" on
election day, Johnson' ruled that
since the right to vote is the in-
alienable privilege of all citizens
the intent of the law would be
better served it it were held that
a person prevented from going to
the polls by reason of attending
religioUs services is technically
"out of the city" and, therefore,
entitled to an absentee ballot.
Simultaneously it was reported
that remedial action, aimed at
preventing a similar situation,
will be recommended by Gov.
Dan Garvey at the next session
of the state legislature.
• • •

Gov. Johnson was reported to
have fallen in line with a sug-
gestion by State - A t t o r n e y-
General Metzger that Jewish
voters could cast their votes af-
ter sundown before the polls
close.

Jewish leaders, however, point-
ed out that the holiday ends at
about 6:14 while the polls close
at 7 o'clock, a situation which
would not give Jewish voters
sufficient time to reach the polls.

the flow of capital from America'
Experts believe- that it would advertisements will be the
or the flow of youth and experts be al most im poss ibLa t o i n terpre t same as usual. , 10 p.m.. sea_
nesday, Sept. 6.
from America?"
At the same time the Commu-
All contributors are urged to
nists and I the left-wing Mapam
note the deadline for this
were thwarted,in. tin attempt to
issue which will be the Rosh
Hashana edition.
have Knesset go into a debate on
the issue of the government's
pledge of medical aid to the UN
is backed by the United States
forces in Korea.
which wants the UN to stay out
In moves aimed at strengthen-
of the potentially vast refugee
ing the country's economy the
NEW YORK—(WNS)—Opposi- problem in Asia.
government announced curtail-
tion to the proposed $100,000,000
Enrique Bernstein, Chile's rep-
ment of foreign travel, as a for-
loan to Franco Spain was voiced resentative in the UN body, char-
eign currency saving device, and
here this week in a joint statae- acterized the present action in
sought parliament authorization
ment issued by 10 major Jewish t hese words:
to float a popular loan of 12,000,-
organizations.
000 Israeli pounds.
"There is nothing behind the
Asserting that these "self- words of these resolutions but a
A bill seeking to improve labor
conditions in Israel was introduc- styled enemies of Communism" complete vacuum,"
ed by Labor Minister Golda Mey- are not necessarily friends of lib-
He told the council that it had
erson. Mrs. Meyerson urged a 47- erty, the statement pointed out not gone so far in the protection
that
the
Franco
government
sup-
hour working week. However,
of stateless persons as had the
Minister of Religion Rabbi I. M. ported for a time the forces that Hague Convention of 1930. The
"enslaved
Europe
and
sought
to
Lewin objected to certain features
i ssue has been shunted, he said,
of the bill on the ground they suppress civil liberties and re- back; "meanwhile the stateless
constituted a "potential threat to ligious freedom."
f rom council to commission and
The statement was sent to the
the Sabbath day of rest."
a re still without states to belong
The Knesset approved a budget President, the Secretary of State, t o."
of $190,000,000 for the Joint De- the leaders of major political par-
velopment Authority, set up by ties and members of the Senate-
the government and the Jewish House Conference Committee.
The petition was endorsed by
Agency. Approximately a third of
the money is to be used for hous- the American Jewish Committee;
ing new immigrants. About an- American Jewish Congress; Asso-
JERUSALEM—(WNS)—If t h e
other third is to be used for the ciation of Jewish Chaplains in the
Romanian
Government does not
Armed
Forces;
Bnai
Brith;
Jew-
development of agriculture and
loans to industry. The rest will ish Labor Committee; Jewish release the 40 Zionist leaders re-
War Veterans of the U.S.A.; Na- cently placed under arrest and
be devoted to public works.
The religious issue was also tional Community Relations Ad- permit them to leave for Israel,
raised before a parliamentary visory Council; National Council
the situation may lead to the im-
committee when Zorach Warhaf- of Jewish Women; Synagogue
tig, representing the religious Council of America and Union of pairment of relations between the
bloc, proposed a discussion of the American Hebrew Congregations. Jewish state and Romania, For-

Ten Groups
Oppose U. S.
Loan to Franco

Sharcit Condemns
Romanian Arrests

It is feared that unless arrange-
ments are made to permit the
observant Jews to vote by mail
ballots, three Jewish candidates
running for state office may lose
"police behaviour in dispersing
many votes.
religious Jews conducting Sab-
bath demonstrations."
A Mapam deputy, Hannah Ru-
bin, retorted she would consent
to discussion of the incident if
it dealt . with the "behavior of
MUNICH — (WNS) — A mass the religious Jews in hampering
grave of more than 150 Jewish the free movement of vehicles on
children slain by the Nazis in the Saturday and assaulting foreign
fall of 1944 was found in a small diplomats passing through the
town close to the notorious Da- Meah Shearim quarters."
Denial of police irregularity
chau camp,
was made by Police Minister Be-
The children, ranging from the hor Sheetrit, who said it was the
age of five to six, came from duty of his force to maintain or-
Slovakia, where they were torn der since the-.'.e is no law prohib-
away from their parents and as- iting vehicli.. from the streets on

Children's Grave
Found in Germany

DENVER — (WNS) — A pro-
posal that the state legislature
be called into a special session
to consider a law enabling Jews
of Colorado to cast absentee bal-
lots on primary day, which co-
incides with Rosh Hashana, was
rejected by Gov. Walter John-
son,
signed to slave labor.

Labor Day, all copy and pic-
tures .intended for the Jewish
Chronicle's issue of Thursday,
Sept. 7, must be In the Chron-
Ides office not later than tz
torn, Friday $Cpl 1

the Sabbath.

German Police Stop
New Streicher Sheet

eign Minister Moshe Sharett de-
clared.

Stating he "learned with regret

MUNICH — (WNS) —The first and concern" of the arrests,

issue of "Der Neue Stuermer,"
would-be successor to Julius
Streicher's'notorious anti-Semitic
sheet "Der Stuermer," was con-
fiscated here by German police.
The publication, edited by Hans
Jakob, dedicated itself, in the first
issue, to fonwing the path of
Streicher's sheet. It pictured the
United States as leader in a third
world war movement and it
stamped the leaders of the Bonn
government as "traitors of the

German people."

Sharett said that his govern-
ment "was particularly dismayed
over the fact that no charges
have been published against the
arrested."

RELIGIOUS EXIIIBITION

JERUSALEM — (Special) —
Israel's exporters and manufac-
turers of religious articles will
hold an exhibition on Mount
Zion, The exhibition is planned
for the latter part of this year.

