e enter CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, of no Drought Ends in Israel TEL AVIV — (Special) — The rainy season has started in Israel, more than a month late, bringing relief from a drought that threatened disaster. Many fields will have to be replowed. The situation points up the precarious food supply position. Despite a rapidly ex- panding population, Israel has not been able to build up any reserves. Pinhas Lubianker, min- ister of agriculture, will fly to the United States this month to arrange purchases for stockpil- ing. Standards of living have been markedly reduced. The increased population has been fed mainly through increased production. Of the half million new immigrants, 26 per cent have been settled on farms. Israel is self-sufficient only in Vegetable production. Egg pro- duction has doubled over 1947- 48. The basic items of the month- ly ration in December were: one pound of meat, 16 eggs, two pounds of flour, a half pound of coffee, three-quarters of a pound of cooking oil, a half pound of margarine, one pound of butter, one can of fish and three- quarters of a pound of jam. WASHINGTON — (WNS) — Rep. John D. Dingell, Michigan Democrat, has introduced a bill In the House of Representatives calling for a grant to Israel up to $500,000,000 under the • ECA legislation nf 1943. .D athsa -Lt .Taur-L4h, HREINICLE Vol. 53—No. 2 JERUSALEM—(ISI)—The twin dangers of global war and a second round of aggres- sion from the Arab states make the problem of security Israel's fundamental concern, Prime Minister David Ben Gurion told the Knesset. The Prime Minister was confident that Israel can weather both dangers but he underscored the gravity of the current situation, and called for maximum efforts to safeguard Israel's future. Defining Israel's position, Ben^ Gurion declared: "Israel will not lend its hand to any active ag- gression under any pretext what- soever. We are able, however, to defend our existence, independ- ence, sovereignty, and internal and external liberty, in case of world dispute, no less than any other nation. Nor are we help- less the event of a second round.' He added that while Israel's forces are small, they are not negligible, and any foreign ag- gressor already involved in global war would have to con- sider this before attacking Is- rael. Ben Gurion made special ref- erence to the relationship be- tween Israel and world Jewry. "We must not forget that the fate of the Jewish people in the world is bound up with our ex- istence and independence — and perhaps also the fate of every individual Jew wherever he may be. Had Israel existed prior to 1939, the catastrophe that over- whelmed, the Jews of Europe would have been averted." Pointing out that the Arab states are "rearming furiously," use Koch Tries Hunger ,Strike unless immigrants become firmly rooted spiritually, culturally and economically, they cannot become part of the nation and the se- curity of the nation cannot be established. For this purpose, Is- rael created the Nahal—pioneer- JERUSALEM —(Special)— 10c a Copy—$3 Per Year The Israeli parliament last Global War, 2nd Round Vex Israel--Ben Gurion in industry for private enterprise, for individual companies, co- operatives or kibbutzim. But se- curity requirements also oblige the state to embark on govern- ment-initiated enterprises in basic industry, and the government Orchestra Arrives Wednesday adopted a resolu- tion, 54-16 asking that all of Germany be demilitarized and all Nazi criminals be punished. The resolution which urged that arms be withheld from both the east and the west German governments will be forwarded to the United Nations and all par- liaments of the world. Left-wing members, who op- posed only rearmament in west Germany, voted against the pro- posal. The Knesset also ratified by an overwhelming majority a $35,- 000,000 loan from the Export- Itimort Bank in Washington and empowered Finance Minister Eliezer Kaplan to negotiate for more loans up to $65,000,000. The parliament also renewed the authority of the defense min- istry to exercise military power in certain defense zones, follow- ing a plea by David Ben Gurion who is in charge of defense. A cabinet crisis, which had de- veloped last week over educa- tional questions, was finally averted when Rabbi Judah Maimon, minister of religion, withdrew his resignation after the government had given the religious bloc a number of con- cessions on the matter of edu- cation of immigrant children of religious families. Lack of Funds Perils Work of "Utik...41 21Xfilt Y JERUSALEM—(Special)— , Ben Gurion charged: "It is child- ish to think that these arms will ever be used in war with or against the United States or the Soviet Union. Armament of the Arab states, if ever used, will be " used nrrqinef b la•a•Jlo In the event of global war, Is- rael would have to rely on its own resources for it might be mit off from the rest of the world, Ben Gurion cautioned. To expedite the process, Is- rael adopted an immigration policy unparalleled in the his- tory of nations. Since the establishment of the state, Is- rael nearly doubled its popula- tion — 520,000 immigrants ar- rived between May, 1948, and the end of 1950. To many observers this immi- gration policy appears fraught with dangers of catastrophe for Israel—and not without founda- tion, Ben Burion said. But despite the weight of arguments, the se- curity of the state demands that this "bold policy" should be con- tinued, he added. The doubling of Israel's military strength was to a great extent—if not entirely— AUGSBURG — (WNS — Ilse the result of this immigration Koch, the beast of Buchenwald program. Ben Gurion emphasized that who some weeks ago made an abortive attempt to escape trial as a war criminal by feigning madness, pulled another trick from her bag. As her trial was resumed this week she announced a hunger strike, but the judges ruled the trial would go on whether she Groundbreaking of the Jewish ate or not. hospital of Detroit, will take place The first witness at the re- sumption of the trial was Kurt at 11 a.m., Sunday on Outer Drive Krisch, who testified that the between Whitcomb and Lauder, beast had cruelly tortured the where the hospital is to be con- structed on a 34-acre site. camp inmates. Representing the organizations A defense witness, Wilhelm Baumgartner, testified that Ilse primarily responsible for the had a soft heart for priests and realization of the community's ministers and that she treated dream of a Jewish hospital will be Samuel H. Rubiner, president them with consideration. The prosecutor accused the of the Jewish Welfare Federation; witness of perjury and substan- Max Osnos, president of the Jew- tiated his charge with testimony ish Hospital Association and Nate by a Catholic priest, Gerhard S. Shapero, chairman of the Massenhauser, who denied that building committee, and a repre- use Koch had ever shown any sentative of the Greater Detroit Hospital Fund, in which the mercy to clergymen. He testified that clergymen had Jewish hospital is a partner. been kept in cells with profes- The Jewish hospital is to re- sional criminals and that they ceive an allocation of $2,500,000, had been treated brutally by dependent upon the successful prison guards. completion of the current drive. The bill, Dingell declared, aims "to assist the people of Israel in _establishing a sound economy, to strengthen the ties between the peoples of the United States and -those of Israel, and to help achieve the basic objective of the charter of the United Na- tions." The bill provides that "until such time as an appropriation shall be made pursuant to Sec- tion 505, the Reconstruction Fi- nance Corporation is authorized to make advances not to exceed In the aggregate $100,000,00 to carry out purposes of this title at such time and in such amounts as the administrator shall re- quest and no interest shall be charged on advances made by the Treasury to the RFC in im- plementation of this section." Friday, January 12, 1951 No Guns for Reich Israel Vi Leaders of the American Fund for Israel Institutions and repre- sentatives of the Israel Consulate in New York greet the members of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra on their arrival at Idlewild Airport before the start of their 40-city tour of the United States. Left to right are Herbert Katzman, inaugural dinner chairman; Yosef Nivo, Israel Consul; Harry C. Oppenheimer, fund director; A. B. Joffe, fund vice-president; Judith and Asher Borochoff, violinists, and Menahem Avidom, secretary general of the orchestra. ing youth—which provides agri- cultural training for young people in the army. Israel's industrial ability is a vital condition for the state's security, as well as for the ab- sorption of immigration, the Prime Minister emphasized. "Special importance attaches to certain fundamental industries which we now propose to set up and extend. There is great scope must foster certain industries with or without private capital." "For our security we need a large, well-equipped and highly trained army. We need quick transportation facilities, on land, sea and air. We need effective communications, agriculture and industry that will provide us with our principal needs. We shall not be able to survive without all these," Ben Gurion said. Ground Will Be Broken on Sunday for a Jewish Hospital in Detroit _ . ,44 140.1154',2111 t IT . 4.1.4 255M3 M. 1 ,talk ' , Shortage of funds threatens the work of Youth Aliyah and an appeal has been sent to the American Hadassah and other ediate ofd, organizations for Imm ILCUld Sydney Gruson, New York Times correspondent in Israel, reports. Moshe Kol, director of the movement is reported to have stated that Youth Aliyah had incurred debts of $2,800,000 in bringing 22,000 children to the new state and was unable to pay for the children's maintenance in state settlements and institu- tions. The English translation of the Hebrew word "aliyah" is "going up," but the organization usually is known simply as "immigra- tion." It handles what is recogn- ized as one of the most import- ant phases of Israel's immigra- tion task—the bringing of chil- dren to the new state and pro- viding for their care, education and training until they are sev- enteen. Most of the children being brought here at present by Youth Aliyah are from Iraq, Rumania and North Africa. Kol told newspaper men who spent a day touring the recep- tion center, training camps and settlements where the children have been placed that the Gov- ernments of Rumania and Iraq were seeking to get their Jews out faster than originally planned and available Israeli finances permitted. This, he said, is one of the rea- sons why means must be found to maintain the present scale of the movement's work. • This is what Detroit's future Jewish Hospital will look like. The building will be located on Outer Drive between Whitcomb and Lauder avenues. Designed by Albert Kahn As- sociates, the Jewish hospital will have facilities for 200 beds and 48 bassinets. Other officers in the Jewish Hospital Association are Sidney J. Allen, Maurice Aronson and Irwin I. Cohn, secretary, and Israel Davidson, treasurer. A campaign in cooperation with the Greater Detroit Fund is now being conducted by Jewish Hospital Association workers, with Melville S. Welt as chair- Henry IA/Mecum, vUxFprasidenht, man. Richard Cohn Fund Aids Brandeis U. Funds for the creation of an ad- ditional modern chemistry labora- tory has been received by Bran- deis University, from the Richard Cohn Foundation of Michigan, it was announced by Dr. Abram L. Sachar, president. The Foundation was established in 1946 in Detroit. Cohn served as president of the Telephone Di- rectory Advertising Co. of Michi- gan until his retirement.