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The decision, which still has to
be confirmed officially, may be a
turning point in the long stand-
ing controversy over the future
of the Arabs who left Israel at
the outbreak of the Palestine war.
Israel officials believed that
the decision, if confirmed,
would represent a change in
the League's policy towards
Israel. So far they had insist-
ed on a return of the refugees
and restoration of their prop-
erty.
It is not yet known what led
the League to its decision at the
end of its meetings in Cairo. But
it is known that Britain has been
urging the Arabs to resettle the
refugees in their own lands with
the financial assistance of the
United Nations. It is rumored that
the United States lent strong
support to the British representa-
tions.
• Israel has repeatedly stated its
willingness to pay about $2,810,-
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NEW YORK—(WNS)—There is complete religious freedom in
the Jewish state and everybody there "is free to worship God in
fullest compliance with his conscience," Israel Minister of Religion
Rabbi Judah L. Maimon declared here at a banquet tendered him
by the Mizrachi Organization of America.
Rabbi Maimon denied that
Israel was a theocratic state and group and the Hanoar Hamiz-
asserted that his government is rachi of Toledo will form a guard
not only anxious to maintain of honor upon the arrival of
spiritual security of every inhabi- Rabbi Maimon, and the Sisters
tant in the land but also to pro- of Zion Mizrachi, headed by Mrs.
vide every possible opportunity Joseph Kunin, and the Young
for every religious group to fos- Women's Mizrachi Organization,
ter and strengthen their religious headed by Mrs. Sam Greenbaum
principles and traditions. He as- together with Mrs. Philip Stoll-
serted that there "has never been man and Mrs. I. W. Schlussel, are
a better and more sound relation- in charge of the dinner.
ship between the various religious
Delegations will be sent from
groups and denominations in Is- Mt. Clemens, Grand Rapids, Mus-
rael than there is today."
kegon, Toledo and Windsor.
In his first major public address
Morris Snow, president of Con-
since his arrival, Rabbi Maimon gregation Bnai Zion and vice-
told the guests that, in his view, president of Mizrachi, announces
"it is imperative that the Zionist that plans have been completed
movement be strengthened in or- for the services to be conducted
der that Israel might be enabled by Cantor Moshe Kusevitsky at
to carry out the enormous tasks 8:30 a.m., Feb. 17.
that still remain.
Only through united effort of
Zionists throughout the world,"
the minister said, "can continued
large-scale immigration into Is-
rael and the absorption of hun-
dreds of thousands of new immi-
grants be made possible with any
measure of success."
He suggested that "American
WASHINGTON— (WNS) —A
Zionist leaders take appropriate ceremony symbolizing the demo-
measures at this crucial moment cratic current in American re-
to revitalize the movement which ligious life took place here last
gave birth to the Jewish state, Saturday when President Tru-

ateed *30,0011 ,000 for,the fund. It

generally realized that this sum
would not 'go far toward giving
aid to the 700,000 refugees.
It is believed, however, that
even a small beginning would
have great psychological ef-
fects on the morale of the DPs.
They might then be persuaded
to abandon their passive resis-
tance to resettlement and coop-
erate with the UN.
Arab leaders will have a diffi-
cult time selling the idea to
their parliaments, beause they
have long been used to being as-
sured that the refugees would re-
gain their land. Lebanon also
would have to be careful not to
unset the balance between Chris-
tians and Moslems by a heavy
influx of Moslems.

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Truman Opens
Chapel of the
Four Chaplains

which today stands in a de-
• e
position as far at, the fu-

of Israel is _concerned."
• • •
DETROIT LEADERS PREPARE
FOR MAIMON VISIT HERE
Samuel H. Rubiner, president
of the Jewish Welfare Federation,
Dr. Shmarya Kleinman, president
of the Jewish Community Coun-
cil, Lawrence Crohn, president of
the Zionist Council of Detroit,
and Benjamin Laikin, president
of the Jewish National Fund
Council, together with the local
Rabbinate and leaders of syna-
gogues a n d landsmanschaften
have joined in the preparations
for the visit here of Rabbi Mai-
mon on Sunday, Feb. 18..
Young Israel, headed by Sam-
uel Platt, will be in charge of
arrangements.
The local Bniii Akiba youth

Agency Warns
of Pseudo Drives

NEW YORK — (WNS) — A
warning against unauthorized
campaigns for Israel was sound-
ed here by the American section
of the Jewish Agency.
The agency warned contrib-
utors to examine claims for funds
put out by organizations other
than the United Jewish Appeal.
It pointed out that the Jewish
Agency had set up a special
committee with the sole juris-
diction to investigate all pro-
posed campaigns for Israel.
Prospective contributors were
urged to contact this committee
to verify the authenticity of cam-
paigns other than the UJA.

Independence Day
Festival Planned

JERUSALEM— (WNS) —Elab-
orate celebrations of Israel's third
Independence Day anniversary
are being planned. Three days of
festival will culminate on May
11 with army, air force and naval
displays in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv
and Haifa.
Representatives of Jewish com-
munities throughout the world
will be invited to visit Israel to
participate in the celebration.

of Israel Symphony

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Friday, February 9, 1951

Israel Is No Theocracy,
Arabs
May Aid Maimon Tells Mizrachi
Refugees

TEL AVIV — (Special) —
Prospects of an effective re-
settlement program for Arab
refugees grew brighter when
the Arab League was report-
ed to have agreed on an im-
mediate study of the problems
involved.

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ture

Dr. Haber Elected
President of ORT

Dr. William Haber, professor
of economics at the University
of Michigan, has been elected
president of ORT, Organization
for Rehabilitation Thr o u g h
Training.
Dr. Haber was special advisor
to Gen Lucius Clay during
Clay's period as commander of
the U. S. zone of Germany. He
is also a consultant on manpower
mobilization to the Secretary of
Labor.

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to death. arms-in-arms when the
troopship Dorchester was sunk
by a torpedo on Feb. 3, 1943.
When the Dorchester was hit
off Greenland, the four chaplains,
a Jew, .1 rathotic and two Pro-
testants, stood an the deck of
the doomed troopship, intoning
prayers until the sea swallowed
them up.
Although they had been of-
fered safety in some of the rescue
rafts, the four men of God cour-
ageously sacrificed their own
lives when they realize& there
were not enough life preservers
to go around for the fighting
men.
The four chaplains were: Rev-
erends Clark Poling and George
L. Fox, Father John P. Washing-
ton, Catholic, and Rabbi Alex-
ander D. Goode.
In his address, Truman called
for religious unity in the coun-
try, declaring that the heroic
death of the four men was not
only an expression of profound
faith but a demonstration of "the
moral" by which all men are
supposed to live.
The Chapel was built at a cost
of $300,000 with funds contrib-
uted by more than 10,000 people
or all religious denominations in
the United States. The Chapel
has three altars, Protestant,
Catholic and Jewish, on a re-
volving stone platform, thus en-
abling members of each of the
faiths to conduct services.

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Israel,
Jordan
in Crisis

13,000 Enter
Israel in Month

JERUSALEM — (WNS) — A
total of 13,000 Jews entered
Israel during the month of Janu-
ary, it was officially announced.
Since the establishment of the
state of Israel in May, 1948, a
total of 523,228 Jewish immi-
grants were admitted to the coun-
try.
At the same time it was an-
nounced that, for the next three
months, the government has
raised the immigration quotas to
22,000 monthly. This action was
taken in anticipation of the ad-
mission, before the end of May,
of 54,000 Jews from Iraq.

JERUSALEM— (Special) —
A crisis between Israel and
Jordan broke out Wednesday
night when it was reported
that Jordan had refused to
enter a territorial agreement
on Negev boundaries, as pro-
posed by the UN Armistice
Commission.

Atomic Scientists

Form Synagogue

OAK RIDGE, Tenn. — (WNS)
--A community center and syna-
gogue has been formed by Jew-
ish scientists working in the ato-
mic energy plant here, it was dis-
closed when it was announced
that one of the workers had flown
to Brooklyn to secure a Holy
Scroll from a synagogue.
The center and the synagogue
are to be built on land granted
by the government. The Holy
Scroll is to be brought to Knox-
ville, whence it will be brought
to Oak Ridge in accordance with
traditional Jewish ceremonies on
such occasions.

Israel is alarmed over recent
incidents in the Jerusalem area,
where Jordan Legionaires killed
five Jews in the last 48 hours.
The Armistice Commission had
tried to settle a dispute . between
Israel and Jordan over' a piece
of land on the route to Elath.
Gen. Riley, chairman of the
commission, had proposed that

Israel, Yugoslavia

Sign Trade Pact

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Karachi, Pakistan—(Special)
—The former Grand Mufti of
Jerusalem advocated formation
of a commonwealth of Lslamic
nations at a world Moslem
conference here.
Speaking of Arab defeats in
the Palestine war, the Mufti
urged all Moslem governments
and people to unite in an ef-

fort to regain control of t

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agreement betv.een Israel and
Yugoslavia has been reached to
provide for an exchange of $2,-
500,000 worth of materials be-
tween the two nations.
Under the terms of the con-
tract, Israel will export to Yugo-
slavia 85 per cent of this amount
in commodities, while the re-
mainder will be paid in hard cur-
rency, representing a substantial
improvement over last year's
agreement under which Israel
paid for 60 per cent of its im-
ports from Yugoslavia in hard
currency.

German Churches
Seek Koch Pardon

MUNICH — (WNS) — More
than 200 German churches of
all denominations are collecting
signatures to a petition urging
the commutation of the life term
for Ilse Koch, the notorious
Beast of Belsen who was recent-
ly sentenced following convic-
tion by a German court.
The pardon seekers, said to in-
clude a number of political and
cultural organizations, are hope-
ful of getting at least 10,000,000
signatures to the petition, which
they will present to the Bonn
government.

THIRD TORA TOUR
NEW Y 0 R K—(Special)—The
third annual Tora Tour will be
launched in March by the Rab-
binical Council of America.

Mrs. Warburg Gives UJA Half Million

NEW YORK — (WNS) — To mark her 75th
birthday and the 80th birthday of her late hus-
band, Mrs. Felix M. Warburg has made a special
contribution of $500,000 to the United Jewish
Appeal in addition to a gift of $150,000 which
repeats her last year's contribution to the UJA,
it was announced here by William Rosenwald,
Rudolf G. Sonneborn and Rabbi Jonah B. Wise,
national chairmen of the campaign.
In a letter accompanying the gift, Mrs. War-
burg stated that her "particular purpose in mak-
ing a special gift at this time" was "to increase
the funds available in dollars to alleviate the
dire need for housing and to get the immigrants
out of the camps and disintegrated into the life of
Israel as quickly as possible."
Mrs. Warburg further pointed out that, al-
though neither she nor her husband had ever

The Mufti Is
at It Again

become political Zionists, they had become so
impressed by the cultural needs of the Jewish
settlers during their various trips to Palestine
before World War II that they "gave considerable
sums toward that end and toward the strengthen-
ing of the newly-founded Hebrew University."
Daughter of the late Jacob H. Sella Mrs.
Warburg was born in New York City on Feb. 3,
1876. She has been active in, and a generous con-
tributor to, many social, educational and philan-
thropic institutions.
In 1924 she created a fund of $500,000 for the
Visiting Nurse Service of New York, an adjunct
of the Henry Street Settlement.
She is the only woman who has received
honorary degrees from both the Jewish Theologi-
cal Seminary of America and the Hebrew Union
College.

part of the region shourd be un-
der the administration of the
Arabs, and the other part under
Israeli jurisdiction.
Riley warned Jordan not to
take any one-side action in this
matter.
• • •
NEW CABINET CRISIS
POSTPONED BY KNESSET
JERUSALEM — (Special) —A
new cabinet crisis which has been
looming for several days w a s
postponed for another week when
the Knesset put off debate on the
government's educational policy
in immigrant villages and camps.
The debate may end in a non-
confidence vote for David Ben
Gurion's cabinet.
Mapai, which controls the gov-
ernment, and the religious bloc
are divided on the question of
education. Mapai wants the right
of trade unions to operate re-
ligious schools in localities where
the inhabitants want religious
training.
The orthodox bloc, which ear-
lier laid claim to the exclusive
right to operate religious schools,
now is suggesting a compromise
providing that representatives of
the four school systems — Miz-
rachi and Agudah, which are re-
ligious, and general and labor,
which are non-religious—jointly
supervise religious schools in im-
migrant settlements.

L.A. Council Ousts
Subversive Group

LOS ANGELES — , (WNS) —
Fourteen branches of the Jewish
People's Fraternal Order were
expelled from membership of the
Los Angeles Jewish Community
Council.
Expulsion was approved fol-
lowing 15 meetings of the Coun-
cil's membership committee. The
Fraternal Order, is affiliated with
the International Workers Order,
an organization listed as subver-
sive by the Department of Jus-
tice.

BB URGES STRENGTH
WASHINGTON — (WNS) —
Bnai Brith issued a call for sup-
port of civil defense activities
and increased BB services to the
armed forces.

