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Vol. 53—No. 9
Friday, March 2, 1951
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Point 1
Aid to Go
to Israel
WASHINGTON—(Special)
—A 'Point Four' agreement
was signed between the Unit-
ed States and Israel providing
U.S. assistance in training Is-
raeli technicians, it was an-
nounced by the Technical Co-
operation Administration.
The pact was signed at Hakirya
by Moshe Sharett, Israeli foreign
minister, and Monnett B. Davis,
newly appointed U.S. ambassador
to Israel.
Under the agreement, the
United States will send to Israel
experts to help in connection with
road construction, railways, irri-
gation, public health services,
technical training and citrus pro-
duction.
Israel, in turn, would send
trainees to the United States for
instruction in deep-sea fishing,
ceramic industry and ship repair-
ing.
"All of these projects," the an-
nouncement stated, "are related
'to the broad program of economic
development projected in Israel's
four-year plan and are designed
to aid Israel's efforts to develop
its resources and improve work-
ing conditions."
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AMBASSADOR DAVIS
PRESENTS CREDPN'll ALS
TEL AVIV— (Special) —The
new U.S. ambassador to Israel,
Monnett B. Davis, presented his
credentials to President Chaim
Weizman Monday, and a few
hours later signed the Point Four
agreement with the Jewish State.
It is estimated that the pact
will require an expenditure of
$100,000 between now and June
30.
After signing the pact, Davis
said: "This is a further example
of the spirit of friendly coopera-
tion which has characterized re-
lations between the two nations
since the creation of the state of
Israel."
Israel Warned
to Gear Output
, .
to Population
PHILADELPHIA — (WNS) —
A warning that Israel's produc-
tive capacity is not keeping pace
with the increase in her popula-
tion was expressed here by Sid-
ney Sherwood, secretary of the
Export-Import Bank of Wash-
ington, in a talk before the In-
stitute for Israel and the Middle
East at Dropsie College.
"Until this gap is closed, Israel
will continue to maintain her
balance of payments only in
precarious equilibrium through
foreign contributions and invest-
ments," he said.
Sherwood at the same time ex-
pressed the belief that "Israel
will succeed in her economic
program."
He also stated that the Arab
embargo on trade with Israel is
hurting the economies of the
Arab countries as much as it is
harming Israel and that the ex-
istence 'of a large number of
Arab refugees is a bar to per-
manent security for both Israel
and the Arab countries.
BEST NOVEL OF 1950
NEW YORK—(W N S)—John
Hersey's The Wall, story of the
Warsaw ghetto uprising, has been
selected by newspaper and maga-
zine editors as the best American
novel of 1950.
Reich Forced
to Grant DPs
Equal Rights
FRANKFURT, Germany—(Special)--At the request of
the western powers, the west German parliament enacted
legislation giving the displaced persons remaining in Ger-
many equal rights with the Germans in law, education, em-
ployment, social benefits and freedom of movement.
For the past year, the responsi- r '
bility for DPs has been gradually Nazism, when it was discovered
transferred from the Interna- that many documents on which
tional Refugee Organization to the claims were based were ob-
German authorities. The new law tained improperly.
is expected to strengthen the
Although the documents were
Bonn government's case for ad-
mission to the United Nations in most cases obtained from cor-
groups dealing with refugee,ques- rupt Bavarian officials, the move
tions, for which the parliament was aimed primarily at Dr. Phil-
ipp Auerbach, the Je- Wish director
also decided to apply.
of the office, whose success in re-
It is believed that the number establishing restitution has inade
of DPs in Germany is between him many enemies.
50,000 and 60,000. Other sources
estimate them as high as 200,000.
The IRO has returned to Ger-
man authorities barracks, camps,
apartments and hospitals that
accommodated more than 50,000
DPs in 1947. In the remaining in-
stallations there are now only
53,000 who must emigrate or find
other homes before the final dis-
JERUSALEM—(WNS)—In an-
solution of the IRO scheduled for
swer to criticism by leaders of
Sept. 30.
About 200,000 foreign displaced Mapam, pro-Russian labor party,
persons are living "on the Ger- and Heruth, former anti-British
man economy," German sources terrorists, Foreign Minister Shar-
revealed. About 150,000 of them ett declared in the Knesset that
still hope to emigrate.
reports that the British govern-
Equality of treatment has been
the rule in the British zone. The ment was seeking airfields, ports
new law will mean a decisive and supply bases here as well as
change in the U.S. zone, especial- Israeli troops to fight the Russians
ly Bavaria, where great numbers were "exaggerated and unfound-
ed."
of DPs are concentrated.
The government was criticized
Coincident with the new law
the Bavarian government sus- by some members of the Knesset
pended payments through the re- for extending state hospitality to
stitution office to all victims of Gen. Sir Brian Robertson, com-
mander of the British land forces
in the Middle East on his visit to
•
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Israel.
Sharett Denies
Giving Britain
Bases, Ports
es • ,
Water to the Negev is one of the chief projects of the United
Palestine Appeal agencies in Israel. Of UPA's $174,000,000 budget,
a total of $30,000,000 is required for irrigation projects. Shown
above is a pumping station controlling the flow of water to the
Negev.
Ben Gurion, Opponents
Clash on Women's Draft
JERUSALEM—(Special)--An- 1 by claiming religious exemption,
other clash between Ben Gurion and that the new amendment is
the result of a demand by army
and the religious bloc was f chiefs that this loophole be elim-
precipitated a few days ago when r nated.
the Premier served notice that
Religious leaders, however, see
he intends to introduce an amend- t he measure as a political move
ment to the compulsory military t o show the orthodox bloc that it
service law requiting women who
claiM exemption on religious
grounds to serve in settlements,
welfare agencies or military of-
fices.
All Israeli women between 18
PARIS—(WNS)—The recog-
and 28 are liable to two years' nition of the Soviet govern-
service in the armed services and ment and the establishment of
are required to take a refresher friendly relations between the
course annually after training.
United States and Russio in
It was reported that Israel's 1933 was the result of political
two chief rabbis called on Ben and moral pressure exerted
Gurion Tuesday in an effort to upon President Roosevelt by
dissuade him from introducing the National Council of Young
the measure. There were also Israel, an American Jewish
rumors that the orthodox bloc organization, for the purpose
would call a national day of of making America in time a
prayer and urge women affected "Communist bastion of Soviet
by the amendment to refuse to Russia."
This anti-Semitic accusation
obey.
Although Ben Gurion's party, has appeared in an article in
Mapai, does not have the major- "Le Figaro," usually consider-
ity in the Knesset, he would :.ave ed one of France's most seri-
no difficulty in getting the meas- ous daily newspapers.
French Jewish communal
ure passed, since Mapam is cer-
leaders are now considering
tain to support it.
Compulsory service for women the feasibility of bringing a
has been consistently fought by libel action against "Figaro"
because of this accusation.
religious leaders on two grounds:
(1) army life is not suitable for
women and may lead to im- cannot attain its goals without
morality, and (2) other countries Mapai support. It was also noted
do not impose service on women that, since the fall of the cabinet,
Ben Gurion no longer shows the
in peace time.
Ben Gurion's supporters say same spirit of conciliation that
that thousands of women have he demanded of the nation less
been trying to shirk their duties than a month ago.
Paris Le Figaro
Hits Sour Note
Premier Witness
14 Libel Trial
TEL AVIV—(WNS)—Thc 7,000 •
metal workers who had been on
strike for seven weeks through-
out the country have gone back to
work after being granted an av-
erage wage increase of 14.8 per
cent.
An agreement was signed be-
tween the Israel manufacturers
Association's metal branch and
the labor organization Histadrut.
70 Belgian Orphans
to Be Sent to Israel
British Jews Hit
Rearming of Reich
BRUSSELS— (VMS) —Seventy
Jewish orphans, whose ages
range from 6 to 16 and who
have been inmates of a Jewish
orphanage near Antwerp, will
soon be sent to Israel. Their
parents were killed by the Nazis
in concentration camps or gas
chambers.
BOOKS FOR HEBREW U.
NEW YORK-L(ISI)—The He-
brew University in Jerusalem
was presented with 5,000 books
from the Library of Congress to
help establish a library at its
"university in exile."
Cash in Phone Box Gets Wrong Party
NEW YORK—Hersch Bornstein, 31, a former
slave laborer in Siberia, received a lesson on the
need for a banking system that he is not likely
to forget, according to the New York Times.
Bornstein, who has been working as a street
peddler here, was afraid he could not sign his
name well enough to bank the money he has been
saving.
As a result, he put his cash in the box he found
on the wall of one of the two rooms he and his
wife and baby rented at 442 Ralph avenue, Brook-
lyn.
But the bcx it seems, was the property of the
New York Telephone Co., which installed it for
the more prosaic purpose of housing a telephone
bell mechanism. This was done months before the
Bornsteins moved in.
However, the newcomers, who arrived here
from a displaced persons' camp early last year, did
not subscribe for a telephone, so it was only a
matter of time until telephone company employes
would arrive to claim the equipment.
Bornstein did not know this. Thus after the
money he was putting aside to buy furniture be-
Metal,Workats.
Get Wage Hike
TEL AVIV—(WNS)—Premier
David Ben Gurion has been sum-
moned to appear as a witness for
the defense by the Communist
newspaper Kol Haam, which is
standing trial for libeling the
Premier.
Kol Haam on October 24 had
called Ben Gurion a traitor, be-
cause of his order, as defense
minister, to the Israel army to
withdraw from the Suez Canal
area in 1948 during the war for
liberation of the country.
gan reaching substantial proportions and he was
considering a hiding-place for it, he selected the
box in his room.
By skimping hard, he had set aside $1,050 by
last week and all of this cash had been stuffed
into the box.
Then last Friday the telephone company men
appeared while the Bornsteins were out. When
the family returned, their little black box was
gone from its wall and so were their savings.
Frantically they sought out the landlord who told
them what had happened.
Bornstein immediately called the telephone
company, which had the box traced, opened it and
found the $1,050.
However, the company said it could not return
the money, but would have to hand it over to the
Police Property Clerk, with whom Bornstein could
make a claim.
This he did and Wednesday morning in the
office of Frank Leuci, the police clerk, the Born-
steins got their money back.
Immediately Bornstein announced that he was
off to a bank to open a savings account.
LONDON—(WNS)--A protest
meeting against German re-arm-
ament was held here this week
under the auspices of the Poale
Zion federation and adopted a
resolution protesting such re-
armament as well as the freeing
of Nazi war criminals.
Labor M. P. Richard P.
Crossman was one of the speak-
ers. Dr. S. Levenberg, head of
the Jewish Agency in Britain,
who presided, said that Jews
protest the re-armament of So-
viet-controlled east Germany as
well as that of western Germany.
Intioluntary'Nazis
May Conte to U. S.
WASHINGTON—( WNS) —The
House of Representatives passed
a bill which would permit the
entry into the United States of
persons who were involuntai y
members of Nazi, Fascist or other
non-Communist organizations.
Such persons have been barred
from coming to the United States
since the Internal Security Act
was passed by Congress last year.
Israel Still Seeking
Access to Wailing Wall
JERUSALEM—(WNS)—The Is-
rael government is still seeking
access to the Wailing Wall and
other Jewish holy places that are
now in Arab hands, Foregin Min-
ister Moshe Sharett declared in
parliament.
The Wailing Wall is in the Old
City, which is under the control
of the Jordan government.