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Refugee Rights

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Vol. 53—No. 27

•011. 27

Infihree
Arabs
to Stay

Friday, July 6, 1951

10c a Copy —$3 Per Year

Unrest in Iran

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HULEH RESIDENTS GET
PERMISSION TO RETURN
TEL AVIV — (WNS) —

All
Arabs evacuated in the Huleh
demilitarized zone on the Syrian
border have been permitted by
Israel to return to their villages,

government spokesmen disclosed
here.
The Arabs, estimated at 785,
were evacuated from the area
three months ago as a result of
the border flare-ups. All Arabs
wishing to return to the villages
will be able to do so before the
end of next week, an Israel for-
eign ministry spokesman de-
clared.
The return of the Arabs will
be under the supervision of Lt.
Gen. William E. Riley, United
Nations chief of staff in Pales
tine.

Labor Urges
Fund Merger

FALLSBURG, N. Y.—(WNS)—
Hapoel Hamizrachi, religious la-
bor group, at its closing session
here, adopted a resolution pledg-
ing the organization to the main-
tenance of the full independence
and integrity of the Jewish Na-
tional Fund and instructing its
delegates to the forthcoming
World Zionist Congreis to act
accordingly when the issue of the
Jewish National Fund and its
merger with other funds conies
up for consideration.
The resolution was adopted
following an address delivered by
Mendel N. Fisher, executive di-
rector of the Jewish National
Fund, who stressed that "the
Jewish National Fund could
never have made the strides it
has and become the great popu-
lar institution it is today without
the full support of religious
Jewry."
At the same time the organiza-
tion proposed the convocation of
a religious congress to be at-
tended by leading American Jew-
ish religious groups, for the pur-
pose of ending a wasteful dupli-
cation of effort and to form a
unified program of religious ac-

tivity.

ENVOY TO ZURICH

JERUSALEM — (ISI) — Israel

and Switzerland have establish-
diplomatic relations. S. Tolkow-
sky has been appointed Israeli
minister to Switzerland.

GENEVA—(Special)---A United Nations conference on
a new international statute governing the rights of refugees
has been meeting her since Wednesday, but discussions have
shown that no such treaty has a chance of general acceptance
at this time.

Although 41 nations voted in
the General Assembly for a
statute that could apply on a
world-wide basis, only 24 have
sent representatives to this con-
ference, which is supposed to be
a signing conference.
The draft convention defines a
refugee broadly as a person un-
willing to avail himself of the
protection of the national gov-
ernment of his native land. It
then lays down a series of com-
mitments on the treatment of
refugees. These include such
rights as access to the courts
and the protection of property.
Basic to the whole concept is
that the United Nations, through
its High Commissioner for Refu-
gees, would try to see to it that

JERUSALEM — (WNS) —
Premier David Ben Gurion's
office, in a statement defining
the status of the Arab popu
lation in Israel, disclosed that
some 23,000 Arab infiltrees
had been permitted to remain
in the country despite their ,
illegal entry.

It is believed that Arab vil-
lages hold about 18,000 more ille-
gal entrants.
Simultaneously the statement
revealed a decision by the cus-
todian of absentee property to
release the property of Arab
citizens of Israel as well as their,
frozen assets.
There are 170,000 Arabs in
Israel. About 120,000 are resid-
ing in rural'. communities • and
32,000 in cities and towns. About
18,000 are nomads. About 70,000
Arabs are expected to vote in
the forthcoming election.
The statement outlines the
government's efforts toward rais-
ing the standard of living of the
Arab population, disclosing that
the budget includes a 100,000
pound item for that objective.
There are 96 Arab villages. in
Israel with 250,000 dunams of
•
land.

Friends in UN

the signatory governments treat-
' ed refugees according to the
standards of this convention.
There is something in the draft
convention that every major gov-
ernment finds unattractive.
George Warren, United States
delegate, said the United States
treated all aliens alike once they
were admitted and could not be
bound by any international
agreement with respect to whom
and how many persons it ad-
mitted.
Canada's position is identical
with that of the United States.
Most serious for the future of
the project is the coolness of
France, one of 'Europe's chief
"countries of first refuge." France
does not turn a refugee away
from her frontiers if he has no
proper papers.
Within France, however, a
stateless person is not in the
same position as, for example, a
Belgian because the latter is cov-
ered by various agreements be-
tween his home government and
the French government providing
privileges for Belgians in France
and for French persons in Bel-
gium on a reciprocal basis.
Belgium and Italy at least
seer• to share France's coolness
toward the draft convention.

'Austrian Je'ivs
Fear Sellout
on Restitution

VIENNA — (Special) —The re-
cent election of a ocialtst presi-
dent of Austria may be a detri-
ment to the prospects for the re-
turn of Jewish property confis-

ammo
Iran's widespread political unrest marked by a violent upswing in nationalistic
feeling has brought •alarm and panic to that country's Jewish commeoity. As
of the end of June, more than 70,000 of Iran's 100,000 Jews had registered for
emigration to Israel. This development may present the United Jewish Appeal
and its agencies with another great emigration crisis. An earlier crisis Involved
the Jews of Iraq, whose rescue has been made possible by the United Palestine

Appeal with funds raised through the UJA. Still earlier, the UJA provided
the rescue of the Jews of Yemen, who were movedettwillwee
• tO 1 .raek,ln 1 149 Ar:
Funds raised through the linitedJewi
sh Appral makeopostible thr migration,

settlement and rehabilitation programs of the IJPA. the Joint Distribution

Committee and the United Service for New Americans.

rag ewsexod us Hurts
to Tune of $30,000,000

BEIRUT, LEBANON — (Special) — The departure of 120,000
Jews from Iraq to Israel is hurting Iraq's economy, according to an
interview given by Dr. Salch Haydar, deputy director of the Iraqi
National Bank, to Albion Ross, N. Y. Times correspondent. •
According to Baghdad figures 4
95,000 already have left and an- Iraqis and that, accordingly, the
other 14,000 were still awaiting loss in the business turnover
transportation, but the total ex- would be out of proportion to
pected to leave before the present their percentage of the total pop-
movement is over is apparently ulation, which he placed at about
120,000.
2.5 per cent.
The Jews have been a more or
He asserted, however, that the
less important element in the amount of goods available for ex-
economy of Babylon, Baghdad port would be somewhat greater
and other capitals on the Tigris now and that imports would be
and Euphrates.
considerably reduced. With a
A greater part of the Baghdad higher living standard, he ex-
Jewish community is leavin gat a plained, the Jewish community
moment when the greatly in- 'consumed a large quantity of
creased income from oil and the foreign imports.
national development program
Referring to the decreaue in the
are expected to restore the an- amount of capital available as a
cient prosperity of Mesopotamia. result of the departure of such a
Dr. Haydar estimated that large proportion of the Jewish
the Jews leaving Baghdad had Community, Dr. Haydar said:
sent to Israel or elsewhere
"I expect wealthy Iraqi fami-
abroad approximately $30,000,- lies to appear during the next
000 during the last two years. three to five years with a conse-
He said that' the movement of quent increase in the capital
funds had begun even earlier. available for use nationally."
Neutral economic observers have
reported that generally it has
beer. easy to make transfers of
funds from Iraq to neighboring
countries with little risk involved
until fairly recently.
NEW YORK—(WNS)—Dr. Ja-
The Iraqi government did not cob Hartstein, dean of the grad-
possess the machinery necessary uate division of Yeshiva Univer-
to introduce strict exchange con- sity, announced plans for the
trol, and channels for the free formation of a national institute
transfer of funds were well estab- of adult education "to foster
lished; foreign financial observers Jelkish learning."
said.
Addressing the 54th annual
Dr. Ilaydar discussed in par- convention of the university's
ticular the effect of the exodus rabbinic alumpi, Dr. Hartstein
on business. Iie said that the declared that the institute's func-
drop in the total consumption tion would be to destroy Juda-
annually could be estimated at ism's greatest enemy, "ignor-
$20,000,000 to $30,000,000. In a ance of Jewish background, tra-
very poor country with a popu- ditions and values." The insti-
lation of 5,000,000 this is a large tute would work in conjunction
amount.
with an expanded program of
He explained that the Jews in higher and adult education in
general had a considerably higher the school of education at the
standard of living than most University.

Yeshiva U. Plans
Adult Education

cated by the Nazis, it is feared
by Vienna's Jewish community.

Observers are apprehensive
that a deal may be made between
the People's party and the Nazi-
tinged League of Ipdependents to

Bond P arley

this ettect. In the first attempt
to elect an Austrian president on
Is4ay , 6. the Independent League
candidate, Burghard Brenner, re-

ceived

votes.

nearly one-sixth of the

According to the Vienna news-
paper Der Montag, secret nego-
tiations have been going on be-
tween Julius Raab, head of the
People's party, and representa-
tives of the League of Independ-

ents.

The newspaper said Raab
would "represent the interests of
more than 100,000 sufferers from
the restitution laws." It said that
"billion of schillings could be
saved. for the Austrian people by
modification of the restitution
laws," and added:
"As this modification would ap-
parently be retroactive it is to be
expected that more than half of
the 30,000 judicial decisions in
favor of foreign, mostly Israeli
claimants, would be invalidated."
Zachariah Shuster of the Amer-
ican Jewish Committee, who
came to Vienna to look into the
situation, said that there seemed
to be some ground for 'these
statements.

Set for Sept. 20

NEW

vome

--(NNS)

first national conference , for state
of Israel bonds will be held in
Washington, D.C., from Sept. 26

to Sept. 23, it was announced by
Julian B. Venezky, chairman of
the executive committee of the
American Financial and Devel-
opment Corporation for Israel,
which is directing the $500,000,-
000 Israel independence bond
drive.
The conference "will give Jew-
ish leaders of America their first
opportunity to meet on a national
scale for the purpose of review-
ing the economic situation in Is-
rael and of developing plans to
further the sale of Israel Bonds."

Jerusalem Jew Shot
by Arab Legionnaires

JERUSAL5M — (WNS) — Arab
Legionnaires patrolling the Old
City of Jerusalem, now in the
hands of Jordan, shot and seri-
ously injured a Jewish resident
of the city.
A complaint has been filed
with the Israel-Jordan Mixed
Armistice Commission.

Ira Hirschmann Named Head
of JNF's Ussishkin League

Ira A. Hirschmann, president' Schiff and Jdcob Sincoff, trustees.
of WABF and Metropolitan In accepting the presidency
Broadcasting and Xelevision, Inc., Hirschmann declared that Israel
was elected president of the Na-
tional Ussishkin League, organ-
ized by the Jewish National
Fund, the land purchasing agency
of the State of Israel.
Dr. Harris J. Levine, presi-1
dent of JNF, announced that a'
department for living legacies,
wills, bequests and insurance,
has been set up under the chair-
manship of Hirschmann.
In additiern to Hirschmann the
following officers were elected:
Dr. Harris J. Levine, honorary
president; Mendell N. Fisher, sec-
retary; Charles Wolf, treasurer;
Samuel Markewich, associate
treasurer; Paul Kaminsky, Albert

CHAGALL IN ISRAEL
IRA IIIRSCHAIANN
JERUSALEM — (ISI) — Mark
• • •
Chagall, noted American-Jewish
painter, told Israeli newsmen must be prepared to absorb the
that he would like to settle in thousands who are converging to-
Israel.
ward the new state.

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