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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, April 9, 1943

British Jews Ask Voice
At Bermuda Rescue Parley

Weekly Review of the News of the World

(Compiled From

President of Board of Deputies of British Jews Hopes
Conference on Refugee Problem Will Not Be
Repetition of Evian Affair

LONDON, (JTA)—The hope that the forthcoming Ber-
muda Conference on refugee problems "will not be a repeti-
tion of the Evian conference" and that Jews will be repre-
sented there and Jewish views heard, was voiced this week
by Prof. Selig Brodetsky, president of the Board of Deputies
of British Jews, addressing a conference called by British
Jewish organizations.
Referring to the United States state department's note
proposing the parley, in which it was declared that action
is not intended to aid "any particular race or faith" and a
similar statement in the House of Lords by Viscount Cran-
borne, Prof. Brodetsky en-lip'iasized that "on no other people
has a declaration of death. been pronounced."
The meeting urged that the Bermuda Conference decide
on the following 12 measures to aid the Jews in Europe:

1. Announcement by the Allied Governments that asylum
will be found for all refugees who are able to flee Nazi-held
territory.
2. Visas for Allied countries should be placed at the dis-
posal of the consulates of neutral countries. The, United States
should consider filling its still unexhausted quotas for refugees.
3. Establishment of refugee camps in territory controlled
by the Allies.
4. Full use of favorable facilities for immigration offered
by Palestine.
5. Transport and transit arrangements should be made as
quickly as possible in order to utilize the 34,000 Palestine
immigration certificates still available for Jews.
6. The emigration of Jews in the Balkan countries to Pale-
stine should be facilitated by extending the transportation
facilities from Turkey and Bulgaria.
7. Provision should be made for Allied and neutral shipping
to transfer the refugees from Spain and Portugal to refugee
camps in Palestine.
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MORE WORLD NEWS ON PAGES 7, 10, 13, 15

American Jewry's role in mak-
ing possible the rescue of large
numbers of Jewish refugee chil-
dren, for whom permission to
enter Palestine recently was
granted by Britain, will be dis-
cussed at the wartime National
Conference on Palestine, Satur-
day evening, May 1, and Sun-
day, May 2, in Philadelphia, it
was announced by Rabbi Abba
, Hillel Silver, national chairman
of the United Palestine Appeal.
The conference will have as
its theme the slogan "United for
Victory." Rabbi Silver pointed
out that 35,000 children from
Russia, Europe and Africa could
be brought into Palestine within
the next 12 months if transporta-
tion and their maintenance were
made available.
First Call on Budget
The Jewish Agency for Pales-
tine, which receives its income
from America through the United
Palestine Appeal, has notified
Rabbi Silver that the rescue of
these children would constitute
a first charge upon its budget.
News of the rescue of Jewish
refugee children in widely-scat-
tered regions is reported by the
United Jewish Appeal for Refu-
gees, Overseas Needs and Pales-
tine.
The children who arrived in
the U. S. originally came from
France, where they had been
cared for by agencies financed
by. the JDC, which also saw to
their welfare during their stay in
Portugal and made the arrange-
ments for their passage.
140 Children In Spain
There are approximately 140
children in Spain, who, it is
hoped, can qualify for early ad-
mission to the United States
under this particular project,
sponsored by the U. S. Commit-
tee for the Care of European
Children. These children have
escaped from France.
With the doors of Palestine
now open to 29,000 refugee chil-
dren and with prospects for
haven in the New World for
thousands more, the needs of the
JDC, UPA and NRS are mount-
ing, it was pointed out.

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Cables of Independent Jewish Press Service)

PALESTINE
Brigadier General Patrick J. Hurley
lauds Palestine development. . Isaac ben
Zvi, chairman of the Vaad Leumi, warns
Bermuda conference futile unless specific
action taken. . . . Settlement founded by
Jewish National Workers' Alliance on 30th
anniversary. . . . Palestine Government's
reconstruction plan sharply criticized by
Dr. Emil Schmorak, director of Depart-
ment of Trade and Industry for Jewish
Agency. . . . Yishuv dons yellow badges
as mark of sympathy with Nazi victims.
. . . Increased taxes enacted in Palestine.
. . . 400,000 Jews in Palestine reported to
be under 40 years of age. . . . Davar asks
Jewish representation at Bermuda con-
ference. . . . Recruiting centers for women
opening in Palestine. . .. Eliahu Dobkin,
of Jewish Agency Executive, says trans-
port major problem in Jewish rescue. . . .
OVERSEAS
Danish Church leaders protest anti-Sem-
itism. . . . Dutch Jews in eight provinces
deported. . . . Oliver Locker - Lampson
urges system of visas en bloc for refugees.
. • . "Blood libel" exhibitions open in 53
cities in Nazi-occupied Europe. . . . Turkey
bans sending of matzoth to Bulgarian
Jews. British Board of Jewish Deputies'
Joint Foreign Committee obtains plans
to aid Jews. . . . Japan mobilizes Jewish
doctors and technicians in Shanghai. . . .
London News Chronicle describes Nazi
pogrom on 3,500 Gabes Jews. . . . Jews of
Sarajevo ordered to report for deportation.
. . . Discussion of refugee plight delayed by
Prime '1\ 1 it-2 - ister Winston Churchill.

Palestine Parley
To Study Rescue
Of Jewish Youth

National Conference, May
I , 2, To Discuss Problem
Of Moving Children

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AMERICA
Democrat of Mississippi, Rep. John Ran-
kin, receives verbal lacing from New York
Rep. Emanuel Celler . . . Leon Blum and
Georges Mandel prisoners in Koenigsberg,
says BBC. . . . Oscar L. Chapman, Assist-
ant Secretary of Interior, may head
stronger F.E.P.C. . . . Lehman arranges to
transfer Polish Christians. . . . Clericals
oppose Jewry in U. S., says Vicente Lom-
bardo Toledano, labor leader in Mexico
City. . . . Rep. John W. Flannagan again
derides Ginsburg record. . . . Ginsburg
defended by President Roosevelt. . . . Re-
lief abroad will be "reasonable," says
Lehman. . . . Baron de Rothschild answers
Welles' charge. . . . Racketeers load anti-
Semitic movement, Edward J. Smythe
admits. . . . Representative Emanuel Celler
attacks State Department on refugees. . . .
Representative Fred Bradley of Mich-
igan attacks David K. Niles, praises Liber-
man family of Manistique. . . . U.S.S. Levy
launched. . . . Joint Emergency Committee
for European Jewish Affairs holds first
public meeting in Washington. . . . Most
New York newspapers reported banning
"hate" ads. . . . Representative John E.
Rankin "hesitates" to use word "Jew". . . .
Jews still suffering ill treatment in Mor-
occo, according to New York Times corre-
spondent Cyrus L. Sulzberger. . . . Egypt-
ians reported calling Arab federation
meeting. . . . Jewish Agricultural Society
reports older men adjust to farming. .. .
Constitutional regimes set up in Syria,
Lebanon .. . . Algerian Jews protest to
Giraucl, Crawford reports to PM.

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