Friday, April 23, 1943
THE JEWISH NEWS
Refugee Children
Arrive in Portugal
Emergency Committee
Lists Rescue Program
An appeal to the Bermuda Conference which held its
first session in Hamilton, Bermuda, Monday, to undertake
immediately a determined program of action to save
European Jewry from extermination, was made public by
the jOint Emergency ComMittee for EtiroPean Jewish Af-
airs,
This committee, which.receritly.was foriiied to deal with
primarily exploratory.
LITTMAN'S PEOPLES THEATRE
8210 TWELFTH STREET
(By
LISBON (Wireless)
RNS) Through the efforts of
the Atherican Friends Service
Committee (Quaker), the ..Jew-
ish Joint DiStribution Commit-
tee, and the Spanish and -,.-Portu 7
guese Red Cross, 29 refugee
children have arrived here Pre-
Paratory to leavirig for the
United States.
While in Portugal, the yoUng-
sters, Many of whom have wit-
nessed the horrors of war at
first-hand,, are being cared for
by Catholie nuns and a number
of Portugtiese organilationS tin-
der the super vision of American
relief agencies.
2—At this writing neither the
United States nor Great Britain
has been fit to call into consulta-
tion the representative organiza-
tions of the Jewish communities their Jewish victims and to the
emigration of JewS,
of their respective countries.
2—The United Nations should
3—There are the doubts take steps to designate and es-
aroused by the isolation of the tablish a number of sanctuaries
Conferefibe in a place completely
in Allied and neutral countries
inaccessible to the. influences of
as havens of refUge.
publiC opinion orpublic
p
person-
-7--.The Procedure that now pre-
alities, except by -government
vails in the administration of the
permission.
existing inirnigration law in the
. Time for Action
United States, should be revised
"When Millions of Jews have and adjusted to war conditionS,
already been done to death and in order that refugees within such
the fact of their murder has been qUotas, may firi,:Eratictuary here.
authenticated by the United N a '
4—SUbjeCt to proviSionS for its
tions, the time for exploration has national _security, England should
long since passed and the time for be asked to provide for receiving
action is Ring past due. Unless a reasonable number of victims
this action is undertaken imme- escaping from Nazi-occupied ter-
diately there inay soon be no ritories.
Jews left in Europe," says the
5—The possibilities in several
communication.
British territories, both in Africa
Nonetheless, the communica- and in the Caribbean, shoUld be
tion requested that despite the explored without delay. Sane-
lateness of the hour an invitation titary has already been afforded
should be extended to the Joint to thousands in these territories.
Emergency Committee for Euro-
6—The United Nations should
pean JewiSh Affairs to send a urge the Republics of Latin
delegation to the Bermuda Con- AMerica to modify such adriainis-
ference.
trative regulations that now make
. The communication to Mr. immigration under the law ex-
Welles was signed in behalf of tremely difficult.
7—England should be persuad-
the Joint Emergency Committee
by its co-chairinen: Stephen S. ed to open the do o . i‘s of Palestine
Wise, .president of the American for Jewish mimigration and the
JewiSh CongreSs; Joseph M. offer of hoSPitality ,made by the
ProSkauer, president of the JewiSh Community of Palestine
Ainericaii Jewish Corriinittee; should be accepted.
8—The United Nations should
Henry Monsky, president of the
Bnai Brith; Adolph Held, presi- provide financial guarantees to
dent of the JeWish Labor Com- all such neutral states as have
mittee; and Israel Goldstein,
BROTfIERS'
President of the Synagogue Coun-
Made to Measure and
Cil of America.
Ready to Wear
P rogram of Rescue
The 12-POint program submit-
ted by the Joint Emergency COM-
mittee calls for:
1—The United Nations should
approach the Gerinari Govern-
ment, and the governments of the
states it now partly doMinates or
eontrols, through the Vatican or
neutral governments like Switz-
erland, Spain, Sweden, Turkey,
Argentine, with a view to securing
their agreement to the release of
DO toil
Ben Avi Dies
29
Recently Organized Group Reveals I2-Point Program
Sent Bermuda Parley for Immediate Action
to Find Haven for Nazi Victims
he plight • of European jeWs )
comprises virtually all the lead-
g Jewish organizations of the
ountry, namely: American Jew-
Jewish
Sh. Committee ,
ongress, Bnai Brith, Jewish La-
or. Committee, .affiliated with
hich are trade union organiza-
ions, the Workineri's Circle, the
ewish Socialist Verband and the
eft Poale Zion; Synagogue
ouncil of America, Union of
rthodox Rabbis of America,
gudath Israel of America and
he American Einergency Corn-
ittee for Zionist Affairs, with
hiCh are affiliated the Zionist
rganization of America, Hadas-
ah, Mizrachi and the Poale Zion.
12-Point Program
Coupled with the appeal was a
einoranclum setting forth in de-
ail a 12-point Program of rescue
o be undertaken by the Jews of
urope.
The memorandum points out
hat the extermination of the
ews is part of a declared Ger-
an policy and that of all the
ppressed peoples the Jews are
he only ones marked for total
xtermination. It states that the
my hope for Jews to escape
nnihilation rests in:
1—Their evacuation from
Nazi occupied countries;
2—The creation Of tempor-
ary and permanent sanctuaries
for thern in allied and neutral
countries; and
3—The feeding, . under aP-
propriate safeguards, of those
who cannot hope to , escape
from their Nazi oppressors.
Set Own EXample
Accoinpanying the iriemorari-
dum was a corriprehensiVe Ap-
endix detailing the fashiori in
which the program Proposed
could be implemented. The
United States and Britain were
urged to take the leadershiP in
carrying out the program of res-
cue and to set by their own
example the standard to be fol-
lowed by other nations.
At the same time -the Joint
Emergency COmmittee made pub-
lic a communication addressed to
Undersecretary of State .Welles
criticizing the failure of the
United Nations to act to save the
Jews of Europe, despite the fact
hat the reports of the mass
Murders directed .against them
have been authenticated for the
past six months.
Hopes DiStUrbed
Misgivings were alSO eXpressed
in the communication concern-
ing the effectiveneSs of the pro-
gram of action to be deVeloped
by the Berrhuda Conference in
view of the fashion in Which it
was summoned. The hopes are
seriously diSturbed by three de-
velOpments:
1—Both our State Departinerit
and the Foreign Minister of
Britain have announced that the
Bermuda Conference is to be
Page Seven
Ittamar Ben Avi, Palestinian
leader who has been Making his
horiie since the outbreak of the
war iri East, Orange, N. J:, died
April 18 at the age of 60.-He was
well known in Detroit, having
appeared . here in lectures for the
past 25 years. He was the son of
the famdus Eliezer Ben . Yehudah,
father of modern Hebrew as a
spoken langUage.
given temporary refuge to Jews
Corning from Nazi-occupied terri-
tories and to provide for their
feeding and Maintenance and
eventual evacuation.
9—An arrangement similar to
that which existed under the
League of Nations should be es-
tablished and the Stateless refu-
gees should be given identifica-
tion passports analogotis to the
"Nansen" passports.
and their entire New York
cast in the great and success-
Jewish War Veterans national
executive committee has adopted
a reSointion to adopt rnemberS of
the crew of the U.S.S. Levy, it
was announced this week by
Benjamin K a u f m-a n national
commander, and winner of the
Congressional Medal of Honor iri
World War I. The U.S.S. Levy is
a recent addition to the Navy's
fighting fleet.
Littman's Presents
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A matinee performance will be
given Sunday, also. The original
10—The United Nations should New York cast of Herman Yablo-
take appropriate steps without koff, Bella Mysel and others will
delay to organize a system for appear.
the feeding of the victims . of
Nazi oppression who are unable
to leave the jurisdietiOn arid the
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11—It is subMitted that the
United Nations undertake to pro-
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vide the financial guarantees that
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may be required for the execu-
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outlined.
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12—The .United Nations are
urged to establish an appropriate
inter-governmental agency, to
which full authority and power
should be given to implement the
program of rescue here outlined."
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