Tricky, NovemE;er 5, T947

THE JEWISH NEWS

Argentina Reported Ousting fI
Jews, Revoking Citizenship

Refugees Charge Ramirez G overnment Has Embarked
on Policy of Depriving Jews of Rights; Many
Fleeing to Uurguay, Chile

• MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (JTA)—Following the order
Closing down Jewish relief and social organizations in Ar-
gentina, the Ramirez government is reported this week to
have embarked on a policy of depriving naturalized Jews
of their citizenship in preparation for expelling them from
the country as. "aliens." ,

This report was brought here by Jews who fled from Argentina
as a result of the increased anti-Jewish persecutions there. The
refugees declare that life has become very difficult for Jews in
Argentina during the last few weeks and that many prominent Jews
are fleeing to Uruguay and Chile in order to avoid persecution.
The arrivals quoted Buenos Aires newspapers as reporting that
among the prominent Jews whom the Argentine government intends
to deprive of citizenship is Alberto Gerchunoff, prdminent . Argen-
tinian political writer who recently spent several months in the
U. S. as the guest of the State Department. The . Argentine • news-
papers indicate that Gerchunoff will be expelled as an "alien"
because he was one of the 150 signatories to an - appeal asking the
present government to break relations with Germany. Mr. Ger-
chunoff was born in Russia and was brought to Argentina as an
infant.

Many of the denaturalized Jews already have been deported
from Argentina, the Jewish refugees arriving here • stated. The
increased anti-Jewish measures of the government. were initiated
immediately after a group of Jewish leaders in Buenos Aires were
summoned to the Ministry of Interior and asked to. sign a statement
saying that there never had been any racial discrimination in
Argentina. The statement, which was issued later through govern-
xnent channels, was intended to counteract President'Roosevelt's
denunciation of the Argentine Government for closing. down Jewish
newspapers in Buenos Aires, which were reopened six hours after
the President issued his statement in Washington.

The statement, signed by members of the DAIA, the leading
Jewish organization in Argentina,. in which all Jewish groups are
represented, was made public by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The, Jewish leaders were summoned- to the Ministry of Interior
where they were presented with a prepared text and advised to sign
it in behalf of the Jews of Argntina.

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Weekly Review of the News of the World

(Compiled From Cables of Independent Jewish Press Service)

AMERICA

Vigorous action, backed by public
funds, can solve the difficulties encounter-
ed in respect to the immediate rescue of
refugees in Axis and Axis-dominated ter-
ritories, states Paul van Zeeland, former
Belgian Prime Minister, in an introduction
to a booklet on Post-war Migrations, pub-
lished by the American Jewish Commit-
tee's Research Institute , on Peace and
Postwar Problems . . . Concerning Pal-
estine, Dr. Max Gottschalk, prefacing the
booklet, points out that "there it is not a
problem of capital or of preparation for
future settlement to be provided by a new
international authority but rather a ques-
tion of a purely political nature." Once
that question is eliminated, the "Jews will
no. doubt be able to solve by themselves
mos
t the problems related to the settle-
ment of the immigrants."
Johannes Steel, New York' Post col-
umnist, charges the State Department
with seeking from Pan-Germans and
former chums of Adolf Hitler "advice and
counsel . . . on what to do with Germany
after the war." . . . He mentions specific-
ally "Messrs. Hanfstaengl and Spiecker,
the latter momentarily working with
. Strasser in Canada," and Herman Rausch-
nigg, Hitler's ex-buddy, who, at the State
Department's suggestion was hired by
Hollywood as the 'expert' (sic) on an anti-
Nazi movie which is now in the making."
Five hundred thousand union members
of the American Federation of Labor and
the CIO have voiced their protest of the
verdict of guilty pronounced upon Pvt.

Alton Levy. In a wire to President Roose-
velt 100 labor leaders asked that the
stigma be removed from Pvt. Levy as "fur-
ther vindication" of the principles for
which the United Nations are fighting.

PALESTINE

The Vaad Leumi confirmed current re-
ports that 1,000,000 pounds for education
in Palestine was allocated by the Palestine
Colonial Development Fund. The spirit of
the Yishuv was dampened, however, by
rumors that the Palestine Administration
proposes to grant towards Jewish schools
only 26 Pct. of the total allocation, despite
the fact the Jewish pupils comprise almost
half of all the school children in Palestine.
A special session of the Assephat Han-.
ivcharim, Jewish Representative Assem-
bly, is to be held here Nov. 2, to discuss
the newest political developments and
formally declare the Yishuv's endorse-
ment of the Biltmore Program, which was
adopted by American Zionists and has
since become the blueprint of the 'Jewish
Agency.
The Yishuv was in deep grief today
for 10 veteran settlers who were drowned
recently when their boat capsized on Lake
Kinnereth,
Berl Locker, Labor Zionist leader, re-
cently arrived from London, emphatically
denied at a press conference in this city
that there was dissension among mem-
bers of the Jewish Agency Executive in
Jerusalem and London over the Biltmore
program.

Mann to Address
Women's Council
Conclave Sunday

American Jewish Conference
Issues to Be Discussed at
Session on Tuesday

NEW -YORK, (JTA) -- Mrs.
. Maurice L. Goldman, president
of the National Council of Jew-
ish Women, announced the pro-
gram for the 17th triennial con-
vention at Drake Hotel, Chicago,
Nov. • 7-11.
Among the highlights of the
program -will be Dr. Thomas
Mann's address to the opening
meeting, Sunday night, on "The
Order of the Day."
After a discussion of Canadian
relations and affairs, Monday
afternoon, Dr. Caroline F. Ware,
chairman of Social Studies Com-
mittee, A.A.U.W., will present
"The Place of the Volunteer Or-
ganization in Social Welfare and
Rehabilitation."
Tuesday evening will be de-
voted entirely to a discussion of
the American Jewish Confer-
ence, led by Mrs. Goldman's re-
port on the meeting of the Con-
ference in September.
At the. Wednesday afternoon
meeting, which is concerned with
Service to the Foreign Born, Earl
G. Harrison, Commissioner of
Immigration and Naturalization,
will speak to the delegates on
"Your Government and Our For-
eign Born."
-The Council's 50th anniversary
will be celebrated at the "War-
time Supper" of nonrationed
foods on Wednesday evening.

The Detroit Delegates
Mrs. Leonard Weiner, presi-
dent of the Detroit Section of the
National Council of Jewish Wom-
en, announces the appointment
of the following Detroit delegates
to the convention: Miss Elizabeth
Finley, Mrs. William Frank, Mrs.
H. V. Kreger, Mrs. Gilbert Michel
and Mrs. Weiner.
Alternates are: Mrs. Douglas
Brown, Mrs. Nathan Simons, Miss
Henrietta Robinson, Mrs. Benja-
min Schwayder and Mrs. Jack
Rothberg.
'Other Detroiters who are plan-
ning, to attend the convention
are: Mrs, Henry Van Baalen, Miss
Setta Robinson, Mrs. Milford
Stern, Mrs. A. • H. Brodie, Mrs.
Frances Rosenblatt.
Mrs. Joseph M. Welt, one of
the national vice-presidents, will
be one of the Detroit delegation.

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