Friday, =September 15, 1944
THE JEWISH NEWS
U. S. Must Declare Policy
On Middle East, Warning
Editor of Fortune Magazine, Just * Back From Long Tour
of Arab Countries and Palestine, Warns Nation
to Protect Interests There Against Foes
while in 1943 it was only 3 per
cent.
Page Thirteen
Dr. Schwartz Back
With JDC Report
Jewish. industrial institutions
and the authorities have been
negotiating lately for an increase European Director of Rescue
in the production of civilian con-
and Relief Work Praises
sumption goods. It is hoped to
Turkey's Co-Operation
utilize the largest possible pro-.
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ductive capacity now offered
NEW YORK (JTA)—Dr. Jo-
through the restriction of mili-
tary orders in order to secure a seph Schwartz, European chair-
rational output for the civilian man of the Joint Distribution
markets.
- NEW YORK (JPS)—The U. S. soon must determine its
policy in the Middle East, for iracillat?on is bound to aggra-
vate rather than mitigate conditions in that area, in the
opinion of F. Lawrence Babcock, an editor of Fortune who
-has just returned from an eight-Month tour of the Arab
Jews in Liberated Areas
countries and the Middle East.
In an article titled "The
plosive Middle East," published
in the September issue of For-
tune, he states that America has
invested heavily there, in oil and
in - the construction of airports
and harbors, which may well be-
tome a menace to world peace
should foes of the U. S. obtain
eontrol of them.
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2 Possible Policies
Stating that the U: S. cannot,
remove herself from the scene,
Mr. Babcock discusses two pos-
sible policies to be adopted by
America. One is that of appeas-
ing • the Arabs, • with regard to
Palestine, which also would mean
appeasing them with regard to
Lebanon.
. Discussing the project for a
Greater Syria, to include Leba-
non and Palestine, he warns that
the project may imperil the lives
of the Christians in Lebanon. In
that event France would be justi-
fied in intervening to protect the
Christian Lebanese. There will be
a great deal of pressure in
America that the U. S. should
also intervene.
_Should the U. S. intervene, in
Lebanon against the Moslems,
then it would follow• that she
must do the same in Palestine, in
behalf of the Jews.
14,500 Jews Entered
Palestine in 11 Months
JERUSALEM (Palcor) A to-
tal of 14,500 Jewish immigrants
entered Palestine in the 11
months since Oct. 1, 1943, the
majority of whom were destitute,
broken in body and suffering
nervous exhaustion. Of the new
arrivals 1,700 were children,
brought by the Youth Aliyah bu-
reau, which cares for the young
immigrants.
The children were mostly or-
phans from Transnistria, the
death camp area in Romania, and
from refugee camps in Italy.
This report on rescue and im-
,
migration was submitted by
Moshe Shapiro, deputy member
of the Jewish Agency Executive
dealing with immigration prob-
lems, to a meeting of the Smaller
Actions Corrimittee held here yes-
terday. Most of the -immigrants
were from Yemen, Romania,
Hungary, Turkey, Bulgaria, Po-
land and Greece. Only 250 capi-
talists. were among the arrivals.
Arab Groups at Peace
The Palestine Arab Party, con-
sisting of • followers of Haj Amin
el Husseini, Mufti of Jerusalem,
has decided : to co-operate with
other Arab parties in .Palestine in
the formation of a Representative
Palestine delegation to partici-
pate in the forthcoming inter-
Arab preliminary conference in
Alexandria.
A Jewish National Pally has
been organized in Buchare7r Ro-
mania; Zionist newspapers are
reappearing, and "there is again
hope for Jewish pioneer youth to
proceed to Palestine," according
to a cable received.bY the Jewish
Agency from the former presi-
dent of the Zionist Federation of
Bucharest.
.
Jewish Industry Shows
Progress in 1943
TEL AVIV—During December
1943, employment in Palestine
Jewish industry reached its peak,
according to figures .by the Hist-
adruth, when the ratio of jobless
fell to the minimum of 1.3 per
cen of the total. The number of
working days during the month
increased by 11 per cent over the
figure- for January 1940—a re-
markable achievement when it
is remembered that the number
of workmen in employment has
increased by 81 per cent since
that time. Actually, however, the
increase in the total of employees
occurred only. in 1941 and 1942,
Can't Enter Palestine
LONDON, (JTA)—Jews from
liberated territories are exclud-
ed from. Palestine as a result of
the decision of the British Gov-
ernment not to admit any Jewish
immigrants except those coming
from enemy-occupied countries,
it was revealed here by Moshe
Shertok head of the political de-
partment of the Jewish Agency
addressing a press conference.
Shertok criticized the British
:government for this decision.
Since a large-scale escape from
enemy territories is not certain,
the policy of the British Govern-
ment only slows down the distri-
bution of the 14,000 immigration
certificates still available under
the White Paper,' Shertok point-
ed out adding that this inflicts
unnecessary suffering.
of Jews from occupied countries.
"The success of the Allied
armies has caused a profound
change in the attitude toward
evacuating refugeeS," he said.
"The Turkish Government was
very cooperative in allowing
transit of refugees from t h e
Balkan areas. The main diffi-
culty has been the unwillingness
of the Germans to permit the
evacuation of refugees to safe
places." He added that since Jan.
1, 1944, the committee had suc-
ceeded in/ getting 8,000 refugees
out of danger spots in Axis Eu-
rope, most of them out of the
Balkans. •
Additional relief for Jewish
refugees apd destitute native
Jews in Turkey and also in lib-
erated Italy is being made avail-
able by t h e JDC, which ap-
proved a $200,000 grant—$100,000
each for needs in the two coun-
tries.
Refugee Pianist Gets Award
NEW YORK (JPS) — Walter
Hautzig, 22-year-old Viennese
pianist, who made his New York
debut last fall, has won the 1944
Town Hall Endowment Series
DR. JOSEPH SCHWARTZ
Award for young artists, Walter
Committee, arrived this week Naurnberg, chairman of the Town
from Europe to report to JDC H all Music Committee, an-
nounced here.
leaders on the situation of the
Jews in liberated territories
which he visited and on prob-
lems connected with the rescue
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