eidatior 13 1944
THE JEWISH MEWS
Repatriated Jews in Russia
Reported in Need of Relief
Thousands Who Are Returning to Their Liberated Homes
in the Ukraine and Byelorussia are 'Worse Off
Now Than When They First Left', Say Leaders
MOSCOW (JTA) — Thousands of Jews in Russia, who'
are returning to their liberated homes in the Ukraine and
Byelorussia, are in dire need .of relief, its is reported here
by Samuel Chobrutsky, president of the Moscow Jewish
Community, and by Leo Gruliow, Moscow representative of
the liussian War. Relief.
The majority were evacuated
to the Asiatic part of the USSR..
They left their homes at a mo-
ment's notice, often with nothing
more than the clothing on their
back. Their present condition is
reported to be "as bad, or ,even
worse," than when they first left.
Especially difficult is the situa-
tion in which the children • of
these Jewish families find them-
selves, even though the govern-
ment is doing its utmost to help
them. The position of the Jews
still in Central Asia, in the Urals,
and irt, parts, of the Soviet
interior is also difficult.
Asked whether special 'Jewish_
aid is needed, Gruliow replied:
"All aid is currently distributed
by Soviet relief agencies. without
regard to .race, or religion, I have
seen Many . Jewish . people aided
by Soviet agencies distributing
food supplied by the United
States."
Funds contributed by /-111-:.. •
can Jewish groups.are now being
used for JeWish evacuees in the
Saratov district. It was indicated
that the question of admission of
representatives of Jewish relief:
groups from the U. S. -is not yet
clear, and that "no definite reply
to this question can be obtained
at present."
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Jews in Bulgaria
In Desperate Need
SOFIA (JTA) — Despite res-
toratien- of right to• Jews in• Bul-
garia, their situation is desperate
as a result of the fact that they
were uprooted and eliMinated:
from economic life for a lorig
time. At. present, Jews of Skifia
are deprived of practically all
means of existence. The streams
of Jews returning to their homes
is increasing daily, but the ma-
jority of them do not even have .
money to pay their fare.
Health conditions among them
present a grave problem. The
Jewish hospital in Sofia was de-
.stro.yed and it is difficult to find
a Jewish doctor.
Hungary Relaxes Curfew
On Jewish Holydays
ZURICH (JTA)—Curfew reg-
ulations _were relaxed throughout
Hungary to allow Jews to .attend
High - Holyday services; it is re-
ported in Budapest newspapers
received here. The Minister of
the Interior issued an order al-
lowing Jews to leave the • ghetto
outside of the prescribed hours
on those days.
Meanwhile, the closed Jewish
textile .firms are being looted of
their goods and the Hungarian
press reports that the Minister
of the Interior has issued, an or-
der declaring that
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such shops
may be opened only with his per-
mission and that, no persons are
to be given cloth. from their
stocks • unless he has a written
requisition.
Jews in Holland
Rescued Allied Fliers
MAASTRICHT, Holland (JTA)
— Three-fourth or the 140,000
Jews who resided in Holland be-
fore the German occupation were
deported to "unknown destina-
tions" by the Gestapo, it was
established. About 80,000 Of them
had resided in the Netherlands
for generations.
Although in great danger, Jews
in Holland actively. participated
in hiding Allied airmen, secur-
ing false identity document's for
them and helping them to cross
into Belgium en route to Eng-
land, the correspondent was told.
Thindreds of Allied airmen were
saved from the Gestapo.
Rabbi are now being arrested - by
leaders of the Indeperidence
Front and the Maquis movement
and held for investigation, this
correspondent learned . , upon his
arrival here. Some of them are
charged with collaborating with
the German occupation authori-
ties.
It is estimated here that at
least 35,000 Jews were deported
from Belgium. Among them were
members of the Association of
Jews in Belgium.
Liberated Poland Eyes
Aid from U. S. Groups
. MOSCOW (JTA) — Liberated
Poland will welcome representa-
tives of American -Jewish relief
organizations, Edward B. Osub-
ka-Morawski, chairman of the
Polish Committee of National
Liberation, told the . Jewish ~ 'ele-
graphic Agency. •
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He emphasized that with the
approach of winter, the Jews in
liberated Poland are in great
need of clothing, underwear and
shoes. "Poland faces .a very diffi-
cult if not tragic situation..and
Must 'have. aid at once," he de-
clared, adding• that- this applies
to Jews as Weli - as to non-Jews
in the liberated sections of the
country.
J.• D.- C. Forms Research
Department Under Prof. Reich
To - gather and interpret mate-
rial pertaining to the status of the
Jews and conditions . in Various
countries ',the . Joint .Distribution
Comniittee, • ina•j o r. American
agency for aid to distressed JeWs
abroad, has- organized a research
department arid has •appointed
Prof. Nathan Reich, well-known
socio-economist, as its director.
How Swimming Fortune Editor Urges 'Adult'
Builds Bodies
Palestine Policy in U. S.
By JOSHUA BORODKIN
Swimming Instructor at the
Jewish Community Center
Since swimming requires
movement of all limbs, it de-
velops all the important muscles
in the body, and will:give you
the best possible build, limited
. only by your own .home struc-
ture. At the same time it is re-
laxing, giving you a sense of
being at ease.
Swimming helps build up re-
sistance to colds, and, if done
properly, develops heart a n d
lungs.
Swimming, because it requires
coordination, gives you poise and
grace of movement. In addition,
swimming helps to reduce, and
takes off excess fat in the correct
proporti ons.
Swimming need not tire you.
Very often, people find them-
selves gasping for breath, after
a very short time, because they
do not breathe properly. Correct
breathing is easy to master, and
will greatly aid you in carrying
on your more strenuous tasks in
everyday life.
Jerusalem Curfew
Lifted; Terrorism
Widely Assailed
JERUSALEM, .(JTA) — The
strictest curfew ever introduced
by the British administration in
PaleStine on the Jewish section of
Jerusalem was lifted this week.
For six days no Jew was. per-
mitted to leave his, home for 1Z
hours daily beginning with 6 • .m.
The curfew was imposed after
the assassination of Assistant Po-
lice Superintendent T. J. Wilkins
by two unknown men as he was
Walking to police headquarters
here. Armored police cars pa-.
trolled the Jewish quarter of the
city to enforce the .curfew.
Hayim Zimbler, a. young Jeru-
salem Jew, was sentenced.to one
month's imPrisonment "for as-
saulting Chief Rabbi ISaaC Her-
zog." The trial took place despite
the Chief Rabbi's refusal to bring
charges against his assailant.
An
NEW YORK (JPS)
"adult" policy by the United
States with regard to Palestine
was urged -by F. Lawrence Bab-
cock, an editor of Fortune Maga-
zine, in an article in - that publi-
cation, which was the result of a
survey on the scene. He " also
warned that "if immigration
(Jewish) to Palestine is . perma-
nently cut off, the Western world
not only will have on its consci-
ence the breach of a pledge, am-
biguous though the pledge was
and may have been meant to be,
it will also be guilty of seriou§
fraud in having permitted a peo-
ple to pour wealth and sweat and
sacrifice into the building of an
edifice on sands offered...them and
accepted in good faith, as a
strong rock foundation."
With regard to U. S. policy on
Palestine, he states: "Since the
U. S. approved the Balfour Dec-
laration and adhered to the man-
date, and since our President,
members of the Cabinet, Con-
gress, and both major political
parties have seen fit to express
themselves on the subject of im-
migration and Palestine in gen- .
eral, we are under the obligation
to match our pious concern with
a discernible policy that we are
willing to back up. Meanwhile
Britain can make no secure set-
tlement, one way or the other,
without knowing where . we
stand."
'Declaring that the Jews "look
to the dayof some sort of Jewish
state governed by a Jewish ma-
jority and enjoying some degree
of sovereignity," Mr. Babcock
states that "this would truly.- be
the fulfillment of a Jewish na-
tional home, whereas anything
short of it would perpetuate the
insecurity that has bedeviled the
mandate ever since it was estab-
lished, and exposed it to Arab
pressures within the pattern of
world politics." .Conceding that
this is what the Arabs fear, he
points out that. "the quarrel over
Palestine might not be so irre-
concilable now if we found means
of offering some quid pro quo,
some sort of deal that would
mean large scale economic ex-
pansion and would benefit the
ruling classes of the Middle East
rather more than the strengthen-
ing Of the Jews in Palestine
would injure them."
Asking for UNRRA assistance
to the Jew's for resettlement in
Palestine, Mr. Babcock states: "It
is the sheerest irresponsibility to
recommend unrestricted
gration into Palestine, while im-
agining that this immigration will
forthwith take care of the relief
problem now or the resettlement
problem three years from now.
The presumption of good faith
and sincere altruism would be
much stronger iD our vocal sup
port of the Zionist cause were
coupled with an express willing-
ness to share in the burden of
immediate relief in . the hard
practical way."
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Arrest •Belgian . Jews
As Collaborationists
LIEGE, Belgium (JTA) —
Members • of . the Association
of Jews in • Belgium formed by
the Germans during the occtipa-
headea_ by the Chief
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