Drs. Wise, Silver Resign;
Zionist Council Is Split

Weekly Bellew of the News of the World

(Compiled From Cables of independent Jewish Press Service)

Disagreement of Long Duration Comes to Dramatic
Climax; Zionist Parties Divided on Internal Issue as
Emergency Council Remains Without Leadership

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NEW YORK (JPS) — Drs. Stephen S. Wise and Abba Hillel
Silver, co-chairMen of the American Zionist. Emergency Council,
resigned from their posts as a result of dissension within the Council
over strategy pursued in the past and the course to be folloWed in
th'e future.
Long-standing disagreement was brought to a climatic head
following deferment of the P-alestine resolutiOn by the .S e n . a t e
FOreign Relations Committee at the request of the. State Department.
Dr. Wise and Dr. Silver each _hold divergent views.
A resolution proposed • by Dr. James G. Heller, censuring 13r.
Silver for "independent action," was defeated, with Zionist Organiza-
tion of America member's' 'on the CoLincil, with. the exception of Mr.
Louis Lipsky, voting for it; Mizrachi and the Labor Zionists voted
against it, and Hadassah votes were divided. -
Dr. Silver asserted that public pressure for the passage of the
Jewish Commonwealth resolution must be maintained, while the
opposing view was that pressure now would engender the antagon-
ism of the Executive Branch of the government.
The Yiddish press, giving the resignations front page spread, de-
scribed them as a further development of old differences between
Dr. Silver and the administration of the Zionist Organization of
America, over political policies.
(The meeting at which the split took pd a c e was one of the
stormiest in Zionist history and lasted until morning. The overlap-
ping of some Zionist activities and• personality problems came into
play and the future of the Emergency Council now hangs in the
balance).
(The motion to censure Dr. Silver was defeated by a vote, of 12
to 10. Dr. Silver had spoken for two hours contending that he was
proceeding in line with the Council's policy to secure President
Roosevelt's "green-light sign" =for the reSolution, but his opponents
felt he had exceeded his authority in attempting to force action and
that he had not been mandated to do so).

lews Will Open Zion's Doors by Own Effort, Says Weizmann
JERUSALEM (JPS-Palcor) — The door's of Palestine will be
opened by the Jews' own effort, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of
the Jewish Agency, declared in an address at a reception tendered
in his behalf at Daphne by the settlers of Upper Galilee.
He said that his tour of the country has convinced hilt further
that "the country is still empty and it is possible to settle multitudes
of Jews without harming the Arabs; this is a country where great
things can be done."

'Fildermctn Charges
Romania Violating
Terms of Armistice

BUCHAREST (JPS - Palcor)—
The Romanian Government was
accused of violating the terms of
the Armistice by Dr. E. Filder-
man, president- of the Union of
Jewish Communities in Romania.
Proposed legislation re s t o r i !Lg.
. rights and property- to the Jews
has been labeled unsatisfactory
'. 'by Jewish leaders here. The
legislation, up for approval by
the Cabinet Council, is in contra-
diction of the Arinistice,• Dr.
Filderman charged.
The proposed' legislation will
not only re-establish- the equality
otall-citizens, bUt provide for the
"conditionless reintegration" of
Jewish civil servants in their for-
mer posts as well. Private em-
ployers may refuse re-employ-
ment to Jews dismissed under
Aryan legislation, if they prove
that no other person occupies the
post froni which the Jew has
been dismissed.
- Such issues are to be decided
by a Commission of Arbitration.
Dr. Filderrnan's criticism is
based on his contention that un-
der the law as it now reads, Jews
are not assured of re-employ-
ment and the opportunity to re-
turn to their flats. He also is dis-
turbed because the law provides
no immediate compensation for
the loss of revenues.

Romanian Minister
Assails Criticism
BUCHAREST, (JTA) — Minis-
ter of Justice Patrascanu this
week struck back at Dr. William
Filderman over the latter's criti-
cism, of the new decree abolishing
anti-Jewish legislation in Ro-
mania. The Minister said:
"The new Romania intends to
fight racialism. The decree just
issued invalidates all racial laws
and establishes equal rights for
Jews. The Jews should under-
stand that we are not only de-
fending their interests, but also
attempting to establish a basis
for mutual Understanding be-
tween all Romanian citizens
without regard to ethnic origin."
D. Abraham L. Zissu, leader
of the Jewish National Party,
joined Dr. Filderman in demand-
ing that the government amend
the decree •so as to make it more
acceptable to Jew'i.
"The Jews in Romania," Dr.
Zissu told the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, "are willing to partake
of the hardships now being suf-
fered by the country, but they
also wish to secure equality in
f@et and not only on paper."

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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, December 29,. 1944

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AMERICA

The .investigation of the "Shamrocks," a
gang of teenaged youths who attacked pedes-
trians and destroyed' property of Jewish,
Italian and Protestant merchants, revealed the
existence in the Bronx of over 100 other . juve-
nile gangs, most of their organized along ra-
cial and religious lines. Magistrate 'Anna M.
Kross, of Washington Heights Court, called
•the parents of the "Shamrocks" gang boys
together with representatives of all social . and
educational agencies, priests, rabbis and Pas-
tors of the neighborhood, in an effort to com-
bine their facilities in• erasing. gang 'hoodlum,
ism, which has plagued the 'Bronx for months.
The Turkish 'Government now permits or-
ganizations in Turkey to become affiliated'
with international associations, • according to
word received in New York.
Fibrin foam, a blood component that stops
hemophiliacs from bleeding.. excessivelya. has
been discovered by Dr. Edwin J. Cohn, of Har-
vard Research Laboratories. Dr. Cohn has
been working for years separating blood into
its variotis fractions,. each of which he be-
lieves performs an important natural func-
tion. Gamma globulins, which he- discovered
previously, are effective in treating measles
and other diseases.
A committee was formed in New York to
obtain funds for a relief ship for Yugoslavia.
Surviving Yugoslav and Hungarian. Jews who
fled to liberated Belgrade and are in desper-
ate need of clothing and medical supplies, will
be among the beneficiaries of the aid, it was
announced. The Committee's address is 58
Park Avenue, New York. •

PALESTINE

Sixty-one thousand Jewish hands were em
ployed in Palestine industrial establishments,
workshOps, and various crafts maintained by
public and private Jewish capital during the
past year, according to a census completed by
the Jewish Agency's Statisties Department
(maintained by. Keren Hayesod funds).
Nearly 2,500 patents and trade-Inarks, both
of Palestinian and- overseas origin, are regis-

tered with the Palestine Government depart-
ment.
The opacity of Consolidated Refineries Ltd.
in Haifa Bay, to which crude oil comes from
the Kirkuk oilfields in Iraq over a 1,200 mile
pipeline to the Mediterranean seaboard, was
raised to a considerably higher figure in re-
cent yearS than the original two million tons of
oil given at the outbreak of war in 193 .9,
writes Ernest Aschner, Haifa correspondent "'of
Palestine Post. . • • 1 •
• PaleStine industry needs machinery for $16,-
000,000 in order to re-equip itself properly . af-
ter war-time wear and tear of existing in-
stallations, • is the view of, experts quoted by
Mr. W. DUesterwald in "Palestine and Middle
East economic magazine.
Eliohu Lankin, allegedly a high ranking of- .
ficer of the illegal, 'terroristic Irgun Zvai Leu-
mi, was recognized by a plain. clothesman and
arrested in Jerusalem: He was long wanted
by the police.

OVERSEAS

• The German "liquidation" of the Jews of
Hungar=y's smaller cities was more thorough
and ruthless. . than had been anticipated on 'the
basis of even the most pessimistic underground
reports, according to dispatches received in
London from liberated Hungarian towns.
Some towns have been found by the inmarch-
ing Red Army to- be completely "Judenrein,"
while in others shockingly small numbers of
Jews survived. A total-of 2,000 'Jews have
survived in Szeged and Miskolcz which each
had a pre-war Jewish population of 15,000.
The Hungarian Government submitted a
blanket denial of Charges made several weeks
ago. by the Romanian Government that Hun-
gary was .persecuting and deporting Jews from
Northern Transylvania, which is pre-war Ro-
manian territory.
-ChargeS of collaborationism leveled against
some Romanian Jews active in Jewish affairs
under the direction of the Antonescu Nazi
regime will be investigated, by a- special .com.-.
mission appointed by the Union of Jewish
Communities in Romania, recently re-estVi-
lished.

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