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 . 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." Page Three THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, December 29,. 1944 • 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. KUPPENHEIMER CLOTHES at HUDSON'S For Men Who Appreciate Fine Quality . . . Who Realize It Is More Desirable Today than 'Ever -F ortunately, Kuppenheimer obtained from their long-established sources a group of unusual and very fine fabrics — hand-picked for their texture, draping qual- ities and color hues. Kuppenheimer has tailored these clothes with their traditional skill and attention to minutest details. Hud- son's invites your inspection. 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