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THE JEWISH NEWS
Refusal to Grant More
Zion Visas Stirs Protest
Pvt. Limon, Noted
Dancer, Partners
To Appear April 18
Colonial Undersecretary's Reply to Appeal for Certificates
Arouses Indignation; Lord Strabolgi, Palestine
Press Express Disappointment
Jose Limon is only one of a
million privates in the American
Army, but he is probably the
only one to spend his fUrlough
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LONDON (JPS-Palcor)—Repiying to an appeal by Lord
Strabolgi, .Laborite, for . immigration certificates beyond the
exhausted White Paper quota for Europe's Jewish refugees
seeking admission into Palestine, the Duke of Devonshire,
Colonial Undersecretary, said he "wouldn't deny that °many
Jews in liberated Europe are anxious to proceed to Pales-
tine, but the country is unable
to absorb them; besides the lack
of housing, the country's physical
capacity generally is limited and
there are other complications
which are well known and make
it impossible to allot extra cer-
tificates."
Referring to Lord Strabolgi's
specific appeal in behalf of re-
cent arrivals .i n Switzerland
from Theresienstadt and Ber-
gen Belsen, the Duke of Devon-
shire said that these were •chief-
ly Hungarians and Dutch "who
might prefer to return to their
own countries after the war."
According to his own informa-
tion, the Undersecretary stated,
"extra certificates are unneceS
at present . . . •many refugees do
not want_ to go to Palestine, the
present certificates are unex-
hausted, and the Jewish Agency
is free to reallocate the unused
certificates." He assured . the
House that the Gdvernment was
possessed of "a feelings of great-
est . sympathy for the tragic sur-
vivors in Hitler's Europe,"
Lord Strabolgi lashed out at
the Government for seeking to
send the rescuees from There-
sienstadt and Bergen Belsen to
"UNRRA concentration camps in
Algiers instead o f Palestine
where they desire to go." He
described the pitiful plight of
the surviving Jews, and observ-
ed that 50,000 Jews in Romania
have registered for Palestine im-
migration and that 30,000 Jews
in Bulgaria are waiting for
admission into Palestine, while
only 4,500 certificates have been
allocated for the Jews of these
two countries. H e pointed out
that the Mauritius internees, at
long last permitted to proceed
to Palestine, will enter on 'cer-
tificates the Jewish Agency has
spared "from its meager allow-
ance."
Argument Refuted
Strabolgi refuted the argument
for not permitting the entry of
'refugees, and quoted the Jewish
Agency which has stated that
many people can be absorbed in
the labor colonies and that, a
housing. program is already on its
way' which, if unhampered by
the Government, could accom.
modate many more. Lord Stra-
bolgi said that the Government's
reply was "very disappointing"
and that it meant "in fact . .
Congress Moves
T o Revive Judaism
In Europe, Africa
Plan Schools, Orphanages to
Aid Rehabilitation of
•Destitute Jews
NEW YORK—The World Jew-
ish Congress has .,gmbarked upon
a program for the educational,
cultural *and - spiritual rehabilita-
tion of Jews in the war,torn
countries of Europe and North
Africa, it was announced by Dr.
Nahum Goldmann, chairman of
;its executive committee.
Dr. Goldmann said that ap-
propriations are being allocated
to a new department of culture
and education to help build or
support • schools, train teachers,
furnish textbooks and supply
other literature necessary for the
survival of 'Judaism in wartorn
communities. Orphanages, too,
he said will be maintained for
children rescued from the Nazis.
Dr. Simon Federbusch, head of
the department, former member,
of Poland's Parliament, asserted
that the first move will be to
determine the extent of demoli-
tion of Jewish cultural and reli-
gious institutions and to register
every one of them for a report
on indemnification and repara-
Outstanding Books Selected for Display
During Religious Book Week, May 6-13
The Rev. Joseph Q. Mayne, ex-
ecutive secretary of the Detroit
Round Table announces that Re-
ligious Book Week will be ob-
served May 6-13 this year; and
that the book list will be avail-
able 'through the office of the
Detroit Round Table.-
The committee which prepared
the list of Jewish books includes
Rabbi Leon Fram of Temple
Israel; Simcha Rubenstein, edu-
cational director of Congregation
Shaarey Zedek, and Mrs. Arthur
.
, librarian of Temple
Goulson
Beth El.
The increasing concern of the
religious-minded in social
changes, group relationships and
international relations is reflected
in the catalogue of 200 books
just published by the National
Conference of Christians and
Jews for the observance of Re-
ligious Book Week.
The titles of the catalogue were
barring the doors of the one
country where the unfortunate
people could • find asylum and
peace."
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Palestine
Press' Retort
To Duke of Devonshire
TEL AVIV (JPS-Palcor) In
reply to the statement in ,the
House Of Lords by the Duke of
Devonshire, the Hebrew press
carried a message received by
your correspondent from a Chris-
tian. source in Lisbon, that per-
mission to emigrate to Palestine
is the firk demand of the
remnants of Jewry in Belgium
and :other "liberated European
countries.
An editorial in Labor's Hebrew
daily Davar states that, "adding
insult to our calamity is the
meaning of the Duke of Devon-
shire's reply to Lord Strabolgi's
question." Replying to the Un-
dersecretary's assertion that
Hungarian and Dutch refugees
may prefer repatriation to re-
settlement i n Palestine, the
editorial states: "The Jews re-
maining in Budapest have de-
clared- that the only terror that
is comparable with the .error of
annihilation is the thought that
they might be compelled to re-
main in Hungary."
"A Gratuitous Insult"
The representative of Holland's
Labor at the recent International
Trades Union Conference in
London states, in support of the
Palestine resolution, that where-
as anti-Semitism was previously
unknown in Holland, there now
exists a Jewish problem there as
a result, of intense anti-Semitic
propaganda conducted during
the occupation. But the British
representative claims in the
House of Lords that Hungarian
and Dutch Jews will seek to
return."
Hatzofe, Mizrachi newspaper,
regards the statement as "a
mockery of the people and a
future__ catastrophe .- .
it is a
blow against us not only,
a
suffering peoPle, bUt
1 s o
against our faith in humanity and
the future of the world."
Haboker considers it a con-
tinuation of the White Paper
policy, while the Palestine Post
emphasizes -- that "Jews from
Hungary, ' Holland, Slovakia,
France, Bulgaria, Romania and
other European countries 'know
that . they have 'no homes to
which to return, since their
houses and businesses have been
expropriated. The Duke of De-
vonshire may 'find it convenient
to shut his eyes and harden his
heart, but to say that extra cer-
tificates are not required now is
a gratuitous insult."
Friday, April 13, 1945
PVT. JOSE LIMON
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chosen by 23 prominent clergy-
men, educators and authors of the
faiths in various parts of the
country and are divided into.
Protestant, Catholic, Jewish and
Good Will Sections. Each sec-
tion includes 30 books for adults
published within the past five
years; 10 classics and 10. books
for children. The books will be
displayed in book stores, ppblic,
college and school libraries
throughout . the country with
special programs planned for the
week of May 7.
Pointing out that ,Religious
Book Week coincides with the
anniversary of the burning of
the books by the Nazis in Berlin
on May 10, 1933, Dr. Everett R.
Clinchy, president of the Con-
ference declared that "the cata-
logue reflects the thinking of
the -democratic world now that
the spirit which prompted the
burning of the books is being
destroyed on the battlefield."
Pinski to Lecture
Steinhardt Visits
Before JNW A Units Zion En Route to U.S.
Here on April 24
JERUSALEM, (Palcor)—Lau-
on a concert dance tour. Recog-
nized as one of the greatest 'men
dancers of today, Pvt. Limon
with his two partners, Beatrice
David Pinski, eminent Yiddish
Seckler and Dorothy Bird, will
be in Detroit April 18 to present dramatist and author, will be the
a program of modern dances guest of the City Committee of
which he composed and rehears- the Jewish National Workers' Al-
ed during his free moments from
Army duty. .
The program will be present-
ed by' the Jewish Community
Center, in the Institute of Arts.
- This is the fifth presentation
the Jewish Center, a Community
War Chest agency, has sponsor-
ed.
Pvt. Limon has chosen dances
which range from a- gay; humor-
ous Western Folk Suite done
completely in cowboy to a more
serious dramatic piece based on
the eternal triangle theme. Mex-
ixcan by birth, he will pay spec-
ial tribute to that land by danc-
ing his Mexican Suite.
rence Steinhardt, American Am-
bassador to Turkey, spent two
days in Palestine enroute to
Washington from his former post
at. Ankara. Accompanied by Dr.
Bernard Joseph, legal advisor of
the Jewish Agency for Palestine,
-he toured Tel Aviv and its en-
virons, and included Givath
Brenner, the Lodzia textile fac-
tories and the permanent Jewish
industrial exhibition in Tel Aviv
in his itinerary.
Conversing with your corres-
pondent, he expressed his great
admiration for. Jewish Palestine's
progress,
Miss Bird has studied under
DAVID PINSKI
Martha Grahain and won a name
for herself through many night liance branches in Detroit on
club engagements.
Tuesday evening, April 24, at the
Miss Seckler has worked with .Farband Folkshule, 1912 Taylor:
IVmon since they were members
Mr. Pinski will deliver a 'lec-
Of the Huniphrey-Weidman ,Con-
ture and will read selections
cert Co.
from his latest work, "Fugitive
Tickets are on sale at Grin- Family" ("Pleitim Familie"),
nelPs.
which has attracted wide inter-
est.
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