THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, May 3, 1946
1,000 Refugees Reach Zion;
U. S. Vets Enter Hebrew U.
Orphans Make Up Majority of Europeans Arriving on Two
Ships; Palestinian Jews Out of British Forces by
Aug. I ; Brigade in UN Victory Parade
HAIFA, (JTA)—The Palestine' vessel Cairo City and the
French liner Champollion arrived here last week with 1,000 Jewish
refugees from Europe, most of them orphaned children.
For one group aboard the ships their arrival marked the first
anniversary of their liberation by the Red Army from a German
concentration camp. They said that they had been well. treated by
the Russians and no effort was made to hinder them from emigrat-
ing to Palestine.
Several American veterans who have enrolled at the Hebrew
University here under the educational provisions of the GI Bill of
Rights were welcomed at the University's club by Dr. Judah L.
Magnes, American-born president of the university, and Mrs. Rose
Jacobs of New York, only woman member of the Jewish Agency.
Before beginning their studies the veterans made a 10-day tour
of the country. They reported that other ex-soldiers from the U.S.
would be coming to the Hebrew University next term.
. The only passengers aboard without Palestine immigration
certificates were two infants born en route.
Palestine Jews In British Forces to be Demobilized by August
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—All Palestine Jews serving in the British
armed forces—aside from those in the Jewish Brigade—will be de-
mobilized by Aug. 1. It is not yet known when the officers and
men of the Jewish Brigade will be released.
Jewish Brigade to March in UN Victory Parade June 6
JERUSALEM, (Palcor)—A representative contingent of the
Jewish Brigade will participate in the Victory Parade in London,
June 6, in which representatives of all the United Nations will
march, Bernard Joseph, legal advisor to the Jewish Agency, dis-
closed.
Mr. Joseph stated that the government was requested by the
Jewish Agency to allocate 1,014 certificates of the current quoa,
in order to take care of all the refugees aboard the Fede, in La
Spezia, Italy.
He also told correspondents that no practical measures had
been taken by either the British or Palestine Governments against
the Arab States participating in the boycott of Jewish Palestine,
apart from the general statements made when the Arab League's
boycott was implemented,
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Weekly Review of the News of the World
(Compiled from Cables of Independent Jewish Press Service)
AMERICA
A fair solution of the Palestine problem is,
for the present at least, "a casualty of the
Anglo-Russian struggle for position" in the Near
and Middle East, Saville R. Davis, chief of the
London News Bureau of the Christian Science
Monitor, declares in a dispatch to the Monitor
from Lond9n.
A dozen cargo ships will be assigned by the
War Shipping Administration in the next few
months to provide passage to the United States
for displaced persons from Europe entering this
country under President Truman's directives to
speed up immigration within present quotas,
it was announced here. The ships, each of
11,750 gross tons, will carry about 1,000 pasSen-
gers each trip, in accommodations formerly
used by troops.
Gerald B. Winrod, anti-Semitic pamphleteer
under indictment for sedition, is mailing hun-
dreds of thousands of pamphlets to Americans,
urging them to support the House Committee
on Un-American Activities "under its present
leadership," meaning Rep. John E. Rankin of
Mississippi, - foremost Jew and Negro-baiter in
the House of Representatives, it was revealed
in New York by the Veterans League of Amer-
ico. The pamphlets titled "Calling All Amer-
icans," are issued by Winrod's anti-Semitic or-
ganization, "Defenders of the Christian Faith,"
in Wichita, Kan.
The sum of $25,000,000, allocated under the
Paris Reparation Agreement for the rehabili-
tation and resettlement of non-repatriable vic-
tims df Nazism, constitutes a first and prior
charge on the proceeds of German external
assets, the American Jewish Conference was
assured in a communication from the State
Department.
Closer relationship between community or-
ganizations such as the Y.M.H.A. and Y.M.C.A.
and coordination of city-wide and sectional
agencies is needed badly, in order to ease the
racial tension among Brooklyn children that
holds potentialities for "serious trouble," the
Brooklyn Council for Social Planning stressed
in a report based on more than a year's investi-
gation in a "typical" square mile . of a "low
income area" of Brooklyn.
Palestine will become the chief British mili-
tary base in the Near East, as soon as Egypt
is completely evacuated by British troops, Gene
Currivan, New York Times correspondent, re-
ports in a dispatch from Cairo. Palestine will
serve for the three divisions that the British
consider a suitable strategic reserve in the
Middle East, Mr. Currivan states.
Sweden is seeking a just, workable plan for
the rehabilitation and settlement of 11,000 Jew,-
ish refugees from Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hun-
gary, Romania and other countries, none of
whom wish to return to their former homes,
the Christian Science Monitor reports in a
special dispatch from Stockholm.
The Zionist Organization of America will
establish five fellowships at Hebrew University
in Jerusalem, for the academic year beginning
October, 1947, for graduates of recognized
American colleges or universities, without re-
strictions as to race or creed. One award will
be for $2,500; the others for $1,500 each.
Protestants, Catholics and Jews should meet
and discuss their differences of opinion when-
ever public disputes arise, rather than "rush
upon platforms or into print with criticisms
or challenges," Rev. Dr. Everett R. Clinchy,
president of the National Conference of Chris-
tians and Jews, declared in his annual Passover-
Easter message.
PALESTINE
Twenty-one American Jewish ex-service men
selected to study under the GI Bill of Rights
at the Haifa Technion, arrived in Haifa from
New York April 19, aboard the M/S Vulvania.
A new direct commercial air service between
Jerusalem (Lydda airport) and London was
inaugurated April -19, with direct flight be-
tween Jerusalem and London in about fifteen
hours.
Baruch Cherensky, veteran actor and director
of Habimah, internationally famous Palestinian
theater group, died in Jerusalem at the age of
fifty-seven.
(Additional World News on Page 22)
Human Rights Laws
Urged in Treaties
With Former Enemies
NEW YORK (JTA)—A num-
ber of proposals aimed at the
elimination of discrimination on
grounds of religion or national
origin, and the guaranteeing of
human rights and fundamental
freedoms for - all, to be included
in the treaties with former enemy
states have been submitted by the
American Jewish Committee to
the State Department for presen-
tation to the Paris meeting of
foreign ministers, Judge Joseph
M. Proskauer, president of the
committee, has announced_
Theproposals call for the in-
clusion in the fundamental laws
of Bulgaria, Hungary, Italy and
Romania of basic civil liberties
guarantees. They specify that
there shall be no discrimination
in any respect on the ground of
race, • sex, language, or religion.
Monarchists
Persecuting Jews,
-Racial Union Claims
Greek
PARIS, (JTA)—Asserting that
monarchists now are persecuting
Jews who fought with ELAS
units in Greece during the Nazi
occupation, the executive bureau
of the International Union
Against Racism has appealed to
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, honorary
president of the union, U. S. del-
egate in the UN Assembly, to
support the interests of the
Greek opposition forces at the
UN.
The appeal cites a statement
issued by Jewish committees in
Greece declaring that the sur-
viving Jews owe their lives to
the EAM partisans and reporting
persecution of Jewish former
partisans by the monarchists.
'guardian' Demands
Ex.Mitfti Face Trial
As War Criminal
LONDON, (JTA) — The Man-
chester Guardian urged that the
British government prosecute the
ex-Mufti of Jerusalem as a war
criminal, in an editorial discuss-
ing Under Secretary of Foreign.
Affairs Hector McNeil's statement
in Commons that the Arab leader
was not extraditable from France
since he could not be placed in
the categorzr of war criminals.
SUCCESS
TO A WORTHY CAUSE!
The Allied Jewish Campaign of Detroit
Beginning Tuesd ay, May 7
• For the Saving of Lives-
• For the Relief of Suffering
T HE largest drive ever conducted for Jewish relief and reconstruc-
tion purposes has for its aim the providing of necessary relief for the
1,250,000 Jewish survivors in Europe.
The public spirited citizens, who are giving so freely of their time and
effort to make it possible for this campaign to achieve its purpose,
are to be commended for the service they are rendering. May their
efforts be crowned with success.
The J. L. Hudson Company