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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, February 21, 1947

Launch $170,000,000 IAA Sen. Eves Gets Blasted 2 British Vessels,
Drive at Parley Feb. 22-23 ADL Citation Haganah Radio Reveals

JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The Haganah disclosed it was re-
sponsible for the blasting of two British vessels in Haifa
harbor Feb. 13.
A broadcast on the Voice of Israel, secret Haganah radio,
said the boats—a small launch and a land craft—were mined.
because they had been used to trans-ship arriving visaless

Sessions in Washington to Open Nationwide Campaign in -
One of Largest Volunteer Relief Efforts in U. S. History;
Morgenthau, Lehman, Mrs. Levy Among Speakers

WASHINGTON—The $170,000,000 campaign of the 1947
United Jewish Appeal—one of the largest voluntary relief
and rehabilitation drives in the history of the United States—
formally will be opened at a two-day conference, Saturday
evening, Feb. 22, and Sunday, Feb. 23,at • the Shoreham Hotel
here. More than 400 prominent Jewish leaders from all

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immigrants to deportation yes-.
Eli-
se's. The broadcast added immi- ' A military court
acquitted
a truck driver, who
gration into Palestine will con- ahu Berashi,
tinue "under all circumstances." was charged with having trans-
, ported the explosives which
On Sunday, another boatload . blasted the King David Hotel
with 795 immigrants was inter- here last June. Immediately af-
cepted by the British and brought ter his acquittal, he was rearrest-
! ed and sent to the Latrun deten-
to Haifa. The immigrants re-
sisted and several were wounded.ltiosni camp. were injured and one
Jewse
Numerous kidnapings and kill- I "takxen
several
for
ings were reported during the hours during a clash between
week. Among the dead is Sheikh Jewish settlers and a tribe of
Ali Shanin, former Jaffa mayor Bedouins at Bnei Geulim, between
who went to Cairo last year as ;Nathanya and Hadera. The bat-
repkesentative of the Palestine ; tle was precipitated when the
Ulemas (learned men) and as op- lArabs drove their herds of sheep
ponent to the former Mufti.
I and cattle into the fields of the
British .troop installations Jewish settlement. When the
throughout Palestine are being Je ws attempted to clear the ani-
brought up to full strength in an- mals off their fields, 100 Arabs,
ticipation of large-scale action armed with clubs and knives, at-
against the Jewish underground, tacked the 36 Jewish families at
institutions: work in the fields.
Jewish national
were called upon to take political A Haganah spokesman in Paris
action to oppose "martial law told
1 the Jewish Telegraphic Agen-
which is being implemented with- cy every Jew who left Europe
out the issuance of an official from Palestine via the under-
proclamation" in a resolution ' ground since the end of the war
adopted by the Histadrut cen- travelled under Haganah aus-
tral committee. The resolution pices. He challenged claims by
also protested the deportation of j other groups—notably the He-
the 600-odd visaless immigrants i brew Committee for Liberation—
who arrived on the blockade run-that they had transported visa-
ner La Negev. I less Jews.

s^ctions of the country will be
present, it was announced by
Henry Morgenthau Jr., former AJC Requests Marshall
Secretary of the Treasury and Support Treaty Clauses
General Chairman of the United
Jewish Appeal.
WASHINGTON — Jacob Blau-
The conference will mark the
stein, chairman of the executive
opening in 4,000 communities
throughout the United States of committee of the American
local drives in support of the Jewish Committee, and Dr. John
U. S. Senator Irving M. Ives
$170,000,000 United Jewish Ap- Slawson, executive vice - presi-
(R., N. Y.) called for federal
peal campaign for the relief, re- dent, have presented Assistant
legislation similar to the New
habilitation and resettlement of
York State law which would ban
Europe's 1,500,000 Jewish sur- Secretary of State, Gen. John H.
Hilldring, drafts of clauses for discriminatory ern p l o y m e n t
vivors, Mr. Morgenthau said.
practices throughout the nation
Discuss End of UNRRA.
the German and Austrian peace
at a conference of 400 Bnai Brith
In addition to Mr. Morgen-
treaties.
a n d anti-Defamation League
thau, speakers at the confer-
These clauses would guarantee leaders in New York.
ence will include Herbert H.
human rights in those countries,
Sen. Ives was presented with
Lehman, former governor of
forestall any possibility of future
New York and former Director aggression emanating from with- Bnai Brith District No. 1 Cita-
tion of Merit "in recognition of
General of UNRRA, who will
in their borders, and provide for outstanding services to the cause
discuss the effects of UNRRA's
restitution of Nazi-looted prop- of civil rights in the State of
liquidation on the reconstruc-
erty and reparation in cases where New York, through his sponsor-
tion of the shattered Jewish
the property has disappeared.
ship of the Ives-Quinn Bill es-
communities of Europe: Mrs.
Secretary of State George tablishing the State Commission
David M. Levy, chairman of
Marshall is urged to endorse Against Discrimination."
the National Women's Division
In the photograph are: Meier
of the United Jewish Appeal, these proposals and submit them
who returned recently from a to the Council of Foreign MM- , L. Steinprink, national ADL
chairman (left) and Senator Ives.
isters for adoption.
two-month mission to Europe
and Palestine as American
Jewry's 'Ambassador of Hope.'
Mrs. Levy, a daughter of the
late Julius Rosenwald, one of
America's most distinguished
philanthropists a n d communal
leaders, •il present an eye-
witness report of the conditions
and needs of the Jewish commun-
ities in France, Begium, The
Netherlands, Poland, Germany,
Austria, Italy and Palestine. Mrs.
Levy was named the outstanding
"Jewish Woman of 1946" for her
leadership in rallying national
support behind the 1946 campaign
of the United Jewish Appeal,
which oversubscribed its $100,-
000.000 goal by more than $5,000,-
000.
Life Restoring Programs
Funds raised by the United
Jewish Appeal support the life-
building and life-restoring pro-
grams of JDC which provides
for the relief and rehabilitation
of distressed Jews in Europe and
other lands; the United Palestine
Appeal, which provides f o r
settlement and development of
the Jewish homeland in Palestine
to make possible the maximum
absorption of •Europe's homeless
Jews, and the United Service for
New Americans. which aids new-
comers in their adjustment to
the American way' of life.
Look where you're going and you'll find your vacation more fun. Read
"We earnestly hope that all
up on the romance of your vacation' and. Find out how best to get there,
Americans, regardless of race or
creed, will give their generous
where to go and what to see. Know your vacationland through books like
support to the United Jewish Ap-
these that help bring you twice the enjoyment from your journey.
peal," said Mr. Morgenthau. "This
is a cause which represents a
major plank in the platform for
THE STORY OF BERMUDA by Hudson Strode, tells
BERMUDIANA by Ronald Williams, the story of Ber-
world peace and reconstruction."
the history and development of today's Bermuda in
"The lives of hundreds of
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thousands of men, women and
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year. This is a fund whrich will
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BERMUDA JOURNEY by William Zuni, is a leisurely
of a people that suffered most
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guide book to the pleasures of that fabulous island,
and longest under the domination
leaving, how to go, where to stay. .$3.
spiced with the historical romance. $4.
of Hitler," he said.

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Anti-Semite Gets
Year's Sentence

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LIFE IN MEXICO by Mme. Calderon De La Barca re-
views completely and colorfully the daily life in Mexico,
their customs, their social and business etiquette. $5.

ATLANTA, Ga. — Homer L.
Loomis Jr., organizer of the
Columbians, Inc., anti - Semitic,

LISTEN BRIGHT ANGEL by Edwin Cot-le is a vivid
panorama of the southwest, dealing principally with the
Grand Canyon region. Dramatic and historical. $3.75.

ARIZONA INDIANS by Joseph Miller contains 50 pho-
tographic portraits of these Indians with colorful historical
data on their customs and origin. $1.

anti - Jewish organization, w a s
given a year's prison sentence in
a public works camp on charges
of inciting to riot.
Loomis, who several years ago

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sought to attract attention by sit-

ting in his pajamas in a night

club, sought the expulsion of Jews
and Negroes from the U. S. The
charges against him were brought
by the Anti - Nazi League.
His father, a New York attor-
ney, posted a bond of $2,000
pending an appeal against the

jail sentence.

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