ZOA Convention Postpones
Action on British Boycott
PITTSBURGH — Spirited de-
bate at the 51st annual conven-
tion of the Zionist Organization
of America on a proposal for the
inauguration of a boycott of
British-made goods resulted in a
decision to refer the matter to
the new administration for fur-
ther study. Dr. Abba Hillel Sil-
ver suggested that other organi-
zations and the State of Israel
should be consulted on such pro-
posals.
Dr. Emanuel Neumann, was re-
elected president of the ZOA for
a second term.
Senator Claude M. Pepper of
Florida demanded UN protection
for Israel against aggressors, in
an address at the Sunday night
session. He urged the lifting of
the embargo and full diplomatic
recognition of Israel by the U. S.
_ In his message to the conven-
tion, President Truman declared
that Israel "must find its right-
ful place in the United Nations."
He said it was "one of the proud-
est moments of my life," at 6:12
p.m., Friday, May 14, when he
announced the recognition of the
new state of Israel by the Gov-
ernment of the United States.
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., gen-
eral chairman of the $250,000,000
United Jewish Appeal, called for
unity by American Jews in ef-
forts to bring 250,000 DPs to
Israel by the end of 1949.
Message from Dewey
Republican Presidential nomi-
nee Thomas E. Dewey, in a mes-
sage to the convention, called
the establishment of Israel "a
good omen for the free world."
Other outstanding leaders, in-
cluding Brig. Gen. Sir Wyndham
Deeded, former Palestine chief
secretary, greeted the convention
and pledged their aid to Israel.
Mortimer May of Nashville,
Tenn., warned against race sui-
cide and the very small families
in American Jewry and also ex-
pressed concern over the number
of intermarriages.
Louis Schwefel of New York,
Chairman of General Zionist
Chalutziut Committee, indicated
that thousands of young people
in the youth organization are
ready to offer their services to
help construct and develop the
land : of Israel as well as defend
it against enemies. The Commis-
sion sponsored the creation of a
training center in Poughkeepsie
where hundreds have received
their educational background and
physical preparation for life in
Israel. Seminars and institutes
have been conducted in New
York and other cities for the pur-
poSe of interesting general Zion-
ist youth ini becoming pioneers.
Stress ZOA Influence
A cabled message from Izhok
Gruenbaum of Tel-Aviv, Minis-
ter of Interior of Israel, stressed
that the existence of the new
Jewish State depends in a large
measure on the continued influ-
ence and unflagging work of the
American Zionist movement.
At the same time, Dr. Simon
Greenberg, provost and acting
president of the Jewish Theolog-
ical Seminary in New York City,
asserted that Zionism never con-
sidered the creation of a Jewish
state "as an end in itself." The
Zionist quest for a state was
based on the belief that it was
to be "the most effective means
for the normalization of Jewish
life and the revitalization of the
Jewish religion and culture
DR. EMANUEL NEUMANN
throughout the world."
The most important decision
of the convention was to launch
a $25,000,000 loan for Israel to
advance the economic growth of
the Jewish State.
Dr. James G. McDonald, who
was in last week at U. S.
envoy to Israel by the State De-
partment's Chief of Protocol
Stanley Woodward, urged con-
tinued efforts to redeem land in
Palestine through the JNF for
large-scale settlement of Jews
from DP camps and from lands
which Jews desire to leave.
The convention adopted a
strong resolution condemning
the Irgun's independent activi-
ties in Israel.
THE JEWISH NEWS-3
Friday, July 9, 1948
Mecca is Exposed as
Slave Trade Center
NEW YORK (Palcor) — The
age-old practices of slavery and
white slavery, long outlawed by
civilized nations throughout the
world, is carried on openiy and
extensively in Saudi Arabia and
Yemen, both members of the
UN, the United Nations World, a
private publication, reports.
Writing under the pen name
of Dr. John Lewis Carver, a well-
known explorer who spent much
time in the Middle East, disclosed
that neither of the two countries,
whose representatives at the UN
argued that Israel would not be
democratic, signed the World Con-
ventions of 1921 and 1933 for-
bidding the traffic in women and
children, nor did these countries
ever submit a report on such
conditions.
The slave trade is rampant
across the Red Sea, most of the
slaves being brought from Ethi-
opia, the Somalilands and the
Sudan. Mecca, holiest city of the
Moslems, is the center of the
slave market. The slaves in
Saudi Arabia and Yemen com-
prise more than 15 per cent of
the population, the writer says.
Nazi Gets Death Sentence
WARSAW JTA)—Kt Schup-
ke, former commander of the
German concentration camps in
Plaszow, Sanok, Saslaw and
Rzeszow, was sentenced to death
by the War Crimes Court in
Krakow for participating in the
execution of thousands of Jewish
camp inmates.
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NEGLIGEES-6th-Woodward—Section D
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WASHINGTON — A Haganah
unit, rescued the Polish Council-
General and two Arab consular
employees during the heavy
fighting for Jerusalem, when
their car, flying consular colors,
was blasted. by Arab machine-
gun and rifle fire as it passed
David's Building, inside Security
Zone B in the Holy City, Consul-
General Dr. Olgierd Gorka dis-
closed in a letter of gratitude to
Itzchak Gruenbaum, Minister of
Internal Affairs in the Provision-
al Government of IsraeL
,
Histadr ut Committee. Harry
Schumer is chairman, Morris
Schaver, co-chairman, and Louis
Levine, secretary.
Important issues affecting Is-
rael at this time will be reviewed
at this rally. It is announced that
the economic possibilities in the
Jewish State and the new po-
litical situation will be fully re-
viewed.
Mr. Dickenstein, who came to
Palestine in 1917 after complet-
ing his studies in Yeshivoth in
Russia and receiving his degree
at the University of Odessa
School of Commerce, was a Ha-
lutz, helped drain swamps and
later became head of coopera-
tives in Palestine. He rose to the
vice-presidency of the Central
Cooperative Bank, helped organ-
ize AMPAL together with Amer-
ican Jewish leaders and helped
the trading corporation advance
to an economic power of 8,000
stockholders with an investment
of $3,500,000.
Mr. Wainer, a resident of Tel
Aviv, Israel, has been a member
of Haganah since 1936, worked
with Wingate's Night Raiders in
checking Arab attacks in 1939
and was a member of the Jewish
ZALMAN WAINER
Brigade until 1946. He is now in.
of landsmanschaften and folk this country on a pressing mis-
organizations, next Thursday sion for AMPAL.
evening, July 15, at Lachar's Hall,
Dexter and Waverly.
The International Tourist
The call to organizations to
Organization, at its meeting last
send representatives has been is-
sued by the Detroit sponsoring week in Oslo, Norway, unani-
mously accepted Israel as a
committee of AMPAL in cooper-
ation with the Detroit Palestine member.
The internal political and eco-
nomic situation in the. State of
Israel and possibilities for in-
vestments will be outlined by
Abraham Dickenstein, secretary-
treasurer of AMPAL (American
Palestine Trading Corporation)
and Zalman Wainer of Tel Aviv,
since 1936 a member of Haganah,
at a conference of representatives
Short and Pretty ••• and Coolness All the Way
with These Outstanding Values
Haganah Unit Rescues
Polish Consul Trapped
By Heavy Arab Fire
Two Jewish ships left for Cy-
prus to begin the transfer of
some 25,000 Jewish detainees on
the island to Israel.
Wainer, Dickenstein to Address
AMP AL Gathering Thursday;
Landsmanschaften Are Invited
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