Beware of Anti-Semitic Film of Dickens' `Oliver 'Twist' HE A Weekly Review Read Commentator's Column on Page 2. VOLUME 13—NO. 25 ISH NE S 1E1 of Jewish Events Detroit 26, Michigan, September 3, 1948 2114 Penobscot Bldg.—Phone WO. 5-1155 34 • School Days: In Babylon and Now • Read David Schwartz' Version of the Story of Hillel on Page 4. 22 $3.00 Per Year; Single Copy, I0a U S. Protests Against Routing Czech • slovak Planes to Israel , . • Zionists Spl i t on Allocation of Duties To Israel, Diaspora by Actions Body _Truman, Marshall in Accord On Entire Israeli Situation WASHINGTON, (JTA)—American policy in Palestine has the complete accord of both President Truman and Secretary of State George Marshall, and reports that the two men differ on the Israel question are false and dangerous, the authoritative "Army and Navy Journal" declared. In a page one editorial, the highly influential but unofficial Journal castigated the circulation of "unfounded reports of dif- ferences in our high diplomatic command" over Palestine policy. "There is no truth whatever in the reports," the article stated. "It should be realized by everyone, and most especially the active - friends of Israel, that the development and continuance of peace negotiations between the Jews and Arabs are of highest portance." • It emphasized that a serious threat to world peace is still in- herent in the Palestine situation and that the issues are "so grave" that "while there is ,a real prospect of peace, nothing should be done to muddy the waters. It will be a real service to world peace - to stop the circulation of false reports of important differences in Palestine policies," the article pointed out. The Journal said it was featuring this editorial because of - tliC "presence of U. S. military personnel in Palestine and of our naval vessels in the seas of that area." (Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News) WASHINGTON (JTA). The State Department has reprimanded Czechoslovakia for — • allowing arms material to be routed through its territory for use in Israel, it was con- firmed here. Despite previous protests that it knew nothing of reports that the U. S. Embassy in Prague sharply censured the Czechoslovak regime for such assistance to Israel, the State Department has made representations to the Czechoslovak government. This was officially admitted to the JTA by a State Department spokesman. He said the protest to Prague was delivered through Count Folke Bernadotte, UN mediator for Palestine. It was sent "within the last two weeks." The U. S. protest is concerned.with the fact that no government is to ship arms to Holy Land combatants while the UN truce is in effect.. This was the gist of the protest through Bernadotte. Specifically, howeVer, the U. S. made representations over "Americans allegedly trying to fly planes to Israel" from airfields in Czechoslovakia. The State Department had learned that three Americans engaged in this practice wished to revoke their pass- ports. State Department did not know the whereabouts- of these three men and thus di- rected inquiries to the Prague government "which would certainly know where the flyers are because Czechoslovakia is a police state and keeps a register of all foreigners in the country and their hotels," the official said. To date, the State Department has not been able to locate Americans to revoke their passports. The State Department spokesman said that he knew of no plans to take sanc- tions agahist Czechoslovakia, if the flyers are not apprehended. "What further sanc- tions could we take?" he asked. Seven Tasks Assigned to World Zionist Executive The Zionist .,Actions Committee Tuesday allocated to the World Zionist Executive seven specific tasks for which the body is to be responsible and which it would carry out independently of the Israel Government. The Zionist Organization is to be responsible for settling new immigrants in Israel, immigration of children, including all activities abroad in behalf of such immigration mobilization, private capital abroad for investment in Israeli activities abroad in behalf of distribution of • Report Anglo-U. S. Israel's products, development of Jerusalem mobiliza- Agreement to Pressure - toi and control of funds for banks, Hebrew Univer- Israel's Frame of Mind sity, Haifa_ Technical Institute, establishment of su- preme council to decide major immigration problems, TEL AVIV (Palcor).—Cor- chairman of council to be appointed or elected by Zion- respondent Jon Kimcha, ca- bling to the Palestine Post from ist Executive. Geneva, says that according to A new crisis developed when the .General Zionist an authoritative UN source a caucus decided not to support the recommendations of tacit agreement has been reached between the United subcommittee on organization which is drawing up States and Great Britain to tentative program providing for allocating of specific pressure Israel "into a more functions to the Zionist Executive, others to. the Israeli reasonable frame of mind" dur- Cabinet. General Zionists maintained that such a pro= ing the interim period while the UN is in transit from Lake gram involved changing the constitution of the World Success to. Paris. Zionist Organization and must be left for the World This pressure, according to -Zionist Congress to decide. Mr. Kimcha, is being brought about mainly by American in- General Zionists would only agree to supporting tervention in Europe to pre- vent further aid from reaching the plea from Zionist Actions Cgmmittee to members Israel from eastern Europe. De- of the Israeli Cabinet on Jewish Agency to resign. spite the State Department's denial, precise details of Amer- Laborites immediately announced they would not sup- ican diplomatic steps taken in port such an appeal on the basis that every cabinet Prague, he says, advised Czech authorities that the U. S. will minister must decide for himself whether to serve on take certain sanctions if the both bodies or resign from one. The General Zionist Czech government did not close down special airports serving caucus also decided to press for granting representation an air transport shuttle service on the Jewish Agency for Revisionists. between Czechoslovakia and TEL AVIV (JTA). —International News Photo Ben Gurion and U. S. Envoy: Upon his arrival in Tel Aviv as special Representatives of the United States to the State of Israel, DR. JAMES G. MacDONALD (left) is shown here paying his first visit to the office of the Israeli Prime Minister DAVID BEN-GURION. — , (Continued on Page 5) Israel. Israeli Exhibit at State Fair Highlights Progress 'in Zion. —International News Photo Israeli Flag on Gift Boat: Envoy of the State of Israel to the United States, ELIAHU EPSTEIN, raises the flag of Israel on the 48-foot yacht Viking. The boat was pre- sented by Bernard Rodins of Washington, D. C., for use as a har- bor craft. Looking on is HENRY DICKERSON, former skipper of - the yacht. Mr. Epstein this week left for. Israel for urgent consul- rations with his government in Tel Aviv. He will return to Washing- ton next week after an eight-day stay in Israel. JDC's Project Bathing in Lake Starnberg and exercises in the 'fresh air are among the many recreational ac- tivities enjoyed by these Jewish DP children at a summer camp operated and sponsored by the Joint Distribution Committee at Feldafing, in the American zone of Germany. An Israel exhibit will be one of the features of the Michigan State Fair, opening Sept. 3 and continuing through Sept. 12. The Israel exhibit will be located with other informa- tional and cultural displays in an area under the race track grand stand at the fair grounds. The Israel 'display will highlight the industrial, agri- cultural and cultural development of the fledgling nation, and will include much of the material which has previously been on display in the famous Rockefeller Center exhibit in New York City. This material includes impressive blow. up scenes of activities in Israel and samples of Israeli pro- ducts. The Israel exhibit is being jointly sponsored by the Jewish Community Council, the Zionist Council of Detroit, Bnai Brith Aid-to-Israel and the American Jewish Congress Council. An exhibit of the work of the Jewish Community Center also is being sponsored at the State Fair.