Britons Shout 'Shalom'

THE JEWISH NEWS-3

Friday, February 18, 1949

Dreary Chapter Ends for
Cyprus Island Detainees

Sh. Kocherginsky, Noted
Ghetto Poet, to Speak
Here Friday Evening

the huge Haifa Refineries in oper.
ation' again.
The return of these British
technicians is contingent on sign-
ing of a new oil agreement be-
tween Britain and Israel, which
will supersede the agreement
made July 29 last year. That
agreement provided that the Is-
raelis would not attempt to oper
ate the refineries on condition
that the Consolidated Refineries
could supply all the refined oil
required by Israel for domestic
consumption.
The British are apparently
hopeful that they will convince
Iran and Transjordan to permit
the resumption of the flow of
crude oil through the pipeline
which runs from Kirkuk through
both countries to Haifa. The re-
.cent meeting between King Ab-
dullah • of •Transjordan with the
Iraqi regent, CrOwn Prince Ab-
dul-Ilah, which was held signifi-
cantly at an oil-pumping station
on the Iraq-Transjordan frontier,
was reportedly engineered by the
British, who are most anxious to
resume the oil flow.
If the two countries are reluct-
ant to reopen the pipeline, fearing
that some oil may get into Israeli
hands, the British now "appear
determined" to reopen the Haifa
refining plant regardless, and to
bring oil to Haifa in tankers
"from all parts of the globe," ac-
cording to one report from Haifa.
The Israeli Interior Ministry
announced that it is prepariv a
plan for arbitration in all labor
disputes. Under the proposed
plan, disputants in a lakor arbi-
tration case would be required to
report their dispute to'the govern-
ment and conduct negotiations
_before they resort to more drastic
action.
Although the Histadrut is
strongly opposed to a compulsory
arbitration law, it will agree to
Israeli Finance Minister
such a law provided it deals only
Visits State Department
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Dis- with disputes which occur during
cussions on the establishment of . the life-time of a collective bar-
a currency exchange rate be- gaining contract.
tween the United States and Is-
rael started with the arrival here Key Leaders Called
Of Eliezer Kaplan, Israeli Finance
To JNF Conference
Minister.
Kaplan called on Joseph C. Sat-
NEW YORK: — Dr. Abraham
terthwaite, chief of the State De-
partment Office on Near Eastern Granovsky, chairman of the
and African Affairs, to inaugurate World Keren Kayemeth and
a series of discussions on various chairman of the budget and fi-
technical financial matters. He nance commission of Israel's Con-
stituent Assem-
was accompanied by Eliahu Ep-
bly, has accepted
stein, Israel's special representa-
•an invitation ex-
tive in this country.
tended to him on
.behalf of the
Approve General Amnesty
board of direc-
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The Israeli
tors of the Jew-
State Council approved a. pro-
ish National
posal providing for a general am-
Fund of America
nesty for all political prisonsrs.
to participate in
The motion was introduced by
an extraordinary
Minister of Justice Dr. Felix Ros-
conference to be
enblueth.
held March 5 and
Nathan Friedman-Yellin, Stern
A. Granovsky 6, according to
Group leader, and his aide, M. an anouncement by Judge Morris
Schmulevitz, who have been Rothenberg, president of the JNF.
standing trial in the 'Acre mili-
The first session of the Confer-
tary court for the past five months
on charges of conducting terrorist ence, in which all constituent
Zionist groups and important key
activities in . the Jewish state, leaders from all parts of the
were sentenced to eight and five- ccuntry will take part, will be
year prison sentences, respect- held Saturday evening, March 5,
ively.
at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria.
The sentences were imposed This will be followed by sessions
after the court's president solemn- on Sunday, March 6, at Hotel
ly read a 20,000-word judgment Astor.
reviewing the charges brought
against the two defendants. Fried-
man-Yellin a n d Schmulevitz Anti-Zionist Pamphlet
scarcely paid heed to the pro- Distributed in USSR
ceedings in view of the fact that
the State Council is expected to
MOSCOW, (JTA)-LA pamphlet
be asked today to approve a gen- in which a distinction was made
eral amnesty, which would in- between the Soviet attitude to-
ward the state of Israel and Zion-
clude the two Stern defendants.
Immediately after passing sent- ism, emphasizing the continued
ence, the court proposed the swift opposition of the Soviet Govern-
release of both men provided ment to the Zionist movement
they would abstain from under- even after the establishment of
ground activities, submit to police the Jewish state, is being distrib-
supervision for two years and ad- uted through bookstores and
vise all members of the Stern newsstands in Moscow and in
Groui: to give up underground other cities in the USSR.
activities. Both men declined any
The author of the pamphlet is
answer to the court's proposal.
I. A. Genin, a Soviet economist,
. Oil Experts to Return
who last year delivered a public
The British-controlled Consoli- lecture on Palestine under the
dated Refineries, Ltd., has alerted auspices of the Soviet Society for
some 50 of its officials and ex- the Dissemination of Political and
perts, who are standing by on Cy- Scientific Knowledge. The pam-
prus, to be prepared to return to phlet which contains his lecture
Israel for the purpose of setting was published `by the Society.

FAMAGUSTA, Cyprus, (JTA)
—Another dreary chapter in the
lives of thousands of Jewish ref-
ugees ended happily on Feb. 10
when the last group of detainees
left the Xylotymbou camp to
board the Israeli vessel Atzmauth
(Independence) for the short voy-
age to Haifa. The last group in-
cluded 1,595 men, women and
children.
As the party began boarding
trucks for the trip to the Fama-
gusta docks, British soldiers and
their erstwhile prisoners embrac-
ed, pounded each other on the
shoulders and posed for snap-
shots arm-in-arm. As the truck
convoy started the troops waved
farewell enthusiastically a n d
shouted: "Shalom". Even the mer-
chants in the area surrounding
the camp, who will suffer heavy
financial losses with the departure
of the refugees, expressed hap-
piness that the Jews were at last
"going home."
Similar scenes took place on
the dock. As the Atzmauth eased
away from the pier the passeng-
ers • shouted and waved to the
Greeks, while the hundreds of is-
landers responded by cheering.
Thus ended the 29-month history
of the British detention camps
on Cyprus. In all, some 10,280
Jews left Cyprus since the re-
versal of the detention policy.
The Cypriot press headlined the
announcement of the Israeli Gov-
ernment that it was contributing
$14,000 for the erection of a youth'
center at Famagusta in grateful
appreciation of the friendly atti-
tude displayed by the local popu-
lation toward the detainees. Ac-
knowledging the gift, Famagus-
ta's mayor declared that his peo-
ple had always sympathized with
the Jewish cause.

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A reception in honor of Sh.
Kocherginsky, noted poet of the
ghetto, will take place on Friday,
Feb. 18, at 9 p. m., at Workmen's
Circle Center, 11529 Linwood.
The' evening was arranged un-
der auspices of the Jewish Folk
Schools of the Labor Zionist Or-
ganization, Sholem Aleichem In-
stitute and Arbeiter Ring Schools.
The guest will speak on "The
Ghetto During the Trying Days
of Yesterday." He will also read
excerpts from his works. All are
invited.

American Jewish Congress Director
To View Future of American Jewry

Dr. David Petegorsky, national
executive director of the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress, will speak
on "The Future of American
Jewry" at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Feb. 23, at Northwest Synagogue,
7045 Curtis, under the auspices
of the business and professional
chapter of the local Congress, of
which Zeldon Cohen is president.

returned from Europe where he
conferred with Jewish and
governmental leaders. His recent
article on the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America and the struc-
ture of the Jewish community
have elicited much discussion.
All are invited. There will be
no admission charge.

Dr. Petegorsky is. a graduate of
Yeshivah College of New York
as well as the London School of
Economics, where he received his
Ph.D. in political science. He is
a member of the executive corn-
mittee of the World Jewish Con-
gress, has attended several World
Zionist Congresses and recently

Dental Fraternity Provides
Biological Lab at Brandeis
WALTHAM, Mass. (JTA) —
Alpha Omega, national dental
fraternity, has turned over $25,-
000 to Brandeis University here
for the creation of a biological
laboratory.

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