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Israel's Envoy to U. S. to
Hone Ellahu Epstein Coming
For Rally at Shaarey Zedek
peak Here Monday,
Publishers Confer With Truman,
Arab Spokesman Present Him With First Paper
By PAUL S. GREEN
2
THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, February 25, 1949
—
Rises in Assembly
Israel's Envoy to the United States, Hon. Eliahu Epstein,
.will receive the Detroit Jewish Community's welcome
when he addresses a public meeting at the Shaarey Zedek . JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The Is-
raeli Constituent Assembly,
at 8:15 o'clock, Monday evening, Feb. 28.
in known as Knesseth Israel, re-
Scores of organizations have cancelled their meetings
order to make this a holiday occasion. It is expected that the ceived a plan for the drafting of
Special Washington Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. C.,- Feb. 21—President Truman was quoted
today as'saying, in discussina the new State of Israel(that he feels
quite encouraged about a happy
future for the Middle East as a
b
result of information received not only frOm Egypt and Transjordan,
but also from Syria, whose relations with Israel have been more
. ,
a
"transitional
law"
which
will
main auditorium of Shaarey Ze-€
The remarks were made at the White House to a visiting dele-
act
as
the
country's
temporary
dek will be filled to overflowing
gation from the American Association of English-Jewish NewspaperS,
constitution . until such time as a under the chairmanship of Philip Slomovitz of Detroit, president of
for this meeting, and early - at-
permanent charter is accepted.
tendance therefore is urged.
the Association. The delegation spoke with the President from 11
The proposal for a temporary o"clock:to 11:25 this morning.
In the event that a large num-
draft charter was made by Dr.
When Mr. Slomovitz presented him with the text of a resolution
- ber should be excluded from the
Felix Rosenblueth, Minister of approved by the Association recommending that the President re-
main meeting, Mr. Epstein's ad-
Justice, as the first order of busil ceive an honorary degree from Israel's Hebrew University, Mr. Tru-
dresi will be broadcast over
man was said to have replied that would make him very happy.
loud speakers to an overflow au-
ness..
The resolution read: "We recommend President Truman for an
A representative - of the Arab honorary degree by the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and we-pro-
dience in the social hall.
people
spoke
in
the
Assembly
Mr. Epstein will be introduced
pose that our President be invited by Israel to receive such an honor
Feb. 16 fiii\ the first time. Amin from Israel's Hebrew University."
by Sidney Shevitz, president of
-Mr. Slomovitz said the President told them he was happy to have
Jourjoura, one of two delegates
the Zionist Council of Detroit, un:
elected on the Nazareth Arab played a part in the establishment of 'the Jewish State. He led theta
der whose auspices the meeting
slate, rose to explain the three- to the globe in his office to point out the importance of the Mediter-
will take place here.
the
point program for which he and ranean area in the world struggle for peace, and the part that
Greetings will be extended to
United
States
isprepared
to
play
to
help
assure
peace.
his fellow Arab delegate- stand.
Mr. Epstein by Rabbi Morris Ad--
The leader of the delegation said the President spoke to them at
He asked that Israel "maintain length about his study Of the displaced persons camps in Germany,
ler, Aaron Droock, president of
strict neutrality and not trail aft- a subject in which he became interested beginning with his visit to
HON. ELIAHU EPSTEIN
the Jewish Community Council,
and Julian H. Krolik, president operation of the Community er any world power or bloc, Potsdam in 1945. He was quoted as saying that at that time- he im-
of the Jewish Welfare Federation. Council, the Federation and all create - a genuine, unborrowed mediately proposed that this country take in 400,000 DPs—Jews and
Children from the local Jewish the Zionist groups in Detroit in constitution and that the state be non-Jews—and that 400,000 be absorbed by other' democratic coun-
He said he made the latter proposal to Ernest Bevin, British.
schools will welcome the Israeli the arrangements for the meeting based on - a foundation of truth tries.
labOr leader, before Mr. Bevin became British Foreign Secretary.
Envoy and his wife to this city.
in honor of Mr. Epstein.
and justice."
The President was said to have expressed‘regret that the proposal
Israeli's envoy will speak here - Jourjoura .expressed regret the - was not accepted. either by this country or by other nations, and he
Emma Schaver, will present a
Monday noon at the Book-Cadillac representation of the Arab peo- inferentially criticized the 80th Congress for having approved legis-
program of songs.
discriminatory to Jews and Catholics.
The Zionist Council has the co- Hotel before the Economic Club. ple in Israel's Assembly is so lation
The President made reference to the fact that only 14,000--
small and asserted that for that
very reason those Arabs who are mostly children—thus far were admitted in this country under pro-
of the bill he opposed.
members of the body bear a visions
Introducing meinbers of the delegation to Mr. Truman, Mr.
greater responsibility. He appeal- Slomovitz said the President told them he was pleased to meet with
ed for help for his people, ad- them because they represent newspapers that he can read, since
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
dressing his plea to- the "honor- he is unable to read Yiddish or Hebrew. Mr. Slomovitz -presented
able members of this House who him with a copy of the Asmonean, the first English-Jewish weekly
At the White House
historic
is a
York City in 1849. -Mr. Slomovitz
are known as ,a justice-loving in this country, published in New
to White House
WASHINGTON, D. C., Feb. 21, 1949.—This
the President asked Jack Romagn,a, assistant
day for the Jewish press. President Truman personally took people." His speech was greeted said
secretary Matthew Connolly, to have it placed among his permanent
note of the 100th anniversary of the -English-Jewish weekly by applause.
mementos. Referring to the Torah presented to him last year by
Chaim 'Weizmann, netw president of Israel, Mr. Truman said he was
publications. He evinced sufficient interest to make a study of
particularly gratified to have had Dr. Weizmann mark for him the
the reproductions of the first issue of the Asmonean, America's
portion containing the Ten Commandments.
first Jewish weekly published in English, and to order it
The delegation included: Philip Slomovitz, editor, The Detroit
Jewish News, president of the Association and chairman of the dele-
placed among his permanent mementos.
gation; Dr. Alexander Brin, editor and publisher, Jewish Advocate,
The President revealed deep knowledge 61 the DP and
Boston; Leo H. Frisch, editor and publisher, The American Jewish
Israeli problems when he met with English-Jewish publishers
World, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minn.; Samuel Neusner, publisher,
under the chairmanship of your Commentator. Instead of the
Jewish Music Month will be Jewish Ledger, Hartford, Conn.; Philip Klein, Jewish Times, Phila-
originally-proposed 10-minute interview, the 'President dis- celebrated by a special program delphia; J. M. Feldman, publisher, The Sentinel, Chicago; Albert
cussed Jewish issues with his guests for 25 minutes. Paul at 8:30 p.m. Sunday, March 6 at Golornb, publisher, American Jewish Outlook, Pittsburgh; Eli Jacobs,
Green, one-time JTA and 'Detroit Jewish News correspondent the Jewish Center. It is sponsored publisher, Jewish Review, Buffalo, N. Y., and Willy Pels, Southern
Atlanta, Ga.
in London, tells the story of the visit in a special article in this by the Center's Joint,Yiddish Cul Israelite,
The publishers also were welcomed at the White House by
ture
Committee
of
the
JeWish
Vice-President
Alben W. Barkley.
issue.
The visit marked the close of the fifth annual convention of the
The President is all that the people of America think of Community Council,
commemorated
Marguerite Kozenn, dramatic organization, which lasted four days. The occasion
him. He is democratic, charming, friendly . and amiable. It is
dating
100th anniversary of the English newish press in America,
no wonder that wherever one turns in Washington, he is greet- soprano, will be heard in Yiddish the
from
the
1849
publication
of
the
Asmonean.
ed with_the comment, "Our President is a good man; he is a Palestinian and classical Jewish
songs. Julius Chajes, pianist and
great and kind man." We found him all of that and more: we compofer,
will play two of his
found him a well informed man who knows and understands own compositions.
many
Jewish
the Jewish situation as_ well, if not better, than
Sadie Cooper Braver, violinist,
By BORIS SMOLAR
assisted , by Lillian Robbins, at.
leaders.
- Vice President Alben W. Barkley, one of our most tried the piano, will -play "Hebraisch" The Zionist Rift
friends, gave the delegation a separate reception, also at the from "Ghetto Sketches" by Pearl-
Never say "hop" until you have really jumped over the fence,
-gig .
White House, preceding the 'President's welcome to the editors man. The Center dance group says an old Russian proverb . . . This turned out to be true in
case
of
-the
conflict
within
the
United
Palestine
Appeal
.
.
Every;
will
per4orm.
and publishers. He remains the charming and democratieper-
Dr.: Abba
Tickets are being distributed to body was certain, that the conflict was settled, after
ag:reed to accept the de=
son we have _known him to be all these years.
organizations and may be pur- Hillel Silver. and Dr. Emanuel Neumann
MOP.'
of the Jewish Agency to have Henry
An Age of Many Wonders ...
chased at 35c. Admission at the cisipn. of the executive
no
Jews
chairman
-
of
the
UJA
with
Henry
Montor
- as
This is, indeed, an age of many' wonders. ;Dispossessed
genthau as general
longer are stateless. The `sad period of the "Coffin ,boats" packed door will be 85c. For information one of three vice chairmen . Buf•few realized that the last word
Dr..
with homeless immigrants has ended. A Jewish Parliament is in call Harry Katz, MA. 8400 or is actually, with Morgenthau . . . Now that Dr. Silver and
Louis
Fraiberg,
CH.
1657.
Neumann
have
resigned
from
the
Jewish
Agency
executive
after
session. And . .. the New York Times talks about the planting of
Morgenthau's -refusal to meet with Dr. Silver, a number Of de-
trees in Israel!
velopments are expected . . Firstly, the Silver-Neumann grout)
On the day of the o_pening of Israel's democratically elected Con- Jaffa Vet's Hospital
may resume their fightagainst the interference of the Jewish
stituent Assembly, the New York Times published an editorial under Gets Bnai Brith Gift
-
Agency Executive into "internal administrative affairs" of the
the heading "Spring in PaleAtine," the first naragraph of which
United Palestine Appeal . . . Secondly, the Zionist Organization of
reads:
WASHINGTON—In the pres- America may consider emulating the LabOr Zionists, Hadassah and
one
hopes,
an
auspicious
sign
that
the
first
meeting
of
"It is,
ence of Mrs. Chaim Weizmann, the Mizrachi, and initiate a fund-raising drive of its own, in addition
the new Constituent Assembly of the State of Israel, to be held
wife of the president of the new . to the UPA . . . Up till now the ZOA was the only Zionist groim in
today just outside the walls of the old City of Jerusalem, falls on
State of Israel, and the nation's the UPA administration which abstained from conducting a separate
one of the most joyous days of the ancient Hebrew calendar. The
. . . On the whole I am inclined to predict that the UPA
Feast of Trees is a spring festival, marking the end of the winter
government and civic leaders, campaign
Dr.
will accept the decision of the Jewish Agency executive since might
rains, the first shoots of the new crops and the blossoming of
Bnai Brith has dedicated a recrea-
ilver indicated that he will not undertake anything that
flowers on tree and hillside. The planting of trees has been for
tion room at Jaffa hospital No. 4,
harm the UJA.
many centuries associated with this date, and in more recent
*
*
inaugurating the order's new na-
the
new
years it has been celebrated as Palestine Day. Now
tional
hospital
service
project
for
independent
predominantly
Jewish
regime
in
Washington
Views
State, the first
Everything that is now taking place in-and-areund Israel is
that country.
Palestine since the time of the Maccabees, nearly nineteen
being
watched with great interest in Washington . .. Up till tioW
The
room
will
serve
as
the
cnturies ago, is to be planted."
This, indeed, is one of the wonders of our time! The New York recreational center for disabled elections to the Constituent Assembly were the major subjects of
interest
to top Washington officials .. . Now interest is switching
Times, once not too friendly, its Jewish owners antagonistic to the veterans of the Israeli army. This
Zionist cause, now speaks of the wonders of tree-planting! Jewish room was contributed b'y the Ben- to the economic situation in Israel . The opinion exists that
loyalists for many years have made it a practice to plant trees in jamin S. Pouzzner Lodge of Bnai winning the war against the Arabs does not solve everything for
Eretz Israel. Reforestation has been among the major tasks of the Brith • at Lowell, Mass., home of Israel . . . There is still an economit front to be conquered . . . It is
important since Israel must be so strong that the Arabs
movement that has labored to make the barren land of Palestine Frank Goldman, president of the especially
would not risk another war . . . Self;support is considered as bthig
blossom like the rose. Indeed, the New York Times is right when it
out of the question for Israel in the foreseeable future . . . It is
states that "the Zionist dream has swiftly become a fact" and tlfat Order.
argued that as long as the country remains a center of immigration,
"this spring in Palestine will be remembered long and gratefully!
Israel will be dependent on investments, loans and contributions
Hamburg
Allocates
Sum
Chaim Weizmann's Historic Address
from abroad, mainly from the United States . . . Even when in -.
Dr. Chaim Weizmann's address which marked the official open- To Restore Cemetery
migration is eventually limited to settlers who, can .pay their own.
way,' Israel will have to plan carefully for years before it can get .
ing of Israel's Constituent Assembly—Knesseth Israel—will go down
in history as one of the great documents in the annals of democracies
foreseen that sooner or
HAMBURG, (JTA)—The muni- along without outside help . . . And it is few
resources, borrowing
- He frequently had to halt his Hebrew address to wipe away cipal authorities of Hamburg ap- later, unless Israel -- makes the most of Its
United States.'
his tears of emotion when he spoke -of the great - event that was tran- propriated 60,000 marks for the capacity may be exhausted ... Large loans froth the Reports
reach-
- to get ...
govertnments
may
then
be
hard
spring in "this eternal city of Jerusalem.'
other
and
It is no wonder that the day's events were watched by the entire restoration of an ancient Sep- itig Washington from Tel Aviv predict that for the- present, and for
world, that Israel's population was deeply touched, that the streets of hardic cemetery at Altona, a some years to come, Israel's effort will be concentrated on building
suburb of this city.
up agriculture, industry, markets and absorbing 1,200,000 immigrants.
Jerusalem were bedecked with flags and flowers.
The request for the appropria- within 10 years . . . The development of the Negev along the lines
The planting of a forest in honor of Israel's defenders was one
Gulf id
of the symbols of the day's significance. Jews from all sections of the tion was made by Karl Brauer; of the Lowdermilk Plan, the Minding of a port on the
for
State came to greet the new Assembly. It was a holiday occasion mayor of the city. The Jewish Aqaba and other long-range projects will not be undertaken
Many
years,
these
reports
visualize
.
.
They
that
the
Negetr.--4
for all Jews everywhere, and the entire world may well consider pommunity plans to photograph
- future' bY,
it an event of first importance because it ends the injustice of Jewish inscriptions on tombstones in *more than half of Israel's total area—will be held for the
and
scattered
strategically
in
the
desert
order to preserve them for a few fortress settlements
homelessness.
colonists.
,
manned by a few thousand fighting
A new chapter begins in mankind's history. This time, Israel has history.
Purely Commentary
Program Planned
In Celebration
Of Music Month
Between You and Me
a rightful place among the nations of the world.