73-45 Confidence Vote for
Ben-Gurion's Government

TEL AVIV (JTA)—The new referring to the Aqaba situation.
Israeli Government, headed by
"We cannot tolerate the pene-
David Ben Gurion and including tration of the frontiers of our
the Mapai, Religious Bloc and land by an Arab country," he
the Progressives, received a 73- declared.
45 vote of confidence in the
Commenting on reports of
Knesseth.
clashes in the Aqaba area, an
The vote was preceded by a Israeli spokesman , reiterated his
two-hour address by Premier denial that any such encounters
David Ben Gurion in the course had occurred.
of which he severely lashed out
at his opponents. He was fre- Full Airing of Palestine
quently interrupted by spokes- Question at UN in September
men for the Mapam, the Irgun- . NEW YORK (JTA) — A full
sponsored Heruth and the Gen- airing of the Palestine question
is not . expected to take place at
eral Zionists.
Because of the harsh tones of the United Nations before Sep-
the Premier's address, it is be- tember, Abba S. Eban, Israeli
lieved here that the breach be- representative at the UN, de-
tween the Mapai and the Mapam clared at a press conference. Al-
had broadened and that the lat- though he expects that Israel will
ter will definitely not enter the become a member of the world
body at the April session of the
coalition.
UN General Assembly, Eban
Inter-Party Charges
Mapai and Mapam deputies said that the session's agenda is
hurled accusations and counter- so crowded that it is unlikely
accusations at one another. The that consideration will be . given
main point of these charges was the Palestine. question next
that the position of the other month.
party is preventing complete
Mapam and Maccabi Groups
labor unity in the government.
Addressing himself to the Dissolved in Romania
BUCHAREST. (JTA)—All
right-wing Heruth, Ben Gurion
declared that Jerusalem was an Zionist activity in Romania of-
ficially ended when the Mapam,
integral part of , Israel, although
the largest Zionist gKoup in the
this fact has not yet been rec-
country, was dissolved.
ognized internationally. To the
All Zionist youth groups, in-
Mapam he said that he refused cluding the Maccabi organization,
to reorient the foreign policy of were also disbanded. The hach-
his government and, defending sharah training centers are in the
the Egyptian-Israeli pact, he said process of liquidation.
that it had brought many bene-
fits to the Jewish state. " Main- 'Magic Carpet' Brings
taining his refusal to give the
General Zionists two seats in the Yemenite Refugees
Cabinet, he recalled that he had To Israel via Airplane
always defended the rights of
private capital and enterprises in
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Jews by
the upbuilding of the country.
the hundreds are still fleeing from
Arab-Jewish Relations
the Kingdom of Yemen into the
Echoing the words of an Arab British Crown Colony of Aden,
member of the Knesseth, the according to Harry Viteles, rep-
Premier expressed hopes for sentative in the Middle East of
friendly cooperation between the Joint Distribution Committee.
Jew and Arab. He reiterated
Viteles, who returned here from
earlier promises to raise the an inspection visit in Aden, said
standard of living for the Arabs that between 400 and 500 Yemen-
and to guarantee them full equal- ite Jews had reached the British
Colony during the last few days.
ity with the Jews.
After the vote of confidence, All the Yemenite Jews who took
. Zalman Shazar, chairman of the refuge in Aden were transported
Knesseth's standing 'committee, to Israel by chartered planes of
proposed that a 20-man sub- Alaska Airways flying "operation
committee be established to study magic carpet," including 850 of
the terms of the $100,000,000 military age whom the Aden au-
American loan. This motion was thorities at first refused permis-
sion to leave.
carried unanimously.
The 55th flight of "operation
Magic carpet," was completed at
Abdullah in Jerusalem
JERUSALEM (JTA) — King Lydda airport. The plane also car-
Abdullah of Transjordan intends ried some Jewish refugees from
Shanghai who had trans-shipped
to visit the Old City for pur-
at Aden. Following transfer of the
poses of selecting a building for Yemenite Jews to Israel, the emi-
his royal residence, thus indi- gration of some 2,100 of Aden's
cating his intention of establish- 2,640 Jews to Israel will begin.
ing his capital in the Holy - City. These Jews have been eager to
This is believed to be King laeve Aden ever since the violent
Abdullah's reply to the initial anti-Jewish pogroms there early
opening of the Knesseth in last year.
Jerusalem Feb. 17 and to the
A woman doctor who abandon-
transfer of some Israeli Govern- ed a successful medical practice
ment departments from Tel Aviv in Chicago 20 years ago to become
to the Holy City.
a pioneer settler, in Palestine told
how for more than two years she
Gen. Dori Warns Arabs
directed a relief program for 4,000
Against Aqaba ProvOcations
Jewish refugees in Aden, tip of
TEL AVIV (JTA)—"We can- the Arabian peninsula.
The physician, Dr. Olga Fein-
not forever restrain otatelves in
the face of provocative acts," berg, returned recently to the
Brigadier Yaacov Dori, chief of United States from Aden after
staff of the Israeli Army, warned supervising ,"Operaticin Magic
in a speech at Haifa. He was Carpet."

Osnos Broadcasts Inspiring
Report on Visit in Israel

Max Osnos, president of the
Jewish Hospital Association and
a member of the executive coin-
mittee of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
eration, who was a member of
the United Jewish Appeal over-
' seas delegation, in a stirring ad-
dress from Tel Aviv, last Sun-
day, broadcast over Station WWJ,
called for increased efforts in be-
half of funds which make possible
the uninterrupted constructive el-
' forts'in the Jewish State.
Inspired by his impressions in
Israel,,'Mr. Osnos told his audi-
ence,- in his 15-minute address,
that in his fondest hopes he had
never envisioned anything as tre-

mendous as he had seen in Is-
rael.
Paying tribute to the army
which triumphed over the Arabs,
Mr. Osnos said that the determin-
ation of the Jews who are build-
ing a Jewish State is proof of the
courage which has inspired Is-
rael in the year of many miracles.
Mr. Osnos' address evaluated
the total situation in Israel and
reviewed the successful efforts of
Jews on many fronts—in home
building, in agriculture, in de-
fense, in immigration and in in-
dustry.
Other , members of the UJA
delegation from Detroit are:
Hyman Safran, Herthan Lewis
and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Bonin.,

THE.JEWISH NEWS - 3

Friday, March 18, 1949

N. Y. Lawyers Endorse
UN Genocide Convention

NEW YORK (JTA)—The New
York Bar Association adopted a
resolution endorsing the • United
Nations convention against geno-
cide. During the course of the de-
bate Judge Joseph M. •roskauer,
retired president of the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee, condemn-
ed the recent recommendation of
the American Bar Association
that the U. S. Senate delay rati-
fication of the convention to al-
low more time for public dis-
cussion of the measure.

JNF Blue and White Box-Holders
Meeting Arranged for April 5

A meeting of all holders of
Blue and White Jewish National
Fund Boxes has been arranged
for Tuesday evening, April 5, at
the Northwest Hebrew Congre-
gation, Arthur Shutkin, JNF
Council director, announced this
week.
Rabbi Moses Lehrman will be
the guest speaker. There will be
a musical program and the latest
film from Israel will be shown.
Mr. Shutkin stated that re-
ports of latest happenings in Is-
rael will be submitted to the box-
holders.
A special column on the Blue

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and White Box by the Jewish
News columnist, David Schwartz,
appears on the editorial page, in
this issue.

$6,000,000 Israel Credit
For Purchase of Vehicles

WASHINGTON, (JTA)
T h e
Export-Import Bank announced
authorization of a $6,000,000 credit
to Israel for purchase of trucks
and buses in the United States.
Israel intends to buy only the
chassis of buses and heavy trucks
in this country. The bodies will
be built In Israel.

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