Bunche Charges Britain, Not
Israel Violated Negev Truce

LAKE SUCCESS—(JTA)—Dr.
Ralph J. Bunche, acting United
Nations Palestine mediator, has
informed the British delegation
at Lake Successs that it was Brit-
ain, rather than. Israel, which vio-
lated the Palestine truce by rein-
forcing the garrison at Aqaba
several days ago.
This new development came to
light after the British Foreign Of-
fice in London denied having re-
ceived such a communication from
the mediator. Technically, it ap-
pears the Foreign Office was right
since Dr. Bunche sent his message
to the British delegaiton here, in
response to a request for informa-
tion from Sir Terrence Shone,
Britain's representative on the
Security Council.
The British delegation, appar-
ently under instructions to make
new truce breach accusations
against Israel before the UN, sent
a request for information on al-
leged Israeli troop movements in
the Negev to Dr. Bunche. The re-
quest was designed to elicit from
the mediator a condemnation of
Israel's recent troop maneuvers
in the southeastern Negev which
culminated in the occupation of
Urn Reshresh, less than two miles
from the Transjorden border at
Aqaba but within Israel's bound-
aries as laid down by the United
Nations.
Dr. Bunche replied, in a com-
munication which has not been
made public, that Israel was with-
in its rights in moving troops to
the Elath area. The recently-con-
cluded armistice between Egypt
and Israel had, he pointed out,
not restricted Israel's freedom of
movement in the eastern Negev.
The Israeli operation could, there-
fore, not be considered a breach
of the Security Council resolu-
tions adopted in Paris last Novem-
ber, since these applied to a spe-
cific area of the western Negev
where Israeli and Egyptian troops
were then engaged. In any case,
these resolutions had now been
superceded by the armistice agree-
ment, Bunche pointed out.
The mediator added that, in his
opinion, if a breach of the truce
had been committed, it was Brit-
ain which contravened the Secur-
ity .Council resolution of last July
by sending troops to Aqaba and
then reinforcing the garrison
there. The resolution in question
expressly forbade the introduc-
tion of fighting personnel, arms or
Military equipment into \Palestine
or any of the Arab countries by
any power.,

Optimistic on Armistice
RHODES; March 17—(JTA)-
Israeli and Transjordan negotiat-
ors agreed in principle to a reduc-
tion of their forces to units "nec-
essary for defense purposes." A
sub-committee made up of Israeli
and Transjordan delegates is
scheduled to meet with a UN offi-
cial to review details.
Negotiations produced agree-
ment on the division of armistice
lines in the Jerusalem area into
three sectors: from Budrus to Beit

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Naballah to Jerusalem, including
the sub-sector from Jerusalem to
the Dead Sea; the Jerusalem area
.proper, including Hebron; and the
area south of the Dead Sea to
Aqaba.
An Israeli spokesman said the
Rhodes talks are now progressing
rapidly and "things which seemed
formidable before the talks are
now simpler." Transjordan and
UN officials are also optimistic
and believe that unless unfore-
seen circumstances arise there is
now hope for an early armistice.

Demand Iraq be "Brought
To Justice" for Murders
TEL AVI.V—(Palcor)—Al Ham-
ishar, organ of the powerful Ma-
pam party, demanded that the
Israeli Government "bring Iraq to
justice before the world" for her
mass murders of Jews and other
minority groups. Al Hamishar re-
ferred directly to the reported
hanging in Baghdad of 7 Iraqi
Jews who were sentenced to death
on charges of "Zionist affilia-
tions."
Israel's "FOurth of July," the
first anniversary of „her inde-
pendence, will be celebrated on
May 4 this year although Is-
raeli independence was actually
declared on May 15, 1948, the
day the British Mandate expir-
ed. According to official Gov-
ernment proclamation today,
Independence Day will be cele-
brated in Israel every year on
the fifth day of Iyar which is
equivalent this year to May 4.
The day will be known as "Yom
Hakomemiuth."

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The Israeli Government will in-
sist on the inclusion of the British
forces in Aqaba in the computa-
tion of the total strength to be al-
lowed each side under the Israel-
Transjordan armistice or their
departure from Transjordan ter-
ritory, Dr. Walter Eytan, director-
general of the Israeli Foreign Of-
fice, said.
The Knpsseth ratified the Am-
erican loan 85 to 3 with 19 absten-
tions, despite vociferous opposi-
tion from the powerful Left-wing
Mapam, the Communists and the
extremist right - wing Cheruth
(Freedom Movement) party. Mr.
Kaplan replied to Left-wing alle-
gations that "strings" were at-
tached to the loan when he reas-
sured the Knesseth that there
were no "hidden clauses."

Hosiery Manufacturer Host
To Weizmann and Truman
NEW YORK—(Palcor)—Abra-
ham Feinberg, president of Jac
Feinberg and Son, Inc., well-
known manufacturers of hosiery,
has been chosen chairman of the
dinner committee for the forth-
coming "Salute to the President
of Israel", fete for President
Chaim Weizmann of Israel, which
will be held at the Waldorf-As-
toria Hotel on Saturday evening,
April 23. President Truman will
also be a guest of honor at the
offair which is being sponsored by
the American Committee for the
Weizmann Institute of Science.

1,000 Immigrants Reach Israel Daily;
Transjordan Asks for British Patrols

Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The
Jewish News.

JERUSALEM—Eighty thousand
immigrants already have reached
Israel this year, it was announced
by the Jewish Agency Executive.
This means an average of 1,000
daily, beating all records of
Jewish immigration in history.
Another 170,000 will be wel-
comed this year,. bringing the
1499 total to 250,000. The Agency
desires to increase immigration
from Western Europe, including
Britain, North Africa and the
Americas.

over military responsibility for
Southern Transjordan, and Israeli
border official declared.
President Weizmann paid an
official visit to the Negev. On his
trip to Beersheba he reviewed a
parade of Israeli Army units
composed of representatives of all
Negev defense forces, including
veterans of the Elath occupation.

LAKE SUCCESS—It is taken
for granted at UN headquarters
that Britain would send more
troop reinforcements to Aqaba at
the formal request . of Trans-
jordan, although the British dele-
gation indicated that London
would not move before Dr.
Bunche submits his comprehen-
sive report on the tangled situa-
tion there.

LONDON—The British Foreign
Office confirmed reports of a
Transjordan request for British
troops to patrol the Transjordan
frontier between the Gulf of
Aden and the Dead Sea. The
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—An armis-
spokesman said that Christopher
Pirie Gordon, charge d'affaires at tice agreement between Lebanon
Amman, last Thursday forwarded and Israel was initialed at Ras el
Nakura.
a request to London.
The agreement restores the
TEL AVIV—Israel will consider Palestine-Lebanese frontiers as
it a most serious breach of the set with the Palestine Mandate
Palestine truce if Britain accedes Government, leaving no Leban-
to Transjordan's request to take ese territory in Israeli hands.

THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, March 25, 1949

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WJR Owner
To Quit Radio

April 24 Set as The Day for
Women's Division Solicitations

Two big dates have been an-
nounced by the Women's Division
of the Jewish Welfare Federation
in launching their phase of the
1949 Allied Jewish Campaign.
The first is Wednesday, April 6,
ti _en general solicitation work-
ers will receive their slips, and
the second is The Day, Sunday,
April 24.
In addition to distribution of
general solicitation workers kits
the April 6 meeting, which will
be an all-day function at the
Jewish Community Center, will
be the first report meeting by
the special gifts workers.
Fran Harris, popular WWJ

WASHINGTON (JTA).—G.
A. Richards, owner of radio
station KMPC, Los Angeles,
who has been accused of or-
dering anti-Semitism injected
in KMPC news broadcasts, will
retire from the radio business,
the Federal Communications
Commission announced. Rich-
ards is also owner of stations
in Detroit (WJR) and Cleve-
land.

College Entry Survey
Indicates Jews Find
Most Discrimination

Eighty-seven per cent of all
high school graduates who sought
to continue their education during
the past scholastic year won ad-
mission to a college, according to
a report on the "Factors Affect-
ing the Admission of High School
Seniors to College" made public
by the American Council on Edu-
cation.
While scholastic aptitude and
family background remained the
major factors in gaining admit-
tance to a college, the report
pointed out that the chances of
acceptance were better if the stu-
dent was a girl instead of a boy,
if he or she lived in some other
part of the country than the
Northeast, and, to get into the
college of his first choice, if he
was a Protestant or Catholic in-
stead of a Jew.
The study,- which was under-
taken to find the determining
factors in the admission or v-
jection of college applicants and
to investigate the current demand
for a college education, was made
by Elmo Roper and was financed
by a grant from the Anti-Defam-
ation League and the Vocational
Service Bureau of Bnai Brith.
The results are based upon per-
sonal interviews with approxi-
mately 15,000 high school seniors,
enrolled in 255 high schools dur-
ing the spring of 1948.
Of the total number of students
interviewed, three out of five stu-
dents expressed a definite inter-
est in going to college. Colleges
with enrollment of less than 600
were the first choice of 16 per
cent, even though such institu-
tions enroll only 8 per cent of the
total number of students in col-
lege.
Of the total .applying for ad-
misskm to college, 87 per cent of
the Jewish students who applied
were admitted to some college,
88 per cent of the Protestant stu-
dents and 81 per cent of the Cath-
olics. Only 14 per sent of all ap-
plicants failed to get into some
institution of higher education.

woman commentator, will con
duct a. special roving reporter
program.
The Day, Sunday, April 24, will
be a one-day solicitation of all
prospects in the general solicita-
tion group. Every Jewish, woman
in Detroit is urged either to re-
gister as a worker for The Day,
or to stay at home and wait for
an Allied Jewish Campaign soli-
citor to call on her, according to
an announcement by Mrs. Max
Frank, Mrs. John C. Hopp and
Mrs. Henry Wineman, campaign
chairmen for the Women's Div-
ision. Mrs. Harry L. Jones is
general chairman for The Day.

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Northwest area shops for the sale of Bar-

ton's Passover Candies exclusively in Detroit.

Never before in the candy industry has there

been such an exciting variety of chocolates,

macaroons, preserves and hard candies for

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novel creations is Barton's Chocolate Mat-

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