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22

Try and Stop Me



By BENNETT CERF-

widow of a confirmed )bibliophile, friend of H. C. L.
T HE
Jackson, slowly read a letter left for her by her husband:

"My dearest," he had written, "it has been a sorrow to me
that you never shared my
interest in rare books; but
then, you have been patient.
Not too often' did you refer
to the money I spent on this
hobby of mine.

"This note will come to you
after I have gone. The mere
fact that you are reading it
will prove that once at least
you have opened one of my
favorite books."
The note had been tucked in
her husband's best-loved vol-
ume. It was sent to .her, with-
,
out comment, by the dealer to
6
'whom she had sold her hus-
band's entire library three days after his death.
*
*
*
Most of you probably have heard what Oliver Herford said when
he was asked to evaluate the work of Arnold Bennett: "I'm afraid
that something I once wrote about Mr. Bennett in a critical way so
prejudiced me against him that I never read another word he wrote."

.

Copyright. 1939. by Bennett Cerf. Distributed by King Features Syndicate,

Resolution Adopted

On Individual Rights

By UN Commission

LAKE SUCCESS— (JTA) The
UN Human Rights Commission,



by a 10-4 vote, adopted a resolu-
tion which may make it possible
for individuals, in addition to
sovereign states, to invoke the
protection of the world organi-
zation against violations of hu-
t man rights. The plan follows
the same lines of a proposal
submitted earlier by Frank Gold-
man, president of Bnai Brith,
on behalf of the Coordinating
Board of Jewish Organizations.
Dr. Maurice Perlzweig, repre-
senting the World Jewish Con-
gress, made a strong plea at the
Commission for the right of in-
dividuals who have grievances
against their government to pe-
tition the UN directly. He main-
tained that if the Commission
confines the right of petition to
states, it would not, in his view,
achieve the protection of human
rights. Voting against the reso-
lution were the USSR, Ukraine,
Yugoslavia and Iran.

Canadian Jewish Poet
Wins Literary Award

MONTREAL, (JTA) — A. M.
Klein, well-known Anglo-Jewish
poet and writer, has been
awarded the Governor-General's
Literary award for 1948, accord-
ing to an announcement by the
Canadian Authors Association.
Klein has received the award
-"for writing what was judged the
most distinguished volume of
Canadian verse—a book of
poems - entitled "The Rocking
Horse and other Poems."

St. Louis YM-YWHA Gets
Camp Thru Negro's Generosity

ST. LOUIS—Thanks to the
generosity of a St. Louis Negro,
Boy Scout Troop No. 11 of the
St. Louis Young Men's Hebrew
Association will have a new
country camp this summer. The
Y is one of 321 Jewish Com-
munity Centers and YM-YWHAs
affiliated with the National
Jewish Welfare Board.
The land, a 20-acre site near
Troy, Mo., was given to the
Scout troop by H. D. Robinson,
in gratitude' for "the treatment
I received from so many white
people, especially the Jews."
More than 45,000 children will
attend the 198 summer country
and day camps sponsored by the
regional Sections of the Nation-
al Jewish Walfare Board (JWB)
and its affiliated Jewish Com-
munity Centers and YM-YWHAs
during the 1949 campaign sea-
son beginning July 1st it was
announced by JWB's Camping
Department in New York.

Israel Needs $800 Million
In Loans, Laboi- ite Says

NEW YORK, June 13. (JTA)-
The Government of Israel will
require $800,-000,000 in private
and government loans for large
scale housing and other needs
of the tens of thousands of im-
migrants now pouring into that
country, Jacob S. Potofsky, pres-
ident of the Amalgamated
Clothing Workers of America,
reported upon his return from
a seven-week trip to the Middle
East and Europe.

Hungarian Jew Gets
Post with Government



THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, June 24, 1949

Sharett Rejects

U. S. Demands
Before Knesset

TEL AVIV — (JTA)—Demands

advanced by the U.S: Govern-
ment in a recent note to the
Government of Israel were vig-
orously rejected by Israeli For-
eign Minister Moshe Sharett in
an address before the Knesset.
Israeli soldiers, he said, had
not died in conquering essential
territory only to have it later
relinquished by Israeli "politi-
cians." He-revealed that "cer-
tain parties" are attempting to
sever the Negev from Israel,
and warned that the Israeli
Government will oppose any
such attempts.
Praising the "partition deci-
sion" • of the United Nations
which gave birth to the Jewish
state, Sharett pointed out that
this decision constituted a basis
for territorial adjustment, but
canna serve as a criterion now.
He refuted any territorial com-
pensation to ' the Arab states
and stressed that Israel rejects
any agreement allowing Syrian
forces to remain on I€raeli ter-
ritory. He a 1 s o emphasized
Israel's desire for negotiations
and settlement of the Gaza
problem.
The Israeli Foreign Minister
emphasized that although the
government refuses to allow the
wholesale admission of Arab re-
fugees—because it considers
such mass admissions suicidal
to the interests of the country
previous to a final peace settle-
ment — nevertheless, entry visas
will be granted to Arabs in spe-
cial cases, primarily when wives
and children of residents in
Israel are involved. There are
155,000 Arabs now residing in
Israel, he reported.
Condemning the anti-Israeli
propaganda now being conduct-
ed with regard to the Holy
Places, the Foreign Minister
said that false horror stories are
being spread in coordination
with propaganda regarding the
admission of .
refugees.
They aim to eate tension be-
tween • the people of Israel and
the 'Catholic Church, he added.
He pointed out that Christian
rights are safeguarded in Israel
and expressed the hope that
Pope Pius XII will examine the
facts and learn the true situa-
tion.
"Israel," he said, "insures reli-
gious freedom and is safeguard-
ing the Holy Places under the
supervision of United Nations
authorities."
Israel desires peace but not at
any price, Mr: Sharett declared.
Manahem Beigin, leader of
the Herut Party, demanded that
the Israeli Government resign
"because of its failures."

BUDAPEST, (JTA)—Dr. Ernoe
Brody, long a recognized leader
of Hungarian Jewry, was ap-
pointed by the Education Minis- Berlin Leader Says
tery adviser on JeWish affairs to
the government. Dr. Brody is Germans Still Nazis
also a member of the parlia-
108 New Settlements
ment,
representing the Radical
In Israel for 1949
NEW YORK (JTA)—Dr. Hans
Party in the government coali-
Erich Fabian, former president
tion.
A total of 45 settlements were
of the Berlin Jewish community,
founded in Israel from January
who arrived here with his fam-
through May of this year with HIAS to Establish
ily under the Displaced Persons
the aid of funds raised by Amer- Shelter in Australia
Act, declared that the Germans
ican Jewry, and blueprints have
NEW YORK—The board of are still 'Nazis at heart and that
already been drafted for the directors of HIAS (Hebrew Im- the 7,500 Jews still in Berlin are.
setting up of 60 additional migrant Aid Society) has ap- in desperatQ straits. He asserted
settlements during the remain- proved the purchase by the So- that most 61 Berlin's Jews are
der of 1949, Judge Morris Roth-
of a building in Melbourne, 50 years of age or older and
enberg, acting national chair- ciety
Australia, where newcomers to that all of them wish to get out
man of the United Palestine Ap- that land will be fed and quar- of Germany.
peal, announced.
Dr. Fabian, member of the
tered till they are resettled,
Samuel A. Telsey, president of Supreme Court of Western
Bavaria who was a Berlin mag-
HIAS has announced.
Technion to Launch
istrate for several years before
Wind Tunnel Project
Hitler seized power, said that
Israel Joins Labor
he came to the U. S. to interest
NEW YORK—Establishment of Organization of UN,
welfare agencies in the of
a $100,000 wind tunnel project
GENEVA, (JTA)—Israel was the German Jews and t help
which will become part of the among the three new members bring them to _Israel or other
department of aeronautical en- who joined the United Nations countries. He maintained that
gineering at the Haifa Technion, International Labor Organiza- the treatment now accorded
is announced in Technion Bi- tion. The others were Ceylon Berlin's • Jews by the Gerrlians
Monthly, published by American and Lebanon.
was no different from what they
Technion Society,
The Israeli delegation to ILO received under the Nazis.
The wind tunnel project is be- is composed of Z. Berenson Bar-
ing launched in tribute to Dr. niv, of the Ministry of Labor, I.
All copy and photographs for
Theodore von Karman, interna- Bershira of the Histadrut, and the July 8 edition must be at The
- tional aeronautical scientist, on M: Rozen and S. Meerrovitch of Jewish News office, 2114 Penob-
the occasion of his 70th birth- the Israeli Manufacturers Asso- scot Bldg., not later than 12
day.
ciation.
noon Friday, July 1.

.Special Deadline Notice

Due to the July Fourth holiday, all copy and photo-
graphs for the July 8 edition of The Jewish News must be

at our office, 2114 Penobscot Bldg., not later than 12 noon
Friday, July 1. The regular deadline of 10 a.m. on Wednes-
day will apply to classified advertisements.

Israel Government
Will Take Steps
To Check Inflation

TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The Israeli
Government intends to lower the
cost of living by 25 percent
within the next few months,
Eliezer Kaplan, Minister of Fi-
nance, told the Knesset. He em-
phasized that the high cost of
living is frightening away in-
vestors and constitutes an ob-
stacle to development of the
country.
The Israeli Minister estimated
that the Jewish state will this
year have to import $180,000,000
worth of goods, including $100,-
000,000 for essential commodi-
ties. It is therefore imperative
to restrict the import of non-
essential goods and to develop
Israeli exports to the largest
possible degree, he declared.
The chief problem facing
Israel, he pointed out, is the
need for increasing production
in order to halt the inflationary
trend in the country. Schemes
for the use of savings which will
be accumulated through the re-
duced cost of living are now be-
ing formulated, he said. The
government is planning to in-
crease production and encourage
foreign investment by lowering
import duties on building mater-
ials, cement, and on certain
types of machinery.
- Kaplan emphasized that the
budget of $111,000,000 submitted
to Knesset for approval was only
tentative, since Israeli policy on
foreign trade was fluid and the
fight against inflation had only
just begun. He told the Israeli
Parliament that it was impera-
tive to float additional credits
for purposes of launching var-
ious development and income-
producing projects. He warned,
however, that current state ex-
penses could, not be absorbed by
these loans and would have to
be met by taxes.

Keren Hayesod Issues
Comprehensive Volume
On Palestine, Zionism

NEW YORK -- Publication of
"Palestine and Zionism," a three
year cumulative bibliography,
was announced by Charles Ross,
president of the Keren Hayesod
(Palestine Foundation Fund,
Inc.), 41 East 42nd Street, New
York 17, New York.
The bibliography was prepared
by the staff of the Zionist Ar-
chives and Library, a Keren
Hayesod project, under the edi-
torship of Sophie A. Udin, direc-
tor and librarian.
"Palestine and Zionism," a bi-
monthly bibliography with an-
nual cumulative volumes, was
begun in January, 1946, to meet
the pressing need for informa-
tion on Palestine, Zionism and
the Middle East by journalists,
statesmen, radio commentators,
authors, educators, etc. and or-
ganizations. This issue is- the
first three year cumulation of
all the material indexed from
January, 1946, through Decem-
ber, 1948. It is an author, sub-
ject and title index. to periodi-
cals, books, pamphlets, reprints
of articles, speeches and ephe-
mera published in English, He-
brew and Yiddish and other
languages. Lists of periodicals
and publishers are given.
Copies of "Palestine a n d
Zionism" can be obtained from
Zionist Archives and Library, 41
East 42nd Street, New York 17,
N. Y.





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