Wit and Humor: Latest Stories From Israel THE JEWISH NE S of Jewish Events A Weekly Review Read Commentator's Got a Match? Statistics on Cigarette Smokers in Israel Story on Page 16 Column on Page 2 VOLUME 15—No. 21 2114 Penobscot Bldg.—Phone WO. 5-1155Detroit 26, Michigan, August 5, 1949 coggx , 7 $3.00 Per Year; Single Copy, 10c 'Constructive Period' of Peace Begins Arab-Israeli Agreement Possible In Two Months; Plan Oil Pipeline Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News LAUSANNE.—The United Nations Conciliation Commission on Palestine announced on Tuesday that all four Arab delegations to the conciliation conference had unreservedly accepted the Israeli proposal for a discussion of an Arab refugee settlement. The commis- sion asked the Israeli delegation - to submit full details of its plan, including the total number of refugees who will be permitted to return. An Arab-Israeli agreement at the conference here sponsored by the UN Conciliation Commission appears nearer today than at any time in the long and tangled history of the relations between the two disputing groups. The "constructive period" of the conference has begun at last. ' Progress is coming in a series of apparently small steps forward. It is hoped they will bring about a full settlement by the time the UN General Assembly meets next September in New York. That is the view expressed by almost all the delegates and members of the Commission. Paul Porter, new chief U. S. repre- sentative on the UN body, feels so strongly that the back of the Palestine problem will be broken by then that he has proposed that the Com- mission' adjourn to New York at that time, and there complete any of its • unfinished business. Major Gen. William E. Riley; -UN chief of staff for Palestine, who has spent two days here and who met with the full Commission prior to his return to Jerusalem, informed that body and the Israeli delegation that, in his view, there is. no longer any danger of new Arab attacks On Israel ; and that none of the Arab armies are at present capable of mounting attacks even if . the inclination still existed. Reuben Shiloah, head of the. Israeli delega- tion here, had informal talks with each of the three members of the UN Conciliation Corn- mission. While the actual total number of refugees which Israel is prepared to accept has been kept --a close. secret, 'both -from-the Commission and from, the Arabs, all parties involved think they have a good idea of the figures.. Guesses range from 18 -to 150 ,thousand, with the .latter total favored in most quarters. The important thing is .-no longer the precise number of refugees which Israel is prepared to take back, but that the Arabs and the Commission members now Cha"plain JOSEPH B. recognize that Israel means business and have , Jewish chaplain. at Ft. Knox, Ky., explain- MESSING (right) . . stopped bargaining. colleagues items in Jewish ing to Catholic and Protestant At last it enabled the United States policy to exhibit, contents of which were furnished by National Jewish play a decisive trump. A United States member Welfare Board. The exhibit, along with Protestant and • Ft. Knox• Exhibit: Catholic displays, is located in recently opened "Hall of Re- ligi" on, established by Third Armored Division to promote interfaith understanding. All. Ft. Knox enlistees as well as men and officers transferred to Division, are required to visit "!Hall of Religion" as part of orientation. Included in overall exhibit are altars. and sacred objects; 'a number of Bibles in different languages; a picture of the four chaplains who went down on the Dorchester, and other items. Viewing exhibit are Catholic Chaplain MacMAHON (center) and Protestant Chaplain PAUL MAUER. of the Commission told the Arabs that they must now give up the pretense that all refugees would ultimately be sent back to their homes in Israel, Israel would and could take back part of the refugees and this the new state has now agreed to do. It was then up to the Arab states to de- Clare equally clearly how many refugees they were willing to resettle in their respective coun- tries, the American said. Continued on Page 3 Plan Solemn Rites For Herzl Reburial On Jerusalem Slope Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News TEL AVIV. Preparitions . for the reburial of the remains of Theodor Herzl, father of modern Zionism, are nearing completion here and in Jeru- •salem where a special grave, 13 feet deep, has already been carved out on the summit of the topmost height overlooking Jerusalem. The hill. on which it is located on . the city's northern outskirts 'faces the Mediter - ranean 'on one side and the Dead Sea and the Judean desert on the other. The coffin containing Dr. Herzl's remains will be .brought. on Aug.: 10 from Vienna to- the-iLydda Airport-1)y: plane and -the-lice *Will be escorted to Tel Aviv where' a special session of the Knesset will be convened to take custody of the remains. The coffin in the Knes- wilt remain under' set chambers all night to in Jeru- the morning will be transferred . salem. . Members of the Cabinet, Deputies of Parliament, members of the Jew- ish Agency and -representatives of municipal councils throughout the country, as well as delegates from political parties and national institu- tions will escort the body to the grave in a procession led by an Israeli army unit. The burial site will be circled by national flags and the green coffin will be lowered to its final rest without speeches and to the accompaniment of traditional prayers for the dead, as asked in Dr. Herzl's will. — - Israeli Leader Ask U. S.,- Zionist Groups ® Merge All Independenl Drives With UJA TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The Jewish Agency executive announced its in- tention to approach major recognized Zionist fund-raising organizations in the United States with a request that they consider favorably the idea of Conducting - a joint campaign with the United Jewish Appeal in 1950. The announcement was made following a two-day conference attend- ed by all members of the Israeli Cabinet, all members of the Jewish Agency executive, leaders of the Keren Hayesbd and of the Jewish National Fund, as well as representatives of the Histadrut, Hadassah, Joint Distribution Committee, United Palestine Appeal, United Jewish Appeal and the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds in the United States. The con- • ference was devoted to the question of eliminating multiple fund-raising campaigns in behalf of Israel in America. The conference recommended the establishment of a licensing and control system for organizations raising funds for Israel in the United States. It urged the establishment of a special body in Israel to determine the validity of various fund-raising campaigns, to define the minimal oper- ational standards, establish the financial responsibility of the agencies en- gaged in fund-raising .outside of the United Jewish Appeal, and to elimi- nate overlapping and duplicating agencies. A special committee was appointed at the conference to formulate a specific program of procedure for the licensing and control of multiple campaigns in America. Several American Jewish leaders who participated in the conference stressed the fact that the UJA drive for 1950 may face serious difficulties. They, therefore, urged the integration of fund-raising programs and the coordination and planning on the part of major recog- nized organizations which are conducting independent fund-raising cam- paigns in the United States. •• The official statement published at the conclusion of the conference emphasized that the parley was called for the purpose of planning the most effective organization of fund-raising activities in the United States, bearing in mind maximum support of the United Jewish Appeal. The conference acknowledged that while some campaigns are being conducted in the United States by organizations which are carrying out constructive functions in Israel, many other fund-raising drives currently under way in America make no constructive contribution to Israel's welfare and are detrimental to the achievement of the most effective maximum support for the Jewish State. The Jewish Agency statement expressed the hope that Henry Montor would continue to give professional direction to the United Jewish Appeal in 1950. Mr, Montor, who was one of the participants at the conference, returned to the United States. Attending the conference, in addition _to the members of the Israeli Cabinet and of the Jewish Agency executive, were : Dr. Abraham Granov- sky, head of the Jewish National Fund ; Dr. Arthur Hantke and Leo Her- man, directors of the Keren Hayesod; Pinhas Lubianiker, Israel Meemin- ski and Mrs. Beba Idelson, leaders of the Histadrut. The Americans par- ticipating in the parley included : Mrs. Herman Schulman, representing Hadassah; Dr. Joseph Schwartz, European director of Joint Distribution Committee; Harry Lurie, executive director of Council of Jewish Federa- tions and Welfare Funds ; Harold Goldenberg, Henry Montor, Henry Bern- stein and Sam Rothberg, of the United Jewish Appeal; Ellis Radinski, rep- resenting the United Palestine Appeal, and Dr. Harris Levine, a leading member of the Zionist Organization of America..