Arab-s Apply for Families Admission
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This approach was made to
Egypt, Syria, Lebanon and
Transjordan. These four coun-
tries were told that provided
they now cooperated in the so-
lution of the refugee problem on
these lines, the resettlement of
the refugees would rank in
United States eyes as "develop-
. ments work" and as such would
come under the head of imme-
. diate dollar aid. The same would
-apply to the resettlement of
Arab refugees in Israel.
• UN Gets Optimistic Report
• LAKE SUCCESS (JTA) —
'United Nations headquarters re-
ceived a cabled report from the
UN Conciliation Commission . at
Lausanne indicating that there
is reason to assume that the
resumed Arab-Israeli peace
talks will now be culminated
successfully.
Arabs Begin Applying
For Admission of Families
TEL AVIV (JTA)—Arab resi-
dents of Israel began to file
applications for the return of
close members of their families
who are now refugees in the
neighboring Arab states.
Special offices are operating
in key centers throughout the
country to consider these ap-
plications. Stations were set up
on the Israeli borders with Syria,
Lebanon, Egypt and Transjor-
dan to handle returning refu-
gees. The applications will be
valid for wives, minor children
and unmarried daughters of all
ages of Arab residents.
An official spokesman declar-
ed that Israel's position on the
refugee question as set forth to
the UN Conciliation Commission
last May 5 is still unchanged.
He was commenting on a report
from Lausanne in the New York
press that Israel has agreed to
accept 100,000 refugees.
The spokesman pointed . out
that in a recent speech to the
Knesset, Foreign Minister Moshe
Sharett again emphasized that
Israel will only discuss the re-
patriation of the refugees with-
in the framework of a general
peace. The spokesman also in-
timated that the - Arabs at Lau
sanne are showing a more real-
istic approach to the problem.
Protests in Knesset
Opposition political leaders in
the Knesset Tuesday -assailed
the Israeli government's new
approach to the Arab refugee
problem and • demanded that
parliament enjoin the govern-
ment from making further con-
cessions or commitments at
Lausanne without prior approval.
of Knesset.
Attacking Foreign Minister
Moshe Sharett's statement of
Israel's attitude on the question
of admitting Arab refugees into
Israel, Arieh Ben Eliezer, rep-
resenting the Herut party, re;-
called that the Foreign Minis-
ter, in • a speech before the
Knesset five weeks ago, had
declared that a "large Arab
population in Israel would con-
stitute a grave danger to the
country, especially during the
present emergency." Asserting,
that public opinion turned
against us, Eliezer charged that
it was due to the government's
adoption of a "defensive atti-
tude" because it was too busy
meddling in intrigues of Jews
of the United States.
been made at exorbitant prices
and in hard currency. This pro-
cess has been going on at a
time when Middle East oil prices
have come down 15 percent.
The high cost being paid for
fuel oil is one of the most seri-
ous. drains on Israel's limited
economy and one of the impor-
tant drags in the country's
economic development. Simi-
larly, the enforced idleness of
the refineries, which have a
capacity of 4,000,000 tons a year,
represents a serious economic
loss for the state.
One month ago, the govern-
ment proposed the project to
the British-owned Consolidated
Refineries and suggested that
the company build and operate
the pipeline. The Israeli Gov-
ernment was prepared to pro-
the dollars necessary for
the purchase of pipes in the
United States. The government
also proposed giving the com-
pany the right to sell the pipe-
line after the first ten years,
but reserving for the govern-
ment priority on purchase in
that event. The Consolidated
Refineries, which are jointly
owned by the Anglo-Iranian
Company and the Anglo-Saxon
Petroleum Company, rejected
the proposal.
Weizmann-Ford Conference
Preceded Vehicle Purchase
Bedouin tribes. It is also ex-
pected that a magistrate's court
will begin operating in Beer-
sheba in two weeks, with juris-
WASHINGTON — Ambassador
diction over the entire desert
Eliahu Elath of Israel announced
region.
that his government had com-
pleted and signed an agreement
1,800 Refugees Sail
ROME (JTA)—Jewish refugees to purchase approximately $4,-
from Czechoslovakia, Egypt, Tri- 000,000 worth of vitally needed
polibania, Austria and Shanghai vehicles from the Ford Motor Co.
sailing from Italy for Israel to- as the first step in a purchasing
taled 1,800 for the last half of program being undertaken to
overcome the acute problems
July.
raised by the lack of transporta-
tion facilities in Israel.
Charge Arabs with Incitement
Negotiations with the General
BUENOS AIRES (JTA)—A de-
mand that the Chilean Govern- Motors Corp. and with the White
ment take action against the Motor Co. are nearing comple-
Chilean Arab newspaper Mundo tion, and the agreements are ex-
Arabe if it continues its anti- pected to be signed shortly.
In addition to the order placed
Jewish campaign is voiced in
the widely read Santiago news- with Ford, Israel is preparing to
paper Noticias de Ultima Hora. place orders with 10 other Uni-
The Santiago publication as- ted States automotive producers
serts that neither the Jewish for vehicles whose value is ex-
nor Arab communities in Chile pected to total approximately
have any desire to war on each $7,000,000, Elath said.
other, and charges the Arab
The Ford order, he said, covers
newspaper and a radio station approximately 1,800 trucks and
of the same name with inciting busses. The 10 others still to be
the people of Chile against the placed are expected to cover an
Jews. It adds that the Arabe additional 3,000 vehicles.
Mundo served as a propaganda
organ of the Nazis during the
DETROIT—Henry Ford it said
late war and as such was black- the Ford Motor Co. will start
listed by the Allies.
immediate production of the
trucks and buses which have
Attack Egyptian Ban
Reduction of Levies
been ordered for shipment to
A recent Egyptian statement
NEW YORK (JTA) —Taxes Israel.
that Israeli representatives paid by those who prepay duties
Ford said that representatives
would not be allowed to attend on gift shipments to Israel will of the Israeli government and
the Middle East conference of be reduced, the Consulate Gen- of Ford International had con-
the World Health Organization, eral of Israel announced. Ef- ferred on the purchase.
a United Nations affiliate, to be fective Aug. 1, a 10 percent con-
Dr. Chaim Weizmann, presi-
held in Alexandria this fall, was sular fee, which has been col- dent of Israel, told Ford about
scored by a spokesman for the lected on customs duty and lux- the new state's acute transport
Israeli Health Ministry.
ury tax was abolished.
problems at a New York lunch-
The spokesman recalled that
during last spring's interna-
tional health organization con-
ference in Rome, Israel had
raised no objection to holding
the next conference in Alexan-
dria on the basis of a statement
by the Egyptian representative
that the Israeli representative
would be allowed to attend.
PEC Lists Dividend
For Third Quarter
The Palestine Economic Cor-
poration announced its third
quarterly dividend of 1949, 25
cents per share of $25 par value
common stock. It is payable on
Aug. 25 to stockholders as of
Aug. 12.
This is the third dividend de-
clared following the recent 4 to
1 split in the $100 par value
stock. The $25 par value stock
is being sold at $28 per share.
The new dividend is the cor-
poration's 27th since its estab-
lishment in 1926.
THE JEWISH NEWS
-
Friday, August 5, 1949
Arab Gang Members Killed
Four members of an armed
Arab gang which infiltrated Is-
raeli territory from the Samaria
area were killed in the vicinity
of Hedera when the Israeli po-
lice, having pursued them to a
cave. hideout, returned their
heavy fire.
Build New Town in Negev
Israel has be gun making
preparations for the construc-
tion of a brand new town in
the Negev, which will eventual-
ly become the chief urban cen-
ter for the entire southern • re-
gion of the country. Prof. M.
Klein of the Haifa Institute of
Technology has been appointed
to draft plans for the town,
which will be erected in the
neighborhood of Beersheba.
The project, which will begin
with the setting up of .250 pre-
fabricated buildings, must be
hurried because of the fact that
it is expected that every inch
of housing space in Beersheba
will be occupied in about one
month's time.
A branch of the Israeli Minis-
try of Health will be opened in
Beersheba shortly to take care
of all health problems of the
entire Negev. Mobile units will
operate out of this headquarters
for the benefit of the wandering
Small in size, these nursery ac-
cessories, but big in their useful-
ness to mother, in the way they
make "life with baby" so much
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Investment Possibilities
In Israel Surveyed
Plan Oil Pipeline
• Plans for a government-spon- By Leaders of Ampal
sored pipeline project to carry
oil from the Gulf of Aqaba,
Israel's Red Sea outlet, to the
refineries at Haifa are in the
final stages.
The government's decision to
go ahead on the largest project
yet undertaken by the young
state is the result of Iraq's per-
sistent refusal to allow crude
Oil to flow through the existing
pipeline from the Kirkuk fields
to Haifa and Egypt's avowed
intention to prevent the use of
the Suez Canal to tankers car-
rying crude oil to the Haifa re-
fineries. The pipeline would by-
pass the Suez Canal and obviate
dependence of the refineries on
Iraq oil.
Stoppage of Iraq oil 15 months
ago and the subsequent closing
down of the Haifa refineries has
forced Israel to buy abroad the
half-million tons yearly which
it needs. These purchases have
eon conference in April, when
the President visited the United
States.
At this luncheon, Dr. Weiz-
mann outlined the difficulties
faced by Israel in this period of
the new nation's existence. For
this reason, Ford Motor Co. is
making a departure from its
usual commercial policy on sales
to foreign governments, Ford
continued.
Engines and other component
parts will be manufactured in
the company's River Rouge
plants, assembled in the plant
at Edgewater, N. J., and loaded
at Atlantic coast_ports as quick-
ly as shipping space can be ob-
tained on vessels going to IsraeL
NEW YORK—(JTA)—A. D.
Dickenstein and. Dr. Herman
Seidel, members of the board of
directors of the American Pales-
tine Trading Corporation, Am-
pal, left for Israel. to undertake
important negotiations for fur-
ther investments by the organi-
zation in Israel.
During the last five months,
Ampal has granted loans total-
ling $5,000,000 to various enter-
prises in Israel for housing, ir-
rigation and industrial develop-
ment. Substantial portions of
these funds were derived from
the sale of Ampal debentures in
the United States and the bal-
ance came from repayment of
previous loans in Israel. Dicken-
stein and Dr. Seidel will
remain in Israel for several
weeks appraising Investment
projects there.
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