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Movement Rises for Ouster
Of AJ Congress Leadership
Friday, August 5, 1949
Year's Refugee Mother
An attempt to oust the present leadership of the Ameri-
can Jewish Congress, on a charge of "betrayal of the proud
traditions of the . . . Congress," will be made at the AJC
national convention Nov. 9 in New York.
The ouster movement is led by the newly-organized
Committee for a Democratic American Jewish Congress,
which has sharply criticized()
Rabbi Irving Miller, chairman are reputedly among the move-
of the AJC executive committee; meat's workers.
Shad Polier, vice president; his
The Committee's charges de-
wife, Justine Wise Polier, presi- clare that "an autocratic few
dent of the women's division, have seized control of the
and Dr. David Petegorsky, exec- American Jewish Congress. Ex-
utive director.
pulsions (including Detroit) and
Rabbi Shepherd Z. Baum of threats of expulsions are the
New York, former national di- order of the day. Top profes-
rector of organization for the sionals brazenly intervene in
Congress and a present mem- division and chapter elections.
ber of its national executive A handful of officers, aided by
committee, heads the new com- a ruthless professional bureau-
mittee, and Nathan M. Padgug, cracy, attempts to entrench it-
a charter AJC member and a self in offiCe by dictatorial and
member of its national admin- authoritarian methods."
istrative committee, is its secre-
tary.
Leaders of the Detroit Metro-
politan Chapter of the Congress,
which recently was ordered de-
activated by the national group,
Beatte Kott, age 10, congrat-
ulates her mother, Mrs. Jacob
Kott, with flowers in honor of
her selection as "Refugee Moth-
er of the Year" by United Serv-
ice for New Americans, largest
voluntary agency aiding new-
comers to the United States. Mrs.
Kott, who now lives in New York
City, is a 52-year old German-
born school teacher. Her selec-
tion was a tribute to "her cour-
age and strength in keeping her
family together during the dark
JERUSALEM — (JTA) — The years of Hitlerism and in fight-
conference of American, Israeli ing for its rapid and smooth ad-
and other rabbis held here at justment to the American way
the initiative of a delegation of of life."
Rabbis Ask Agency
Funds for Yeshivoth
Bulgarian Jews Okay
Showing 'Oliver Twist'
SOFIA, (JTA) — The British
film based on Charles Dicken's
"Oliver Twist" was passed by a
group of representatives of the
Jewish community after a spe-
cial private showing.
They decided that the contro-
versial film, which had aroused
a storm of protest in Germany,
France, Britain and the United
States, could safely be played in
Bulgaria, on the ground that it
would not cause any anti-Semi-
tic sentiments. They pointed to
the friendly relations of Bulgar-
ians and Jews. Before the film
could be passed for public ex-
hibition, the Bulgarian authori-
ties invited spokesmen of the
Central Consistory of Jews in
Bulgaria and other Jewish or-
ganizations to attend the spe-
cial exhibition of the film.
The Polish film, "The Border-
ing Street," has been received
here with crowded houses. The
film depicts the struggle in the
Warsaw Ghetto against Nazi
brutality and shows the suffer-
ings of the innocent Jewish pOp-
ulation.
Jews Flee Poland's -
Renewed Anti-Semitism
VIENNA, (JTA) — A group of
20 Polish Jewish refugees have
arrived at Kittsee, Austria, on
the frontier near Bratislava, the
Socialist newspaper Arbeiter
Zeitung, reported.
The newspaper said that the
Polish Jews were put across the
border by Czech authorities.
They are reported to have fled
Poland because of renewed
"Jew-baiting" there. The refu-
gees are quoted as saying that
more Jews can be expected to
flee Poland. The Arbe'iter Zei-
tung says that apparently
neither the Polish nor Czech au-
thorities attempted to plac,e any
obstacle in the path of the Jews.
Egypt Releases Jews
Interned as Zionists
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NEK YORK—Fifty prominent
Egyptian Jews, who were in-
terned for "security" reasons by
the Eygyptian government last
May when the new State of
Israel was constituted, were re-
leased and given permission to
emigrate to Israel, according to
a cable received by the Ameri-
can Jewish Committee.
The release of these Egyptian
Jews from their internment at
El Tor on the Red Sea for alleged
Zionist activities, culminates 12
months of effort on the part of
the American Jewish Committee,
the World Council of Churches
and the International Red Cross
to secure their freedom.
OTTOWA (JTA) — Abraham
Harmon, Israeli Consul General
to Canada, and Aryeh Ben
Tuvim, Consul, presented their
credentials to the Department
of External Affairs and became
the officially accredited repre-
sentatives of the Tel Aviv
Government in the Dominion.
the Union of Orthodox Rabbis
of the United-States and Can-
ada decided to ask the Jewish
Agency for $500,000 to be allo-
cated in its budget for yeshivoth
"which are now in a desperate
situation."
The rabbinical conference de-
cided that if the Jewish Agency
executive does not comply with
the request, the rabbis will start
an independent fund - raising
campaign in the United States.
Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog, Min-
ister of Religion Judah L. Mai-
mon and other Israeli religious
leaders would in this 'case pro-
ceed to the United States to
help in such a campaign.
Israeli Health Minister I. M.
Levin, president of the Agudas
Israel executive, issued a state-
ment declaring that "there is no
foundation to the Jewish Agency
report that agencies affiliated
with the Agudas Israel and with
the Agudah laborite organiza-
tion have this year received
funds totalling $2,500,000."
The statement said that last
year the Jewish Agency allo-
cated 30,000 pounds to Youth
Aliyah bodies affiliated with the
Agudah groups. A sum of 27,-
000 pounds has also been appro-
priated for a settlement scheme
of the Agudah laborites.
Tne sum of $1,200,000 men-
tioned in the Jewish Agency re-
port as having been granted to
Agudah institutions was not
granted to the organization as
such, but on an individual basis
to neWly- arrived immigrants
who happened to be members of
the Agudis Israel or of the Agu-
dah laborite organization, the
statement stressed. It denied
that "at any time did Agudas
Israel educational institutions
receive any funds from the
Jewish Agency."
U. S. Sets Israel Immigration Quota;
Rumor of Visa Rush Denied Here
Britain to Release Part
Of Israel's Sterling
NEW YORK—It is estimated
that under the austerity pro-
gram of the Israeli Government,
total imports (including imports
of capital goods) will reach the
sum of LI 60,000,000 ($180,000,-
000), according to information
released by. Israel Coropration of
America.
An other dispatch to The
Israel Corporation of America
reports that a financial agree-
ment has recently been con-
cluded between Israel and Great
Britain providing for the re-
lease of almost LI 7,000,000 ($28-
000,000) from Israel's blocked
sterling balances during the six
months from May 1 to Sept 30,
1949.
Catholic College Names
Jewish Lawyer Trustee
WINOOSKI PARK, Vermont-
(JTA) — St. Michael's Catholic
College here named George
Mintzer, Jewish communal lead-
er, an associate trustee of the
institution. Mintzer is counsel
of the American Jewish Com-
mittee and is a former Chief
Assistant United States Attorney
in New York.
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Presi-
dent Truman set an annual im-
migration quota from Israel to
the United States. The quota is
limited to 100 persons born in
Palestine. Israelis born in other
countries come under the im-
migration quotas set by the
United States for their native
lands.
(A report in the New York
Herald Tribune stated that
more than 10,000 applications
for immigration to the United
States have been filed with
American consulates in Haifa
and Tel Aviv. Consular officials
are reported as saying that by
including families, ,the total
would reach a minimum of
15,000 Israelis seeking perma-
nent residence in the United
States. Many of the applicants
seem to have been- born in
countries which enjoy large
American immigration quotas.
The Haifa Consulate has 4,447
applicants qualified to leave un-
der various quotas.)
Chairman Pat McCarran of
the Senate Judiciary Committee
placed a virtual lid on Commit-
tee approval of new displaced
persons legislation this session.
The Senator stated that he
could see no reason for rushing
on such legislation until "maybe
next May." He claimed that the
205,000 DPs authorized under
existing legislation .would not
come in until that time.
A spokesman for the State
Department denied that the
Department has received "ur 7,
gent" requests from American
consulates in Israel for diplo-
matic and administrative rein-
forcements to process an alleged
flood of Israeli applicants for
emigration to the United States.
The Department said it had
no record of 10,000 active Israeli
applications for American visas-
One consular official who re-
turned' from Israel a few days
ago said that a figure of 3,000
would be more nearly accurate
and that most of this number
was made up of Jewish refugees
from Shanghi who were resettled
in Israel.
At the same time, the 'State
Department revealed that a total
of 335 U.S. immigration visas
were issued in Haifa to Jews
between July 1, 1948, and June
30, 1949. The number of ap-
plications registered at the
Haifa consulate, however, was
much greater. Approved appli-
cations registered at Haifa from
Jan. 1 of this year to April 28
are subdivided into countries
of birth of applicants. The list-
ing includes: Austrian, 913 reg-
ular quota and 15 • non-quota
preference cases; Czechoslova-
kia, 524 and 12; Danzig, 24;
Iran, 11; Latvia, 60 and 2;
Palestine (native born) 1,464
and 43; Poland, 2,846 and 74;
and Syria, 70 and 6• It could
not be immediately determined
here if the figure of 1,464 native
born Palestinians were all Jews.
In the first six months of
1949 a total of 341 visas, includ-
ing both tourists' temporary
permits and immigration visas,
were issued at the Haifa , con-
sulate. A check of statistics re-
ceived here from Tel Aviv dur-
ing the first three months of
1949 indicates that 362 visas
were issued in that city—all of
the non-immigration variety to
admit students and others, in-.
eluding tourists, for temporary
visits.
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