Fulfilling a Final Testament,
Israel Gets Herzl's Remains

TEL AVIV—(JTA)—The last
will and testament of Dr. Theo-
dor Herzl, founder of political
Zionism, will officially be ful-
filled when his remains are re-
buried in Jerusalem. A bill to
this effect was unanimously
adopted in th9 Knesset.
The bill empowers the Israeli
Government to place at the dis-
posal of the Jewish National
Fund a plot • of land for Herzl's
grave. It also stipulates that the
executive of the World Zionist
Organization is to receive all
necessary assistance from the
Israeli Army and other govern-
ment services fo' the proper
execution of Herzl's will.
The bill also authorizes the
Israeli Finance Minister to ap-
propriate up to $75,000 to meet
the costs of the reinterment,
while an .additional $75,000 will
be contributed by the World
Zionist Organization.
" Arrangements for the reinter-
ment ceremonies next week were
made.
Seven giant candles—repre-
senting the seven stars proposed
by Herzl for the flag of Israel to
symbolize a seven-hour working
day—and a high-powered
searchlight illuminated the plat-
form on which Herzl's coffin
was placed Tuesday evening in
the center of Knesset Square.
Tel Aviv's residents were given
an opportunity to file past the
bier to pay their last respects to
Zionism's founder.
Immediately after the arrival
of the Herzl coffin at Lydda air-
port on Tuesday afternoon, the
Knesset conducted a special me-

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morial session in the presence
of members of the foreign dip-
lomatic corps. All members of
the Knesset filed past a tempor-
ary cenotaph, with the proces-
sion headed by Acting President
Joseph Spinzak and other gov-
ernment leaders.

Viennese Jews Pay
Final Tribute to Herzl
VIENNA, (JTA)—Heavy rains
fell here Sunday as the remains
of Dr. Theodor Herzl, founder
of political Zionism, and his
parents, were exhumed from
Doebling Cemetery outside this
city and transferred to the Vien-
na Synagogue, preparatory to
their removal to Israel in ac-
cordance with Dr. Herzl's last
wishes.
Some 200 leading members of
the Vienna Jewish community
witnessed the exhumation. Dr.
Kurt Lewin, Israel's representa-
tive in Austria, also attended
the burial ground ceremonies.
Austrian police, who guarded the
45-year-old grave of Dr. Herzl
during the past week, tran*
ported the coffins to Vienna on
motorcycles.
The Israeli delegation, includ-
ing Minister of Communications,
David Remez, Itzhak and 10
Israeli soldiers, did not arrive on
time to participate in the trans-
fer ceremony. A report from
Italy said, the delegation's plane
was held up by ground fog out-
side Rome. Members of the Jew-
ish community paid their last
respects to Dr. Herzl and a reli-
gious service was conducted.

JCC to Present
HUC Historian Probes Jewish Interests
Program Planning Of Confederate Statesman Judah Benjamin
Man legends have grown Hebrew Union• College in Cin-
Institute Sept. 15 around
the name of Judah P. cinnati, concludes that Benja-

To annual program planners'
institute, conducted by the Jew-
ish Community Council, will be
held at 8:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept.
15, at the Jewish Community
Center, Woodward and Holbrook,
and at 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 18,
at Shaarey Zedek Social Hall.
On Thursday evening, discus-
sions and demonstrations will
take place covering such topics
as "Arranging. a Good Program,"
"Planning for the Year," "Avail-
able Community Resources." A
portion of the discussion will
be in the forms of questions and
answers as to how an organiza-
tion can effectively program for
Jewish culture. A talk also be
given on publicity techniques.
On Sunday afternoon, sample
programs will be demonstrated.
These will includet. music, speak-
ers, films, both English and Yid-
dish, film strips, forums and
other media.

Benjamin, the American states-
man of the middle of the 19th
Century.
Some experts contend that he
was an observant Jew, loyal to
the faith of his fathers; others
that he adopted the Cathblic
faith of his wife and daughter.
In „t carefully documented
brochufd, "Judah P. Benjamin
as a Jew," Dr. Bertram W. Korn,
of the history faculty of the

min, born a Jew, "had no posi-*
tive or active interest in Jews or
in Judaism," yet "he never de-
nied being Jewish or sought to
escape his background through
conversion." Dr. Korn's brochure,
a reprint of an article which
appeared under the same title in
a recent issue of "Publications of
the American Jewish Historical
Society," is published by the
Jewish Publication Society.

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Jews Hail McCloy's Approbation
Of Nazi Victims' Restitution Law

FRANKFURT—(JTA) — Harry
Greenstein, adviser on Jewish
affairs to the American Military
Government, hailed the action
of John J. McCloy, American
High Commissioner - designate
for Germany, in approving the
general claims restitution law
for indemnification of Jewish
and non-Jewish victims of the
Nazi regime in the face of op-
position from the State Depart-
ment and the British Military
Government in Germany.
McCloy's approval, overruling
the highest military government
authorities, reported two weeks
ago by the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency from Washington, be-
came known. here Aug. 9. Proc-
lamation of the indemnification
law by the minister-presidents
of each of the four Western
German states is expected with-
in the next two weeks. Its bene-
ficiaries will include displaced
persons in Germany and Nazi
victims who were forced to emi-
grate to other countries. Each
of them will receive either a
monthly pension or lump sum
payment.
Expressing
"the deepest
gratitude of
thousands of
Nazi victims" to
McCloy for his
"sympathetic
a n d unstinting
aid" on their
behalf, Green-
stein revealed
McCloy that he had
urged Mcloy to take an unyield-
ing stand on the restitution
law because he considered that
the l'aw is weak enough as it is
since the Germans can never
really indemnify Nazi victims
because of the magnitude of
their crimes.
(The New York Times report-
ed from Germany that McCloy
has made a great impression on
Jews there because of an inci-
dent whose telling is gaining
wide circulation. According to the
story, confirmed by McCloy, the
High Commissioner - Designate
was asked recently by a German
leader "to forget the Dachau
and Belsen concentration camps
and think of us Germans .in
terms of the new Gerinany."
assure you," said McCloy, "that
While I shall do everything in
my power to help you get a

fresh start and win a dignified
and responsible place in the
family of nations, I shall not for-
get Dachau and Belsen.")

American Groups Applaud
Commissioner's Decision
NEW YORK—(JTA) — Hailing
American approval of the gen-
eral claims law for the indemni-
fication of victims of Nazism as
a "victory for human and moral
rights," leaders of major Jewish
organizations wired John .J. Mc-
Cloy, U. S. High Commissioner
for Germany, their "deep satis-
faction" upon learning of his
decision to approve the meas-
ure.
The telegram, sent to McCloy
at the Department of State in
Washington, was signed by
Jacob Blaustein, president of the
American Jewish Committee;
and Nahum Goldman, president
of the World Jewish Congress.
These organizations are mem-
bers of a committee which
has been active in attempts to
secure passage of the general
claims law. The law provides for
distribution of about 850,000,000
deutsche marks by four states
in the U. S. zone of Germany
to Jewish and non-Jewish suf-
ferers under the Nazi regime.
Beneficiaries, through monthly
pensions and lump • sum pay-
/tents, will include displaced
persons in Germany, Nazi vic-
tims since emigrated to other
countries as well as non-Jews
who were imprisoned, physically
injured or robbed by the Nazis.

Clear IRO of Aiding
In Illegal Shipments

ElREMEN (JTA) — American
customs officials withdrew the
charge that officials of the In-
ternational Refugee Organization
had certified documents cover-
ing "illegal shipment" of goods
from Germany to Israel, Reuters
reported.
American customs officials im-
pounded the . Israeli freighter
"Dromit," bound for Haifa. She
carried a cargo ranging from
tractors to complete machinery
for a shoe manufacturing plant
—all labeled "household goods."
It was stated that "an IRO of-
ficial" had certified the ship-
ment. The new announcement
said no IRO certification ap-
peared on the documents.

THE JEWISH NEWS-3

Friday, August 19, 1949

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