Mizrachi Seeks Jerusalem as Israel
Capital; Would Re-establish Sanhedrin
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charge petition demanding im- Chinese displaced personS, and
mediate action. Six Democrats possibly DPs from India.
A,
F
and six Republicans are being
selected
to
sign
they
petition.
McCarran Questions The admission of Arab refu- Displaced Persons Commission
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Dele- bearing 18 Israeli flags was re-
chairman Ugo Carusi conferred
gees to the United States under with. President Truman on prob-
gates attending the 18th world ceived amid thunderous ovations Advisability of Any
displaced persons legislation will lems concerning displaced per-1
Mizrachi conference here took when it entered the conference
be discussed by the Senate Im- sons legislation. Carusi said that
chamber.
a solemn pledge to secure Jeru-
Further DP Entry
migration
Subcommittee, chair- the progress of DP immigration
Israel still faces many dangers
salem as the capital of the state
man McCarran said. 'He added to the U.S. was very satisfactory-
of Israel. The parley also voted and hardships, Premier David
WASHINGTON—(JTA) — Sen. that his ' group will also giVe "as far as the present law per-
to try to re-establish the ancient Ben Gurion warned, but stressed
that the :Tewish state still hopes Pat McCarran, chairman of the consideration to White Russians, mits."
Sanhedrin.
(The Sanhedrin, whose func- to reach a peaceful settlement Senate Judiciary Committee,
tions and procedures are out- with its Arab neighbors despie said that he feels it is questort-
lined in the tractate "Sanhe- the fact that many . nations able if the United States should
drin" in the Talmud, was both a have not yet accepted the reality
admit displaced persons at all.
legislative and judicial body of Israel's existence.
The Premier told the Ortho- He made this statement when
made up of 71 members which
interpreted Jewish law and pro- dox Zionists that Israel and the asked at the White House if he
mulgated decrees for Jewish re- Zionist move1n.ent are basically thought DP legislation would see'
democratic. He welcomed inter-
ligious observance.)-
Senate action during this 'ses-
Chief Rabbi Dr. Isaac Helevi party disputes because "free sion.
people
can
only
live
when
they
Herzog, addressing the confer-
Sen. McCarran denied that
ence, appealed to the "nations have freedom of speech and
of the world to consummate the freedom to exchange views." President Truman asked him
process of Zion's restoration by However, he insisted" that all about DP legislation. He told re-
Up to
89
Up to
porters: "People
restoring both old and new Jeru- parties must keep in sight the
3x5
Ft.
basic
idea
which
unites
them.
don't
seem
to
4x6
Ft.
salem to Israel." Dr. --Ileezog
realize that the
emphasized that Israel could be
. S. has already
relied upon to respect interna-
aken in more
tional supervision of the Holy
isplaced per-
Places.
fans than all
A complete revision of Israel's
he rest of the
laws and a remodeling 'of the
arth com-
Jewish state's judical legislation
med." This as-
on the basis of the laws of the
NEW YORK—ZOA President
sertion by the
Torah were demanded by Rabbi Daniel Frisch, submitting his
enator was
CLEANED and DEMOTHED
-Herzog. He also demanded ex- program for action to the ZOA
uickly
re
panded juridical powers for the national administrative council
Axminsters - Wiltons
McCarran pudiated by - a
recently-establithed "Rabbinical and national executive commit- spokesman
for the International
VeIvets
High _Court" as well as a change tee, on Sunday, called for a revo- Refugee Organization who cited
in "those Supreme Court judges lution in Jewish education and statistics showing that the
who do not have extensive Jew- Jewish community organization United States actually ranks'
STORAGE Up to 60 Days INCLUDED
ish juridical education and in the United States, coupled fourth in the number of DPs
knowledge."
with a campaign for large-scale accepted. The IRO spokesman
Dr. Herzog called on the Gov- assistance to the middle-class, said Israel ranks first, with Erig-
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President Frisch outlined his and third places.
isting rabbinical tribunals and program for action under four
Rep. Emanuel Cellar, chair-
and
attacked the government for ad- general headings: Work in Is- man of the House Judiciary Com-
hering to "Gentile jurisdiction rael; Work in the United States mittee and author of the Hotise-.
in behalf of Israel; Building a approved displaced persons bill,
which is utterly un-Jewish."
Greetings on behalf of the Bridge between America and Is- testified before the Senate im-
Chief Rabbinate of the Jewish rael; Jewish Survival and Re- migration subcommittee. Rep.
state were extended by Sephar- vival in America. He declared Celler took exception to Sen. Pat
dic Chief Rabbi Ben Zion Usiel. that "the cause of Jewish edu- McCarran's statement, reiterat-
Berl Locker, chairman of the cation in the United States has ing the IRO statistics.
Jewish Agency executive, whci been lost by default. After a
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Meanwhile, support is being
also greeted the delegates, urged neglect covering two genera- mustered by Senate majority
all sections of the Mizrachi tions," he warns, "we are now leader Scott W. Lucas and Sen.
movement to do their utmost to faced with a situation which, if Irving Ives, to blast DP legisla-
Plant and Office:
"alleviate the problem of ab- permitted to continue, will en- tion loose from Sen. McCarran's
compass
our
disappearance
as
a
8700•LINWOOD
s o r p t i o n and immigration"
distinct group in the United grasp and bring the Celler bill
which; he stressed, "taxes the States."
to the Senate floor. Sen. Ives
entire nation, not only the Ag-
predicted quick action on a dis-
The
Zionist
leader
proposed
ency." An Israeli naval unit the mapping out, in consulta-
tion with all Jewish organiza-
tionS, institutions and agencies
Amidar Constructions
concerned with the problem of
Will House Immigrants Jewish education and culture in
the United States, of "a nation-
About 55,000 immigrants will wide plan for carrying the He-
receive - homes constructed by brew language and literature in-
the national building corpora- to every Jewish 'household
tion, Amidar, Dr. Israel Gold- throughout the length and
stein said at Haifa. He resigned bredth of this -land.
Emphasising that "it is the
as president of Amidar and left
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for the United States Tuesday. small businessman who is des-
He discussed the construction by tined to hold the much needed
Amidar of 11,500 solid housing balance of power in Israel, keep-
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The conference approved the
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the naming of seven more mem-
bers to the executive committee.
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