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WK: Seeks Unity, Neutrality
Of Israel in East-West Conflict
PARIS, (JTA)—A call for a
worldwide assembly of represen-
tatives of all Jewish communi-
ties and international Jewish
organilations to consider fun-
damental problems facing the
Jewish people was voiced, at the
session of the World Jewish
Congress executive.
Acting WJC President Dr. Na-
hum Goldmann emphasized
that the principal task of the
.Congress was to "symbolize the
unity of the Jewish people
throughout the w o r 1.d." He
pointed up that the creation of
Israel necessitated a strengthen-
ing of worldwide Jewish unity.
Declaring that Jews are now
passing through a period of
"forced readjustment," Dr. N.
Barou, British leader of the
World Jewish Congress, asserted
that anti-Semitism is increasing
everywhere as a result of the
rise of the new German state.
The fight for peace and the
strengthening of the United Na-
tions are the fundamental poli-
tical tasks of world Jewry and
all progressive forces, he said.
He also urged "vigorous Jewish
cooperative action in the cul-
tural and social fields."
Dr. Barou outlined the follow-
i g four-point "Program of
Jewish Action:" 1. The fight
against anti-Semitism and fas-
cism; 2. The fight for peace; 3.
Cultural revitalization; and, 4.
Coordination and cooperation in
social relief work.
Dr. Arieh Tartakower, Con-
gress leader representing the or-
ganization in Israel, stated that
the "future of the Jewish people
is bound up in the relationship
between Israel and communities
in the Diaspora."
Dr. Israel Goldstein, former
Jewish Agency treasurer, en-
route home to the United States
from Jerusalem, said the task
of the WJC is "to tell the Jew-
ish people and the non-Jewish
world that in the East-West
conflict, Israel must remain neu-
tral." Those who pressed for
the inclusion of Israel in the
Marshall Plan, he declared, were
doing the young state no service
and were "inviting danger of
tremendous consequences." He
added that the attention of the
Jewish people must be directed
to the fact that Israel is not yet
beyond danger.
• Dr. S. S. Levenberg told thte
parley that although the "cen-
tral Jewish problem today is the
upbuilding of Israel, it would be
a grave mistake to neglect the
problems of the Diaspora."
Former Reich Marshal
Tried for War Crimes
. Despite his denial of the
charges, Former German Field
G. M. Rich, observer of the Marshal Erich von Mannstein
South 'African Board of Jewish is being tried by a British war
Deputies, said that the Jewish crimes court in Hamburg, Ger-
community which he represerits
is "eager to play a role in the
wider Jewish field, just as South
African Jews have played in the
fields of relief and Zionism."
Dr. Moshe Sneh, Mapam lead-
er in Israel, rebuked the World
Jewish Congress for its "failure
to admit a CoMmunist . to the
American • executive." He also
criticized the American Jewish
Congress for the recent expul-
sion . of two left-wing groups
from its ranks.
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Polish Jews Refuse-
To Participate in Parley
WARSAW (JTA)—The Central
Committee of Polish Jews issued
a statement revealing that it
was invited to send two repre-
sentatives to the executive ses-
sion of the World Jewish Con-
gress now taking place in Paris.
The,statement said the Commit-
tee refused to have anything to
do with the present administra-
tion of the Congress unless the
latter agrees to the following
conditions:
1. The World Jewish Congress
should withdraw its decision
against participation in the
Paris Peace Conference a n d
should declare itself willing to
join "the powerful bloc for
peace" established by "demo-
cratic-progressive" or g a n i z a-
tions.
2. The World Jewish Congress
should issue a statement dis-
crediting its present leadership
and the leaders of the American
Jewish Congress, while the latter
should revoke its decision to ex-
clude "Jewish progressive-demo-
cratic organizations' in the
United States from its ranks.
In reply to its set of condi-
tions, the Central Committee
received a communication from
Dr. Nahum Goldmann declaring
that the stipulations are con-
sidered by the Congress' admin-
istration as tantamount to a re-
I fusal to send representatives to
the Paris executive session.
I Dedicate Weizmann
Institute in November
South Indian Jews
Join World Congress
NEW YORK, (JTA) — More
than 200 prominent Americans
will journey to Israel in Novem-
ber to attend the formal dedi-
cation of the Weizmann Insti-
tute of Science, it-was announc-
ed by Dewey D. Stone, chairman
of the board of the American
Committee for the Weizmann
Institute.
The dedication will take place
Nov. 2 at Rehovoth. Leading sci-
entists from all parts of the
world will be among the guests
honoring Dr. Weizmann and the
Institute bearing his name.
There will be a science symposi-
um in which several important
papers will be read.
MARSHAL tON MANNSTEIN
many, on charges of mass ex-
termination of Jews, and of
f or c i n g Russian prisoners to
work on military operation and
to fight their own countrymen.
Von Mannstein, former chief
of staff under Field Marshal
Gerd von Rundstedt, lost his
bid for a "soldier's right" of trial
by court martial.
The prosecutor, Sir Arthur
Carr, charged that the German
army group which von Mannstein
commanded carried out in "spirit
and letter" the Nazi plans for
the destruction of the Jews. This
army group, Sir Arthur declared,
concentrated Jews in towns, in-
terned them, killed many of
them and deported others to the
East, causing them untold suf-
fering.
Von Mannstein was charged
with not only obeying orders in
this respect, but in adding his
own refinements such as the is-
suance of orders that "the float-
ing back to East and Upper
Silesia of Jewish refugees will
be prevented by all possible
means."
Argentine Anti-Semite
Gets Jail Sentence
BUENOS AIRES, (JTA)—Fer-
nando Mantaras, Argentine anti-
Semite who was convicted of
having burned a wreath placed
by Argentine Jews at the monu-
ment of Grau San Martin, na-
tional hero, in Santa Fe, has
been sentenced to six months
imprisonment.
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Congress.
The Association, which is
headed by the Jewish Commun-
ity of Cochin, represents some
1,500 Jews. In the public schools
of one town in its district-
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Parur, in the state of Travan-
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core—Jewish children receive
Hebrew instruction. The Jews
of Cochin and other communi-
ties in the South Indian Jews
Association are descendants of
some 10,000 Jews who landed on
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South African Community-
Votes Aid to Congress
JOHANNESBURG (JTA)—The
South African Jewish Board of
Deputies has decided that, al-
though it is not a member of
the World Jewish Congress,
South African Jewry shOuld
make a financial contribution to
the work ( of the Congress, and
the board itself should use its
good offices abroad to secure
unification of Jewish represen-
tation in the international
sphere.
As a result of this decision; J.
M. Rich, secretary of the BoarciT -
left for Paris to participate as
an observer in the executive
meeting of the World Jewish
CongresS,
Labor Day Deadline
Due to the Labor Day holiday Sept. 5, the deadline for
The Jewish News edition of Friday, Sept. 9, has been
advanced to 12 noon Friday, Sept. 2, for all copy and
photographs. They may be mailed or delivered to The
Jewish News office, 2114 Penobscot Bldg.
Spain Finally Exhibits
Gentlemen's Agreement
LONDON (JTA)—The Ameri-
can motion picture, "Gentle-
men's Agreement," which deals
with social anti-Semitism is the
United States and which was
banned in Spain last year, will
be exhibited in that country, a
dispatch from Madrid reported.
The dispatch said that "minor
changes" had been made in the
film.
The original ban on exhibition
of the motion picture, which was
imposed by the ecclesiastical
member of the Film Censorship
Board in Madrid, stipulated that
Jews were not necessarily in-
cluded in the Christian duty to
"stimulate love among individ-
uals, societies, nations and peo-
ples."
Anti-Semitism Bars Jews
From Argentinian Union
BUENOS AIRES, (JTA) —The
Socialist newspaper, "La Van-
guardia," which appears illegally
in this country, reports that four
Jewish printers who applied for
membership in the Federation
of Printers were denied admis-
sion to the union on the
grounds that they were Jewish.
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