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VOLUME 16--No. 7 708-10 David Stott Bldg.—Phone WO. 5-1155 Detroit 26, Michigan, October 28, 1949
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St. Louis Police Abandon
Discriminatory System
WASHINGTON, (JTA) —The St. Louis Police Depart-
ment has eliminated the section of its criminal identifica-
tion cards which lists Jews separately from "White
Americans," it was learned here. _
Revision of the cards followed pr9tests from the public
and from members of Congress. The news of the St. Louis
Police system was first repoiked by the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, and revealed in Detroit in a recent edition of
The Jewish News.
In a letter to Rep. Jacet3 K. Javits of New York, FBI
Direct J. Edgar Hoover saiid the Federal Bureau of In-
vestigation does not approve 'the discriminatory feature of
the St. Louis police identification system. He said: "The FBI
did not recommend, endorse, or approve the system."
UJA 'Crisis Mission'
Pledged-.
Press. , Aid
For Israel Immigration
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
Via Special Cables 'from Israel, Combined with Dispatches by The Jewish Telegraphic Agency
TEL AVIV.—The United Jewish Appeals _Emergency "Crisis Mission,"..
after hearing a stirring appeal by 'Israel's President _Chaim W-eizmann,
fermined that a policy of unrestricted immigration shall .gUide the actions of
American Jewry with regard to Israel.
President Weizmann, host to the American Jewish communal leaders in his
offices in the Weizmann Institute of Science at nearby Re-
hovoth, said : •
"I want to Warn with all my might against the wide- •
spread impression that now that Israel is established, the
responsibilities for immigration jnd settlement can be
thrust entirely upon the shoulders of the Israelis."
(Among the members of the "Crisis Mission" who heard
Dr. Weizmann was Isidore Sobeloff, executive director of
the Jewish Welfare Federation of Detroit.)
Need Continued Help from Anieicans
Dr. Weizmann continued:
"The problem of absOrbing an enormous immigration at
this time cannot be solved without continued help from
Americans through the UJA." He added that during the
first five yearw of its existence, the situation of the Jewish
state would be critical since "Israel is still surrounded by
enemies who are still talking of a second round of warfare.
- "I see every King and kinglet telling us what he will or
will not permit us to do. We have to be prepared and- the
only preparation is people," he declared.
"If we maintain immigration and settlement work, there
will be no necessity for military actin. We are trying to
treat the Arabs in Israel in the fairest way. It is my opinion
any conflict th,af-our adversaries are talking - about is very
far rerabved. When Israel is bUilt up, it will be the gateway
to the entire -Ea,st—a safe, clean, civilized gate:"
, Shortage of Funds Creating Serious Crisis
fit
More than 2,000 persons jammed the AARON, Northwest Men's Club progi-am
social hall of the Northwest Hebrew Con- chairman; GOV. G. MENNEN WILLIAMS;
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT JR., PRENTIS
gregation Oct. 19, to hear Franklin D. BROWN, president of Detrdit Edison . Co.
Roosevelt, Jr., speak on his 'recent visit to `and former Michigan Senator, and IRA
Israel. Left to right, above : .RABB I _JACOB
KAUFMAN, president of the congregation.
E. SEGAL, rabbi of the congregation ; DAVE (Seer story and additional pictre, page 8.)
Purely Commentary from Israel:
In referring to the problems of fArther immigration, .
Dr. Weizmann reminded the visitors that the state is doing •
all that is possible at this time to settle the nearly 100,000.
refugees from Europe who are still in immigrant reception
camps. The shortage of funds is creating a serious crisis,
especially with winter closing in.
Israel has asked the governments of the United States and
Britain to intervene with the Iracw government against the 're-
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Tiberias: Tales of Heroism, Untold Sacrifices
- Typical Of the experiences of the new settlers in Israel is the story
of the life of Minder Lasslo, 23-year-old Budapest boy, whose entire fam-.
ily was murdered by the Nazis. He fought with the Russian partisans
TIBERIAS, Israel—This ancient city, the first to be cleared of Arabs
against.the Germans, was wounded seriously, escaped death by securing a
during the last war, has its tales of heroism and of untold sacrifices.
false birth certificate from Hungary's Zionist organization listing him as
Eliezar Ettinger, son of Dov Guberman, owner of Malon (Hotel) _ ' a Christian.
fr.*
Guberman, facing Lake \Tiberias, is an unassuming assistant at the fam-
ily hostelry. But his background is one of fearless leadership.
At. Last I "Have Freedom, He Says
. He was one of the officers in the Jewish army. Born in Jerusalem,
The
Guberman
Hotel
first
was
Tiberias
after
his
..marriage.
he came to
After three years in camps in Germany, he went to France and from
established 30 years ago in the old city., For the past 11 years it functions
Versailles was brought to Israel by the liewish Agency: He is waiting on
in its new location on the city's highest hill.
tables at Guberman's.
"I gladly would go to a Kibbutz and help build a new settlement on
There are approximately 6,000 Jews here. More than 4,000 Arabs
a cooperative basis," said Minder, "but an injury sustained in the war
fled the city after a brief fight. -Young and old rose to the defense of
makes it impossible for me to lift heavy objects. I am compelled to do light
the Jewish position.
work. But I am happy to be in Eretz. At last I have -freedom. It is com-
"We were confident , from the very first moment we could not be
pensation for the losses I sustained in the horrible war."
beaten," Ettinger said.
"There was no other way."
Balfour Forest A Beautiful Sight
He pointed to a young cousin not yet in his teens and explained that
he, too, helped by acting as a messenger.
GINEGAR.—The Balfour Forest, planted and cared for by members
-. Many Arab hoines were destroyed but there was very little damage
of this interesting settlement, is a beautiful sight. Nearby is Balfouria,
to Jewish buildings.
the settlement also established in honor of the memory of the author of
the Balfour Declaration.
This is the city of Yeshivath Rabbi Meir Baal HaNess. The graves
The.-Jewish National Fund—the .popular Keren Kayemeth Lelsrael
of Rabbi3 Akiba, Maimonides (Rabbi Moses ben Maimon) and other great
(Continued on page 2)
figures in Jewish history are in Tiberias.
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ_
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