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Venezuelan Dictator Handles Jewish
Problem by Exiling 300 to Swamps

By MILTON FRIEDMAN
a r e respected by Venezuela's
WASHINGTON — C a r i bbean military. junta. - In turn, the
cruises may prove interesting for • State Department supports the
Jewish tourists—especially if the regime.
Our State Department voices'
itinerary. includes Venezuela and
strong
support of the doctrine
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Cuba.
of human rights and religious
An American' businessman re- • freedom.
Maybe our Caracas em-
turns from Venezuela with an bassy would check on human
alarming tale of anti-Semitism.
in Venezuela. Perhaps
He • reported privately to mem- rights
would • find the Jewish
bers of Congress in Washington they
of Venezuela unper-
on 'nationalistic excesses of the community
and happy. Perhaps
new Venezuelan military junta. secuted
He mentioned, quite incidentally, they would find 300 men, women
and children dying in the
the- fate of some 300 Jews.
swamps.
This is his story. Venezuela
Question Cuban Visas
admitted a trickle of Jewish
American visas issued by U.S.
refugees from Germany. in 1948. • consular offices in Cuba have
The Jews engaged in farming been carried to this country by
and other occupations. Recently, Jews with vehement objections.
t h e military dictatorship of A question on the visa form
President Carlos D. Chalbaud asks: "Race?" The word "He-
'showed interest in the Latin- brew" was written in—although
American "Jewish question."
native-born Cuban Jews had
Jews Exiled to Swamps
described their race as "white."
An estimated 300 Jews were This practice was definitely es-
rounded up and exiled to fever- tablished in a number of recent
ridden • swamps in the dread cases.
Orinoco territory. White men
H. J. L'Heureux, chief of the
only briefly survive the fever State Department's Visa Division
and dysentery in this primitive points out that the department
region.
does not request visa applicants
The shocked businessman re- 1 to specify religious preference.
ported to a Jewish Congressman Such inquiry into one's religious
that Spanish dictator Francisco background is unauthorized.
Franco is highly-regarded in oil- Perhaps the U.S. Ambassador in
rich Venezuela. American oil Havana will talk with his visa
companies, the Catholic Church clerks.
and the U.S. State Department
(Copyright, 1949, (JTA)

Proposed Memorial

1 15,000 Children Attend
615 Schools• in tsrael

TEL AVIV — (ISI) — Of the
115,000 children who attended
elementary, secondary and vo-
cational schools in Israel during
the past year, 105,500 were Jews
and 10,400 Arabs and other mi-
norities:
Public Schools had an enroll-
ment of 100,600 Jewish children
and 6,800 Arabs. In private
schools there were 4,920 Jewish
children; and 3,580 Arab chil-
dren attended private mission-
ary schools.
During the past year, 542 Jew-
ish schools and 73 non-Jewish
or missionary schools • were in
session:
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This is one of five models
of a. proposed manument to be
erected on Riverside Drive,
in New York, in memory of
the six rriillion martyred Jews
of Europe. These models are
on exhibit at the Jewish Mu-
seum in New York. The one
pictured here was executd -by
Chaim Gross.

JERUSALEM -TO EXPORT
PENICILLIN TO ROMANIA

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leader in the Biritish miners' I
federation, and Miss Alice
Bacon, member of the Labor ,
Party • executive, were • named
the Party's representatives on a
six-maid delegation of - Tra.des
Union Congreiss and Cooperation
Union reteinbers who will visit I
Israel early next year at the in- •

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JAFFA (ISI) — Priests of the
Coptic 'Church here have de-
cided to build a large 'church in
Nazareth for the 500 members
of the Coptic Church who live
in Northern Israel. The ministry
of religion is helping the priests
to obtain the necessary material.

Robert Saffron's "By-Line for
Josie" is one of:the better books
for children and will especially
interest those who love to write.
This book (published by Vik-
ing Press) deals with an editor's
daughter and a newspaper of-
fice. Josie is interested in head-
line news. As the title of the
book indicates, she wins her
spurs through a by-line.
The point is that she won her
laurels by finding scoops and
through interesting experiences
which help create a good story.

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consignment of $54,000 worth of
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penicillin in crystal form, man- •serve
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and
ufactured here, will be export-
ed to Romania prior to its .ap-
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The penicillin is being sent un-
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Willys car. Other business inter- der the exchange-trade agree-
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ests followed, with growing .suc- ment at present in operation be-
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success.
tween Israel and Romania.
In 1939, he sold out most of
his interests to enter municipal
politics. Elected to the City
'Council, he was soon recognized
given by the
as an authority on several im-
portant municipal problems. He
rendered outstanding service as
PINSKER PROGRESSIVE AID SOCIETY
a city councillor, and last year
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was elected deputy Mayor.
Favors and Noisemakers - Dancing
Jack Mincer never forgot his
own Jewish community. He was
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for some years an executive
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member of the South African
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Board of Deputies. His wife
takes an active part in com-
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munal and civic affairs..

British Labor Delegates to Israel
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LONDON (JTASam Watson,

Priests Plan to Erect
Coptic Church in Nazareth

Scoop-Finding Factor
In New Children's Book

Poverty to Riches Story Is Behind
Johannesburg Mayor Jack Mincer

By ADELE SHERMAN,
JOHANNESBURG—A real
story lies behind Jack Mincer—
who rose from a poverty-strick-
en lad who ran away from his
native town—to Mayor of Jo-
hannesburg, South Africa. .
Jack was the eldest of five
children born in Tomazosr, Po-
land, and his fanatical father's
ambition was to train him for
the Rabbinate. He used to drag
the boy from his bed before
dawn to study Chumush and
Gemorrah. When the lad was 11
he was sent to a Yeshiva. His
thoughts were always with his
mother and her struggle, --and
their threadbare home. Finally
he ran away, hoping to earn
enough to ease his mother's lot.,
He scraped together a small
sum and managed to get to
Hamburg, where he was placed
in a city shelter: A co-religionist
learned of his plight and guar-
anteed his - fare to - London,
where relatiies _agreed to care
for him.
In London, he came to a fam-
ily which economic necessity
compelled to live in one tiny
room. "I saw they could not af-
ford to look after me," Mincer
said, "so the following day I.
walked throughout the Jewish
quarter, looking for work.. Finally
a Jewish storekeeper took me* in,
giving me board and lodging in
return for work. My first great
success came when, after the
Pesach rush, the owner gave me
a bonus.
Out of his small earnings he
sent what he could to his moth-
er, husbanding the remainder to
feed himself.
In World War I, he volunteer-
ed for service, but was so under-
nourished he was - put in the re-
serves. Doctors advised him to
emigrate to a better climate.
"Someone said I should go to
Australia or South Africa.I toss-
ed a coin—and South Africa got
me." He arrived at Cape Town
in 1920—again a lonely and pen-
niless immigrant.
From Cape Town he went to
Johannesburg to become an
auction jobber and eventually
open his own market. Then he
dealt in used cars, and finally
became the local agent for. the

THE JEWISH NEWS--,--9

4riday, December 9 1949

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