Ben Gurion Pledges Support
To Israeli Manufacturers

TEL AVIV, (JTA)- Premier
David Etn Gurion, in a message
to the biennial conference of the
Manufacturers Association of Is-
rael, promised government sup-
port for industry and voiced the
hope that Israeli industrialists
Will utilize all opportunities re-
sulting from the creation of the
Jewish state.
14. • Shenkar, president of the
association, reviewing the prob-
lems of industry in the Jewish
state, asserted that the greatest
need at present is for increased
exporis and emphasized that
there are good prospects for mar-
keting Israel's products overseas,
especially woolens, textiles, ray-
ons, household . articles, pharma-
ceuticals, citrus by-products, lea-
Jher goods, electrical items and
candies. Shenkar urged . the gov-
ernment to purchase goods only
from those countries willing to
buy Israeli goods in exchange.
•Dr. Israel Goldstein, newly-
elected treasurer of the Jewish
Agency, told the meeting that in
order to promote technical effic-
iency in Israel's industry, it was
necessary to introduce modern
and more efficient merchandising
methods.
Asserting that the absorption of
between 20,000 and 25,000 immi-
grants monthly is already costing
$480,000,000 'annually, Dr. Gold-
stein said that permanent ab-
sorption of new arrivals will be
made possible by economic plan-
ning, large - scale irrigation,
hydro-electric and other public
utility projects, agricultural de-
velopment and industrial expan-
sion.
Reliable sources asserted that
the United States headed the list
of countries which recently had
offered to enter into substantial
trade relations with Israel. Ad-
vantageous trade terms had also
been advanced by Britain, Ar-
gentina, Mexico, Australia, The
_Netherlands, Denmark and Bel-
gium, ; 4.t was reported. The ma-
jority of those nations, it was
added; were willing to buy cit-
rus products from Israel in part
payment of the exports.
The Association " adopted a

Sternist Swears Innocence
In Bernadotte Assassination

TEL AVIV (JTA)- Sternist
chief Nathan Friedman-Yellin has
sworn that he never issued an or-
der • to assinate the late Count
Folke Bernadotte nor does he
know of any • Stenist meeting ev-
er even discussing such a' possi-
bility. His dramatic statement
was made before a military
court in Acre which is now trying
him as leader of an illegal ter-
rorist organization.
During the testimony the
Sternist leader said that while
Bernadotte's death may have
done the country military harm,
he was "sorrier for, every child
killed in Jerusalem because the
Holy City was starved and shelled
because of Bernadotte who was
the chief of a very partial truce
commission a n d imperialism's
agent" Asked about Sternist
courts which condemned "trait-
ors" to death and about the fact
that the Sternists publicly label-
led Premier David Ben Gurion
and other ministers as "traitors,"
Friedman-Yellin said that in this
case sentence was never carried

out.

.

The trial reached its climax
when the prosecution charged
that the Stern Group and the
"Fatherland ,Front" are_ one and
the same organization. The
Fatherland Front claimed re-
sponsibility for the assassination
of Count Bernadotte.
The prosecutor quoted from
Sternist and Fatherland Front
pamphlets which were published
at the same time and which
dealt with the same subjects.
The prosecutor told the Acre
military court, where Friedman-
Yellin and his aide, M. Schmule-
iitz, are being tried on -charges
of terrorism, that the Fatherland
-Front was created especially to
carry out the murder of the late
United Nations Palestine media-
'`tor, so as to remove all responsi-
1ililiti for the deed from the

Stemi,sts themselves.

number of resolutions outlining
the demands of businessmen on
the government.
Primarily, the association de-
cided to- call on the government
to revise the present customs
schedule, to halt the importation
of goods which are also manufac-
tured in Israel and to organize
labor exchanges. It agreed to
peg prices on condition that
wages, transportation and other
costs to the. manufacturers also
be fro-zen.
It was learned in high govern-
mental circles that Israel will
purchase between $200,000,000
and $240,000,000 worth of sup-
plies abroad during 1949. It was
emphasized in these same circles
that Israel's trade would not be
linked with either the western
or eastern blocs. It was pointed
out that since Israel is short on
foreign exchange it will seek
barter arrangements with all na-
tions which will enter into such
agreements and which have
goods which Israel needs.
A new settlement-"Bustan
Hagalil" has been established
in western Galilee by the Jew-
ish Agency's priVate enterprise
department, it was announced.
Some 80 families, the majority
of whom are ,immigrants from
Romania who spent some time in
the Cyprus detention camps, will
cultivate orange groves and veg-
etable gardens.

THE JEWISH NEWS-3

Friday, December 31, 1948

Historical Society Offers
$500 in Prizes for Essays

Historians, rabbis, writers and
a host of others in the professions
and arts have signified 'their in-
tention of entering the essay con-
test of the American Jewish His-
torical Society, according to
Rabbi Isidore S. Meyer, librarian
of the Society. The contest, which
closes Sept. 30, 1949, is the first
such undertaking in the 56-year
history of AJHS, which is now
under sponsorship of the National
Jewish Welfare Board.
AJHS is offering cash prizes
totaling $500 for the best essays
on a subject dealing with
lean Jewish history.

Truman Lauds Seminary's Efforts
In Aiding Understanding of Judaism

NEW YORK-President Tru-
man lauded the Jewish Theologi-
cal Seminary of America as "a
major factor in broadening pub-
lic understanding of the Jewish
faith and the Jewish people," in
a letter which was made public
last week by the acting president
of the Seminary, Dr. Simon
Greenberg, at the semi-annual
meeting of the institution's board
of overseers.
In congratulating the Seminary
on the forthcoming dedication in
Los Angeles of a University of
Judaism, which will be conduct-
ed as the Seminary's West Coast
branch, President Truman said:
"It is important to note that
this institution has made another

forward stride in• the develop-
ment of a great University of
Judaism in America."
The founding of the new Uni-
versity, according to the Presi-
dent, stands as- an example of'the
Seminary's leadership. in "integ-
rating the great tradition of
Israel into the framework of our
democratic _life."

Beigin Returns to Israel .
NEW YORK' (JTA) - Mena-
them Beigin, former Irgun Zvai
Leumi commander in Israel, who
returned to Tel Aviv by' air, ex-
pressed the hope in a farewell
statement that Israel will be
given all possible aid by the
United States.

•

SEMI-ANNUAL

Clearance

British Jews_ Consider
Imposition of Sanctions
For Community Benefit

LONDON (JTA) - A proposal
that the Jewish community con-
sider imposing sanctions against
Jews who damage the commun-
ity's good name was discussed
here at a meeting of the Board
of Deputies of British Jews.' The
discussion was held in connec-
tion with a bribery scandal in
British public life involving high
Labor Government officials and
financial operators, • including a
number of Jews.
Speaking before the Lynskey
Parliamentary Tribunal of In-
quiry, which is investigating the
scandal, Attorney General Sir
Hartley Shawcross said: "There
are some who think that some
of the matters under investiga-
tion here involve some reflection
on the Jewish community. That
is an unfortunate and, I submit,
an unjustified impression." He
added that "it is neither helpful
nor relevant to say whether or
not witnesses took the oath with
hats on." Shavicross was refer-
ring here to the coverage of a
number of British newspapers
which have been attacked for the
anit-Jewish manner in which
they have reported the day-by-
day developments in the inquiry.
The central figure in the in-
vestigation is Sidney Stanley, a
financier and business man, who
admitted giving presents to gov-
ernment officials. During the
course of the Lynskey Tribunal's
hearings, it was revealed that
deportation orders on charges of
fraud had been issued against
Stanley in 1933, but could not be
served because he had changed
his name from Solomon Koshy-
zcky. When he was located it was
impossible to send him back to
Poland because of the war, a wit-
ness told the Tribunal.
A degree • of anti-Semitism is
believed to have been stirred up
by the inquiry in which some of
the witnesses involved - in ap-
parent attempts to bribe or in-
fluence 'government officials -
have been Jewish financiers.
None of the ministers or govern-
thent officials involved are Jew-
ish. One of the reported effects'
of the trial is that the Conserva-
tive Party has asked . Commander
Ashe Lincoln, a Jew with an ex-
cellent war record, to withdraw
his candidacy in East Harrow
because the party feels that it is
inadvisable to have a Jew as its
candidate at the present time.

4,000 Arrive at Haifa
HAIFA, (JTA) -Some 4,000
refugee immigrants arrived here
this week-end. Twenty Mizrachi
leaders from London arrived at
Tel Aviv on a plane.

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