Sharett Attacked in Knesset
On Transjordan Policy
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The government and Mr. Sha-
rett were attacked by Mapam
Herut and General Zionists for
their recent defeat in the UN.
Deputies pf Mapai and the re-
ligious bloc defended the gov-
ernment.
In the bitterest attack, Mena-
hem Beigin, head of Herut, de-
manded that Mr. Sharett and
"all those responsible for the
government's policy" should re-
sign. The former commander
of Irgun' Zvai Leumi charged
that the government failed to
liberate the entire country when
it could have done so. He as-
serted: "If preparations had
been been made at the proper
time, less blood would have been
shed and Jerusalem would be
entirely in Jewish hands." He
charged that "it appears that
Ben-Gurion prefers to see the
Holy Places guarded by Arab
soldiers" and opposed the pro-.
posed peace treaty with Jordan
which he labeled a "Britannia
in the Middle East" which would
lead Israel to disaster.
Yaakov Riftin, Mapam leader,
criticized Sharett's foreign pol-
icy as "one-sided" and protested
against a "preferential treaty"
with King Abdullah. He took
exception to Abdullah's report-
ed demand for a Mediterranean
seaport and warned that "a
treaty with Transj ordan means
a treaty with Britain" and that
Transjordan-British rule in the
Triangle area seriously threatens
Israel's sovereignty. He opposed
further cuts in Israel's frontiers
and demanded the development
of Jerusalem and its conversion
into Israel's capital.
Question U. S. Histadrut Drive
Before debate began, Dr. Jacob
Gil (Mapam) asked the Premier
and Finance Minister Eliezer
Kaplan if it- was not in the in-
terests of the state to prohibit a
separate Histadrut campaign in
the United States. Ben-Gurion's
reply was that "Israel sover-
eignty does not extend to the
United State s." A Mapam re-
quest that Knesset add to its
\ agenda discussion of a bill
ordering the British - o w n e d
Haifa refineries to resume oper-
ations was referred to the par-
liamentary finance committee.
During his speech in the
Knesset, Finance Minister Kap-
lan said that Israel would need
100,000,000 pounds—about $280,-
000,000 — in foreign exchange
during 1950 to realize the gov-
ernment's development program,
with about 90 per cent of the
currency needed for imports. He
emphasized that the special
privileges provided for in his
bill would be granted equally to
foreign and local investors for
enterprises recognized as "con-
firmed establishments."
Cabinet Drafts UN Reply
The Israel Cabinet approved
the draft of a reply to the UN
Trusteeship Council refusing to
return the government's offices
-from. Jerusalem to Tel Aviv.
The parliament voted an allo-
cation of about $65,000,000 for
housing construction for newly-
arrived immigrants as well as
for the erection of homes for
established immigrants. It also
ratified the United Nations geno-
cide pact outlawing the mass
murder of peoples.
The afforestation plan out-
lined by Premier David Ben Gu-
rion last week at a session of
the Israel parliament is now be-
ing expedited, it was announced
here. The announcement said
that 2,500,000 trees will be
planted this year in Israel-
1,000,000 by the government,
1,000,000 by the Jewish National
Fund, and 500,000 by various
groups.
Representatives of the Min-
istry of Welfare conferred with
Charles Passman, director of the
Joint Distribution Committee in
Israel, it connection with a
joint plan worked out by the
Jewish Agency, the JDC and the
Israel Government for the es-
tablishment of a home for in-
valid immigrants, including
mental and tubercular cases.
Ewing Lauds Israel
TEL AVIV.—The United States
could learn much from the young
state of Israel in the field of so-
cial welfare, Oscar Ewing-,- U. S.
Federal Security Administrator,
declared on Monday before sail-
ing for home after a tour of the
Jewish state. Relating his ex-
periences, Mr. Ewing said that
"all Americans can be proud" of
the record established by Ameri-
cans who contributed to the up-
building of Israel.
Pointing out that there is a
"danger" that support of the
United Jewish Appeal will drop
off "now that the dramatic im-
pact of outright warfare is
gone," Mr. Ewing said: "I wish
that those Americans who are
lagging in their support of the
United Jewish Appeal could see
what is happening in Israel to-
day. It is even more dramatic
than the battles of the past. I
should think that any American
would be proud to help make
Israel a lasting success."
Mr. Ewing revealed that upon
his return to the U. S. he will
ask the U. S. Commissioner of
Education to extend whatever
aid the Israel government has
requested in the field of educa-
tion. He said: "It may well turn
out that from this exchange of
educational experience American
educators will themselves ac-
quire new ideas." Referring to
the UN plan to internationalize
Jerusalem, he said: "The part
played by America in the estab-
lishment of Israel should give
assurance that Israel's rightful
claims will be considered with
understanding and friendship
in the United States."
THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January 6, 1950
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Detroit LAS Auxiliary Re-Elects Nathan R. Epstein
Nathan R. .- Esptein was in- Aaron Eskstatt, Harry Goldin-
stalled as president of the De- berg, vice presidents; Joseph
troit Auxiliary of the Los An- Snitman, financial secretary;
Torgow, treasurer; M. Ar-
geles Sanitorium for his 12th Morris
tozsk y, recording secretary.
consecutive term, on Jan. 5, at David I. Zide and Louis Robins,
Israel's technical advances Workmen's Circle.
.investigation committee, and A.
made as a result of the contri-
Others who took office are: Manish, inner guard.
butions of the Haifa Institute
of Technology (Technion) will
be outlined at.
AMERICA'S FINEST
the annual din-
ner of the De-
troit Chapter
of the AmeTi-.
c a n Technion
Society, at Huy-
lees, on Satur-
day night, Jan.
14, Leon Kay,
Leon Kay
who r e c e n tly
retired as president of the
chapter, stated this week.
Reservations for the dinner,
at which Prof. Harold C. Urey,
Nobel Prize winner in chemistry,
will be the principal speaker,
may be made by calling Harold
Goodman, chairman of the din-
ner committee, Kay, Ben-
ALL
jamin Wilk, newly-elected presi-
PATTERNS and
dent of the society, and mem-
bers of the group.
WEAVES TO SUIT YOUR FANCY
Reservations Open
For Technion Event
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Special Edition Marks
'Day's' 35th Anniversary
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The 35th
anniversary of the Yiddish-
language daily, The Day, was
celebrated with publication of a
special issue containing mes-
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in Jewish life as well as from
prominent government! officials,
including Governor Dewey and
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City of Hope Group
Extends Campaign
At a luncheon meeting at the
office of drive chairman Ben
Goldberg, the Detroit Business
Men's Group of the City of Hope
(formerly Los Angeles Sanato-
rium) agreed to extend the cur-
rent fund raising campaign,
whiCh was to have culminated
Dec. 30, to Feb. 1.
• This move was made to ac-
commodate the many donors
and members absent from the
city.
The City of Hope, is a non-
sectarian tuberculosis sanato-
rium, where no one pays for
treatment. It is sponsored by
the generosity of people of all
creeds throughout the country.
Under Jewish auspices, the City
of Hope has Samuel Goiter as
director.
Nathan R. Epstein, is Detroit
president, with Ben Goldberg,
secretary, chairman of the local
. drive; Frank Rosenbaum, co-
chairman; Charles Nathanson,
chairman, steering committee.
The local goal is $50,000, of
Which approximately $16,000 has
been raised. The next meeting
of the Business Men's Group
will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday,
Jan. 12, at the Furniture Club,
Detroiter Hotel.
Jewish Journalist
7'o Address Oneg
Ephraim Auerbach, noted
Jewish poet and journalist, will
be guest speaker at the Oneg
Shabb . at of the Labor Zionist
Schools and the Sholom Alei-
chem Institute at 9 p.m. Friday,
Jan. 6, at the Labor Zionist In-
stitute, 13722 Linwood.
Auerbach is known as part of
the "young Tchool" of Yiddish
poetry, and is on the staff of the
Jewish Morning Journal.
Wolf Snyder, educational con-
sultant to the Labor Zionist
School, will introduce the speak-
er, and Moishe Haar, Sholom
Aleichem Institute director, will
be chairman of the evening.
The public is invited.
Hong Kong Reopens Club
•
HONG KONG, (JTA)—The
Jewish community here celebrat-
ed the reopening of the Jewish
Club. The Club, built in 1905,
was destroyed by • Japanese
bombs in 1941. The Hong Kong
synagogue escaped damage dur-
ing the war.
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