Pressure on for UN Assembly
Special Session on Jerusalem

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JERUSALEM—The enlistment
term for members of Israel's
armed services has been extend-
ed to two years under amend-
ments to the National Service
Law adopted in Parliament
Tuesday. Another feature of the
amended bill is that women 18
years of age may be drafted for
nine-month periods of agricul-
tural training.
(The UN Palestine Conciliation
'Commission resumed its meet-
ings in Geneva this week. The
London Daily Telegraph quoted
Sir. Desmond Morton, a member
of the Commission, as saying
that "a strong, unpopular odor
surrounds the UN in the Middle
East.' The Conciliation Commis-
sion is regarded as a body which
betrayed both the Arabs and

(Israel Finance Minister Eliezer
Kaplan signed an order effect-
ing a reduction in customs tar-
iffs for raw materials required
in Israel industry and agricul-
ture.
(UN Secretary-General Trygve
Lie revealed that pressure is be-
ing exerted by UN member gov-
ernments for the calling of a
special General Assembly session
to deal with the Jerusalem issue.
(Predictions were made at the
sessions of the Jewish Agericy
executive in Jerusalem that cer-
tain structural changes will be
made in the World Zionist Or-
ganization, including the aboli-
tion of the "shekel." Dr. Nahum
Goldmann, chairman of the
American Section of the Jewish
Agency, reported that internal
peace now - reigns in American
Zionism following the election of
Daniel Frisch as ZOA president).

city can accommodate thou-
sands of them. Members of

the group praised the friendly
relations they had found in
Nazareth between Jews and
Christian Arabs and spoke
highly of the religious freedom
practiced in Israel. The mem-
bers of the party were also im-
pressed with what they saw
at two kibbutzim which they
visited.

The party was the first group
of pilgrims to receive permis-
sion from Jordan authorities to
cross the lines from Jewish Jeru-
salem to the Old City and Beth-
lehem and then return to Israel.
However, it is not possible to
judge Jordan's final position on
the question of permitting pil-
grims to move freely across the
lines because this group is made
up of prominent personalities
who would receive special con-
sideration in any event.

Russia's Walkout May Affect

Internationalization Plans

LAKE SUCCESS—United Na-
tions officials Tuesday speculat-
ed on the possible effect an al-
most certain Soviet walkout
from the Trusteeship Council
would have on plans to inter-
nationalize Jerusalem.
The Soviet walkout when the
Council meets in Geneva on
Thursday w a s foreshadowed
when all Russian representa-
tives staged a walkout from
three UN bodies—the special
committee on stateless persons,
the sub-commission on minori-
ties and a procedural committee
of the economic and social coun-
cil. They left 'after a formal
resolution calling for immediate
ousting of China's representa-
tives to UN were defeated.
In every group, the Soviet dele-
gate was joined by other Comin-
Soviet Criticizes Trial
form countries. Before leaving
MOSCOW—Soviet newspapers,
served notice they would re-
Including Izvestia, official or- they
gard
any decisions taken hereaf-
gan of . the Soviet Government,
earryed a TASS report from Tel
Aviv comparing the trial there
Of the Communist newspaper
I of Haam to the trial in New
York of the leaders of the Com-
munist party in the U. S.
The trial against the Israel
Communist newspaper charged
with libeling Israel Premier Da-
vid Ben-Gurion opened in Tel
Aviv Monday but was postpon-
ed because of the moving of the
Ministry of Justice from" Tel
Aviv to Jerusalem. Reporting
that Kol Haam is charged with
insulting the head of the gov-
ernment, the TASS correspond-
ent ,says that "local journalist
circles" consider that "the Ben-
Gurion government in its perse-
cution of individual Communists
has gone over to a Red-hunt of
the Communist party as a whole
and against all progressives in
Israel."
"The government of Israel,"
the correnpondent says, "fol-
lows the path of the American
reactionaries who staged the no-
torious trial against the leaders
of the Communist party in the
United States and the presiding
Tel Aviv Judge Raohardt, who is
distinguished for his reaction-
ary views, intends to play the
role of American Judge Harold
Medina."

THE JEWISH NEWS-3

Friday, January 20, 1950

Senator Lehman Chairs
Young Judaea Reunion

U. S. Senator Herbert H. Leh-
man, honorary president of
Young Judaea for many years,
will serve as honorary chairman
of a 40th anniversary reunion
Nbrunch of Young Judaea Alum-
ni, Mrs. Della R. Goldshlag,
chairman of the National Young
Judaea Committee, and Norman
Schanin, executive director of
National Young Judaea, dis-
closed. The reunion brunch will
be held Sunday,' Feb. 19, in the
Century Room of Hotel Commo-
dore, New York.

ter as illegal. In the special com-
mittee on stateless persons, of
which Israel is one of 13 mem-
bers, the Tel Aviv delegate Dr.
Jacob Robinson, whose govern-
ment recognized the Chinese
Communist government, ab-
stained on the Russian resolu-
tion along with India and Den-
mark who also recognize the
Chinese Communists. All com-
mittees rejected the Soviet oust-
er motion on grounds that they
lacked competence to alter their
composition.
The committee on stateless
persons is the first UN commis-
sion on which Israel is repre-
sented since she joined the
world organization. The func-
tion of the- committee is to con-
sider the desirability of abolish-
ing statelessness by interna-
tional convention and to study
methods for its elimination un-
der the right of all persons to
nationality and to the right of
asylum from persecution enun-
ciated in the Universal Declara-
tion on Human Rights.
A Russian walkout from the
Trusteeship Council, it is believ-
ed here, would cast a legal doubt
on any action the Council may
take to internationalize Jerusa-
lem. Certainly those who sup-
port a UN regime would lose a
valuable ally since Moscow in-
sisted on internationalization.

ur resort

Barkley, Truman See Hope of Better
DP Law in Current Congress Session

NEW YORK, (JTA) — Vice-
President Alben Barkley, a d -
dressing the national conference
of the United Service for New
Americans here, predicted that
the U.S. Senate would approve
legislation intended to liberalize
the Displaced Persons Act of
1948 at its current session.
He expressed confidence that
removal of the discriminatory
provisions would enable "addi-
tional refugees to come to Am-
erica."
Harry Rosenfield, member of
the Displaced Persons Commis-
sion, assailed the foes of liberal-
ized DP legislation and denoun-
ced efforts to "besmirch the dis=
placed persons program."
Since 1945, 100,000' homeless
Jewish survivors were brought to
this country from Europe with
the aid of United Service for
New Americans, a beneficiary of
the United Jewish Appeal, Ed-
win Rosenberg, outgoing USNA
president, reported at the con-
ference at Hotel Astor.
In a message to the delegates,
President Truman again = called
for liberalization of the DP law
and stated: "I hope that in the

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JERUSALEM—The first group
o1 Catholic pilgrims to visit the
New City of Jerusalem in the
1950 Vatican-proclaimed Holy
Year were received Tuesday by
Daniel Auster, mayor of Jewish
Jerusalem. The group consisted
of 23 high church dignitaries
from Italy, Spain, France, Ar-
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Strike in Haifa
HAIFA—A strike by employees
of cable and wireless throughout
Israel Tuesday halted all direct
cable links between Israel and
Britain. Cables were being rout-
ed through government facili-
ties via Paris.
The cable and wireless em-
ployees are demanding compen-
sation from the company which
is to be taken over by the Is-
rael government.

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weeks ahead the Congress will
take favorable action to offer
sanctuary on our shores to even
larger numbers of these unfor-
tunates." His message stated
that he "observed with grati-
tude the work of USNA and he
praised the organization's work
as "an impressive demonstration
of democracy functioning at its
best."
Rosenberg reported that 1949
was a peak year for Jewish im-
migration, 37,700 having reach-
ed these shores. He stated that
the $37,000,000 spent since 1945
is only a portion of the sums
spent to aid newcomers, many
communities having spent addi-
tional sums locally.
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Henry Morgenthau, Jr., UJA
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UJA "would raise more funds in
1950 than in any year since the
fund was established."
Walter H. Bieringer, of New-
ton, Mass., was elected president
of the USNA. Rosenberg was
elected honorary president. Will-
iam Rosenwald and Mrs. Joseph
M. Welt of Detroit were reelected
honorary presidents.

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