Around the World .
THE JEWISH NEWS-5
Friday, April 21, 1950
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A digest of current news reported by the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency and the Israel Service of Information.
Zackhelin to Address
Kvutzah Ivrith on Israel
The United States
Maurice H. Zackheim, chair-
man of the Board of Education
of United Hebrew Schools, will
be guest speaker of Kvutzah
Ivrith, at 8:30 p.m., April 22 at
the Rose Sittig Cohen Building.
Zackheim recently returned
WASHINGTON It was reported here that President Chaim
Weiztnann is sending a personal appeal to President Truman to
authorize the shipment of arms for defense purposes to Israel.
The State Department has denied published reports that Israel's
request for arms has been turned down, but informed circles have
expressed the belief that the Defense Department is holding up
approval of the request.
NEW YORK Stressing the fact that there are limits to what
American dollars can do to help other nations, George C. McGhee,
assistant secretary of state, told the Foreign Policy Association
that the countries of the Near East should not expect large-scale
financial aid from the United States. He indicated that the U. S.
is not inclined to support the Lowdermilk plan for the develop-
ment of the Jordan Valley Authority . . . The existing austerity
program in Israel must not be regarded as a permanent state of
affairs, Dov Joseph, Israel Minister of Supply, declared on his ar-
rival here . • . A delegation of the Israel Manufacturer's Associa-
tion has arrived in New York to promote business relations be-
tween the United States and Israel. The Association will open
an office in New York late this month . . . The Israel Consulate
General and the Israel Delegation to the United Nations will be
host to Israelis in New York at a reception from 3 to 6 pm. Sun-
day. April 23, at 11 E. 70th St., celebrating Israel's second anni-
versa ry.
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Israel
JERUSALEM Living conditions of North African Jews are so
2,palling that they must be transferred to Israel immediately,
Eliahu Dobkin, Jewish Agency immigration official, declared on
his return from a tour of Jewish communities in North Africa .. .
A vast housing construction program for scores of thousands of
new immigrants was announced by the government, including 500
housing units in the Bayith Vegan area and a 700-house project
near Petach Tikvah ... Plans for the establishment in Jerusalem
of the seat of the Israel. Government will be completed by the end
of this month. Construction of permanent buildings here is sched-
uled to begin in the fall ... Thousands of Iraq Jews lined up for
hours in front of the Bagdad synagogue to register for immigra-
tion to Israel. 2,000 persons are reported to have registered in the
first two hours.
TEL AVIV $20,000.000 worth of foreign capital has been in-
vested in the last few months in 60 large-scale manufacturing
establishments in Israel, Gershon Meron, director-general of the
Trade Ministry, announced . . . Claude de Boisanger, head of the
Palestine Conciliation Commission was received by President Weiz-
mann prior to leaving for the Arab countries. The possibilities of
the success of his mission were considered doubtful ... Jules Moch,
former French Minister of the Interior, and Mine. Moch arrived in
Israel for a visit at the invitation of the Histadrut . . . The Israel
Foreign Office denied a report disseminated by the American Re-
ligious News Service giving the impression that non-Jews who
marry Jews must be converted to Judaism in order to remain in
Israel ... Legislation is being prepared to draft into essential work
young women exempted from military service for religious reasons.
It is expected that such women will be assigned to work in hos-
pitals or immigrant camps . . . Beds for tuberculosis patients are
urgently needed in Israel, the new rehabilitation service for im-
migrants declared. Only 650 beds are• available for 3,600 TB pa-
tients . . . Dutch KLM Airlines opened the first Israel-Iran air
service. Weekly service will operate via Munich, Rome, Lydda
and Teheran, with DC S's making the Lydda-Teheran flight in
4:V2 hours ... Dr. J. A. Nederbragt, envoy extraordinary and min-
ister plenipotentiary of the Netherlands, presented his credentials
to Israel President Chaim Weizmann.
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MAURICE ZACKHEIM
from I§rael where he spent
much time in the larger cities,
Kibbutzim and Moshovoth and
visited many schools in session.
He. will report on his experi-
ences and impressions there.
His address will be followed by
a question and answer period.
The meeting is open to the pub-
lic.
HIAS is the only Jewish mi-
gration agency that maintains a
permanent office in Washing-
ton, D. C.
JTA Reorganizes as Public Trust;
Jewish News Editor Named on. Board
N E W YORK—(JTA)—Estab-
lishment of a public trust sta-
tus for the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency which will enable it to
continue operating on a non-
profit basis with the sole aim
of providing objective news on
all developments affecting the
Jewish community throughout
the world, was announced here.
The JTA, founded 33 years
ago, has functioned as a non-
profit communal enterprise since
1935. Under the • terms of its
charter, no individual or stock-
holder has been entitled to draw
profit from the enterprise which
was operated as a public service.
Reorganization measures ensure
the continuance of this status.
Under the presidency of Ru-
dolf G. Sonneborn, New York
Jewish communal leader, a new
board of directors of the Agen-
cy is now in process of forma-
tion. When completed it will be
composed of 25 members repre-
sentative of the American Jew-
ish community.
In addition to Sonneborn,
those already serving on the new
board .are: Adolf C. Robinson,
vice president; Jacob Landau,
secretary; and George Alpert,
Boston; R. Goodman, Miami;
Prof. Horace M. Kallen, New
York; Benjamin A. Javits, New
York; S. H. Scheuer, New York;
Philip Slomovitz, Detroit; Rob-
ert Szold, New York; and Rabbi
S. Wohl, Cincinnati.
Reorganization of the JTA fol-
lowed the action of Jacob Lan-
dau, founder and managing di-
rector of the JTA since its es-
tablishment, in turning in to the
treasury of the Agency all out-
standing shares in the corpora-
tion. Individual shares are being
issued to each new member of
the board and a total of 25 such
shares will be issued when the
board is completed. Members of
the board will hold these shares
as public trustees. No other
common shares of the corpora-
tion remain outstanding.
Foreign affiliates of the JTA
will be regrouped around the
Palestine Telegraphic Agency
with headquarters in Israel and
an • international board of direc-
tors. These offices will continue
to receive JTA service.
At a meeting of the board of
directors tributes were voiced to
Landau for his years of effort
in building and directing the
JTA, developing it into a potent
instrument for the, community.
It was announced that the JTA
had terminated its affiliations
with other news agencies, and
will, in the future, operate in-
dependently, developing its own
outlets in the American press
and radio fields.
Plans for . extension of JTA
news coverage of the American
Jewish scene were announced by
Adolf C. Robison, vice-presiednt
of the Agency, who declared
that the JTA objective set by
its board was to supply "the
most objective, veracious and re-
lia -Jle reporting possible.
Robison also announced the
appointment of Victor M. Bien-
stock as general manager. For-
merly a staff member of the
New York World and New York
Herald-Tribune and correspon-
dent for the London Morning
Post, Bienstock joined JTA in
1933 and was its chief of foreign
service for ten years. He was a
war correspondent in the Mid-
dle East and European theatres
during World War II.
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PARIS Improvement and clarification of the legal position of
the Jews of Morocco was urged here by two representatives of the
American Jewish Committee who have completed a study of Jew-
ish rights in that country.
HAMBURG Jews in the British - zone of Germany are protest-
ing the decision of a Hamburg court ordering a public showing of
the anti-Semitic film "Jew Suess" as part of the trial of Veit Har-
lan, the man who produced it for the Nazis.
VIENNA The supervision of all American and foreign volun-
tary relief agencies in Austria, except the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee, which is affiliated with the International Refugee Organ-
ization, has been transferred by the U. S. Army to the Austrian
government, effective April 1,
LONDON The evacuation of Yemenite Jewry to Israel shows
no sign of slackening, despite original estimates by Israel immi-
gration officials that the movement would be completed by last
January, the London Times reports from Aden . . Harry Good-
man was elected chairman of the European executive of Agudas
Israel.
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South America
BUENOS AIRES A time bomb was discovered planted in the
entrance to the main synagogue of Rosario, capital city of Sante
Fe Province ... 842 immigration visas for Israel were distributed
to Argentine Jews during 1949 and the first two months of 1950.
. A series of programs to mark the seventh anniversary of the
Warsaw ghetto uprising was held here, sponsored by Hashomer
Hatzair, the Society of Former Residents of Warsaw and other
groups.
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JOHANNESBURG "The fundamental Biblical law affords a
wide basis for cooperation between Christian and Jew." Bishop
A. Reeves of this city told a large gathering of Christians and
Jews held here under auspices of the South African Board of
Jewish Deputies. He asserted that Christian denominations
should cooperate more than they do in resolution of . social and
cultural problems to "provide a broader basis for Christian coop-
eration with non-Christians."
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Studying their community responsibilities for 1950 are
NATHAN FISHMAN, Pre-Campaign Cabinet, ABE KASLE
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