Israel Immigration Plan
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Unionists Urge Truman
To Grant Israel Second Loan
2—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, June 23, 1950
Recent Arrival in U. S.
Graduated from WayneU.
Constitution by Evolutlon
Israel's Basic Legislation
To Develop Into Set of Rules
Betty 'Gumener Nutkiewicz,
who came to this country in
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Presi- is estimated at some $1,400,000,- 1947, was graduated from the
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—After
..Knesset adopted by. an over-
dent Truman was urged to ex- 000.
Wayne Univer- tense two-hour debate_-•the Is- whelming majority a bill. de-
pedite the granting of a second
He reported on the Histadrut's
sity art educa- rael Parliament on June 13 signed to prevent child .mar-
$100,000,000 loan by the U.S. Ex- role in the absorption of new
tion
department adopted a •proposal that it con- riage in. the Jewish state. The
port-Import Bank to Israel to immigrants, including its wide-
last week. She centrate its efforts in the direr- new law fixes the minimum
enable the Jewish state to ab- spread vocational training pro-
is a graduate tion of working out basic legis- .marriage age for girls at .17.
sorb the constant stream of new gram.
lation which will gradually be
Citizenship Bill
immigrants. The plea was made
of
the Univer-
Federal Security Administra-
into. a Constitution.
The goVernment introduced in
in a resolution adopted by 600 tor Oscar R. Ewing, who recently
ity of Wilno built
The vote-50 to 0, with 13 ab the -Knesset a citizenship bill
delegates to a national confer- visited. Israel, to the confer-
and the Yiddish stentions—came after two oth-
ence here of the American Trade ence that Israel will not "go
Teachers Sem- er proposals dealing with a Con 7 containing a number of revolu-
tionary reforms such as equal
Union Council of the National along with the Moscow line" be-
inary in War- stitution failed to receive a ma- status for women and for il-
Committee for Labor Israel.
cause of the very nature of the
saw, Poland. At jority. The successful resolu-
The resolution pointed out Jewish state's national tideology. Mrs. Nutkiewiczpresent she is a tion was a compromise offered legitimate children who, under
that the first American loan is Ewing, who commended the His- teacher of arts and crafts in the by the Mapai, Sephardim, Pro- the religious law, cannot be
almost exhausted, while immi- tadrut for withdrawing from the kindergarten and other classes gressives and WIZO. The Re- members of the Jewish com-
gration to the Jewish state con- "Communist-controlled World of the Shaarey Zedek school. ligious Bloc had supported a munity. The bill also provides
tinues undiminished. A second Federation of Trade Unions," She is the wife of N. Nutkiewicz, proposal that the drafting of a for immediate citizenship for
resolution recorded the body's added that "in America, our citi- one of the editors of the Detroit Constitution be postponed in- every inhabitant of Israel 'as
opposition to any proposal for zens of the Jewish faith have edition of the Jewish Daily For- definitely, while 37 members of well as for authorized immi-
grants. One of the features' of
the internationalization of Jeru- contributed vastly to our indus- ward.
various parties insisted upon the new citizenship bill is that
try, our professions, our . culture,
salem as a whole.
having
a
Constitution
drafted
the acquisition of Israel . citizen-
and our civilization— and their
immediatley.
The delegates pledged full contribution has helped create World Brotherhood
ship does not depend on Israelis
End Child Marriages
support to the Histadrut fund- the liberal society which flour- Organization Formed
giving up former citizenship.
campaign
After
the
vote.
Dr.
Moshe
Sneh
ishes here, despite the rantings
Premier David Ben-Gurion
000,000 goal for itself during the of certain Senators and certain
declared that the Mapam will
PARIS — (JTA) — A two-day fight the arrangement as voted told the Israel parlianient that
1950-51 campaign. The council newspapers which - should know
conference of religious organ- until it is changed. Eri Jabotin- the government will use its full
raised $3,000,000 for the Hista- better."
izations at Strasbourg created sky, Revisionist delegate, speak- authority against public and
drat in the last three years. .
Joseph Schlossberg, general a commission of religious organ-
private bodies which contravene
Delegates, representing AFL, chairman of the National Com- izations of World Brotherhood. ing only on- his own behalf, the compulsory education law.
said
that
he
will
propose
the
CIO and independent unions, mittee of Labor Israel, declared
World Brotherhood was es-
The Premier moved into the
heard Aba Chusi, member of the that the recent tri-partite an- tablished to promote "amity, dissolution of the parliament just-completed Premier's resi-
Israel Knesset and secretary of nouncement on Near East arms understanding and cooperation" and will ask for new elections. dence here on June 15. The
Earlier, the Parliament voted
the Haifa Labor Council, report policy was so far only a "paper among peoples of various races,
building will be the permanent
on Israel's four-year plan to ab- decision.", He suggested- the con- religious, nationalities and cul- to approve a report by its La- home of all` IsraelPremiers.
sorb 750,000 to 800,000 new im- stitution of a Middle East reg- tures. The movement is an out- bor Committee on the recent
migrants: The Histadrut leader Tonal organization, embracing growth of the National Confer- picketing of an immigrant camp Orders Prosecution of
said the plan calls for construe- the Arab states and Israel and ence of Christians and Jews in by Histadrut workers protesting Desecrators of Cemeteries
the fact that some of the im-
tion of 300,000 housing units and I assured of adequate guarantees the United States.
migrants had accepted employ-
480 settlements. Its cost, he said, ' by the U.S., Britain and France.
BERLIN — (JTA) — East Ber-
Endorsing the formation " of ment at wages below the union
the body, Dr. Isaye Schwartz, standard. The report approved lin's Mayor, Friedrich Ebert, has
Chief Rabbi of France, de-
the public prosecutor to
the policy of the Histadrut labor ordered
clared: "At the present time, exchanges
vigorously prosecute and punish
in
fighting
the
use
when so many clouds are accu- of unorganized labor.
"all acts of vandalism against
Jewish cemeteries." -
mulating on the horizon, there
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
is no task more holy and more
necessary than that presented
Courageous Orthodox Statement About a Flag and Separatism to us." Among the members of
A proposal made by a spokesman for the division of religious an interim committee formed at
activities of the Jewish Welfare Board.for the adoption of a separ- the conference are Everett R.
ate religious flag for American Jewry; to distinguish it from the Clinchy, head of the National
By BORIS SMOLAR
Blue and White emblem of the state of Israel, has met with Conference of Christians and
(Copyright, 1950, Jewish TelE;graphic Agency, Inc.)
numerous rebukes, the strongest coming from the Union of Or- Jews; Roger Strauss, chairman
thodox Jewish Congregations of the United States and Canada. of the board of the American Israel Trends
The Orthodox Union has made _it clear that national flags Smelting and Refining Com-
Israel leaders now coming to the United States do not
are foreign to Jewish religious thought when they are viewed as pany; and Arthur H. Cromp- tate to emphasize the fact that a stronger. American element' IS
political-military symbols; that flags therefore are seldom dis- ton, American educator, scien- still sought by the Jewish state ... They make it clear that no one
played in synagogues which posted insignia of persecuting govern- tist and pioneer in atomic re- expects many Jews to move from the United States to Israel
.
ments only under duress. The statement points out that flags were search.
But they say that 20,000• young or middle-aged American Jews
introduced in Temple by Jewish sects, "after their break from the
could be of great help in the present process of developing the
body of Traditional Judaism," "in their attempt to imitate church
Jewish state . . . They point out that this total is only 1/300th of
practice and 'prove' their loyalty," but justifies use of the Zionist 200 Employees Strike
American
Jewry, while in Israel it would constitute 1/5 of the vocal
emblem with this explanation:
At Shell Oil in Haifa
population ...They also argue that in the U. S. the temporary ab-
"On the other hand, modern Zionism led to the rapid growth
sence of several thousand young American
Jews would not be felt,
of sentiment for the Blue and White Flag among Traditional
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while in Israel their presence and - their ways of life would have a
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Jews who were the backbone of Zionist endeavor. Using as its
tremendous,
if
not
decisive,
influence.
HAIFA — More than 200 em-
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motif the symbol of our faith, the Magen David, the Zionist flag
Some in Israel are wonder
ployees of the Shell Oil Co. here
ing why only five per cent of Amer!.
assumed a semi-religious character and became a symbol of
Tuesday proclaimed a 24-hour ican Hechalutz farm-trained youth have come to the Jewish
the unity of the Jewish people."
During the war, we are told "the Blue and White flag was warning strike In protest state . . . This is taken as an indication that Zionism and migra,-
displayed as a symbol of Jewish unity and brotherhood." Then against failure of the firm's. tion to Israel are not necessarily correlated in U. S. Jewry .
management to satisfy a series Speaking about the migration of young American Jews to Israel,
come these significant statements:
of demands submitted several the chance of a bachelor's getting married in- Israel is rather slim
"With 'the establishment of the State of Israel and the adop-
months ago, with the approval ... There is at present a surplus of some 30,000 men in the Jewish
tion of the Blue and White Flag as • its National Ensign some
of the treasury department of state ... Contrary to other countries where there are more women
question has been raised concerning the propriety of further
the Israel government.
than men, Israel always has had a surplus of young men ... Added
display of. the Zionist flag in synagogues and centers. Using the
Representatives of the Shell to this is the fact that among the new immigrants there were
fear of 'double-loyalty' as a jumping-off point, certain sec- •
at
Co. conferred with Haifa Labor least 20,000 more men than women . . . Even among the Youth
tarian groups have asked for the adoption of a new religious
Council
leaders
and
submitted
Aliyah charges the boys outnumber the girls.
flag for American Jewry. The specter of 'dual loyalty' exists
*
a set of counter-proposals . to the
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primarily in the minds of those who are not loyal to their own
workers' claims. The Council Domestic Developments
Jewish heritage.
"Traditional Judaism, unlike, the sectarian movements, turned down the counter-pro-
Membership has dropped seriously in the Intercollegiate Zion-
posals, which were said to rep- ist Federation
which have broken from it, does not recognize the existence of
of America . The leaders point to the fact that
a separate and distinct 'American' Judaism.
resent the views of all oil com- American Zionist
organizations in general are now suffering a
panies
operating
in
Israel.
"Traditional Judaism will, therefore, neither adopt nor per-
slump in membership • .. While it views its lass as part of a larger
mit the adoption of concepts and - symbols which will divide
American Zionist trend, IZFA leadership is preparing to re-exam-!
American Jewry from Klal Yisrael, whether they hide behind Israel and Hungary
ine its ideological and organizational basis . . . The Zionist stus*
the Ten Commandments or' any other emblem.
dent federation, which replaced Avukah, had about 4,500 members
Exchange
Diplomats
"We recognize that military protocol requires the display of
in 1947 . .. A year later it had about 8,000 members . . . In 1949,
insignias and flags and that any attempt to use the Magen
the year following the establishment of Israel, the membership
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David as a U.S. Army (not Jewish) emblem might lead to com-
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began to drop . .. IZFA recognizes the Hillel Foundation as the
plications. We have, therefore, no objection to the present
TEL AVIV—Istvan Romhanyi, Jewish community on campus, and accepts an
autonomou s poF.i-
chaplain's flag as a U.S. Army banner. But we will not accept
new Hungarian charge d'affaires tion within that community ... IZFA chapters which do not
now
a non-Jewish Army flag or a facsimile of it as a religious em-
here, presented his credentials have university recognition are discouraged from
seeking a recog-
blem to divide American Jewry from the Jewish people.
to Foreign Minister Moshe Shar- niation . .. All groups are urged to
affiliate and cooperate with
"Those who wish to separate themselves from Klal Yisrael ett Monday. Mr. Romhanyi,
may go their way. We, who belive in the unity of Israel, choose Hungary's first diplomatic rep- the Hillel Foundation on their campus . . . In its turn, Hillel rec-
ognizes
IZFA as the sole
to remain with One God, One Torah and One People."
resentative to the Jewish state, movement ... It recognizes legitimate campus arm of the Zionist
The Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations deserves to formerly
that the responsibility of IZFA chap-
served as Consul in the ters to the Zionist
movement demands certain areas of activity in
be commended for this forthright statement. It repudiates the United States.
nonsensical fear of "dual allegiance," calls a spade a spade and re-
Dr. Shmuel Elyashev, new Is- which the chapter must remain independent, and in which Hillel
affirms its adherence to the principle that Klal Israel is indivisible. rael Minister to Hungary and may not intervene.
Its statement is particularly valuable from this point of view: Czechoslovakia, left Israel to
Men and Deeds
Once we permit the spread of fear over the display of the Magen take up his new posts.
David, we open an avenue for attack upon other Jewish symbols.
Alex Katz, editor of the Yiddish department of the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency, has done it again .. He has now published
The moment we become susceptible to fear over a Jewish emblem,
another volume of his fascinating literary works ... This time it
there is no guarantee that the Torah, too, may not one day become Socialized Medicine
is a book containing two of his Yiddish playlets and a children*.
an object of panic lest some stupid. antagonist should question Opposed by Histadrut
our loyalty. •
HAIFA—(JTA)—Opposition . to novelette . . . One of the playlets—"Good Morning, Aleph"— has.
Jewry does not yield to any group in loyalty to the Stars and socialized medicine in Israel been performed with great success in Jewish DP camps in Ger-
Stripes, and we see no reason for encouraging the establishment was expressed in a resolution many, Austria, and Italy ... The ;other. is a Purim playlet which._
of a "separate :American' Judaism" with a distinct flag, to differ- adopted by the convention of will, no doubt, be successfully performed in Yiddish schools in this
entiate us from other - Jews. The JWB spoksman and his endor- Kupat
Holim, the medical and country and in other countries .. Speaking of JTA staff mem,.
sers had better stop talking nonsense. Their suggestions do more health insurance organization bers, I want to congratulate Ernest t..Barbarash—a former night
harm than good in the disgusting double allegiance double talk. maintained by Israel's Federa- editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency—on the occasion of kda
It would be better for all concerned, if we strengthened the
humanitarian ideal . inherent in our interest in and support • of tion of Labor. The resolution 25th anniversary of service in the Zionist Organization of America.
urged the organization to re- . . . Mr. Barbarash left JTA 25 years ago and joined the staff • of•
Israel, without worrying over a flag issue which concerns only main independent, but also asks ZOA, of which he is now the director of
public relations. He• it •
the panicky.. When we become frightened, we really doubt our the government to grant an also
the • editor of The New Palestine,-official ZOA organ. 13
fellow-Americans; by refusing to -be jittery, we emerge as better allotment toward t h e Kupat
has been doing a fine job and enjoys an excellent reputation both
Americans with stronger faith in our fellow-men.
Holim budget.
in Jewish and general press circles,
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