Conciliators Release Correspondence
Leading to Cancellation of Talks

Israel Losing Middle -Ealst Security,
Mapam Representative Tells Britons

Confident

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GENEVA (JTA)—The United
Nations Conciliation Commis-
Mon for Palestine released an
exchange of correspondence be-
tween itself and the Arab states
and between itself and Israel
Which led to its decision to
abandon for the time being at-
tempts to bring about direct
negotiations between the par-
ties concerned in the Palestine
issue.
The Commission's failure led
it to call off its meetings with
representatives of both parties
in Geneva:and schedule a new
set of talks in Jerusalem at the
beginning of August. The ex-
change of notes is included as
an annex to • the commission's
progress report to UN Secretary-
General Trygve Lie. On March
29, 1950, the Commission made
specific proposals for the estab-
lishment of a new procedure
combining direct negotiations
between Israel and the Arab
states in mixed committees with
mediation by members of the
three-nation commission.
The Arabs replied, stating
that their representatives would
sit in on mixed committee ses-
sions if Israel agreed in advance
to implement that part of the
General Assembly resolution of
Dec. 11, 1948 dealing with the
Palestine Arab refugees. Israel's
reply made no requests for con-
cessions, and agreed . in advance
to negotiate a peace settlement

directly with any Arab state
that wished to.
The Commission decided on
its own that the task of con-
ciliation would not be furthered
by communicating the Arab
terms to the Jews. It addressed
two more notes to both the Arab
states and Israel, clarifying cer-
tain aspects of its proposal for
a new procedure and setting
forth in broad terms the prin-
ciples which should govern di-
rect negotiations. In particular,
the commission pointed out
that the principles laid down in
the Assembly resolution - "must
be respected by all parties and
one of them cannot be singled
out for special recognition with-
out impairing the equilibrum"
of the resolution.
In subsequent replies the
Arabs again indicated that their
attitude had not change d.
Transjordan, however, explained
on June 26, that its refusal to
begin direct negotiations was
dictated by its solidarity with
the other Arab states as well
as by "want of evidence of
goodwill on the part of Israel."
In the same letter, the Trans-
jordan representative added
that if evidence of such goodwill
were fortlipoming "we would
certainly be willing to reconsider
the situation on the basis of
safeguards for Arab rights, and
bearing in mind the wishes of
the Arab states."

Reuther Sees Parallel
In Korea Policy and
Civil Rights Failure

Deny Weizmann

Walter Reuther, president of
the UAW-CIO, delivering the
principle address at the consti-
tutional convention of the
Michigan Committee on Civil
Rights in Lansing, last week,
drew a parallel _between the
"chinks in the armor of Ameri-:
can policy. in Korea and Ameri-
can failure to practice civil
'rights at home as recommended
by the President's Committee on
.Civil Rights."
Over 100 delegates attended
the all-day session. The dele-
gates were predominantly from
up-state Michigan; representing
civil, church and labor organi-
zations.
The constitution drafted by
Louis Rosenzweig was adopted
with a few changes. Mrs. John
K. Ormond, former president of
the Michigan CoUncil of Church
Women, was elected the new
president, and Boris M. Joffe,
executive director of the Jewish
Community Council of Detroit,
is a vice-president.

Will Meet Adenauer

Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News

TEL AVIV — The office of
President Chaim Weizmann
Tuesday issued a formal state-
ment denying that the Presi-
dent of Israel, who is now in
Switzerland resting, met or in-
tends to have a meeting with
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of
the West German Republic.
The denial- was issued follow-
ing an ennouncement last week
in Bonn that Chancellor Ade-
nauer would meet with Dr.
Weizmann in Switzerland.

Reverse Hedler Acquittal,
New Trial Ordered

_HAMBURG, (JTA) — The
Schleswig - Holstein Superior
Court reversed the decision„ of a
lower court and ordered a' new
trial for Wolfgang Hedler, Ger-
man rightist deputy, who 'was
acquitted in February of charges
of incitement to racial hatred.
Hedler's persecution was based
on a public speech he made dur-
ing which he declared: "Opinion
may be divided over whether it
was right to poison Jews with
gas (during the Nazi regime).
There may have been other
nears of getting rid of the
Jews." The acquittal aroused a
storm of protest throughout
Germany and other countries
Ind he was physically thrown
Out of the Bonn Parliament by
other deputies when he at-
tempted to take his seat.

Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News

Newcomers to Israel
brought there with United
Jewish Appeal funds are con-
fident that they will be able
to build a new life of freedom
provided American Jewry con-
tinues its generous aid. UJA
in 1950 requires $272,455,-
800 for programs of the Joint
Distribution Committee, Unit-
ed Palestine Appeal a n d
United Service for New Amer-
icans-.

LONDON—A warning that the
position of Israel is less secure
today than it Was before the es-
tablishment of the Jewish state
was sounded here Tuesday by
Yitzhak Ben Aharon, Mapam
member of the Israel parlia-
ment.
The Deputy, who is a mem-
ber of the Israel parliamentary
delegation currently visiting
London, spoke at the conference
here of representatives of Jew-
ish organizations in the British
Commonwealth countries.
He pointed out that the situ-
ation in the Middle East had
deteriorated because of big
power politics. He said relations
between Israel and the Arab
states 'had worsened and that
"if there is a future war we
must be prepared for it." He
also warned that any renewal
of fighting would "not be re-
peated along the old lines."
Ben Aharon recalled that Is-
rael's independence was won
only at "the cost of heavy sacri-
fice." He said that it was a mir-

Jew Wins West Coast
Bible Names Contest

LOS ANGELES, (JTA) — A
solid religious background ob-
tained in a Hebrew school
helped Harry Rosen win $10,000
in a local Bible names contest.
Ogden Reid House Is
Rosen, a native of Brooklyn,
attended Hebrew school until
'New Congress Home
he was 17 years of age. The
contest was sponsored by the
The American Jewish Con- Los Angeles Mirror.
gress announced the purchase
of a permanent home for the
Congress to be known as , the
Stephen Wise Congress House.
The property, at 15 E. 84th St.,
New York, was formerly owned
by Mr. and Mrs. Ogden Reid.
Rabbi Irving Miller, president
of the Congress,. said the house
will provide national headqUar-
tens for the executive offices of
both the American Jewish Con-
gress and the World Jewish
Congress. The late Rabbi Ste-
phen Wise, for whom the home
is named, was for many years
president of both organizations.

During the Traditional

Tisha bib Collections

VIENNA — (JTA) — The pre-
diction that Israel will become
a war front Ns made by the
newspaper Scantea, official or-
gan of the Communist Party of
Romania, which reached here
from Bucharest.
. "Evidence that Israel will be-
come a battleground is con-
tained in the fact that the
Americans are building a very
important strategic highway
from Istanbul to Cairo, passing
through Israel," the Communist
paper writes. It attacks -Zionist
leaders in Romania' for "pre-
venting Jewish working people
from building a happy life
alongside the Romanian peo-
ple."

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acle that a Jewish state was es-
tablished in "our time" but the
"state is only a phase in the
history of our people." He said
that the state is "the obligation
of the Jewish people," calling on
them to "fill up its empty
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