Romantic Story

• of Revival

of Hebrew

Language

THE JEWISH NEWS

A Weekly Review

Review of Dr. Halkin's
New Book on Page 4

VOLUME 17—No. 22

Mixed Marriages:

Old. Resentments,

. New Acceptances

of Jewish Events

Read Commentator's

Column on Page 2

708-10 David Stott . Bldg.—Phone WO: 5-1155 Detroit, Michigan, August 11, 1950

7

$3.00 Per Year; Single Copy, 10c

Knesset Votes Confidence In
Israel Gov't. Rationing Issue

Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News

JERUSALEM--L-A vote of confidence in the Israel government's policy of
imposing shoe and clothing rationing was cast Tuesday in the Knesset. The Par-
liament, by a vote of 57 to 36, expressed approval of the government's action.
At the same time the Parliament took notice of the government's decision
to appoint a non-party committee, comprising merchants, industrialists and rep-
resentatives of cooperatives, to study and report on the effects of the rationing
ord i nance.

• - :,; ., i : ':•
.:,..'..:r

1
• .: . ,

....: •
• . .,.,.,,.;
:..
: :•: : :, 1:,.. ..4: .,„
' ':':k;:.:::::
t. -

: .: :
:3,v
4

"The Knesset declares that the rationing of footwear and clothing is part of the goy-
ernment policy for the economic recovery of the state and takes notice of the gov-
ernment decision to nominate a special committee," the Parliament's decision states.
Earlier, the presidium of the Parliament composed of representatives of the groups
which form the Coalition Cabinet met and decided in favor of amending the rationing
law which provoked a nationwide strike of storekeepers. The decision was taken in
order to avoid a crisis in the Coalition Cabinet.
The groceries and the restaurants which joined the merchants' strike Monday re
opened Tuesday. But the president, of the Merchants' Association on Tuesday announced
that other stores will not reopen until Premier David Ben-Gurion announces in the Par-
liament that the government is ready for a compromise on the rationing law.
Leaders of the Israel Chamber of Commerce a n d o f t h e Merchants' Association
Monday night addressed a huge mass meeting in Tel Aviv. They charged that the Gov-
ernment decision to introduce rationing of shoes and clothing actually aims at the
liquidation-of the middle class and the destruction of private enterprise.
The 750 retail shops throughout Israel affiliated with Histadrut Federation of Labor
remained open during the strike on Monday and served the general ublic.
A ll cooper-
p
ative stores also remained open to serve the public.

:: ::: .:

:

Israel Provides UN

•

With Medical Help

In Korean Conflict

. _
Hnai Brith-Leader Returns:

FRANK GOLDMAN, President of Bnai 'Brith, returns from a
trip to EtirOpe', where he served as Arnerican spokesman at
a Meeting. in London of the Coordinating Board of Jewish
Organizations, which has consultative status with the Eco-
nomic and Social Council of United Nations. In top picture
Mr. Goldman is shown (2nd from. right) in London with DR.
LEO BAECK (left), former leader of German Jewry; M.
GORDON LIVERMAN, president of Bnai Brith's British Dis-
trict Grand Ladge; and COL. BERNARD BERNSTEIN, Bnai
Brith representative and head of the Board's UN office in
New York. At lower left Mr. Goldman is shown in Paris at
the U.. S. Embassy with. Hon. DAVID K. E. BRUCE, U. S.
Ambassador to France, with whome he conferred. At right,
gpai Brith's president is shown being welcomed home at New
York's Idlewild Airport by WILLIAM GERBER, of Philadel-
phia, a vice president of the Order.

.

.

•

•

•

TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The precise nature
of the medical aid offered by the Govern-

.

ment of Israel to the United Nations for
use on the Korean war front will be made
public within a few days, it was announced
by Foieign Minister Moshe Sharett. A
cable informing the United Nations of
Israel's decision to send medical assistance
to the UN forces in Korea was sent by Mr.
Sharett to UN Sec. Gen. Trygve•Lie.
Reiterating that the Israel Government
will support the efforts of the UN Security
Council to restore peace and security in
Korea, Mr. Sharett's message expressed
satisfaction with the Soviet Union's re-
sumption of participation in the meetings
of the UN Security Council. The cable
then stated:
"Surrounded by states which have joint-
ly carried aggression and war against
Israel and which refuse to negotiate a
peace settlement despite the Security C,oun-
cirs injunctions, whilst pursuing an active
program of large-scale armament, vigil-
ance and preparedness are dutifully im-
posed upon Israel's armed forces and its
people.
"Nevertheless, the Israel government
deems it its duty to give practical expres-
sion for its stand on the Korean issue and
to strengthen the hands of the United
Nations in the task it assumed. Under the
present circumstances, the most effective
assistance is an offer of medical aid for the
United Nations forces in Korea."

.

Merchants the Attackers

A MerehantS Association spokesman
said at a press conference that. "we shall
not abandon the fight until the government
understands that it is ruining the country.
The strike is not only a problem for the
merchants but for the entire state since the
rationing of shoes and clothing may ruin a
section of priVate trading and will lead to
unemployment," he added.
The General Zionist Party adopted a
series of resolutions opposing the ordinance
on rationing of shoes and clothing and de-
claring that the new ruling is "cruel from
the standpoint of the population's essentials,
which was enforced without prior explora-
tion and serious examination with interested
parties." The General Zionists also called for
new parliamentary elections to "give the na-
tion the opportunity to decide on the coun-
try's future."

General Zionist Accusation

The General Zionists claimed that the
government is "responsible for the severe
shortage of foreign exchange, owing to the
prevailing regime which contributed to the
eviction of Jewish capital investment badly
needed for economic recovery, increased
production, full employment and immigra-
tion and resettlement."
The Israel Government was also blamed
by the General Zionists for "unreasonable
use of foreign currencies." The "drastic cuts
in raw materials importation," the party .
said, "which will produce only relatively
small savings in foreign_ currency, do not'
justify the production slowdown and trade
and industrial idleness which will result in
unemployment and deprivation of income
'sources for masses of manufacturers, mer- - -
chants and businessmen."

Brandeis Erects New Memorial Building

DeValera in Israel:

,

Formal greetings of

the Israel government were extended to Ireland's ex-Pre-
Mier EAMON DE VALERA (left) by Foreign Ministry Secre-
tary YAACOV AVNON at the Lydda Airport. The 68-year-

old Eire visitor to the Jewish state said that his trip was strict-
ly non-political. Upon his arrival he immediately went to the
home of Chief Rabbi Isaac Herzog, former Chief Rabbi of the
Jewish Communities of Ireland, who gave a dinner in De

Valera's honor in Jerusalem,

Supplementing its recently-
3nnou n c e d intercollegiate
sports program which will this
fall bring two - year - old
Brandeis University into ath-
letic competition with such
schools as Harvard, Boston
College, Dartmouth and West
Point, the university has an-
nounced plans for the erection
of the Abraham Shapiro Ath-
letic Building on the Brandeis
campus, Waltham, Mass. It
will serve as a memorial to

the late philanthropist and
member of the founding board
of trustees of the university.

.