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A digest of current news reported by the „Jewish Telegraphic
Agency, the Israel Service of Information and the World
Jewish Affairs News Service.,
$1,000 Ford Billboard
At Israel Maccabiah
United States
The sum of $1,000 was al-
located by the Ford Motor Co.
for a billboar,.. at the Macca-
biah games in Israel next
month.
Alfred May, Detroit attor-
ney who is closely associated
with the public relations de-
partment at the Ford Motor
Co., made this announce-
ment this week and stated
that the Fords are prepared
to cooperate in Israel under-
takings in other ways.
NEW YORK
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The World Jewish Congress appealed to the U. S.
State Department asking support for their proposal that burial
grounds, in Germany, of Jewish victims of Nazism be placed
under international supervision . . The Jewish War Veterans
national policy committee has adopted a resolution condemning
Communist aggression and calling on all free nations to fight
such aggression.
WALTHAM, MASS. Establishment of the Bruce R. Mayper
Memorial Award, to be presented annually to a Brandeis Uni-
versity undergraduate for promotion of inter-racial amity, was
announced.
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Israel
JERUSALEM
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Europe
GENEVA
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Refugees Fear Expiration Date for DP Entry
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Refugees
in British and U. S. zone camps
in Germany fear they will not
be processed for immigration to
the United States before the
Displaced Persons Act expires in
June, 1951, Arthur Greenleigh,
executive director of the United
Service for New Americans,
said upon his return here from
Europe, where he surveyed the
present situation of DP's seeking
entry to this country.
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To conserve foreign currency, the Government
will now only permit exit visas to people whose travel abroad is
essential to the interests of Israel . . . A Dutch delegation has
arrived here to contract a new Dutch-Israel commejcial agree-
ment . . . The British-controlled Near East Arabic Radio station
on Cyprus reports Egypt seeking to stop Jewish immigration from
Arab states to Israel.
TEL / AVIV El Al, Israel air lines, and Pan-American Air-
ways have concluded an agreement whereby Israel citizens may
book PAA flights with payment in Israel currency . . . Representa-
tives of 20.000 Israel merchants of the General Merchants Assoc.,
in conference here, charged that private enterprise is discrimi-
nated against in Israel.
HAIFA American Israel labor movement harmony was lauded
by Israel Mereminsky, Histadrut leader, at cornerstone ceremonies
for a part of the International Training Center at Kiriyat Haim.
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THE JEWISH NEWS-3
Friday,_August 18, 1950
Arthur Greenleigh, executive director of the United
Service for New Americans, and U. S. Displaced Persons Commis-
sion spokesman, attacked red tape now hampering entry of DPs
to the United States under the new DP Act.
Lack of adequate staff personnel on the DP
Commission in Europe, lack of assurances by
U. S. citizens for responsibility of settling
DPs and "over-meticulous screening process"
of the U. S. Army counter-intelligence agents
were reasons he noted . . . The UN Economic
and Social Committee's social committee has
called for an end to statelessness, appeal-
ing to all governments to consider naturaliz-
ing stateless persons within their boundaries.
PARIS OSE, Jewish health society, closed
its world conference here, electing Judge
Greenleigh
Leon Meiss of France, president, and relo-
cating its headquarters from Switzerland to Paris.
ROME The first Italian branch of the International Council
of Christians and Jews has been formed here.
VIENNA An increase in the number of Jewish refugees seek-
ing to emigrate from Austria to the U. S. is foreseen by officials
of the IRO.
HAMBURG, Germany A series of talks on anti semitism is
being broadc-ast over the Northwest German Radio, dealing with
the sociological, psychological and religious aspects of Jews and
Jew-haters.
MUNICH German offices of the World Zionist Organization
Will be liquidated by the end of October.
You will see in our full page ad next
Lack of Chalutzim
In Training Deplored
week, a listing and description of some of
the most exclusive and beautiful fur pieces
BUENOS AIRES, (JTA)—Only
about 2,000 Chalutzim through-
out the world are receiving
training for emigration to Is-
rael, it was revealed here by
Moshe Kol, head of the youth
Immrigration department of the
Jewish Agency, addressing a
meeting of the Zionist Youth
Organization in Argentina.
Kol deplored this fact, and
called for more intensive edu-
cation among Jewish youth. He
praised Hadassah for its aid to
Youth Aliyah. However, he ap-
pealed to Hadassah to double its
aid. He revealed that 10 percent
of the united drives now being
conducted by Jewish communi-
ties in Latin American countries
will be allocated for Youth
Aliyah.
—on sale—Detroit has ever known. There
will be Coats, Scarves, Capes, Cape-Jackets,
Stoles — Beaver, Mink, Persian Lamb and
anything your feminine heart desires. If
.1950 is your year for a fur . . . see next
weeks full page ad for YOUR savings of
a
lifetime.
samuel
PEARL
FURS
with Fur Studios at 314 Farwell Bldg., WO. 1-8644, till 6.
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MEXICO CITY
. Mexico
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Nacham Seidenweber, local Jewish philan-
thropist, presented 100,000 pesos to the Yiddish school here.-
South America
BUENOS AIRES
The Jewish Agency in Argentina and ORT
have concluded an agreement whereby ORT will arrange voca-
tional training and the Agency cultural and Zionist education,
for adults migrating to Israel . . . The Argentine-Israel Economic
Corp. reports Israel's purchase of 5,000 tons of kosher meat here
in turn for dentures and kerosene stoves manufactured in Israel -.
SAO PAULO Thousands here attended a mass meeting mark-
ing the opening of the United States Jewish Appeal for 1950 in
Brazil.
THURS., AUG. 17th -
Australia
For The first time in Detroit, here is a complete needlecraft
department store incorporating all the branches of the art
under one roof, Whatever your need, if it's needlecraft
Instructions or supplies, you'll find it at Lestra.
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SYDNEY
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Anti Semitic leaflets from the U. S. and South
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Africa are being sent Australian business firms. Those from the
U. S. come, from the Patriotic Tract Society in St. Louis.
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Colorado Conflict On Absentee Vote
Creates Storm in Denver Press
By ROBERT GAMZEY
DENVER. (JTA) — Governor
Walter Johnson of Colorado has
vetoed a proposal offered by the
Denver Post that a special ses-
sion of the state legislature be
called to amend the present
primary election law to enable
religious Jews in Colorado to
cast absentee ballots on primary
day this year, which falls on
Rosh Hashanah.
The influential newspaper,
asserting that unless a special
session of the legislature is
called quickly, 25,000 of this
state's eligible Jewish voters will
be unable to participate in the
primary election, said that the
"state — in good conscience-
ean n o t tolerate a situation
which requires any number of
its people to sacrifice their re-
ligious beliefs or neglect their
civic duty."
Gov. Johnson's opposition to
the Post's proposal is supported
by the Rocky Mountain- News,
which endorsed a plan offered
by State Attorney-General John
Metzger proposing that Jewish
voters cast their ballots on Sept.
12 after sundown, before the
polls close. Jewish organizations
here point out that sundown on
the first day of Rosh Hashanah
is at 6:14, While the polls close
at 7:00. They also noted that
apparently the attorney-general
does not know that the second
day of Rosh Hashanah is also
observed on the preceding eve-
ning.
Political experts are of the
opinion that unless special ar-
rangements are made to enable
observant Jews in Colorado to
cast mail ballots, three Jewish
candidates running for the legis-
lature may suffer considerable
losses in votes. The three are
Rep. - Ben Bezoff, majority floor
leader of the House, and Rep.
James Radetsky, both of whom
are candidates for the State
Senate, and Rep. Marshall Mar-
shall Quiat. It is also believed
that a further consequence of
the law as it stands at present
would be the virtual elimination
of Jews from the posts of elec-
tion judges and workers.
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