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THE JEWISH NEWS - 3
Friday, November 17, 1950

Technion Builds Its Own
Laboratory. Instruments

LAKE SUCCESS—Dr. Ralph Bunche upheld the signing of the
Israel-Jordan armistice agreement of Rhodes when Jordanian
representative to the UN, Youssef Hiekal questioned it validity.
. . . Arthur Lourie, of the UN Israel delegation, abstained on a
RUssian proposal to define aggression. Stating that the list of
acts would be too unwieldy, he proposed each case be treated
separately . . . Jacob Robinson urged adoption of the Inter-
national Law Commission's formulation on the Nuremberg prin-
ciples of punishment of war criminals despite their imperfections.
. NEW YORK—An Israel gift of 194 cases, containing more than
five tons of penicillin arrived here and was given to the UN govern-
rrient for delivery to Korea . • . Rudolf G. Sonneborn, in his first
report as United Palestine Appeal chairman, said American Jews
provided $250,300,000 in the past ten years for UPA agencies, over
half the expenditures of UPA agencies in Israel . . . Under the
amended DP act of 1948, 50 Jewish DPs who took refuge in
Stockholm will be able to emigrate to the U.S.
PHILADELPHIA—Albert Greenfield, Jewish philanthropist,
won the 1950 national human relations award of the National
Conference of Christians and Jews for his years of service in
behalf of better human relations in business and worldly affairs.
ATLANTIC CITY4k-Abba Eban, at the closing session of the
Mizrachi convention here, warned that Arab states are secretly
nursing the hope that the unsteady world situation will offer them
a - chance to renew ;their onslaught of Israel . . . Mendel Fisher,
executive director of the Jewish National Fund told Orthodox
delegates that the only cure for the austerity program is an in-
tense program of cultivation, which means utilizing 30 per cent
of the population in the field of agriculture.

Prof. JUDAH LEON SHERE-
SHEFSKY (left), visiting pro-
fessor of physical chemistry at
Israel Technion, discusses plans
tor a viscometer with Amnon K.
Weil, director of Technion's In-
strument Shop, designer of the
instrument, which determines
the viscosity of liquids. Dr.
Israel
Shereshefsky, who headed the
JERUSALEM—Jordan's delegation to the Israel-Jordan armis- department of physical chem-
tice commission on Jerusalem tried to stall the body by introduc- istry at Howard University,
ing 180 new points on the agenda. Compensation for Arab occupied Washington, D. C., is teaching
property in Jerusalem and a complaint against the alleged slaying at the Technion under a grant-
of three Arabs in the Latrun area were among the points "which in-aid from the U. S. State De-
must be discussed first" by the commission . . . A group of 100 partment.

Europe

- PARIS—A DeGaullist, a. Communist and a Catholic MRP sen-
ator questioned and criticized the French government for failing
to ban a showing of the film, "Jew Suess" . . . Delegates to the
23rd World Zionist Congress elected here include four Labor
Zionists, two General Zionists, one Progressive and one Mapam
. .. One delegate each was elected in Alsace-Lorraine to represent
the Labor Zionists, Progressives and Mizrachi.
STOCKHOLM—The Jewish Agency assisted in the forma-
tion of an Israel-Sweden Chamber of Commerce.
ROME—The bodies of Leonard Cohen, a British Jew, and
George Beurling, Canadian Protestant, were removed to Israel
for burial. They died in 1948 when their plane, on the way to
help defend the Jewish state, crashed into a Roman hill.
BUDAPEST—Jewish activities are being reformed under the
newly created United Jewish Community, but Zionist activities
are still in disfavor and the local Jewish press continues to paint-
gloomy pictures of Israel.
BERLIN—This city unanimously approved a compensation.
law which will reimburse Jews and other victims of Nazi persecu-
tion- for the time they spent in prison and their loss of rights.
Benefits for widows and orphans of victims is also provided by in
the law.
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South Africa

JOHANNESBURG—Zionist parties in South Africa decided

to appoint rather than elect delegates to the forthcoming World
Zionist Congress, with representation being three seats each for the
General Zionists, Zionist Socialists and Revisionists, and one
•for Mizrachi . . . Bernard Gehring, former president of the
Zionist Federation here told a meeting there was a definite need
for the Anti-Party League, which was recently made a permanent
body, and that there is a need to organize South African Zionism
along non-party lines.

Australia

MELBOURNE—The executive council of Australian Jewry de-
cided to suggest a regional meeting among nations in the far east
to discuss common problems of Jews in that sector . . . Sir John
Storey, chairman of the Commonwealth Immigration Planning
Council, stated that membership in the Nazi party will not pre-
vent a German from entering Australia, but he cautioned that
they must be carefully selected and useful citizens . . . All kosher
slaughtering done in this city must now be done in a newly-
Constructed casting pen.

40,000 Cases of Grapefruit Are First Shipment of Season

HAIFA—(ISI)—The first con-
signment of grapefruit this sea-
son-40,000 cases — was loaded
onto a British fruit carrier in
Haifa port this week. The fruit
Comes from the Jordan Valley.

Official opening of the orange
export season is Nov. 15 and
600,000 cases of fruit are to be
shipped -abroad before the
Christmas holiday season. Half
of these consignments will go to
Continental Europe.

Israel's Encouragement to
Investors Assured by Geri

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The United States

tailors staged a protest against the government's clothes ration-
ing program, which they claim was ruining them financially . .
To create an additional source of foreign currency and so tourists
in Israel will not have to bring large supplies of canned food,
tourists will no longer by required to eat austerity meals, as long
as they pay in foreign currency . . . British Foreign office will
be invited to send a delegation to Israel in return for a visit
made to Britain by a Knesset delegation . . . A Van Karnebeck,
new Netherland Minister to Israel, called on Premier Ben-Gurion
early this week.
TEL AVIV—Thousands of Jewish youths and youth organiza-
tions celebrated "Immigration and Settlement Day" here, ending
with a mass meeting, which was addressed by Joseph Sprinzak,
Speaker of Parliament . . . Ein Hashlosha, a new settlement, was
dedicated to three South Americans killed in the Negev during the
war of liberation. It is the 35th desert settlement, and settlers
come from various Latin American countries . . . U. S. Embassy
warned American citizens against voting in municipal elections,
upon penalty of losing their citizenship . . . Histadrut appointed a
three-man committee to investigate a work stoppage of dock
workers in Jaffa and Tel Aviv in support of demands for higher
wages, an eight hour day, and no overtime work . . . Dock workers
here went back to work following their decision to await results
of an investigation by the Histadrut of their demands for shorter
hours and higher wages Permier David Ben-Gurion and
other Israel leaders attended a reception given by the. Soviet
legation celebrating the 33rd anniversary of the October Revolu-
tion.

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Detroit Judge Elected
NCCJ Board Member

WASHINGTON, D. C.—Judge
John V. Brennan, of Detroit,
was elected a member of the
national board of directors of
the National Conference of
Christians and Jews. Re-elected
as national co-chairmen are
Thomas, E. Braniff, president
Braniff International Airways;
Roger W. Straus, chairman,
American Smelting and Refin-
ing Co.; and Charles E. Wilson,
president, General Electric Co.
Dr. Everett R. Clinchy was re-
elected president, and Joseph Q.
Mayne of Detroit as vice-presi-
dent.
Judge Brennan's election was
announced following the 22nd
annual meeting of the board at
the Hotel Mayflower. The board
also accepted a national goal
of $3,542,475 to finance the 1951
program of the National Con-
ference and to build good will
and understanding among
Catholics, Protestants and Jews.
Leaders of the National Con-
ference, from coast to coast, will
hold an Armistice Day luncheon
meeting at the Hotel Mayflower
to plan the next observance of
Brotherhood Week, Feb. 18-25.

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TEL AVIV (JTA)—The fourth
war crimes case to be heard in
Israel opened with a preliminary
hearing in Magistrate's Court
here. Yaacov Hoenigman, a
butcher in Beersheba, faces 16
counts on crimes against human-
ity including the alleged murder
of six Jews in various Nazi con-
centration camps.

TEL AVIV—Israel's new min-
ister of trade and industry,
Yaacov Geri, Tuesday expressed
confidence in Israel's ability to
pull through its present trying
period. Receiving a delegation
of South African Jewish news-
papermen, Mr. Geri, a South
African Jew himself, outlined
his policy and spiked a number
of false reports and rumors
dealing with economic practices
in Israel.
MT. Geri recalled the history
of his ministry, which was first
formed as part of the provi-
sional government but discon-
tinued in the permanent cabinet
when the General Zionist party
for which it had been reserved
refused to enter the coalition.
He said that many of its func-
tions had been absorbed by the
ministry of supply which has
been discontinued since the re-
cent cabinet shuffle.
He said the reason for dis-
continuing the supply minister
was that the emphasis in the
earlier period was on restric-
tions needed to save the coun-
trys economy, but that now the
emphasis is on expansion. He
revealed t h a t the rationing
functions of that ministry had
been divided between the min-
istry of agriculture—which was
made responsible for food ra-
tioning — and his ministry —
which controls the rationing of
clothing and building 'supplies,
among others.
Continuing his statement of
policy, t h e Minister asserted
that the government encour-
aged all investments w h i c h
would help Israel. This means,
he explained, investments which

would earn hard currencies by
creating exportable goods and
investments which will s a v e
hard currency by producing
goods locally, which must now
be imported.
In response to specific ques-
tions, Mr. Geri denied that the
government plans nationaliza-
tion of industry, stating that
in its present situation a na-
tionalization program would be
"nothing short of economic sui-
cide." He said that reports that
private industry is under pres-
sure to enter into partnership
arrangements with cooperatives
are falacious, stressing t h a t
while some private inclUstries
have made such arrangements
they did so without any pres-
sure from the government. "The
policy of my ministry is abso-
lute equality among all citizens
in matters of trade and indus-
try," he emphasized.

Nathan Demands
hicreased Flow of
Israel Investments

Emphasizing Israel's tremen-
dous economic potentialities,
Robert R. Nathan, head of the
Economic Department of the
Jewish Agency for Palestine,
called for a great flow of invest-
ments "whether it be direct in-
vestments, in private ventures,
the purchase of private securi-
ties, or through the purchase of
,Israel Government bonds," at a
special luncheon meeting at the
Waldorf Astoria, New York, of
A MT A L — American Palestine
Trading Corporation.

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exclusively designed and created
Persians and Minks, both inter-
preted in the most elegant and
craftmanship-like way. Come and
see Mr. Pearl'i collection of
custom-made or Ready-to-don
luxurious coats.

Mr. Samuel

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