Immigration Major Task
Of World Zionist Congress
Conciliators Plan Session
Continued from Page 1
An appeal to the Jewish PARIS — The United Nations
community in the United C o n c i 1 i a tion Commission for
States "to join in a large im- Palestine opened meetings in
migration movement" to Is- Paris Monday to carry out
rael was made in a resolution necessary preparatory work for
presented by the immigration the conference to be held under
commission and adopted un- its auspices in Paris beginning
animously. It read s: "The Sept. 10. To this conference the
World Zionist Congress turns Commission has invited Israel
to the Jewish communities and her neighboring Arab states
from whose midst the Aliyah in order to discuss with them a
is yet small—and especially to solution to the problems arising
those in the United States— out of the Palestine situation.
and calls upon them but par-
By a vote of 286 to 0, with
tieularly upon their youth to
Herut delegates abstaining, the
join a large Aliyah m o v e-
Congress adopted a resolution
nient."
early Wednesday morning de-
Oaring that the "task of Zion-
- Heated scenes marked the ses-
sions on Tuesday as the Con- ism is to strengthen the
gress began consideration of its state of Israel, t h e gather-
political declaration. Numerous ing of exiles in Eretz Israel
efforts by delegates representing and the fostering of the unity
the pro-Soviet Mapam party of the Jewish people."
and the right-wing Herut to se- The most crucial controversy
cure amendments to the text since the famous Uganda Con-
proposed to the Congress by its gress unfolded when Revisionist,
political commission were voted Herut and Mapam joined in an
down during a session in which offensive against the majority
the presiding officer had dif- statement of Zionist tasks which
Acuity at times in keeping order. deleted the Maximalists' demand
An attempt by a Mapam dele- describing Zionist aims as the
gate, Adolph Berman, f o r in e r "redemption of the Jewish people
leader of the Left Poale Zion in through the ingathering of ex-
Poland, to extol the Stockholm iles." The majority resolution
Peace Petition from the Con- listed "ingathering exiles" as
gress rostrum caused a brief but the fundamental task of Zionism
impassioned turmoil as d el e- but without describing it as the
gates booed and called on the instrument for the redemption
chairman to rule the speaker of Jewry.
(Peace in the Confederation of
out of order. The Congress
finally defeated the Mapam and General Zionists has resulted in
Herut amendments and adopted the healing of the strife betiveen
the first part of the political the ZOA and IIadassah dele-
resolution which credited "the gates. A movement began for
creative political activity of the the election of Dr. Abba Hillel
Zionist movement since the First Silver as chairman of the Zion-
Congress" with achievement of ist Actions Committee. It is be-
statehood. It credited the state lieved that the post of president
with following a policy which of the World Zionist Organiza-
"enjoys and will continue to en- tion will be kept vacant during
joy the full support of the Zion- the lifetime of Dr. Chaim Weiz-
mann and that a praesidium
1st movement."
The Zionist Congress, accord- may be chosen to govern the
Ing to the resolution, "obliges movement).
the Jewish people and the Zion-
ist movement to make every ef-
fort to strengthen peace and
foster relations of understand-
ing a n d cooperation between
nations and to increase the
An all-time record has been
power, integrity and authority
of the United Nations as the set for Detroit at the 23rd World
principal instrument for t h e Zionist Congress in Jerusalem.
This city was represented by
preservation of world peace."
Mapam delegates sought un- four delegates, as follows:
successfully to amend this , Mrs. Max Frank, Hadassah.
Rabbi Isaac Stollman, Mizra-
part of the resolution to add
chi.
. that the United Nations
Morris Jacobs, Zionist Organ-
Should "be loyal to all states
ization of America.
and should not be converted
Morris Schaver, Labor Zi-
into an instrument of one bloc
16—THE JEWISH NEWS
Friday, August 31, 1951
H istoriette
Young Jewish Community
Rebuilds Life at Kobe
By FRANK SIMONS
An American Jewish Press Feature
Towards the end of the 19th
Century, Sephardic, Russian and
Chinese Jews found their way to
Kobe, a small town at the south-
ern tip of Honshu, one of the
Japanese Island string. It is lo-
cated about 200 miles from Hird-
shima.
The new immigrants were dis-
appointed at the lack of oppor-
tunity, restricted by the area
and the clime into which they
had come, and many left im-
mediately. Others, frightened at
the possible consequences of the
Japanese-Hitler pact in 1936, left
for other countries.
The community now numbers
50 souls, a strange mixture of
Jews from Iraq, Egypt, Syria and
Europe. Since the Allied occu-
pation they have prospered and
are now playing an important
role in the business life of Kobe.
During the war, their syna-
gogue was destroyed by Ameri-
can bombs, necessitating services
at private homes. This has not
discouraged religion, however,
and only recently did these Jews
appeal to their fellow-Sephar-
dim in Bombay to find a rabbi
for their community.
The story of Kobe will be more
complete s o o n, as increasing
numbers of American service-
men return to tell of the hos-
pitality, friendliness and piety
of the Jews of Kobe.
Jewish fighters from the days of
the Hashomer, the watchman
who protected the first Jewish
settlements in Palestine, to the
Haganah, the underground de-
fense force of the days of the
British Mandate, which became
the army of Israel. Mapam in-
sisted that Palmach, which was
largely manned by Hashomer
Hatzair, a component of Mapam,
should be cited by name. The
Revisionists then argued that
the Irgun Zvai Leumi, the Revi-
sionist underground army, also
be listed. The resolution was
adopted in its original text with-
out liStings.
Russia Criticized
The Congress adopted by an
overwhelming majority a resolu-
tion criticizing the Soviet gov-
ernment for its failure to per-
mit Jews to emigrate from Rus-
sia to Israel. The resolution was
bitterly attacked by delegates of
Mapam who were booed by other
delegates as they sought to jus-
tify their stand.
"The Congress," the resolution
stated, "notes with deep regret
the fact that, until now, the
Soviet Union has not removed
its ban on Jewish emigration
from its territory. The Con-
gress resolves that it cannot ac-
cept the denial of the right of
emigration of the Jewish com-
munity of the Soviet Union, one
of the most important commu-
nities of the Jewish people and
among the first to pioneer set-
tlement in Eretz Israel and to
establish the foundations of the
state of Israel and the second
largest community remaining to
the Jewish people after the terL
rible catastrophe of the Second
World War."
,
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Eight-year-old Jewish Community Center day campers at a
picnic, with their painting, one of a score of their activities.
MARSHA GILBERT (second from right), counselor, demonstrated
how to hold a paint brush to (from left) HELEN ALTMAN, LESLIE
FRIED and EVA HAASE.
The Detroit Jewish commu-
nity has ddne much toward de-
veloping a well-rounded camp-
ing program. This summer more
than 700 children at Fresh Air
Camp and 800 at the Jewish
Community Center's three day
camps were provided with
camping experience.
National Legion Story
Raps Ouster of Schultz
NEW YORK, (AJP)—The ex-
pulsion of Rabbi Benjamin
Schultz from his pulpit and at-
tacks on him since for anti-
Communist activities proves
that Communists and fellow-
travelers still are able to twist
public opinion to protect them-
selves and punish their enemies,
according to an article in the
forthcoming issue of a national
magazine reaching more than
3,000,000 readers.
The case is . discussed in Our
New Privileged Class" in the
September issue of the Ameri-
can Legion Magazine. It was
written by Eugene Lyons, a
member of the board of the
American Jewish League Against
Communism, of which Rabbi
Schultz is the executive direc-
tor.
ionist Organization.
The article has already re-
ceived advance promotion in
Jewish Couple Denied Child
several dailies including the Chi-
Under New Mass. Ruling
cago Tribune and the Washing-
ton Times-Herald. It will be a
BOSTON, Aug, 26, (JTA)—A lead article with cover display
Catholic mother who attempted in the magazine's September
this week-end to return h e r issue.
four-month-old son to a Jewish
couple - here who reared him
from birth 'was prevented from KKK Attendance Slips;
doing so by a new Massachu- Smith Blasts 'Jew Editors'
setts law which forbids t h e
NEW YORK, (AJP) —The Ku
adoption of a child by foster
and Gerald L. K.
Klux
parents of a different religion Smith Klan
are busy selling hate but
from the child's real parents.
The Jewish couple, Mr. and finding few buyers.
A mass rally of the KKK in
Mrs. Alan M. Lipsky, were given
the child by its mother, Mrs. South Carolina attracted 5,000
Elsie Flanagan, a widow with but most of them were curiosity
two other children . However, seekers, with less than 100
under apparent pressure from hooded hoodlums showing up
the Catholic Charitable Bureau for the big event.
KKK orators violently at-
of Boston, Mrs. Flanagan open-
ed a court battle to regain her tacked Anna Rosenberg, Jews,
child. Still later, after winning Zionism and other favorite tar-
the legal battle and staying gets of the Anti-Semitic gentry
with the child in the Lipsky but the response was mild.
Smith, in the latest issue of
home for a day, Mrs. Flanagan
again attempted to give the his "Cross and Flag," attacked
child to the Jewish couple, but the English-Jewish press with
was stopped this time by the a red-ink headline "Jew per-
iodicals attack MacArthur."
law.
4 Detroiters at
Zionist Congress
against another bloc."
The resolution voiced praise of
Community Plans Expansion
Of Its Camping Programs;
Present Functions Reviewed
After a lunch rest, FRANK
GOLDMAN writes home about
his experiences at Fresh Air
Camp.
•
•
•
The number of children these
camps accommodate is impres-
sive, but falls far short of the de-
mand. Each year hundreds of
boys and girls are turned away,
because the camping plants as
they now exist are operating to
the fullest extent possible, but
the future looms bright.
Plans are in progress for the
development of Camp Tamarack,
the new 600 acre community
camping site, to be paid for with
Allied Jewish Campaign funds
over a five-year period. This
beautiful, wooded tract of land,
in the heart of the Holly-Grove-
land state recreation area, will
be devoted to camping for as
many different age groups as
possible. To meet the urgent
need for more children's camp-
ing facilities, the area around
Phipps Lake (one of the three
lakes on the property) will be
'developed first. Construction
here will follow the village-plan.
Units will be winterized so that
they can be used by other age
groups after the summer camp-
ing season for children.
Efforts are being made also
to coordinate certain aspects ra
the existing camp programs, 1 _;
win shave reported. Shaw,
new director of the Jewish
munity 'Center and for tfr
15 years director of F
Society, pointed out the
tration, recruitment of
training of counselors
areas in which Fresh 13
and Center Day C
work together.
WATERFRONT ACTIVITIES AT FRESH AIR CAMP
,
Ben-Gurion Continues Talks on
Composition of New Government
JERUSALEM, (JTA) —Premier
David Ben-Gurion continued
negotiations with Israel's polit-
ical parties seeking agreement
on a broad location government.
His discussions with the Gen-
eral Zionist Party, second largest
in the new Knesset, . were re-
sumed in a three-hour meeting
with Dr: Peretz Bernstein and
Mayor Israel Rokach, General
Zionist leaders.
The centrists reportedly told
Mr. Ben-Gurion that they were
ready to join in any government
which cooperates with private
and collective enterprises on a
basis of equality. The Premier
'WA
accepted this condition, stating
that this was an established
principle of his last government
At Camp Tamarack, where senior Fresh Air Campers spent --
and would continue to be the
keystone of any future Cabinet five days at the outpost site. • From left: MARVIN ROSENTHAL"
ALAN ARONSON, EDDIE BLADEN and JACK FRANKFORD,
he headed,