UN Voices $800 Million Cure
For Arab-Israel Cold War
Payroll Deductions for Israel onds
An $800,000,000 program, under
Envisaged is a series of proj-
the auspices of the United Na- ects similar to the Terinessee
tions, to resettle the Palestine Valley Authority to harness the
Arab refugees in the Arab states, water and power resources of the
is proposed in a comprehensive Jordan River, serving Jordan
memorandum submitted to the and Israel; of the „a'igris and
General Assembly of the United Euphrates Rivers, serving Iraq
Nations by 19 distinguished and Syria; and of the Litani
American leaders.
River in Lebanon.
Discarding the idea that Israel
The Arab states, Israel and the
can reabsorb the Arab refugees, international community a r e
the memorandum proposes that each asked to assume and dis-
$300,000,000 should - apply imme- charge a portion of the respon-
diately to the resettlement of sibility for resolving the Arab
the Arab refugees, and that refugee problem, as follows:
$500,000,000 should be used to
1. The Arab states, principally
develop the natural resources of Iraq, Syria and Jordan, by as-
the Arab states, to make possible signing tracts of land "now un-
the absorption of the Arab refu- populated or under-populated,
gees and to improve the Arab which are capable of being de-
standard of living.
veloped, to support a substantial
Ambassador Luis P a dilla population," with a specific des-
Nervo, president of the General ignation of land to each Arab
Assembly, and secretary-general refugee family to be settled.
Trygve Lie, to whom the memo-
2. Israel, by paying a fair
randum has been submitted, are amount into a resettlement fund
requested to present it "for the by way of compensation for
consideration of those commit- abandoned Arab land in Israel.
tees of the United Nations
3. The international commun-
which, at this session of the ity, by subscribing the largest
General Assembly, are dealing part of the funds required, both
with the problem of the Arab for resettlement and develop-
refugees.
ment.
Signatories to this proposal
constitute a cross-section of
religious, 1 a b o r, educational
• and liberal leadership,
In making the proposals, the
group points out that "the
'Arab refugee exists, his plight
is tragic, and his problem is
the responsibility of the inter-
national community." But, it
underscores, this is not a re-
sponsibility which "can be dis-
charged by protracted pallia-
tive measures or by pressures
on Israel to open its doors."
- They propose a United Nations
Resettlement Agency to carry
out the work of resettlement,
and a Resources Development
Commission, operating on a five-
year basis to supervise the de-
velopment program.
An exchange of the Arab-
Jewish populations, it is point-
ed out, was proposed in 193'7
by responsible British states-
men and favored by the
Mandates Commission of the
League of Nations as a prac=
tical way of resolving the Pal-
estine problem.
"In practical effect," says the
memorandum, "such an ex-
change has been taking place.
During the Palestine war in
1947-1948, Palestine Arabs fled
from their homes at the behest
of their leaders, and are now in`
the Arab states. The Jewish
populations are fleeing from
persecution in the Arab states
and finding refuge in Israel."
Moscow Rumored to Be Planning Aid
To Israel, Arab States in Near East
-
• WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Re -
ports received here from Moscow
indicate that the Soviet govern-
ment is considering offering
economic aid to Israel and other
countries in the Middle East.
The reports said that the Soviet
press is stressing the • heed of
the Middle Eastern countries for
Russian economic assistance.
(In Israel, the authorities ban-
ned showing the Hebrew version
of a Soviet play called "The
Voice of America." The play, by
43orris Lavrenev, is critical of
the United States. It has been
the practice of Israel's censor-
ship board to bar plays which
Criticize friendly powers.)
Meanwhile, it was learned
zw. here that the governments of
the United States, Brit a i n,
France and Turkey have agreed
to tell Moscow that the record
Of the Soviet Union makes neces-
sary the organization of a Mid-
dle Eastern defense organization.
A four-power communication to
this effect is now being drafted.
It will constitute an answer to
the Soviet notes of last month
which protested the projected
formation of a Middle East com-
mand.
The Soviet press, according to
information re -Tived here, is giv-
ing its readers the impression
that "the masses" in the Middle
East welcomed the Soviet notes
and are opposed to the partici-
pation of their governments in
a Western-sponsored Middle East
defense arrangement. The four
powers will emphasize in their
. communication to Moscow that
the projected arrangement for
the Middle East is to be built on
a voluntary, co-operative basis
and that participating countries
will not be permitted o move
troops across borders of other
member states without specific
permission.
and the Arab states which
brought about the Allied plan to
create a Middle East Command.
The U.S. note was submitted
at Moscow along with notes
from Turkey, France and Brit-
ain, co-sponsors of the project-
ed Middle Eastern Command.
The note cited negotiations be-
tween the Soviet Union and the
Nazis in 1940 to create a Soviet
sphere of influence in the Mid-
dle East as evidence of Com-
munist designs on that area. The
American note said that the
Russian attitude since the end
of World War II causes the
State Department to believe that
aims set forth in 1940 "remain
the policy of the Soviet govern-
ment."
The Allied notes were in reply
to Soviet notes which warned
that a Middle East Command
would be considered "aggressive"
and that the Russians viewed as
groundless the western conten-
tion that a Soviet threat exists
to the Middle East. The anti-
Communist powers accused the
Soviet Union of attempting,
through her protests against
the proposed command, to
frighten Middle Eastern states
from joining 'with the West in
such an arrangement.
The notes of the four powers
rejected 'the Russian assertion
that the proposed command
would be an • aggressive organ -
ization and stressed that rather
than being aggressive, the com-
mand was based on provisions of
the United Nations Charter for
collective action in defense of
world peace.
Second Detroit firm to sign up for payroll
deductions for Israel Bond purchases is Central
Overall Company whose co-owners are Morris
Schaver, co-chairman of the Labor Zionist com-
mittee for Israel bonds, and Edward Feldman.
Above, Schaver, at far right, collects subscrip-
Hen Talk Starts Clash
Between Mapai, Mapam
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Clashes
took place between Mapai and
Mapam members in the collec-
tive settlement of Ain Harod
after the members of the Ma-
pam attempted to erect a fence
to divide the chicken run in the
settlement. One member of the
colony was slightly injured.
The settlement, one of the
oldest in the country, is now
under the management of two
separate secretariats. At a
meeting of the Agricultural
Workers Council which followed
the clashes, both sides were
urged to submit lists of names
of their members in order to
arrange just food distribution
between the two groups. Mean-
while, an agreement was reached
on the proportional distribution
between' the two groups of eggs
and poultry.
tion cards from employees who have enrolled in
the payroll deduction plan.
Schaver also distributed Israel Bond bonuses
to employees.
Teamsters Local No. 285, Laundry and Linen
Drivers, is cooperating in the bond plans.
Top ADL Officials in Informal Talks
With Contro-versial Senator McCarthy
NEW YORK, (AJP)—In a man of ADL, Arnold Foster, ADL
friendly inf or m a 1 atmosphere
several top national leaders of
the Anti-Defamation League of
Bnai Brith conferred privately
with Sen. Joseph McCarthy at
the home of a prominent New
York Jew.
Participating in the -discus-
sions with McCarthy were Judge
Meir Steinbrink, national chair-
leader, and a number of New
Yorkers associated with the anti-
bias group, the American Jewish
Press learned exclusively.
The meeting was confirmed.
by the Wisconsin Senator who
disclosed that "every question of
interest to Americans of the
Jewish faith" was discussed dur-
ing an evening long conference.
Senator McCarthy described
the meeting as "a good gab ses-
Syrian Troops Kill
sion." He estimated that four
hours were spent in reviewing
Tw o Israel Fishermen
"a number of things bothering
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Two Israeli some of the fellows."
fishermen on Lake Tiberias were • The meeting between Mc-
Carthy and the ADL leaders, the
shot dead by Syrian troops on AJP learned, was topped off with
the shores of the lake north of a friendly session of gin rummy
Ein Geb who opened fire without in which the controversial sen-
warning. A third fisherman es- ator dropped two dollars to an
ADL official.
caped the ambush and returned
McCarthy said that he hoped
to the Israeli settlement to tell
Center Open Forum Meeting
another such meeting would
his story.
take place within the next two
Features MacIver Report Panel
Israel representatives on the months
and that "we can have
Israeli-Syrian Mixed Armistice
The Center Open Forum, at Commission have communicated 15 or 20 other senators join- in
8:30 p.m., Jan. 9, will hold a with Col. Samuel Taxis, United the discussions."
panel discussion of the MacIver Nations chairman of the com-
Report, with Rabbi Leon Fram, mission, asking for an immedi- Mixed Marriage Okay
Haskell Lazere, William Cohen , ate meeting of the mixed group.
and Samuel Rhodes, discussants. The message to Taxis, an Draws Sharp Attacks
Dr. Norman Polansky, of Wayne American, described the shoot-
University. will be the modera- ings as "a flagrant violation of
NEW YORK, (AJP)—Opposi-
tor.
the armistice agreement and un- tion grew in faraway Australia
to the passage" of a resolution by
justified murder."
the Jewish Students' Study
- An official communique says Group, of the Melbourne Uni-
Late Arrivals
that the fishing boat was more versity, calling upon Jewish
than 600 feet from shore when youth to condone inter - mar-.
We regret the omission of
automatic rifle fire was directed riage.
several articles which' arrived
at it. The two men were killed
this week too late for publi-
The action, first of its kind
immediately, while the third in the history of Australian
cation because of our previ-
saved himself by dropping to the Jewry, was reported in the Aus,
ously announced early dead-
bottom of the boat. None of the tralian Jewish News.
line.
three Israelis was armed.
Arguments against inter-mar-
riage were labelled "reactionary
and fascist" by supporters of
the resolution. It was reported
that several teachers of Jewish
schools attended the campus
group's meeting and supported
the resolution condoning inter-
marriage.
Opposition to the action by
the students showed signs of
mounting, A Jewish leader, Dr.
Weiner, urged that Australian
Jewry act to challenge the reso-
lution. He termed the students'
action as "gravely undermining
the very existence of the Jewish
people."
Federation Women to Hold Panel
Sessions on Areas of Social Service
20,000 Given Vocational
Training in ORT Schools
In 1951, Haber Reports
Committee to Act 1;in Agency
Special Status eor Palestine
Direct JTA Teletype Wire to
The Jewish News
U. S. Charges Soviet with
JERUSALEM — A Ministerial
"Subversion" Against Ilscaejl
committee was set up by the
Four areas of social service will be covered in the four morn-
WASHINGTON, (rrA) — The Cabinet Monday night to discuss ing panel sessions of the Jewish Welfare Federation Women's
United States handed a note to
tht; Soviet Foreign Ministry tell-
ing the Russians that it was
their own "aggressive actions"
and "subversion" against Israel
the provisions of the proposed
bill to confer special status in
Israel on the Jewish Agency for
Palestine.
Division January Institute, "What's Your Line?," to be held, begin-
ning at 9:30 a.m., Jan, 30, at Temple Beth El, Among the Division
members planning the session are (left to right) Mrs. JOSEPH
GILBERT, Mfrs. BEN JONES and Mrs. THEODORE RARGMAN,
chairman of the session.
The Organization for Rehabili-
tation through Training (ORT)
world•wide vocational education
programs trained over 20,000
people in 22 countries during
1951, according 'to the year-end
report issued by Dr. William.
Haber, president of the Ameri-
can ORT Federation,
Dr. Haber stated that 3,987
students completed their stud-
ies in 1951 and received 'their
diplOmas as skilled craftsmen
in their respective • trades An •
additional 6,705 students re-
ceived partial training prior to
emigration. The new school year
began in October, 1950 with an
enrollment of more than 10,000,-