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Worl • Jewish Leaders Approve
Israel's Move on Reparations
—American Jewish Press Photo from Philadelphia Inquirer
Synagogue Pillaged:
Part of the esti-
mated $2,000 damage to the Tikveh Chadeshoh Synagogue,
Philadelphia, where 13 youthful vandals struck last week.
Benches and other furnishings were torn apart by the cul- ,
prigs. Another gang of confessed vandals are awaiting a
hearing. The congregation's president, Fred Kaufman, suf-
fered a serious heart attack upon learning that the synagogue
had been vandalized. •
Am:s•icn Jewish Press Photo from U. S. Army
Posthumous Honor:.
One of the first
Jewish GIs thus honored in the Korean War, the Distinguished
SerVice Cross for extraordinary heroism - in combat was award-
ed posthu:nously this week . to Pfc. • LEONARD M. KRAVITZ,
a Brooklyn machine-gunner, at a military ceremony held on
Governors Island, N. Y. Lt. Gen. WILLIS D. CRITTEN-
BERGER, First Army Commander, made the presentation to
the late hero's brother, sgt. SEYMOUR KRAVITZ.
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The policy committee of the Conference on Jewish Material
Claims Against Germany, representing 21 leading Jewish organizations in eight western
nations, met 'in executive session at the Biltmore Hotel here Sunday and issued the fol-
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lowing statement at the end of its deliberations:
"The conference on Jewish Material Claims Against, Germany pledges full sup, 1
port of the claims of the government of Israel against Germany. The conference in-
tends to press for full satisfaction of all other Jewish material claims against Ger-
many, including the claims of individuals for restitution and indemnification and of
organizations with respect to heirless and unclaimed property.
"The conference emphasizes that its demand for satisfaction of Jewish material
claims against Germany involves no forgiveness for the heinous crimes perpetrated
against the Jews during the Nazi regime.
"The conference authorizes its executive committee to (1) take all steps 'neces-
sary to obtain satisfaction for these claims and demands and (2) to create a praesi-
dium, of which Dr. Nahum Goldmann will be presiding officer, with power to conduct
such negotiations as developments- may warrant."
Of 19 organizations represented at Sunday's sessions, 16
Only One
voted in favor of .authorizing the executive committee to take
all steps necessary to implement the program of the conference,
Vote Registered'
one voted against and two abstained. The 16 organizations which
In Opposition
voted in favor were;
Alliance Israelite Universelle, American Jewish Committee, American Jewish Con-
gress, Anglo-Jewish Association, Bnai Brith, Board of Deputies of British Jews, British
Section of World Jewish Congress, Canadian Jewish Congress, Conseil Representatif de.
Juifs de France, Council for the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Jews from
Germany, Jewish Agency, Jewish Labor Committee, Souh African Jewish Board of Dep-
uties, World Jewish Congress, Zentralrat der Juden in Deutschland and the American
Zionist Council.
Voting against on this issue was the Agudath Israel World Organization. Abstain-
ing were the Executive Council of Australian Jewry and the Synagogue Council of
America. The two members of the conference which were absent from Sunday's ses-
sion were the Delegation of Jewish Associations of Argentina and the Jewish War Vet-
erans of the United States.
The conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany were formed here last
October foi. the purpose of pressing for maximum restitution to Israel and to the Jewish
people of property looted and destroyed by the Nazi regime. At the same time, the con-
ference set up a small executive committee of 12 members, chosen as individuals rather
than as organization representatives, and a policy committee consisting of one represent-
ative of each of the member organizations.
Referral to UN
Sunday's session of the policy committee, at,which Dr. Na-
Is Called
hum Goldmann, chairman of the Jewish Agency in New Yok,
presided, was the first it has held since the conference was in-
Unrealistic
augurated. Opening the session, Dr. Goldmann declared:
"The first problem to be decided by this policy committee is the question of direct
negotiations with Germany. • As you know, we have delayed ,taking a formal position on
this matter until such time as ,Israel could reach a decision.
"We must now make our decision. In my opinion, the only way open to us for satis-
faction of our just claims and demands is to be prepared to deal directly with the Ger-
mans. Suggestions that the United Nations, or any other body, would or could undertake
the task of 'go-between' are unrealistic and impractical.
"The second problem confronting this session involves the character of the claims.
It is clear that, in addition to the $1,500,000,000 claim which the Israel government has
made upon Germany on the basis of the cost to her of rehabilitating surviving victims
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JNF Women Aim to Plant
30,000 Trees in Israel
With funds of the 21st annual donor
event, the Ladies' Auxiliary of the
Jewish National Fund hopes to plant
30,000 trees in the Forest of the Mar-
tyrs, in the Jerusalem Corridor in Is-
rael, in tribute to the memory of the
6,000,000 who were brutally murdered
by the Nazis. The annual donor event
will culminate next Tuesday evening,
with a specially-arranged program in
the Masonic Auditorium. Rabbi Trying
Miller will be guest speak7 and the
noted TV star Georgia Price will en-
tertain.
Story, Page 2;, Editorial, Page 4;
Special JNF Supplement, Pages 11 to 14 —
Detroit. Will Participate
in
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National BIG Day March 9
Announcement was made here this week by the
Detroit Israel Bond Committee that this community -
will be organized to participate in national BIG Day
—a one-day campaign to obtain Israel bond subscrip-
tions from Jewish families throughout the country, to
take place Sunday, March 9. Volunteers will be re-
cruited to , make a door-to-door canvas of all Jewish
homes in the nationwide mobilization of American
capital for Israel's industrial and agricultural de-
velopment.
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Preparations for the one-day drive, which has been
designated as BIG (Bonds of the Israel Government)
Day, are already under way.
Allied Drive Mobilizes 1952 Officers;
Melville Welt _Named Kasle's.Associate
Mrs. F.D.H. at JDC Hostel:
MRS.
FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, U. S. representative to the
• United . Nations General Assembly, is surrounded by enthusi-
astic youngsters on a visit to a Joint Distribution Committee
orphans' home near. Paris. With Mrs. Roosevelt is LAURA
- MARGOLIS, JDC Director for trance. More than 1,000 Jew-
ish orphans •are being supported by JDC in France, -with funds
received from the United Jewish Appeal. The children, most
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of whom lost their . entire families in the Nazi concentration
,Omps, receive food,. clothing, shelter, medical care, voca-
..:tional training and other assistance until they are able to care
for themselves.
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The 1952 Allied Jewish Campaign was set into motion Tuesday with the announce-
ment by Abe Kasle, who will head the drive for the second consecutive year, that Mel-
ville S. Welt has accepted the associate- chairmanship.
Other officers selected to direct this year'§ drive for overseas agencies, represented by
the United Jewish Appeal, and for nearly 50 local and national causes, will be announced
next week.
Detroit's initial campaign effort will be made on Feb. 24 in Miami Beach, where
leaders from the entire country will gather to launch the 1952 UJA campaign. The pledges
to be made to UJA by Detroiters vacationing in Florida are expected to set the pace
for the drive.
Sunday's budget planning conference and Wednesday's all-day Institute of the
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Women's Division are part of the pre-campaign planning activities.
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