Herta, Mapan, Communists Protest Negotiations Continued from Page 1 of March 12 and Nov. 30, 1951 which, it said, were endorsed by the en- tire Jewish people as represented by the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany. "The Israel delegation," it added, "enters these negotiations in the earnest expectation that they will result in full, early *ettlement of this claim." • Moses A. Leavitt, vice-chairman of the American Joint Distribution Conunittee, who heads the delegation representing the Conference on Jewish Material Claims, told the GeFman delegates at the opening of the negotiations that it was their responsibility to implement in practical and concrete terms the declaration made by West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer before the Bonn Parliament. Mr. Leavitt pointed out that while the Conference delegates are pre- pared to negotiate on Jewish material claims, it must be clear from the very beginning that there cannot be any negotiations on moral claims. It is for posterity to judge whether such amends could be made, he stated. He stressed the fact that the Conference wants the German Government to assume full responsibility for the disindemnification and restitution laws for the whole of Germany. The German delegation to the reparations negotiations here in- tends to contest the Israeli claim that over 450,004:r Jewish victims of Nazi persecution have been given refuge in the Jewish State, it was in- dicated by a member of the German delegation. He revealed that the German delegation will claim that not all of the 450,000 were victims of German persecution, but that many of them en- tered German DP camps at the end of the war, having fled from the East to escape Communism. For this reason, he indicated, the Germans will claim that the figure of 450,000 as set forth by the Israelis in their note of March 12, 1951 to the Big Four Powers, is not valid as far as the Ger- mans are concerned. It was learned that the talks on Friday opened in a cold and formai atmosphere. When the Israeli delegates entered the conference room to find the Germans already present, there was no handshaking or any other form of greeting. The Israeli delegation head introduced each member of his group by naming him and, at the same time, pointing to him. Then the Israeli delegation head handed the Germans his creden- tials. The Israelis' opening statement was made in English and at the end of it a copy in German was handed across the table. The German opening statement was made in German with the Israelis receiving an English translation. When the statements were completed the Israelis remained behind for several minutes while the Germans left. The atmosphere was "very tense and uncomfortable as far as we were concerned." an Israeli spokesman pointed out. Practically the same procedure was followed by the delegation of the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Friday afternoon, except that the tension of the mornincr session was not present in the afternoon. The Israelis are staying atWaasenaar, t' while the Germans are at a hotel is the Hague and there is no contact between them when the conference is not in session. Mapam-Communist Committee Asks Halt of Talks TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The Mapam-Communist "Peace Committee" called on the Israel government to cease all contact with the German ► "who have inherited the Nazi ideals." The government should be con- vinced, the committee asserted, that the "nation is against negotiat'Cons" as shown by 400,000 signatures to a peace petition. Crippled and blinded veterans of the war and Jews maimed by the Nazis, participated in a Mapam demonstration against the Israel govern- ment's participation in the reparations negotiations. London Telegraph Backs Israel's Claims LONDON, (JTA)—The London Daily Telegraph said in an editorial that The Hague reparations talks between West Germany and the State of Israel do not imply recognition by Israel of the West German Govern- ment. It pointed to the "paradoxical background" of the talks, comment- ing that "it was the debtor Germany which proposed the meeting while the government of Israel, desperate as is that counti*A need, was au- thorized only by a narrow and hotly contested Parliamentary vote to have any dealing at all with the 'heirs of the Nazis.' " The editorial added that the "claim is unexceptionable in princi , and said that since the total figure had been accepted by the Geri government as a basis for negotiations, there appeared to be the prospi_ of a successful conclusion. 10,000 Participate in Demonstration of Herut Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News TEL AVIV--Well over 10,000 participated Tuesday afternoon in the Herut demonstration against negotiations with the Germans. Second of November Square, nearby streets, roofs and windows were filled to capacity. Dr. Jacob Rubin. general secretary of Herut, stressed that Herut wishes to save the .Israelis honor. He demanded the recall of the Israeli delegation. Peter Beigin stated that over 550 years ago Jews promised never to touch again Spanish soil post-deportation Jews and now post-extermination Jewry are sitting and negotiating with Germany. Peter Beigin called upon Ben-Gurion to 'recall the delegation" in honor of our brothers and parents who were killed." He added that American and Argen- tine Jewries are opposed to negotiations while only assimilated Jewish organiza- • tions agreed to negotiations. Peter Beigin called upon the gathering to raise their hands in approval responded . of the demand to recall the Israeli delegation. The entire audience A procession of several hundred black clothed women headed the procession which together with the demonstrants reached 20,000 in number. The demon - stration ended toward evening. without needing intervention from special police who were present to prevent violence. Junior Campaigners Set for Opening Dinner on Sunday Gloria Mathias and Stephen Me- dow, and a program committee comprised of Lois Feldstein, Rena Katz and Phyllis Liptzen. Teen-Age workers have been working at the Junior Division office helping to prepa-.re the workers' kits for Junior Division "All-out day," Sunday, April 6, when more than 5.000 prospects in general solicitation will be called on to make their gifts to the 1952 Allied Jewish Campaign_ Hellman, Col. Forrester to Speak At Double-Header Kickoff Event Yehuda Heilman, noted Israel foreign correspondent, will be guest of the Junior Division Sun- day, when the young adult group holdS its Allied Jewish Campaign kick-off, beginning with the ad- vance gifts luncheon for work- ers at 12 noon, at Mayfair Cater- ers and following up with the. • special gifts din- ner at 6:30 p.m., sit the Beicrest. Part of the double - bill scheduled to ad- dress the Junior meetings with Col. Thomas re 1 i x. Forrester, Hellman is t h e former head of the United nations Jew i s h telegraphic Hellman kge n c y bureau in Paris and for several years served as correspondent in Arab countries for the Palestine Post. Special gifts dinner will climax weeks of work by members of the special gifts board. who are hoping to top the $16.000 raised at last year's dinner by a wide margin of Plus giving. Avern Cohn, chairman, reminded mem- bers of the young adult commun- ity attending the dinner that they will begin celebrating their opening of the campaign with cocktails at 5:30 o'clock. During the past week Area Chairman Milldred Fox, Harriett Ruth Migdol and Michael Stacey have been urging their section chairmen, captains and workers to make their reservations for the advance gifts luncheon, which last year brought out 400 Junior Division campaigners. Mrs. Milton Lucow is chairman of the luncheon. which marks the final meeting for workers before they begin their solicita- tion activities on all-out day, Sunday, April 6. Hellman's message will aug- ment Col. Forrester's report on Israel with particular emphasis on the situation in the entire North African-Near East area. In Bartley Crum's "Behind the Silken Curtain", an entire chap- ter is devoted to Hellman and an incident which made interna- tional headlines some time ago— when he was accompanying the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry through the Middle East, he was arrested by the Arabs who wanted to prevent his pro- Zionist dispatches from reaching the world. Hellman studied at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and re- ceived his degree in political sci- ence at the American University of Beirut. Working at a stepped-up tem- po, the Junior's organizations division is rapidly completing Spearheading the Junior Division's role in the 1952 Allied Jew- ish Campaign, the Division's executive committee at its last meet- ing pledged a total of $2,227—representing 11 percent in PLUS giv- ing for the group. Among the 36-man executive Committee are (left to right) Vernon Leopold, publicity chairman; Roslyn Clay- man, chairman of religious and Sunday schools section; Mrs. Mil- ton Lucow, head of the advance gifts luncheon; and Norman Katz, organizations division chairman. `Make your own pledge first" are the by-words of these Junior Division special gifts workers, who are busy filling out their own pledge slips, before urging their prospects to attend the special gifts dinner on Sunday, at the Beicrest. Seated are (left to right) Robert Feinberg, Hugh Greenberg and Herbert Aronsson; stand- Latvvers Mobilize For Allied Drive ing are Max Lapides and Stanley Caplan. groundwork in the campaign, r Norman Katz. chairman, report- ed this week. Norm has his division broken down into three sections—religious and Sunday schools, treasury gifts and teen- age—with Roslyn Clayman, Har- riett Nochma.n and Michael Gale as Detroit chairmen. Roslyn has recruited all of her workers, and has arranged for each of the 22 religious and Sun- day schools in the community to sponsor an educational program on the campaign. In connection with the school's programs. her group takes charge of booking films. arranging for speakers with the help of Milton Lucow. speakers bureau chairman, and distributing the necessary amounts of Campaign literature to the various schools. Serving a double function, the treasury gifts section not only recruits workers from the many young adult organizations, but also solicits for treasury gifts. Cooperation between the Junior Division and the Jewish Young Adult Council of the Jewish Community Center haS been rid- ing. high in the Campaign. Mem- ber groups of the Young Adult Council that have contributed workers to the Junior Division include Holiday Hop Committee of the Center, Iota Alpha Pi. IZFA, Junior Hadassah, Mu Beta Chi, Sigma Theta Delta, Con- gregation Shaarey Zedek's Young People's Society, Sigma Theta Delta Alumnae, Habonim and Hillel Foundation. Other unaffiliated groups in- 24 — THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, March 26, 1952 elude Sigma Alpha Mu. Louis Marshall Chapter of Bnai Brith Young Women. Gilda Partrite Chapter of BBYW. New World Chapter of Bnai Brith Young Men and the Mandy Yuster Chapter of BBYM. Deserving of particular mention are Habonim, which staffed four complete teams with seven workers each, and Sigma Theta Delta Sorority, which volunteered two complete teams captained by Margaret Shames and Shirley Sirota and in addition has nine other members-working. April 1 has been set as the official opening of the teen-age section's participation in the campaign. Gale reported this week. New appointments made at the Teen-Age executive com- mittee include a finance com- mittee. comprised of Rhoda Gale, Following up the launching of the Allied Jewish Campaign for the professional division, members of the attorneys' sec- tion are working toward their special gifts function, tentatively scheduled for early April. Section leaders include (left to right) JOSEPH SELTZER. ABE SAT- OVSKY, SIDNEY J. KARBEL, and, not in picture, Mark Birn- krant and Julius Kabatsky, Special Gifts board members, hoping to top last year's $16,006 by a wide margin of PLUS giving to the 1952 Allied Jewish Cam- paign, address personal letters to friends inviting them to attend the Special Gifts Dinner. Seated, left to right, are Charles Levin, Alma Fox, Mrs. Graham Landau, (standing) Seymour Lichter and Jack Fromm.