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VOLUME 21—No 25
TH Weji i wyVtISH NEWS
of Jewish Events
Jewry's 'Thirty
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The Preparatory
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Reparations Talks End This Week;
12 Yearly Payments Forecast
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The Hague reparations talks between Germany and Israel. as
well as between Germany and the Conference on Jewish Material
Claims Against Germans'. will conclude this week, it was indicated
here Tuesday.
Members of the Israeli and Conference deleg- ations h ave made
arrangements to return home this Friday.
Jewish Groups Seek Statement
From State Dept. on Visa Law
NEW YORK. 1.ITA)—Je ■ .ish or, -anizations. joined 'h\'
the entire Jewish press. continued to request from the
State Department an explanation with regard to the new
system practiced by some American consulates abroad in
requiring, Jews to identil ■ themselves as such in their visa
applications.
The action of the American consulates is alle.c,,edly
based .on section 222-A of the •McCarran-Walter Immigra-
tion Act which requires racial data from applicants for
American visas. Although the McCarran-Walter At does
not enter into effect until Dec. 24. Herve J. L'Heureux.
chief of the Visa Division of the State Department. had
already issued preliminary orders to consular officers to
elicit information on whether or not applicants are Jewish.
Appeals have been addressed to President Truman and
Secretar•_oL.State Acheson by heads of national move-
ments to prevent implementation of the discriminatory Act.
1 t is understood that Germany will pay to Israel -;822.000.000'
in materials, prefabricated houses and machine; over a period of
Israel will transmit .:7•107.000.000 to the Conference.
1 2 year:.
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Hie text of the agreement will have to be approved by the
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German and Israel Foreign Ministers. and by the Praesidium Of
the Conf creme. The pacts will then have to be ratified by the
( ;et- ma n parliament.
U. S. Expected to Mediate Peace
Proposals Between Israel, Egypt
JERUSALEM. f.JTAi — The belief that the United States Government" will find
this hour opportune to mediate between Israel and Egypt" was expressed here. A
spokesman of the Foreign Ministry fold representatives of the press that the entire
Israel Cabinet. and not the Foreign Ministry. will decide on the next step to be made in
connection with the appeal for peace which Premier David Ben-Gurion addressed to
Egypt in the course of his speech in the Knesset last week.
The Foreign Ministry official said that Mr. Ben-Gurion's appeal has not yet been
accompanied by any practical steps. He denied reports that the United Nations truce
chief in Palestine. Gen. William Riley had asked or approached the Israel government
that he be authorized to mediate betWeen Israel and Egypt. He emphasized that the
Israel Foreign Ministry does not know of any such or similar steps on the part of Gem
Riley.
The opinion that the U. S. may step into the picture and mediate peace between
Ettrt--and Israel was advanced in "Davar", leading pro-government daily newspaper.
Israel's Parliament. with all parties united in favor except the left-wing Mapam and the
Communists. accepted a government bill extending compulsory service from 2.4 to 30 months.
A Communist demonstration against the bill. held during the six-hour debate. was broken
up by police who made five arrests. As Mapam spokesman Moshe Sneh assailed the bill in
the Knesset. the demonstrators outside waved placards denouncing . - American militarism. '
The Knesset vote followed bids by Premier Ben - 6u:ion and Foreign Minister Moshe
Sharett for peace with Egypt and the Arab States and a warning by the Premier that continu-.
ing incidents on Israel's frontiers actually constituted a "petty war" kept from flaring into
major hostilities only by the fact that Israel had a well-trained army ready to answer force
with force.
The Premier denied discrimination! in the Army against religious Jews and said if there w,, re
isolated incidents of this nature. he v,..)uld be t he first to condemn them. He said they would
be - ruthlessly eradicated." At the same time. he warned the religious elements that they served
the father- land. not the regime and - they must also realize thZit if the Army demands work on
Saturday. they must do so. They have to submit to discipline. -
The foreign minister told the Kneset that Israel was always ready and was ready now for
peace with each of her neighbors. singly or coli, , ctively. He said however that we are also ready
to meet force with force and to repulse aggression from any neighbor. separately - or ; all of them
to=gether.
The Foreign Minister pointed out that the bill submitted to the Knesset does not reflect on
the situation in the neighboring countries. - We have not started any military race with
them," he stated. He cited Israel's internal peace and stability and said that the Jewish state
strives to strengthen relations with all peace-loving countries.
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H are ..strikes Israel
, 19.12:
Labor h ay
• -
Much has happened since
Labor Day was founded 70 years ago—in 1882. Many ad-
vantages have been gained by Labor, They were the result
of a struggle for justice This year, Labor Day corresponds
with another great tradition: the official opening of the na-
tional political campaign betweenotwo great parties, each
headed by a distinguished leader. Once again, the questions
of civil rights, 419f FEPC legislation, of the safeguarding of
the rights of all Americans, regardless of their race, religion
or national background, is a matter of concern. All elements,
Labor and Management: Jews. Catholics and Protestants;
rich and poor—are especially pleading for a clean election,
with candidates chosen on their merits and not on false
grounds of racial or religious or national origins. Labor af-
firms its opposition to smear campaigns and Management
goes along with that ideal. "This year," a Labor Day state-
ment declares, "Labor will use its vote to defeat any candi-
date who stobps to slimy tactics." All of us• must endorse
this policy as well as this call of American Labor - "Labor
has a double task this year; to get out the vote and keep the
election clean."
TEL AVIV. tJTAi—The worst
heat v..av%; ever remembered in
this counfry continued through-
out Israel for three consecutiv,
days. causing casualties and
paraly7ing the normal life of the
nation. Two persons were re-
ported dead from heat exhaus-
tion and more than 40 people
fainted in the streets of Tet
Aviv.
In Jerusalem. several persons
were injured in a fight outside
ice factories where crowds clam-
ored for ice to get relief from
the unprecedented heat. Several
were arrested as a result of the
clashes. Unable to provide suf-
ficient ice for the local popula-
tion. factories were ordering ice
from Tel Aviv.
Many workers were absent
from factories and offices in Tel
Aviv. The Health Ministry issued
an order that parents keep their
children inside their houses, and
not permit them out in the
streets. Many streets in the city
looked deserted. in view of the
fact that the inhabitants were
afraid to walk on the hot side-
walks. The meteorological sta-
tion said that the heat had
started somewhere near the
Dead Sea and had then moved
in a northerly direction.
'Our neighbors. - he declared. - imposed a blockade on
us from three sides. but we are ready to remain within such
a blockade. The blockade will not break us. We wilt
emerge f r o m it seven-fold stronger. The proposed bill
means only maintains our numerical military stat us c.to.
and if we will not increase the service time a certain
dwindling must come. -
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ndon .Says 1A Truce Chief .e+eeks to -tet
LONDON. JTA —United. Nations truce chief in Pales-
tine. Gen. William Riley, was reported -seeking to mediate
the dispute between Israel and Egypt and will put an Isract
offer before Gem Mohammed Naguib. the new Egyptian
dictator. -
It is taken for granted here that the "Israel offer"
which the report refers deals with the peace offer made to
Egypt publicly by Israel Premier David Ben-Gurion during
his address last week in the Israel Parliament. Observers
here hold that the Egyptian Premier Aly Maher left the
door open for a formal offer from Israel when, commenting
in Cairo on Mr. Ben-Gurion's speech. he declared that no
official overture had been received by the Egyptian govertt-
ment from Tel Aviv.
The possibility that the U.N. truce chief may be the
person to bring Israel's offer officially to Cairo is not ex-
cluded here. It is pointed out that the new Egyptian gov-
ernment is trying to secure military aid from the United
States. and that she can get such aid only if Egypt and
Israel come to peace terms. It is also emphasized that Gen.
Riley, as U. N. truce chief, is the best person to act as medi-
ator between Israel and Egypt.
Simultaneously, it was reported from Cyprus that after
two years of negotiations, the Arab League security pact,
which may affect Israel, came into force.
Chiefs-of-Staff of all the Arab countries will now te
invited to Cairo to discuss the immediate establishment of
a full-time military council which will implement the mili-
tary cooperation between t h e member states of the
Arab League agreed upon in the pact, the report said.