Austrian Social Democrat Leader
States Opposition to Reparations

VIENNA, (JTA)—Although the
Austrian government has an-
nounced it was ready to begin
discussion of Jewish restitution
claims, theie talks will have to
overcome much opposition, es-
pecially from the Social Demo-
cratie party, one of the two
leading government parties.
Dr. .Adolf Schaerf, vice-
chancellor of Austria and Social
Democratic leader, indicated the
nature of this opposition in a
one-hour interview with the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency. He
advanced the following argu-
ments:

should compensate the Jews for these
losses. •
4. It cannot be expected that Austria
should repay to the Jews the amounts
they lost in confiscation of bank accounts
since Austrian currency had been de-
valued and the deposits in these accounts
were , almost worthless at the devalued
rates.
5. Buildings and factories owned by
Jews and largely situated in the Soviet
zone of. Austria are not being returned
to Austria by the Soviet authorities who
claim them as war reparations. The
same is also true with respect to prop-
erty in the Leopoldstadt section of Vien-
na which. in pre-Nazi days, was predom-
inantly Jewish.
6. Many Jews who are considered Aus-
trian • citizens are actually Polish Jews
who lived in Austria for years after
World War I, retaining their Polish citi-
zenship and acquiring Austrian papers
only a few years before their property
was confiscated by the Nazi occupation
authorities.
7. No talks can now be held on heir-
less property since under existing laws,
Austrians can still make claims to prop-
erty considered heirless. When this law
expires, the government will begin regis-
. tration of property for which no theirs
are reported and only then will it be
established which is Jewish.
,
8.Many Jews in Austria 'declared them-
selves without religious affiliation and
officially declared in the pre-Nazi period
that they were not to be considered
members of the Jewish community. Their
property therefore cannot be considered
Jewish if they left no heirs.
9. Many Jews in Austria married into
other faiths. • It is doubtful of heirlesS
property left in such cases can be con-
sidered Jewish.
10. The Jewish community in Austria
is now composed mostly of ,aged and
needy Jews. Any compensation there-
fore -- should go to the communities in
Austria to enable them to take care of
their needs rather than to Jewish organi-
zations abroad.

1. Unlike Germany, Austria will not
recognize as a matter of principle that
Israel is entitled to present any claims
against Austria.
S' 2. There are 12,000 Austrian Jews in
Israel today who do not want to accept
Israel citizenship and have retained their
Austrian citizenship. Many of them can
be expec te d to return to Austria. As
Austrian citizens, they have to be re-
admitted. The Austrian Government
must consider that some of them may
burden the community upon their return
and thus add to the number of needy
Jews now residing in Austria.
3. Gold and valuables confiscated from
the Jews in Austria by the Nazi authori-
ties during the occupation were all ship-
. iied to Germany and did not remain in
Austria. Thus Germany, and not Austria,

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THE JEWISH NEWS-3

Friday, October 10, 1952

Harry Madison Runs
For Top JWV Post

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Detroiter Harry T. Madison
will be a leading candidate for
national. commander of the
Jewish War Veterans when JWV
holds its national convention
Oct. 15 to 19, at the Ritz-earl-
ton and Chelsea Hotels in 'At-
lantic City, N. J. Both men and
women will' elect officers.
Members of the national aux-
iliary will be celebrating their
25th anniversary, and will have
special .ceremonies to honor the
occasion. Mrs. Eula Campbell,
national president of the Amer,
ican Legion Auxiliary/ will be
guest speaker.
Detroiters planning to attend
the convention are:

State department commander and Mrs.
Bernard Hoffman; department president,
Mrs. Philip Bernstein; Norman Berkley,
Milton Berry, Mrs. Louis Einstein; Mrs.
• A. Arthur Brown, Arthur Edelstein, Mrs.
Ruth Elson, Mrs. Doris Feldmesser, Mr.
and Mrs. Leon Ginsburg, Miss Betty
Ginsburg, Sid Goodfriend, Mrs. Estelle
Goss, Lawrence Gubow, Sol . Hoberman,
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Lang, Fred Lax,
Mrs. Maxwell Lewis, Henry Littman. Mr.
and .Mrs. Morris Lupiloff, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry T. Madison, Dr. and Mrs. Allan
Marks, Mr. and Mrs. Joe May. Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Mayers, Eli Miller, Walter
Nussbaum, Mr. and .Mrs. Louis Remer,
Mrs. Ruth Schreiber, Ben Shiffman, Mr.
and Mrs. Sam 'Spolan, Ralph Sprague,
.Mr. and Mrs. Albert Sugar. Mrs. Max
Taitelbaum, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Wein-
stein, Ray Weiss and Morris Wolf.

Dr. Schaerf said these repre-
sented his views on the resti-
tution question and would be
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tution talks.

Cong. Bnai David Plans Month-Long
Series to Celebrate 60th Anniversary

Cong. Bnai David will mark
its sixtieth anniversary with a
series of four programs to be
held at the synagogue, 14th and
Elmhurst. The first event, a
memorial program, will be held
on Oct. 22.
Organized in 1892, Bnai David
is today the largest traditional
synagogue in
Michigan. Since
its erection, the
synagogue has _
continued t o
conduct ortho-,'
dox services.
The Memorial
Night program,
Rabbi Sperka to begin at 8
p.m., will honor deceased mern:
bers of the synagogue. Services
will be led by' Rabbi Joshua S.
Sperka, with music by Cantor
Hyman Adler and the synagogue
choir. Rabbi Oscar Z. Fasman,
president of • the Hebrew Theo-
logical College, will be guest
speaker.
An affiliates night event will
be offered on Oct. 29 with the
Sisterhood, Ladies Auxiliary,
Men's Club and Chevra Ayin

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Cohen, prominent humorist, and
a cantata, directed by Cantor
Adler, will be its features.
Religious night will be on Nov.
7, with Dr. Marvin 'ox, philoso-
phy professor at Ohio State Uni-
versity, the guest speaker. There
will also be an installation of
new members.
The closing event will be a
banquet on Nov. 16, at the Latin
Quarter. Mickey Woolf and his
orchestra and an entertainment
floor show are planned.
At the congregation's recent
annual meeting, the following
Officers were elected- to guide
activities during this 60th an-
niversary year:
President,' Joseph Gorman;
vice-president, Charles N. Shere;
treasurer, Harry PearSon; secre-
tary, Dan Otis. .
Installation of officers will be
held following Simhat Torah
services on Sunday. Joseph Ain-
binder is installation committee
chairman, and is -assisted by
Louis Bensman, Joe Gorman,
Sam Kane, Joseph Shifman and
Eugene Zack. Louis Please will
be installing officer.
Following the installation, a
kiddush reception will honor the
new officers.

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