HE JEWISH NE S

Chaim Weizmann:

His Sense of Humor

and His Stature

as a Statesman

A Weekly Review

of Jewish Events

Commentary, Page 2

Editorial, Page 4

VOLUME 22—No. 11

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At Early israe* w Arab .._Peace

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Eban lasts
Arab Leader
In UN Debate

Report From Nation's Capitol

Diplomats Pay Tributes to
Weizmann ; Retrial Vigilance
n vo k e d on Liberai Issues

" UNITED ,,NATIONS, N. Y.,
(AM) — The United Nations

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

WASHINGTON, D. C., (AOP) — All diplorn4tic foot-
stepS last week were directed towards the Embassy of Is
rael. Nearly the entire Diplorriatic List—with the exception
of the representatives of Arab countries and Pakistan—is
signed on the record of condolences extended • to Israel on
the death of Dr. Chaiin Weizmann: High ranking diplomats
personally visited the Israel ErnbaSsy at 1621 22nd St., NW,
to sign their names 'on the list of tributes to the memory
of Israel's first President. The. record was kept in front of
the Weizmann portrait, next to a memorial candle.

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The first to . visit the Embassy to express their sorrow were
Japan's Minister Plenipotentiary, Shinichi Kamimura, and his
Counselor, Akira Miyazaki.
Of special interest is the gesture that was made by the
German Charge d'Affaires, Dr. Heinz L. Krekeler, wilt) was
among the first diplomats to come to the Israel Embassy to
pay their respects to the Jewish leader.
Included in the list of diplomatic visitors on the day pre7
ceding the furzisrl of Dr. 7, •:* -mlann in Rehovoth were: B. J. Jar-
vie, Counselor, Union of South Africa; Baron Silvercruys, Bel-
gian Ambassador; Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne. Norwe-
gian Ambassador; Henri Bonnet, French Ambassador; Senor Dr.
:Luis Francisco Thomen, Dominican Ambassador, and his Minis-
ter CoUnselor, Senor Don Homero Hoepelman; Nikola Mandic,
Yugoslav -Counselor; Hughes LaGallais, Luxemburg Minister;
Wilmot A. Davis, Liberian Counselor; Feridun C. Erskin, Turkish
Ambassador; the Right Hon. : Sir Oliver Shewell Franks, British
Ambassador; Senor Dr. Hipolito J. Paz, Argentinian Ambassador;
A. L. Mehta, Ambassador of India; and scores of other diplo-
Mats,' U. S. Department of State and military leaders.
Nobel prize winners Albert Einstein, James Franck, Selman
Waksman, L. I. Rabi, Felix Bloch, Sir Robert Robinson: George
Hevesy, Sir Eric Rideal, Arne Tiselius, were among the dis-
tinguished scientists who sent messages of condolence on Dr.
Weizmann'S death.
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Many requests for data on the life and scientific- achieve-
• ments of Dr. Weizmann hAve been received by Dr. Lawrence
Marwick, Chief of the Semitics Division of the Library of. Con-
gress. When Congress reconvenes, it is expected that a num -
ber of addresses will be delivered in the Senate and Ilduse
of Representatives in tribute to Dr. Weizmann. • •
Incidentally, Dr. Marwick is gathering many collections
of valuable Yiddish and Hebrew books. Dr, Marwick believes
that many- peoPle would be ivilling to present their libraries
- to the Sernitics Division of the Library of Congress and he has
- expressed the hope that there will be a movement in that
- direction.
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There is serious apprehension in the nation's capital as to
`the effects of the impending changes in the forthcoming RepUb-
lican - controlled Congress upon legislation affecting civil rights
, and aid to democratic countries. Will the assumption of' con.F-
•nittee chairmanships by Senators Taft, McCarthy, Jenner and
.Bricker and Representatives Clare Hoffman, Clarence. Brown.
Leo Allen, Martin Dies and Charles Halleck have an evil effect
on liberal thinking?
_.
But there is an optimistic view that the Eisenhower Admin-
istration will be so anxious to make good and to merit a return
to power in 1956 that all social benefits will be extended. -
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Visitors at the White House last week included 'Eddie Ja-
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cobson, President TruMaies. former haberdashery partner in
Independence,- Mo., and Abraham Feinberg, president of the
Weizman.n Institute. Feinberg- i-s taking a deep interest -in the
. President's plans for the establishment of a Truman Library

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General Assembly, which this
week heard a violent Arab
complaint against German-
Israeli reparations as "lend-
ing no optimism to the pros-
pects of peace and stability
in the Middle East," w a s
treated to „a blistering reply
by Israel Ambassador Abba
S. Eban, who denounced the
"unwarranted intervention"
by the Arabs as "blackmail."
The Israel delegate describ=
ed the treaty between Israel
and Germany as "a most re-
markable episode, which his-
torians in the future will
pause and wonder at." He
added that it marked the un-
timate victory of "wealinesa
over strength and responsi-
bility overyranny.
t
"
Eban also presented a 10
point proposal for the ap-
ppintment
a„drafting sub-
cOmmisgion to consolidate oil-
posing draft resolutions on
how to end the Korean War.
He declared that in view
of the "ithpressive list o f
complex problems" already
agreed upOn k at Panmunjon,
it is imposSible to believe that
the sole remaining problem—
the prisoner of war issue —
could not be "solved at this
session of the UN. -
The New York Times has
reported that U.S., British
and Frehch diplomats in
both ISrael and Arab coun-
tries regard prospects for an
Israel-Arab.peace more hope-
ful than they have been since
hostilities broke out in .1948
. iespite the wrangling before
the United Nations.
The Arab action at the UN
was severely criticized 'by
Prof. Franz Boehm in Frank-,
fort, Germany. prof. BOehm,
head of the German clelega 7-
tion to the reparations talks,
Said, "It is the considered
policy of both (Israel and
Germany) that the agree-
ment should be " a 'treaty of
peace and not war."

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TEL AVIV—Rabbi- Irving

Miller, president of the
Zionist Organization of America, Monday night said that
during a meeting he had with President-Elect Eisenhower
before the national elections on Nov. 4 the General said
that he considered one of the important tasks facing the
new President was "to bring about peace between Israel
and her neighbors" and to help. Israel's economy.
Rabbi /Miller, Who made this statement to newsmen
Monday night upon his _arrival at the Lydda Airport for
meetings with Premier David Ben-Gurion and to attend
the forthcoming Zionist Actions Committee sessions, said
that General Eisenhower's comments to him made him
confident that the new administration would' continue
the current sympathetic U. S. policy toward Israel.
Referring to the problems of the AmeriCan Zionist
movement, the ZOA president expressed opposition to
the idea of a national federation of all American Zionist
groups which he thought might "check Zionist activity."
He said he favored increasing the functions of the Ameri-
can Zionist Council, especiallY in the fields Of cultural ac-
tivities, pioneering work and general youth activity.

Aim to Alleviate Unemployment

JERUSALEM—The Israel cabinet has decided to allocate -
500,000 pounds to public works projects in an effort to -alle-
viate the unemployment problem which has been building up
over the past few months, it was revealed here Tuesday.
The Cabinet's decision followed a report by Mrs: Golda
Myerson, Labor Minister, that nearly 11,000 workers were cur-
rently unemployed. The funds will be allocated from savings
in the current budget. The government approach to the un-
employment problem rejects doles and will concentrate work
relief projects along agricultural lines.
A special ministerial committee has been appointed to
work out plans bar the establishment of a state bank - to carry
out the government's economic and financial policir." These
functions are 'now handled by the Israel National Bank—
formerly the Anglo-Palestine Bank—which also serves as the
exclusive 'bank of currency issue for the government. The
agreement between the bank and the government has another
year to run and the state bank is expected to be established
within that year.

Arab Note Leaves Door Open for Talks

BONN, (JTA1—The Arab states, which threatened to
Atbreak off economic relations with West Germany if the' Ger-
man-Israeli reparations agreement is ratified by the Bonn
Parliament, left the door open for diplomatic talks on this
subject, it was revealed following the publication of the full
text of the note which the Arab League governments sent to
the Bonn government. •
The West German Government has made it clear that it
is- ready to expand its trade with. the Arab countries in order
"to compensate" them for economic akd given to Israel under
the German-Israeli reparations pact "on purely moral-
grounds." At the same time, it was emphasized that Chan ,-
cellor Adenauer's resolve to honor the pact is unshaken.

Goldmann Says Pact Will Be Ratified

TEL AVIV, (JTA) =TheWest- German Parliament will
start its debate on the German-Israeli reparations agreement
next month and will ratify the agreement- either at the end
of December or early in January, Dr. Nahum. Goldmann re-
ported here upon his return from a three-day visit to Bonn
where he conferred with Chancellor Konrad Adenauer on
problems concerning. reparations.

in Missouri.

The first • test of the attitude of the next Congress will come
with action On proposals to amend the McCarran-Walter 1m-
.migration Act. Leaders of both parties have pledged themselves
to change the law. But a supporter of the bill, RePUblican Rep.
Chauncey W, .Reed of Illinois, is slated to become chairman
of the House committee. It remains to be seen what the in-,
.coming administration Will do to assure justice to immigrants.
In the meantime: there is a despairing feeling over the news
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'that 4,000 Nazis, Fascists and Falangists will have the .right of
entry to the U. S. under the McCarran Law, whose restrictions
:are mainly against Communists. This, coupled with the news
about the "Nazi storm troopers Club" that was "smashed" st
week in NeW Orleans, once again gives priority to the warning
Proudly displayed here as.. an. American principle that eternal

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vigilance.is the price of liberty.

At IA eiznitutins Grave:.

Mrs. VERA WE

supported by her

BENJAMIN WEIZMANN, and the late President's military aide_ de camp, after plac-
ing the • first %A.•rnth at the grave of her husband, Dr. Chaim Weizmann, in Rehovoth, Is-
rael. The 77-year-old Jewish leader was buried in an .olive grove on the family estate.

son,

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