Israel's New
President
itzhak Ben-Zvi
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Anti-Histadrut-
Slurs Exposed
In Commentator's
Column on Page 2
VOLUME 22—No. 15
HE JEWISH
'Aspects of Soviet
Anti-Semitism':
Expose of
of Jewish Events
A Weekly Review
Reign of Terror
Editorial, Page 4
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Mapai-General Zionist Coalition
Strengthens B-G's Goverment
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TEL AVIV—The first brotad national government in the four-and-one-
half-year history of Israel was assured early Tuesday morning when the cell-.
tral councils of the Mapai and General 'Zionist parties meeting separately
approved an agreement on the basis of which the centrist party would enter
Technion Leaders:
Arrangements for Sat.
urday night's Founders' Dinner of the Detroit Technion So-
ciety, to be held at the Detroit Leland Hotel, were made
by a committee headed (from left) • by BENJAMIN WILK,
president, Detroit Technion Society, LEON KAY, vice-presi-
dent, American Technion Society, and MURRAY ALTMAN.
Detailed Story on Page 2
the coalition government.
As a result, the new government will have a stable majority in the ICnesset with the
two major parties guaranteeing 73 of the 120 votes. In the event that both the Progres-
sive and Mizrachi Labor parties also join the new cabinet, the government would com-
mand 25 votes.
Premier David Ben-Gurion is expected .to submit the resignation of his Cabinet to
newly-elected President Itzhak Ben-Zvi this weekend. In the event that the two minor
parties go along with the new coalition, Mr. Ben-Gurion will next Monday present to
Parliament a Cabinet consisting of nine Mapai ministers, four General Zionists, two Miz-
rachi Laborites and one Progressive_
The General Zionist-Mapai agreement for joint • action will be extended from the
national through the municipal and local council levels. A number of decisions have been
reached on economic matters' and some General Zionist demands have been left for
later discussion within the Cabinet. Among the decisions agreed to are:
1. Abolition of economic controls, except for essential commodities; 2. Introduction
of measures aimed at stabilizing the Israel pound; 3. Reduction of the national budget;
4. Introduction of measures to induce the flow of foreign capital into Israel; 5. Abolition
of the exit visa system for travellers from abroad, except for security reasons.
General Zionist leaders who are expected to become members of the cabinet are Tel
Aviv Mayor Israel Rokach, Dr. Peretz Bernstein, Dr. Joseph Saphir and
Persitz.
145,000,000. Minimum ode&
By _UJA .:. - for -1953 Reseme --. Work
NEW YORK Unless American Jews in 1953 vastly increase their support of the
United Jewish Appeal, the people of Israel and hundreds of thousands of Jews in more
than a score Of European and Moslem lands may suffer a tragic worsening of their dif-
ficulties and hardships, 1,200 leaders representing the overwhelming body of U. S. Jews
warned at the close of a three-day annual national conference of the UJA on Sunday.
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M. C. Bond-Buyer:
Congressman-Elect
CHARLES G. OAKMAN is shown here purchasing an Israel
bond from ALFRED A. MAY. The new -member of Congress,
Who was among the bond-buyers during the visit in Detroit
.of Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion, voluntarily ap-
peared on the VVWJ-TV "Late Date" program Dec. 11 to
make the purchase from Mr. May, attorney 'for the Detroit
byanch of the American Financial and Development Corpora-
tion 'for Israel, the . organization that sponsors the bond sales.
Star•of the show MINNIE JO CURTIS watches the proceed-
ings. Congressman Oakman made the purchase in conjunc-
tion with "BIG Day."
- -The conferees voted unanimous adopt-ion of a main resolution which, in setting the stage
for the UJA's 15th successive nationwide drive, termed the. UJA's 1953 objective, the raising of
the sagest possible sums" to meet urgent immigration, settlement, welfare and rehabilitation
needs totalling nearly $145,000,000.
The conference acclaimed Edward M. M. Warburg of New York for his dedicated leadership
of the 1951 and 1952 nationwide campaigns and by unanimous vote elected hiin to serve for the
third successive years as general chairman of the UJA. It voted the creation of five additional
national chairmanships to serve . alongside the three national chairmen representing the con-
stituent agencies of \the UJA—Rudolf G. Sonnebornk national chairman of United Israel Appeal,
Rabbi Jonah B. Wise, vice-chairman of Joint Distribution Committee, and Walter Bieringer,
president of United Service for New Americans.
The five additional National Chairmen elected by the Conference are: Joseph Holtzman,
of Detroit; MorriS W. Berinstein, Syracuse; Sol Linkman, Cincinnati; . William Rosenwald and
Jack D. Weiler, New York.
Mrs. Alber Pilavin of Providence was named chairman of the National Women's Division.
Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz was re-elected - UJA executive vice-chaihnan
The conference sought to reverse a downward trend in allocations by some communities
and urged strongly that "all communities refrain from making allodations to the UJA out of the
proceeds of their campaigns'without first giving the UJA an opportunity to have its representa- _
tives meet with the representatives of the communities for a full discussion of mutual prob-
lems and needs."
The Conference was told that the UJA, in 14: years of nationwide fund-raising, has raised
a - cash total of $806,405,224 and since 1939 succeeded in resettling and aiding a total.: of 2,240,-
000 men, women and children. This year the UJA raised $72,000,000.
- isr- aei Prime MiniSter David Ben-Guricon, in a cabled message from Jerusalem hailing the
UJA on the eve of its 15th annual nationwide carripaign, declared that his country in 1953 again
.will require `,`the noble - assistance of the UJA" to thelp in providing "homes for our immigrants
brought here without any means of subsistence."
Dr. Schwartz warned sharply in a major address that in 1953 •American Jews must "hold
themselves in readiness for possible .contingencies" attendant on the rise and spread of anti-
Semitism in Czechoslovakia and other parts of Eastern Europe.
Asserting : that anti-Semitism has again become "a weapon -of the. Czech state in violation
of the spirit of Benes and Masaryk," Dr. Schwartz demanded whether "the world is about to .
witness once more the spectacle of Jewish oppresSion at the hands of totalitarian government,
this time Communist totalitarianism."
He pointed out that "there are still 2,000,000 or more Jews behind the Iron Curtain, in-
cluding those in the Soviet Union," and said that between May 14, 1945, and Nov. 30 of this year
the UJA made possible. the movement of 623,000 East European Jews. Of these, 398,000 had
gone .to Israel, 67,000 to the United States underU. S. Immigration laws, 38,000 to Latin Ameri-
- can countries and the British \Corrimonwealth, and 120,000 to Western Europe.
Of the 2,000,000 or more Jews still in Eastern Europe, more than 280,000 are in Romania,
150,000 in Hungary, 80,000 in Poland, 18,000 in Czechoslovakia, 7,000 in Bulgaria, and the rest in
the U. S. S. R.
Dr. George Josephthal of Jerusalern, treasurer of the Jewish Agency, told the conferees
that despite Israel's strong concern with its economic futUre and its impatience with problems
blocking the achievement of economic independ ence, "We' are far more impatient with the des-
perate_ plight of Jews in so many corners of the world," where homelessness still plagues them
despite the four-year existence of a Jewish state.
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, chairman of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, told the conference
that signing of the reparations agreement must not bring a lessening in support of the UJA as
. it seeks to strengthen the new State's economy. "Nothing would be more foolish," Dr. Goldmann.
declared ; "than to think that because Germany will deliver goods American Jewry Can reduce
its support."
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..-Israel Industrial .Press Photo. Direct from Israel
inspect Israel Industry: In _Israel
to attend the•World Zionist Actions. Committee sessions, U. S.
Zionist delegates toured industrial and a,gricultural projects
in the Haifa t nd Negev areas, aided by the Israel bond drive.
JOSEPH GOLDBERG, vice-president of the Zionist Organiza-
tion
of Arnerica, and MrS. BENJAMIN GOTTESMAN of Ha-
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dassah are shown being briefed by a foreman at the PhOs-
phate-producing Fertilizing,and Chemicals. Ltd., near Haifa,
,Whose :OM:9;1419n..was aided by a $2,100,000 bond. loan.