Mixed Emotions—Pro and Con—Mark
Last Minute Appeals for Rogenbergs
Last minute appeals for corn-
mutation of the death sentence
handed to Julius and Ethel Ros-
enberg are marked by mixed
emotions.
Detroit's eminent Christian
clergyman, Dr. Henry Hitt
Crane, bases his appeal on his
opposition to capital punisk-
ment — a Number One argu-
ment resorted to by many re-
ligious leaders—and his belief.
that the condemned couple
should not ' be given a more
extreme sentence than h a s
been handed out anywhere in
the world, especially since
they are accused of having re-
leased information to a nation
with whom we were then on
friendly terms.
Another great Christian lead-
er,- Dr. Harold C. Urey, a nobel
prize winner and one of the.
world's greatest nuclear scien-
tists, said he is "amazed and
completely outraged by the un-
equal punishment" and declared
that he "found the testimony of
the Rosenbergs more believable
than that of the Greenglasses."
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, one
of the leading rabbis in the
world today, stating that he
accepts t h e court's verdict
that the Rosenbergs violated
the country's espionage laws,
nevertheless joined in the ap-
peal for clemency, declaring
he believes the death sentence
"unprecedented in the legal
annals of our country as a
punishment for espionage in
peace time" and added he be-
* Heves "our country is strong
and great-hearted enough to
be merciful."
On the other hand Dr. Daniel
A. Poling, in an appeal issued in
his own behalf, and Rabbi Wil-
liam F. Rosenblum, of Temple
Israel, New York, and Clarence
E. Manion, Catholic law pro-
fessor, charged that the Rosen-
berg case "is being exploited by
typical Communist trickery to
destroy faith in our American
instutitions."
Their statement denies that
there has been "a planned mis-
Carriage of justice arising from
anti-Semitic and other repre-
hensible influences. Neither ra-
cial nor religious prejudice has
been involved in this prosecu-
tion. All responsible organiza-
tions concerned with protecting
civil liberties have stated so
publicly."
T h e Poling-Rosenblum-Man-
ion statement concludes:
"Appeals in regard to clemen-
cy should directed to the
Rosenbergs th'emselves. They
have revealed no regret for the
harth which they have done our
nation nor any desire to assist
the Departthent of Justice. They
have failed to take steps that
might warrant clemen6y,"
Meanwhile the Rosenbergs
again proclaimed their inno-
cence, and; in pleading for re-
duction of their sentences, asked
"for justice, not mercy."
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Find Original Scroll
Of Bar Kochba Fight
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A
scroll describing Bar Koch-
ba's rebellion against the Ro-
mans 1,800 years ago and
written in a Hebrew-Assyrian
script has been discovered in
a portion of the Judean des-
ert now under Jordan rule by
a Dominican _, archaeological
expedition. ,
The scroll, • in Aramaic, is
entitled the "Testament of
the Tribes." This • testament
was until now known only
from its Greek translations.
Ex.Irgunist Imprisoned For Israel Bomb Plot
TEL TVIV, (JTA) — Dov Shil-
a.nsky, former member of the
Irgun Zvai Leumi and the He-
rut Party, was sentenced to 21
months imprionment o n
charges of having planted ex-
plosives alongside the building
of the Foreign Ministry in Tel
Aviv.
The court accepted Shilansky's
contention that he had n o t
planned to blow up the building,
but had tried to stage a "one
man demonstratiOn" against the
Israel Government's conclusion
of a reparations agreement with
West Germany. During the trial.
Shilansky testified that it was
he who had given the police an
anonymous tip that an attempt
would be made to blast the For-
eign Office.
After his arrest, two other for-
mer members of the Irgun were
picked up and charged with
having aided Shilansky. Neither
has been brought to trial.
Earthquake in Israel
l'EL AVIV, (JTA) — A slight
earthquake was felt in Upper
Galilee and in the Safad region
Dec. 30. No reports of damage
have been received here.
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An American Jewish Press Feature
Two hundred years ago in
Britain, subjects in the realm of
King George II went to sleep on
Sept. 2. When they awoke it was
Sept. 14. For that night by an
act of Parliament the next 11
days were dismissed from the
calendar and next morning
dawned Sept. 14. •
Justice Dept. Lawyer
Astronomers had known for
Key Figure in Probe
centuries the .Julian Calendar,
introduced under Julius Caesar,
Justice Department attorney was out of step with the solar
Roy Cohn has been a prominent system to the extent of 11 min-
figure before the House subcom- utes and 14 seconds a year. • In
mittee investigations in Wash- 1582, under the auspices of Pope
ington, which Gregory XIII, the Roman Catho-
has charged lic world accepted the corrected
high officials Gregorian calendar which re-
with holding up duced the error to 26 seconds a
the New York year—one day every 1323 years.
Despite the scientirc validity
grand jury's re-
port on Com- of the change England, proudly
munist infiltra- Protestant under Queen Eliza-
tion of the Unit- ! beth refused to conform to Ro-
man usage. Enlightened Whig
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Cohn, who aristocrats finally put through
formerly headed the reform in 1753.
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Cohn
the grand jury,
testified that he was the only of feverish agitation against the
one of six officials at the Octo- new calendar, A ballad assailed
ber conference who thought the a measure to permit Jews to be-
panel should proceed with its come British citizens, in addi-
condemnation presentment tion to lambasting the action of
Parliament as "Popery."
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LONDON, (JTA)—The con-
tinuing drop in Israel's purchas-
ing power in sterling bloc coun-
tries and the expected influx of
German goods as a result of the
West German-Israel reparations
pact must further reduce Bri-
tish-Israel trade unless Britain
takes immediate action to re-
verse this trend, the Anglo-
Israel Chamber of Commerce
pointed out in a memorandum
to the British and Israel govern-
ments.
The memorandum reveals that
British firms have already lost
some business in the Israeli mar-
ket because of a shortage of
sterling in Israel. It warns that
further losses are "certain" if Is-
rael finds itself unable to sell
many of its traditional exports.
in Britain or other sterling coun-
tries. If this development con-
tinues the memorandum says,
Israel will be forded to find
other outlets for reciprocal trade
The only solution for safe-
guarding present -British-lsraeli
trade relations is a reciprocal
trade agreement, the memor-
andum recommends. With this
as insurance for a long term re-
lationship, the memorandum ad-
vises that Britain increase its
purchases from the Jewish State
in Greer to give Israel enough
-sterlint currency at this time to
continue importing British goods.
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