Purely Commenfary By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Co Sponsor of McCarran Bill Stirs Hornet's Nest - Rep. Francis E. Walter, Pennsylvania Democrat, co-sponsor of the controversial McCarran-Walter Immigration and Naturaliza- tion Law, has stirred a hornet's nest with his reference to "professional Jews." While many national organizations, most of them non-Jewish, have criticized him for his comments, he has refused to withdraw • his remarks. He told the Jewish War Veterans' national commander, Jesse Moss, who said the Congress- man owed an apology to the American people: "People who read my statement will realize that those who are offended by it are the ones who are seeking reasons to be offended." Let us therefore read his original statement. On Jan. 13, Rep. Walter. made these remarks on the floor of the United States House of Representatives: 2—THE JEWISH NEWS Friday, January 30, 1953 Plans for 1953 AJC Drive to Be Set at Pre-Budget Conference Eisenhower Is Urged To Intervene Against USSR Anti-Semitism NEW YORK, (JAT)—Israel is the "sole hope of resettlement" for any large-scale movement of Jews from the Iron Curtain countries provided that the American Jewish community helps to make available the necessary funds through phil- anthropic sources, Rudolph G. Sonneborn, national chairman of the United Israel Appeal, said at the 17th annual meeting of the United Israel Appeal's board of directors. Warning that Israel is cur- rently ill-equipped to handle a mass migration, Mr. Sonneborn stressed that "the people of Is- rael have the will and the de- sire to welcome the Jews but the tragic fact is that we have last precious years when we could have helped to consolidate the economy of the Jewish state were sufficient funds made available." He expressed con- fidence that Jews of this coun- try "would move heaven and earth to provide the major por- tion of the funds needed for the gigantic operation of bring- ing the Jews out of the Iron Curtain orbit." I think a great menace to America lies in the fact that so many professionals, including professional Jews, are shedding crocodile tears for no reason whatsoever. In the Immigration and Naturalization Act recently enacted there is not one single thing that anybody could charge with being anti-Semitic or anti-anything. That law was recommended to the Congress after four years of careful consideration. It was not devised hastily. The only concrete criticism that I have seen since the President's Commission was set up for the purpose of discredit- ing this law and filed its report came from the fact that some poor French sailors—about one-third of the crew—were unable to spend Christmas in New York. I went to the trouble to find out who those poor French sailors were. Finer samples of throat slitters could not be found in any ether crew. It is, indeed, significant that within a few hours after this French vessel was docked the Queen Elizabeth and Queen Mary came into New York, and within an hour and a half every member of her crew was on Broadway or wherever sailors go when they arrive in New York.- • Let us not be stampeded. Let us not commit ourselves too hastily. know the pressures you are under. I have had some The U.I.A. national chairman experience with those pressures. Upon careful scrutiny, it appears that the Pennsylvania called upon President Eisen- Congressman has offended the French seamen more than he has hower to use "his good offices the Jews. He has called the 'Jewish opponents of his bill "pro.- and the prestige and influence fessional Jews," and the Republican Congressman from New York, Jacob •Javits, made it a point to indicate that Jews were not the only opponents of the measure; that leading Catholics and Prot- testarits still are counted in the opposition. That's the score on which Rep. Walter needs to be repri- manded. By innuendo, he has stirred prejudice. By singling out Jews for "professional" roles as opponents of his bill, he has fomented bias—even if inadvertently. But this is not the whole story. Immediately after Rep. Javits spoke in defense. of the opposition, Michigan's Congressman Clare Hoffman, whose biased remarks often caused him to be branded as harboring prejudices against the Jewish people, also delivered an address. Without mentioning Jews, he sought to reprimand those who are offended by references to their racial or religious background. Let's quote him, too: "Now, everyone—and I have no pride of ancestry; I come ' from Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Dutch, round - headed, wooden-headed, ignorant, and stubborn, they say, and I do not care. I am like an Irishman. You tell an Irishman he is an Irishman, and what does he do? Tell him he is a drinking, fighting Irishman, and what does he do? He takes another drink, maybe a pint or a quart, I do not know how much an Irishman drinks, but he takes one more drink, jumps up pnd says: 'Let's have it out right now.' He is never offended because anyone calls him an Irishman. I am never offended because anyone calls me' a stubborn, wooden-headed Dutchman from Pennsylvania; I just forget about it. So, why do some people, instead of being proud of their homeland, their race, or creed, get. peevish when those things are mentioned. We are all equal in the sight of the Lord, and no docibt will all make the same kind of dust-but that is no reason why we all want the same things." _ . of our country" against the "of- ficial and state sanctioned ex- ploitation of anti-Semitism as a principle of the Soviet govern- ment." At the same time, he urged President Eisenhower "to help bring about negotiation of a peace settlement in the Mid- dle East within the greater framework of his avowed and strong desire for world peace." The meeting elected Mr. Son- neborn as national chairman for his third term. Ellis Radinsky, executive di- rector, making his annual report, disclosed that the agencies of the UIA in 1952 had spent a total of $80,459,353 for their program of immigration, resettlement and general development of the country: The point he makes has been repeated time and again. Jews who "protest" against indignities have been accused of being overly sensitive. Perhaps Rep. Hoffman is right in the instance involving Rep. Walter's remarks about Jews. As we have shown, the complaint is that Rep. Walter veiled the issue by referring only to Jewish opponents, ignoring the fact that large Protestant and Catholic forces fought against the McCarran-Walter Act, side by side with the JeWs. Yet, in. the laxger sphere, if people who are maligned and abused do not protest, the offenses will increase. The charge of over-sensitiveness is, therefore, a bit overdrawn. In the meantime, the immigration-naturalization scene is gloomy. Rep. Emanuel Celler, who has retired as chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, which considers immigration bills, admits that there is little chance of securing a ma,jrity in favor of a revision of the McCarran Act. In spite of the assurance given by Senator Langer, the successor of Sen. McCarran as chairman of the Senate Judiciary ComMittee, in a statement to the United Service for New Americans, that he would back amendments to the bill, prospects are far from rosy that he will attain his end. From present indications, a hard-fought battle against an unjust bill has been lost. * * * Czechs Report` Oren `In Best of Health' TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Czechoslo- yak authorities, replying to a series of questions from the Is- rael Legation in Prague about the state of health of Mordechai Oren, Israeli citizen and Ma- pam leader imprisoned in the Czech capital on charges of an- ti-state activities, have indicat- ed that Oren is in the best of health, the Israel Foreign Min- istry announced. After delaying publication for a week of an article by Dr. Itz- hak Gruenbaum, Mapam leader, attacking Moscow, the party's newspaper Al Hamishmar print- ed' it without changes. In it, Dr. Gruenbaum warns of danger to the Jews in the USSR and 'says that the only solution for them is immigration to Israel. One of the important phases of the fourUi annual Pre-Cam- paign Budget Conference of the, Jewish Welfare Federation will be a presentation of capital needs, made by MAX J. ZIVIAN (right), chairman 'of this Federation committee. One of the "cases" to be' presented will be that of Camp Tamarack, where Zivian is shown, with IRVING W. BLUMBERG, one of the Allied Jewish Campaign general chairmen, attending the dedication of the first village. will be made by Max J. Zivian, chairman of the committee on capital needs; Judge William Friedman, of the community re- lations Division; George Stutz, of the health and welfare divi- •sion; and Morris Garvett of the education division. Abe Srere, chairman of the executive committee, will advise . conference members. of overseas and Israel needs. Rubiner has announced the chairman of the Israel's Czech Envoy steering committee to be Max Here for Bond Drive Osnos. The purposes of the annual Dr. A r i e h Kubovi, Israel's conference are to express the Minister to Czechoslovakia and depth and breadth of the par- Poland, arrived here to inaugu- ticipants' interest in the fields rate a coast-to-coast speaking which they finance together and tour in behalf of the-State of Is- to develop a formula for the rael Bond drive. allocation of funds to be raised Dr. Kubovi was in the 1953 Campaign into the recently pro- following categories: overseas,. claimed persona and Israel, local (operating non grata by funds), local (capital funds) and both the Czech- national agencies. oslovak and This formula, to be developed :- P o 1 ish govern during the afternoon session fol. ments lowing lunch at 12:30 p.m., will false accusa- be presented to the board of tions leveled governors of Federation pending against h i m in approval of the new formula. the recent Those invited include mem- Prague purge bers of the Federation board of trial. The Israel Dr Kubovi Bond Issue is the central source governors, Detroit Service Group' of American investments which board of directors, Women's Di- are enabling Israel to expand vision board, Junior Division its industrial and agricultural board, Federation budget and development and exploit its planning divisions and the newly - discovered mineral re- boards of affiliated local agen- cies. sources. Samuel H. Rubiner, president of the Jewish Welfare Federa- tion, will preside over the Fourth Annual Pre-Campaign Budget Conference of Federation on Sunday morning, at the Davi- son Jewish Center. At 10:30 a.m. presentations of needs to be considered in the 1953 Allied Jewish Campaign Between You and Me By BORIS SMOLAR (Copyright, 1953, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) Jewish Counter-Attack Major Jewish organizations in the United States are deter- mined to show the Soviet government that it cannot get away unchallenged with its present anti-Jewish campaign . . . Plans are being mapped for an unprecedented anti-Soviet campaign in the United States which will have world-wide reverberations , There will be a huge protest meeting, arranged by Zionist and non-Zionist groups, at Madison Square Garden, which will be reminiscent of the huge Jewish meetings in New York against the Nazi persecution of Jews .. There also will be a movement started by Jewish groups to collect 100,000 signatures to a. protest to be submitted to the United Nations . . . The signatories will include the most prominent non-Jewish personalities in all walks of American life . .. Other measures are being planned jointly by major American Jewish organizations which will, undoubtedly, make the Kremlin realize that one of the worst mistakes it ever British 'Appalled' by committed was to indulge in an anti-Jewish campaign . . In Soviet Anti-Jewish Drive addition, the Isreal delegation at the United Nations will bare the Communist instigations against Jews when the course of the LONDON, (JTA)—The British UN General Assembly session resumes meetings next month. Government is appalled by the recent developments behind the In view of the rather complimentary report about Egypt's Iron Curtain including the Communal Issues Now that the 1953 plans for the Israel bond drive' have been dictator Naguib, brought to us by George Pierrot, the director of Prague trials and the Moscow Detroit's World Adventure Series, we call to his and to our readers' accusations against Jewish doc- made public, it can be revealed why American leaders of the drive Naguib's Role: The Mask Is Off attention the following report from Cairo, published by the London Jewish Chronicle: "Addressing Egyptian workers employed at maintenance workshops at Abassia, General Neguib condemned the use of narcotics, saying: "We have decided to consider capital punish- ment as the sentence for those found guilty of trafficking in hashish. The Jews have been using it to fight us. It transforms a man into a coward, making him lose all respect and dignity for his family, and his country.' This traffic, Naguib is reported to have said, was organized by the Zionists and directed against the Egyptian people. 'The Zionists are trying to weaken the Egyptians in order to reduce their strength and make them incapable of resisting the least threat,' he is said to have added." For a time—for a very short time—Naguib was believed to be flirting with Israel, and his guarded words were interpreted as encouragements to peace. Mr. Pierrot's report apparently was based on the earlier Naguibian. attitude. But the Arab League propagandists, the Arab extremists, seem to have conquered. There is no inkling of friendship in Naguib's utterances. On the contrary, and to our deep regret, he now is to be counted among Israel's enemies. tors, Anthony Nutting, Under- secretary for Foreign Affairs, told an Agudas Israel delega- tion. The British official said that "these sad events have a horribly familiar ring about them." Nutting revealed that the Brit- ish delegation to the UN, will submit to the world body full details of "discriminatory prac- tices in the Iron Curtain coun- tries against religious and politi- cal minorities." Israel Plays $72,998 in 1952 Dues to United Nations UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., (JTA) — United Nations head- quarters announced that Israel paid $72,998 as its 1952 contri- bution to the UN budget. withdrew their resignations .. During their visit to Israel, the leaders succeeded in winning most of their demands from the Israel government . . . One of them was that the officers of the bond drive should be directly responsible to the Israel Finance Ministry and not to Ambassador Abba Eban in Washington . The Israel government agreed "to relieve the Embassy in Wash- ington of a task for which it had not been geared," and thus gave in to the bond drive leaders ... Henceforth, it appears, Mr. Eban will have no right to interfere in disputes between the UJA and the bond drive . . Another agreement which the bond leaders obtained from the Israel government provides for an attempt to earmark bond drive dollars for specific development purposes, so that visitors from the United States can be shown definite bond drive accomplishments . The bond leaders urged the Israel government to establish . now a sinking fund to redeem the bonds which may be turned in after 1954 . . . On this point the govern- ment did not commit itself to any definite time, although it agreed that a sinking fund was needed . .. It is obvious that public bor- rowing by Israel in the U. S. will continue even after 1954, when the bond drive is supposed to end . . The matter is now under discussion and the Israel Government will make up its mind within two months as to what form this borrowing shall take.