German Deputies to Tour U.S.;
3 of 4 Abstained from Reparations Vote
BONN, (JTA) — Only one of affirmative votes were provided
the four German deputies who by the Social. Democratic Party,
have arrived in the United an opposition group. The So-
States on an invitation from cialists demanded and got a roll
the State Department to spend call vote on the last ballot.
a month touring the U.S. at
Of the 401 members of the
the expense of the American House, 239 voted for, 86 ab-
Government voted for the Israel stained, 35 voted negatively and
reparations pact.
41 were listed as absent. Only
An analysis of the voting rec- 84 'of the 146 deputies of Mr.
ord on the reparations treaty I Adenauer's party voted affirma-
disclosed that o n 1 Gerhard tively, while 39 abstained, five
Schroeder of the Christian voted against and 18 were ab-
Democrats voted for the meas- sent, only nine of them with
ure, while Karl Pfleiderer ab- the permission of the chair. Of
sented himself and Franz J. the 41 absentees of all parties,
Strauss and Dr. Hans Joachim 15 had been present several
von Merkatz abstained and per- hours earlier when a vote was
suaded a number of other de- recorded on another bill.
puties to abstain. All four, Thirty-six of the abs en t e es
members of the Bundestag For- showed up the next day.
eign Affairs Committee, w ill
In Vienna the Socialist pub-
meet members of Congress and lic a Lion "Arbeiterzeitung" ex-
high U.S. Government officials plains the action of the Socialist
during their visit in the U.S.
Party in introducing a measure
Study of the voting record in the first session of the new
highlighted the fact that only Parliament urging the govern-
about half of the members of ment to press the Allied Coun-
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer's cil to accept Nazi amnesty laws.
The publication - points out
Christian Democratic Party
voted for the reparations pact that three amnesty measures
and that the majority of the were passed by the old Parlia-
ment last July and then vetoed
by the Allies. The Socialist mo-
Bankrupt German Bank tion, to reopen the question was
made to insure "social peace' in
Able to Meet,Debts
Austria and to uphold the "re-
FRANKFURT, (JTA)—A Ger- putation" of Parliament, the
man bankruptcy referee, ap- "Arbeiterzeitung" said.
pointed by a German court, has
While this plea for amnesty
testified that a Jewish restitu- was pronounced, it was reported
tion bank whose officials are on that of the 9,509 Jews registered
trial here has "in all probabili- with the Vienna Jewish Com-
ty" more than sufficient assets munity, 670 are entirely depen-
to cover its liabilities without dent for their sustenance on
loss to depositors.
funds • supplied by the com-
The five Jewish bank officials munity. The average age of
Uare charged with violating for- residents is 57.
eign currency regulations and
entering into fraudulent bank-
ruptcy. In the summer of 1950
the Hesse authorities opened
bankruptcy proceedings against
the bank amid a flood of pub-
licity alleging embezzlement on
the part of the defendants. The
German referee testified that the
bank had assets in excess of 1,-
000,000 deutschemarks (approxi-
mately $250,000).
Joseph Klibansky, Germany's
best-known Jewish lawyer and
one of the defendants in the
government case against the
Jewish restitution bank, was
fined $500 by a German judge
for saying that he "would re-
gret it if the court were to ex-
tend its protection to the acts
of the Third Reich."
British Jewry Mourns
Death of Queen Mary
THE JEWISH NEWS-17
LONDON, (JTA)—Jewish or-
ganizations in this country and
throughout the British Com-
monwealth sent messages of
condolence to the Royal Family
upon the death of Queen Mary
Chief Rabbi Israel Brodie issued
a special prayer used during
memorial services for the late
Queen in all synagogues last
Sabbath.
Eliahu Elath, Israel's Minister
to the Court of St. James, sent
a message of condolence to For-
eign Secretary Anthony Eden.
Later, he called at Marlborough
House, the residence of the late
Q u e e n, and at Buckingham
Palace. The flags over the Am-
bassador's residence and over
the Israel Embassy here were
lowered to half-mast.
Among the British Jewish or-
ganizations which expressed
their sorrow were the Board of
Deputies of British Jews, the
Zionist Federation of Britain
and the Anglo-Jewish Associa-
tion. In Sydney, the Executive
Council of Australian Jewry ex-
tended its sympathies in a mes-
sage sent through the Governor-
General of Australia.
In the Interest of
GOOD GOVER MENT
VOTE FOR THE
FOLLOWING JUDGES
COMMON PLEAS COURT
X
105
JUDGE THOMAS A.
KENNEY
CIRCUIT COURT
E:3
67 JUDGE CHESTER P.
O'HARA
CIRCUIT COURT
73 JUDGE CARL M.
WEIDEMAN
STATE SUPREME COURT
Cila YOUR
Rwczeime.
Et3
EX - GOV. HARRY F.
KELLY
ELECTION MONDAY, APRIL 6111
Sponsored by IL S.
A Loyal Jewish Friend
ere Are The Facts!
JOHN P. O'HARA, who finished on top of the recent Primary vote for
nomination as Recorder and Judge of the Recorder's Court is NOT run-
ning against any present Judge.
The office he seeks is now VACANT due to the death 'lent February
3rd of Judge John J. Maher, who enjoyed the voters° confidence continu-
ously for the past 16 years.
It is a matter of public record that JOHN P. O'HARA was singled
out for special recommendation by Judge Maher in a letter to his nine
colleagues, written only two weeks and a day before his death. See letter
below).
Celler Confers With Ike
On McCarron Changes
JOHN P. O'HARA is exceptionally well
qualified for the office, as can be seen by the
following brief sketch of his career, which is
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Rep. high-lighted by many years of service to the
Emanuel Celler of New York people of this community, most of it in non-
called at the White House to salaried appointive positions:
discuss a bill to be introduced
by a bi-partisan group of Rep-
resentatives and Senators to re-
vise the McCarran-Walter Im-
migration Act.
After talking with the Presi-
dent, Rep Celler said that Mr.
Eisenhower expressed support
for "some changes" but that he
would go no further than that.
Mr. Celler outlined to the Presi-
dent the legislation to be intro-
duced next week, legislation
which would implement the
President's request as outlined
in his State of the Union mes-
sage.
If enacted, the new bill would
make "drastic changes in admin-
istrative features" of the present
act, increase the annual overall
immigration quota from 150,000
to 250,000, and provide temper-
, ary relief for victims of over-
crowding in Western Europe and
escapees from Communism.
Washington Legislature Asks
Ike to Halt Arms to Arabs
SEATTLE, (JTA)—The Legis-
lature of the State of Washing-
ton, in a joint memorial of both
houses, has asked President Eis-
enhower and Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles. to prevent
the flow of arms and war ma-
terials to the Arab states. The
memorial also asked Eisenhower
and Dulles to use the influence
of their offices to the "accom-
plishment of a speedy and hon-
orable era of peace between Is-
rael and the Arab states."
• Detroit Attorney for 38 Years
• Former Detroit Corporation Counsel
• Past President Detroit Bar Association
• President Detroit Streets and Traffic
Commission.
• Member Detroit Loyalty Commission
• Wayne County Road Commissioner
• Commissioner Detroit House of Correction
For 10 Years.
• Director Detroit Urban League for 5 Years.
Strongly backed by organized labor, pre-
ferred candidate of the Detroit Citizens'
League and many other civic organizations
and the overwhelming choice of Detroit
lawyers, JOHN P. O'HARA has the personal
endorsement of the following citizens: Wil-
liam Friedman, Martin L. Butzel, Leo I.
Franklin, John E. Lurie, Irwin I. Cohn, Avern
L. Cohn, David Pollack, Charles Rubiner,
George M. Stutz, Sylvan S. Grosner, Norman
H. Birnkrant, Irving H. Small.
Vote April 6 to Elect
JOHN. P.
O'HA A
L
Friday, April 3, 1953
Pgtorbeeo Court
OF THE CITY OF DETROIT
JOHN J. MAHER
TO THE JUDGES OF THE RECORDER'S COURT
DEAR FRIENDS:
SINCE 1936 I HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH YOU AS RECORDER. MY WORK
HAS LEFT MANY INDELIBLE MEMORIES, BUT NOW I SEVER MY CONNECTIONS
WITH THE BENCH, THE STANDING AND IMPORTANCE OF THE OFFICE TO THE
PUBLIC AND THE RELUCTANT TERMINATION OF MY CONNECTIONS WITH YOU
SEEM TO STAND OUT ABOVE EVERYTHING ELSE.
I WANT TO EXPRESS MY APPRECIATION OF YOUR KINDNESS TOWARD ME AND
FOR THE NUMBERLESS CONSIDERATE ACTS YOU DID FOR ME. FOR ALL THESE
1 AM SINCERELY THANKFUL. I WISH I MIGHT SPEAK THESE FEELINGS
PERSONALLY TO YOU, BUT UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES THIS LETTER MUST
DO INSTEAD.
DURING MY ILLNESS I HAVE GIVEN MANY HOURS TO THOUGHTS OF THE
COURT AND ITS FUTURE AS ONE OF THE INDISPENSABLE CORNERSTONES OF
GOVERNMENT. HUNDREDS OF MY PERSONAL FRIENDS HAVE SENT MESSAGES
AND INQUIRIES ABOUT MY WITHDRAWAL AS A CANDIDATE FOR RE-ELECTION.
I COULD ONLY SAY TO THEM AND TO YOU THAT. WHAT I DID I CONSIDERED
BEST FOR THE PEOPLE OF DETROIT.
*C F ,'*11kW
I AM FAMILIAR WITH THOSE WHO ARE NOW CANDIDATES FOR THE RECORDER'
POST, AND TO MY FRIENDS, I SAY THAT ANY SUPPORT THEY MIGHT HAVE
GIVEN ME I WISH THEY WOULD GIVE TO JOHN P. O'HARA, A MAN I HAVE
KNOWN AND RESPECTED FOR OVER THIRTY- FIVE YEARS, AND WHOSE
PROFESSIONAL AND PERSONAL BACKGROUND MUST INSPIRE PUBLIC CONFIDENCE.
I KNOW OF NO MORE FITTING FAREWELL THOUGHT FOR YOU, MY COLLEAGUES,
THAN TO HOPE YOU MAY SOON HAVE HiM WITH YOU AS MY SUCCESSOR.
RECORDER AND
JUDGE OF RECORDER'S COURT
76 (Number on your ballot)
JANUARY 19, 1953
R[CORO. AND JuDor
SINCERELY YOURS