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