Billion Dollar Indemnity Measure
Approved by German Lower House
BONN, (JTA)—A bill to pro-
vide..indemnification for victims
of Nazi persecution and their
heirs living in Germany and
abroad moved towards final
ratification when it was adopted
by the Bundestag, lower house of
the West German Parliathent.
The Communists solidly op-
posed the measure on the vote
which was without a roll call.
All the Social Democrat" and
a preponderant majority of Dr.
Konrad Adenauer's Christian
Democrats supported the bill.
The Free Democrats were split,
but a majority apparently voted
for the bill. Most members of
the Bavarian and German Par-
ties either abstained from vot-
ing or voted against the bill.
The measure, which the
German. government pledged
itself in the Luxemberg Agree-
ments to enact into law, pro-
vides for distribution of four
and a half billion Deutsche-
marks ($1,070,000,000) over a
period of nine years in corn •
pensation for loss of property,
deprivation of professions,
physical injury and loss of
liberty. The law would sup-
plement the restitution agree-
ment with the State of Israel .
and the Conference on Jewish
Material Claims Against Ger-
many.
A bill now faces another legis-
lative hurdle in the Bundesrat,
the Upper House of the German
Parliament. where it is to have
its second reading on July. 17.
Some difficulties are feared
there over possible objections to
the proposed distribution of
costs between the Federal
Treasury and the States. It is
hoped, however, that the bill
will be enacted in August and
enter into effect by Oct. 1.
The bill was put through the
Bundestag in a race against ad-
journment. It . was agreed that
there be no debate in order
that the Communists, who op-
pose the measure, should not be
able to filibuster by ,introducing
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a series of amendments.
The Social Democratic Party,
which has strongly supported
tne principle of Uerman restitu-
tion to the Jews and voted
solidly in iavor of the govein-
ment measure, refrained from
introducig any amendments in
order to ensure speedy passage
of the bill. The Social Demo-
cratic leadership considers the
bill to contain many defects.
They are already preparing a
series of amendments to im-
prove the me a s u r e. These
amendments will be discussed
with representatives of victims
of the Nazis and be introduced
by the Social Democrats in the
Bundestag later this year.
Goldmann Lauds Adenauer
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Dr. Na-
hum Goldmann, chairman of
tne Conference on Jewisn Ma-
terial Claims Against Germany,
poliaect out tilat once the
bill is finally ratified and be-
comes law, "tens of thousands
of Jewish and non-Jewish vic-
tims of Nazi persecution will
begin to benefit greatly."
He said that "special credit is
due to the government of the
German Federal Republic
which, under the leadership of
ulianeenor Aaenauer, nas seen
to it that the bill is prepared in
time for this last session of the
pr esent earnamen-c."
Dr. Goldmann also praised
the Gerinan Social Democratic
Party which, although in oppo-
sition to the government, and
not fully satisfied with many
parts of the indemnification
bill, ' had withdrawn all its
amendments and decided to
support the bill as presented, in
oraer to make it techniCally
possible for Parliament to pass
bile measure Defcre auj our
Purchasing .Office in Berlin
BERLIN, (JTA)—A branch of-
fice of the Israel Purchasing
Mission in Germany, which
maintains its headquarters in
Cologne, has been opened in
West Berlin.
In accordance with an under-
standing reached at the Ger-
man-ISrael negotiations in The
Hague, Israel will place as many
reparations orders as possible in
West Berlin, which is an eco-
nomically distressed area due to
its island position within the
Soviet Zone.
Dr. Felix E. Shinnar, head of
the Israel Mission, called on
Mayor Reuter of West Berlin
this week in connection with the
opening of the Mission's branch
°nice in Berlin. Dr. (arischa,
Weizmann, nephew of the late
Israel President, will direct the
office. .
It was estimated here that
one-third of the orders which
the Mission will place during
the current fiscal year in West
Germany under the German-
Israel reparations pact will go
to Berlin firms. The Mission
will place as many orders as
possible with manufacturers in
West Berlin which has a great
deal of idle industrial capacity
and a large number of unem-
ployed skilled workers, Dr. Skin-
nar intimated.
A law issued by the three
Western Allies to set up a
Supreme Restitution Court in
Berlin, with jurisdiction over
the three Western sectors of
this city went into effect on
July 1.
The court 'Will consist of
seven judges, one of whom will
be an Alnerican, one a Briton
and one a Frenchman. , The
novel and distinguishing fea-
ture of this court will be the
presence on the bench of three
German judges appointed by
the Berlin City government,
and of a "neutral' presiding
judge selected jointly by the
Western Allied Kommandatura
and the Berlin City government.
So far, supreme restitution tri-
bunals in the U. S. and British
zones have been staffed by
American or British judges
alone,
And Moses called unto Joshua,
and said unto him . . . : 'Be
strong and of good courage.'
—DeUt. 31:7.
DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 10, 1953
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WJC Leader Criticizes U. S.
Human Rights Policy
Local G.I. Stationed
At Freedom Village
`'Dear family: I am, stationed
where history is being made," a
proud and excited GI wrote
home last week.
The GI, Pfc. David M. Lippitt,
son of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lip-
pitt, 19946 Marlowe, has notified
his parents that he has been
assigned to a new post at the
historic site of : -
"Freedom Vil -
lage" — the vil-
lage where
American pris-
oners • are first ,
interviewed up-
on their repa -
triation from a
Communist pris -
on camp.
Lippitt w a s
one of four sol- Lippitt
diers selected from his division
to work at "Freedom Village."
Once the truce talks are over,
Lippitt wrote his family, he will
probably be toa busy to even
write home. At present, "gener- •
aLs and other top brass" are
hastily making preparations for
receiving the prisoners.
Lippitt's work consists of in-
terviewing the repatriated pris-
oners and giving that informa-
tion to the Signal Corps who in
turn notify the parents of the
GIs that their sons are safe.
"But my work is just a phase of
the activity here at Freedom Vii -
lege," the 21-year-old soldier
writes. Every type of activity is
being carried on here in antici-
pation that the truce talks will
be over in a short while, he
states.
Lippitt entered the Army Au-
gust 11, 1952. A graduate of
Central High School, he studied
accounting at the Walsh Insti-
tute for two years before enter-
ing the service.
Prof. Bonn Wins Bonn Medal
BONN, (JTA)—On the occa-
sion of his 18th birthday, the
federal government has award-
ed the 'Grand Order of Merit
with Star" to Professor Moritz
Bonn, an economist and eco-
nomic historian of international
reputation. Prof. Bonn, who
now• lives in London, held a
chair at the Berlin' Academy of
Commerce from 1920 to 1933,
serving as that institution's
Rector for the last two years
before Hitler's advent to power.
GENEVA, (JTA--A proposal
that the United Nations lay
down rules withholding UN
technical assistance of any kind
to any country except on prior
condition that the recipient
guarantee that the benefits of
Such aid would accrue to every
section of the population re-
gardless of race, sex, religion or
language, was made here before
a committee of the -UN Econom-
ic and Social Council by Dr.
Maurice L. Perlzweig, head of
the international relations de-
partment of the World Jewish
Congress. He asserted that such
action would be an immediate
and effective contribution to the
promotion of human rights.
Dr. Perlzweig criticized the
United States and other western
Washington Hotel Bars
G. L. K. Smith Meeting
powers for the policy they are
pursuing in the field of human
rights. He said that despite the
refusal of these states to con-
, elude an enforceable covenant
on human rights, the organiza
. tions in 60 countries for whom
he `Spoke would continue the
struggle for such a covenant.
Nevertheless, the WJC leader
promised his organization's sup-
: port for the American proposal
for annual reports on human
rights by all states and for the
inauguration of special studies
by experts on specific aspects of
human rights problems. He
urged the Economic and Social
I Council to call two annual
meetings of the Human Rights
.Commission, one to be devoted
snesifically to coMpleting the
covenant and the other to deal-
ing with practical matters and
specific proposals.
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Ger-
ald L. K. Smith, leader of the
anti-Semitic "Christian Nation-
alist Crusade," holding a na-
tional gathering here, revealed
that the Willard Hotel, where
the gathering was originally
scheduled to be held, cancelled
the arrangements. He said that
the cancellation took place be-
cause "the Jews" put pressure
on the hotel.
The gathering, which took
place in Smith's hotel suite at
the Congressional Hotel, has
drawn no more than 25 follow-
ers from anti-Jewish groups Iron,
all parts of the country. It has as
its goal to seek Congressional
action for the removal of the
United States from the United
Nations because of "the Jews
and foreign elements" in that
body.
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