Jewish Cultural Club to Provide Funds for L000 Tree Israel Grove 20—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, July 31, 1953 Shaarey Zedek Scouts Learn Lessons In Firefighting at Summer Camp Not for Sale! A grove of 1,000 trees will be planted in Israel by, the Jewish Cultural Club of Detroit, following an agreement which was re- cently drawn up with the local office of the Jewish National Fund. Pictured here signing the agreement are, from the left, ALBERT HURWICH, treasurer; HERMAN KOLKO, president; HYMAN SAMET, vice-president; ROSE GOLDSTEIN, secretary (rear) ; and PERCY KAPLAN, executive director of Detroit JNF. The club, first of its kind to undertake a tree planting project in Israel, meets at the Twelfth Street Jewish Center, and is one of the oldest adult clubs in the Center. It meets every Tuesday, with programs devoted to lectures, discussions and celebrations of religious holidays. The group has placed 50 JNF Blue-White boxes among its members to raise funds for the grove, which will bear the club's name. Israelis Speculate on Resumption Of Diplomatic Relations with Russia JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Israeli authorities moved to hasten re- opening within two months of the Israel Legation in Moscow following the Soviet-Israel agreement to resume diplomatic relations. The Israeli authorities, it is understood, were seeking the Kremlin's acceptance of Shmuel Elyasliev as Israel Minister, who held the post at the time rela- tions were broken off last Feb- ruary. It was believed, however, that the Soviet Union would not return Pavel Yershov as its Min- ister to Israel. While the resumption of re- lations had been rumored about for many days prior to the of- f i c i a l announcement, Western diplomats accredited to Israel were not officially informed in advance of the development. The sole exception was the Dutch envoy. He had been re- ceived by Foreign i n i s ter Moshe Sharett who thanked him for his government's role in pro- tecting Israel interests in Russia and informed him of the nego- tiations. Western diplomats who made inquiries through the Foreign Ministry's, liaison office in Tel Aviv were advised to seek the desired information from the Foreign Ministry headquarters at Jerusalem. (The major West- ern Powers have not recognized the transfer of the Ministry to Jerusalem and do not have con- tact with it there.) The chief question involved the sentence in the letter Shar- ett sent Soviet Foreign Minister Molotov which stated that "IS- rael will not be a party to any aggression against t h e Soviet Union." On this point, a Foreign Min- istry spokesman said that "this does not mean any change in Israel's established foreign policy. Israel has never planned and does not plan any aggres- sion or alliance for aggression against Russia. On the other hand, Israel's policy remains unchanged toward any power in the Middle East or the West." The negotiations which led to the resumption of relations were conducted in Sofia by Gershon Avner and Ben Zion Rasin, Is- raeli Charges d'Affaires in Sofia, for Israel and the Soviet Ambas- sador to Bulgaria. It is anticipated here that the Soviet Union will be the first major power to recognize the Foreign Ministry's transfer to Jerusalem and will establish its Legation here. The Soviet au- thorities control extensive prop- erties in the city, and the Tel Aviv building which formerly housed the Soviet Legation is no longer available. The advantages a n d disad- vantages of the renewed rela- tions with the Soviet continued to be the subject of intense dis- cussion here. Many argued that the move strengthened Israel's position in the international arena and bettered her bargain- ing position in relation to the West. Others, however, argued that the move weakened Israel's claims on the West. Overall implications of the de- velopment were also intensively debated. One school of opinion argued that the restoration of relations signified a positive at- titude by Moscow towards Israel and the definite end to the anti- Israel, anti - Jewish Communist drives. Others saw the act solely as a logical extension of the cur- r e n t Communist conciliation policy demonstrated in the new diplomatic relations engineered by the Kremlin with Belgrade and Athens. Hope was expressed on all sides that the development might pave the way for emigra- tion to Israel of Jews from the Soviet Union and other coun- tries behind the Iron Curtain. Some relaxation of the tradi- tional Soviet policy against the emigration of Jews from Russia was also believed to be in the cards. It was reported here that the Israel government intends to ask Moscow at a later date to allow the emigration of vet- eran Zionists and others desir- ing to come to Israel. An organization of i m m grants from Russia was set up here under the chairmanship of Rabbi Mordechai Nurek to ar- range for possible immigration of relatives of Israel settlers. Israel also intends to ask Russia to renew the Soviet-Is- rael economic agreement which was breached when diplomatic relations were severed last Feb- ruary. The Russians had con- tracted for • large shipments of Israel citrus products. Zionists to Coordinate Youth TEL AVIV, (JTA) — The Gen- eral Zionist movement has de- cided to establish a world youth movement to prepare Jewish youth abroad for work in Israel along the theoretical lines of the centrist movement. In Is- rael, the organization would co- operate with the Maccabi or- ganization. The other day, Mefalsim, a settlement on JNF land in Israel, received a letter froiti Tnuva, the central marketing cooperative of Israel, com- plaining that the carrots it had sent arrived at Tnuva with too much earth on them. The secretariat immediately turned to members of the kibbutz who worked the veg- etable garden. "Please," it urged, "when gathering car- rots, remember one of the most important principles of the Jewish People: the land of the Jewish National Fund is not for sale!" Turkey, France Against Moving of Foreign Ministry to Jerusalem ISTANBUL, (JTA) — Israel's decision to transfer its Foreign Ministry from Tel Aviv to Jeru- salem has had an unfavorable reaction in Turkey, which is a member of the three-nation United Nations Palestine Con- ciliation Commission. Turkish political circles and the local press express anxiety over the move. They fear that the trans- fer of the Israel Foreign Minis- try may endanger whatever hopes exist for a peaceful solu- tion of the Palestine problem. Expressing the official view on this issue, the pro-govern- ment newspaper, Milliyet, said that the question of Jerusalem is an international one and is not merely of concern to Jews and Arabs. "At a moment when even the Big POwers are seeking to improve their relations with the Islamic world," the paper said, "the fact that Israel has not given the slightest impor- tance to that development is surely a political error. This ac- tion will not be approved by any nation favoring the progress of a peaceful Israel.", PARIS, (JTA)—Pierre Gilbert, French Ambassador to Israel, has been instructed by. the French Government to protest to Israel against the transfer of the Israel Foreign Ministry from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. West Germany Seeks Lifting of Restrictions JERUSALEM, (JTA) — T h e West German government has indicated that it would welcome the abolition by Israel of all travel restrictions between the two . countries. , Israel, however, recently re- stricted the travel of private in- dividuals from Israel to Ger- many, in an attempt to prevent private negotiations by, unau- thorized persons in connection with the reparation paytnents in goods being made by West Ger- many. It is still unclear under what arrangements German . tech.ni- clans will enter the Jewish State to set up machinery and assem- ble plants sent here as repara- tions goods. In the past, ' under the German occupation status, the British consulate in Israel carried out consular functions for Germany. Senate Ratifies Treaty of Friendship With Israel; McCarran Opposes Bill WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The Senate ratified by a vote of 86 to one a Treaty of Friendship and Commerce with Israel, which was negotiated some time ago. Similar treaties with seven other nations were ratified at the same time. The lone vote against ratification was cast by Senator Pat McCarran. The agreements were described by the State Department as part of a program to develop a series of modern commer- cial treaties whose general aim is "to assure protection for American citizens and American interests in foreign coun- tries, and advance American economic foreign policy objec- tives." The Technical Cooperation Administration announced in a summary of Point Four expenditures for the fiscal year of 1953 that Israel had received $2,550,000. The TCA report indicates that Israel matched this sum with $2,199,000 of its own funds. This contrasts with the $2,821,000 given Jordan, which the Jordanians matched with only $935,000. The honor of being one of the first Boy Scout Troops to conduct a summer camp at the new D-Bar-A Scout Ranch, near Metamora, Mich., fell to Troop 164, of Cong. Shaarey Zedek. Here, Scouts received instruction in the use of firefighting equip- ment from ranch ranger, FRANK V. POWELL. Shown, left to- right, are FREDDIE SCHAEFER, SYLVAN ROBES, Scoutmaster LARRY APPLEBAUM, MALCOLM KATZ, Powell, AARON GOREN and GERALD CHUDLER. Bill to Draft Orthodox Girls Passes First Knesset Reading thousand girls will not solve the manpower problem." He warn- ed that religious Jewry would resist the measure if it were passed "and will go to the pee- ple to explain why they oppose, having their daughters join ary form of compulsory service." As the bill was introduced, thousands of r e l i g i o u s Jews demonstrated in the streets of Jerusalem. The block surround- ing Parliament was guarded by hundreds, of steel-helmeted po- licemen armed' with rubber clubs. No unauthorized persons were allowed to enter the block. JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The Na- tional Service Bill, which pro- vides that all un-married wom- en 18 to 26 who are exempt from military service on military grounds are to be drafted into national service for two years, was given its first reading by the Knesset to the accompani- ment of major demonstrations throughout the country by re- ligious elements and numerous protests abroad. The government - sponsored measure won its first reading by 59 votes to six cast by the Agu- dah, Labor Agudah and Com- munist deputies and eight ab- stentions. The Labor Mizrachi, who are in the government co- alition, did not vote. Mrs. Golda Myerson, Minis- One of the interesting fea- tures of the protest rally was a special prayer , service in the Great. Synagogue in the Zikhron Jacob quarter in which religious persons of all ages sat cross-legged and re- peated the prayers which were broadcast over the loudspsak- er. ter of Labor, presented the bill, saying that it was the intent of the government to increase the available labor power by drafting Orthodox young women who were un- able to serve in the Army for religious or family reasons for other jobs. She said they would be able to do their duty to the state by serving either in religious institutions, schools, religious settlements or immigrant villages. "These girls will not be taken from their homes. They will work all day at their allotted jobs, returning at night to their homes," she declared. Chief opposition to the bill was voiced in the debate by Rabbi I. M. Lewin, of Agudah, who asserted that "a couple of . Red Mogen Dovid Again Appeals to Red Cross TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The Mogen Dovid Adorn — the Red Mogen Dovid — again appealed to the International Red Cross to ad- tffe organization to the international committee with the use of the Israeli Star of David as its official symbol. The: appeal was contained in a resolution adopted at the sec- nd international conference of the Mogen Dovid Adorn attend- ed by delegates from Isr a e 1, United States and various Euro- pean countries. The International Red Cross has, in the past, refused to ac- cept the Israeli group unless it surrenders its symbol and ac- cepts the Red Cross as its in- signia. The Israelis have point- ed out that the Red Cross has accepted the Red Crescent so- cieties of the Arab states with- out forcing them to surrender their distinctive symbols. Another resolution urged the Israel government to aid the or- ganization in purchasing new equipment and ambulances and in organizing volunteer emer- gency workers. The group al- ready has 5,000 members in 40 branches throughout the length and breadth of t h e Jewish State. In London, a group of about 300 students from the Agudi.-A Orthodox Seminary demonstra- ted against the bill in front of the Israel Embassy carrying banners, attacking the Israel government. In New York, the Agudath Is- 14e1 of America announced plans for a series of demonstrations to "let the voice of religious Jewry in America be heard." The group said that in over 800 synagogues throughout the U.S. protest resolutions were adopted against the bill and that in these synagogues, the special ninth of Ab services were inter- rupted to offer prayers for the withdrawal of the bill. Protests against the bill were cabled to Israel by the Union of Orthodox Rabbis and by the Rabbinical Council of America. WJC Opposes Admission Of Iron Curtain Lands NEW YORK, (JTA)—Opposi- tion to admission into the World Jewish Congress of Jewish com- munities from the "Iron Cur- tain" countries "until it has been clearly established that their representatives will be free to speak on behalf of their com- munities and will not be forced to serve as transmission belts for the propaganda of their gov- ernments," was expressed in a statement issued here by Shad Polier, chairman of the execu- tive committee of the American Jewish Congress, Polier made this statement prior to his departure for Ge- neva to attend the Third Plen- ary Assembly of the WJC which opens there on Aug. 4. Last week, Dr. Nahum Goldmann. acting president of the World Jewish Congress, expressed the hope that the resumption of diplomatic relations between Is- rael and the Soviet Union would be followed by the renewal of relations between the Jewish communities of Eastern Europe and the World Jewish Congress.