DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-65 Israel's 5713 Immigration Friday, September 11, 1953 By ALEPH SHERMAN J.T.A. Correspondent in Israel (Copyright, 1953, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, TEL AVIV—The Israel public has been awakened suddenly from its dreams of reaching a population of 4,000,000 before the end of the decade, by the news that for the first six months of this year there were more emigrants than immi- grants. The Immigration Coun- cil, a public body representing the Jewish Agency, Zionist or- ganizations, and government de- partments, met in July to con- sider the problem, but failed to reach any clear-cut conclusions which they could press on the Jewish Agency and the Govern- ment. This year's figures, in fact, seem to set the seal once and for all, on the ending of the period of mass immigra- tion, and emphasize the need for new stocktaking. Immigration had already begun to fall off sharply last year, when it totaled some 23,- 000, just twice as much as the estimated 11 or 12 thousand emigrants. For the first six months of 1953 immigration is down to 5,300, while emigration is estimated at 6.700. - If one looks at quality in- stead of quantity the situation Holiday Best Wishes to All Our Many Friends and Customers Vinnie's Pizzeria & Restaurant This Pizzeria and Restaurant is by far the finest, most modern in Northwest Detroit. Come in today, bring the family. See for yourself. Specializing in Pizza Pies and Italian Foods To Satisfy the Discriminating Appetite Orders to Take Out — Phone WE. 5-9846 Open Daily 3 p.m. to :3 a.m. Fri., Sat., Til 4 a.m. 15230 WYOMING, near FenkeII Cordial Greetings on New Year's )(AMR MACHINE SHOP SECONDARY OPERATION MILLING TAPING - LATHE WORK 9524 ST. CYR IL WA. 1-3349 Sincerest Holiday Greetings MEREDITH MORTGAGE CORP. 582 PENOBSCOT BLDG. 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Most pos- sess skills the country can ill • afford to lose, whereas most new immigraritS are unskilled. The Immigration Council, and public opinion generally, show a greater measure of agreement over the causes of the present loss of manpower than over its cure. First come material dif- ficulties, especially h o u s i n g, since there is no housing avail- able for rent, unless the new- comer can pay key-money of several thousand Israel. pounds, or unless he can buy a flat out- right. Living standards in Is- rael are low, and the profes- sional worker or high govern- ment official finds that he earns little, if anything, more than his doorman or chauffeur (who is, of course, a government, not private, employee.) Though the food situation has improved a good deal, and clothing is plen- tiful for those who have money, problems of servants, schooling, and replacement of furniture, to mention only a few, are more difficult here than in any Euro- pean or American . country. 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The argument that. the person involved opposed the Nazi re- gime for reasons of "self in- terest" was used by the Nazi court when sentencing the man to death. The fact that the Bavarian Restitution Office based its rejection of the claim on this argument may have re- percussions on c 1 a i.m s from other persons against whom the Nazis advanced the allegation that:they were fighting Nazism for'.reasons of self intprpRt. _ KE. 1-9485 Holiday Best Wishes to All Shores Seat. Cover Factory Problems of employment also loom large, and there is the usual difficulty of the newcomer in a n y country; though Israel welcomes all Jews, the institution of sen- iority is also very strong, and it is not so easy for the new- comer to adjust to his changed status. The mass immigration from backward countries, which has brought in large numbers of children, old people, sick, mental cases, and social cases, consists mainly of petty tradesmen who show no marked inclination to go. into agriculture, and who swell the ranks of the unskilled workers for whom work has to be made at a time when there is already heavy unemployment. All this takes money and in- creases the taxation which weighs on the middle classes and professional people. In this way mass immigration is a_ con- tributory cause of emigration. Suggestions made at. the Im- migration Council for altering the situation include the relaxa- tion of "selectivity" rule for immigrants, the introduction of special facilities for immigrants from English-speaking c o u re- tries, and the banning of emi- gration. Opponents of any relaxation of selectivity point out that its relaxation might help make im- migration statistics look larger, but they would only make the nation's difficulties greater. 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