Major Bnai Brith Philanthropies
To Benefit from $100,000 Local Drive

Study Malfeasance Charges Against Former Police Chief

FRANKFURT, (JTA) — Fried-
rich Pfeffer von Salomon, an
unsuccessful Bundesta,g candi-
date of the German party at
Wiesdaben in last Sunday's na-
tional elections, is being investi-
gated by the public prosecutor
for malfeasance in office, on the
basis of a viciously anti-Semitic
letter he wrote at the beginning
of the Nazi regime in his then
capacity as Nazi Police President
of Kassel.
Von Salomon, a notorious Jew-
baiter for the past 30 years and
of high-ranking officer in the
Nazi Storm Troops had received

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Friday, September 18, 1953

and replied that the maltreat-.
ment was "only natural," a "ful-
a complaint from. a Jewish resi- ly justified expression of popu-
dent about a cruel beating in- lar indignation."
flicted by SS men. In a letter re-
Impresario Sol Hurok has
cently discovered and published signed up a company of Jap-
by a Frankfurt daily, von Salo- anese dancers for a tour of the
mon refused to take any action U.S.

R. B. [Bob] GINSBURG

Now With The

PACKER PONTIAC COMPANY

Wishes to extend to his many friends and
customers best wishes for a year of health
and happiness.

1-8650 Levernois

UN. 3-9300

"Bob" Ginsburg

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Working to raise $100,000 • during its .annual fund-raising drir
for major Bnai Brith philanthropies are these leaders of the Great-
er Detroit Bnai Brith Women's Council: seated, left to right, Mes-
dames JACK KETAI, finance chairman; and CHARLES GALIN-
SKY, records chairman; standing, Mesdames PHILIP EDELHEIT,
clearance; JOSEPH RADKIN, secretary; and S. SCHNEIDER, me-
moriams chairman. Under the guidance of Mrs. Alfred Lakin, over-
all fund-raising chairman, the drive will conclude with a variety
show on Nov. 3.

MSA Fund Diversion for Iran May
Cause Sharp Cut in Israel Aid

WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Israel
may suffer a severe cut in mu-
tual security assistance owing to
the diversion of Near Eastern
economic aid to Iran, it was re-
vealed by the Foreign Opera-
tions Administration.
An inquiry made with the Ad-
ministration disclosed the fact
that $25,000,000 of the emergen-
cy $45,000,000 grant for Iran an-
nounced by President Eisenhow-
er on Sept. 5 will be taken from
funds Israel expected to 'share
with the Arab states.
A spokesman for the FOA said
today that $25,000,000 would
come from the $147,000,000 total
provided in the new Mutual Se-
curity Act for economic aid to
Israel, the Arab stateg, Iran, and
certain African territories. The
exact amount for Israel and the
Arab states was never specified,
but it had been assumed they
would share what was left after_
Iran and the African territories
were taken care of.
Israel will also be affected
by another grant made Sept.
3. , of $23,400,000 in technical
assistance to Iran. An esti-
- mated $10,000,000 of this
amount would come from the
$147,000,000 total Near Eastern
appropriation. There fo r e,
these two deductions in favor
of Iran, plus the amount for
Africa, would leave Israel and
-the Arab ' states about $100,-
000,000 to share between them.
Congressional testimony on
the Mutual Security Act in
question clearly indicated that
Israel could expect aid on the
* level of the two previous years.
In the fiscal year 1952, Israel
received $63,500,000 and in the
fiscal Year 1953, Israel received
$70,200,000. A breakdown on
the basis of the approximately
$100,000,000 which would ap-
pear to be left to be shared
equally by Israel and the Arab
states out of the 1954 fiscal
appropriation would theoretic-
ally give Israel not more than
$50,0001000. '
It was pointed out unofficially
in government circles that Israel
had not been promised any defi-
nite amount and that distribu-
tion • of funds available for the
Near East would be made ac-
cording to the national security
requirements of the United
States. Today, Iran is considered
to be the big trouble spot.
Significantly, the remaining
$20,000,000 of the Iranian apt-
propriation , of $45,000,000 carafe
from a $100,000,000 special MSA
fund provided for the President
for special security grants. No
more than $20,000,000 of this
fund may be given to any one
country. Should the President
consider Israel and the Arab
states to be in a security emer-
gency like that of Iran, he could
appropriate from this fund for
those states. However, govern-
ment officials expressed the
sentiment that neither Israel

nor the Arab states had any
right to expect any specified
sum because Near Eastern aid
funds are to be allocated subject
to the most imminent threats
to security in the states of the
area.

Arabs Vote Funds to Jordan
For 'Defense' of Jerusalem
LONDON, (JTA) — The Arab
League has decided to give the
Jordan Government 1,000,000
pounds to strengthen the Arab
state's "defense" against Israel,
it was reported from Cairo.
The dispatches added that ad-
ditional grants totalling 2,500,-
000 pounds for Jordan's "de-
fense" are under consideration
by the League's Political Council.
The decision to give Jordan
the 1,000,000 pounds to strength-
en its "national guard" units
was adopted after a meeting of
the Council on the problems of
"defending" Jerusalem 'and the
Jordan frontier villages. Half
the sum would be contributed by
the various member states of the
League and the other half would
be a contribution directly by the
League itself.

Israel Mourns Dr. Reifenberg

Israel and the world have lost
an outstanding soil scientist and
archaeologist with the death at
the age of 54 of Dr. A. Riefen-
berg, professor of soil science at
the Hebrew University of Jeru-
salem and former Dean of the
university's faculty of science.
Associated with
the U n i v ersity
since 1924, a full
year before it
was officially
opened, Prof.
Reifenberg was
influential in its
growth and de-
velopment as
the only uni-
versity in Israel.
His studies of
soil and water,
particularly in Prof. Reifenberg.
the Negev, have served to bring
Israel closer to a solution of
its pressing agricultural prob-
lems. Prof. Reif enberg was
equally famous for his discover-
ies of important archaeological
sites in Palestine and for his
authoritative writings on ancient
coins and seals. In the' field of
archaeology, Prof. Reifenberg
was the author of three out-
standing books: "Ancient He-
brew Coins," "Ancient Hebrew
Seals," and "Ancient H e b r e w
Arts."

Restitution I ncreased

MUNICH, (JTA)—The month-
ly total of compensation pay-
ments made by the Bavarian
Land Agency for Restitution has
increased from $810,000 in April
to $1,150,000 in June. During the
same period, the number of
compensation entitlement certi-
ficates issued by the agency
mounted from 921 to 1502.

Hon. James G. McDonald

AMERICA'S FIRST AMBASSADOR TO ISRAEL

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Saturday, September 19, 1953