U. S. Studies Arab Protest Against
Israel's Reclamation of Hutch
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — T h e
State Department is studying a
Syrian protest against Israel
reclamation work in the Huleh
region, a Department spokes-
man revealed. He described the
matter "under study and ad-
visement." Official delivery of
the protest was made by the
Syrian Foreign Ministry to the
U. S. Embassy at Damascus, the
State Department spokesman
said.
The Syrian government pro-
tested that drainage of the Hu-
leh swamp violated its frontiers.
A Damascus radio, monitored
here, stated that Col. Shishakly,
Syrian President, had demanded
in an interview with United Na-
tions truce chief Maj. Gen. Vagn
Bennike that all work on the
reclamation project be halted
immediately. The announcer
quoted the Danish General as
having told Col. Shishakly that
he would study the problem, but
that he would prefer that the
matter be submitted directly to
the UN for decision.
The Huleh project of the Jew-
ish National Fund, designed to
reclaim some 15,000 acres of
swamp land in northeastern Is-
rael, has been in the works for
the past two years. From the
earliest days its history has
been stormy. First Syria and
then Jordan protested and at-
tempted to hamper the work. .At
cne point Syrian troops invaded
Israeli territory to try to force
a halt. The Jordanians, beside
protesting, restricted their ac-
tivities to firing occasional shots
at Israeli workers.
Soviet Offers to Sell
Crude Oil to Israel
JERUS A L.E M, (JTA) —The
commercial possibilities of a
Soviet offer to supply crude oil
to Israel for processing in the
Haifa refineries are under study,
I. R. Kosloff, the Israeli fuel
commissioner, disclosed here.
The ofter was made by the Sov-
iet Union, through diplomatic
channels, to the Israeli repre-
sentative in an European, non-
Communist, capital.
A drum of the Soviet crude
ell is expected here within a
month for refining and exami-
nation whether the Haifa equip-
ment can handle the quality of
oil offered. Freight charges and
price to be paid for the oil still
remain to be clarified, it was
learned.
A Foreign -Ministry spokes-
man said that there was no
political reason why Israel
should not avail herself of the
Soviet offer. France, Italy and
other NATO states, he point-
ed out, are presently buying
oil from the Soviet Union and
the satellite states. The offer
of oil supplies was the first
commercial offer made by the
. Soviet Union to Israel since
the re-establishment of dip-
lomatic relations this summer.
The resumption of Soviet-
Israeli relations, which occurred
Freed Jewish PWs
On Voice of America
I N C H 0 N, Korea—Chaplain
(1st Lt.) Norman T. Goldberg,
stationed here for Operation
Big Switch, and the first three
e.Jewish repatriates recorded an
''interview for rebroadcast to Is-
rael by the Voice of America.
The three freed PWs . are Cpl.
Bernard Berman, Pfc. Manuel
Castlewitz, and Pfc. Alexander
Kreizer.
Chaplain Goldberg is one • of
Seven Jewish chaplains on duty
in Korea, all of whom are served
iy the Commission on Jewish
:Chaplaincy of t h e National
J _ ewish Welfare Board (JWB).
Chaplain Goldberg opened the
recording with an explanation,
in Hebrew, of the purpOse and
.circumstances . of the program.
The .Voice of America. reporter
then- =interviewed 2the repafr:t,,. -
ates, in English, on their ex-
periences as Communist cap-
tives.
The chaplain, hailing the
people of Israel for their reso-
lution and a c comp lishments,
closed the program with a He-
brew summary of the questions
and. answers,
in July, took on reality with the
arrival at Lydda airport of two
Russian diplomats. They were
greeted at the airfield by repre-
sentatives of all missions of
East European countries sta-
tioned here.
The diplomats were Yacov
Medianik, the legation's First
Secretary, and Alexander Ma-
.tyshkin, the Second Secretary.
Neither would say whether the
Soviet legation would be estab-
lished in Tel Aviv or Jerusalem.
When relations were resumed,
reports were current that the
USSR might open its legation
in Jerusalem, thus becoming the
first major power to recognize
the transfer of Israel's Foreign
Ministry to the capital city.
Both men were members of the
legation staff before relations
were ruptured last February.
The two diplomats have taken
up residence in a Russian mon-
astery in Jaffa apparently until
the arrival of the Soviet Min-
ister.
Israeli Minister
Frees Terrorists
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Pinchas
Lavon, Acting Defense Minister
in the absence of Premier David
Ben-Gurion, freed six of the 13
youths convicted of membership
and activity in a terrorist or-
ganization and reduced the sen-
tence of a seventh, in a review
of the decision of a military
tribunal.
The 13, members of a group
which attempted to burn cars
belonging to the Czech and So-
viet legations earlier this year,
were given sentences ranging
from one to three years.
Five of the defendants, all
juveniles sentenced to one or
two years in jail, were freed.
The sixth, Zeev Badian, had
been given four years as one of
the leaders of the group which
the government had charged
with engineering the bombing
of the Soviet legation in Tel
Aviv last February.
His fiance, Miss Yaffa Dromit,
one-time underground radio an-
nouncer for the Stern Group,
had her sentence reduced to
three years.
Minister Lavon approved the
sentences of Yaacov Heruti, who
received a 10-year prison term,
Shimon Bachar, 12 years, and
Abraham Mandel, three years,
because they had all been con-
victed of stealing military docu-
ments in addition to other acti-
vities.
Bachar, who was sentenced in
absentia, escaped from jail dur-
ing the trial and still remains-
at large.
Saul Rose to Receive
St. Cyprian Citation
Saul H. Rose, president of
Grand River Chevrolet Co., will
be among those honored at the
annual citation and award din-
ner of St. Cyprian's Protestant
Episcopal Church today, an-
nounced Fr. Malcolm G. Dade,
pastor.
Yearly, this
*.i e vent honors
citizens of De-
troit and en-
virons who have
made signifi-
cant contribu-
tions to t h e
progress of the
community.
The citation
- is being given to
& , Rose in recog-
Rose nition. of the
non-discriminatory hiring and
upgrading policy which his firm
has practiced over a period of
years and which haS eliminated
racial, religious and nationality
criteria in selection and pro-
Motion of personnel.
Others to be cited are Benson
Ford, Ford Motor Co., James
Weber, J. L. Hudson Co., and
Miss Laurentine Collins, Detroit
Board of Education.
CARD OF THANKS
The family of the late Martin
Ross wishes to thank its rela-
tives and friends for the many
kindnesses extended during its
recent bereavement.
Club Eleven to Open Year for Labor Zionist Branch
Club Eleven, a pr o g r a m of
games, entertainment and re-
freshments, is planned for mem-
bers of Branch 11, Labor Zionist
Organization, as the 'season's
opening social event.
The activity will be held at
8:30 p.m., Sunday, at 19939 Cool-
ey. Herbert Pincus, chairman of
the group, announces that Sara
Schiff should be called at TO.
6-7334 for information.
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I. Irving Feldman
Executive Director
Glasser Resigns
From CJFWF
NEW_YORK, (JTA)—Resigna-
tion of Harold Glasser from the
staff of the Council of Jewish
Federations and Welfare Funds
was announced by Julian Free-
man, president of the Council.
Glasser had been director of the
Institute of Overseas Studies, es-
tablished by Council.
Freeman declared that Glasser
had completed the studies plan-
ned for 1953 under an arrange-
ment which had called on him
to devote two-thirds of the cur-
rent year to these duties.
He said that Glasser had an
exceptionally fine record as di-.
rector of the overseas institute
and declared that his knowledge
of overseas needs and operations
had filled a longfelt need. He
termed his reports -models of
clarity, insight and .accuracy.
Prior to joining CJFWF, Glass-7
er had been in the Federal serv-
ice for 12 years as a Treasury
economist and advisor at inter-
national conferences. Appearing
earlier this year before the Sen-
ate Internal Security subcom-
mittee, he had invoked the Fifth
Amendment in refusing to re-
ply to questions about Commu-
nist activities.
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Friday, September 25, 1953
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