urely Commentary
Germans to Deport Illegal Jewish Returnees
MUNICH, (JTA) — The West' former Nazi civil servants who . their re-employment are • shrug-
German police are planning to lOst their jobs at the end of the ged off as mere recominenda-
expel 67 Jewish refugees and war, he pointed out. Some thou- tions a n d generally ' ternain
Archbishop of York: Anti - Semite, or Misguided Politician?
It is a matter of record that Dr. Cyril F. Garbett, Archbishop their families for having re- sands are back in office but , without effect. In view of this
of York, has been accused of anti-Semitism in the past. The turned to Germany from Israel after more than eight years attitude, the spokesman - de-
statement on his behalf, made last week-end by his chaplain, Rev. "illegally" - and without v a 1 i d other thousands are still un- manded the appointment •' Of a
entry permits. - i employed. Former civil service , Federal Com m i s si o n e r .'with
E. C. I. Cleasey, in London, is proof that he needed defense.
They would, presumably be ' employees receive no pension ' plenary powers to solve these
The, Archbishop of York, regarded as the political spokesman
for the Church of England, made the puzzling charge, at the turned across the frontiers to I whire court decisions directing! problems.
York diocesan conference, that "the Jewish vote in New York has Austria ' or France or whatever i - •
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had a paralyzing effect on the United Nations" in the consideration country could be established as .11-4,
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of the Israel-Arab issue.
their point of entry into West i e”-
The last election proved the fallacy of this statement. Nothing Gerniany.
could be farther from the truth than any charge about a "Jewish
The refugees were arrested
vote." Mayor-elect Robert Wagner described the situation well by here earlier in the week when
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Resolu- Jewish community in the work
pointing out that the vote at the Nov. 3 election "cut across all police made a surprise dawn tions calling for basic revisions of the National Community Re-
social, political and religious lines." Jews voted in all columns raid on the main Orthodox in the existing immigration lations Advisory Council,;" called
and most of them apparently cast their ballots for the non-Jew synagogue here which has been laws, for the enactment by the for "maximum support" for the
Wagner, although his two chief opponents—Riegelman and Halley used as a refugee shelter, and Congress of the United States United Jewish Appeal and .State
-2-were Jews.
took the 67 refugees into cus- of a Fair Employment Practices of Israel borids.
If there exists "a paralyzing effect on UN activities, it is the tody. Some 60 women and chil- Act with appropriate ' enforce-
0 n e of the convention
moral issue involved. A political compatriot of the Archbishop
their families, ment powers, for full enforce-
speakers, James G. McDonald,
of York, the late Ernest Bevin, also was deluded by a mirage he dren comprisinied.
All the de- ment of civil rights by public of-
All
former U. S. Ambassador. to
called "the New York Jews" whom he disliked. The Archbishop were
molested.
taed not
refugees
were said to ciaLs, and for uncompromising Israel, said that "hasty .alrxd
tamed
have
learned
a
lesson
from
the
discredited
Foreign
Minis-
should
have entered Germany illegally separation of church and state ill-considered action" by.. the
ter who went to his grave a disgraced politician.
were adopted at the closing ses-
during the past ten ,weeks.
United Nations Chief of Staff
The Archbishop of York, who has affirmed that he is opposed
Fourteen of the refugees were sion of the biennial convention in Israel and Secretary of
to anti-Semitism, now, in the words of his chaplain, has dealt hailed before a local court and of the American Jewish Con- State Dulles' action in penali-
with politics , not religion, in his address before the diocesan con- sentenced to two weeks impris- gress.
zing Israel for its work on. the
ference. But while acting he has leveled an untrue charge against
At a banquet honoring
Jordan River project have
an entire people and has indirectly placed in disrepute the entire tering
onment.
each
for
illegally
en-
the country. The others former President Harry • S.
brought about the present
United Nations.
were to be arraigned later on Truman, Dr. Israel Goldstein
crisis between Israel • and the
He spoke of the "cruel massacre" at Kibya. We concur 'in the same charge. The Hebrew who was re-elected Congress
Arab
states.
condemning cruelty. Blit we have the right to ask that those who Immigrant Aid Society (HIAS) president, presented Mr. Tru-
Mr._ McDonald said that. the
express shock over Kibya also should take into consideration the
man with the Stephen S. Wise actions of Gen. Vagn Bennike,
massacres of Jews by Arabs which caused a loss of self-control oy refugees
supplied and
legal
counsel
the Award
efforts
were for
being
for his "consistent and UN Chief of Staff, in foreing
Jews who retaliated.
made to straighten out their courageous leadership in the Israel to cease work on the Jor-
We have many grievances against Dr. Garbett. He has legal status.
cause of civil rights during his dan River, and Secretary Dulles'
spoken disparagingly of Jews on other occasions. But he is not
The "returnees" are, for the terms of office as President of order
stopping American finan-
known to have asked justice for thoSe who escaped Nazism and most part, refugees who went to the United States."
cial aid to Israel, although done
sought fairness in Palestine, only to be sent to a watery grave at Israel several years ago but
The convention adopted a res- in the name of "impartiality," -
his government's orders. He shares guilt for the sunken boats have been unable to remain olution
expressing a feeling of have served to encourage Arab
whose passengers were denied a right to life because Garbett and
Bevin and perhaps even Eden who now speaks sanctimoniously, in the country either for ch- "kinship" with the State of Is- resistance against reaching : a
played a pro-Arab game. matic reasons or because they rael. It hailed the achievements Peace settlement with t.h e
them-1 of the Jewish State in providing
It is not the Jews who exert "a paralyzing effect" on the UN, were unable to adjust
Jewish State.
but the un-bhristian archbishops whose eyes were shut when Jews selves to that country's econ- a home for tens of thousands of
Dr. Goldstein took the Arch-
Jews
from
all
parts
of
the
world,
were sent to their doom but who now refuse to welcbme the Jews' omy. They view Germany as a .
bishop of York to task for re-
and
pledged
continuing
moral
self-liberating determinations in Israel. Garbett follows a Bevin- temporary haven from which
vealing a "sinister prejudice un-
pattern, and we can only judge him as:we judged-the discredited -they hope to leave for perma- and material support to Israel.
Bevin. nent settlement in other coun- It expressed the belief that the becoming a Christian leader"
tries.
U. S. Government has a "special when he made his observation
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obligation to assist in and to that the "Jewish vote" in: New
The U. S. and the Genocide Convention
encourage the development of York had a paralyzing effect on
American leadership in world affairs has suffered from the Nazi Victims Seek Action on
Israel,
not only because of the the UN handling of the Arab-
puzzling position adopted by our delegates at the United Nations. Their Right to Re-Employment role of the U. S. in the emer- Israel problem. He emphasized
After voting for the resolution, adopted by a vote of 50 to 0, . BERLIN, (JTA)—No less than
that the Archbishop's . pro-Arab
calling for speedy ratification of the genocide convention, U. S. 8,000 pre-Hitler public officials gence of that new state, but as partisanship is nothing new.. "It
the
world
leader
in
the
struggle
Delegate Henry Cabot Lodge expressed his delegation's disapproval, who were ousted or otherwise
is of a piece _with his previously
freedom and peace."
of "propaganda" in favor of the genocide convention. This is disciplined by the Nazis on racial for Other
expressed views," he stated. ;
resolutions
adopted
by
shocking. It is inconsistent with American policies which always or political grounds now lire in
Julian Freeman, president of
dealt frankly with issues at hand. Mr. Lodge is following the Berlin, a spokesman of the the delegates reaffirmed sup- the Council of Jewish Federa-
port
of
the
World
Jewish
Con-
policies of his former colleagues in the United States Senate who, League of Nazi Victims declared
gress as a unique instrument for tions and Welfare Funds,
under influence from the American Bar Association, - have failed here.
pointed out that members of his
to join in condemnation of mass murders of peoples through . These Nazi victims have a Jewish unity and survival; urged Council have raised one billion.
adoption of the genocide convention of the United Nations. We more difficult time of it than "increasing participation of all
segments of the American dollars in the last seven years.
are as much ashamed of the action of our UN delegation as we are
of the failure of the U. S. Senate to take a firm stand on this vital
issue.
By PHILIP .SLOMOVITZ
.
Congress Asks Changes in
w sh Conress
Immigration Law. Supports Israel
Death's Toll: Senator, Shimshi, Krotoshinsky
Death reaped another harvest in the past week.
The passing of Dr. David Werner Senator, vice-president of
the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, while on a visit 'in Atlanta,
Ga., will be widely mourned. Only 57, a Zionist since the age of
17 when he became active in the movement in his native city of
Berlin, he had made Palestine his home since 1929. He was asso-
ciated with the J. D. C. and the Jewish Agency, had been active
in the Hebrew University since 1937 and his present tour of the
U. S. was on a Rockefellek Foundation grant< He was among the
13 leaders who, on April 12, 1946, went on a hunger strike in pro-
test against the detention of 12,000 Jewish refugees in Italy. But
that did not prevent his being placed on King George VI's honor
list a year. later.
This Commentator recalls Dr. Senator's visit in Detroit in
the 1920s. We traveled together on top of an old double-deck bus.
He showed a deep interest in our community, its people and
institutions. It was evident to all who knew him that he was a
student of human affairs and a devoted son of Israel.
Israel lost another distinguished citizen in the death last week
of Zvi Ben Reuven Shimshi, the father of President Itzha-k Ben-
Zvi. Shimshi, 91, a native of Smargon, Poland, whose first visit to
Palestine was in 1891, was a member of the pioneering move-
ment Hoveve Zion. He was arrested by the Russians for participa-
tion in the movement of defense against the Russian hooligans.
His idealism undoubtedly inspired his son's leadership which led
him to the highest post in Israel.
. Abraham Krotoshinsky, although stemming from another
background, possessing leanings vastly different from Senator and
Shimshi, also was drawn to Eretz Israel. Krotoshinsky was the
famous hero of the Lost Battalion—the grOup that was trapped
by the Germans in World War I, later to be rescued by the East
Side New York Jewish lad who evaded the enemy lines in search
for help and led the Americans to the rescue. He studied at the
National Farm School near Philadelphia, went. to Palestine, was
unable to make good in farming and returned to this country. He
could not pass a civil service examination for a Post Office
job, but was given one by a waiving order from President Coolidge,
upon intercession 'by the then Congressman Fiorello 'LaGuardia.
He was an interesting man, a brave soldier, not a man of great
culture but one who possessed qualities that help build a society
composed of varying constructive •elements.
The men who have passed on represent also the varying cate-
gories of Jews who make up a community. Our people- are to be
found in all fields of endeavor. We have the clerk and the colle g e
professor, the barber and the electrician. That's normalcy.
DSG Divisions
Elect Leaders
Between You and Me
By BORIS SMOLAR
(Copyright, 1953, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)
Members of the Detroit Service
Group's trades and professional
divisions met Sunday at the
Jewish Center, to review their
1953 Allied Jewish Campaign
achievements, to discuss cash
mobilization and to elect officers
and members of the board of
directors.
Chosen to lead the divisions
in their year-round program
were - James Wineman, mercan-
tile- division; Myron D. Stein,
services division; Emil T. Stern,
mechanical trades division;
Mandell L. Berman, real estate
and building council; Tom Bor-
man, food service council; Mark
H. Birnkrant and Dr. Leo Oreck-
lin, professional division; and
Nathan Balaban, arts and crafts
division.
Goldmann and Adenauer
Discuss Idemnification
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
BONN — Problems connected
with the German delivery of
reparations goods and with the
German federal law for indem-
nification of individual victims
were discussed Tuesday by Dr.
Nahum Goldmann, presiding of-
ficer of the Conference on Jew-
ish Material Claims against
Germany, with Chancellor Kon-
rad Adenauer. Dr. Goldmann
arrived here early Tuesday. .
The conference, which also
included Minister for Economics
H. Erhard and Foreign Office
State Secretary Prof. J. Hall-
To Start Processing 200,000 for Immigration to America
stein, continued Wednesday. Dr.
Goldmann is concerned that, the
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Ad- igency immigration bill has been federal . indemnification law shall
be applied to the indiVidual Ger-
ministrative work in preparation started.
Man- states and..that until this
for the •processing of *more than
is done the •states'shall continue
•
200,000 prbspective immigrants
to 'Make payrrientS to Nazi vic-
whose admission was authorized :277PE 7 R°17.4FWISI-1 ., NEWS
tims- under the old regulations.
Friday, November 13, 1953
under the Eisenhower- ;emer-
Israel Issues
American Jews interested in Israel are disturbed over the
decision taken by Premier David Ben-Gurion to withdraw from
the Israel Cabinet . . . The decision was not taken by Ben-Gurion
on the spur of the moment ....He has repeatedly declared in the
Israel Parliament that he would like to give up the Ministry of
Defense ... These pleas were never reported ... It is no longer a
secret that certain strong differences of opinion prevailed between
him and his colleagues in the Mapai Party and in the government
...He stands for stronger counter-measures with regard to Arab
raids on Israel territory, whereas Foreign Minister Sharett advo-
cates a policy that takes more account of the impression created
abroad .. Last year he encountered the opposition of • a great
number of his party colleagues when he negotiated the coalition
with the General Zionists ... Nevertheless, his resignation is not
due to the difficulties which he faces in persuading his colleagues
to accept some of his views . • Ben-Gurion is the most powerful
man in Israel and does not shun difficulties . . . Nor does he give
in to adversaries .. . However, he never makes his political calcu-
lations and plans by the day or week, but by the decade or the
generation or, by history . This tendency has often been held
against him, but as far as he himself is concerned, it obviously is
his basic philosophy ... He now thinks he is dispensable in daily
matters, and he wants to concentrate on matters of Israel's future
and of history . . . All groups in Israel, except Herut and Mapam,
regret his withdrawal ... . So does the average man in Israel.
U N Reflections
.
Those who have observed Ambassador Abba Eban, the head
of the Israel delegation, at work at the present session of the UN
Security Council have no doubt that the Israel case rests in very
able hands . . . Ambassador Eban has proven himself a master
not only in the presentation of Israel's arguments, but also in
timing his arguments ... In the* briefest talk he ever delivered
at the United Nations—it lasted not even two minutes—he won a
tremendous victory over Gen. Vagn Bennike, the UN truce chief
. . . Gen. Bennike could have prevented the Syrian-Israeli dis-
pute over the Jordan River issue had he accepted Israel's proposal
to halt the work on the project until after an investigation of 'the
facts involved .. . Instead, he insisted on . the complete stoppage by
Israel of the work—a kind of "unconditicinal surrender" . Mr.
Eban only had to repeat Israel's proposal at the UN Security
Council in his own brief, but impresSiVe way, and the Council
accepted , it "with gratification" ... Thus, the Council actually
disavowed Gen. Bennike's stand in favor of Israel's suggestion
after bringing the General over all the way from Israel to report
to the Council . . . Modest and soft-spoken as Mr< Eban is , he
always Wins the attention of the UN. delegates whenever he has
something' to say ... In his :eloquent language — wInch.: can: be
matched 15Y. very few delegates' of other nations—he TreSents his
case like 'a well-trained diplomat, an able lawyer and an excellent
speaker—all in one.‘r,
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