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Austria Rejects Jewish Demands
For Heirless Property Settlement

Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News

Eisenhower Ignores Bigot In
His Appearance Before ADL

President Eisenhower's appearance Monday night at
the 40th anniversary dinner of the Anti-Defamation League
of Bnai Brith marked a rebuke to Joseph P. Kamp, who is
notorious for his anti-Jewish views. Kamp attempted to
dissuade the President from accepting the ADL1953 Ameri-
ca's Democratic Legacy Award.

Mr. Kamp, who is a leader of the right-wing. "Constitutional
Educational League," addressed a letter for this purpose to Presi-
dent Eisenhower: He stated that damaging information against
the ADL was available from Robert L. Kunzig, counsel of the
House Committee on Un-American Activities. He also asked At-
torney'General Herbert Brownell, who participated in the tribute
to _ the ADL, to instruct the Federal Bureau of Investigation to
undertake a probe of the organization.
- (In New Yak, Benjamin R. Epstein, national director of the
ADL, commentihg on Mr. Kamp's plea to the President, declared:
"Joe Kamp's plea to Mr. Eisenhower to withdraw from our dinner
comes with ill grace in the light of Kamp's lies about and bigoted
attacks upon Ike when the President campaigned for office last
year.")
At the ADL sessions/ in Washington, former chairman, Judge
Meier Steinbrink, reviewing anti-Jewish activities in the
United States since the founding of Israel, reported that native
professional anti-Semites are echoing a campaign fostered by
Arab tliplomats in the United States who use the Communist
smear against Judaism and ZionisM, repeat all the well-worn
slanders and stigmatize as disloyal all Americans who sympathize
with or give aid to Israel." •
More than 500 messageS of congratulation were received at
the dinner, including messages from the Presiderits of Israel,
Italy and France, Premier David Ben-Gurion of Israel and
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer of Germany.
The dinner marked the closing of the four day meeting of
the APL, at which a budget of $2,485,000 was voted for the organ,
ization's activities in 1954. Henry E. Schultz Was elected national
chairman for a second time.
Mr. Schultz said in his annual report on religious discrimina-
tion that "though the United States in 1953 has emerged as a
vastly better place in which to live, current farces of fear and
hate threaten the remarkable progress of the past 40 years in
human relations."
- Mr. Schultz, opening the ADL's 40th annual , meeting, said
the- status of minority groups have improved, but "obstructing
continuing p.r ogres s," are: 1. Fear of Communism com-
bined with the inability of many Americans to recognize or un-
derstand it; 2. Strong suspicion of the intellectual "almost bor-
dering on an anti-intellectual movement; 3. Patterns of prejudice
and discrimination which are still ingrained in our culture; 4.
Congressional committees which spread fear and confusion.

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VIENNA, (JTA)—The Austrian government has definitely rejected the demands
of world Jewish organizations for a lump sum settlement of heirless property claims of
Jewish victims of the Nazis, after having negotiated with the Jewish groups for six
months over the amount of such a settlement.
The Austrian government has also turned down all proposals for advance payment
of any of the heirless restitution claims.
A case-by-case investigation of the claims is only possible six months after the
ratification of an Austrian state treaty with the Allied powers, the governinent claimed.
This argument was advanced by- the government on the basis of a number of Austrian
laws which provide for the submission of claims for return of heirless property until six
months after the treaty ratification. In informing the Jewish groups of its decision, the
government also argued that if it were to settle the claims with the Jewish groups, claim-
ants could, until six months after treaty ratification; demand property which had been
included in the lump sum settlement.

The Austrian government also • told the Jewish groups that they had started off
on the wrong basis, since the granting of restitution to racial persecutees would mean
"discrimination" in favor of one group. Special regulations favoring individual cases or
groups was contrary to Austrian government policy, it declared.
Nevertheless, it was reported, the government told the Jewish organizations that
it was "willing to continue the negotiations,' and asked for new Jewish offers for a set-
tlement of the problem of heirless property.

More Jewish 'Returnees' Arrested in Germany as 'Illegals'
MUNICH, (JTA) —German police arrested another 20 Jewish men, women and
children who arrived here from Israel without having legal German entry visas. They
were picked up at the railroad station.
Few of the estimated 1,000 Jewish "returnees" from Israel have accepted an offer
by the Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society to pay their full transportation costs if they
change thier minds and decide to take up permanent residence in Israel again. On the
basis of an agreement reached last week in Israel, the HIAS and the Jewish Agency
will cooperate in taking care of the "returnees" upon their arrival in Israel and during
the early stages of reintegration.

Sharett to Succeed Ben-Gurion

JERUSALEM—The Mapal party political committee nominated Moshe Sharett
to succeed David Ben-Gurion as premier of Israel at a meeting which ended in the pre-
dawn hours Tuesday morning. The Mapai leaders also decided that Mr. Sharett would
also remain at his post in the Foreign Ministry.
The committee, whose decision is subject to confirmation by the party's central
council, also named Pinchas Lavon, presently Minister Without Portfolio, to succeed Mr.
Ben-Gurion as Defense Minister. Zalman Aranne will succeed to the cabinet post vacated
, by Mr. Lavon. Mr. Ben-Gurion would retain his seat in parliament
Earlier, Levi Eshkol, the present Finance Minister, declined to accept the Pre-
miership.

IIANUKAH

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Lamps of Dedication

By SOLOMON SOLIS-COVEN.

Shine, lamps of Dedication, shine,
Your hallowed radiance be the sign
That still there dwells undimmed by tears,
Not quenched, but fed by blood and tears,
In Israel's heart, clear, steadfast, bright,
The flame is caught from Sinai's height.

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