Leading Israel Parties Reach
Agreement on a New Cabinet

28—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, January 15, 1954

New Piers Pinpoint
Haifa's Stategic Site

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JERUSALEM, (JTA.) — Repre- established - to deal with import
sentatives of the Mapai and problems; and the new Cabinet
General Zionist Parties signed will attempt to do away with
an agreement providing for the foreign currency controls,
Also, that the election law be
reconstitution of the coalition
government. Agreement on the amended to provide that any
principles involved came late party which obtains at least 4.2
Saturday a f ter a four - hour percent of the total vote in a
meeting called by Acting Prem- ! national election, or is entitled I
ier Moshe Sharett and attended to five seats in the Knesset, shall'
by four top leaders from each be represented in the Knesset-
of the two, parties. Immediately those who receive less shall for-
after the agreement . was signed, ' felt their total representation;
Mr. Sharett re-opened contact and that the General Zionists
with Progressive Party leaders i shall name the Deputy Minister
looking toward that • party's re- of Education.
With the newest wording of
turn to the government.
It is understood that the the proposed electoral law
agreement signed by the labor- amendment meaning that the
ites and centrists provides that:, small parties now in the govern-
both parties shall 'work for the ment shall be able to maintain
inclusion of the other three par- their Parliamentary status, it is
ties now in the coalition — Pro- expected that the Progressives
gressives, Mizrachi and Poale will rejoin • the government.
Mizrachi—in the new Cabinet; Mapai sources hope to see a final
HAIFA, (IIP)—The construc-
a joint office of the Ministry of agreement on a stable govern-
tion of new piers (like this one)
Trade and the Treasury shall be ment reached this week.
at the Port of Haifa, in Israel,
is making the port a major pin-
point of international commerce
in the Middle East. Ultimate
goal this year is to increase the
By RINNA GROSSMAN
states—all of which had signed port's handling capacity to 400,-
An American Jewish . Press Feature
armistice agreements with Is- 000 tons, which is being accom-
rael.
What were they to do plished through investments
The New Year is here—and
now?
Defy UN in this public from State of Israel Bonds,
Settling down. Most columns
totaling IL610,000.
writen in January 1954 either and dangerous way? Destroy
have already or are about to the shaky armistice agreement
Guide to Spoken Hebrew
Make predictions — or else to and so to war with Israel
round up the highlights of the openly? The Arab governments,
Based on Israeli Usage
weary year so recently deposited. particularly Jo r d a n, reaped
This is usually fun for writer and their destructive political
A guide to spoken Hebrew—
reader alike — but sometimes a whirlwind. If they accepted— aimed primarily at the tourist
and agreed to sit down with planning to visit Israel—made
sheer luxury.
Israel and talk about peace— its appearance under the Dover
I find myself unable to indulge
how would an over-stimulated, Publications imprint, under the
in this kind of punditing because agitated,
p o s s i b l y frenzied title SAY IT IN HEBREW. This
there is one outstandingly im-
portant matter concerning Israel public, fed for years on diet book is part of a series of phrase
hatred towards Israel, re- books on all spoken languages
which has dragged itself over of
act? Might not a gentleman of the world.
into 1954—and which is in dan-
of Mediterranean temper a-
According to Hayward Cirker,
ger of being overlooked by all
of us in the flurry of New Year ment in fez-red, angered at president of the firm, this is one
Summaries — and that is the betrayal by his leaders, fire a of the few publications which
approaches the Hebrew language
small matter of the by-now gun or draw a knife?
The Arab dilemma, thus mainly as a means of spoken
rioted paragraph 12.
communication in everyday
Let me remind you: Para- viewed, was not pleasant. What- travel. He pointed out that while
graph 12 of the Israel-Jordan ever the bosses decided to do— there have been many books
Armistice Agreement contains they would have to save face— that teach Biblical Hebrew,
a clause which specifies that their collective as well as / indi- "there has never been an in-
one year after the signing of vidual faces.
expensive pocket sized book es-
There was considerable discus- pecially written for American
the agreement either side may
rightfully summon the other sion and debate in Cairo and in users, that provides the travel-
to a parley regarding revision Amman and in Damascus. Fi- er and the student with phrases
of the armistice agreement— nally, a reply was sent to the he can use on the street, at the
and that such a request is UN. Thank you but no—the gov- railroad or bus station, at the
binding and attendance at ernment of Jordan preferred not theater, at a restaurant or on
to sit down with representatives a sight-seeing tour."
such talks compulsory.
When the security situation of Israel. But, at the moment
SAY IT IN HEBREW contains
to Israel worsened—and became that I write, it has been learned 1000 phrases adjudged to be the
itacute, culminating in the Kibya that this answer is a guarded most useful for the modern
incident, and the UN censure of one, written in narrow lines with tourist by the editor, Aleeza Cerf,
Israel—the Jewish State reluc- wide spaces between. The rejec- and a three-man advisory panel.
tantly decided to invoke para- tion, is one carefully phrased to Phrases are given in English, in
'graph 12 in order to force the leave the door to peace ajar.
Hebrew and in simplified pho-
Let us put two and two to- netic spelling set up especially
Arabs to discuss peace in the
gether: have the Arab leaders for American users.
iMiddle East.
No one else seemed eithe will- decided to fool their own peo-
Do v e r Publications (1780
ing or able to do anything about ple — to say "no" and then be B'way, NY 19) are the publishers
the simmering, no longer luke- sternly coaxed by an indignant of this valuable guide.
;warm war waged quietly behind United Nations to think again
the headlines on Israel. Israel's and then say "yes"?
Agency to Fly Stranded
!leaders knew that if the Arabs
The Secretary General, I un-
ignored the summon s, they derstand, has already dispatched Yemenite Jews to Israel
would thereby automatically a severe note to Jordan. Will this
JERUSALEM, JTA)—The Jew-
Minify the agreement upon be used to explain to the Jor-
,which it depends—but it was de- danians that this is the will of ish Agency made arrangements
tided that the cause of peace Allah-Kismet—destiny at work? to dispatch a plane to Aden, fol-
was urgent enough even for this
I think so. And I think there is lowing receipt of a report that
perilous gamble. Paragraph 12 hope that paragraph Twelve may 38 Yemenite Jews had crossed
Was invoked. That was last year. yield fruit—and perhaps peace the desert surrounding Aden
What has happened since then? will come with this year. It is and were now in the British
Several things. First of all, hard to be sure—but I think colony awaiting transportation
the Arab leadership rocked perhaps the Israelis won their to Israel. They are part of a
back on its hand-sewn heels. gamble and a conference• to talk group of some 350 Yemenite
This was a real and concrete about peace may be in the Jews, most of whom are still
travelling in the desert.
challenge, involving four Arab offing.

Putting Two & Two Together

Flashback in History

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Protect on Offered to Jews

By R. I. General Assembly

By HERBERT SCHNEIDERMAN
An American Jewish Press Feature
EDITOR'S NOTE:• This is one of a series of special features
offered as historical material on the eve of the forthcoming ob-
servance of the 300th anniversary of the Settlement of Jews in
the United States. Nationwide celebration of this anniversary is
now being planned by the American Jewish Tercentenary Com-
mittee and by numerous local tercentenary committees.

NEWPORT, Rhode Island, June
24, 1684—The General Assembly
today clarified the position of
Jews in this colony and held out
encouragement to Jews who
may wish to settle here in the
future.
The Assembly's action was
established here in 1658, when
fifteen Jewish families arrived
from Holland.
Acting on the Jewish petition,
the Assembly declared:
"Voted in answer to the
petition of Simon Medus,
David Brown and associates,
being Jews, presented to this
Assembly, bearing the date of
June 24th, 1684, we declare
that they may expect as good
protection here, as any stran-
ger, being not of our nation,
residing amongst us in this
his Majesty's Colony ought to
have, being obedient to his
Majesty's laws."
Jewish leaders have reacted
favorably to the Assembly's cul-
ling. They regard the statement
as fair and adequate. It has
cleared up any doubts the Jews
may have had as to their posi-
tion in the community. More-
over, local Jews see in the As-
sembly resolution an encourage-
ment to those Jews who will in-
evitably seek to make their
home in Newport. They predict
that more Jewish families will
now follow the trail they blazed
to Newport 26 years ago, confi-
dent of the welcome that awaits
them.
At that time—in 1658—New-
port's first Jewish arrivals con-
sisted of fifteen families led by
Mordecai Campannall and Moses
Peckecko. They brought with
them from Holland the first de-
grees of Masonry, and this in it-
self marked a milestone, since
it served to introduce the

Shades of Biro-Bidjan!

Clevelander's Contributions
Questioned by Revenue Agents

WASHINGTON, (JTA) — Her-
shel Weinrauch, a former Jew-
ish officer in the Soviet armed
forces who escaped from the
Soviet Union and 'is considered
the only person now in the
United States twho has an inti-
mate knowledge of life in Biro-
Bidjan—the section of the USSR
which • was designated by the
Soviet authorities before World
War II to become a Jewish
region—appeared here as a gov-
ernment witness in a case con-
cerning the objection of the In-
ternal Revenue Department to
income tax reduction of contri-
butions made in this country for
work in Biro-Bidjan. Following
Mr. Weinrauch's testimony, the
defendants have been given 75
days in which to file briefs.
The c a s e concerns Joseph

USSR Espouses Moslem use As Arabs Enter Soviet Orbit

compromise was made favoring
the Arabs, made passage of the
resolution appear hopeless.
Vishinsky went on record as
supporting the Arabs. Incessant
Arab lobbying, apparently, prov-
ed successful in bringing the
Soviet bloc to its side. Mean-
while the anti-Israel forces are
working feverishly in an attempt
to delay definite action on the
part of the Security Council, not
only on the question of the
hydro-electric project, but also
on the proposed Israel-Jordan
conference. A wide-spread con-
spiracy is evident. Jordan's neg-
ative reply to Secretary-General
veto the resolution lest ,some Dag Hammarskjold's request for

By DAVID HOROWITZ
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y. —
'When the Syrian complaint
stgainst Israel's hydro-electric
project was lodged with the UN,
ro one expected that the Secur-
ity Council debates would drag
into 1954. Delegates took it for
granted that the three-power
draft resolution, placing the
Whole question back into the
hands of Major Gen. Vagn Ben-
riike, while questioning Syria's
right of interference, would be
adopted forthwith.
Andre Vishinsky's sadden in-
tervention during the late De-
tember meetings, threatening to

a meeting with Israel over the
border disputes and Syrian Am-
bassador to the United States,
Dr. Farid' Zeinneddine's sudden
flight to Syria last week, became
explainable. Ambassador Zein-
neddine served as the Syrian
spokesman during all the Secur-
ity Council Debates over the
Canal issue.
The rather chummy Vishin-
sky - Tsarapkin - Malik - Zein-
neddine - Zafrullah Kahn "hud-
dles" noticed so often before and
after the December Security
Council meetings, appeared only
as faint "echoes" of the behind-
the-scenes doings in Moscow
!and Cairo. The Arabs, it now

Masonic Order into North Amer-
ica.
As soon as they came to
Newport, the Jews organized
a congregation and selected
Campannall as its head. The
first services were conducted
in his home.
These early settlers posses-
ed no wealth. Included in their
number were two soap boilers,
two workers in brass, four
merchants and traders, and
one moneybroker. Here, they.
found a measure of freedom
and as the Jewish community
grew and developed, they were
able to purchase their first
Jewish burial ground in 1677.
Jews were originally attracted
to Newport by the liberty that
had been established here by
Roger Williams, an exile from
the religious restrictions of
Massachusetts. Williams, who
died last year, was a champion
of the concept of freedom of
conscience and action. Despite
the sharp blasts of criticism
from scoffers elsewhere, he held
fast to his democratic convic-
tions and stated repeatedly his
belief that religious freedom
would be the bedrock of his own
colony. He issued a two-word in-
vitation to prospective settlers:
"Non-conformists welcome."
The pattern set by Williams
has thus helped the Jews of
Newport begin what one observ-
er called "a happy chapter of
the Jews in the New World."
The success of the Jews here has
wide ramifications. It is believed
here that as Jews gain more
recognition and are welcomed
as full-fledged members of the
community, democratic policies
are strengthened everywhere
and the cause of freedom great-
ly advanced.

appears, have made good their
threats that, to gain their ends
on the Palestine question, they
will even make a deal with the
devil himself. And so they have.
Egypt, the most powerful within
the Arab League, has succeeded
in her overtures with the Soviet
Union.
In light of these developments,
Israel emerges . as the only na-
tion in the Middle East—not
excluding Turkey—upon whom
the United States and the West
can rely in case of an emer-
gency. But when will the United

'Morgenstern of Cleveland, and
his three children, who from
1945 to 1949 made substantial
contributions to B i r o- Bidjan
which they deducted f r om
their income tax as philan-
thropy. The family, which is
engaged in the electric alarm
manufacturing b u s i n e s s, al-
legedly reported to have sent
$220,000 to Birobidjan, much of
it in heavy machinery and con-
tributed $80,000 to Yikuf, a Jew-
ish cultural farband in New
York.
Internal Revenue purported to
show through their questioning
of Mr. Weinrauch that Birobid-
j an was a political entity, not a
philanthropic one. Mr. Wein-
rauch's testimony indicated that
much of the machinery sent
probably never got beyond Mos-
cow and its environs; the area
was not Jewish in character
and actually Jews were corn-
gelled and ordered to leave, he
amongst them.

Justice Halpern Named
Alternate UN Delegate

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UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.p.
(JTA)—Associate Justice Philip
Halpern of the New York Su-
preme Court Appellate Division,
has been named United States
alternate for the sixth session
of the UN subcommission on
prevention of discrimination and.
protection of minorities.
Justice Halpern, whose home
is in Buffalo, will serve as al-
ternate to Mrs. Oswald B. Lord,
U.S. representative on the Com-

States awake to this stark fact? mission on Human Rights.

