Jewish-Owned Treasure, Seized
By Fascists, Discovered in Italy
ROME, (JTA)—A treasure of
gold, currency, stocks and bonds
and other valuables worth ap-
proximately 1,000,000,000 I i r a,
most of it stolen from Jews dur-
ing the Fascist era, has been dis-
covered in the Vicenza branch
04 the Bank of Italy.
The treasure consists of goods
taken from Jews and other Itali-
ans ordered deported from Italy
by the Nazis between 1943 and
1945. The valuables were taken
by the Italian police, but no re-
ceipts were ever issued to the
victims so there was no way for
them or their* heirs to uncover
them.
When the treasure was dis-
covered, it was found that a list
of the former owners and what
had been taken from them was
With the loot.
The discovery, nine years after
Il the final theft, resulted from the
activities of a diligent Italian
magistrate investigating the ori-
gin of some stolen property fea-
tured in a case before him. He
traced the property .back to the
hidden treasure trove and
brought it to public attention.
It is not known why the Bank
of Italy had not informed the
persons on the list nor their
heirs of the existence of the
store of wealth. More informa-
tion is expected to be made pub-
Baratz to Speak
At Histadrut Rally
Slated for Sunday
Bringing with them results of
their week long "special drive,"
Histadrut canvassers represent-
ing all divisions with the excep-
tion of
alienat-
tended a report breakfast meet-
ing last Sunday morning at the
Labor Zionist Institute.
The gathering received a re-
port of the
s • u
parley which took place in New
York City recently. Harry Schu-
mer, in addition to delivering
this report, also presented a se-
ries of figures which proved the
local drive compares favorably
to the 1953 campaign. A sum in
excess of $10,000 was reported by
the workers present, with all
groups and -divisions represent-.
ed, including:
Poale Zion: Drs. A. Alper and M. L.
Falick, J. Schreier, I. Pokempner, N.
Naimark and Mrs. A. W. Sanders: Far-
band: L. Goldsmith, H. Schumer, M. Bach-
man. D. Sislin, H. Adler. I. Brown, S.
Firestone, A. Berke, M. Chasnick: pro-
fessional: Dr. H. L. Rosenthal; Pioneer
Women: Mesdames F. Schreier, P. Zeltser,
S. Pine. E. Lempert, M. Oshinsky and
L. Kanarek.
The furniture division contributed a
substantial sum to the overall total,
through the efforts of E. Weingarden,
A. Berg, J. Malamud and S. Solovich.
Louis Levine, chairman of the
Landsmanshaften Division di-
sector of Histadrut's radio pro-
grams broadcast at 11:15 a.m.,
each Sunday over Station WJLB,
inaugurated the 1954 special ra-
dio appeal last Sunday. The sec-
ond portion of the appeal will
take place this Sunday.
Levine advises that all persons
phoning in their pledge will re-
ceive a free ticket to the Hista-
drut Third Seder, scheduled for
April 20, at Adas Shalom Syna-
gogue.
Yosef Baratz, founder of De-
ganya in Israel, will arrive in
Detroit Saturday evening and
will address a breakfast meet-
ing composed of campaign lead-
OPS on Sunday. He will be the
guest of honor at a special re-
ception Sunday evening in the
Labor Zionist Institute, to which
workers and delegates are
In honor of
Baratz's visit it
'was decided to
present him a
-c heck repre-
senting Detroit's
third transmis-
ion of funds to
the national of-
The Detroit
ffice has been
dvised that Dr.
;Samuel B. Hur-
Baratz w i e h, national
fitrairman of the Israel Histadrut
Wnpaign. in. Canada, will be
st speaker at tl scheduled
00Ikteh 14 may.
:
lif after an investigation into
the matter.
The Council of the Union of
Italian Jewish Communities,
meanwhile, has launched an in-
quiry into the affair and hopes
to accumulate information use-
ful in recovering the stolen ar-
ticles for the owners or their
heirs.
Peace in Middle East
Called Goal of U. S.
By Senator Ferguson
In his address at the national
conference of the American
Christian Palestine Committee,
in Washington, Senator Homer
Ferguson of Michigan declared
that in the Middle East, as else-
where, the United States seeks
"peace based on justice and
equal justice for all."
"America has no selfish.inter-
est to serve in the Middle East,
or anywhere else in the workl,"
he stated. "It is better for us
in the United States to have
peace in the Middle East than
it is to have war."
Senator Ferguson said that
"the people of the Middle East,
regardless of their race or reli-
gion, are the ones who will have
to pay the price for any delay
in peace. The price they pay
will be measured in tears, misery
and human suffering."
He warned that extremists
who attempt to block the peace
"will ultimately lose to the com-
mon sense of the great bulk of
the people whose best interest
will be served by a just peace
and the benefits which flow
from it.
"In the Middle East, the end
of colonialism will mean tre-
mendous developments in the
social and political fields and it
will mean great strides in agri-
culture and industry," Senator
Ferguson said. "It will steadily
improve the living standards in
these ancient lands. The Garden
of Eden may again bloom in the
valleys of the Tigris and Eu,
phrates Rivers. The oil resources
and possibilities of irrigation
and all other modern develop-
ment, will grow and restore the
area to its place as-one of the
most prosperous in the world."
Referring to "the miracles al-
ready accomplished in Palestine"
he pointed out that the same
transformation will come to oth-
er areas in the Middle East as
modern engineering begins to
develop the resources.
Sen. Guy M. Gillette of Iowa,
stressed that his travels in the
area have convinced him that
the toiling peasants of the
Arab countries are more inter-
ested in gaining ownership 'of
farms than in the conflict with
Israel.
"What the people's of the Near
East want," lie said, "is funda-
mentally the same as what peo-
ple everywhere in economically
backward areas throughout the
world want: enough to eat, a
bit of land of their own, educa-
tion for their children, health
for their bodies, and a decent
respect by others for their in-
herent dignity as human be-
ings. None of these are to be
obtained through perpetuation
of the Arab-Israeli quarrel."
Venezky to Address
Israel Bond Leaders
League Planning 'You Asked for It'
Julian B. Venezky, of Peoria,
Ill., chairman of the national
executive committee of the Is-
rael bond drive, will address an
executive committee of the De-
troit Bond or-
;anization at the
home of Mrs
Theodore Barg-.,
man, 19551 Burl
ington, March 2,
8 p.m.
Venezky will
help the group
evaluate the re-
mits of the cele-
bration of the
3,000th anniver-s:
sary of Jerusal-e
em on Feb. 14..
Plans will be Venezky
projected for the launching of
the new Development Bond
Issue.
As a result of efforts in selling
$80,000 in Israel bonds for the
Jerusalem celebration, the Miz-
rachi Organization will be given
the opportunity to select an
"Honorary Citizen of Jerusalem"
from its ranks, it was announc-
ed by the bond office.
Heading the 300 workers for
the Jerusalem event were Sam-
uel Feldstein and Harry Cohen,
who jointly sold a total of 145
Bonds.
As an outgrowth of a "presi-
dents' parley" held earlier this
season by presidents of 48 con-
stituent groups of the League of
Jewish Women's Organizations,
Mrs. Irving Small, LJWO presi-
dent, announces that several
community relations experts will
be featured at its March 10
meeting.
The session, called "You Ask-
ed for It," will highlight Prof.
Arthur Dunham, of the Univer-
sity of Michigan school of social
work, who will keynote the 12
noon luncheon session.
Other speakers in the com-
munity relations field, will ap-
pear at the meeting to begin at
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Cong. Bnai David will offer
the second in • its series of Fri-
day evening oneg shabbat and
lecture series to take place at
8:30 p.m., today in the Syna-
gogue.
Rabbi Hayira Donin will speak
on "The Place of Ritual in Juda-
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the congregational singing. A
social - hour, tendered by the
Sisterhood, will follow. The
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Sisterhood Exhibit
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Sisterhood announces that
Charles Feinberg, noted art col-
lector, will be the chief exhib-
itor, at their meeting, March 8,
12:30 p.m., in the social hall of
the synagogue.
This meeting culminates
contest among Sisterhood mem-
bers who have entered their
ceremonial objects. Prizes will
be awarded-.
Special table settings utilizing
precious heirlooms will be dis-
played and discusSed by Mes-
dames Bert Smokier and Milford
Pregerson.
The dessert luncheon will be
served under the supervision of
Mesdames Sophie Silverman
an d Fannie Himtneistein.
10 a.m., in the Davison Jewish
Center.
Mrs. Norman Kanter, vice-
president of community rela-
tions, will preside. Two after-
noon panel discussions
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the other dealing with local as-
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