U.S., Israel Formalize 10-Year
Most Favored Nation Agreement
Josephthal, Shazar Here
To Spark UJA Campaign
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The , International Co n f e r e n c e on
instruments of ratification of Civil Aviation which closed
the Treaty of Friendship, Com- i March 4 in Paris. During the
coerce and Navigation between ' discussions, a number of dele-
Israel and the United States I gations underlined Israel's spe-
were exchanged between the cial position in relation to these
Ambassador of Israel, Abba, ! stations because it is the only
Eban, and the Acting Secretary 1Middle Eastern country operat-
of State, General Walter Bedell- ' ing a regularly scheduled trans-
Smith, at the Department of atlantic service.)
State.
The treaty, which assures ".na- U. S. Mission Pact with
tional" and "most favored •ria- Israel on Development Projects
tion" treatment for nationals of
TEL AVIV, (J TA)—The United
either country in the territories
Dr. G I O R A JOSEPHTHAL
of the other, was signed at States Technical Cooperation (left) and ZALMAN SHAZAR,
1951,
Administration
mission
in
Israel
Washington on Aug. 23,
prominent leaders of the Jewish
and ratified by the U. S. Senate , and the Israel government con- Agency for Palestine, have ar-
on July 21, 1953. The Israel gov- ! eluded an agreement under rived in the United States to
ernment ratified the treaty on ! which Israel will supply some participate in the United Jewish
Jan. 6, 1952. It will enter into • 2,289,000 pounds from its coun- Appeal's 1954 campaign f o r
force 30 days after the present terpart funds for 11 new devel-. I $119,921,150 to meet the urgent
exchange of ratifications and opment projects.
life-building a n d life-saving
will remain in force for 10 years, ! The projects include foresting needs of the Appeal's three
c
continuing in effect thereafter certain
hilly regions, carrying constituent agencies. The lead-
unless terminated by mutual through irrigation projects in ers, Dr. Josephthal, treasurer of
! northern and southern areas of
agreement.
the country, reclamation of the Jewish Agency and Mr. Sha-
Embodied in the treaty are ! abandoned plantations and the zar, head of the Jewish Agency's
cultural department, have been
assurances of the type which
American businessmen and in- spurs.
! construction of new railway instrumental in carrying. out
vestors regard as useful and de-
The counterpart funds are many of UJA's programs in Is-
sirable and which are illustra- supplied by Israel to match rael.
five of Israel's intention to en- American technical assistance
courage foreign investments grants. The exchange relation- Labor Council Pledges
such as personal freedoms, ship between Israel pounds and
property rights, investment and dollars for these projects is set UJA 80,000 Volunteers
business activities, taxation, ex- in the TCA agreement.
change regulations, the treat-
CHICAGO—A volunteer force
ment of imports and exports; Israel Censor Detains B-G's
of 80,000 men and women was
shipping and other matters.
pledged to help the United Jew-
Article for Security Reasons
ish Appeal attain its 1954 goal
The treaty reflects the prin-
ciple of mutuality and is in LONDON, (JTA) — An article of close to $120,000,000 to help
keeping with the policies of both written by former Premier David finance settlement, welfare and
countries in making interim- Ben-Gurion for the Jewish Ob- rehabilitation programs in Is-
tio:al economic relationship as server of London has been held rael and 20 other countries, at
free and as non-discriminatory up for' more than a week by the midwestern regional confer-
as •possible. As stated in its Israeli security censorship, the ence of the Labor Council of the
preamble, the treaty is based on publication, which is the official UJA in the Palmer House here.
the desire of the United States organ of the British Zionist
Terming participation in the
and Israel to strengthen the federation, announced. The Ob- United Jewish Appeal, "the fore-
traditional bonds of peace and server described the article only most activity in Jewish life to-
day," Dr. James G. Heller,
friendship between t h e two .• as being entitled "Reactions."
countries and to encourage even
chairman of the Labor Council,
closer economic and cultural re- 38,200 Jews Immigrate
told the more than 1.000 dele-
lations between their peoples,
gates that the Labor Council
(Israel became a party to an To Canada in Eight Years
must help "create a bigger and
agreement for participation in
better United Jewish Appeal
the financing and maintenance
MONTREAL, (JTA)—The total Campaign in the crucial year
of 22 meteorological stations in number of Jewish immigrants ahead."
the North Atlantic at the third to enter Canada from April 1,
Zalman Shazar, head of the
1946, through Dec. 31, 1953, was
38,200, the Canadian Jewish cultural department of the Jew-
Congress revealed on the basis ish Agency, former Israel Min-
of a survey completed by its ex- ister.. of Education, warned the
perts.
This influx since the end delegates that "there are still
BOTTLES
of World War II has increased hungry immigrants in Israel"
the Jewish population of the because not enough funds are
available for us to carry out ur-
Dominion by 21 per cent.
An analysis of immigrants on gently needed programs of im-
the basis of their country of migrant rehabilitation, settle-
birth revealed that in the post- ment and integration."
Simcha Pratt, Israel Consul in
war period the largest group of
Jewish immigrants originated in Chicago, said that increased aid
Poland, followed by those from and tighter security methOds
the United States and Britain. must be put into effect imme-
In the last two decades before diately if Israel is to success-
the war broke out, Polish Jews fully complete her valiant
also were. the largest single struggle toward her goal of eco-
group of Jewish immigrants to nomic freedom and independ-k
ence.
Canada.
UJA general chairman, Ed-
That total number of Jews
now living in Montreal, largest ward M. M. Warburg, and Dr.
city of Jewish residence in Joseph J. Schwartz, UJA execu-
Canada, is now estimated at tive vice-chairman were honored
about 92,000, CJC statisticians for their untiring leadership in
the UJA campaign.
report.
Eliahu Dobkin, head of the
Organizational Department of
Orthodox Chief Rabbi the Jewish Agency for Palestine,
urged the assembled leaders to
OK's Sabbath Sports;
expend every • effort to make
1954 a year of strengthening for
Opposed by Beth Din
the people of Israel and for dis-
tressed Jews throughout the free
JOHANNESBURG, (JTA)—
world.
Dr.
Orthodox
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elicious
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I. Rabinowitz,
Chief Rabbi of South. Africa,
If thou doest well, shalt thou
believes that Jewish law does
not be accepted? and if thou
not prohibit sports from be-
doest not well, sin lieth at the
ing played on the sabbath.
door.—Gen. 4:7.
His opinion was expressed
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in an article in the South
African Jewish Times, corn- _
menting on a furor caused
INVITES HIS FRIENDS AND
by the forthcoming visit of an
Israeli soccer team which has
CUSTOMERS TO SEE
scheduled games on the sab-
THE NEW
bath.
In his article, Dr. Rabino-
witz stated that ball playing
on the sabbath had been the
custom in Israel thousands of
years ago and was becoming
the custom there again.
Meanwhile, the Beth Din
of South Africa, highest rab-
binical court in the country,
26 Years
With Buick
expressed concern that play-
ing of matches would lead to
"wholesale" desecration of the
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Sabbath. The court appealed
Near G.M. Bldg,
'to Jews to attend week-day
matches, rather than those
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played on the Sabbath.
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