Sharett Reveals Nazis Asked 10,000
Trucks for Lives of Hungarian Jews
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Details
of a Nazi offer to trade the lives
of the Jews in Hungary for 10,000
trucks to strengthen Hitler's de-
fenses during the last year of
the war were revealed by Prime
Minister Moshe Slarett in a state-
ment to the press.,
The offer was made to the
Jewish Agency by a special agent
of the Gestapo section in charge
of the annihilation of Jews. It
was immediately brought to the
attention of the United States and
Britain—who were the only
countries that could supply that
many trucks—and was rejected
by them. The proposal was pre-
sented by the Nazi emissary in
- Aleppo to Mr. Sharett, who at
that time was • the head of the
political department of the Jew-
ish Agency.
The Jewish Agency, Premier
Sharett disclosed in his state-
ment, i n ept the Nazi "satanic sug-
gestion of goods for blood" secret
in an attempt to win time and
secure postponement of the
- threatened deportation of Hun-
. garian Jewry to the gas chambers.
Handicapped Workers Help
Outfit Hotel for Tourists
Visitors to Israel's newest
luxury hotel, which was opened
last month at Herzlia, were sur-
prised to learn that a sizable
proportion of the interior fur-
nishings has been made by
handicapped men and women.
What they saw was proof - that
scores of invalids in Israel have
transformed themselves into
wage-earners, in a network of
some 20 "sheltered workshops"
scattered throughout the Jewish
state.
The workshops, - established
and operated by Malben, the
Joint Distribution Committee's
program in Israel for the care
of the sick, aged and handi-
capped immigrants, were set up
to provide employment and a
chance for economic self-reliance
for hundreds of immigrants suf-
fering from severe permanent
disabilities.
People M ke News
Ilana Carmel: Israeli
`Miss Universe' Entry
Brig. General JULIUS KLEIN,
who after World War II com-
manded the 109th AAA Brigade
ING, the only Illinois National
Guard Unit to see active service
in Korea, retired from the Illi-
nois National Guard after his
promotion to 'Major General of
the Line (Ret.).
* * *
At the same time, it alerted world
Jewry and the democratic gov-
ernments to the fate of the Jews
in Hungary. Mr. Sharett himself
flew to London a few days after
he received the Nazi offer and
appealed to the Allies to send a
paratroop force into Hungary in
an attempt to forestall the Nazi
plan to deport the Jews to ex-
termination camps.
ABRAHAM MELTZER, repre-
sentative of the Latin American
Department of the Jewish Agen-
cy in Costa Rica, has been named
Israel honorary consul in that
country, it was announced today.
Mr. Meltzer, a civil engineer, was
born in Warsaw and studied at
Stanford University in California.
* * *
10 Percent of Jews
Who Come to U. S. After
War I I Settled on Land
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Nearly
10 percent of the Jews who
came to the United States after
World War II have settled on
farms, the Jewish Agricultural
Society revealed in its annual
report.
Pointing out that "this con-
trasts • with the estimate that
farmers constitute two percent
of the general Jewish popula-
tion, Dr. Theodore Norman,
general manager of the Society,
says in his report: "Nothing in
the Society's long history of
service to. Jewish farmers ap-
pears as important as the part
it played in helping to rehabili-
tate the ,survivors of the great
catastrophe which befell the
Jews in Europe as a -result of
Hitler's coming to power in
Germany."
45 Arab Refugees
Granted U. S. Visas
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — T h e
State Department made known
that 45 Palestinian Arab refu-
gees have been granted Ameri-
can visas for permanent resi-
dence in the United States. They
will be the first of 2,000 such
refugees authorizzed to immi-
grate here under the Refuge Re-
lief Act of 1953.
The Arabs, who will leave for
the U. S. shortly, will settle in 13
states. At a celebration held at
the U. S. Embassy in Amman,
Jordan, the Arabs referred to
themselves as "refugees from
totalitarianism" and expressed
appreciation for the visas. They
The proud are ever most pro- came from various parts of Pal-
estine now occupied by Israel.
voked by pride.—Cowper. •
ILANA CARMEL, Miss Israel
entry in the Miss Universe com-
petition at LOng Beach, Calif.,
arrives at New York Internation-
al Airport aboard an El Al Israel
Airlines Constellation. Born in
Tientsin, China, Miss Iarsel, just
19, 35-25-36, speaks English with
a definite American accent ab-
sorbed from her American tutor
in Tientsin Jewish School. A
teacher of piano by vocation,
Miss Carmel,..is a student of lan-
guages, fluent in five. After- the
world-wide contest, she will re-
turn to Israel to enter the wo-
men's military services.
Four Denominations Under One
Roof at Panama USO-JWB Club
Four religious denominations
worship under one roof at the
Panama. Canal Zone USO op-
erated by the National Jewish
Welfare Board, it was reported
by Rabbi .Nathan Witkin, club
director and auxiliary chaplain
in the Caribbean Command, who
arrived on his annual vacation
visit in New York.
Mortimer May, president . of
the Zionist Organization of
America, announced the ap-
pointment of ABRAHAM GOOD-
MAN of New York as chairman
of the ZOA House in Tel Aviv.
Dr. Emanuel Neumann,held this
position for the last three years.
ELIAS M. EPSTEIN of Jerusa-
lem, was named program direc-
tor of the ZOA House succeed-
ing Jacob M. Alkow. Mrs. Gusta
Singer of Tel Aviv will continue
in her capacity as administrative
director -of the House.
* * *
Chaplain (Captain) JOSHUA
L. GOLDBERG, Third Naval
District Chaplain, liaison officer
of the Navy department to the
Commission on Jewish Chap-
laincy of the National Jewish
Welfare Board, was elected na-
tional chaplain of the Reserve
Officers Association of the
United States at its annual con-
vention in Boston. Chaplain
Goldberg is the first -Jewish
chaplain' to hold the post.
* * *
Rabbi CARL MILLER of
Gary, Ind., will participate in
the Senior High Conference, at
Sawyer, Mich., Aug 2-9. The
Conference is sponsored by the
Illinois Congregational Confer-
ence. Rev. Porter French 'will
be the Dean.
She likes jam,
he likes cheese
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It's Not Detroit But Dynamic Israel
MEN01208,
American cars roll oft the assembly plant at Haifa, Israel.
,where bustling activity produces thousands of cars each year. The
factory, an assembly plant for Kaiser automobiles, gives work to
thousands of immigrant workers who might otherwise be on Is-
rael's welfare rolls. The process is typical of the expansion of
Israel's industry which receives vital assistance from State of
Israel bonds.
10—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, July 22, 1955
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