Cron Named Senator
704 Jewish Scientists to Attend
UN Parley; 62 from U.S., 10 from Israel
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
(JTA) — Out of about 600 sci-
entists front all over the world
who will gather at Geneva, Mon-
day, for the two-week Interna-
tional Conference on the Peace-
ful Uses of Atomic Energy, a to-
tal of 104 are Jews.
This fact, rather astounding to
many diplomats here because of
the disproportion between total
Jewish population on the one
hand and Jewish eminence in
science on the other, emerged
as most of the UN top echelon
members of the secretariat de-
parted for Geneva.
The conference in Geneva,
while strictly scientific and just
as strictly non-political, was
convened at the behest of a Gen-
eral Assembly resolution adopted
here last December. Officially in
charge of the conference is the
Secretary General, Dag Ham-
marskj old.
From the very beginning of
the planning of the conference,
Jewish - participation loomed
large. The General Assembly had
voted that Mr. Hammarskjold
select seven member nations to
name representatives on an ad-
visory committee. Of the seven,
two were famous Jewish scien-
tists—Dr. I. I. Rabi of Columbia
University, representing . t h e
United States; and Dr. Bertrand
Goldschmidt, of Paris, represent-
ing France.
62 Jews in U. S. Delegation
As the conference opens in
Geneva next week, the • United
States will have the largest del-
egation—a total of 324 outstand-
ing men, most of them scien-
tists. The American delegation
is headed by a team of five;
among these five, two are Jews
— Rear Admiral Lewis L.
Strauss, chairman of, the Atomic
Energy Commission, and Dr.
Rabi.
Judged by names, appear-
ances, personal actions, and
other such criteria. — since a
a scientist's religion is not in-
• cribed on his formal record
for this conference--a total of
62 of the Americans in Geneva
are Jews.
The next largest Jewish group
appears in the Soviet delegation,
of whom 12 are believed to be
Jews. In addition, two other iron
curtain countries — Poland and
Ukrainia—have one Jew each in
their delegations.
Surprising to some diplomats
here—although not to those who
have kept abreast of atomic
science developments—is the size
of the Israel delegation. Israel
will ha v e ten scientists at
Geneva.
Israel also will have three of
its six scientific papers on the
agenda for on-the-spot discus-
sion, indicating that these pa-
pers are considered to be of
special importance.
Over all, only about a third of
the conference papers are-sched-
uled for discussion; the rest will
become part of The conference
record when they are issued in
printed form. It has been noted
that not one of the Arab coun-
tries will be represented by
scientists at Geneva.
The French delegation will in-
clude seven apparent Jews, there
will be five evident Jews among
the British scientists; two Jews
each from Brazil and Switzer-
land; one from Argentina, and
one from Swedon.
(In Washington, Adm. Strauss
announced that technical libra-
ries of non-classified data on nu-
clear energy and its applications
have been shipped to 23 nations,
one of which is Israel. The li-
braries were developed by the
AEC technical information serv-
ice as one of the several com-
mission projects supporting the
President's atoms-for-peace pro-
gram.)
Scientist Returns from Moscow
TEL AVI, (JTA) — Dr. B. M.
Bloch, 'administrative director of
the Weizmann Institute of
Science, who returned here from
a two-week session of the Soviet
Academy of Science on the
peaceful uses of atomic energy,
said he was - greatly impressed by
the scope of nuclear physical and
chemical research now being
carried out in the Soviet Union.
Dr. Bloch said that Soviet scien-
tists had exhibited deep interest
in the work of the Weizmann In-
stitute.
Blaustein Confirr- ned
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
Senate confirmed the appoint-
ment of Jacob Blaustein, honor-
ary president of the American
Jewish Committee, as a member
of - the American delegation to
the forthcoming tenth session of
the United Nations General As-
sembly. B,laustein, an alternate,
was named by President Eisen-
hoWer.
and other groups of Nazi victims.
Bavarian Minister-President Dr.
Wilhelm Hoegner and Finance
Minister Friedrich Zietsch made
it clear that they disagreed with
the Junker proposal and would
not give their consent to the pad-
locking of the crematorium in
Hitler's oldest and best known
concentration camp.
Middle East defenses was adopted
by the executive board of the
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
WASHINGTON (JTA) — A tion at its session here.
resolution urging the United
States Government to insist upon DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-5
the integration of Israel into the
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HON. DAVID A. CROLL
OTTAWA (JTA) — David
Croll, member of the Canadian
House of Commons has been
named to the Canadian Senate,
becoming the first Jew in Can-
ada's history to hold a seat in
the Upper House of Parliament.
His departure from Commons
leaves Leon D. Cresthol of Mon-
treal the only Jewish member.
Mr. Croll, who became the
first Jew to serve in a Canadian
provincidl cabinet when he was
named Minister of Labor in On-
tario, is a native of Russia. He
worked his way through a Ca-
nadian law • school by selling
newspapers and began his politi-
cal career by achieving the post
of Mayor of Windsor, Ontario.
When the second World War
broke out, he enlisted as a pri-
vate although he was nearly 50
years old. He is active in Jew-
ish community work, especially
in organizations devoted tO fur-
thering Israel's development.
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Band will be presented at the
Michigan State Fair on Sept. 2,
through Monday, Sept. 5, in after-
noon concerts. The 1955 fair dates
are Sept. 2 through 11.
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American GIs, *'German Jewry Meet
At Dachau for Tisha b'Ab Service
MUNICH (JTA) —" American
Jewish soldiers, together with
German Jews and former DPs,
gathered at the crematorium in
the infamous Dachau concentra-
tion camp for a Tisha b'Ab serv-
ice conducted by Rabbi George
Vida, U. S. Army Jewish chap-
lain of the Munich area. Chap-
lains from the neighboring cities
also attended the religious cere-
mony.
Guest speaker was Bavarian
State Secretary Dr. Joseph Pan-
holzer, a devout Catholic and
staunch anti-Nazi who left Ger-
many after Hitler's advent, went
into hiding in a French monas-
tery during the war and more
recently had the courage to vol-,
unteer as defense counsel for the
late Dr. Philip Auerbach at the
height of the frenzied campaign
against him.
In an interview over the Ba-
varian radio, Dr. Panholzer de-
clared that the crematorium
would remain open as a me-
morial, because of international
obligations assumed by Germany
and also as a matter of 'principle.
His statement is of particular
significance because only two
weeks ago the governmental ad-
ministrator of Dachau county,
Christian Social Union Landtag
deputy Heinrich Junker, de-
manded that the crematorium be
closed to the public "so as to
forestall pernicious propaganda."
That demand elicited strong
protests from the Munich Jewish
community, the Bavarian State
Council for Freedom and Justice
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