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VOLUME 27, No. 25
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Many Jews Killed and Wounded
In Morocco Riots; Stores Burned
Ben-Gurion to Defy`AII
Obstacles in Bringing
More Jews into Israel
Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News
TEL AVIV—Prime Minister-Designate David Ben-
Gurion declared Tuesday that "despite all obstacles
we will bring in Jews from North Africa and then
those of the other countries of the Diaspora."
He made the statement at a ceremony at Moshav
Gilat, during which a monument to the Jews of North
Africa who fell in the war of liberation was dedicated.
Mr. Ben-Gurion also told the ceremony that the
spirit of brotherhood has been manifested in Israel's
defense forces in life and in death. He urged the
integration ,of all the "tribes," stressing that so long
as they were not united there would not be one people
of Israel.
Ben-Gurion Starts Second Round
Of Talks on Formation of Cabinet
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Circles close to Prime
Minister-Designate David Ben-Gurion indicated that
he may abandon the task of forming a coalition govern-
ment for Israel if he does not succeed in getting a
workable coalition Cabinet within the next week or
two. In that event, it was stated, Moshe Sharett, who
now heads the caretaker government, will be em _ -
powered by President Itzhak Ben Zvi to form a
Cabinet.
. Mr. Ben-Gurion began the second round of nego-
tiations with the. various parties on the subject of
coalition. This time the talks are not of an exploratory
nature but are, rather, concerned with such practical
matters as the number of Cabinet members each party
would have and the distribution of portfolios among
them. Achdut Avodah was the first party he saw,
foLlowed by the General Zionist representatives. His
schedule calls for Consultations with the Progressives,
Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachi, Mapam and Agudah-Poale
Agudah.
A General Zionist source revealed that its repre-
sentatives viould. refuse to enter the Cabinet under
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U. S. Briefing:
Bnai - Brith youth
leader from England, Stanley Yudolph, left, is
briefed on workings. of American representative
government by Senator Richard L. Neuberger of
Oregon. During a visit in Washington, Yudolph,
president of -the Bnai Brith Youth Organization in
Great Britain and Ireland and law student at the
University of Leeds, brought Senator Neuberger
fraternal greetings from his organization. The
Senator, a long-time member of Bnai Brith, told the
20-year-old lad that he favored lowering the voting
age in the United States. Yudolph is here to attend
the Leadership Training Institute of the Bnai Brith
Youth. Organization and the annual national con-
ventions of AZA and Bnai Brith Girls at Camp
Bnai Brith, Starlight, Pa.
CASABLANCA (JTA)—The fear that there may be a number of Jews among the non-Mos.
lems killed and wounded. in the bloody disturban ces in the Moroccan towns of Oued Zem and Khen-
ifra was expressed in Jewish circles here. The ex act situation cannot be established as yet, but it
is know that a Jewish store in Khenifra was burned to the ground by the Moslem nationalists
during the riots which raged there. The Jewish population of Khenifra, a town in the Middle
Atlas Mountains. of Morocco, joined with the European inhabitants in seeking refuge in the stiburbS.
In Oued Zem, which is situated 80 miles from Casablanca, many stores were set afire by
Moroccan tribesmen who swarmed into town from the neighboring villages. The situation is con-
sidered critical. It is assumed that among the sh ops burned down by the Arab rioters were many
belonging to Jews, since some of the agitators against the French administration have been Chars-
ing the Jews with siding with the French.
In Casablanca, a number of Arab leaders have called on the Jews of the.Old Medina section Of
the city to join in the demonstrations they had scheduled in protest against the deposition of their
old Sultan by the French authorities. The Arab leaders told the Jews that as Moroccan subjects,
equally with their Moslem brethren, it was thei r duty- to join in the fight for the return of the
deposed sultan.
Two representatives of the Jewish community have been invited by the French government
to participate -in the talks of French and Morocc an leaders which started Tuesday at Aix-Les
Bains for the purpose of putting an end to the bloody
disturbances in Morocco.
Dulles Seeks to Prevent
The two Jewish leaders who were summoned to
the negotiations are Jacques Dahan, secretary gen-
Collapse of Gaza Talks
eral of the Council of Jewish Communities of Morocco,
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (JTA)—Every
and Dr. Leon Ben Zaque, member of the Casablanca
effort to keep the Gaza pacification talks
Jewish community. While they were on their way to
from collapsing is being made by the United
France, other Jewish leaders here were seeking de-
Nations, as well as by the Big Three powers
tailed data on the damages suffered by Jews in the
—United States, Britain and France.
riots in Mazagan and Safi where hundreds of Jewish
This fact became evident here as word
reached United Nations headquarters that
families had their homes burned by Arab mobs.
Secretary of- State John Foster Dulles has
A complete picture of the losses of Jewish lives
entered the picture. According to informa-
and property in the various towns in Morocco, where
tion current in United Nations circles, Mr.
the riots took place during the last few days, is still
Dulles conferred with ranking diplomats
not available here. However, it is, known that while
from both London and Paris in an effort
many of the Jewish houses and stores in Mazagan and
to work out some plan for bringing Israel
Safi were stormed, looted and destroyed by fire no
and Egypt together through the talks initi-
ated by the United Nations under the chair-
Jew was killed there. In Que Zane, seven Jewish stores
manship of Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns, chief
were looted and burned down.
of staff of the UN Truce Supervision organi-
Casablanca papers Tuesday published the state-
zation.
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Eric Johnston's Jordan River Valley Development Program
Made Public in Eisenhower's Report to Congress and UN
Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News
WASHINGTON—The proposals involved in the American plan for the development of the Jordan River
Valley, which Ambassador Eric Johnston is now carrying with him to Israel and the Arab countries, were
outlined by President Eisenhower in a report to Congress on the U. S. activities at the United Nations,
released by the State Department Monday. Mr. Johnston, who is President Eisenhower's special envoy for
the Middle East, left the United States last Friday and is expected to arrive in Jordan at the end of this
week, following a short stop-over in Europe.
During his three-week visit in the Middle East, Ambassador
Johnston will confer with the governments of Jordan, Lebanon, Syria
and Israel on the American regional development plan of the Jordan
waters. He will be assisted by a number of officials of the State Depart-
ment. His proposals, according to President Eisenhower, involve accept-
an-Ce by the Arabs and by Israel of the following principles:
1—The limited waters of the Jordan River system should be
shared equitably by the four states in which they rise and flow.
2—A neutral impartial authority should be created to supervise
withdrawals of water from the river system, in acCordance with the
division ultimately accepted by all parties.
3—Amelioration of the condition of the Arab refugees in the
Palestine area should be a principal objective of the irrigation program
for the Jordan valley. -
4—Broad lines of understanding on the total program should
be reached at the earliest possible time not only in the interests of the
refugees but in the interests of economic progress and stability in the
area.
5—Storage of irrigation waters for the lower Jordan valley in
Lake Tiberias (the Sea of Galilee) should be considered by the parties
Ambassador Johnston
when the necessity is indicated for using the Lake as a principal reservoir.
In his report to Congress, President Eisenhower emphasizes that the plan for regional development and
full utilization of the waters of the Jordan River and its tributaries was originally prepared for the UN Relief
and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees by the Tennessee Valley Authority, together with proposals from
an Arab technical committee and from Israel.
"As a result of cordial discussions, Ambassador Johnston was able to report that the governments
directly concerned had accepted the principle of international sharing of the hitherto contested waters of the
Jordan River, and were prepared to cooperate with the United States in working out details of a mutually
acceptable program for developing the irrigation an d power potentials of the river system," the President
indicated.
President Eisenhower also pointed out in his report that the development of the Jordan Valley is con-
sidered by the U. S. Government as part of a program for developing large scale rehabilitation and resettle-
ment of the Palestine Arab refugees which are now being aided by the UN Relief and Works Agency. He
revealed that preliminary work prwressed in connection with the proposed developments in the . Jordan-
Yarmuk basin and on the Sinai Peninsula.
"Surveys on both these large projects were pushed to completion and many problems standing in the
way of their fulfillment were, if not completely solved at least more clearly defined and placed on the road
to eventual solution," the President reported.
On the eve of his departure for the Middle East, Ambassador Johnston said he was "reasonably optimistic
about the possibilities of Arab-Israel acceptance of the American - sponsored regional W at e r development
scheme, according to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Mr. Dulles said at his press conference that Arab-
Israel differences had been narrowed down sufficiently to enable him _to bridge the differences. -Mr. 'Dulles
said this optimistic viewpoint was Mr. Johnston's own estimate of the situation.