Soviet Aggression Complicates Middle AJC Sees Signs
East's Progress, But Situation ,Hopeful Of Soviet Revival
"Middle East economic progress tance Program - in agriculture, in
is -still complicated by the threat which the majority of the peoples Of Anti-Semitism

of Soviet aggression and subver- of the Middle East is engaged,
sion and by political difficulties FitzGerald reports that as a re-
in the area," according to D. A. suit of a seed distribution pro-
FitzGerald, deputy director of the ,gram, Egyptian hybrid corn pro-
United States Foreign Operations duces ten to fifteen per cent more
Administration, writing in the than local varieties. In Iran, a
current issue of Middle Eastern superior variety of wheat has
Affair's. been developed. Improved live-
This issue is devoted entirely stock for breeding purposes has
to the Middle East as an under- been imported by the thousands
developed area. At the same time, into Israel, Egypt and Iran. Mar-
"good evidence 'exists to assume keting specialists have demon-
that the nations in the Middle strated methods of improving the
East individually will make in- grading and handling of fruits
creasingly greater strides toward and other products.‘ Soil special-
economic improvement, toward ists have improved soil quality
political stability, and eventually and the Food and Agriculture
toward better economic relation-. Organization has also aided in
ships."
locust and pest control programs.
The American technical assis-
Part of "the remarkableprog-
ress" made by Israel, according
to Bruce W. McDaniel, director
Labor Leader Lists
of United States Operations Mis-
Program for Israel
sion in Israel between 1951 and
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The 1954, is due to the American pro-
tragedy of the Middle East to- gram of technical assistance.
day is that Arab leadership in- Writing in the same issue of
stead of recognizing the advant- Middle Eastern Affairs, McDan-
ages for the Arabs to be gained iels describes the people of Israel
through cooperation with Israel, as "dynamic and resourceful.
fights to destroy what Israel has They are eager to learn . . they
accomplished. This is. the opinion are willing to sacrifice and work
of W. P. Kennedy, president of hard."
BetWeen December 1951, when
the National Brotherhood of Rail-
road Trainmen, who recently re- the U. S. Mission began work and
the present, according to McDan-
turned from a - tour of Israel.
The Arab states are a "shadow iel, current foreign exchange con-
over Israel, doing everything on trol- has been made more effec-
their side to increase misunder- tive, foreign exchange reserves
standing and tension between hay been built up, and the foreign
Jew and Arab," Mr. Kennedy re- debt picture has been relieved.
ported. "From my observation, I These developments are reflected
am convinced that the Arabs fear in the growth of confidence in
the creation of a new, modern Israel currency.
state at their borders which is
Per capita industrial produc-
becoming a challenge and a re tion -increased about 14 per cent
proach to their own backward- between 1951 `and 1954. At the
nes,s. They are more concerned same time, a higher percentage
with consolidating their own of national • production — 28 per
shaky power by exploiting anti- cent in 1954—was plowed back
Israel feeling as a political into the Israel economy.
weapon than to launch a far- - Investnients increased steadily,
reaching program of social re- reports McDaniel, in the basically
form within their own land." - productive sectors of the econ-
The union president offered omy, agriculture and industry.
four suggestions for the free The value of Israel's agriculture
labor movement to assist Israel. production increased from $75.5
He urged them to exert their in- million in 1948-49 to $172.9 Mil-
fluence so that Israel is guar- lion in 1953-54. The output of
anteed against aggression; the Israel industry rose from $126
Arab states make peace with million in 1950. to $227 million in
Israel; Israel -continues to re- .1954. Also, in this period, Israel
ceive material assistance to gain exports increased from $28.5 mil-
sell-sufficiency, and that Israel, lion to $48.3 million.
is encouraged - to foster relations
With regard to the general pop-
with Asia arid Africa to help ulation, McDaniel continues, the
them develoP a trade union improved economic situation was
movement.
reflected in increased availability
of , consumer goods and the end
of rationing . of almost all com-
Labor Unions Praised
modities, improved housing, and
For Help to Israel
improved public health. Infant
NEW YORK, (JTA) —Amer- mortality, for example, declined
, ican labor unions were praised from 46 per 1,000 in 1950' to 34
here last night for the aid they per 1,000 in 1954. •
According to Joseph Barnea,
are giving to Israel by Mordecai
Namir, general secretary of His- member of the Uriited Nations
tadrut, who arrived in this coun- Secretariat, writing in the same
try to attend the merger conven- issue, a major cause of Middle
tion of the American Federation East underdevelopnient. is ab-
of Labor and CIO. Mr: Namir was sence of data on the natural re--
formerly Israel Minister to Mos- sources of the Middle East.
cow and is a member of the
Israel Parliament. He spoke at a $1,200,000 Raised
reception given by the National
Labor Committee for Israel for For Chicago Leader
AFL and CIO leaders. - .
CHICAGO, (JTA)—More than
Congressman James Donovan, $1,200,000. in contributions was
Republican, and Frederic Coudet, received by the Jewish Feder-
Jr., Democrat, addressing a meet- ation of Chicago in honor of its
ing -of the Zionist Organization of executive director, Samuel A.
America yesterday, pledged their Goldsmith, it was announced
support to Israel and condemned here at a dinner celebrating
the • Czech-Egyptian arms deal. Goldsmith's 25th anniversary as
Mr. Donovan said: "I am opposed executive head of the Federa-
to and shall. oppose any kind of tion.
aid--military, - economic or other-
The affair was attended by
wise—to Egypt or the Arab
more than 1,100 guests who
League and their friends." He
also said that as g member of the contributed sums from $1,000 to
$ 50,000 in advance of the din-
House Foreign Affairs Commit=
ner.'
tee he will suppc(rt "more eco-
Speakers at the dinner com-
nomic aid to Israel now and in
mended Mr. Goldsmith for his
the future."
service to the community. They
included Herbert R. Abeles,
U.S. Baptist Girls' Group .
president of the Council of
Donates to Jewish Agency
Jewish Federations and Welfare
JERUSALEM, (JTA) Dona-. Funds; Mortimer - B. Harris,
tions from a Baptist girls' sum- president of the Jewish Feder-
mer camp in the United States ation; Frederick W. S t r auS,
and an Anglican bishop were president of the Jewish Welfare
among those announced by the Fund of Chicago; Dr. Herman
Jewish Agency. The money has N. Bundensen, president of the
been earmarked for relief work. Board of Health . of Chicago, and
The American girls' contribu- others. Among the honors re-
tion was for 500 Israel pounds ceived by , Mr. Goldsmith was
and was part of a sum collected his election as executive vice-
for refugee relief in various parts president of the Jewish Feder-
of the world. The bishop's con- ation.
tribution, 150 pounds, came from

MinistrY.

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Friday, December 9, 1955

3 Kiev Synagogues Function,Many "Minyanim" in Kiev

'PARIS, (JTA) — Evidence of
the revival of the Kremlin-spon-
sored anti-Semitic campaign in
Russia of 1949 and of '1952-53,
was reported here by the Euro-
pean office of the American
Jewish Committee.
The AJC cited the greatly in-
creased use and emphasis in
Soviet provincial newspapers of
Jewish names of persons alleged
to have committed crimes
against the Soviet system.
Pointing out that this tech-
nique of attacking Jews was a
striking feature of both the 1949
Soviet campaign against t h e
Jews and again of the 1952-53
campaign which climaxed with
the so-called doctor's plot, the
AJC warned that this may be
the portent of a new attack
against the Jews in the USSR.
"It is ominous that such
stories should begin to 'appear
once more, together with recent
reports about arrests of Jews in
the USSR on the grounds that
they • were in possession of
Zionist literature„" the AJC de-
clared. This apparent renewal
of anti-Semitism is significant
particularly in the light of a
new turn of Soviet policy in
Egypt and the Middle East
Citing a number of Soviet
newspapers in various parts 'of
the USSR in which Jewish
names have been emphasized in
reports of a negative character,
the American Jewish Committee
stated that this _practice began
in mid-August this year and co-
incided with the arrest of a
large number of Jews in Mos-
cow in whose homes Jewish
literature was found. Another
wave of arrests and searchers of
Jewish homes occurred in Len-
ingrad during October, the AJC
established.

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