Scientist Who Fled Nazis
Decorated by Germany
FRANKFURT (JTA) — The

Grand Cross of the West German
Order of Merit; as well as the
Goethe Plaque of the City of
Frankfurt, have been bestowed
upon Prof. Ferdinand. Blum, a'
well-known Jewish medical re-
searcher now living in Switzer-
land, on the. occasion of his 90th
birthday. .
Dr. Blum was a popular prac-
ticing physician - in pre-Hitler
Frankfurt. He also headed, and
for a time financed from his
pocket;' the local Biological
Institute. His studies on the
thyroid gland' and in the field
Of endocrinology blaied the trail
for important medical discov-
eries. Since escaping to Swifter-
land 15 years ago, he has carried
On scientifid investigation on the
cause and of goiter:

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Israel Withdraws Forces
From Syria; Destroy Fort

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Artillery
duels between Syrian and Israeli
guns in the Lake Tiberias area
maintained the tension following
the major raid- by Israel units
who captured the destroyed four
Syrian outposts on the eastern
shore of the lake and then with-
drew to Israel territory: Some.
55 Syrian soldiers died and 29
were taken prisoner, while four
Israelis were killed and 12 were
wounded in the operation.
The latest reports from the
Galilee spoke of a - continuing
exchange.,,,8f shells between the
two sides as each rushed .re-
inforcements into the area. The
attack, one of the deadliest- of
the undeclared, border war which
has waged along Israel's front-
iers from shortly after the
armistice agreements were con-
cluded in 1948-49, was a re-
taliatory. move announced and
explained later by Israel authori-
ties. It followed Syrian shelling
of an Israel patrol vessel on the
lake Sunday.
(Reports from Cairo said that
Egyptian and Syrian military
and political leaders met - there
Monday in an emergency confer-
ence to decide whether the Is-
rael action - should be the occa-
sion for joint - action Under the

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HAMMOND, Ind., (JTA)—The
Hammond Ministerial Associa7
ton, a group of Protestant min-
isters here, has announced its
moral support of court action
taken against the erection of a
crucifix in a public park.
The crucifix was erected in
October by the 4th Degree . As-
sembly of the Knights of Colum-
bus of Indiana, a Catholic
laymen's group.
The statement by the Minis-
terial Association noted that the
Wicker Memorial Park, where
the crucifix was set up, is sup-
ported by the taxpayers of North
Township in Lake County of this
state and said this action was,
therefore, an infringement of the
constitutional principle of the
separation- of church and state.
The statement closed with a
plea for an out-of-court settle-
ment before the case opens and
a reaffirmaion of the principle
that all religions in America are
best servede by the separation of
church and state. •

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of Belgian policemen combed .
convents in the area between
Liege and Banneux, searching
for the Jewish war orphan An-
neke Beekman who was abducted
by Catholics.
However, they found no trace
of either the girl or her former
foster mother, who fled after she
had been sentenced to prison by
a Dutch court for kidnapping the
Jewish orphan.
The surviving members of the
girl's family, who live in Holland;
issued a statement replying -to a
letter in a Netherlands newspaper
which was allegedly written by
the girl herself.
The family statement stressed
that Anneke came from an OrthO4
dox Jewish family and that her
parents had been murdered at
Auschwitz. It had never been .
the intention of her parents, the
statement continued, that the girl
should remain in Catholic guar,
dianship forever.

JDC Offices Closed
in. Tribute to Beckelman

PARIS, (JTA)—The headquar-
ters of the Joint- Distribution
Committee here and JDC offices
throughout Europe were closed
in memory of Moses W. Beckel-
man, JDC director-general for
overseas operation, who died in
New York Saturday.
Messages of condolence were
pouring into JDC headquarters
from all parts of Europe.
(In. New York, major Jewish
organizations joined the JDC in
mourning the sudden death of
Mr. Beckelman who was interred
Tuesday - at Har Zion Cemetery
in Philadelphia, following funer-
al. services at Riverside Memorial
Chapel in New. York.

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Moses W. Beckelman, director
general for overseas operations
of the Joint Distribution Com-
mittee, died of a heart attack
last Saturday, in7
New York,
the 'age of 49.
Mr. Beckel
man,. who i
well known
here, having 'ad-,
dressed last
y e ar ' s closin
meeting of the.
Allied Jewish::
Campaign, w a sr
scheduled to a
dress the. JDC'
41st annual
meeting in. New York and the
United Jewish Appeal confer-
ence today.
An .autharity on the needs of
Jewish survivors from Nazism,
Mr. Beckelman succeeded Dr.
Joseph Schwartz to the post he
held with the JDC in- 1951. He
was - associated with JDC in
varied capacities since 1939. A
native New Yorker, he held many
civic and Jewish posts.

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terms of the recently concluded
kgyptian - Syrian military pact
against Israel.)
The Israel raid, a four-pronged
maneuver, caught the Syrians
unprepared and smashed through
most of the Arab defenses be-
fore the Syrian troops could be
rallied. Some fought stubbornly
but many fled into the interior
as the Israelis mopped up arid
blasted gun emplacements be
fore withdrawing. The four posts
were all situated along an eight-
mile front between Eifigeb, an
Israel fishing village on the east-
ern shore of Lake Tiberias, and
the Jordan estuary farther to
the north. United Nations ob-
servers arrived on the -scene
from both Israeli and Syrian
bases, after the attack was an-
nounced.
Israel Connilains to Armistice
-Body on Syrian Shelling
The :entire lake and a - strip of
land 10 metres wide (about 33
feet) around the lake is Jsrael
territory and , has been recog-'
nized as such by the, Mixed
Armistice Commission. For years
the Syrians have interfered with
Israel fishermen, particularly on
the northeast section of the lake,
and have killed and wounded . a
number of Israelis and destroyed
their boats and nets.
A statement by an Israel For-
eign Ministry spokesman out-,
lined the history of Israel-Syrian
relations along Lake Tiberias,
including numerous, fruitless
complaints to the MAC. He said
fishermen were able to spread
their nets in quiet and Lake Ti-
berias would remain . quiet as
long as the Syrians wished it so.
Before -the raid, a formal com-
plaint on the latest Syrian shell-
ing of the Israel patrol boat Was
delivered to the MAC.
Informed sources here pointed
out Monday that Syrian firing on
fishing boats last year had not
only cost lives, but had forced
the fishermen to abandon 100,000
pounds worth of nets and fish
when the Syrians opened fire.
The fishing industry in the area
was paralyzed and at EinGev,
depends
where the
on the processing of fish, de-
mands were voiced for govern-
ment assistance Mr th hundreds
of workers rendered jobless by
Syrian attacks.
The fishing season for this
year is about to begin—particu-
larly in the eastern section of
the lake where warm under-
ground springs attract large
numbers of fish. The fishermen
work mostly at night, by lamp,
and are easy targets for Syrian

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Arab-Israel Issue Discussed
By Irving Engel and Dulles

WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Irving
Engel, president of the Ameriean
Jewish Committee, discussed at
length with Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles the situation
in • the Middle East, particularly
the Arab-Israel conflict No details
of their talk were revealed.

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