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Jewish.sculptor Completes Bust of Truman Report. Reveals ,
JNF's Holdings

NEW YORK (AJP)—Jewish sculptor Rene
Shapshak, whose stone, bronze, wood and can-
vas creations of Israeli scenes and landmarks
have won him many acclaims from critics, is
here seen putting the finishing touches to the
bust of Harry S. Truman which he completed
.during the latter's recent visit to New York.
The bust will stand in the Hall of Fame of the
Ben Yehudah National Hebrew Museum in
Jerusalem. Mr. Shapshak told the AJP cor-
respondent that he found it an inspiration to

Nazi Victims in Hesse
Received $37,000,000

WIESBADEN (JTA) — The
State of Hesse has disbursed
$36,900,000 to Nazi victims for
indemnification payments since
the end of the war, the budget
committee of the Hesse Land-
tag was informed by the head
of the Indemnification Agency
of the State Government, Coun-
sellor of Ministry Oppenheimer.
A balance of more than $164,-
000,1)00 will yet be necessary to
satisfy Hesse's obligation under-
the Indemnification Law, Op-
penheimer estimated. Claims to-
taling $25,000,000 will be satis-
fied in the course of the 1956
fiscal year, he predicted, with
half of the cost devolving upon
the Federal Treasury. A total
of 98,000 Nazi victims have filed
indemnification 'applications in
Hesse, Oppenheimer said, and
another 20,000 applications are
expected • after the long-await-
. ed amendment to the Federal
Indemnification Law takes ef-
fect.

New Israel Film Strips

The first two in __a series of
seven color film strips dealing
with "Israel—The Land and Its
People" are now available for
schools, clubs, youth and other
educational groups, it was an-
nounced by the -Jewish Agency
for Palestine, 16 66th St., New
York. The strips give the viewer
a pictorial study. of Israel's main
geographic areas.

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Retains Handball Title
Jim Jacobs of Los Angeles
has retained his U.S. Handball
Association singles title by de-
feating Vic . Hershkowitz. Vic
held the title in 1952 and 1954,
and was defeated by Jacobs last
year.

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work on the bust of the man who was the first
among world leaders to recognize the State
of Israel immediately upon her declaration of
independence. In America with his South Afri-
can wife and son of 14, the noted sculptor
declared that in his many conversations with
Mr. Truman it developed that the former
President expressed the view that it was the
duty of every civilized person to help solidify.
the Jewish state and guarantee the inde-
pendence of Israel.

Soviet UN Delegates Attend Ebon Reception

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
(JTA) — Arkady Sobolev, head
of the Soviet delegation at the
United Nations, declared that
the Soviet government will fol-
low up its statement on the
Arab-Israel conflict with other
actions. -
He made this statement at an
Israel Independence Day recep-
tion tendered by Ambassador
Abba Eban at United Nations
headquarters.
The affair was attended by
many foreign diplomats, includ-
ing the heads of the United
States, British and French dele-
gations to the UN, and leaders
of Jewish organizations.
Sobolev told newsmen at the
reception that the Soviet gov-

ernment has never taken an
anti - Israel attitude. Various
"constructive" ideas regarding
Arab-Israel relations have been
expressed by Soviet representa-
tives on a number of occasions,
he said. The statement issued in
Moscow on Tuesday is in line
with the §oviet desire for peace,
he declared.
He indicated that he intends
to make a number Of proposals
at the Security Council When
Secretary General Dag Ham-
marskjold presents his report on
his current "peace mission" to
the Middle East.
(In Budapest, the President of
Hungary and the Foreign Min-
ister cabled congratulations to
Israel on the occasion of Israel's
Independence Day. In Canada,
members of the Cabinet' includ-
Bnai Brith Credited
ing Lester Pearson, Minister for
As Giving Dr. Freud
External Affairs, attended an
First EncourageMent
Independence D a y reception
Sigmund Freud, whose cen- given by Israel. Ambassador
tennial is being celebrated by Michael Camay.)
the whole world on May 6,
credited Bnai Brith with giv- Israel Red Cross Gets
ing him his first professional
encouragement, according to a Gift of 3 Ambulances
Israel's ambulance fleet will
little-known letter printed in
the May issue of National Jew- receive a three-vehicle rein.:
ish Monthly, published by Bnai forcement Sunday, through the
Brith.
generosity of Morris J. Kaplun,
• In the letter, Freud. told 801 West End Ave., New York.
Mr. Kaplun will hand over
Briai Brith: "You were my first
the three ambulances to repre-
audience."
of the Israel govern-
Freud wrote the letter to sentatives
m.ent
.
at
a
dinner in his honor
Vienna Lodge of Bnai Brith, of
which he was a member for in the 'Corrimodore, on the oc-
more than 35_ yearS. In 1897, casion of his 65th birthday.
when Freud was the object of • Mr. Kaplun and his wife have
the Morris J. and
attack and abuse by almost the established-
entire scientific world, he re- Betty Kaplun Foundation;
ported the first results of his whose first action is sending the
studies on the interpretation of three ambulances to strengthen
dreams at a meeting of Vienna Mogen David Adam's•badly de-
Lodge, and was encouraged to pleted fleet.
withstand the slanders of his
Wills Medical Collection To
critics.
Hebrew U. Medical Center
Many years later the lodge
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arranged a testimonial dinner collection of medical books,
for Freud, who was prevented lantern slides and personal pa-
from attending by illness. He pers on various phases of skin
sent a long letter, which is re- disease has been turned over
produced in The National Jew- to the Medical Center of the
ish Monthly.
Hebrew University in Jerusa-
lem under terms of the will
Felix Warburg's Widow of the late Dr. Reuben Fried-
WinS BrotherhoodAward rnan, professor of clinical der-
NEW YORK (JTA). — Mrs. matology at Temple University
Fried-a -Schiff Warburg ; widow here. Long active in Jewish and
of the late Jewish Leader Felix communal affairs, the late Dr.
Warburg and veteran worker Friedman* was a Zionist -and a
and contributor to philanthrop- member of the American Jew-
ic and communal causes, was ish. Congress.
one of three recipients of the
World Brotherhood Award for Silver, Brickner Honored
CLEVELAND, 0.—Two dis-
h e r "distinguished contribu-
tions to human dignity and- tinguished Cleveland rabbis, Dr.
Abba Hille• Silver and Dr. Bar-
world understanding."
Two others who received the nett R. Brickner, were cited for
award were Governor Theodore their "spiritual gallantry" at a
R. McKeldin, of Maryland, and dinner jointly tendered by - the
Father John La Fargo, editor men's clubs of their respective
and edwator. .
temples here.

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—Friday, May 4, 1956

In 1955, 2,158,000 persons were
JERUSALEM (JTA)—A re- injured in motor vehicle acci-
view of- Jewish National Fund dents.
activities in the period since the
last World Zionist Congress was
made public at a press confer-
ence here.
It disclosed that the organiza-
tion's holdings now constitute
17 percent of the state's terri-
tory and 66 percent of its culti-
vated land.
The survey also showed that
in 1951 and 1953 the Israel gov-
ernment sold the JNF '3,300,000
dunams of abandoned land, that
it acquired an additional 56,000
dunams directly from private
owners—mostly -non-Jew,s—and
that its total holdings now
amount to 3,500,000 dunams.
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It was revealed that 583 of
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Israel's 728 settlements are es-
tablished on the organization's
taPtnlig
land and that 75 per cent of the
entire agricultural production of
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