Leaders Note Khrushchev's Failure
to Mention Stalin's Anti-Semitism
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Jewish
leaders here emphasized that
while Nikita Khrushchev, head
of the Communist Party of the
Soviet Union, exposed Stalin's
fabrication of the notorious
"doctors' plot" in his speech at
the Communist Party congress
in Moscow, he failed to make
any reference to the anti-Jew-
ish nature of this plot.
Nor did he refer to any other
anti-Jewish developments which
took place during the Stalin
regime, such as the elimination
of Jews • from diplomatic posi-
tions and the liquidation of all
Jewish cultural institutions,
they added.
Khrushchev's failure to indi-
cate that seven of the nine phy-
sicians arrested in the so-called
"doctors' plot" were Jews and
that Stalin charged them with
"taking orders from the Ameri-
can intelligence service through
Jewish organizations," was
taken as an indication by Amer-
ican Jewish leaders that the
Soviet government is bent on
evading restoration of the Jews
in the Soviet Union to the same
cultural rights which all other
national minorities in the USSR
enjoy.
When the "doctors' plot" was
announced by the Stalin admin-
istration in 1953, it provoked
alarm among Jews throughout
the world because of its out-
spoken anti-Jewish character.
It stimulated the "Slansky
trial" in Czechaslovakia and
similar trials conducted against
a strong anti - Jewish back-
ground, and helped to spread
anti Jewish sentiment among
the population.
Although the Joint Distribu-
tion Committee ceased its relief
activities in the Soviet Union in
French Good Will
.
ish cultural. institutions - in the French delegation that the So-
ivet government had received
USSR.
frequent protests from various
•Soviet republics that too many
Khrushchev Defends
Jews held "desirable" posts.
Curbs Set on Jews
He pressed Lazar M. Kagan-
Khruschev defended a curb ovich, then the only Jew in the
on the number of Jews in the Cabinet — Kaganovich resigned
Soviet professions in a conver- June 9 — to confirm his state-
sation with a French Socialist ments to the French delegation.
delegation in Moscow last Kaganovich said only "correct,"
month, the Jewish Daily For- the French delegates reported.
ward reported in a cable from
Immigrants From Soviet Bloc
Paris.
The dispatch said that Arrive in Israel
Khrushchev admitted that the
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — A party
number of Jews in the profes- of 19 immigrants from Soviet
sions had been restricted to the bloc countries arrived here
relative proportion of Jews to June 10. It included three peo-
the general population — be- ple from Soviet Bukovina and
tween one and one and a half the remainder from Hungary
percent.
and Romania:
After the Bolshevik Revolu-
One of the immigrants, 41-
tion. Khrushchev reportedly year-old Pessia Weinrich, a
told the French group, Jews oc- school teacher from Czernowitz,
cupied a disproportionately the capital of Bukovina, re-
large number of such positions. ported having been able to
because relatively few trained listen to broadcasts by Kol
people were available. Now, he Irael, the Israel national radio,
continued, there are many more beamed at Eastern Europe. She
trained Russians and the high also said the situation in the
proportion of Jews in respon- country impro,ved greatly after
sible positions is no longer Stalin's death. The other Czer-
needed.
nowitz inhabitants were Edda
The Communist leader is re- Natsovitz, a 43-year-old violin-
ported as having stated to the ist, and his wife.
Exemplified in this photo is "The Sabra Look," the theme of
the fashion show next Tuesday, in the Statler Hotel Grand
Ballroom, being sponsored by the Women's Division for State
of Israel Bonds.
This typical "Sabra" is Aviva Peer, 1954 Beauty Queen who
models a ribbed red sports sweater with turtle neck and at-
tached hood from the house of Aled, one of the custom design
1956, in which it was announced houses represented in the show. Twenty-year:-old Aviva came
that the secretariat of the board to Israel from Romania in 1948, via Cyprus, where she was im-
of the Union of Soviet Writers prisoned by the British for eight months. After working as a
had formed "Commissions for secretary in the Israel Manufacturer's Association, she went
the literary heritage"- of David abroad for three months and studied modelling in Paris. She
Bergelson, L. Kvitko, I. Nusi- speaks five languages.
nov and S. Persov, four of the
The house of Aled features wool and cotton knit sportswear,
most prominent missing Jewish and will show two and three piece "cruise" type ensembles at
literary figures, as well as two the fashion show was well as separate sweaters and skirts. Aled
lesser known writers presum- sportswear is available in many East and Westcoast cities in the
ably also Soviet Jews who had United States.
vanished during the purge.
All Aled clothes are designed by three sisters from Czech-
"The Soviet authorities have oslovakia in Aled's modern; airy factory in Tel Aviv. Aled has
never divulged the fate of any adapted many American industrial relations ideas, such as a
of the purged Jewish intellec- 10 a.m. work break when tea is served "on the house."
tuals," the State Department
S. Andrew Cardinal is staging the fashion show. He is as-
stated.
sisted by Miss Laurena Pringle, noted fashion authority and
fashion writer of the Detroit Free Press, who will narrate "The
Sabra Look" on June 19. Included in - her commentary. will be
Report Fifth Well
the many interesting "behind the scenes" notes on the designers
and the fashion industry in Israel.
Gushes Oil at Heletz
Mr. Cardinal, of S. A. Cardi- 0
TAT., AVIV, (JTA-
Heletz
Five, the fifth oil well in Israel's nal, Inc., has devoted much time from Israel who will be repre-
to the Israel Bond effort in De- sented at the "Sabra Look"
first proved field, was brought troit, having brought the show are Lola Beer, Lili Sch-
in last Friday with a huge gush Maurice Rentner fashion collec- heifer, Irma Zoe Alenbik and
of black, crude oil. The pressure tion here -in 1952 and staging Bebe Spitzer. Custom houses
the "Round the will include Aled, Elanit, Matz-
in the well is so great that- it,
Clock" fashion kin, Maskit, Gerwitz and Wy-
like two of the other four wells
show in 1953.
socki.
in the Heletz field, will supply
He has turned
Fashions will range from ele-
oil under its own pressure with-
aver the facili- gant satin formal gowns through
out pumping.
ties Of his shop, daytime clothes to sportswear,
Production of crude oil began
at 19512 Liver- millinery and rainwear.
at Heletz Two, the most prom-
n
o i s, to the
Parlor meetings, prior to the
ising of , the five wells. The
production o f June 19 event have been held
Israel Oil and Lapidorn Oil
the show. Here, at the homes of the following:._
Companies, which have brought
the clothes will
in these five wells, have decid-
Mesdames Benjamin Freeman,
be fitted to the
Cardinal
ed to drill new holes in the
18005 Indiana, Beth Aarcn Sis-
field and will try to tap deeper models and readied for the terhood; Morris Raskin, 18620
showing.
strata.
Mendota, Pioneer Women's wel-
Among the :leading designers coming home from Israel of
Gov. George Leader of Penn-
Mrs. Michael Michlin; Irwin
sylvania, who is touring Israel
Green, 1520 Lincolnshire. The
as a guest of the Israel Foreign
latter was assisted by Mrs. Paul
Ministry and the Israel Bond
Pensler, Hadassah Israel Bond
Organization, - visited the oil
-
chairman.
field during a trip through the
Negev. Gov . Leader is accom-
In addition to the fashion
In spite 'of anti-Semitic
panied on the tour by his wife charges of Jewish influence in show and an address by S.
and Pennsylvania Jewish lead- Communist Russia, only Lazar Robert Abrahami, Israeli indull
ers.
Kaganovich held a position of trialist, the program will fe
tune the participation of the fol-
influence. Last
lowing women:
week, Kagano-
`Hatikvah' in Syria
vich,• like
Mesdames Tom Borma n,
Causes Student Riot
number of hisi;,
Joshua S. Sperka, Max Gold-
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Sy- associates, in-
smith, Norman Allan, Alexan-
rian students rioted in Damas- cluding V. M.
der W. Sanders, Philip Hell-
cus demanding the closing of Molotov, gave
man, Perry Goldman, Philip
the United States Information up his post as
Cutler and S. ‘Komaroff. Music
Center in the Syrian capital be- head of t h e
for the afternoon will be fur-
cause the center's library pos- Soviet labor
nished by Felix Resnick and
sesses a music book which in- and wages
his orchestra.
cludes a copy of "Hatikvah," committee.,
A specially conducted tour of
the Israeli national anthem, it Like " Molotov, itaganovich
the
Israel -Trade Show is
was reported here from Damas- he remains a deputy premier.
planned
for luncheon guests.
cus.
When Stalin's first wife died,
The dispatch said that a stu- it was reported that he had The tour, to be held from 3:30
dent delegation called on Inte- married Kaganovich's sister, to 4:30 p.m., will be escorted by
rior Minister All Buzo to voice. Rosa. It was one of the rea- Dr. E. Justic-Dayan, director of
the protest. It is thought likely sons attributed for the contin-
the Minister will intervene with ued friendship between Stalin the fashion department of the
United States officials to re- and Kaganovich, but 't as Israel Manufacturers Assn.
s for the luncheon
move "Hatikvah" from any generall co
with the Bond
inted material brought. into - ovich was an ably
Suppression. of Jewish Culture in -
USSR Continues, Says State Dept.
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Sup-
pression of Jewish culture in
the Soviet Union continues and
Soviet Jews fear that eventually
they will lose their identity as
a group, the State Department
has informed the Jewish Labor
Committee here in a communi-
cagon sent under the authori-
zation of Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles.
The communication, addressed
to Adolph Held, JLC national
chairman, was dated June 6. It
PARIS — French Foreign
was signed by John P. Meagher,
Minister Christian Pineau
chief of the State Department
summoned Israel Ambassador
Public Services Division. It ex-
Yacov Tsur to Quai Dorsay
pressed regret that it was not
on Monday and gave him a
possible for Mr. Dulles to send
report on conversations he
a message in time for the. pro-
had with Moscow leaders on
test meeting held by the Jewish
the Middle East situation.
Labor Committee on April 30,
The conversation lasted 45
because at that time he was
minutes.
busy making preparations for
the meeting of the NATO Coun-
Pineau also informed Tsur
cil of Foreign Ministers which
of what he intended to say
took place in Europe.
to Secretary of State Dulles
during his forthcoming visit
"Apart from the rehabilita,
to Washitkgton.
tion of a few writers, improve-
ment in the status of Soviet
When Tsur left Quai Dor-
Jews during the post-Stalin pe-
say 'he said he was optimis-
riod has not been great," the
tic and convinced of the
State Department statement
good will of France on the
said. "During the past year
important question of arma-
some minor concessions have
ments.
been _made in the practice of
1938, the Soviet press and radio Judaism as part of a less strin-
charged the Moscow doctors' ar- gent approach to religion. A
rested in 1953 with being "con- small number of Soviet Jews
nected with the international were allowed to emigrate to
Jewish bourgeois-nationalist or- Israel. A few Yiddish-language
ganization 'Joint' set up by artists have been permitted' to
American intelligence service." appear on the stage. In addi-
tion, Soviet periodicals during
This charge was called "fan- the past year have in two in-
tastic" in a statement issued in stances specifically denounced
New York by Edward M. M. anti-Semitism in contrast to
Warburg, JDC chairman. The earlier practice of. avoiding
Soviet press also claimed at that comment on the subject.
time that instruction concerning
"Nevertheless," the statement
"the destruction of the leading
personnel of the Soviet Union" continued, "the basic policy of
were sent from the American •severely restricting Jewish cul-
headquarters of "Joint" through tural activity (publications,
a Dr. Shmilevich and the "well- schools, libraries, and the thea-
known Jewish bourgeois nation- tre) especially in evidence since
the purge of 1948-49, remains
alist Mikhoels."
unchanged, and Soviet Jews
No further . irl9ntification of have expressed fears to foreign-
Dr. Shmilevich was given. Sol- ers that eventually they would
omon Mikhoels was a promi- lose their identity as a group."
nent Jewish actor in Moscow
The State Department empha-
and president of the Jewish
Anti - Fascist Committee there sized, in its statement, that "the
until his death under mysteri- Soviet regime has never repudi-
ous circumstances in January, ated the 'cosmopolitan purge' of
1948-49 during which a great
1948.
He visited the United States many Soviet Jewish intellec-
in 1943 as head of a Soviet- tuals disappeared. Some steps
Jewish mission and. was have been. made recently to re-
awarded the Lenin Order in habilitate some Jewish writers;
however, the circumstances of
1931.
Itzik Feffer, another member the rehabilitation suggest that
of that mission, is among the they, are dead."
The statement referred to the
Soviet Jewish writers
" when Stalin Soviet new a iterary
Wise,
arch 20"
Jew-
tte of
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Israel Fashion Show Features
Highly Personified Sabra Look
Lazar Kaganovich
Quits USSR Post
tor.