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 - Israel Fashion Show Features Highly Personified Sabra Look Lazar Kaganovich Quits USSR Post tor.