Zim Lines Plan Israel-Flag Cruises
Zim Lines' of-
ficials, Erwin
Popper (left),
and Helmuth
L. Wittner,
general passen-
ger manager,
in New York,
converse on the
boat dock of the
SS Lion prior to
sailing for Ha-
ifa. Messrs. Pop-
per and Wittner
recently c o m -
pleted an ex-
haustive tour of
the s Caribbean
which will be
the .scene of the
first Lsrael - flag
luxury cruises
beginning next
December. T h e
cruises, of 14
and 17 days
duration, will be
made by the
new 10,000 - ton
liner, Theodor Herzl. Conferences with the Zim Lines' manage-
ment in Haifa will finalize the plans. When Mr. Wittner returns
to New York in mid-April the company will announce cruise
fares and .itineraries.
A State Department Retreat?
Nazis Were Told Not to Discriminate
Against U. S. Jewish Citizens, but
Saud Wins in Barring American Jews
By MILTON FRIEDMAN
(Copyright, 1957, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
WASHINGTON = The. State
Department has retreated from
its position in the 1930s when
U.S. diplomats fought Nazi dis-
crimination against U.S. citizens
of Jewish faith. The stand taken
then is in sharp contrast to the
Department's recent renewal
with Saudi Arabia of arrange-
ments prejudicial to American
Jews.
Secret documents on diplo-
matic negotiations with the
Nazis revealed that in the
1930s the U.S. Government re-
fused to tolerate any discrimi-
nation whatsoever by the
Hitler Government against
U.S. Jews in Germany. These
records are to be found among
archives made public only this
month. A search of these ar-
chives revealed that Sumner
Welles, and U. _S. diplomats
in Berlin prior to World War
II, vigorously rejected all Ger-
man attempts to discriminate
against American Jews.
-
Today, however, the State
Department has , acquiesced to
King Saud's demands. He in-
sisted that no Americans of
Jewish faith be permitted on
the premises of an airbase
leased by America in Saudi
Arabia. The State Department
did not like this. But it •recom--
mended that the King be ap-
peased in order to obtain -the•
desired lease.
An entirely different view
was taken by the Department
when Hitler sought to exercise
his hatred against American
Jews. The State Department
then would have none of it.
Undersecretary Welles stated
America's fundamental posi-
tion as declining to recognize
"the right of other nations to
apply ... to American citizens
measures which would have
the effect of arbitrarily divid-
ing them into special classes
and subjecting them to differ-
ential treatment.
Ernst Woermann, Under State
Secretary in the Nazi Foreign
Office, received a lecture on the
high regard of the American
Government for its Jewish citi-
zens. This lecture was adminis-
tered- on Jan. 11, 1939, by Pren-
tiss Gilbert, U.S. Charge d'Af-
faires in Berlin.
Gilbert told Woermann: "Just
as within our country individu-
als of all origins having ac-
quired - citizenship were equally
American citizens they must all
equally be regarded as Ameri-
can citizens abroad. Our pass-
ports were all worded in pre-
cisely the same manner and all
carried the same weight. The
German Government had en- .
deavored to create, discrimina-
tion between groups of Ameri-
can citizens .. . This action by
the German Government . . •
struck at the very roots of our
commonwealth. Such action was
likewise intolerable to us and
we would resist it and would
continue to resist it."
The U.S. diplomat made
clear that "the American peo-
ple were aroused by the treat-
ment which the German Gov-
ernment had thought it fit to
accord to a section of the
German population." He de-
fended the Jews while charg-
ing persons of "Aryan" Ger-
man origin with trying "to
occupy a special position in
other countries." Gilbert said
"we would not tolerate it in
any other folk and would not
tolerate it in Germans."
Gilbert told the Nazis what
Secretary of State Dulles failed
to tell King Saud. America, ac-
cording to Gilbert, would pro-
tect the rights of Jewish citizens
abroad equally with rights of .
all other Americans. It would
tolerate•no prejudice.
"Our country," said Gilbert,
"was made up of individuals
. whose origins lay in a large
number of differenftnationali-
ties. They had come to Amer-
ica for the purpose of making
our country their home. That
was the kind of people we
wanted in our country." ..
Secretary of State. Hull on
July 21, 1939, directed the U.S.
Embassy in Berlin to .make rep-
resentations against "the impo-
sition in Germany of discrimi-
nations upon American citizens
based on race or creed." This
specific case pertained to re-
strictions on U.S. Jews visiting
German resorts and spas.' Today,.
however, the State Department
does not insist on the bathing
rights of • American Jews in
Saudi Arabia. Indeed, it has
tacitly agreed to their actual
exclusion from that country.
Israel Bonds Set April
'Economic Independence
The designation of April as
"Economic Independence
Month," to be devoted to a na-
tion-wide effort to collect ap-
proximately $11,000,000 in out-
standing commitments for the
purchase of State of Israel
Bonds, was announced by Abra-
ham Feinberg, president of the
Israel Bond Organization.
_ Mr. Feinberg stressed that
cash payment for these Israel
Bonds, which would normally
be received later in the year,
is urgently needed now to help
Israel boost its economic ,pro-
gram.
New Soviet-Polish
Agreement Governs
Repatriation Rights-
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
LONDON — A further agree-
ment was signed in Moscow
Monday between the Soviet
Union and Poland governing
Yepatriation of former Polish
nationals now resident in Rus-
sia, the Moscow Radio reported
Tuesday.
The agreement extends the
right of repatriation to resi-
dents of the Soviet Union who
were Polish nationals • until
Sept. 17, 19, 39, the date on which
'the Red Army moved into Po
land and occupied territory
which the Soviet Union an-
nexed.
Those wishing to 'avail them-
selves of the right of repatria-
stion to Poland must return *be-
fore the end of this year. Those
eligible for repatriation under
the , previous agreement have
been returning to Poland for
several months and the Polish
government has had to set up
special it
to aid them
until they get settled and find
jobs.
AJ Congress Asks U.S.
to Drop Security Program
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
United States Government was
called upon by the American
Jewish Congress to drop its
Federal Employees Security Pro-;
gram and "study anew the pos-
sibility of relying entirely upon
existing civil and criminal laws
to protect the nation's security."
The suggestion by the AJC
came in a long memorandum
written at the invitation of the
Commission
on Government
Sectirity and made public by
Shad Polier, ch-airman of the
AJC's Commission on Law and
Social Action.
If, after thorough study, it is
found that the security program
cannot be eliminated, then, ac-
cording to the Congress mem-
orandum, modifications should
be introduced "to give the great-
est possible protection to in-
dividual liberties and cause the
least possible interference with
government efficiency."
Cancel Habimah's
`Diary' Performance
at Paris Festival
"Anna Christie" and the Greek
tragedy "Medea" in Paris. After
the festival, Habimah expects
to produce the "Diary" as well
as "Anna Christie" and an Is-
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
raeli play "Bearvot Hanegev"
to The Jewish News)
TEL AVIV — Israel's famous during a six-weeks' stay in
Habimah Theater invited to Paris and Amsterdam and pos-
participate in the "Nation's sibly - Switzerland and England.
Theater" Festival in Paris will
not play "The Diary of Anne
For Passover
Frank," as originally planned
by the Paris theater manage-
ment, because French Festival
officials fear the "Diary" might
cause "ill feeling against the
In a variety of flavors
Germans," it was learned here
—for every taste and
Wednesday.
occasion, from the
The Paris Festival managers
world's oldest vineyards
have imposed a ban on per-
. . . and for that
formances of the "Diary" not
special event
only against Habimah but also
on German and American
troupes which had scheduled
. .Fioni •
performances.
The Parisians have informed
the Israelis that one of the
Made and bottled
in Israel. Certified
goals of the festival is to aid
Kosher by Rabbi Is-
better relations among nations,.
aac Helevi Herzog,
and they fear the "Diary"
Chief Rabbi - of Is-
might hinder that purpose.
rael.
Habimah will perform O'Neill's
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