$500,000 Israel Bond Goal Set for This Week
National leaders of the Israel Bond Organization have joined
with Detroit leaders in urging this community to sell a minimum
of $500,000 Israel Bonds during the coming week. This goal has
been set for the annual Chairman's Dinner to be held next
Thursday at the Adas Shalom Hall. The Detroit Israel Bond
goal for 1957 is $2,000,000.
Arab League's
Israelis Right
Boycott: An
to Exist:
Affront to
Abba Eban
International
Demolishes
A Weekly Review
Untruths
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Stalin Planned to Deport Jews
From Russia; Died in His Rage
Over Voroshilov's Op•osition
Israel Semis Assurances of
Respect for Moslems to Saud.
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The Israel Government has sent a
message to King Saud of Saudi Arabia, through a third govern-
ment friendly to both the Jewish and the Arab state, it was
announced here today.
The Israeli message informed the King that Israel had
the deepest respect for the safety of Moslems making the
pilgrimage to Mecca, and expressed the hope that Israeli Arabs
would be permitted to participate in the pilgrimages. In the
past Israel's Arab citizens have been barred by different Arab
states from crossing through their territory en route to the
oslem Holy City.
The Israeli note, like a radio broadcast last week by For-
eign Minister Golda Meir, was occasioned by public statements
by the Saudi Arabian Government that it feared for the safety
of Moslem pilgrims because of Israel's use of the Gulf of Aqaba.
Humphrey Asks U. S. to Reject
Arab League Plan to Boycott Israel
Sen.
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Chairman Hubert H. Humphrey
of a Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern
problems called Senate attention to new Arab barriers against
U. S. trade with Israel and suggested diplomatic action against
the boycott.
Sen. Humphrey, a Minnesota Democrat, told the Senate
the United States "ought to make it crystal clear to the Arab
states that we do not respect their boycott, and that under no
circumstances will the Government of the United States knuckle
down to the kind of blacklisting which goes on with respect to
American firms which may wish to do business with a friendly
nation."
He expressed hope that "those who direct our foreign policy
would give their attention to trying to inculcate a sense of
reality in the minds of the Arab leaders."
The Senator hoped that the State Dept. would inform
the Arabs that their action "is about as close to hostilities as
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it is possible to come without shooting a gun."
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PARIS, (JTA)—A report which was circulated some time ago that Stalin planned
to deport all the Jews of the Soviet Union to Birobidj an and that he died in a fit
of rage when Marshal Klementi Voroshilov opposed his plan, was confirmed by P.
K. Ponomarenko, Soviet Ambassador in Poland, according to an article in Paris-Soir,
widely read French newspaper.
The Paris paper, in an article publish ed last Friday, said that Ambassador Pono-
marenko gave the details to a group of Polish Communist journalists in Warsaw. Ac-
cording . to the article, Stalin called in 25 members of the Soviet Presidium in Feb-
ruary 1953, soon after the revelation of th e "doctors' plot" against key Soviet leaders.
The article said that Stalin announced at this conference he planned to send all Rus-
sian Jews to Birobidj an, the so-called autonomous Jewish republic which is more
than 3,000 miles from Moscow.
Stalin said he was doing so, according to the article, because of, the "Zionist
and imperialist" plot against the Soviet U nion and against Stalin. Lazar M. Kagano-
vich, the "only Jewish member" present asked if the plan included every Jew
in Russia, and Stalin replied a "certain selection" would be made.
The newspaper account reported that V. M. Molotov, then Soviet Foreign Min-
ister— who has a Jewish wife—said in a "trembling" voice that such deportation
would have a "deplorable" effect on world opinion. At this point, according to the
story, Marshal Voroshilov threw his Communist Party card on the table and said:
"If such a step is taken, I would be ashamed to remain a member of our party,
which will be completely dishonored." Stalin, in a rage, roared: "Comrade Klementi,
it is I who will decide when you no longer have the right to keep your membership
card."
The article reported that, with the meeting in an uproar, Stalin fell to the floor,
stricken. Lavrenti Beria, then chief of the secret police, jumped to his feet, danced
around Stalin's prostrate form, and shouted happily, "We are free. Finally, finally!"
The doctors arrived a few minutes later and the dictator was taken to his rooms
where he remained until his death was anounced in March.
Romanian Emigration to Israel May Be Renewed
JERUSALEM—Hope was held here for the possibility of a renewal of Jewish im-
migration from Romania, in the wake of r eports Tuesday that Israeli and Romanian
government representatives had opened discussions on the possibility of uniting sep-
arated families, with more liberal interpretation of family relationships.
The' Israeli press reported a somewhat friendlier attitude in Bucharest. However,
while non-Jewish leaders are pictured as more understanding of the problem of sep-
arated families, Jews among the Romanian Communist party leadership were said
to have intensified their campaign againt liberalizing the emigration policy.
It is believed here that some time must pass before practical results of the friend-
her attitude in Bucharest become visible.
=Mayor Cobo Proelai ins: June . 14-.21 Is'rael Bond Week'.
Mayor ALBERT E. COBO is shown signing a proclamation recognizing the
achievements of the State of Israel and calling on Detroiters to observe Israel
Bond Week. Watching the Mayor affix his signature is Col. BENJAMIN GIVLI,
Israel Army hero
of
the Sinai fighting.
Taking note of the annual Chairman's Dinner of the Israel
Bond Organization, to be held next Thursday at the Adas Shalom
Hall, Mayor Albert E. Cobo this week proclaimed the week of
June 14-21 as "Israel Bond Week."
Mayor Cobo's proclamation calls attention to the "valiant'
people of the State of Israel faced with the humanitarian
task of absorbing tens of thousands of refugees from tyranny";
asserts that "this new democracy needs and merits the support
of free people everywhere," and resolves that "the week of
June 14 to June 21 be designated in the City of Detroit as Israel
Bond Week in recognition of the launching of the 1957 Israel
Bond Drive under the chairmanship of Mr. Abe Kasle."
Having' set a goal of $500,000 for the Chairman's Dinner,
the local committee hopes that it will spur efforts to attain the
1957 Detroit quota of $2,000,000.
The dinner will mark the induction of. Abe Kasle into the
chairmanship of the Detroit Israel Bond Drive, to succeed Irwin
I. Cohn. John E. Lurie, chairman. of the dinner • committee, will
preside.
Congressman James Roosevelt will be the guest speaker.
Albert A, Levin, Cleveland community leader, will present a
token in behalf of the national bond organization to Cohn.
Details on Bond Events on Pages
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