JWV Denies Shell Claims;
Has No Plans to Drop Boycott
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A Shell "real reasons" for the with-
Oil Co. statement that the Jew- drawal decision in Israel.
ish War Veterans of America
Kraditor also said the JWV
had dropped consideration of a hoped that other Jewish organi-
boycott against the firm was zations would join in a boycott,
vigorously denied this week by if one was approved, because
a JWV official.
the JWV did not want to - go
A Shell spokesman said that it alone" and risk an ineffective
the JWV had accepted the com- action.
pany's explanation of the pro-
It was understood that such a
jected withdrawal of the Brit- boycott would involve primarily
ish-owned parent company from return of Shell credit cards to
sales operations in Israel as the company by JWV mem-
based entirely on - economic bers.
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considerations."
Abraham Kraditor of New Australian Leader Warns
York, past national commander
of Premature Boycott
and chairman of the JWV For-
SYDNEY (JTA)—The presi-
eign Affairs committee, said
that the JWV had not accepted dent of the Executive Council
of
Australian Jewry warned
the Shell explanation and that
there has been no change in the against a retaliatory boycott of
Shell Oil Company for its pro-
status of the boycott issue.
He said, Benjamin H. Chasin jected withdrawal from sales
of Brooklyn, newly-elected na- operations in Israel.
Sydney Einfeld, in urging
tional commander, had gone to
JWV national headquarters in caution, said that a boycott ef-
Washington for a staff meeting fort would be undesirable as
to set the date and place for the long as "the door is not closed"
meeting of the JWV policy com- on Shell re-consideration of its
contemplated withdrawal. He
mittee.
The JWV annual convention added a boycott could always
in Boston last week gave the be considered if the company
policy committee full authority could not be persuaded to can-
to decide on whether a boycott cel withdrawal plans.
It was learned, meanwhile,
should be organized against the
American company, in retalia- that several large Jewish-
tion for the Israeli withdrawal owned firms in Sydney had
decision.
started an informal boycott by
A JWV counter-boycott also ending business relations with
would be in protest against al- Shell, with one such firm ad-
leged oil firm concessions to vertising that action in an open
Arab efforts to extend the Arab letter in the Australian Jewish
boycott to American firms either News.
owned by or employing Jews.
Kraditor said the JWV was Britain Urged to Back
still holding to the position that
there would be no action on the Right of Asylum Draft
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire to
boycott issue until the organi-
The Jewish News)
zation was satisfied as to the
LONDON—A group of non-
governmental organizations pe-
titioned the British Foreign Sec-
Take advantage of City Bank
retary Wednesday to support
the movement for a declaration
of the right of asylum to be
drafted by the Human Rights
Commission.
In the letter, Foreign Secre-
tary Selwyn Lloyd was told
that "the need for international
action on problems conected
"Bonus Interest Days" privi-
with the right of asylum have
lege you to open a new regular
become even more urgent as a
savings account or add to
result of the recent events in
your current account any day
Hungary, Egypt and China."
The letter said "hundreds of
thru Monday, Sept. 9
thousands of people have fled
and still earn
from these countries because
they had well grounded fears
of persecution on the grounds
of race religion or political
opinion."
It stressed the need for "ad-
ditional international action to
guarantee that people fleeing
from persecution shall be able
to enjoy the rights of asylum."
Interest from Sept.] on
Among the signatories to the
plea were the Board of Depu-
ties of British Jews and Agudas
Israel World Organization.
Print 1st Talmud
in New Israel
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The
first complete Talmud to be
set and printed in this city
since the establishment of
Israel came off the press
and was marked by public
ceremonies led by President
Izhak Ben-Zvi and Chief
Rabbi Itzhak Nissim.
Containing both the Baby-
lonian and Palestinian sec-
tions, the 20-volume project
ended three years of work
on Israel's most sacred liter-
ature. An open air recep-
tion, attended by political
and religious leaders, fol-
lowed the publication cere-
monies.
Holtzman. Fisher
Join UJA Mission
to 75 U. S. Cities
Two Detroiters. Joseph Holtz-
man. a national co-chairman of
the United Jewish Appeal. and
Max M. Fisher, UJA's big gifts
chairman, are members of the
UJA Good Will Mission that
will start out this week-end for
an intensive series of informa-
tional visits to Jewish commu-
nities throughout the country.
The special mission is made
up of 35 nationally prominent
leaders of the UJA who have
volunteered to tour some 75 key
cities during September to help
coordinate the current philan-
thropic endeavors which are of
mutual concern to the national
UJA and the local Jewish wel-
fare organizations. of whose
fund-raising campaigns the UJA
is a major beneficiary. A group
of visitors from Israel, who are
authorities on Israel's mounting
problems in receiving and ab-
sorbing the new mass inflow
of Jewish refugees. will join the
UJA Good Will Mission.
The Good Will tour's objec-
tive is to share information and
exchange views with 1 o e a 1
groups on UJA's humanitarian
efforts, and to strengthen the
partnership which exists be-
tween the national UJA and the
local Jewish communities in
dealing with these problems. Of
primary concern is the current
endeavor of American Jewry to
help solve the greatest overseas
Jewish refugee problem in a
decade.
Heading the group of Israelis
who will participate in the Good
Will Mission is Michael Arnon,
press and information counselor
of the Israel Embassy in Wash-
ington.
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RIO DE JANEIRO, (JTA) —
A fund-collecting visit to Bra-
zilian Jewry by Dr. Adolf Ber-
man, a leader of the Israel Com-
munist party, was reported a
complete failure.
Dr. Berman, it was reported,
failed to obtain any funds from
party followers in Brazil who
were understood to be disap-
pointed and dispirited.
Two of the Communist lead-
er's public appearances ended
in near-riots. A fist fight near-
ly occurred at the third public
meeting when Dr. Berman
called Israel leaders "aggres-
sors."
The party leader fled from
the hall when excited listeners
started after him. Calls from
the audience of "Nasser" and
"traitor" marked his hasty de-
parture.
More than 2,000 underprivi-
leged children in Israel enjoyed
summer vacations in religious
settlements through efforts of
Organization.
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Israel to Order Seven Oil Tankers
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — The been moving crude oil into the
Israel government was reported country, for refining at Haifa,
to have reached the decision to in chartered American tankers.
order construction of seven 50,-
000-ton supertankers for the Is-1
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rael merchant fleet.
This fleet of tankers would
make Israel independent of the
big oil firms and carriers in the
City License No. 902
transportation of oil for the
country's requirements. The de-
cision to acquire the tankers
was reportedly influenced by
the action of British Petroleum
and Shell Oil in withdrawing
from sales operations in Israel.
It was understood here that
orders for four of the huge
vessels would be placed imme-
diately, with three more to be
placed on order at a later date.
Cost of the vessels was esti-
mated at $10,000,000 each.
The construction orders would
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at Burlingame
various countries which could
make quickest delivery. It was
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shipbuilding industry was inter-
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ested in building tankers for
Israel and had been prepared
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I JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A new
oil gusher erupted Saturday in
the Brur 3 drilling south of the
Heletz field. The new strike was
the second found in this area
which is considered an exten-
sion of the Heletz field. The new
field is owned jointly by Lapi-
dot and Israel Oil Prospectors,
an American firm.
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