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Use of Cross on Mi nnesota Seal

MINNEAPOLIS, (JTA) — A
deadlock over the use of a cross
in the official emblem for the
observance in 1958 of the centen-
nial of the State of Minnesota
remained unresolved after a
sharp debate at a Centennial
Commission meeting over a pro-
posal by a Jewish member to
eliminate the cross.
Aaron M. Litman, one of the
five members named by Gov. Or-
ville Freeman, offered a motion

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Shell Interests

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Housing Project for High Holy Days

to remove the cross and replace
it with an unadorned church
JERUSALEM (JTA)—A dele-
NEW YORK, (JTA) — A large authority, rushed work to clean
spire. The motion was blocked gation representing Solel Boneh, group of elderly Jewish men and the room and to install sanitary
by Commission chairman Peter the Histadrut construction co- women attended High Holy Day facilities.
Popovich 'of St. Paul, one of the operative, and private investors services in an improvised syna-
The Marlboro Residents Coun-
five state representatives named left Israel to negotiate with gogue in a Brooklyn low-income cil spearheaded a campaign for
to the Commission by the state Shell Oil Company in London city housing project as the cul- funds - to provide seats, and the
legislature which also named five for the purchase of Shell's mar- mination of a month-long inter- Rabbinical Alliance of America
state Senators.
keting interests in Israel.
faith effort by all of the pro- and the Talmud Torah Tifereth
In a brief opening statement
Shell and another British com- ject's Jewish Protestant and Israel of West Flatbush agreed
before offering the motion, in pany last month announced Catholic residents. to provide a cantor and a rabbi
which Litman said he had the their decision to give up the
The services were the first to for the services, as well as an
backing of a majority of fellow- Israeli market by the end of be held in any New York City altar and prayer books.
housing project. The New York
members of the Commission, he 1957. •
said "we have been greatly dis-
Meanwhile, the Finance Minis- City Housing Authority has a All-Inclusive Rabbinic Group
turbed for the past several try claimed that the mission left standing rule against any relig- Organized
in Massachusetts
months over the fact that our for London without consulting ious activities in its dozens of
BOSTON, (JTA) — A new rab-
action in adopting- a symbol for it. The Ministry, which has also housing projects.
Half of the residents of the binic organization, the Massachu-
BERNE, (JTA) — Swiss visa he event has created a divisive been negotiating with Shell, in-
Marlboro
housing project, which setts Board of Rabbis, with Ortho-
dicated
it
intended
to
take
steps
nfluence
in
our
state
rather
than
restrictions during World War
a
opened
last
February, are Jews dox, Conservative and Reform
unifying
one."
to
interfere
with
the
new
II and the adoption of racial
and they include more than 50 representation, began operations
Rep. Popovich said he would group's activities.
measures by Swiss authorities
(In London, Joseph Jacobson, who are 60 years and older. Be- here.
were responsible for the death of n of entertain the motion, adding
The new organization is an out-
countless German Jews, a Swiss hat Litman was "out of order," who represents the private in- cause the nearest synagogue is growth of the 20-year-old Rabbin-
b
vestors
interested
in
dealing
nine
blocks
away,
attendance
at
ecause
"we
have
a
subcommittee
Parliamentary report just releas-
tudying the matter." Litman re- with Shell, said that the delega- services is increasingly difficult ical Association of Greater Bos-
ed here charged.
ton. To assure maximum repre-
The report on Switzerland and t orted that the subcommittee had tion had left with the knowledge for these older Jews.
When Marlboro residentS sentation, membership in the
the refugee problem, prepared by b een convened only once despite and consent of Finance Minister
Board was established on an in-
Prof. Karl Ludwig of the Uni- r epeated requests for more Meet- Levi Eshkol. "I personally spoke learned about the problem, they dividual basis.
to
him,"
Jacobson
said.)
got
busy.
Catholics,
Protestants
ngs
to
settle
the
problem.
versity of Basle, asserted:
and Jews all sent letters to the
At the one subcommittee meet-
"No doubt a different Swiss
Housing Authority, asking lifting
immigration policy would have ng, spokesmen'for Jewish, Cath-
of the rule.
Holiday Greetings
saved numerous Jews from de- 0 lic and Protestant groups had
In response, the Authority al-
struction." The report is sched- p rotested use of the cross on
ROSE
lowed use of the community cen-
uled to be debated in the Swiss rounds it did not represent all
NEW YORK (AJP) — Sheik
ter
in
one
of
the
still
untenanted
he
people
of
Minnesota
and
that
Frame Shop
Parliament in the next two
Kamal Monsour, an Israeli Druze
is use would violate the princi- from Isfiah near Haifa, serving buildings as a synagogue. Con-
months.
Picture Framing - Regilding
struction
crews,
on
orders of the
The report revealed that at the p le of separation of church and as a contestant on the $64,000
Restoring - Custom Made Frames
request of Dr. Rotmund, chief of st ate."
Question TV program, Tuesday,
1508 RANDOLPH
the Swiss Federal Police, the
stopped at the "$8,000 plateau" Washington Not Planning
WO. 3-0354
German authorities stamped pass-
so that he could fulfill his Ike-Nasser Meeting
ports with a "J," making identifi-
promise of a lecture tour for the
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — A
American Christian Palestine
cation of German Jews easier for
State Department spokesman told
Committee.
Swiss border police so that they
The sheik had been brought newsmen he had no knowledge
could be denied entrance and pre-
Holiday Greetings
BALTIMORE, (JTA) — The
vented from asking for political Jewish Times of Baltimore re- to this country under the Com- of any plans for a meeting be-
tween President Eisenhower and
asylum.
ported it h a d substantiated mittee's sponsorship.
TOPOR'S
Sheik Monsour had reached Nasser, as suggested by the
Other instances of racist dis- charges that the Emanuel Center
Delicatessen
crimination by the Swiss authori- Nursery School was being used the $8,000 level while on the Egyptian president. Col. Nasser
Tray Catering
ties was listed in the document. for missionary and conversion subject of "Christianity, Islam indicated in an interview in
For All Occasions
The "Schweizerische Beobach- activities aimed at Jewish chil- and Judaism." One of his ques- Cairo that he would like to have
15315 W. 7 MILE RD.
ter," a popular newspaper, com- dren.
tions was to explain and inter- a face-to-face meeting with Ei-
senhower
if
the
latter
would
take
pret
the
meaning
of
"Shema
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menting on the Ludwig report,
The weekly said it had con-
called the incidents it revealed a firmed the charges by asking Yisrael Adonai Elohenu Adonai the initiative.
"shameful page in the history" Ludwig Dewitz, director of the Echad," which moderator Hal
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of Switzerland.
nursery, a Jewish convert to March read out in Hebrew.
Monsour had appeared an the
Christianity, whether the com-
Greetings on the New Year
program in typical Druze garb.
plaints were true.
We wish all members, their
A graduate of the Hebrew
families and our friends a
The Times said Dewitz had re-
To
All
of Our Friends and Patrons
University, the sheik had told
plied that both Judaism and
year of health and happiness.
millions of viewers that he con-
Christianity were taught at the
siders it an honor to be a citi-
DETROIT SENIOR
school but that "all parents who
zen of the Jewish State which
enroll children here are advised treats ,,the Arab minority with
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Holiday Greetings
trustworthy source, which as-
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The . Is-
To Members and Friends
serted that the center was spon- rael Foreign Ministry has re-
May you be inscribed in the
sored by the Presbyterian fused comment on a statement
book of life for A Very Happy,
Church.
by West German Foreign Minis-
Healthy and Prosperous New
The writer declared that most ! ter Heinrich von Brentano that
Year.
Property Management
of the nursery's pupils were the "time was not yet ripe" for
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The Jewish Times reported
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that tuition was $3.50 per week, Ministry had not received an
Mrs. Paul Shapiro, Pres.
compared to the average tuition authoritative text of von Bren-
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Mrs. Mox Ducker, Sec'y.
fee of a non-sectarian nursery of tano's interview, but did not
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hold out a promise of a com-
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tained.
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For A Year of Health and Happiness
the German elections, and par-
ticularly in view of Chancellor
LLOYD I. BLAZOFSKY
Konrad Adenauer's overwhelm-
ing victory at the polls, Bonn
would take an early opportunity
to move in the direction of the
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eveal Swiss Guilt
in Nazi Slayings

Sheik Stops at $8,000;
To Start Lecture Tour

Expose Missionary
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Construction Tax Boost Hits
Israel-Produced Cement

Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News

JERUSALEM—An Israel Cab-
inet discussion of a new tax on
construction to finance immi-
grant housing was followed
Tuesday by a government order
boosting the price of Israel-
produced cement from 84 to
87% pounds per ton.
Higher prices, effective Tues-
day, were expected to yield an
additional 10,000,000 pounds an-
nually in surcharges.

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