Bonn Storm Caused by Minister's
Proposal to Revise Restitution
BritishTV Star Calls
Israel Miracle of Age
NEW YORK, -(AJP) — Miss
BONN (JTA)—Stormy pro- Mommer and Walter .Menzel, Jacqueline Mackenzie, noted
tests were voiced by Jewish said Dr. Schaeffer's remarks British TV star, presently visit-
leaders and members of the were made at the wrong time ing the U.S., hailed Israel as
West German Parliament, over and at the wrong place. They the miracle of the age.
a statement made by a Cabinet said he should have expressed
Interviewed by the AJP re-
member that the payment of his opinion in official circles porter after her appearances on
restitution to Jews by Germany rather than at a public meeting. the Ed Sullivan Show and
would lead to the devaluation They charged the remarks were other TV programs, Miss Mac-
of the German currency and is liable to re-awaken anti-Semitic k enzi e paid
likely to endanger Germany's feelings in Germany.
the highest
economy.
Dr. van Dam, in taking issue tribute to the
The Cabinet member who ex- with the German Minister, said Israelis who,
pressed this view is Justice Min- that far from being threatened she said, had
ister Fritz Schaeffer, formerly by deValuation as a result of accomplished
Minister of Finance. He spoke compensation claims, German the impossible
at a meeting in Bavaria calling currency had gained in strength in the creation
for basic changes in the German during the very period t ha t of their dyna-
compensation law. He implied compensation has been in effect. mic state.
that compensation payments to He stressed the fact that Dr.
Having gain-
Jews would total 29 billion Schaeffer had limited his dis- ed great popu-
marks (approximately $7,000,- cussion to compensation for larity in Brit-
000,000) by 1961.
Jews and failed to discuss the ain for her
Dr. Schaeffer charged that financial burdens imposed by wisdom a n d
"foreign attorneys" alone would meeting other obligations accru- keen apprais-
obtain nearly $1,500,000,000 in ing from the Hitler period.
al of world af-
fees, representing 20 percent of
The Jewish leader also hit at fairs on her Miss Mackenzie
their clients' claims. He urged the Justice Minister's estimates TV programs—in which she
the Bonn Parliament to admit of attorneys' fees as "over-calcu- has a uniquely humorous way
its "fallacy" in pledging not to lation." He also noted that Dr. of interpreting political news—
change the compensation law. Schaeffer's figures included the the beauiful Miss Mackenzie
He suggested the limitation of total Israel reparations bill in was drafted by the Liberal
payments to any individual to the "compensation" figure. Put- party in her home area of Chel-
9,000 marks a year. Otherwise, ting a 9,000 mark limit on an- tenham, Gloucester, as its can-
he asserted, the stability of Ger- nual payments, he charged, didate for parliament. The elec-
man currency would be endang- would be a violation of the tion campaign starts in Febru-
ered.
spirit and letter of the compen- ary, 1958.
Dr. H. G. van Dam, head of sation law.
Born in Scotland, the politic-
the Council of Jews in Germany,
ally-minded Miss Mackenzie ex-
called Dr. Schaeffer's figures Vienna Leader Confers
pressed delight in the fact that
"non-objective," noting t hat on Restitution Issues
the Liberal Party had bestowed
previous estimates of the total
VIENNA (JTA) — Dr. Emil upon her such a great honor.
compensation bill have varied Maurer, president of the Vienna "I have, of course, been a
between six and 16 billion Jewish Community, conferred Liberal all my life," the TV star
deutschemarks but had never with Vice Chancellor A. Pitter- told this reporter, "and, if elect-
been computed at 29 billions. man on the promulgation of a ed, I will do my utmost in
Actual payments thus far, he new restitution law to set up promoting all Liberal causes
pointed out, have not exceeded the organizations which, under which, of course, includes full
three billion marks.
the Austrian State Treaty, will support of Israel in her historic
Two Socialist deputies, Karl administer the distribution of land.",
heirless property of victims of
During her stay in America,
Nazism among surviving victims. Miss
Mackenzie in her spare
Dr. Maurer demanded a lump moments dashes over to the
sum payment to the • J e w i. s h United Nations to study the
community as restitution. for procedures of the various diplo-
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In keeping with its policy of
providing educational institutes
for adults, on an academic level,
Midrasha, the college of Jewish
studies, has finalized plans to
conduct its Second Annual In-
stitute, to be conducted on five
consecutive Wednesday eve-
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The Institute theme, "Con-
temporary Philosophies of Juda-
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the major trends in Jewish
thinking today. Various cur-
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struction of a sanctuary at the
main Vienna Jewish cemetery.
Meanwhile, it was learned
that the Austrian fund set up
for the relief of Nazi victims
from Austria now scattered in
many lands abroad had already
paid out 107,000,000 schillings.
Forty-three million went to men
and women now in the United
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ACCRA, Ghana (JTA)—The
first ship of the new Black
Star Line, a joint Ghanian-
Israeli venture, sailed from the,
African port of Takoradi after
a colorful ceremony attended
by Ghanian Prime Minister
Khrumah and members of his
Cabinet and senior government
officials.
The Prime Minister boarded
the vessel, the S.S. Volta River
where he was welcomed by
the captain and officers, most
of whom are Israelis. The
Prime Minister called this an
"historic day for Ghana."
P. H. Doron, top Israeli
planning specialist, left Accra
this week for Israel via Ni-
geria, after having completed
a study of Ghana's water needs
and supply which took him
back and forth across 3,600
miles of the country.
Doron said that Israel would
be able to send technicians to
assist Ghana in a well-digging,
water supply and irrigation
program which it needed. He
recommended the provision of
sanitary drinking water, sup-
plies for cattle and irrigation
for arid areas in a report to
the Government of Ghana.
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WHITE PLAINS, N. Y., (JTA)
—A New York State Supreme
Court justice ruled there was
no violation of the constitu-
tional injunction on separation
of church and state in the erec-
tion of a creche on school prop-
erty in Ossining, N. Y.
He denied a motion for a tem-
porary injunction against build-
ing of the creche brought by 10
Ossining citizens, including
members of the three major
faiths. Work on the creche was
begun by students of the Ossi-
ning Junior-Senior High School
immediately after the judge's
ruling.
A motion for a permanent in- Brazilian Leaders
junction is still to be heard. The
plaintiffs, since joined by Jew- to Leave for Israel
ish and Ethical Culture groups
DIO DE JANEIRO (JTA) —
and the Civil Liberties Union, Eight Brazilians known nation-
plan to take the matter to the ally as representatives of par-
United States Supreme Court, if liamentary and other public ac-
necessary, to get a definitive tivities—including four Senators
ruling. Their attorney is Leo and four Deputies—left for Is-
Pfeffer of the American Jewish rael. The delegation is headed
Congress and a resident of Ossi- by Ulysses Guimaraes, president
ning.
of the Chamber of Deputies.
ham Isaac Kuk and Horace Kal-
len will be treated.
"The present resurgence of
interest in religious thought in
America has prompted the-
Midrasha to bring to Detroit
some of the foremost interpret- -
ers of the leading schools of
current Jewish philosophy in
order to present the fruits of
their studies and their impact
upon the trends in Jewish life,"
declared Mrs. Carl Schiller, In-
stitute chairman.
Midrasha, under the direction
of Albert Elazar, is the only
Jewish sponsored institution in
the city offering an advanced
program of Hebrew studies. It
prepares students for e n t r y
into the Hebrew teaching pro-
fession.
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