HE JEWISH NEWS Hias Marks Anniversary Vigilance in Fight on Bigotry Editorials Page 4 A Weekly Review of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle ')VOLUME XXXIV—No. 26 ior a .;!nt giogi st%p 17100 W.77 Mile Rd.--VE 8-9364—Detroit 35, February 27, 1959 'Solomon and Sheba,' Fine New Novel .. . Glubb Pasha's Bias Repeated. . . . Echo of the Civil War. Commentary Page 2 $5 Per Year; Single Copy 15c Jewish Emigrants Face Crisis Romania Reportedly Separates Departing Families, Prevents Travelers from Leaving Trains Izrestia Denies USSR Will Facilitate Emigration of Jeers Crises of unprecedented dimensions, which may en- danger the very basis of Jewish emigration efforts to Israel in behalf of the tens of thousands of Jews who were promised exit visas from Romania, clouded the horizon during the past few days. Cabled reports from Vienna to The Jewish News, from Boris Smolar, editor of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, who is currently covering the Romanian emigration situation, indicate that obstacles have been placed in the path of the emigrants by Romanian authorities. The new developments, which threaten to negate the Romanian decisions to permit the exit of those of her citizens who desire to go to Israel, came simultaneously with a report from Moscow that the Soviet government will not permit the emigration of Jews in order not to alienate the friendship of the Arabs who are opposed to a new influx of Jewish immigrants into Israel. The question therefore is posed whether Romania's new attitude is a result of pressures from the Kremlin. Assertions, made frequently in recent months by both Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and by Dr. Nahum Who Is a Jew' Identity Card Agreement Reported - JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A major point in the dis- pute over "who is a Jew?" which shattered the Gov- ernment coalition unity last Summer seemed resolved Tuesday with an agreement between Minister of Re- ligions Yaakov Moshe Toledano and Minister of the Interior Israel Bar Yehuda. Under' the new agreement, all Israeli identity cards will state the religion of the father and of the mother of the minor bearer without actually stating his own. When he reaches the age of 16 and applies for his own card, his religion will be established by examination of the facts in the case. The rabbinate is expected to welcome this solution. India's Failure to Support Israel Condemned by Hindu NEW DELHI, (JTA)—India's policy of coolness toward Israel and warm collaboration with the United Arab Republic was condemned sharply by Prof. Ram Singh, president of the powerful All-India Hindu Mahasabha. Delivering his presidential address Monday at Benares, where the Mahasabha opened its 45th annual convention, Dr. Singh stated: "Extension of support to the UAR as against Great Britain was an act of extreme foolishness. Our Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru, should know that a greater UAR means greater danger to India. The new Arab state endangers Israel, and our self-interest demands support of Israel because it is a strong wall against the Communist powers." Goldmann, president of the World Zionist Organization and of the Jewish Agency, that some of the Russian Jews would be permitted to leave for Israel, were branded by Izvestia as "provocative fabrications." The official Soviet organ stated that such emigration would tend to strengthen Israel militarily and therefore would destroy the confidence that Arabs have in the Soviet Union. At the same time, however, the Middle East airways were filled with conflicting propaganda which included charges that the mass migration of East European Jews to Israel linked Israel with Communism, because the new settlers are arriving from behind the Iron Curtain. United Arab Republic radios and newspapers assailed the migration wave as a build-up for "new aggression" by Israel. A Damascus Arab daily appealed to the Soviet Union "not to bolster the capacity" of Israel "for Zionist aggres- sion." The Cairo daily Ash-Shab blamed the immigration forces whom they identified as "world Jewry, Britain and the United States" and as opposed to Arabism. Meanwhile, Israel continues to create opportunities for the large influx of new settlers and world Jewish communities are mobilizing to assure the continuation of emigration efforts. Romanian. Authorities Create 'Inexplicable' Difficulties for Jews Migrating to Israel By BORIS SMOLAR Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News VIENNA — Two large transports of Jews emigrating from Romania arrived here by train Tuesday and reported that Romanian authorities who boarded the trains at the Hungarian frontier had removed a n umber of the emigrants and had refused to let other members of their families disembark to remain with them. The authorities gave no reasons for their actions and it was not possible Tues- day to establish how many of the emigrants—all of whom had been given official laissez passer documents—had been separated from their families. The attitude of the Romanion authorities was considered all the more inex- plicable in view of the official position that the emigration of Jews from Romania was being permitted on humanitarian grounds to permit the reunion of separated families. Arrivals here reported that childre n had been taken from their parents, fathers from their children and husbands from their wives. One middle-aged woman from Bucharest, who arrived here with two small children, weepingly reported that her husband had been detained at the frontier. She was not able to learn why he had been taken off the train, how long he would be detained, or if he ever would be permitted to follow her. When she sought to alight to remain with him, she was told that she had to leave Romania. Another family reported that their adult children had been taken off the train at the frontier station, the elderly parents were not permitted to get off the train to remain with them and had to continue on to Vienna. Arrivals here described heartrending scenes at the frontier station as the Ro- manian authorities weeded out the men, women and young people who were to re- main behind. One witness described the scene as girls on their knees cried and pleaded with the authorities to let them proceed with their families. Among those taken off the trains were veteran Zionists who had spent several years in prison on charges of Zionist activity and who had been released and given exit permits to leave for Israel. A Bukovin a engineer, Frederick Ostrer, who had spent four years in prison for Zionist activities, was not molested and arrived here with the group. Continued on Page 3Z