Blind Noga Mukhtar receives a Kaplan pennant and a
citation for plant efficiency on behalf of Orah, a weaving plant
at Nathanya which employs only sightless women, at recent
ceremonies in Habimah Hall in Tel Aviv. Making the presenta-
tion is Mordecai Namir, Israel Minister of Labor, while looking
on are Mrs. Hadassah Goldberg, director of Orah, and David
Moushine, director of Israel's Institute of Productivity. The
weaving plant is maintained in cooperation with the Women's
League for Israel, with headquarters in New York. The awards,
dedicated to the memory of Israel's first Minister of Finance,
the late Eliezer Kaplan, are given annually by the Israel gov-
ernment for technical advances and achievement in improving
Israel's economy.

Premier of Quebec Started as
Anti-Semite, Died Friend of Jews

By DAVID ROME

with a number of acts dis-
tinctly friendly to the Jewish
QUEBEC CITY, Canada— community.
With the passing of Premier
When one of his ministers,
Maurice Duplessis of the prov- Laurent Barre, made crudely
ince of Quebec, there passes anti-Semitic comments in the
from the scene a complex per- provincial parliament, Duples-
sonality whose relationship to- sis vigorously and promptly
wards the Jewish community disassociated himself from
altered from vicious hostility them and condemned them.
to outright friendship and
At this time the Protestant
warm correctness.
Premier Duplessis passed school commission of Outre-
away on the day he was to mont, P.Q., announced that it
unveil a plaque in his native was unwilling to continue the
city of Three Rivers to honor education of the Jewish chil-
the first Jew believed to have dren in the municipality, in
settled in Canada, Aaron Hart, accordance with an existing
who 200 years ago came to agreement. Duplessis used his
the British colony and even- good offices as Prime Minis-
tually became the Sieur de Be- ter to have the Outremont
cancourt. The bicentenary cere- Protestants renew their agree-
monies under the sponsorship ment, and Jewish children
of the Canadian Jewish Con- continue to receive their edu-
gress were to have had Mau- cation in these schools.
More recently, Duplessis
rice Duplessis as the guest of
honor at the central ceremo- used his extensive powers
as Premier to ban the show-
nial observance.
ing of the film "Oliver
This is indeed a far cry
Twist" with its Fagin figure
from the day when politician
of a Jewish leader of a gang
and journalist Duplessis pub-
of thieves. Indeed, he au-
lished rabidly anti-Jewish ar-
thorized Councilor Max
ticles seeking the support of
Seigler of MOntreal to make
the electorate on a vicious
an announcement to this ef-
anti-Semitic platform. Indeed,
fect at a national conven-
his last political campaign as
tion of the Canadian Jew-
head of the opposition fea-
ish Congress in Toronto
tured the use of a crude
without troubling to inform
anti-Semitic forgery, a docu-
the head of the provincial
ment stemming from some
censorship bureau of what
alleged "International Zion-
he had done. This official
ist Fraternity" indicating
was caught off base and at
a "plot" to settle 100,000
first denied the press report
Jews on farms in the prov-
from Toronto about the
ince of Quebec. In spite of
Premier's decision.
the denials of the authenti-
city of this document, Du-
It is also a matter of record
plessis continued to use it that Duplessis arranged for
in his political campaign, substantial subsidies to the
flaunted the "documents" Jewish General Hospital of
before the voters of Dore- Montreal.
chester, had it published in
In the course of time the
the official organ of his par- Jewish community lost its fear
ty and in other ways main- and opposition to Duplessis,
tained the truth of its al- and during the past several
legations.
elections there were even com-
His battles royal on the mittees of Jewish supporters
floor of the legislature with of his Union Nationale party
the last Jew to sit in the active in securing Jewish votes
provincial assembly, the late and support. This is probably
Maurice Hart, are still re- the first time that Jewish
membered for their bitterness groups as such gave support
and harshness in a province to any distinctly nationalistic
whose annals are replete with French-Canadian political party.
political arguments and ven-
dettas.
. There are at least 17 Jewish
However, after Duplessis publications in Canada; two
came to power and consoli- Yiddish dailies, seven weeklies,
dated his position in the prov- one fortnightly, and seven or
ince, his anti-Jewish virulence more regular monthlies, includ-
abated noticeably, and indeed ing those published by organi-
his record in office is marked zations.

JTA Correspondent in Canada

Jewish Leaders Meet with Austrian Minister on Indemnification

NEW YORK, (JTA) — A
delegation representing the
Committee for Jewish Claims
on Austria, conferred here
with the new Austrian For-
eign Minister, Dr. Bruno Krei-
sky. The Jewish leaders urged
that the Austrian government
expand existing indemnification
legislation through comprehen-
sive amendments, to provide
compensation for Nazi victims
who have been excluded from
benefits and for economic
losses suffered as a result of
Nazi action.
The delegation stressed, in
the course of the conference,
that "existing legislation is
grossly inadequate to secure
a minimum of compensation
for losses and injuries suf-
fered by victims of Nazi per-
secution in Austria. More than
20 years have elapsed, and
many of the victims, among
them aged and needy, are still
awaiting satisfaction of their
claims."
The Jewish leaders also
called for indemnification to
the Jewish communities of
Austria for synagogues and re-
lated communal institutions de-
stroyed during the Nazi era,
and for aid to those communi-
ties along the same lines as
the government pursued with
other religious bodies.
The members of the delega-
tion were Jacob Blaustein,

New Year Greetings

Sol's Delicatessen
Restaurant

honorary president of the Affairs, World Jewish Con-
American Jewish Committee; gress.
Dr. Israel Goldstein, honorary
president of the American
LE SHONO TOVO TIKOSEVU
Jewish Congress; Adolph Held,
president of the Jewish La-
May the New Year bring you
bor Committee; Dr. Gustav
a full measure of Happiness
Jellinek, president of the
with an abundance of Health
and Prosperity
American Federation of Jews
from Austria; Saul Kagan, sec-
Rovner Progressive Farein
retary of the Committee for
Jewish Claims on Austria; and
A. SAGINAW, Pres.
Dr. Nehemiah Robinson, direc-
M. WASSERMAN, Fin. Sec'y
tor of the Institute of Jewish
J. Gubow, Vice-Pres.

B. HELFER, Treas.

About 95 per cent of the
world's boron is mined in the
United States.

J. H. SIEGAL, Corr. Sec'y
L. SILBERT, Rec. Sec'y

All the world shall come to serve Thee
And bless They glorious name,
And Thy righteousness triumphant
The islands shall acclaim
And the peoples shall go seeking
Who knew Thee not before
And the ends of the earth shall praise Thee,
A"ld tell Thy greatness o'er.

—From the High Holy Day liturgy

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19 - THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS -- Frid ay, October 2, 1959

Plant for Sightless Women Wins
Israel Economic Progress Award

