American Concessions to Krupp
Are Keeping Him a Wealthy Man
Milwaukee Family Give Unveil Bust in Moscow
$100,000 to Marquette for Jewish Actor,
MILWAUKEE, (JTA) — The
family of Oscar Plotkin, indus-
for manufacturing atomic weap- trialist and businessman, plans
ons. He "has been rehabili- to contribute $100,000 for an-
tated by the U.S. and West endowment to the Marquette
German governments to the ex- University school of medicine,
it was announced by Dr. John
tent that he is the wealthiest
S. Hirschboeck, medical school
man in Europe. -
dean. The family gave $71,000
"He was convicted by a U.S. toward the fund immediately.
War Crimes Tribunal at Nu-
Dr. Hirschboeck said the
remburg in 1947. The court school would establish an Oscar
found him guilty of exploiting Plotkin Memorial Research
and abusing slave labor, in Fund. The initial fund, plus
eluding Jews.
any future contributions to it,
"The court imposed a 12- will be used to conduct re-
year prison sentence. He was search on Alzheimer's disease
also told to forfeit his property. and related neurological dis-
"American industrialists were orders. Mr. Plotkin died last
persuaded to intervene on March 30 of Alzheimer's dis-
Krupp's behalf. In 1951 he was ease, which is advanced arteri-
freed by John J. McCloy, the osclerosis of the nervous sys-
U.S. High Commissioner for tem.
Under terms of the endow-
Germany. Krupp had served
less than half his sentence. ment, the funds' will be invested
McCloy also restored confiscated and the income will be used for
research.
properties."
Solomon Mikhoels
Find Synagogue
in German T own
ROTHENBURG, West Ger-
PARIS, (JTA) — Communist many, (JTA) — An - early six-
It appeared this week as if
newspaPers here reported that teenth century synagogue, con-
Alfred Krupp, convicted Nazi
a bronze bust of Solomon Mik- cealed in an ordinary house
war criminal, will remain one
hoels, noted Russian Jewish ac- apparently from fear of. per-
of the wealthiest men in Europe
tor executed during the Stalin- secution, has been discovered
—with the help of the United
ist purges, had been unveiled in this medieval city.
Dr. Anton Ress, a member
States.
in Moscow. The papers did not
After his war crimes . convic-
indicate who had arranged the of the Historical Conservation
tion for helping Hitler, the
Society, found the portal of a
tribute to Mikhoels.
German munitions king was or-
Mikhoels, a leader in the prayer room in an old house
dered by the allies to dispose
Jewish Anti-Fascist Committee in the former "Judengasse"
set up in Moscow after the Nazi (Street of the Jews), bearing
invasion, performed a number Hebrew and Latin inscriptions
of missions abroad for the Sov- and the date 1517.
The Jews were persecuted
iet government during the war,
particularly in seeking Jewish and expelled from - Rothenburg
support abroad for the Soviet in the thirteenth century and
again in 1520. Local historians
anti-Nazi war effort.
believe Jews had built the sec-
He disappeared during the ret place of worship, anticipat-
Stalin terror purges, and the ing renewed persecutions and
news of his execution was con- possible destruction of syna-
firmed officially only after
gogues.
Stalin's death.
According to the Communist
press report here, a simple in-
DRIVING LESSONS
scription. on the bust, in. Rus:
LESSON $
sian and Yiddish, says: "Solo-
s COURSE .0 of
mon Mikhoels. 1890-1948."
Dual Controls
Mikhoels was director of the
No Permit Needed to Start
Jewish State Theater. in Moscow
Professional instructors
Day or Evening
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The a bona-fide ocupational qualifi- prior to the liquidaticrn of that
Appointments
theater
curing
the
Stalin
purge
cation
for.
ARAMCO's
opera-
New York State Commission
Against Discrimination an- tions in Saudi Arabia was in of Jewish intellectuals and the 'Safeway Driver Training
TO 9-7600 LI 2-6742
nounced it had dropped plans the best interests of this coun- closing down of all Jewish cul-
tural institutions.
to appeal against a court ruling try."
ordering the Arabian-American
ALFRED KRUPP
The • exemptions - were ap-
Oil Company to stop asking pealed by the American Jewish
of his holdings consisting of job applicants whether they Congress. Last July, Justice Ep-
$600,000,000 in mines and mills. were Jews.
stein declared that no foreign
He was having a difficult. time
Elmer A. Carter, SCAD chair- nation could dictate non-en-
finding a buyer.
man, who had previously said forcement of a New York state
But Milton Friedman, Jewish the state agency would appeal law and ordered SCAD to re-
Telegraphic Agency correspon- the ruling of New York Su- quire ARAMCO to comply with
dent in Washington, reveals the preme Court Justice Henry Ep- the law.'
following facts about conces- stein, said that SCAD had re-
Carter said on July 17, im-
sions to Krupp by the United ceived "recent information that mediately after the ruling, that
States:
tended to show that the United it would be appealed. In his
"U.S. munitions makers are States State Department's atti- statement he did not amplify
now entering alliances with tude in the matter had under- or explain what he said was a
Krupp," says Friedmanr "With gone changes." However, a change in attitude of the State
YOU EXPECT MORE
the tacit support of Chancellor State Department spokesman in Department.
FROM HAMILTON
Adenauer" he soon began ig- Washington denied any change
BEN GREEN
JACK MANN
AND GET IT !
The American Jewish Con-
noring the pledge to relinquish in policy.
gress addressed a letter to the
management of the coal, steel
ARAMCO operates in Saudi New York SCAD requesting an
You Can't Drive Overhead -- Why Pay For It!
and iron ore units of his Arabia, which bans employment immediate hearing on charges
of Jews in its territory. SCAD against ARAMCO, that it dis-
empire."
Friedman also writes that, allowed ARAMCO in 1950 and
criminates against Jewish job
TO 6-2800
"Krupp is already participating in 1956 an exemption from
13519 HAMILTON at DAVISON
applicants and thus violates the
in West Germany's first plans the state law barring employers
in New York from asking job State fair employment law.
applicants about their religion.
The exemptions were granted
"on the basis of representations
by the State Department that
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SCAD to Drop Court Ruling Appeal
On - ARAMCO Employment Policies
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. g of Oath
Bannni
Urged in Israel
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Wit-
nesses in Israeli courts will not Israeli Defense Forces
in future have to take an oath Give Books to Columbia
to tell the truth if Israel's Par-
for Aid to' Veterans
liament accepts draft legislation
The Israeli Defense Forces
announced by Haim Cohen, the
Attorney General. - - - • • presented to Columbia Univer-
sity a number of books in ap-
The Israeli law officer said preciation of the -university's
-subriiitting
-was
that his ministry
contribution to the education
a whole series of revisions of of Israeli veterans who were
the legal code and civil law, enabled to resume their studies
some of which dates back to at Columbia after military
Turkish rule, for action by the service.
fourth Knesset which convened
The presentation was made to
here this week.
Dr. Gray-son Kirk, president of
The Attorney General- ex- Columbia, - by -Col. A. Yariv,
plained that the oath was un- Military, naval arid" air attache
necessary be cause "it_ is a at the Israeli Embassy in Wash-.
vestige of Superstition and is ington, in the president's office,
not effective." Instead, the pro- 202 Low. 'Memorial Library,
posed code revision would have Tuesday.
the court formally advise the
In addition to the gift to the
witness or defendant that he university, a special edition of
would be subject to severe a Bible printed in Hebrew in
punishment if he failed to tell Jerusalem was presented to
Dr. Kirk.
the truth.
The other books, destined for
An important change in the
criminal code would bar a the Hebrew section of the
blanket guilty plea by a de- Columbia University Libraries,
fendant. The defendant would include a number of Hebrew
be able to state the correctness volumes of contemporary writ-
or incorrectness of 's pecific ers, and Israeli Defense Forces
points in the charges against books on citizenship and gen-
him but Would not be able to eral educational subjects.
The gift by the Israeli De-
make a blanket plea of guilty
fense Forces was inspired by
to the entire. charge.
Cohen said that in the past two Israeli career army officers
innocent people had pleaded who entered Columbia as grad-
guilty" only because their law- uate students in• the fall of
yers had advised them that 1957 — Lieutenant C -o lonels
that was the quickest way to get Moshe Bella and Nachman
the trial over with. Another Karni.
change recommended by the
French was the first modern
Attorney General was the hold-
ing of libel trials behind closed language taught in the Univer-__
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