(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
PARIS— The Paris daily
France Soir reported Tuesday
that Moroccan Jews were fright-
ened by the possibility that the
sudden death Sunday of King
Mohammed V might affect them
adversely.
The paper declared that the
200,000 Jews and the 200,000
Frenchmen living in Morocco
had realized since Morocco at-
tained independence that it was
the :late king who assured sta-
bility, within the country and
who •protected . their safety._
Some :9t. them, including the
Jews and French Christians,
were reported as now fearing
that his death might lead to in-
ternal friction and troubles
which might adversely affect
their status.
A procession of several hun-
dred Casablanca Jews led by
Rabbis wearing prayershawls
over their heads filed through
the city's streets Tuesday in
mourning for King Mohammed
tion of the World Jewish Con-
gress, had served as his coun-
try's commercial counselor at
the Moroccan Embassy in Wash-
ington and was formerly direc-
tor of the Moroccan Ministry
of National Economy.
Some 30 Jews who were ar-
rested after the distribution two
weeks ago of leaflets to Jews in
various towns in Morocco, have
been released by Casablanca
police. Interior Minister Em-
barek Bekkai personally or-
dered the release of the prison-
ers, with a view to easing the
minds of Moroccan Jewry.
It was learned, however, that
Israelis Divided on
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JERUSALEM — Political de-
bate in Israel • shifted Wednes-
day from the issue of a renewed
coalition to the question of the
timing of new general elections,
for which prime minister Ben-
Gurion's Mapai party plans to
V.
introduce a bill in the Knesset
Jews in synagogues through- next week.
out Morocco and in public pro-
Elections became virtually in-
cetsions in other cities chanted evitable when Ben-Gurion noti-
the traditional prayer for the fied President Ben-Zvi Tuesday
dead in mourning for the king that he had been unable to form
who died on the operating table. a new coalition to replace the
Several hundred Jews as- one he ended Jan. 31 by resign-
sembled at the walls of the ing in protest over a ministerial
palace in- Raby to say prayers. committee report which exon-
These were the first Jewish pub- erated Pinhas Lavon from re-
sponsibility as defense minister
lic manifestations in Morocco.
Speciai= services will be held in 1954 for a security disaster
in syna go gues throughout that year. Mr. Ben-Gurion won
Morocco, in commemoration of in the subsequent battle be-
the late King's liberal attitude tween • leaders by
ster as
Mr. Lavo
which dates back to 1942, when for
retary-general of t Hista-
he refused to countersign de-
crees by the pro-Nazi regime in- rut, Israel's Labor Fed ation.
resi-
troducing anti-Jewish legisl
which
Lion:
to the
During the Nazi years, th
er as the
Moroccan ruler fought with
ions. The date
determination Marshall Petain's
decision to introduce yellow is in line with Mapai strategy
stars for Jews in the North to postpone the elections to the
African protectorate. Jews also maximum, in the hope that the
remember that, upon the crea- passage . of time will make the
tion of the State of Israel, the public forget the Lavon affair
Moroccan ruler had refused to and bring a rebuilding of the
take part in the Arab anti-Israel prestige of the party lost in the
bitter struggle. Party leaders
campaign.
also were understood to hope
Only a few days before his that enough time might elapse
death, King Mohammed V lifted to settle a new internal problem
the emigration ban for the created by Ben-Gurion's state-
Moroccan Jews. It is feared that ment ,that he would not permit
the King's death might bring his name to appear on a Mapai
into question again the emigra- election list with that of Lavon.
tion of Morocco's Jews as the
The earliest election date. yet
new King, Hassan II, will be
'able to count only on the nation- suggested is June, with other
proposals falling between June
'alistic Istiqlal party and the and
October. Opposition parties
"armed forces and will be op- wanted
the earliest possible
posed by many of the other dates, partly
in the hope of
movements, including the Union being able to capitalize
at the
Nationale des Forces Populaires, polls on the disarray within
which are basically opposed to the Mapai party and partly be-
-the monarchy.
cause they lacked funds for a
Moroccan Minister of Interior lengthy election campaign.
to Attend Jewish Conference
Mapai negotiators moved
- CASABLANCA, (JTA)—Em- quickly to obtain support for
barek Bekkai, Morocco's Minis- a late date, discussing the
ter of the Interior, has agreed matter with the National Re-
to attend the congress of the ligious Party which reportedly
Council of Moroccan Jewish expressed a readiness to vote in
Communities to be held March the Knesset for an October or
19 at Rabat. Dr. Leon Benza- even a November date, if at
quen, a former member of the least the Progressive Party
Cabinet, will be honorary presi- would support such a date. This
stand reflected an earlier one
dent of the Congress.
ayer by the religious bloc in declin-
It was reported th
ing to join a narrow coalition
Toledano, a lo
with Mapai because none of the
dismisse
ney, has
his pas s vice-president of the other partners in the former
Casa nca Mu icip 1 • ouncil oalition would do so. Progres-
ve Party leaders said they
A 1 er inf in o
were determined to seek the
his smissa
e oun
earliest possible election date.
gay o reaso or t e mo
The new internal Ben-Gurion-
T dano,
orary Lavon crisis also was under dis-
chair
ocean sec- cussion in the Mapai leadership
of t
which decided to set up a spe-
cial party committee to clarify
IF YOU TURN THE
IT•o•ri
Lavon's position in the party
and the question of his ex-
•
pected candidacy for a Knes-
UPSIDE DOWN YOU WON'T
set seat. Ben-Gurion was un-
FIND A FINER WINE THAN
derstood to have given other
Mapai leaders a clear-cut prom-
ise that he would abide by
whatever findings the special
Milan Wineries, Detroit, Mich. I committee submitted. Mapai
leaders were understood to be
I
a number of Jews charged with
an attack on the security of the
State and who allegedly partici-
pated in clandestine immigra-
tion activities and distribution
of leaflets to Jews, were still
in prison.
(In Paris, the newspaper Le
Figaro reported that 11 Moroc-
can Jews and
Jews
were brou
efore a court in
Meknes,
southern
for det ion. They h been ar-
reste
n ch istri
tion
f ille
Fre
Am ssad
has roteste the etention
the
o French Jews.)
ate
confident that Lavon would not
want to split his party and
would therefore probably not
engage in an open election fight
with the Ben-Gurion group over
his ouster from Histadrut.
Some of the former coalition
partners clung to a faint hope
Wednesday as President Ben-
Zvi began his second round of
talks with party leaders that a
formula might still be found to
avoid new elect'
Herut and
mitted bill
the electi
ted by M
dah calle
11. The r
mise was f
ec-
tion. Best estnn
were for
SEE. OUR
an election date sometime be- Knesset majority, consideration
tween the end of July and the might have to be given to post-
middle of August.
ponement of the opening of the
Some observers speculated trial of Adolf Eichmann now
that if an earlier date won a ,set for April 11.
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Moroccan Jews Fear King's Death
May Affect Their Status Adversely