Kennedy Asks Liberalization of McCarran Act'
Republican leadership nor any
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Some 26 Senators already sup- inclination on the part of Demo-
port it, including six members crats like Rep. Walter to even
of the Senate Judiciary Com- consider the Eisenhower mes-
mittee which must act upon it. sages.
Both the Republican and
Senator Hart is chairman of the
Committee's Immigration Sub- Democratic 1960 platforms con-
tained immigration planks de-
committee.
nouncing the quota system and
The bottleneck lies in the
other discriminatory provisions.
House Immigration Subcommit- The Democrats said in 1960
tee headed by Rep. Francis E. that "we are confident that a
Walter, Pennsylvania Democrat, Democratic President in coop-
who is co-author of the Mc- eration with Democratic Con-
Carran-Walter Act. The question gresses will again implant a
is whether the Administration humanitarian and liberal spirit
can make a deal with Rep. Wal- in our nation's immigration and
ter. It is as yet unknown bow citizenship policies."
far he will go in honoring a
For two years the White
personal request from President House did nothing to imple-
Kennedy for substantial revi- ment the Dethocratic immi-
sion of the Act.
gration pledges. Now the
Rep. Walter has so far mili- President's aides feel that,
tantly resisted basic changes of with election results in mind,
the Act's narrow philosophy. the hour might be ripe for
He has even displayed a biased action.
attitude toward Jews and Israel.
The McCarran-Walter Act is
During the last session, he in- a long and complicated statute.
troduced measures to ban fur- It consists of four separate
ther immigration from Israel titles, containing about 150 sep-
and to deny landing rights to arate and closely interrelated
El Al Airlines. These bills arose sections taking up 182 pages of
from his rage over the Soblen fine print. The most obvious
case. They subsequently died in target is the quota system which
committee
is so obviously offensive. It is
President Eisenhower sent based on racial discrimination
three special messages to Con- and is a shocking negation of
gress in 1956, 1957 and 1960, American ideals.
Today there are over 900,000
proposing basic amendments to
improve the Act, especially the persons on visa waiting lists
biased national origins quota throughout the world while the
system. These proposals per- I quotas of other countries go
ished because there was no largely unused. Blond, blue-
vigorous follow-through by the I eyed people, it would appear,
Israel. Supreme Court Hears Case
Involving Validity of Intermarriage
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The
Israel Supreme Court began a
hearing on a case involving the
validity of a marriage abroad
between a citizen and a non-
resident Gentile.
The principle involved affects
a growing number of couples in
Israel who are now regarded as
common-law spouses. The ruling
is expected to have far-reaching
consequences.
The test case developed from
a petition by Yisroel Schle-
singer after th Interior Minis-
try refused to give the woman
he married, a Belgian Christian,
an Israeli identity card other
than one listing her maiden
_name and describing her as a
spinster. Schlesinger asserted in
his petition that his status is
registered as that - of a married
person and he is so regarded
for purposes of income taxes
and national insurance.
Zvi Bar-Niv, the state attor-
ney, contended that Israel can-
not recognize the marriage of
an Israeli citizen contracted
abroad which he could not con-
tract in Israel. He added that
Schlesinger, who took his fian-
cee to Cyprus for the marriage,
could obtain a permanent resi-
dent's visa for her.
Because the Supreme Court
tribunal is made up of five jus-
tices for the case, there will be
no appeal from the dicision.
The hearing was adjourned
after the preliminary pleas.
are for more desirable than
souls with a dark complexion.
Great Britain, with a popula-
tion of about 50 million, is
granted an annual quota 65,361
—more than one-third the total
world quota. Greece is allotted
only 308 while Asian and Afrian
countries, for the most part,
are permitted only 100 emi-
grants a year. Israel has a
quota of 100.
Great Britain last year used
only half its quota while other
countries have a tremendous
backlog of visa applicants. More
than one-third of authorized
visas are going unused because
too many have been granted to
some countries and too few to
others. It is open house for
Germans but Japan, with a pop-
ulation of 90 million, has a
quota of but 185.
Proposals have been made
that the quota be based on
the most recent census rather
than the 1920 statistics.
The Hart Bill would com-
pletely eliminate national or-
igins as a basis for determining
quotas and would put greater
emphasis on reunification of
families. It would authorize a
total world quota of 250,000 per
year, including provisions for
admission of up to 50,000 refu-
gees and escapees.
The remaining quotas would
be allocated to various coun-
tries under a two-part formula
based upon population of the
country and recent immigration
to the United States. Sixty per
cent of visas would be reserved
for blood relatives of citizens
and permanent resident aliens.
Permanent facilities for refu-
gees and escapees would be of
special interest to Jews because
of upheavals abroad that so
often prove particularly danger-
ous to the Jewish minorities. It
has also been demonstrated, by
the Algerian exodus, that many
Jewish refugees do not prefer
to settle in Israel.
Senator Croll Says
Canadian Jews Have
Isolated Themselves
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in Canadian federal politics.
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the Canadian Council of Reform
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Rinat Choir Performs
at U.S. Culture Center
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The
Rinat Choir of Israel presented
a program of Israeli concert and
folk songs and of American
songs at the inaugural dinner of
the United States National
Cultural Center at which Presi-
dent and Mrs. Kennedy headed
5,000 guests.
The choir, which consists of
40 adult mixed voices, was the
only non-American participant
at the dinner. Roger L. Stevens,
chairman of the center board of
trustees, called the choir's par-
ticipation "an inspiring way of
cementing cultural relations"
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