THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, January 25, 1963 — 32

UN Gets Plea for Universal Free Emigration

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address Gromyko requested
that the United Nations facili-
tate the immigration of vic-
tims of Nazism declaring,
"the time has come to help
these people not by words but
by deeds." Katz noted that
the principle of "non-separa-
tion of families" was recog-
nized by both the United
States and the Soviet Union
in 1959 in an exchange of
letters between Richard M.
Nixon, then Vice President of
the United States, and Rus-
sian Premier Nakita Khru-
shchev. •
Katz also noted that Khru-
shchev had since asserted that
the Soviet leader "is not dis-
posed" to permit Jewish immi-
gration for the purpose of fam-
ily re-unification.
The Bnai Brith leader made a
concrete proposal in regard to
one of Judge Ingles' recommen-
dations which now reads: "Due
regard should be given to fa-
cilitate the reunion of families."
Katz proposed that instead the
recommendation be changed to
red: "Particular regard should
be given to facilitate the re-
union of families in keeping
with moral and humanitarian
principles that are related to
the fact that the family is the
fundamental basis of society."
Meir ROsenne, special repre-
sentative in the subcommission
on behalf of the government of
Israel, acting as an observer,
addressed the subcommission on
the subject of permitting Rus-
sian Jews to emigrate to Israel
for the purpose of reuniting
families.
In accordance with the sub-
commissions rules he did not
name the Soviet Union but
stated: "I refer specifically
to a segment of a great and
ancient Jewish community
resident in one of the world's
mightiest lands. It is a large
community — indeed larger
than that of my own coun-
try."
He told the subcommission:
"I come before you as a citizen
of a state that with full aware-
ness of the tragedy, of the Nazi
holocaust, has brought together
hundreds of thousands of hu-
man beings. For the Jewish peo-
ple knows from its own past
history and from its recent ex-
perience the meaning of re-
uniting the remnants of fami-
lies."
Continuing, in his reference
to the USSR, Rosenne said:
"This great Jewish community
represents the last large resi-
due of European Jewry remain-
ing from the Eastward push of
the Nazi barbarians. It con-
tains literally hundreds of thou-
sans of individuals who were
battered, beaten and torn apart
from their kin in the unique
Jewish tragedy of the war years.
There is hardly a family in my
country and in most other. Jew-
ish communities throughout the
world that does not have or did
not have before the holocaust
a member in that country. Jews
everywhere are bound to that
community by ties of tradition,
culture, religion and family.
"Within that community
are many thousands who seek
to leave the country in order
to be reunited with brothers,
sisters, children, grandchil-
dren and other close relatives
elsewhere. The people of Is-
rael pray that the principle
of reunion of families may be
heeded also with respect to
them."
Concluding his statement, the
Israel representative assured
the subcommission that his gov-
ernment was not engaging in
cold war tactics by pleading the
principle of family reunifica-
tion. "I make this plea," he
said, "not for any political rea-

sons but purely on humanitarian forced to stay in a country to Jews. However, in one of his mate" and that he viewed it
grounds as a representative of where the synagogues are be- country-by-country reports sup- with sympathy but that the
a people torn apart, dispersed ing closed, or where he can- plementing the principal docu- space given to it in the report
and separated as a result of not bake matzoh? Is it not ment, Ingles included a sum- was exaggerated. He also said
Nazi aggression and persecu- an act of simple righteous- mary of information on the that the problem should not be
tion which have made the prob- ness to open the doors of the question relating to the USSR, included in the category of re-
lem of reunion of families so country for such persons, and quoting not only the CBJO but ligion because Jews want to
acute for us."
let them go?"
also Mrs. Golda Meir, Israel's emigrate to Israel not on re-
Seven international organiza-
To help wipe out restric- Foreign Minister.
ligious grounds but because
tions representing Jewish, Cath- tions, Dr. Lewin suggested the
In regard to Mrs. Meir, they were sentimentally and
olic, women's peace and general inclusion in the Ingles re-
Ingles quoted her as telling psychologically attached to that
human rights interests urged port of a "restrictive" clause
the Knesset in 1960 that country.
the United Nations to adopt which would read: "If such
"during the previous five
He referred to a paragraph
the Ingles report.
restrictions are imposed on
years; 9,236 special certifi-
in the study which stated
emigration,
full
freedom
of
Calling Judge Ingles' re-
cates had been issued by
that, between the end of
thought, conscience and re-
port "a vitally significant
Israeli authorities to Jewish
World War II and the end of
ligion, including the right of
contribution to the cause of
families in the Soviet Union,
1952, "perhaps one-half of
religious practice, must be
human rights," the seven or-
which wished to go to Israel,
the postwar Rumanian Jewish
safeguarded
in
accordance
ganizations, all of which have
but- few Soviet exit permits
population emigrated to Is-
with Article 18 of the Univer-
consultative status at the UN
had been granted."
rael." He said he could not
sal Declaration of Human
with the right to intervene in
Ingles cited a statement by see how it could be said that
Rights."
the debate but not to vote,
the CBJO which recalled that Jews were still being prevent-
told the Sub-Commission in a
The Soviet representative on in 1957 Premier Khrushchev of ed from leaving that country,
memorandum that "the the Subcommission asserted that the Soviet Union told Americans especially in view of the fact
study's disclosures of regret- introduction by Jewish organi- visiting him in Moscow that that "in no country did all
table retrogressive trends in zations of the issue of emigra- "We don't allow just anyone Jews want to leave."
an area affecting a basic hu- tion of Jews from East Euro- to leave the Soviet Union. We
He said such mass departures
man right serves to focus at- pean countries was "a bad issue passports to those whose
tention on the need for the service" to the Jewish popula- visits are expedient." That were a drain on the economies
kind of national and interna- tions of those countries, which Khrushchev was alluding to of the countries because the
tional action" proposed by certainly "w o u 1 d not help Russian Jews was shown by the emigrees held key positions in
the economies and professions
Judge Ingles.
them."
fact that he had added in his of those countries. He added
Boris
S. Ivanov made that 1957 statement: "We recently,
The memorandum also en-
that many Jews of Polish origin
dorsed a suggestion by Judge statement in continuing discus- though, allowed a great number in Israel were approaching the
Ingles that, in cases where a sion dealing with the right of of Jews to go to Poland, and Polish consulate to help them
person. believes his rights to any - individual to leave his coun- we knew that many of them go back to Poland.
leave his countryhave been vio- try and to return to it. The dis- would go to. Israel from there.
The American representative
lated by his own government, cussion reached the stage of I am sure that the time will
he could appeal his case "be- paragraph by paragraph con- come when 'all Jews, or Rus- was one of several defending
fore an independent and impar- sideration of the report pre- sians for that matter, who want the role of the non-government
organizations. Abrams said such
pared by Ingles.
tial body."
to go to Israel will be able to organizations had a vital role
Morris B. Abraham, the do so."
The signers of the memoran-
in the work of the United
dum included the Coordinating United States representative,
It was these references among
Board of Jewish Organizations immediately challenged the So- others that angered Ivanov. He Nations and that he felt it was
— a group representing here viet representative, protesting was also irritated by the fact a good thing that Ingles had
Bnai Brith and the British strongly against "allusions" that that Ingles, as a United Nations depended not only on informa-
Board of Jewish Deputies — the discussion of the question repporteur, had taken such in- tion from governments but also
the International Catholic Mi- might "jeopardize" the Jewish formation against a specific UN from scholars and non-govern-
gration Commission, the Inter % populations in those countries. member from a non-governmen- mental organizations. He re-
national League for the Rights He said that "if this is true, tal organization like the CBJO. ferred to the Polish delegate's
of Man, Pax Romana (Catholic), then we are in a very bad state With "all _due respect" to such criticism of the Jewish coordi-
Women's International League of affairs." He added that, if non-governmental groups, -he nating board and noted that
for Peace and • Freedom, the any governement "acted this told the Sub-Commission, he the Jewish group had been duly
World Union of Catholic way," then it was not a surprise considered it "an abuse of con- certified by the UN E _ conomic
Women's Organizations and the if there were groups who want- fidence to fabricate information and Social Council.
Peter Calvocoressi of Britain
International Humanist and ed to leave that country.
and to bring in calumnies
Ethical Union.
Paul Barton, representing against this or that country." said that the question of wheth-
the International Confedera- He called the Jewish coordi- er preventing Jews from leaving;
The memorandum called
tion of Free Trade Unions, nating board "a purely Ameri- a country was a racial or re-
attention to a statement in
also interpreted the Soviet can institution" and said that ligious one had no importance.
the Ingles report which noted
representative's statement as he was therefore "not surprised. What was important, he said,
that refusal by a country to
a possible threat. He said he to see that it is the American was that there were restric-
let its nationals leave "inevit-
wanted to submit additional member who supports it. We tions against their leaving cer-
ably infringes on other basic
documentation on the ques- should not be the accomplices tain countries.
rights." It listed some of these
Franz Matsch of Austria
tion.
He requested a clarifica- of this . organization."
rights as the freedom "to
said the main reason for the
tion on the Soviet representa-
practice religion" or to "asso-
Admitting that "it is a fact
exodus of Jews from Europe
tive's statement, specifically
ciate with relatives." The
that there are Jews who want
was the creation of the State
whether the Soviet govern-
CBJO's document s, intro-
to emigrate to Israel," the
of Israel. He said many Jews
ment meant that there would
duced last week, had spelled
Soviet representative said:
had been channeled through
be retaliation measures taken
out the denials to Russian
"This is true, but it is also
Austria and he had had the
against the Jewish popula-
Jews of the right to reunite
true that the number of Jews
opportunity to see the "mag-
tions because their "tragic
with their families in Israel
who want to emigrate now is
situation" had been brought
nificent work" of the Jewish
or to practice their religion
much smaller than it was be-
to - the attention of the Sub-
organizations, without whose
freely inside the USSR.
fore. We should not encour
help
no immigration was pos-
Another criticism of the So- Commission. He said that if
age this institution which is
sible. He added that for this ._
viet Union's anti-Jewish 'restric- this would. be the case, he
interested in increasing this
reason he believed in the
tions was voiced at the UN would not submit his organi-
number to use our Sub-Com-
data submitted by the Jewish
Sub-Commission by Dr. Isaac zation's documentation. in or-
mission as a forum for its
coordinating board.
Lewin, representative here of der not to endanger those
propaganda?'
the Agudas Israel World Or- Jewish populations.
Pierre Juvigny of France told
Ivanov returned to the theme
ganization. The latter, like the
In his statement, his second in a second speech, declaring the Sub-Commission it was cor-
other non-governmental organi- during the current meeting of that the "grave danger" was rect to mention specific in-
zations that submitted the mem- the Sub-Commission, Ivanov de- from racism and Fascism, and formation about places where
orandum, also has consultative clared that everyone in the So- that to introduce such informa- persons are forbidden to leave
status. ' -
viet Union was allowed to leave tion as that concerning Jewish their country to rejoin their
Dr. Lewin's statement direct- and that it was "nonsense" to emigration would only distract families board. "I, for instance,"
ed itself particularly against say that there were any limita- attention from that danger.
he said, "know about 'Hun-
the USSR's claims that it keeps tions on emigration from the
The e w i s h coordinating garian Jews that are prevented
Jews from emigrating as a mat- Soviet Union. However, he again board also was criticized by from joining their families in
ter of preserving "public order." criticized any interpretation of Wojciech Ketrzynski of Poland, Israel. The problem of Jews
Obviously referring to the wish the report which would permit although in more moderate being prevented from being re-
of Russian Jews to emigrate to unrestricted emigration assert- terms than those used by the united with their families
Israel, he told the Sub-Commis- ing that this would create mass Soviet representative. He said exists; it is a fact; it can not
sion: "If, for example, a person departures which could 'have that the problem of emigration be ignored. It is up to the
wants to join the family obroad, "undsirable political effects."
of Jews from Poland concerned rapporteur to decide the best
practically no restrictions
He repeatedly attacked the only two countries—Poland and method of exposing this de facto
should be stipulated. It is a mat- Coordinating Board of Jewish Israel — and that it was regret- situation."
ter of pure humanitarianism, Organizations, asserting that table that a "private" Jewish
Dr. Maurice Perlzweig, World
and all restrictions should be Jewish aspects of the issue had organization "without any man- Jewish Congress representative,
waived in this case."
been included in the Ingles re- date" submitted "false infor- told the subcommission that
Indicating the Jews find it port "artificially," and that it mation" on the matter. He the WJC deeply appreciated the
difficult to practice their re- was "regrettable" that the Jew- added that the problem of such report and its recommendations.
ligion freely in the Soviet ish coordinating body had man- emigration was a "delicate" He added that he would like to
Union, the Agudah repre- aged to "induce" the rapporteur one and the procedure of bring- emphasize that more attention
sentative argued: "If a per- into "error" by presenting only ing the question of its solution should have been given to the
son has no possibility to live "slanders" and false accusations before public opinion would problem of re-union of families,
in accordance with the re- "without any basis" against the make that solution more diffi- which, he said, concerned a
ligion one professes, how Soviet Union.
cult.
Jewish community of 3,000,000
could such a person be forced
The Ingles report as such
The Polish delegate added who must be given the right to
to continue to live in the does not make any reference that the desire of the Jews to associate to be able to practice
country? How could a Jew be to the Soviet Union in regard emigrate to Israel was "legiti- the freedom to live.

