and Welfare Funds) have shown
mounting interest in JTA and
a desire to help JTA to grow
and develop so that it may
make a maximum contribution
to the general welfare."
Transfer of the JTA owner-
its services in the community ship
complete a process
interest. He said that a panel begun will
in 1960, when JTA, in
of distinguished personalities
agreement with the Jewish
in the newspaper field would Agency
and the Large City Bud-
undertake a survey of ,JTA geting
Conference of the Coun-
operations in 1964 and make cil of Jewish
Federations and
recommendations to the board Welfare Funds,
to re-
on their future scope and di- organize JTA on agreed
an indepen-
rection.
dent basis, with the American
Lipsky said that satisfactory Federations and Welfare Funds
arrangement had been worked assuming responsibilities that
out largely through the sympa-
thetic and understanding atti-
tude of the Jewish Agency Military Blocked
which had provided substantial
investments in JTA over the Escapees' Roads
past decade and had now gen-
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erously agreed to forego its
claims in order to facilitate the ing Jews from territories in
enemy occupation. There is also
JTA reorganization.
Dr. Emanuel Neumann, the distinct danger of stimulat-
chairman of the American ing anti-Semitism in areas where
Section of the Jewish Agency an excessive number of foreign
Executive, declared that the Jews are introduced."
In Palestine, said the British
increased support given to
JTA by the Council of Jew- Embassy, "the authorities are
ish Federations and Welfare not prepared, except possibly in
Funds and the indications individual cases, to accept male
that this support would con- adults from enemy or enemy-
tinue to grow had finally occupied countries; but His Maj-
made it possible for the Jew- esty's Government will continue
ish Agency to relinquish the to do everything possible to fa-
responsibility it had borne cilitate the admission of children
for more than ten years.
within the limits imposed by the
"The Jewish Agency is proud 1939 White Paper. A copy of
of the fact that it has been so the White Paper in question is
greatly instrumental in main- enclosed for the convenience of
taining, during a difficult per- the Department of State."
iod, this news service, whose
It would appear that concern
existence is of vital importance existed 20 years ago in some
to the Jewish people," Dr. Neu- high places that too many Jews
mann said. "We are happy that might escape from Hitler's Eur
the American Jewish communi- ope and burden the democracies
ties, through the Federations with their presence.
Joint Statement with Jewish Agency
Announces Formation of American
Jewish News Foundation as Owner
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
NEW YORK—Agreement on
transfer of ownership of the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency
from the Jewish Agency to the
membership of the JTA board
of directors was announced
jointly Wednesday by the JTA
and the Jewish Agency.
Eleazar Lipsky, president of
JTA, said the actual transfer
of ownership would be made
when the legal formalities
were completed. He said that
the members of the JTA board
had organized the American
Jewish News Foundation, Inc.,
a non-profit membership cor-
poration under the laws of the
State of New York, in which
ownership of JTA will be
vested. The trustees of the
foundation will be the JTA
board members.
He expressed the belief
that the new arrangement
would provide a wider basis
of communal support for JTA
and facilitate extension of
Yeshiva Students
Trial Continues
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM—Technicalities
regarding identities of defend-
ants and formalities of the
charges against the defendants
have occupied prosecution and
defense for the past two days in
the trial of 104 Yeshiva students
on trial for the past two days
on charges of criminal trespass
in the Sept. 10 demonstrations
against Christian missions in
Israel.
The proceedings took on a
eomic aspect Tuesday when a
police witness testified he could
identify some of the defendants
whom he detained in the court-
yard of St. Joseph's Convent in
Jerusalem. When he was asked
to do so by Shmuel Tamir, the
defense attorney, the policeman
pointed to three persons in the
courtroom who turned out to be
three young Yeshiva spectators.
The mass trial is continuing
in a hospital dining room im-
provised for a court. All the
defendants have pleaded not
guilty.
Interior Minister and Religi-
ous Party leader Haim Shapiro
was reported today to have pro-
tested to Prime Minister Eshkol
concerning the Premier's con-
demnation of disturbances caus-
ed by religious zealots in Jerus-
alem. The Premier made the
criticism in his "state of the
union" address to the opening
winter session of the Parlia-
ment. Shapiro reportedly com-
plained to the Premier that he
had not clearly condemned the
anti-religious groups which last
week forced their way into an
Orthodox section of Jerusalem
and threatened violence.
Volkswagen Finances
Research Between
West Germany, Israel
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
HANOVER — An official of
the Volkswagen Foundation an-
nounced Wednesday a grant of
$560,000 to finance a research
and exchange program between
West Germany and Israel. The
official said most of the grant
would go to the Weizmann In-
stitute at R e h o v o t to help
finance basic r e se a r c h in
physics and bio-sciences.
The foundation was set up by
the Volkswagen Company, pro-
ducer of the Volkswagen auto-
mobile, one of the most success-
ful of West Germany's exports.
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ly terminate its financial par-
ticipation.
The LCBC advised the com-
munities in 1961 that "the LCBC
regards a Jewish news service
of high quality as indispensable
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JTA Ownership Transferred to New Board