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Demands Multiply for Extension of Statute;
Strong Protests Registered by Yugoslavians

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Times. He made his statement in of every state and no state could
1945, which marked the official reply to a charge that if Martin be freed of this duty by "appeal
end of World War II.
Bormann. Hitler's deputy, or Hein- ; ing to its internal law."
Dr. Adenauer's name also fig- ; rich Mueller, Gestapo chief of
Dr. Lavoslav Kadelburg, presi
ured in another report which al- Adolf Eichmann, reappeared in dent of the Federation of Jewish
leged that. in 1960, he had made West Germany after May 8, they Communities, distributed the fed
an agreement in New York with ' could not be prosecuted.
eration statement to the foreign
David Ben-Gurion, then Prime
The West German spokesman press here. The statement said the
Minister of Israel, to ship arms to asserted that even if the statute decision "cannot and will not
Israel. Under that agreement, it of limitations were to become ef- change the character of crimes un-
was said, West Germany has fective May 8. "both men would precedented in history nor will it
shipped American-made tanks and be put to trial" because West Ger- minimize for world public opinion
anti-aircraft guns to Israel. Dr. man law provides "that every ; the responsibility of those who
Adenauer was accused in some statutory limitation can be carried them out. International
quarters here of having bypassed interrupted by a simple action on opinion is still horrified by the
the German Parliament by making the part of a judge, and the stat- momentousness and massiveness
that agreement with Ben-Gurion utory period then begins anew." of Nazi war crimes."
without parliamentary approval.
Austria Seeks to Alter
The statement said that in view
of those facts it wished to stress
Many Jews in West Germany Deadline for Prosecutions
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
the "moral political obligations of
plan to leave this country if the
to The Jewish News)
statute of limitations on prose-
VIENNA — The Austrian the Federal Republic of Germany
cution of Nazi war criminals •cabinet accepted Tuesday a pro- toward the community of states
goes into effect as proposed by ' posal from Justice Minister Chris- and nations and particularly to-
the cabinet on May 8, according Alan Broda to alter the present ward those who have been victims
to Der Spiegel, the influential deadline for prosecution of Nazi of these crimes." The statement
picture newsmagazine published war criminals under the Austrian continued: "In the name of the
decimated Yugoslav Jewish corn
In Hamburg.
statute of limitations.
The central Council of Jews in
The Substance of the proposal munity, the federation demands
Germany adopted a sharp resolu- is that Austrian• legislation may urgently the reconsideration of the
tion demanding the extension of legally be changed to permit ex- ; decision."
The Federal Assembly state-
the statute. On the other hand, the tension of the cutoff date which

parliamentary group of the Free
Democratic Party voiced approval
of the plan to let the limitations

go into effect as proposed by the
cabinet.
Dr. Ewald Bucher, the minis-
ter of justice who has been one
of the most adamant West Ger-
man officials in opposing exten-
sion of the cutoff date for the
prosecution of Nazi war crim-
boats, threatened Monday night
to resign if the deadline was ex-
tended.
He made the threat on a tele-

vision broadcast and reiterated his
belief that it would be unconsti-
tutional to extend the 20-year lim-
it in West Germany for prosecu-
lion of murder charges. I
Dr. Bucher clarified his stand
Wednesday on extension of the
statute of limitations by explain-
i ng that he would accept a p arl i a
mentary extension but not one by
the West German cabinet.

; ment also charged that the Bonn
is June 29.
The justice ministry now can government did not undertake ade-
submit to parliament a change in quate measures against the rem-
Austrian criminal law for that nants of Nazism in West Germany.
purpose and will do so before the It asserted that implementation of
the Bonn decision "would in fact
Easter recess.
The change will provide that represent giving amnesty to Nazi
provisions for prosecution for mur- criminals, giving them free action
der which carried the death pen- in the Federal Republic.
The assembly charged that "vari-
alty and which were valid until.
1950 when the death penalty was ous Quisling elements" who fled
abolished in Austria will be in ef- from Yugoslavia with the retreat-
ing German army were still living
fect without limitations.
in West Germany and had not been
Yugoslavian Protests
punished for crimes committed
Against May 8 Statute
against the Yugoslav people.
(Direct .JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
Deny Report Eshkol-Erhard
BELGRADE — The Yugoslav Meeting Has Been Canceled
Federal Assembly and the Federa-
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Official
tion of Jewish Communities in quarters denied a report that the
Yugoslavia denounced Tuesday in forthcoming meeting between Is-
separate actions the West German rael's Premier Levi Eshkol and
cabinet decision to adhere to the West German Chancellor Ludwig
May 8 cutoff date for the prosecu- Erhard has been canceled. The
tion of Nazi war criminals.
meeting is expected to take place

March 25. However. it was indi-
cated that the date of the Eshkol-
Erhard parley may be advanced or
postponed, depending on possible
developments in connection with
the rift between West Germany
and Egypt.
Recent developments in Ger-
man-Egyptian relations, as well as
the relations between the Bonn
government and Israel, were re-
viewed at a cabinet meeting by
Foreign Minister Golda Meir.

Italian Press Opposes Bonn Plan
to End Nazi Prosecution

ROME (JTA) — Significant sec-
tions of the Italian press featured
articles opposing West Germany's
plans to cut off prosecutions of
war criminals after May 8. An ar-
ticle in Avanti, influential Social-
ist daily, asked whether German
agreement to let its statute of
limitations go into effect would

mean that even Hitler could go
free if he should return after
May 8.
Thousands of postcards calling
upon the West German parliament
to extend the statute of limitations
were being circulated around the
country by the Jewish Youth
Federation of Italy. The cards are
addressed to Dr. Eugen Gersten-
maier, president of the Bundestag,
Germany's lower house of Parlia-
ment, urging the house to extend
the statute so that "Nazi crimes
should not remain unpunished."

S. _African Jewry's Appeal

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

JOHANNESBURG — The South
African Board of Jewish Deputies
unanimously adopted Wednesday
a resolution supporting world Jew-
ish representations to West Ger-
many to extend the cutoff date for
prosecution of Nazi war criminals.

Hack in London a Hero in Israel

TEL AVIV (JTA)—Wolfe Busell, the London Jewish taxi
driver who attracted worldwide attention when he tore a swastika
necklace off Francoise Jordan, the wife of British Nazi leader
Colin Jordan, is now contemplating settling in Israel.
He has been deluged with all types of offers and showered
with affection ever since he arrived here last weekend for a
holiday in the seaside resort of Natanya.
He has been offered membership in the Natanya Taxidrivers
Association if he settles here. During .his stay here he has been
given a free pass for any taxi traveling between Natanya and
Tel Aviv. He has even been furnished with a taxi and driver
for local sightseeing trips.
Busell is considering leaving his family here and returning
to England to settle his affairs and bring a new taxi here free
of customs duty as a new immigrant. Mendel Williams. a prom-
inent philanthropist, has donated 3.000 Israel pounds ($1,000) to
initiate a fund to enable the Busells to settle in Israel.

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here as a plea by Israel to the Bonn Government not to be influenced
by Nasser's blackmail threats that he will recognize East Germany if
the Government of West Germany does not halt its aid to Israel.

work to do". On 20th Tammuz 5764 Ben-
jamin Zeev Herzl passed away; he was
no more than 44.
Translation of Hebrew column
Published by Brit Ivrit Olamit, Jerusalem

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