WilCongress Ends Sessions With An Appeal
to Russia; Dr. Goldmann Praises Romania
STRASBOURG, France (JTA)—•
Resolutions "earnestly" calling
upon the Soviet government to
grant to the Jewish minority in
the USSR the same cultural and
religious rights given to all other
Soviet minorities and appealing for
further easement of the Practice
of allowing Russian Jews to emi-
grate for purposes of family re-
unification, were adopted here by
the executive of the World Jewish
Congress at its concluding session
of its fiye-day meeting.
Addressing the concluding ses-
sion, Dr.- Nahum Goldmann, WJC
president, praised the Romanian
government's attitude toward Jews
in that country, and expressed the
hope that "further doors in East-
ern Europe will be opened, to en-
able us to resume contact with
our fellow Jews."
Romania's Chief Rabbi Moshe
Rosen had appeared before the
WJC executive last week in a rare
participation by an East European
Jewish leader, and had asked for
rabbis and Jewish educators to be
sent to Romania.
Describing the Romanian gov-
ernment's attitude toward Jews as
"a model for the entire Communist
bloc which can emulate it in order
to solve its Jewish problem," Dr.
Goldmann said "we are grateful
for the warm and humane atti-
tude of Romania."
progress made by the UN in deal-
ing with problems of racial dis-
crimination and religious intoler-
ance; and praised last May's dec-
laration of the General Assembly
of the Council of Europe, which
called on the Soviet government
to help East-West understanding
by according equal cultural and
religious rights to Soviet Jews.
In his address, Dr. Goldmann
outlined a program of action for
WJC affiliates in 64 countries.
The program included: steps to
alleviate the situation of Russian
Jewry; unified actions on world
Jewish problems, with special
emphasis on American Jewry's
role; and a frank approach to the
problem of German-Jewish rela-
tions.
The WJC president noted with
gratitude that the West German
indemnification p r o g r am is
about to be completed, and
stressed the thought that the
time has come now for the Bonn
government to turn "to the ques-
tion of moral reparations."
He then appealed to the Arab
states to recognize the fact of
Israel's existence "and get down
to solve the issues" between the
Arabs and Israel. He warned Arab
communities outside the Arab
lands "to refrain from becoming
embroiled in a widening of the
Arab-Israel rift."
Noting "with deep satisfaction"
that observers from the Confer-
ence of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organizations
have attended the WJC executive
session, Dr. Goldmann expressed
his confidence that close coopera-
tion could be achieved between the
WJC and the Presidents Confer-
ence, which he termed "the most
representative American Jewish
body."
He told the session that pro-
posals to streamline the World
Jewish Congress, suggested as a
result of a 10-month study by a
and budget committees as well as
a secretary-general to be elected
by the executive. The latter would
have his office in Geneva.
The 'proposal also provides for
the establishment of four perman-
ent committees—political, cultural,
organizational and budgetary. The
seat of the political committee
would would be in London that of
the budgetary committee in New
York, and that of the cultural
committee after in Europe or
The program for the reorgani- Israel.
zation of the World Jewish Con-
The leadership group, which
would help plan over-all policy for
gress provides for the establish-
the WJC in both the political and
ment of an 11-member leader-
cultural fields, would meet every
ship group to serve as a sort of
two months and on special occa-
"cabinet."
sions upon the request of the pre-
The program, which was pre- sidents of a number of members
sented by Dr. S. Levenberg of of the group.
London to the 100 delegates from
30 countries, provides for a leader-
ship group comprising: the presi-
dent of the WJC, the vice presi-
dent, the chairman of the Euro-
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group of top leaders, will be of
"great help in making the WJC
an even more effective organiza-
tion."
Just before the session was
closed, Dr. Gerhard Riegner was
elected secretary-general of the
World Jewish Congress. This is a
new post in which the secretary-
general will be in charge of the
implementation of the Congress
global policy and organization.
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A timely reminder:
In its resolution dealing with
Soviet Jewry, the WJC executive
called on the Soviet government
"to re-examine the situation of
the Jewish minority with a view
to making available to it the
same facilities as are the com-
monplaces of Soviet polic'y in
relation to other minorities."
The resolution expressed the
WJC's concern over the USSR
government's "failure to recognize
the inalienable right of the Jew-
ish people in the Soviet Union to
equality of status and treatment
with other groups."
A second but related resolution
dealt with possible emigration of
Soviet Jews, appealing to the Mos-
cow government to "examine the
problem of the reunification of
families on a humanitarian basis."
The measure paid tribute to the
Moscow government which, it
stated, "during the past few years
facilitated the departure of some
hundreds of Jews to rejoin their
families abroad."
The WJC executive expressed its
appreciation "not only because of
the human understanding which
made it (such emigration) pos-
sible, but also because it implies
recognition of an important prin
ciple." The executive called upon
the Soviet government "to ex-
amine this problem on the same
humanitarian basis that persuaded
them to authorize the departure
of others and, thus, to seek a solu-
tion affecting numbers small in
relation to the population of the
Soviet Union."
Another resolution strongly
urged all governments to enact
legislation or to strengthen exist-
ing laws, making illegal and
punishable all acts and propa-
ganda designed to incite hatred.
and violence against racial and
religious minorities. This meas-
ure dealt with the revival of
anti-Semitism, calling such re-
surgence "a grave menace to
democratic society."
It cited evidences of organized
efforts by agents and supporters
of the Arab League to arouse hos-
tility against Jews in Latin Amer-
ica and elsewhere. That develop-
ment, the resolution stated, neces-
sitates that international and na-
tional bodies and governments
take effective measures "to main-
tain human rights and fundamen-
tal freedoms."
Other resolutions called an all
governments to refuse asylum to
war criminals; opposed energeti-
cally the very principle of a statute
of limitations for crimes against
humanity; reaffirmed support of
the World Jewish Congress to the
United Nations; welcomed the
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