Statue of Liberty Scene for Historic Event
Jews Seek to Restore
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Ancient Lublin Cemetery
of Liberty and the reputation o
Impressive ceremonies marked their city than the millionaries f started writing at 12 and is the
LONDON (JTA) —
the signing of the liberalized im-
migration bill, and it was another
day of triumph for President
Johnson who succeeded in achiev-
ing what previous Presidents failed
to attain — repeal of the discrim-
inatory elements in the McCarran-
Walter Act.
The measure signed on Sunday
by Johnson was strenuously op-
posed by Southern Senators under
the leadership of James A. East-
man of Mississippi and John L.
McClellan of Arkansas, but a final
Senate 'vote of 76 to 18 restored a
basic principle to American hos-
pitality for the oppressed.
In her "Gateway of America
— Miss Liberty's First Hundred
Years," published by David Mc-
Kay Co., Hertha Pauli traces the
emergence of the idea to the
interest in and love for Amer-
ica that was entertained by Prof.
Edouard de Laboulaye of Glati-
guy, near Paris, who had cor-
responded with Abraham Lincoln,
and admired other America lead-
ers. Barth°ldi was present at a
party at the Laboulaye home
when the idea for a lady with
a torch developed and the move-
ment for it began 100 years ago.
It was in the wording of a
medal that was presented by
Frenchmen to Mrs. Abraham
Lincoln, as an expression of re-
morse over his death, that the
tribute to the men "who abolish.
ed Slavery, re-established the
Union, and saved the Republic
without veiling the statue of
Liberty" gave Bartholdi
the idea for a statue and for its
name.
To raise the necessary funds for
the statue required a campaign.
This is where Joseph Pulitzer step-
ped in. The previous efforts had
failed and Pulitzer, in his newly-
a c q u i r e d New York World,
appealed: "Let us see if the people
have more respect for the Statue
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and 'm e r c h a n t princes'!" The
small gifts began to pour in and
the dreamed-of lady became a
reality. She was shipped on the
steamer Isere from France on May
21, 1885, packed in 220 boxes, to
be assembled in her great pose at
the New York harbor.
Miss Pauli's story does not end
here. It's only the beginning. She
continues her account of the statue
by describing Emma Lazarus's in-
spired efforts, her visit at Ward's
Island where she saw Russian Jews
who had escaped from persecu-
tions arriving in this country to
find haven here. That's how "The
New Colossus" was born as her
creation and Miss Pauli states:
"Professor Laboulaye had
called Liberty 'the daughter of
Independence," but Emma
Lazarus made her the 'Mother
of Exiles' for all time to come."
The people who were welcomed
to American shores are enumer-
ated. Miss Pauli makes special
reference to Albert Abraham
Michelson, who was appointed to
the U.S. Naval Academy by Presi-
dent Grant and who was the first
American Nobel Prize winner in
the sciences.
There are the stories of Jacob
Riis, Albert Einstein, Michael
Pupin, Anna Marie Rosenberg and
the many others who benefited
America by their having been
offered haven in America.
The Hertha Pauli story, splen-
didly illustrated by Leonard Vos-
burgh, concluded appropriately by
referring to President Johnson's
plea for the liberalization of the
McCarran-Walter Act, utilizes the
author of a number of books.
President Johnson Signs
Immigration Bill at Statue
of Liberty Ceremony
NEW YORK (JTA) — Standing
at the foot of the Statue of Liberty,
President Lyndon B. Johnson
signed the new immigration bill,
which, he said, "repairs a deep and
painful flaw in the fabric of Amer-
ican justice." He said the bill "is
not a revolutionary bill; it does
not affect the lives of millions,
yet it still is one of the most im-
portant acts of this Congress and
this administration. It corrects a
cruel and enduring wrong in the
conduct of the American nation.
It will make us truer to ourselves
as - a country and a people."
The bill, the President said,
states that, from this day "those
wishing to immigrate to America
shall be admitted on the basis of
their skills and their close relation-
ship to those already here. The
fairness of this standard," Presi-
dent Johnson stressed, "is so self-
evident that we may well wonder
that it has not always been ap-
plied. Yet the fact is that, for over
four decades, the immigration
policy of the United States has
been twisted and distorted by the
harsh injustice of the national
origins quota system."
William Rosenwald, former gen-
eral chairman of the United Jewish
Appeal, who attended the signing
ceremonies at the invitation of the
White House, declared in a state-
ment: "We of the United Jewish
Appeal hail the enactment of this
new immigration law. It means
that larger numbers of men, women
and children yearning to breathe
free can have their hopes realized.
For this, President Johnson and
the Congress of the United States
deserve the commendation of the
entire world."
Murray Gurfein, president of
United Hias Service, and James P.
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Johnson plea for the continuation
of "our traditions of welcome" to
immigrants, and she ends her
noteworthy book by stating:
"Yes, let us continue until
some day the idea of liberty for
all becomes the reality of liberty
for all."
Hertha Pauli is eminently well Rice, executive director, who were
qualified to write this story. Born present at the ceremonies, declared
in Vienna, now an American citi- in a statement: "This is an historic
zen, living in Huntington, Long occasion because, after 40 years
Island, she came to this country of discriminatory immigration
shortly after Hitler's invasion of legislation, the United States has
Austria on a special rescue mission now adopted a policy which opens
for anti-Nazi writers_ sponsored by the door to -immigrants to this
Eleanor Roosevelt and Thomas country on the- baSis- of their fam-
i ly ties here and their skills, and
Mann. With her husband, E.
A s h t o n, she wrote "I Lift My not on where they were born."
Morris 33. A _ bratn, president of -
Lamp." She is the daughter of a
scientist and her brother, Wolf- the American Jewish Committee,
gang Pauli, won the Nobel Prize ,-.,. expressed ',gratitude to President
in physics in 1945. Her mother I d, ohnson and to Congress for pass-
also was a writer. Miss Pauli ng the new immigration bill,
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600 Miles of Boundaries
Israel's boundaries with its Arab
neighbors total nearly 600 miles,
A great ef- more than half along the Jordan-
miles
fort is under way in Lublin to re- ian frontier and about 150
along Egyptian territory.
store the Jewish cemetery in that
Polish city, which contains graves
of martyrs of the Nazi occupation,
as well as ancient monuments and
tombstones, it was reported by the
Folkstimme, the Yiddish newspaper
in Poland.
Some restoration work has been
done locally but much more is
needed, and the Jewish Cultural
and Social Association of Poland
has undertaken the task at a cost
of nearly 500,000 zlotys. T h e
Lublin branch of the Jewish Cul-
tural and Social Association has 80
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which introduces what he called
"fundamental changes in our im-
migration policy." Aaron Goldman,
chairman of the National Com-
munity Relations Advisory Council,
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son, expressing appreciation of
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Cemetery Indemnification
Early on Agenda in Bonn,
Lawmaker Promises
BONN (JTA) — Martin Hirsch,
chairman of the indemnification
committee of the Bundestag, the
lower house of the West German
Parliament, said the question of
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