Israel to Grant Citizenship Certificates
to Russian Jews Desiring to Settle There

JERUSALEM (JTA) Two bills
were introduced in the Knesset
Wednesday to grant Israeli citizen-
ship to Jews abroad who want to
settle in Israel but are prevented
by circumstances beyond their
control.
One bill was submitted by the
government, the other by Gahal
MK Benjamin Halevy.
Tuesday, the government pro-
posed an amendment to the citizen
Ship law that would automatically
issue a "teudat oleh"—immigration
certificate—to any Jew in Russia
who expresses a desire to emigrate

to Israel. The measure was drafted
on the basis of representations
made by Soviet immigrants here.
The measure, presented to the
Knesset 'by Interior Minister
Joseph Burg, would give the
minister discretion to grant citizen-
ship by proxy in certain cases.
Such a measure, it is believed,
might be helpful to Soviet Jews
who are having trouble obtaining
exit visas.
Halevy's bill was similar. The
MK protested because the gov-
ernment's bill was introduced
first though he claimed to have

originated the idea of proxy
citizenship. Burg conceded that
Halevy had been one of the first
persons to deal with the subject.
His bill was referred to com-
mittee.
The "teudat oleh" is normally
issued to immigrants already on
their way to Israel by the Jewish
Agency. It is recognized by state
authorities as proof that the holder
is a ,bonea fide immigrant. New
arrivals must produce their cer-
tificates in order to enjoy customs
and tax exemptions and other
immigrant privileges.

retary of State Rogers, meeting
with Foreign Minister Gromyko in
October 1970, underscored the
United States position that free
movement is one of the basic
human rights, by handing Mr.
Gromyko an official representation
of Soviet citizens, including many
Jews, who have been denied per-
mission to emigrate to the United
States."
He expressed support for the
efforts of the Intergovernmental
Committee for European Migra-
tion in Geneva and other gov-
ernmental and' international or-
ganizations which seek to facili-
tate the emigration of Soviet
citizens seeking to leave the
USSR.
Former President Harry S. Tru-
man received in absentia the or-
ORT World Role ganization's annual "Liberty
Award" for his role in expediting
Reports Slated
the admission of displaced per-
sons to this country when the con-
Harry Platt, who will retire as centration camps in Europe were
president of Detroit Men's ORT
Chapter at the annual meeting
Sunday morning, will join with Dr.
William Haber, national president
of ORT, in reviewing the move-
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State Dept. Official Says U.S Pressing
Efforts for Jews Seeking Soviet Exodus

NEW YORK—Declaring that "we
must press in every proper way for
the recognition everywhere of the
right to freedom of movement,"
Frank L. Kellogg, special assistant
to the secretary of state for refugee
and migration affairs, indicated
Sunday that the United States has
repeatedly called world attention
in the U.N. Human Rights Com-
mission and the General Assem-
bly to "the plight of the more than
3,000,000 Soviet Jews and other
oppressed Soviet minority groups."
Addressing the 87th annual
meeting of United Hias Service at
the Roosevelt Hotel here, Kellogg
stated that "our support for Soviet
citizens wishing to emigrate has
been reiterated many times. Sec-

Friday, March 19, 1971-15

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

liberated by the Allied armies. His
directive of Dec. 22, 1945 set aside
substantial quota numbers for
these survivors of the Nazi era.
The S'S "Marine Flasher," bear-
ing the first of these released in-
mates, arrived in New York har-
bor on May 20, 1946.
The Jewish Immigrant Aid Serv-
ices of Canada was cited for half
a century of devoted service to the
thousands of Jewish men, women
and children who resettled in that
country.
Harold Friedman, president of
HIAS, reported that last year,
6,377 migrants and refugees were
helped to find new homes in the
United States and other free West-
ern countries.
Gaynor I. Jacobson, executive
vice president, indidated_ that in
the decade of the '60s the agency
assisted over 76,000 persons - to
find permanent homes. Expendi-
tures in 1970 amounted to over
$3,000,000.

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increased activities in Israel and
in several European and African
countries.
Under Platt's leadership the De-
troit Men's ORT Chapter has
emerged as the largest group in
the country, with several hundred
members.
Platt and Haber will report on
ORT's world role at the member-
ship branch 10 a.m. Sunday at the
Jewish Center.

Kvutza Ivrit to Wish
Bon Voyage to Kitnicks

Kvutza Ivrit, the Hebrew Cul-
tural Club, will hold a meeting 2:30
p.m. Sunday at the Jewish Center,
dedicated to Aaron and Esther
Kutnick, who will be making aliya.
Laible Hoffmitz, director of the
Labor Zionist Institute and repre-
sentative of the Ichud Olamit in
Israel, will speak on "The Differ-
ence in Absorption Between the
American and the Moroccan Im-
migrant."
Bernard Isaacs and Movsas
Goldoftas will extend greetings to
the Kutnicks. The public is invited.

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