American Jewish Population Studies HE JEWISH NEWS - Read Smolar's MICHIGAN A Weekly Review Column on Page 2 VOLUME 15—No. 23 r- c)i -r Read Commentator's Column on Page 2 f Jewish Events 21 14 Penobscot Bldg.— Phone WO. 5-1155 Detroit, Michigan, August 19, 1949 Vincent Sheean and the Myth of the Crucifixion coRs.7 $3.00 Per Year; Single Copy, 10c Ben-Gurion's Strategy to Stop Refugees Defy Gestapo, Fight Arab Threat Nazis, Protest Anti-Semitism Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News TEL AVIV.—A blueprint of the government's compul- sory military service was sketched for the Knesset Tuesday by Premier David Ben-Gurion in his announcement that Israeli army, navy and air force officers will be sent abroad to receive training in military academies of various eastern and western nations. He revealed that thus far a number of governments have agreed to extend invitations to their military academies for a limited number of Israeli officers. In the outline of the future of the Israel army, Ben-Gurion declared that the armed forces would be distinguished by four basic characteristics : 1. A permanent land, sea and air force of limited pro- portions. Its personnel will be volunteers attracted by pay and other work conditions that would be equal to those pre- vailing elsewhere in government service. 2. A body of recruits who will join as soon as they reach the age of 18, and new immigrants up to the age of 26. Trainees will receive both military and agricultural training. 3. A reserve force composed of all persons who have seen active service in the army, to be subject to short annual periods of active service. , 4Ititernationaj RadioPhoto A German police car burns in the Jewish quarter in Munich atter it was seized, taken there and set afire by Jewish displaced persons who protested against an anti-Semitic letter in the Sued-Deutsche Zeitung (German South News) which expressed regret that the Nazis had not gassed all Jews. The Jewish refugees retaliated against the German police who tried to turn the protesting delegation out of the offices of the German news- paper and after one of the policemen shot four Jews. MUNICH — (JTA) — Several hundred dis- placed Jews clashed here in hand-to-hand sighting with about 50 German policemen when the latter tried to break up a protest demonstration against a German newspaper which published a letter expressing regret that the Nazis had not gassed all the Jews. American military police were cheered by the demonstrators when they arrived on the scene. • When the German police were with- drawn, an American officer addressed the demonstrators in Yiddish, the German news agency D.P.D. reported. Declaring that he was not speaking as an American officer, but as a Jew, he said the demonstration had shown once again that the Jews were not willing to allow themselves to be insulted. Germans Urged to Remain True to Hitler; Three Foreign Jews Seriously Wounded A statement issued by the Jewish Central Committee said that the German police acted "ruthlessly and according to Gestapo meth- ods." The statement reported that three For- eign Jews are among those shot, and seriously wounded, by the German policemen. The anti-Jewish letter which provoked the demonstration appeared in the Sued- Deutsche Zeitung, a daily newspaper called by the displaced Jews the "Stuermen of 1949"— referring to the violently anti-Semitic paper Der Stuermer published by Julius Streicher, top Nazi Jew-baiter under the Hitler regime. The letter was published under the title, "The Jewish Question—a Test Case," and was sign- ed "Adolf Bleibtreu" which means "remain true to Adolf." The letter urged Jews to go to the United States, but added that they were not wanted there either. "They already have enough of these bloodsuckers in America," the writer of the letter said. Declaring that he works in an American Military Government office in Ger- many, the author of the letter stated: "I work for the Americans, and they say they can forgive us everything except that we did not gas all the Jews who are now bringing `blessings' to America. I am doing all that I can to clear the Americans' minds for them. I belong to those known as the 'silent ones' and our rumor propaganda is worth more than a hundred newspapers. At the right time you will hear more from me." The American Military Governor in Bavaria, former governor of Michigan, Mur- ray Van Wagoner, described anti-Semites in Germany as "depraved" and "carrion- like." He said that the anti-Semitic letter published in the Sued-Deutsche Zei- tung here libeled the whole German peole. Leaders of the Central Jewish Committee conferred with Maj. Abraham Hyman, deputy adviser on Jewish affairs to the American Military Government. The Jewish representa- tives proposed that American military police should in the future deal with disturbances involving displaced Jews. "We would rather be clubbed on the head by American military policemen than be kissed on the cheek by German policemen," says a statement of- the Jewish Committee. In his condemnation of the anti-Semitic letter, Gov. Wagoner said in part: "The world is critically watching events in Ger- many and will be quick in fastening its at- tention on any indication pointing to a resurrection of anti-Semitism. The men be- hind it all over the world form only a mi- nority which • can be rendered harmless by the force of reason and decency, and kept in the gutter which is their proper place." The Jewish Central Committee here started legal proceedings against the German news- paper, "Sued-Deutsche-Zeitung." The Committee made public a resolution which emphasized that no Jew in- tends to remain in Gerniany. "We do not want to stay on this soil stained with Jewish blood," the resolution says. "We have our own country now. As long as we are forced to re- main here, we will use all our strength to fight any attempt at anti-Jewish provoca- tion." U. S, Military Government Investigating Munich Riot, High Commissioner Says WASHINGTON — (JTA) — John J. McCloy, American High Commissioner-designate for Germany, indicated that he would investigate the riot in Munich. He termed the affair "de- plorable" and said that Murray Van Wagoner, director of the U. S. Military Government in Bavaria, was already looking into the inci- dent. Mr. McCloy was asked at a State Depart- ment press conference about the rebirth of German nationalism and replied that signs of such nationalism were "not altogether un- healthy." He admitted that former Nazis are permitted to take active parts in the political and industrial life of Germany. "We have arrived at the stage where the less cirulent Nazis are allowed to come back," he admitted. He explained that he felt that this was better than keeping "a corps of peo- ple totally and completey ostracized from the community." He said it is too early to tell if German nationalism is "natural or sinister." However, he added that the attitude has not changed towards actual war criminals. 4. Specially fortified frontier settlements whose resi- dents will be soldiers—farmers. The settlements are expect- ed to withstand the first shock of an invasion and hold off the enemy until regular army units arrive. Ben-Gurion stated that the aim of the bill is to train the entire population to be ready for action in the event of an emergency. Stating that no other nation desiring peace is faced with such lack of security as Israel, he pointed out that until war is outlawed in the world Israel will remain confronted by the threat of renewed attacks and invasion. He said that Israel is a small nation and even with the ex- tension of immigration will remain a minority in an "Arab ocean," Stating that the "laws of nature" are that defeated countries do not forget their rout and seek opportunities for vengeance, the Prime Minister declared that Arab states are unstable and Arab masses do not influence political life in those countries, but stressed that any weakness in Israel is liable to awaken "dormant tendencies toward revenge." Expressing the view that factors which made for vic- tory in recent hostilities would still hold for Israel in any future conflict, he warned that the Arabs' future battle potential would appear differently than it does today and that "it is our duty to be prepared." He told Parliament that security of the states does not depend on the army alone, that other factors include the rapid extension of- immigra- tion, that distribution and settlement of the population on the land and that for this reason immigration must proceed regardless of economic considerations. He pointed out that the one element that must not be overlooked in the security situation is the development of a "peace loving foreign policy" and the "prevention of war-mongering intrigues." Herzl's Remains Saluted By Israeli Air Squadron Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News HAIFA.—The Israeli plane bearing the remains of Dr. Theodor Herzl and his family, which was intercepted and ac- companied to the Jewish State's frontiers by a squadron of Israeli fighters, circled this city three times on Tuesday as heavy artillery fired salvos, vessels in Haifa Harbor blew their whistles and the entire population of the city stood at attention in respect to the memory of the founder of the Zionist movement. Shorly thereafter, the craft landed at the Lydda airport where Premier David Ben-Gurion, members of the Cabinet and the Knesset and high-ranking army officials and other prominent leaders waited to greet the plane. The casket containing Dr. Herzl's remains then was transferred to a beflagged Israeli army lorry which led the cortege to Tel Aviv. The coffins were placed on a special platform in Knesset square in mid-afternoon. A guard of honor of army auci police officers was stationed near the platform. The coffins were brought to Jerusalem for reburial on Wed- nesday and all original plans for the re-interment ceremony were carried out as planned. (Additional facts about Herzl's reburial on Page 3) MARCH 27, 1992 57