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VOL. 24 NO. 27
Capital Spotlight
by CHARLOTTE WEBER
(Copyright, 1948, JTA, Inc.) j
WASHINGTON—
It seems reasonably safe to pre
dict that the present Senate Im
migration Subcommittee investi
gation of U. S. immigration and
naturalization procedures will lead
not to a liberalization of the law
but to even greater restrictions
than we have had in the past.
There has even been a sugges
tion from one high State Depart
ment official in charge of visa
work that if adopted it would
change the whole complexion of
our immigration law. Although
he admitted that it might not be
too practical to make the change
“at this late date,” he said he
thought a selective immigration
law would be better for the coun
try than the present non-selective
one.
To understand the difference
between the two, it is necessary to
think back to the early days of
our history when this country was
a haven for the persecuted and
oppressed and when all were wel
come. Traditionally, our immigra
tion policy has been based on a
pattern of admitting all persons,
unless there was some specific
reason for not admitting them.
It is a non-selective law.
A selective law would bar the
entry of all aliens unless they
were specifically chosen by law
to enter the country. The seed of
this type of law is in the national
origins quota law which was
adopted in 1924. By establishing
large quotas for the type of immi
grant which it seemed desirable
to admit to the country, and small
quotas for types deemed undesir
able, we admitted aliens on more
or less of a selective basis.
The displaced persons act is an
sample of selective immigration,
t sets forth, by special act of
Congress, a certain category of
jounigrant to be admitted and it
its the number of persons in
, category that may be ad
mitted.
Other suggestions of' a restrict
~e na f Ure are being advanced by
mmittee investigators to get
e reaction of witnesses. One
6a being advanced is that the
0 a law is not working the way
was intended to work. The
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820 Jewish Refug ees
Arrive in Haifa From
Cyprus
HAIFA (JTA) —A group of 820
Jewish refugee immigrants arriv
ed here this week from Cyprus
aboard the immigrant ferry Pan
Crescent. The former detainees
revealed that at the last minute
600 other Jews, members of the
various families aboard the Pan
Crescent, were prevented from
leaving by the British authorities.
The British said that the 600 were
“capable of bearing arms” and
would therefore not be released
during the truce.
Ben Gurion Ready To Negotiate
With Arabs For Palestine Peace
TE LAVIV (JTA) —Cooperation between the Jews and the Arabs
is a historic necessity, and since the Jews have proven their strength
“beyond ail doubt” on the battlefield, the state of Israel will lose no
opportunity to establish direct contact with the Arabs in direct nego
tiation with a view to a peace settlement In Palestine, Premier David
Ben Gurion reported here this week to the Israeli Legislative Council.
Ben Guriorr said he was not yet
certain that the Arabs were ready
to cooperate with the Jews on a
basis of equality, but “we shall
avail ourselves of every chance,
perhaps without the aid of media
tors, to arrive by direct means at
an understanding with the Arab
peoples. This understanding,” he
said, “should not be founded upon
our rights, aspirations and con
quests. It should be founded on
the great potentialities latent in
two Semitic peoples.”
He said that only through a
treaty with Israel would the Arab
world be able to free itself “from
its open and covert dependence on
the external forces exploiting it.”
Concurrently, he said, only through
neighborly cooperation with the
border states could the Jews con
solidate peace within their own
state. He spoke of the Jewish
successes in the fighting before
the present truce, and predicted
that if the fighting resumed the
Israeli forces would continue to
conquer Arab territory.
He also warned that the Israeli
terms presented to Count Berna
dotte, in the initial truce talks,
would not be altered. “No one
can tell how long this truce is go
ing to last,” he said. “During
the period of the truce we shall,
in addition to increasing our pre
paredness for war, proceed to or
ganize large-scale immigration and
settlement in a systematic manner
and with all our resources. The
war itself has prepared the
ground for continuation of settle
ment, and settlement and immi
visa. This would be in addition
to existing regulations that re
quire him to establish proof that
he is in good health, that he will
not become a public charge, that
he has never been involved in
crime involving moral turpitude,
that he is not a member of a sub
versive organization, etc. The
State Department witnesses
thought it would be a fine idea.
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gration are to be regarded as
necessary from the political and
military points of view.”
Israeli Government Announces
Preparations For Elections
TEL AVIV (JTA) —The Israeli Government this week announced
preparations for national elections for members of a Constituent
Assembly which must be established by October 1 of this year,
according to the terms of the General Assembly partition decision of
last November. A committee to prepare for the elections has been
appointed, the announcement said, and its members are expected to
begin working shortly.
Announcement was made this
week that the Israeli Government
has completed a draft constitution.
The document will be submitted
to the initial meeting of the first
Israeli constituent assembly to
which elections will be held in
October.
The presidium of the Zionist
Actions Committee, the supreme
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New K.K.K. Organizes
In Columbus, Georgia
COLUMBUS, GA.—An “unmasked Ku Klux Klan splinter group,”
avowedly anti-Semitic and anti-Catholic as well as anti-Negro, has
been organized as Original Southern Klans, Inc., with headquarters
In this city.
New Group Repudiated
By ZOA
The Zionist Organization of
America, in a statement issued
today by Dr. Emanuel Neumann,
its president, warned American
Jews not to support any new'
groups that were soliciting funds
for Israel, and repudiated the
recently - organized “Americans
United for Israel” which has not
been sanctioned or authorized by
any official Zionist body.
The new group, now in forma
tion, had announced recently that
it was replacing the now defunct
organization, “Americans for
Haganah,” which had been dis
solved by a decision of the Amer
ican Section of the Jewish Agency
for Palestine, headed by Dr. Abba
Hillel Silver. The Jewish Agency,
in a statement, called upon Amer
icans “not to contribute to any
campaigns under whatever name
for support of military organiza
tions in Palestine.”
ruling body of the world Zionist
movement between World Zionist
Congresses, announced that the
Actions Committee will meet here
beginning August 8.
The Ministers of Religion, Fin
ance, and Justice, in conjunction
with the Jewish National Council,,
announced that the Jews of Israel
; would continue to pay the present
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Eddie Cantor
Answers SOS
Just before leaving for Europe
this summer, Eddie Cantor, Ameri
ca’s beloved comedy star, recorded
a number of radio for the
1948 Fall Campaign of the SOS
(Supplies for Overseas Survivors)
Collection of the Joint Distribu
tion Committee. The transcribed
“spots,” with those of other lead
ing personalities - of stage, screen
and radio, will be used by SOS
Committees appealing for canned
foods for Europe’s- needy Jews.
Left, Eddie Cantor points to a
typical SOS sack used in a house
to-house canvass in Providence,
R. I. SOS supplies supplement the
purchases of the JDC for its over
seas relief programs which are
made possible by the United Jew
ish Appeal.
The new group according to the
Anti-Defamation League of B’nai
B’rith, has banned the wearing of
hoods and night sheets —“except
during ritualistic ceremonies” —
because of “improprieties that
have been committed by masked
figures purporting to represent
the Klans.”
Judge T. Hicks Fort of Colum
bus granted the organization a
charter despite the fact that its
aims and purposes closely re
semble those of the old Klan
which was listed as subversive by
the Department of Justice and
had its charter revoked by the
State of Georgia.
Hicks is the same jurist who
last December granted a charter
to the National Patrick Henry
Society.
Formation of the splinter fac
tion, which presently takes in
western Georgia and eastern Ala
bama, has its background in an
old struggle for power between
Dr. Samuel Green, Atlanta physi
cian and Imperial Wizard of the
old Klan, and "Parson Jack"
Johnston of this city, former pub
lisher of the notorious Georgia
Tribune.
Johnston’s dissidents are out
spoken in their anti-Catholicism
and anti-Semitism. It was Dr.
Green’s habit to issue public state
ments denying that his faction
held any such prejudice.
Johnston and Fred New, present
owner of the Georgia Tribune, are
the behind-the-scene big wigs in
the new movement. Its charter
was signed by Alton E. Pate, 23-
year old veteran and attorney;
Louis F. Hill, a mechanic; and
T. L. Colwell, private detective.
The dissidents have captured
two konklaves from the old Klan
as a base of operations. These
are the Columbus and Pine Moun-*
tain Valley chapters. New is
kleagle of the latter group.
Pate, who calls himself “adju
tant,” has announced an expansion
drive and is appealing for “white,
gentile, Protestant Americans” to
join. Objective is to first organ
ize Georgia a/id- then spread
throughout the South.
In a "statement of policy” pub
lished in the first issue of a new
publication, The Klansman, the
group states that it is organized
for one specific purpose —to
nullify the effects of Communistic
teachings on peoples of the
South.”
In an effort to erase the public
stigma of “night-riders” the state
ment also declares:
“The Klans are not law enforce
ment agencies. If you are plan
ning on joining the Klans to re
form your brother-in-law who
drinks too much and beats your
sister occasionally—don’t do it.”
The statement said that the
Klan would cooperate with law
enforcement groups “but it never
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