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VOL. 26 NO. 34
The Jewish Theological Seminary of America to Install
Lay Officers at Convocation September 27, 1949
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The officers to be installed are, reading from left to right: Alan M. Stroock, chairman of the
Board of Directors; the Honorable Herbert H. Lehman, chairman of the Board of Overseers, and the
Honorable Simon H. Rifkind, vice-chairman of the Board of Directors. The Honorable Henry S.
Hendricks; chairman of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors; the Honorable Lewis
L. Strauss, president of the Library Corporation, and Maxwell Abbell, chairman of the National
I Planning and Campaign Committee, will also be installed.
Cabinet Voles Down Ben Gurion's
Demand For Proclamation Os
Jerusalem As Capital
JERUSALEM (JTA) —A proposal by Premier David Ben Gurion
that Jerusalem be proclaimed ftte capital of Israel has twice been
voted down in the Cabinet recently, it was learned here this week.
In the most recent Cabinet
discussion on the problem, the
Premier was supported by Min
ister of Religion, Judah L. Mai
mon, Minister of Rationing and
Supply Dov Joseph and Min
ister of Communiciations David
Hemez. The other cabinet mem
bers argued for a waiting policy.
They expressed the opinion that
if the proclamation were count
ered by a U. N. General Assemb
ly recommendation to the Israel
Government to move back to
Tel Aviv, the government would
have no choice but to resign.
This situation, it was felt, would
create undesirable internal com
plications.
The earlier meeting at which
the Cabinet discussed the Jeru
salem proclamation was an
emergency session called on the
hay that the remains of Theodor
Herzl were reburied in Jeru
salem. Mr. Ben Gurion advo
cated that the proclamation be
rea d at the open grave, im
mediately after the coffin had
en lowered. He was outvoted.
Jewish Underground Groups
Reported Ready To Fight
Internationalization
Meanwhile, reports are circu
j ln ® l iere that if the city of
is internationalized,
** resistance movements
c as the Irgun and the Stern
coup will resume their under
ound activities in the city.
m e of the reports, however,
Ve yet been confirmed. One ru
thp j 133 ** a H members of
l Waited Nations staff here
Ve rece ived anonymous letters
BY BERL CORALNIK
warning of underground resist
ance to internationalization.
The English-language Pales
tine Post this week carried a dis
patch from Paris to the effect
that the French Government has
prepared a plan for the internat
ionalization of Jerusalem which
would include the “Greater Jeru
sa’em area” ‘he new city, the
Old City, Ein Karim and Beth
lehem. The existence of the plan
and its details were admitted to
the Post by a spokesman for
the French Foreign Ministry.
It is estimated that under this
plan “Greater Jerusalem” would
have a population of some 100,-
000 Jews and 150,000 Arabs. The
city would be ruled by two
municipalities, each responsible
for its own area. Above this
level an administrative heri
archy would be built based on
a joint municipal council con
sisting of four Jewish represen
tatives, four Moslems and four
Christians. Above this body
would be a United Nations High
Commissioner.
Each municipality would main
tain its own police force, but
both forces would be available
to the High Commissioner for
the purpose of protecting relig
ious rights. The newspaper re
ported that its Quai d’Orsay in
formant said that “the Arabs
would never agree to internat
ionalization of the Old City alone,
therefore the new city cannot
bte left but” of the internat
ionalization scheme.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1949
Israel Parliament
Passes Universal
Conscription Bill
BY A. SCHWARZ
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The Israel
Parliament this week passed its
first universal conscription bill
for men and unmarried women.
The vote was 47-13, with mem
bers of the Religious Bloc and
several Arab deputies objecting
to conscription of women and
suggesting instead voluntary ser
vice for them. New classes will
be called up on the first day of
the Hebrew month of Nissan, in
the spring.
The measure pertains to men
between 18 and 49 and women
between 18 and 34. For men be
tween 18 and 27 service will be
limited to two years, for men be
tween 27 and 29 active service
will not exceed 18 months, while
active service for women between
18 and 26 is limited to 12 months.
All persons above the active
service age but still within the
age limits of the law will be
placed on reserve and will serve
either 14 days or 31 days annual-,
Iv, plus one day per month. The
one day per month service of
reservists may not fall on a
Sabbath or a holiday.
New Chemical Plant To Cut Israel's
Israel will reduce its imports of fertilizers and basic chemicals
by millions of dollars annually through a new company recently
established near Haifa, the only one of its kind in the country,
according to a report issued by Robert Szold, board chairman of the
Palestine Economic Corporation, American development company
operating in Israel.
The firm, Fertilizers and Chem
icals, Ltd., in which the corpora
tion is a leading advisor and in
vestor, represents to date an in
vestment of $1,500,000, Mr. Szold
said. Expansion plans calling for
the addition of a mixed fertilizer
plant will require about $3,000,-
000 more for buildings and equip
ment. This plant will be able to
Imports By Millions
ARABS CLAIM THAT ISRAEL
WOULD DIE WITHOUT
UNITED JEWISH APPEAL
BY MILTON FRIEDMAN
(Copyright. 1949, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
WASHINGTON—
The Arabs have cast an evil eye uDon the United Jewish Appeal,
wistfully predicting that "Israel would perish in four weeks at the
most if this grant were stopped."
Hazim Nuseibeh, an Arab radio propagandist, should be among
the UJA's most effective speakers. A recent talk by Hazim over the
Jordan-controlled Jerusalem radio, has attracted attention in Wash
ington.
Anti-Jewish Feelings
Decline In England
NEW YORK, (JTA) Anti-
Jewish feelings in England,
which ran high during the
struggle between the British and
the Jews in Palestine, have
greatly subsided since the es
tablishment of the Jewish state,
William Frankel, London rep
resentative of the American
Jewish Committee, told a press
conference here this week.
Mr. Frankel emphasized that
‘‘there never was and there is
not now discrimination against
Jews in hotel, clubs and resorts
in England, and very little soci
ally and in the professions.” Only
a major collapse in the British
large number of citizens into
anti-democratic parties, he stat
ed.
Declaring that leaders of
British Jewry are now beginning
to pay more attention t o
strengthening Jewish communal
institutions throughout the coun
try, Mr. Frankel said: “There
is a fundamental problem com
mon to Anglo-Jewry, as to all
other diaspora communities, and
that is whether Anglo-Jewry
can survive as a Jewish com
munity. Can a small community
of 400,000 provide a Jewish con
tent for the lives of the vast
majority of its members, who
may be only mildly religious and
who do not wish to emigrate to
Israel? The same problem ex
ists in the United States, but the
latter’s resources, in terms of
manpower and material, are so
infinitely greater that we look
with very great interests to what
happens here as a guide for our
future development”.
supply all of Israel’s fertilizer
needs, Mr. Szold said.
'This development will be im
portant.” he said, "not only be
cause of the impetus it will give
Israel's vital agricultural pro
gram but also because it will re
duce the country's dependence on
outside sources for goods."
According to Hazim, “Israel has
been able to remain in existence
due to the 200 million dollars
showered on it yearly by Ameri
can Jewish organizations. This
fact proves that Israel lives on
American charity and that the
just solution of the Palestine
problem is in the hands of the
American Government. The
Jews cannot rebel against the
United States because if they did
the funds collected for them
would be frozen and their trans
fer prohibited. If that happens
Israel would either surrender or
perish.”
There have been many recent
complaints from Jewish quarters
about State Department pressure
on Israel. Hazim's analysis of
Israel-American relations is child
ish but reflects the unsubtle type
of propaganda the Arabs are
aiming at President Truman and
the State Department. He re
veals that "American pressure on
the Jews is greatly exaggerated.
If the American Government
earnestly exerted pressure on the
Jews they would have no altern
ative but to yield."
Hazim takes great comfort in
the fact that immigration to Is
rael is dropping off because of
Israel’s housing shortage and
economic difficulties. Israel now
has 850,000 Jews, he says, “and
we do not think their number
will exceed a million for many
years to come.” (It is expected
that the figure of 1,000,000 will
be reached in the next few
months if UJA support con
tinues.)
Blaming Israel for being "so
obstinate at Lausanne" about the
return of Arab refugees and the
surrender of "areas taken by
force in excess of what was allo
cated to them by the United Na
tions" Hazim questions Israel's
presumptious attitude (which
seems to baffle him). He con
cedes Israel temporary military
success but brags that the "Arabs
have realized their defects and
are advancing toward unity."
The continued existence of Israel
depends on Arab consent and. he
says, the Jews had better watch
their step as the Arab Leaguers
are getting out their brass
knuckles for the second round.
Arab problems are mere trifles
compared to the catastrophe
which has befallen victorious Is
rael, Hazim reports. All good
Arabs “should rejoice that their
enemies suffer.” Hazim gloats
that Jewish reinforcements from
DP camps are now exhausted
and the former DP’s are beset by
new hardships in Israel. He con
fides that Israel “had an adverse
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