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VOLUME XXV, No, 36, ELUL \1, 3717 VANCOUVER, B.C., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 1957
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100 Polestine Arabs To Be Repatriefed Jo Israel
TEL AVIV^ne himdred Palestine Arab refugees currently living in Lebanon will be repatriated to Israel within the next few months under thev terms of an agreement reached this week in the Israeli-Lebanese Mixed Armistice Q>mmission. The
refugees, all of >yhom have close relatives living in the.Jewish State, wiii be repatriated imder krael's longstanding policy of reunitmg fjuniltes, some of whose ihsmbe^ remained in IsraeL
Fly U^S. anns to Joiilail--|mt oi^
Jordan be^n. to receive Am-
eiicjiii^i^sf)^:?^^ as cjtii^ges and^^^^^^^
tweeiti Russia imd Uiiked^^^^S ill ffie tense Mi(|dlfi$ M^t^ isa^^ tionl-'"
_ Accoi^^ American spokesnten the anris shipped't^^ Jordan are part of a plan to protect Syria's neighbors agafinst Soviet-inspired aggression. At the same time Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Grom;^, char^ in l^bs-cow this week that Turkey was Kj(t|aassing troops
ing as a US tool/ In the meantime fr^ shoQtuig was reported on IsraelrSyrian frontier thisF week. It was noted hovtr^ver that wJiilc expediUng military ^d to Syrians Ara1> neighbors. President^iseahower failed to. send such'aid to Israel, v A tfpokesnum for the Israel Fo1^''< elsn Mfpiistiy is reported. |d haye ' expressed 8a9r(ied.jipprov#l of , U*&:d9^uati(»i to make .every ef-' foit' to prevent, ^ggres^ion bgr %s^-.
tiliKlXa n^prliowjever l^imis( p9inied^ not thai t&e \a0At^
Jordan recces ^tint^ftahiuio^ its iSms to Ismel^ tJ^ii^
state txask'MiS^mb fc^1tdi»> cera«3 over'ilf^' ^Upaicdit of^^rais to any Ai^h coibtar Tddch coif lime^ a |^>li^Viii!xiMi^ agafant fter. . , ^
An atta^C; OH r Israel fiom Radio Moscow ithis we^l^ chaiiied amcmg. other ]tfaings tliat^ Israel helped King of ^Qit^2i&\ estaSl&h a i^me of temtf and aggre^lon** and that ' te^Lluas k part iir^^ ^U^^^ efforts to d0pnV9 the people of Syria of their indepeiylence.*'
Last Tveefc the' Soviet goverameiit presented :a note to the Western Big Three^ ambassadors iUvMoscow, suggesting a fdimula for solution of the. Middle; £ast crisiSi This was said; to be a repti^U' of an ejirlier Soviet call for a fourrpower declaration pledging the parties to. refrain from force in the' Middle East It ,was pointed out that the earlier Soviet
josal was rejec)^ because, the United ]Nadons^^ for re-
!nuiidtation of '
UTil WQRLD ASSOCIATION FAVORS PEH^MEANENT INT*L POUCE FORCE
GENEVA—A resolution calling for the establishment of a permanent in-^ dependent international: police force under United Nations jurisdiction was supported here by Israel this week. The resolution was adopted at a meeting of the World Federation of UN Associations. ^
DanieB Auster, former Mayor of Jemsalem and President lAiSait^ raeli Assodation for ttte UN^wm: elected vice-preddrat of Ae worid^ federation. Mr, Aoster told tiie meeting diat the present UN pdSce force In Sinai and Gaza has been : onbal^ to guard IsraeFs.iiorders effectively agaitKAinfOfrators or to pretend to an independent stains. '.: According:;;;to£:^.earlier reports &e Egyptian Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi has stated that the UN troops ]ivould leave Gaza s and the Sinai on t*3 decision^ At the same time
ers- the UN troops' kept .in Ga^a and the Sinai as they are now. On l&e .oth^i' hand UN Secretary Dag xiamhiarakjold' is reported to still sfavor the'idea-:of rplacing UN troop» on the' Israel side of tifcie border.
GOLDA IN NEW YORK
NEW YORK — Foreign Minister Golda-Meir is,expected td arrive here <aus week to head the I$rad( delegation vto the UN Assembly at least at its early sessions. While in New York ^ wiU address a conference of the Israeli Bond Organization ^n Septem-. ber 21. ^ -
COMMIT!^ FORMED TO COUJ^RACT ARAB BOYCOTT
JERUSALEM -r- Business firms which withdraw from Israel operations under Arab boycott pressure may suffer economic consequences for such actions, Meu* Grossnpian, bead ojf the Jewish Agency Department
External j^fairSv aj^Hed ,at a press conference. He atmbiuiced' the formation of a comnutteevit^ ordinate and direct "Jewisfa re^on kgainst the '*worldwide Arab cbnspir->acy against Israel/'
Emphasizing that neither the Israel Goverwnent nor the Jewish Agency has ever declared a counter-boycott, lie said it was "only natural that Jews should look askance" at firms which submit to pro-Ar^b boycott. Various Jewish organizations; acting through national, committees in various countries, will combat the boycott in cooperation with the World Jewish Con-^ ;gr€;ss and other similar organizations^ a4<l I expose the dangers arising from; th^i^Nazi and anti-Semitic character" of the boycott, he stated.
ESHKOL NAMED . ' ACTING PREMIER
JERUSALEM^Levi Eshkol; IsraeU Finance Minister has been named Acting' Premier while Premier fiep-Gurion takes a two^week vacation: Before: starting hb vacation -Ben Gurion addressed an Israeli w<mien's Zionist, conference where .he stated t^t'there is a need to reduoe,the-•ge,, APm^ J of. Isi:a,eli,. Eoli|i^^,
ISRAELI GUESl
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Pibneer Women o| Vancbiiver will opea their seaspn-s activities ^itb a Seminar to be cpnducted by Yehudil Simhonit, Director of
YEHUDIT SlMHONlt
tiiie Cultural and Educatidiial Department of the Working W<>-' men*s Council in Israel.
Mrs. Simhonit was born in south-em Russia ahd grew up in a home deeply rooted in Zionist tradition. As a^ young woman in 1921 she settled, ii^ Israel and with her husband Morde-chai were among the founders of Nabalal, the first cooperative settlements ln> the country. 1% 15»3X,they^lQpk uj? life in Kiljbutsc
in social ^ork aod from the beginning of the Youth Allyah movement was responsible for the training and guiding of youngsters.
The. sanae year, Mrs. Simhonit joindd the National Secretariat of Mbetzet Hapbalot, and in 1938 she became asscciated with Fioueer Women in the United States and Canada.
Sim* the end of Wbrid War n she has filled many positions in the Secrsr tariat of Mpetzet Hapoalot an^ H^tadiiit, With most her idctivitles centenng on organizing educational amd: Cultural seminai^ fojr mtav wo-naen Bud yoiiiig pecplc. . the establishment of the
Sibate of Israel she was elected to the first Knesset, and was^ yei^^^ active in Mapai party work, ha^b^ the editorial staff <>^'^>^'^i^^ let*! since it wias founded.
Mrs. iSimhonit is one of the out-st^ding women leaders in Israel, and wiil brmg a wealth of knowledge to thfe Pioneer Women's movement here.
Mrs. Helen Gbrbovitsky, cidtural chairman of Pioneer Women's Council has announced the.X foUo^Mng schedule for the Seniinar^ taking place Wednesday and Thursday, Septeioaber 18 and 19.
Wedn^it^^ Septett^
jGlowbig reports, speciai loo, at dosing UJA diiinor
With the UJA total standing at $227,d0p just before press time this week and an estimated $13,000 worjh of cards still outstanding a new a^ time UJA rec-
HY ALTAAAM MR$. H. FROME will govA.feportc^
Banff w€|||^h»p iliscusses US. integration proU^ Sip irf^^ conflict in
SiMsgipL^ ''Msuriderstandj^ and-0verempl^ tlie press and radio ;pf .ti^
tipndl ktegration ^vex^
damagkg to the^-W^
of integration/ Aa objective view
of desegregationi^iroi^d^
the bulk,of the: experiences 1^
been peaceful." ;
This was the yieii/. of Pi^ E/ A.^ Barth, sociologist frbni |a6 University* of Washington, whil0 acting as resource leader at Ae Young Adult Fourth Annual Workshop in Inlerr Group Relations, being hleld in Banff, Alberta, September 8-14. . :
Having closely studied kegro race relations in Washington and currently' conducting a .study on niinority group Church membership and inte^ gration. Dr. Barth showed how ih-telligence tests are often misused against minority ^oups.^
€^ diiei^ e^tample in wliich Negroes are ciaimiedvtb :be; biologically iaferictt^ }l>e^aus&^ ^sts '*p^^ He pointed but that this argument Mis ;dbwn >when othet^' i^tors^^i^^ as family^^ social -and ecqnoimc-back-■grpund as[e taken into consideration^. , V Another rcspiu^ leaders; I^bf^sor W. G. Dixon, director of the School ttfj&ial of British
pbiumbia;. spoke ^^f the ^challenge beficMre us" ip^this field ipf^swi^ lems.:-'- ■:
4 We nra of animn-i (
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;W|^ jdeydfi^i;^ of por
tential desfmcdbiiy We, at Che same tin»^ ar«; ende$iTOEuig to dindn-ate Social probleEus and fliislsen-codragkig. Yet we occasionally ire*; vert to a kind of a >%:iontier poll- ^ rjsf* €t oatri^t neglect or total, hosdjfity widt snch gn^ as tibte
. nonHcp^onnj^
9ect in. British Cotumbia. pe tenn-
*^(Est of; flie Canadian- conscience*"
Tlie s^e'chaUenge^ ti mth other minori^rgroups like ^e Indians and Negroes, continued Professor Dixon, '^brefbre grieat things have to be done in the field of human betterment." *! '
This human betterment begins v/ith the individual first.
"We. must be knowledgable; that is, we must know ourselves aind our community, its power structure, etc.
Ail tiiis is a "growing up process,'' said Professor; Dixon, and we must contribute to the fosieriiig of plain; old fashioned friendliness as well as the fostering of good objectives in bur communitu.
ord in Vancouver is still possi
It could even happen by next Wednesday, September 18y the date of me campaign wjndup dinner at Schara Tzedeck.
Campaign chaimian Hy Altman, who made such a fiiie presentation in his address openijOjg tile campaign at the doner dinner ^ few weeks ago, is ejipected to-rise t6) the •bccaSibn once again in reporting the rAwlts of •the d^ive^
Mrs. H. I^ome, chairnian of thie Women's JDivision of IJJA, wiU haye the privileged assignment of reporting on the new record achievement
Soviet writers badk revhral of Yiddisb
VIENNA—Reviv^ of the publica tion of Jewish books and reinstatement of Jewish cultural institutions in the? Soviet Unibn has been asked in a memorandum submitted by the Union of Sbviet Writers to the Central Committee of the Soviet Coi^-mimist Party, it was reported in the Austiiah capital this week from Mos-cow.
The memo^nttadom esthnated that more flun 70. Jewisli writers have ^s&shed manuscripts whidlii have Eolbeen pnblidied because pnbli-eatibn of Yiddish boobs in Rossfa had been halted. It noted that Jewish culture Is one bf the oldest in flie worid and ssuBt not be ''soot-ed but.** \ in New York last week.Orthbdos Jewidi life, the publication of the Union of Orthodox Congregations of America, published a' favorable report on the progress of the new Moscow Yeshiva. The report was written by Gottfried Neuburger following a recent visit to Moscow.
ofJdie wpm^n's efforts this year, Iligj^^
toi aU the^ b^ canvassers will
be iEt surprise award to the leading canvasser in this year's drive. In addition to other special awards there will also be a mystery award winner^ who will get a five-day-stay for two -at a Las Vegas Hotel. *
Victor Pop, outstanding operatic singer who arrived here a few months ago J&bmi-Hujigary, will be the guest ' ^artut at the; dinner. Mr. Pop has been received enthusiastically at the various functions w[here he has performed since JBoming to Vancouver.
llie codimittee in charge of dinner
VICTOR POP
arrangements includes Mrs. H. Frome, Mrs. S. 2^ck, and Mrs. S. H. Gbuld, three- women of considerable experience at arranging such functions.
All UJA campaign workers and their husbands or wives are welcome to attend the dinner and should make reservations at once at the Centra office, CEdar 1168.