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LIBRAHY
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VOL. ni; No. 15.
VANCOUVER, p.C, CANADA, FRIDAY, DEC. 13th, 1946.
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Jewish Congress Asks Germaii Reparations
PARIS (WNS)—Inclusion of specific clauses guaranteeing Jewish rights and reparations in the peace treaty with Germany was demanded here in a resolution adopted by the European Cofisultative Council of the World Jewish Congress, which closed a five-day conference this week.
The Council pointed out that Germany is greatly responsible for the present plight of European Jewry and asked that the following clauses be included in the German peace treaty:
1. Germany is to pay reparations for the reconstruction of Jewish communal life in other countries, particularly in Palestine.
2. Discriminatory legislation shall be abolished and racial h!at-red shall be considered a criminal offense.
3. Germany shall guarantee fundamental human rights and freedoms.
4. It shall make full restitutions of Jewish properties siezed or destroyed by the Nazis and shall surrender heirless Jewish property for Jewish reconstruction.
5. Displaced Jews shall never fall under the jurisdiction of Germany.
■  •-;,6.';iE*r<)perty-"of German Jews out- ' -jside--^ Germany shril-'be-escempited from. seizure to pay German re-paitations.
Dr. Rafalel CJantoni, president of the Federation of Jewish Communities in Italy and Italian delegate to the Coxmcil, called on world Jewry to maintain complete neutrality in the conflict between the Anglo-American and Soviet blocs, Samuel Margoshes, American delegate, said he hoped it would be possible for the Congress to collaborate with the Jewish communists, ^ Dr. Noah Barou, British delegate,;, called on Russia to appreciate the position of the Jews.
War Veterans Firm For Homeland
ATLANTIC CITy (WNS)—The Jewish War Veterans, at the dosing session of their 51st annual conviention here, adopted a resolution reaffirming JWCs previous stand on "tne establishment of a homeland for the Jewish people in Palestine."
The resolution asked President Trimnan "to demand that Great Britain relinquish its control over Palestine in favor of the United • Nations" to institute measures so that the United Nations shall.become the haven for the remnants of European Jewry.
$170,000,000 GOAL SET BY THE UNITED JEWISH APPEAL
Declaring that the first Medical School in Palestine "furnishes a common ground upon which Zionists and non>Zionists can stand united and together. Judge Joseph M. Proskauer (center), president of the American Jewish Com. mittee, urged support of the $4,000,000 campaign now being conducted by the American friends of the Hebrew University and- Hadassah. (1. to «••) Cw* Harold Riegelman, national co-chairman; Judge Proskauer; and Mrs. Moses P. Epstein, president of Hadassah. _. _;
A. E. EASTERMAN SPEAKS AT CENTRE, DECEMBER 22
December 22rid is the date that the Canadian Jewish Congress B.C. Branch invites the Community to hear an address at the Jewish Community Centre, by Alexander E. Easter-man, Secretaiy of the British Section of the World Jewish Congress, who has just arrived from Paris, where he did valuable work in connection with the Peace Conference.
Mr. iSasterman is one of the out-standmg workers of the . Jewish hhl^Z^^L^m Community m Great Britain. He     1^01011191 fVliniSter was one of the foremost political
students and foreign coorespon-      Qo/QC UnnO 'dents in the British press. His      Wvwd   lIUpC   I Ul
knowledge, of BEdkii[i;:affairs, ,.par,-ticularly Riunanaa, is .unsurpassed in Great Britain. He was successively Paris and military correspondent and later chief foreign correspondent of the London Herald and foreign editor of the London Express. His volumes "King Carol, Hitler and Lupsacu" and "Hitlerism aand Trade" exerted a strong influence. In recent years he has been devoting his talents to the cause of our people arid has helped to make the World Jewish Congress one of th-a effective instruments of Jewish life. He is political secretary of the European division of the World Jewish Congress, m'amber of the executive of the Board of Deputies of British Jews, chairman of its Palestine Committee and vice-chairman of the Anglo-Jewish Fund for Soviet Russia. He has visited the United States and South America on several occasions and was a guest of the 6th plenary session oi the Cfem-adian Jewish CJongress in Jan., 1945, in Toronto. Mr. Easterman v/as one of the World Jewish Congress representatives in Paris in connection with the Pface Con-;ference, sessions last month. He interviewed many of the governmental delegations there and assisted in the preparation of the submissions presented jointly' by all Jewish organizations who were present in Paris.
Remember the Date— Sunday evening, December 22 at 8:15 p.ni.
LONDON (WNS)-Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech-Jones, announcing in the House of Commons the release of the detained Jewish leaders in Palestine, de-^ clared that the move was intand-ed to clear the way for an amicable settlement of the Palestine problem.
Declaring that there was no proof of active participation by the detained men in acts of tei rorism in Palestine, the Colonial Minister noted that the Inner Zionist Coimcil had approved a resolution on October 29 rejecting "terrorist bloodshed as an instrument of political struggle." With that resolution and the declaration of other leaders in the past few weeks, he went on, "the goveni-ment has considered the continued detention of the Jewish leadeib and has decided to authorize the High Commissioner to release them." He told ithe House he was lead to an improvement in the sectMty situation in Palestine and help to restore conditions in which progress can be made toward the general settlement which is so lu-gently necessary" ■ and to closer co.operation toetween the Jewish Agency and the British administration in Palestine.'
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ATLANTIC CITY (WNS)—Moved by the impact of Jewish needs in Europe and Palestine, and by reports that increasing funds would be needed to succor and Irehabilitate the Jewish survivors of Hitlerism, the national conference of the United Jewish Appeal, in session here imanimously approved a resolution calling for a U.J.A. quota of $170,000,000 in 1947.
The resolution was introduced by former Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau. The delegates were buoyed by a report by (Robert R. Nathan, prominent economist, that the United States would experience a record prosperity wave in the first six months of 1947 land that there was no evidence to support reports of the development of a serious depression next year.
Prior to this announcement by the resolutions committee, headed by Mr. Morgenthau, that it had reached a decision to set ?170,000,000
Nine Convicted In Kielce Pogrom
WARSAW WNS) — Nine more persons were sentenced to prison terms on charges of having participated in the Kiielce pogrom last July 4, during which forty Jews were killed and many seriously injured.
Altogether 21 persons were prosecuted in connection with the pogrom. Fifteen were convicted and six were acquitted. One was sentenced to life imprisonment. Nine persons were   sentenced   to be hanged at the first trial. Execution of sentence was never made public. Government officials announced th^t a third trial would soon begin,'at which the chief of security police at Kielce would be charged with neglect of duty in coiiaection with the pogrom. Reports on the pogrom indicated not only i>olice laxity but actual participation by many policemen. .     Vixtdent- Sjti^. piagtmg ?(5§pd, d^ efforts of the Polish Govermnent to six were iacquitted. One was sen-To forestall possible attacks on Jews the authorities are taking special   precautionary measures. Adolf Berman,   former partisan leader and member <Jf the Polish National Council was reported to be making a tour of Polish cities with Jewish residents   to make sure that sufficient protection is given to Jews dxiring the election.
Bevin and Silver Conference On Palestine Question
WASHINGTON, (WNS) — A conference on the Palestine question was reported to have taken place between Foreign Minister Ernest Bevin and Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, president of the Zionist Organization of America.
The conference, according to informed sources here, took place at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, where the Big-Fout Foreign Ministers conference is takuig place. The meeting was said to have been attended by Lord Iverchapel, British Ambassador to the United States.
It was reported here that Moshe Sneh, Jewish Agency executive member, had conferred with Leon Henderson, chief of the Neat Eastern Affairs division of the State Department.
Three-Power Talk On Immigration Planned
WASHINGTON (WNS) — The United Stetes Government will be represented at a three-power conference to discuss the problem of refugee immigration to France, it was disclosed here this week.
The announcement was an acceptance of an invitation, extended to this government last weoK from London indicate that the 6y France. Reports reaching here British CJovemment has also accepted the French invitation.
as the 1947 J.J.A. goal, the conference was stirred by an address by Major General John H. Hilldring, Assistant Secretary of State.
Private Agencies Must Help
Declaring that neither the United States Army nor the proposed International Refugee Organization could be expected to provide adequate aid to meet the needs of the displaced Jews in Europe, General Hilldring warned against building "false illusions that effective assistance can be given the DPs (by the militaiy-authorities and by international organizations withbut considerable outside help." The biggest "disappointment last year," he asserted, was the lack of progress in finding permanent homes for the displaced Jews. He said it -was not only -the responsibility of the United States to care and maintain the dasplacecl persons" on as high" a standard as possible "but tOi^find permanent horhes for thenA-..;. - Referring to-President .•ftmnan's-r-directive faciliteting the admission of displaced persons into the United
States, Mr. Hilldring expressed regret over the faict tliat the results
of the directive "had not been as large as we fwould have liked." He added, however, that progress in admission were being made through' "effective implementation" of the directive and the elimination of obstacles "such as the lack of consular and transportation facilities."
He said the resettlement of Jews (and others was an international responsibilities," This evident reference toGreat Britain was greeted wath applause. Had the Anglo-American Cfemmittte report on Palestine been adopted and had President Tnunan's request for the admission Of lO^OOO homeless Jews to'TRalestine'beeii heeded,'he said, •"our diips would now be dnittling thousands of Jews to Palestine—to Palestme, not Cyprus."
War Secretary Hopes Congress Will Act
Secretary of War Robert R Patterson, in an address at the Saturday evening session, told the 1,700 delegates that he favored the speedy admission into Palestine of 100,000 displaced Jews and the admission into the United States of a limited number of displaced persons, as urged by President Truman. He said the "total nmnber of authorized immigrants need not be increased if the imused quotas for various Icountries could be made available for displaced persons on a proportionate basis," and expressed the hope that Cbngress would act on Mr. Truman's pro-I posal.
Characterizhig the immediate entry of lOOJOOO Jewish DFs to Palestine land the liberalization of immigration to the United States, as "projects   that   have thorough
merit and should be fulfilled^" Mr. Patterson termed the resettlement issue la problem for all nations and urged that the United Stetes take the lead in pressing for the realization of large-scale settlanent through the United Nations and its agency, the International Refugee Organization.
Disclosing that there were 150,-000 displaced Jews in the U.S. zcaie in Germany and 30,000 in the U.S. zone in Austria, the Secretary of War called for generous support of the United Jewish Appeal. He emphasized the continued and increased requirements of the displaced persons in Evu-ope and focused the attention of the conference on the requirements of the agencies of the United Jewish Appeal.
1,000,000 Jews Still In Desperate Need On Admission Of DP's
Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, diair-man of the Eiu-opean Executive Council of the Joint Distribution Ocfipimttee, reported that over 1,000-000 Jews in Em-ope were still completely dependent on United Jewish
.Appeal funds for basic essentials of life In 1946, he said, the J.D.C. expended for relief and rdiabili-tation and resettlement overseas more than $58,000,000, adding that
. was "the largest simi ever provided in a single year,for relief by a wholly voluntary agency dependent
•for its support on voluntary giving." To assure the real recovery of
Eiu-ope's distressed Jews, he called for a program including full relief, even beyond the scale of 194«, full opportunity for emigration and resettlement for those who wish to go to Palestine, the United States 'and other lands and full reconstructive aid for those who hwill continue to dwell in Europe's more democratic countries. He disclosed that in 1947, the J.D.C. would require ?17,000,000 more for expanded rehabilitetion openr.tions among Jewish DFs while "they wait to begin "a new life in Palestine and other lands."
Masaryk Cautions Against Relyin, On Government Programs
A warning against relying on. governmental programs for helping the surviving Jews was issued by Jan Masaryk, Foreign Minister of Czechoslovakia. Addressing one of the sessions, Mr. Masaryk said "the lack of decision as to who is responsible for fm-ther relief and
where it is to come from adds a certain ominousness to the human welfare needs of Eiux>pe for 1947." He estimated "it will take more than a year before we see definite
daylight in this problem and before we see welcome flashes that indicate we no longer need depend on private relief."
The closing down of UNRRA, he warned, made it manda^ry upon American Jewry to assume greater obligaticHis through the United Jewish Appeal and its three con^-tuent organizations, the Joint Distribution Committee, the United Palestine Appeal and the United Service For New Americans.
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