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ALGIERS ~7 A series of pre-dawn bombings have evidently been staged by the 'OAS, the French underground .'oppdsed to the planhed ceasefire n6w being drJTanged be-'tween the de Gs^tille Goveirn-*ment and the FLN, Moslem Independence mpvement, ^Principal bombing t^gets -livete Jewish art^ Moslem Shopkeepers and their homes.
The attacks, resulting in ^bout 135 bomb explosions in B period of an hour and a iialf, were apparently aimed ^ii^ the £fho^ of Jews and Moslems whb had refused to con* |riJHite iiinds to th«. OAS, Tliere were 12 castialties ^mong the Jews and Moslems.
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Justices named
JERUSALEM ~ Hearings on tiie appeal of convicted Nazi .Adolf Eichmann will open March
VANCOJVER. B. C, FRIDAY, MARCH 9, 1962 S5.00 per year, this issue 15c i 22 ^yith Justice Itzhak Olshan,
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presiding, assisted by Justices Shimon Agranat, Moshe Silberg, iYoel Sussman and Alfred Wit-kon.
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Opposition weakening for Israei-Common Market Link
PARIS ^—^At a,ptess interview, ber of governments to Israel's in the French/capital, Israel's Euromart plans. Finance MiiUster, Levi Eshkol, Already, both Belgium's For-stated he is convinced now that eign Minister, Paul Henri Spaak
"a solution to Israel's Common Market problems will be found,! sooner or later."
Following a busy week conferring with various top officials of Eurbpiean governments re-
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While in Paris, Mr. Eshkol met with the new French Minister of Finance, Valery Giscard de Staing. Upon returning to I Brussels for the March session i 6f the six Euromart nations, Mr. Eshkbl met with Professor Walr ter Hallstein, of Germany, president of the European Economic. Community's executive committee, and with the Foreign Minister of Luxembourg. The six nations b^longiiig to the: Common Market are Fr«Lnce, Italy,-West Giermany, Belgium, "the Netlvr eriahds and Liixembbiirg. ft. aj^sfc ^<)relgn: stat^iaHen with
that ihey wndei^t^nd Isr^^l's problems, lliese include eVen the Italian Cabinet Ministers, the Italian Minister of Agriculture
among them. The latter has shown the same understanding exhibited by his Cabinet colleagues when Mr. Eshkol explained that Israel's citrus output is too small to endanger Italy's citrus export market.
Israel, said Mr. Eshkol, is prepaid to corppferate with Italy in exchanging production and marketing information. The Italian Minister of Agriculture has agreed with this view, and an Italian citrus delegation is due to visit Israel this month.
Chairman of the current Ministerial Council session, Maurice Couve de Murville, who is France's Foreign Minister, conferred two weeks ago with Mr. Eshkol and has given a concrete undertaking to the effect that "somethiiiig will be done to find a solution to Israel's problems during the March meeting of the ESEC Ministerial Council."
Mr. Eshkol said he is not yet sure that the Israel plans for a link with Euromart will be definitely irdised during the current session, additig,:however;- theft he is conyini^d thJit ^: change foy^
Ban p£g-roising
JERUSALEM—A vote of 39 to 23 with five abstentions passed its first reading for a bill to ban pig-raising in all but a few non-Jewish areas in Israel. Supporters included two Arab deputies who said -exempted locales also were populated by Moslems -who found swine offensive for religious reasons.
Eleonor welcomed
JERUSALEM — World patron of Youth Aliyah, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt was presented with a large bouquet of flowers bearing her name at the Beersheva Youth Aliyah Centre. She and Chaim Weizmann's widow, Mrs. Vera Weizmann, honorary chairman of World Child's Day for Youth Aliyah in 1962, signed a proclamation of the day.
Israeli obducted
JERUSALEM — Egyptian soldiers siezed a member of the Afikim border settlement near iheQazi" strip markihg the fim^ ca?^ o| teab<4wltiQn anlsrMl
is €iit^ of current need
Israiers people are movihg to^ Is economic itodependencVat ne of the,fastest rates ever ach-eyeidl by any citizenry, but vast eeds still prevail among its jf^imigriants, orris Jacobson, li^irman of thie Vancouver drive behalf of the 1962 United 4^wish Appear ^c assert-today.
tMr. Jacobson said that *'a pe-uliar paradox*' makes support f the 1962 Appeal, which will id 600,000 immigrants to Israel nd people in need in 27 other quntries, more urgent than be-ore.
The varied policy which ex-admiration for Israel among :t Canadians, and which con* butes most towards Israel's range success, is the one uch operates temporarily at \k time as a brake on its devel-^ent, he explained.
"Israel's open-door immigra-ion policy offers a haven to all ho wish to come, and the immi-nts, in turn, provide the ills, talents and manpower es-itial for accelerated growth eventual self-sufficiency for he young democracy.
"But as newcomers stream in, very aspect of immigrant ablation aid in which UJA funds ^ ire, is imder heavy pressure, busing is a particularly acute Some 18,000 housing units re being rushed to completion Israel's people to meet the is of immigration. Funds ised locally will be used in to help finance their con-truction"
Among other crucial absorp- ren in need iit 27 other countries.
tion heeds affected by new immigration, Mf. Jaeobson pointed to initiar grants to cover the first days before employment is found; food parcels; household furnishings; tools and equ^>ment for tradesmen, farmers and skilled workers; temporary employment subsidies; language and job training; medical care and professional service for the aged and disabled, and scholarship grants for young people.
In addition to meeting these needs, UJA must help to speed the overall absorption of earlier immigrants to Israel not yet absorbed (335,000 in all), and to maintain on-going welfare and rehabilitation programs among 265,000 men, women and child-
A nation-wide goal seeks a 25% increase over last year to meet the increased needs of the heavy immigration. Locally the Drive goal is $50,000 in excess of last year.
The United Jewish Appeal is the major Canadian agency aiding immigrants to Israel, and re-, fugees and distressed Jews overseas. UJA aid programs are carried out by its two main agencies, the United Israel Appeal, which helps to receive, settle and absorb immigrants to Israel, and the Joint Distribution Committee, which aids Jews in 27 countries, including Israel, where it \ ' conducts a special welfare program for aged, chronically ill, and handicapped immigrants.
complaint; iagainst Israiel submitted this week by Syria to the UN Security Council has been branded by the Israeli delegation as "a false alarm based on false premises."
The Syrian letter of complaint had asked all delegations to be made aware that Israel was violating the Syrian-Israeli Armistice Agreement, asserting that "as soon as the project is completed, several million people will be placed in the Negev, constituting a new threat to the Arab world."
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UNITED NATIONS — Both Israel and the Arab states have agreed to accept once again the recent Palestine Conciliation Commission appointment of Dr. Joseph E. Johnson to serve a second term as the PCC's special representative in the Middle East.
President of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Dr. Johnson will start a second round of consultation this week on the Arab refugee problem, in meetings with representatives of the Arab states and of Israel at the United Nations and irt Washington.
CMstlais sponsor RabU's trip to parley of WorM Gowcii of synagogaes in Jerasalem
In L.A. - Shareff declares Zionism checks assimilation
LOS ANGELES — The only force in Jewish life today that can attack the tide of assimilation and preserve Jewishness is the Zionist Movement, Moshe Sharett, chairman of the Jewish
Agency executive, told an over- toward Zionism. He maintained flow audience Tuesday evening ^j^jg ^ contradiction in terms.
existence in lands of the dispersion."
Mr. Sharett was sharply critical of those who express genuine admiration and concern for Israel but adopt a negative attitude
at Temple Emanual here. Hundreds of persons seeking admission were turned away.
*'Perpetuation of Jewishness is not guaranteed," he said, "Israel alone cannot save the
He said "non-Zionists must answer why they turn their backs on history."
Mr. Sharett called for a greater unity and purposefulness
situation, nor can it be relied among Zionists to assure the fu-
upon to radiate sufficient stimulation that would automatically preserve a meaningful Jewish
ture of Jewish life. The meeting was sponsored by the American Zionist Council.
Rabbi Yakov R. Hilsenrath (third from r.) Of Beth Judah Temple in Wildwood, N Jm plots his flight to Israel with help of Christian clergymen who gave him a trip to Jerusalem to atte&d convention of World Council of Synagogues May 29-31. Presentation came during Brotherhood Week ceremony sponsored by Temple's Sisterhood. L. to r.: Mrs. Edward Leimberg, chairman of Brotherhood program; Rev. J. Francis F. Peak of First Baptist Church; N.J. Senate Majority Leader Cbas. W. S(^ndman, Jr., Catholic layman; Father Thos. Piechocbiski of St. Ann's Roman Catholic C3iurcb> aad Mrs. Morton Oreenberg, Sieterhood's program chairmaJU