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VOL. XXII
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APR 22 1947
UNIVERSITY Of GEORGIA
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY APRIL 18, 1947
Shertok Reveals Major Points Of Jewish
Agency's Memorandum To United Nations
NEW YORK. (JTA) — The
major points of the memorandum
which the Jewish Agency will
present to the special session of
the United Nations on the Pales
tine situation were outlined here
by Moshe Shertok, head of the
Agency’s political department, at
a dinner tendered in his honor by
the United Palestine Appeal.
The Jewish Agency, he said,
will place great emphasis on the
constructive achievements of
Palestine's Jewish population. It
will point out that the Jews in
Palestine have, in a short span
of time, transformed a “barren,
neglected country” into a pro
ductive homeland for hundreds of
thousands of Jews. “Our political
strength is rooted in the land we
have cultivated, the homes we
have built, the industry we have
developed,” he stated.
“With regai-d to the Arab popu
lation," Shertok declared, “we
will place before the U. N. irrefut
able evidence which will testify
to the lqpg strides of advance
ment the Arabs have made in
terms of living conditions during
the last twenty-five years, due
in most part to the immigration
of the Jews who brough with
them technical science and mod
ern equipment.”
Gestapo Officers See
Concentration Camp
Horror Movies
NUREMBERG, (JTA) .—Eight
een Gestapo officers were this
week-end forced to witness mov
ies of horror scenes found at the
Buchenwald and Cswiecim death
camps when the Allied armies
captured them.
The Nazis are on trial here
charged with responsibility for
operating German concentration
camps. None displayed any emo
tion as pictures of corpses shot in
SET FOR APRIL 28
The response of the United (the neck, crematoriums and
Seek New Action
Against Jassy
Massacre Figures
BUCHAREST. (JTA)—Acting
on a promise made in Parliament
several days ago, Rumanian War
Minister Gen. Mihail Lascar took
vigorous action to speed up the
trial of the perpetrators of the
Jassy massacre of 1941 in which
about 14,000 Jews lost their lives.
The membership of the military
tribunal which originally investi
gated the case and dismissed in
dictments agaUvst many of the
perpetrators of the pogrom was
completely reshuffled this week
and new warrants were issued for
all defendants, including three
generals, who had previously been
freed. A parliamentary commis
sion is considering a proposal to
classify the pogrom as a war
crime, a move which would place
the defendants within the juris
diction of the civil courts.
Jewish Appeal in this country
will also be submitted as evidence
to the United Nations, Shertok
said. It will illustrate the “strong
indication of the faith of several
million American citizens in the
constructive efforts of the Jews
in Palestine,” he explained. He
added that “as far as Palestine’s
economic structure is concerned,
the Jewish community there has
no need for outside support. But,
we are continuously receiving
refugees from Europe who have
to be clothed, fed, housed, placed
in jobs, "in a word, rehabilitated,
and it is for this task that we look
to America for help.”
masses of women’s hair shorn
from victims before they were
gassed were flashed on the screen.
Meanwhile, at Dachau, 31 for
mer Nazi officials and guards at
the Buchenwald camp went on
trial before an American tribunal
charged with the murder of thou
sands of Jewish prisoners. As the
trial opened, on the second anni
versary of the liberation of Buch
enwald, the American prosecutor
demanded justice “by the hang
man's noose” for all 31, Among
the defendants are Edwin Katz-
enellenbogen, a Jewish doctor at
the camp, who was an American
citizen until 1905.
Jewish Groups Granted Consultative Status
By U. N. Economic and Social Council
U.N. Session on Palestine
Approved by 29 Nations
LAKE SUCCESS, (JTA)—Sec- Army and Navy but will now have
LAKE SUCCESS, (JTA)—The
World Jewish Congress and the
Consultative Council of Jewish
Organizations—consisting of the
American Jewish Committee, the
Anglo-Jewish Association and the
Alliance Israelite Universelle —
were granted consultative status
by the U. N. Economic and Social
Council, which concluded its
fourth session recently.
$263,000 In Loans
Jewish Agricultural Society’s '46 Report
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The Jew
ish Agricultural Society granted
over $263,000 in loans to Jewish
farmers in 16 states during 1946,
Dr. Gabriel Davidson, managing
director, announced in his an
nual report. He also pointed out
that the Society was placing a
greater emphasis on placement of
veterans and refugees on farms
in this country.
Nearly 500 veterans applied to
the agency during the year, in
cluding a number of non-Jews re
ferred by Christian organizations,
the report stated. Forty veteran
families have already been placed
during the first year of the vet
erans program, but Dr. Davidson
said that it was expected that
the rate would be speeded up this
year. In all, 105 families were
settled on farms mostly in the
East, and California, Michigan,
Illinois and Florida in 1946-
In his summary of work among
the refugees, Dr. Davidson re
vealed that “by the end of 1946
approximately 5,000 refugees had
come to the Society’s offices, 11.-
259 individual consultations had
been held and 505- families set
tled on farms in California, Con
necticut, Florida, Illinois, Indi
ana, Michigan, Missouri, Massa
chusetts, New Hampshire, New
Jersey, New York, North Caroli
na, Maryland and Virginia. Of
these families 429 are, according
to report, still on their farms, a
showing which speaks for itself.
Loans in the amount of $616,898
were made directly by the Society,
$69,153 was lent by other agen
cies, mainly by the Central Loan
Trust. Of the $686,042 aggregate
$485,800 has already been paid
back—much of it before maturi
ty.”
The report disclosed that the
Jewish Agricultural Society has
granted more than $10,000,000 in
loans to Jewish farmers in 40
states since the Society’s found
ing in 1900. It also summed up
the Society’s general activities,
pointing out that its Department
of Agricultural Education and Ex
tension maintains a staff of agri-
t- ’*”val experts who bring
fanners in the more populous
Jewish farming districts agricul-
tural information on all phases
of farming. During 1946 these ex
tension specialists made 3,039
farm visits, held 75 farm gather
ings, meetings and demonstra
tions attended by over 4,000
farmers. In addition, advice and
aid were given to 1,631 who
sought individual consultations
at the Society’s offices. Under its
auspices interstate conferences of
farmers were held. The Society
conducts agricultural night class
es for farm aspirants in New
York City and Chicago and main
tains a purchasing service for in
dividual farmers and farm coop
eratives.
The application of the Jewish
Agency for Palestine, which had
also been recommended for con
sultative status by a sub-commis
sion, was denied on the basis that
it was not an international or
ganization. Its application will be
considered at the next session of
the Council.
The Council also instructed tire
Secretary-General to undertake
studies on genocide and to pre
pare a draft convention to out
law it, to be presented to the next
session of the Council. The Secre
tary-General was also ordered to
make the studies in consultation
with a number of U. N. bodies
and refer it to the member states
for comment before forwarding
it to the Council.
Earlier, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt,
chairman of the U. N. Human
Rights Commission, informed the
Council that, in accordance with
its resolution, she would appoint
an eight-man sub-committee to
draw up a preliminary draft of
an International Bill of Rights.
The sub-committee, which will be
working on documentation pro
vided by the U. N. secretariat, will
consist of the delegates of Austra
lia, China, Chile, France, Leba
non, United States, United King
dom, and U.S.SR.
retary-General Trygve Lie this
week cabled the 55 member states
of ttie United Nations informing
them that the special session of
the General Assembly on the Pal
estine issue will open April 28.
The cable was sent following re
ceipt of approval from the 28th
and 29th nations, one more than
the majority necessary to call
a special session.
In the cable, Mr. Lie listed a six-
point tentative agenda for the ses
sion. It consists of: 1. The Open
ing of the session by the chairman
of the Belgian delegation: 2. Elec
tion and report of the credentials
committee; 3. Election of a pres
ident; 4. Organization of the ses
sion; 5. Acceptance of an agenda;
6. Constituting and instructing
a special committee to prepare for
consideration of the question of
Palestine at the second regular
session of the General Assembly.
As the U. N. secretariat made
hurried preparations for the
meeting, it was revealed that For
eign Secretary Earnest Bevin will
not attend and that Britain will
send no ministerial delegation,
merely one Palestine expert from
the Foreign Office and another
from the Colonial Office to assist
Sir Alexander Cardogan, head of
the United Kingdom permanent
delegation.
The United States has Qot yet
named a delegate to the special
session, but it is understood that
Warren R. Austin, permanent rep
resentative, will attend. The
Ukraine, which approved the ses
sion, suggested that it be held in
Geneva.
At Flushing Meadows, where
the sessions will be held, work
men started cleanning, airing and
repairing the assembly hall and
conference rooms. Among the dif
ficulties facing them will be the
installation of telephone service
because of the nation-wide tele
phone workers’ strike. Other prob
lems include obtaining cafeteria
facilities since the regular equip
ment was leased out following the
close of the first regular Assem
bly session, and transportation
to be hired on a commercial basis
for this session.
The complete list of countries
which replied to the UN follow
ing Britain’s request April 2 for
a special session—all in the af
firmative—is: Cuba, France, Unit
ed States, Greece, Haiti, China,
Panama, USSR, Paraguay, Liberia,
Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Ecuador,
Denmark, Ukraine, Luxembourg,
New 1 Zealand,- Honduras, India,
Peru, Domonican Republic, Bra-
tralia, Mexico, Canada, Turkey,
zil, South Africa, Norway, Aus-
Philippine Republic.
Great Britain’s right to sit on
the investigating commission for
Palestine to be set up by the
General Assembly, unless the Jew
ish Agency is also represented,
was challenged by the American
Jewish Conference. In a com
munication to Acting Secretary of
State Dean Acheson, the Confer
ence asked the support of the
United States for the proposition
that either all parties directly
concerned with the Palestine sit
uation should be included on such
a commission, or else, that all be
excluded. “On no other basis,” the
letter said, “would it be possible
to obtain all relevant facts and
points of view without distortion
and without injury, in particular,
to the interests of any of the par
ties directly concerned-.’*
ADL, Jewish Labor
Committee Unite
To Fight Bias
NEW YORK, (JTA).—An agree
ment between the Jewish Labor
Committee and the Anti-Defama
tion League of B’nai B’rith to co
ordinate their efforts with organ
ized labor in prompting better
group relations in fighting racial
and religious bigotry was outlined
at a press conference held at the
he ADL offices here.
The two agencies have hereto
fore carried out independent pro
grams through the trade union
movement and each has had the
cooperation of the AFL and CIO
which was furnished by the. U. S, and their affiliates.
Fourteen Palestine Jewish Youth Groups
Appeal To Dissidents To End Terrorism
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Fourteen
Palestinian Jewish Youth Organi
zations with a membership of 80,-
000 men and women banded to
gether to issue a joint appeal
Atlanta's $1,000,000 Welfare Fund Drive
Retail Grocerymen Electrify Campaign
To Atlanta retail grocerymen goes credit for sparking
their community’s $1,000,000 Welfare Fund Campaign this
past week. This unanticipated development was the out
growth of a meeting o fa sponsoring committee of retail gro
cerymen which was called together to organize a dinner
for all retail grocers.
Credited with being
the out
standing event of this last week
in connection with the Welfare
Fund, this meeting recorded in
attendance A. Aronoff, A. S. Ber-
nath. Mack Fratikel, Sol Glazer,
Aaron Golden, Ed Krick, Irwin
Krick, Robert (Rube) Libowsky,
Morris Newman, Theodore New
man, Morton Paller, Gus Silver-
man, I. Sirota, J. L. Solomon, Na
than Stolar and Frank Whiteman.
tion to the problems of the 1947
“campaign of sacrifice.”
The meeting was addressed by
Abe Goldstein, one of the general
co-chairmen of the campaign, by
Sam Eplan, chairman of the speak
ers bureau and by Ed Kahn, cam
paign director.
There was a general discussion
among those present. They ex
pressed themselves in no uncer
tain terms that the retail grocers
( are in a quite different position
Under the general chairmanship to( j ay than they were 15 or 20
of Abner Lichtenstein, who pre- years agQ and thafc the time has
sided at the meeting, and with j come fQr their recognitlon of a
the participation and cooperation community responsibility and
of Isidor Altennan, IsadoreHei- greater participation in the Jewish
man, Jack Maziar and Joe Seitz,
this sponsoring eommittee set
tled down to a kosher passover
to dinner and gave serious considera-
activities of the Jewish commun
ity.
were to act as leaders in this en
tire effort as regards the needs
of UJA, and other agencies by the
Welfare Fund, this leadership
must be expressed in terms of
giving.
On the very night of the meet
ing, those present went on record
and showed the way to the entire
community for 1947 giving. The
16 persons present who contribut
ed the sum of $2,150 In 1946
pledged to give the sum of $4,750
in 1947. This represents an in
crease of 121 per cent over last
year. Some of the contributions
represented an increase of 400 or
500 per cent.
Results made by these retail gro
cers have electrified campaign
leaders and is being discussed by
numerous other groups as a record
to emulate. The pace set by the
calling for an end of terrorism in
the country. The groups represent
ed in the united front ranged
politically from the extreme left
to the far right.
The appeal called on the mem
bers of the dissident groups to
rally around the national youth
organizations and engage in pi
oneer work to develop Palestine
and at the same time “salvage”
the remnants of European Jewry.
“Only by the united efforts of
the whole people under national
discipline, can our task be
achieved,” the statement de
clared. “Our national strength lies
in internal discipline,’’ it con
tinued, “the essence of our work
defense, construction and the cre
ation of a Jewish way of life.”
Commenting on the call, a Jew
ish Agency spokesman said that
this appeal might hamper the ac
tivities of the extremist groups,
since their membership is com
prised largely of men and women
in the same age groups as those
in the organizations urging unity
and peaceful construction.
A 20th anniversary meeting
here of the Hashomer Hatzair, at
tended by 1,000 delegates and
guests, adopted a resolution con
demning terrorism £s "strangling
our upbuilding work,"
British troops are searching for
a man who shot two British con
stables, killing one and wounding
the other. Apparently retaliating
for the killing of a Jew and the
The members of the sponsoring ! *e)d.
committee realized that if they (Continued on Page Eight)
retail grocery leaders is expected to __
be upheld Wednesday evening, wounding of a second last Mon-
April 24, at the Progressive Club day nlgh t by British troops, the
when a city-wide dinner meeting , stacker struck at approximately
of ^ Atlanta’s grocerymen will be the same spot where the Jews
were assaulted almost 24 hours
later.