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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE
Friday, August 6, 1948
Israeli’s U. S. Envoy Pays Call on Truman;
Tells Newsmen of Thanking President
With the I. R. O.
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Israeli
special representative to the U. S.
Eliahu Epstein paid his first offi
cial call on President Truman at
the White House. Afterwards,
Epstein reported that the Presi
dent told him he is confident that
the state of Israel will continue to
contribute to the progress of the
Middle East.
The Israeli envoy told corres
pondents that he thanked the
President on behalf of Israel for
nil that he had personally contri
buted “to the success of our
cause, in the efforts to establish
the state of Israel and its pro
gress since then."
He said he told the President
that the "turning point” had come
the day when Mr. Truman called
for the admission of 10000 dis
placed persons into Palestine. “It
was the moment when the refu
gees saw * the first bright light
after the misery of Hitler’s perse
cution," Epstein said. “For us it
was a challenge to ibe ready to
absorb them und many more as
usqful and constructive citizens
into our country."
He said he also told the Presi
dent that Israel looks forward to
the "closest and most friendly"
relations with the U. S. and hopes
thut the friendship between the
two countries would contribute to
the peace and progress of the
world and the Middle East in
particular. He assured the Presi
dent that Israel will become a
"peace-loving progressive and
democratic member of the com
munity of nations” and that it
was Israel’s hope that U. S. assis
tance to the new state would con
tinue. The President expressed
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the hope that progress, prosperity
and success would come to Israel.
The President stated that it had
always been his desire to assist
in every possible way to solve
the displaced persons problem,
Epstein stated. Mr. Truman -ex
pressed the desire to see peace in
the Middle East and he voiced the
belief that it is important not
only for the people of that area
but for the world in general, he
continued. The President, he add
ed, said he knew how much good
work the people of Israel had al
ready done in the social and
economic fields in the Middle
East and that he knew Israel
would continue to contribute to
the progress of that area.
When a correspondent asked if
he had discussed with the Presi
dent the possibility of a Middle
East recovery program, Epstein
said Mr. Truman expressed con
siderable interest in the develop
ment of construction programs,
especially water irrigation pro
jects and added that he thought
the people of the Middle East
would greatly benefit from such
projects.
Mr. Epstein said he did not
discuss any political questions.
The discussion was .limited, hr
said, to the question of the peace
ful development of his country,
lie was accompanied by Stauley
Woodward. State Department
chief of protocol.
, Chifiey, who returned here from
| England, told a press conference
! that he discussed the question of
Palestine thoroughly with British
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin,
but declined to answer any other
! questions on Palestine. ♦
Chlfley declared, however,
that the government’s future atti
tude on Palestine would depend
on U. N. Mediator Count Folke
Bcrnadotte’s reports on his efforts
to establish a permanent settle
ment.
Credentials
PRAGUE, (JTA) — President
; Klement Gottwald this week re-
| ceived Israeli Minister to Czecho
slovakia Ehud Ueberall. who was
| accompanied by Dr.s. Uriel Felix
and Uri Lichtwitz, secretaries of
' the Israeli legation.
Ueberall formally presented his
credentials to the Czechoslovak
President. An impressive recep-
| (ion in the President’s palace fol-
| lowed the audience.
Envoy to Moscow
Tel Aviv (JPS)—-Mrs Golda
j Meyerson, Israeli Ambassador to
'Soviet Russia, arrived last.week
, from the United States. She will
remain in Israel until the middle
! of August when she and the rest
i of the Embassy staff will fly to
; Moscow to take up their new'
posts.
Medical Exams
ROME, (JTA)—A program of
medical examinations for all dis
placed Jews in camps in Italy has
been begun by the International
Refugee Organization which is
responsible for the administration
of the centers, it was learned
here this week.
The Check-up program was in
troduced under pressure from the
; Joint Distribution Committee and
the local representative of the
Jewish Agency. Thus far the I. R.
O. officials have refused to make
the results of the examinations
available to the Agency, which
requires it in planning its Israeli
immigration program. No reason
has been offered by the I. R- O.
for withholding the information, j
Share Assets
Geneva (JPS)—Ninety per
cent of 20,000,000 Swiss francs
(about $5,000,000) received by the
International Refugee Organiza
tion from the Swiss Government
as part of the advance against the
proceeds of the liquidation of
German assets in Switzerland,
will be allocated for (he assistance
of eligible Jewish victims of Nazi
persecution, William Hallam
Tuck, Executive Chairman of the
Preparatory Committee of IRO,
announced last week.
Of the sum received 7,200,000
Swiss francs were immediately
turned over to the Joint Distri
bution Committee. Further dis
bursements will be made shortly
j with the J.D.C, and the Jewish
Agency for Palestine getting the
, bulk of the funds.
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Recognition? TV. y. Consulate
PARIS, (JTA)—The belief that
the French Government will soon
extend official recognition to the
state of Israel was expressed here
in informed Jewish circles. It is
held likely that the question of
recognition for the Jewish state
will be taken up at one of the
first sessions of the new Cabinet.
PARIS, (JTA) — There Is no
basic conflict between the Jews
and Arabs of Palestine, Andre
Philip, former Minister of Na
tional Economy, declared this
week on his return from Israel
at a meeting of the French Zionist
Organisation.
Discussion
MELBOURNE, (JTA) — Aus
tralian Prime Minister Joseph
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Special
\isa number one for Israel was
issued this week to Dr. Hillel Sil
ver, chairman of the American
section of the Jewish Agency, in
ceremonies which marked the of
ficial opening of the Israeli Con
sulate General in New York. Dr.
Silver will leave for Israel next
| month to attend a meeting of the
i General Zionist Council in Tel
Aviv.
JWB Offers
Two Literary Prizes
NEW YORK. (JTA)—Two lit-
! erary awards, sponsored by the
j National Jewish Welfare Board,
j for fiction and non-fiction books
which have literary merit and
are of general Jewish interest,”
written and published in the U.
S. between July 1, 1947 and June
30, 1948, were announced here by
the Jewish Book Council this
week. The awards \yill be an
nounced in January, 1949.
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Eternal Light Sunday
Tells of Men of Chelm
The whimsical doings of the
mythical Chelmites will be dram
atized on Sunday, Aug. 8, when
the Eternal Light presents a re
broadcast of Milton Wayne’s
“Wise Men of Chelm.” (NBC net
work 12:30—1:00 PM DST). *
Based on the book, “The Wise
Men of Chelm,” by Doctor Solo
mon, the script portrays the many
problems faced by these original
thinkers, and the unique solutions
they find. Included among their
adventures is a search for jus
tice, which they believe they have
sealed in a barrel as they trium-
phantly^retum to Chelm.
Dedicate Monsky
Athletic Field
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The
j Henry Monsky Memorial Athletic
Field, located at the Northport
Veterans Hospital, on Long Is
land, N. Y., was dedicated Sunday
and officially turned over to the
U. S. Army by Max J. Schneider,
president of District Grand Lodge
No. 1.
Constructed at a cost of $100,-
000 in honor of the late B’nai
B’rith, president and outstanding
Jewish leader, the field is ex
pected to accommodate more than
3,000 wounded veterans of the
Northport Hospital. Maj. Gen.
Harry A. Vaughan, President
Truman’s military aide, and Maj.
Gen. R. Woodruff, deputy com
mander of the First Army accept
ed the field on behalf of the Pres
ident.
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