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ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY. OCTOBER 1. 1948
Number 40*
Austrian Officials Reneged,
Jewish Leader Charges
VIENNA. (JTA> — Dr. David
Shapira, President of the Vienna
Jewish Community charged that
none of tne promises made by
feeding Austrian Government of
ficials some six months ago have
been fulfilled. Consequently, Dr.
Shapira tqld the Jewish Tele
graphic Agency the 10.000 Jews
In Vienna are extremely dissatis
fied with the delay in property
restitution and inadequate hous
ing facilities.
Although Dr. Leopold Figl,
Austrian Chancellor, asked Peter
Krauland, Minister for Property
Control, to consult with Jewish
leaders on questions of restitu
tion, Dr. Shapira declared, Krau
land asserted that ' the Vienna
Jewish Community must be re
garded as a religious institution,
the same as the Catholic or Pro
testant Church.”
Dr. Shapira said that Krauland
told him that "since !he other two
religious institutions are not per
mitted to delegate special advisors
to restitution meetings,” an ex
ception cannot be made in the
case of the Jewish community.
Shapira expressed the belief that
the delay in restitution stems
from a basic lack of good will on
the part of the government, as
well as insufficient qualified res
titution personnel He said that
that there are at present many
former Nazis and Nazi sympa
thizers holding jobs in the Minis
try of Property Control.
East-WestTension Places
Israel on Spot in UN Halls
PARIS. Sept. (JTA)—Members
of the Israeli delegation at the N.
Nations today made no secret of
the fact that they are greatly con
cerned over the growing tension
the eastern and western blocs in
connection with the impending
fight over Berlin in the Security
Council. They pointed out that
Israel’s cause was advanced pre
viously at the United Nations only
when the American and Soviet
positions coincided.
that the extension of full recog-
tion and favorable action on the
application of the Jewish state
for membership in the United
Nations, as well as the granting i
of financial assistance, depend on j
Israel’s surrender of the Negev.
It was learned today that Faris
el Khoury, Syrian delegate to the
U. N., has approached the Rus-
j sians to feel out what chances ex-
i ist for a reapprochment between
i the Arabs and the Soviets. Al
in* and outs
Israeli News Briefs
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The TEL AVIV, (JTA)—David Ben
U. S. Government went on record Gurion, Israeli Premier, an-
Under mounting pressure from I though the Rupssians are report-
both blocs at the U. N., the Israeli 1 ed to welcome the Arabs’ oppo-
delegation is eagerly awaiting the ! sition to Bernadotte’s report,
arrival from Tel Aviv of Foreign I Yaacov Malik, Russian envoy to
Minister Moshe Shertok who is the U. N., told the Syrian delegate
expected here either Wednesday j that Soviet policy on Palestine is
or Thursday. Meanwhile, the ! still based on the premise that
as fully backing the recommenda
tions on Palestine made by the
late Count Folke Bernadotte in
his report to the U. N. Security
Council, the text of which was
made public earlier. The State
Department released the text of
a statement issued by Secretary
of State George C. Marshall in
Paris which emphasizes that the
U. 3. Government will urge the
U. N General Assembly, as well
as the Jews and the Arabs, to ac
cept these recommendations “in
their entirety."
PARIS, (JTA)—Secretary of
State George C. Marshall called
on the United Nations to admit
Israel and Transjordan to mem
bership, in his opening address in
the 58 nations of the Genera] As
sembly.
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—In its first
official reaction to the Bernadotte
recommendations for the future
of Palestine, the Israeli Govern
ment announced that it would op
pose all efforts to exclude the
Negev from Israeli territory.
NEW YORK. (JTA) — The
American Friends of the Fighters
for the Freedom of Israel, a pro-
Sternist group, issued a statement
announcing its dissolution. The
statement bitterly attacked the
Israeli Government for outlawing
the Sternists.
nounced a $20,000 reward for in
formation leading to the arrest of
the assassins of Count Folke Ber
nadotte.
delegation is holding informal dis- ]
cussions with envoys of the ma- .
jor western powers.
The United States and Britain I
are continuing to press for the
speediest possible implementation
the Nov. 29 General Assembly
partition resolution must be im
plemented.
British Foreign Secretary Er
nest Bevin this morning called on
the U. N. General Assembly to
of Bernadotte’s recommendations, i give urgent attention to the rec-
Representatives of the two coun- j ommendations on settling the
tries are making it plain to Israel ! (Continued on page eight)
Court Hears Case
Of Work Refusal
Report Soviet
Warning in Talk
PARIS, (JTA)—Members of the
Soviet delegation to the U. N.
General Assembly, in confiden
tial talks with Israeli representa
tives here, have inferred that it
Israel yields to western pressure
and accepts the Bernadotte rec-.
ommendation as a basis for peace
negotiations, the Sovie^ Union will
withdraw its support of the Jew
ish state, it was reported here in'
well-informed quarters.
This disclosure came following
denunciation of the Western pow
ers by Andrei Vishinsky, Soviet
Foreign Minister, for “sabotag
ing" the previous U. N. decision
on Palestine. “Influential mem
bers of the United Nations," he
charged, “are using their author
ity not to implement the General
Assembly’s recommendations, but
on the consrary to put into ef
fect measures which are funda
mentally contradictory to these
recommendations."
Vishinsky charged that the Se
curity Council., by its failure to
carry" out the General Assembly’s
Nov. 29 partition decision, “push
ed the Arabs and the Jews down
the road to war.’ ’
... in short
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The Is
raeli National Soccer Team lost
3-1 to the U. S. Olyp Olympics at
the Polo Grounds before 50,000
persons. Proceeds go to the UJA.
NEW YORK, Sept. 27. (JTA)
—Eleven Interfaith scholarships
of $300 catch were awarded this
year by the B’nai B’rith Hiilel
Foundations.
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Five Pro
testant ministers have been
awarded fellowships for graduate
studies at the Hebrew Union Col-
lege-Jewish Institute of Religion
in Cincinnati during the school
year beginning Oct. 23.
LOS ANGELES, (JTA)—Ed
die Cantor was awarded this
week the 1948 “Citation for Hu-
manitariainism" of the United
Jewish Appeal.
Eban Attends
Bernadotte
Last Rites
STOCKHOLM, (JTA)—Aubrey
S. Eban, head of the Israeli dele
gation to the U. N., participated
at funeral services here for Count
Folke Bernadotte. Top U. N. of
ficials, including U. N. Secretary-
General Trygve Lie and chief of
the British delegation Sir Alex
ander Cadogan, also witnessed the
funeral services.
Dr. J. Wolfberg, newly-appoint
ed Israeli representative to Scan
dinavia, declared upon his arrival
here that “I am convinced that
democratic Sweden understands
us.”
On Sabbath Job
PHILADELPHIA, (JTA^—The
Pennsylvania Superior Court will
consider the case of a Jewish wo
man who, because she refused to
work on th^ Sabbath, was denied
State Unemployment Compensa
tion Board benefits.
She rejected a position offered
her by the Board because it re
quired working on Saturday.
Leo Pfeffer, assistant national
director of the American Jewish
Congress, has asked the court to
reverse the Board’s decision on
the grounds that it was within
the woman’s right to refuse to
work on Saturday, “since working
on the Jewish Sabbath is in vio
lation of her religious obser
vance." Sabbath observance,
Pfeffer argued, whether it be on
Saturday or Sunday, is a basic i
tenet of religious freedom.
ARMED PEACE—The Jewish National Fund intended this drawing to illus
trate Palestine : s Sabra—her cactus-tough population. This it does magnific
ently. But it seems also to catch the spirit of armed peace which prevails to
day for Jewry everywhere. Hence it merits such prominence in this Rosh
Hashona issue. How well it expresses o ur hopes for peace, the striving of man
kind for progress against the detestable wastefulness of war and arms . . .