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Number 23
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Big Powers Urges U. N. Review
of Jerusalem Trustee Plan
LAKE SI CCESS. (JTA)—A resolution proposing that the IT. X.
Trusteeship Council refer the Jerusalem issue back to the Genera!
Assembly, together with the new Israel plan to p'ace the Holy Places
under a U. N. protectorate rather thaji to place the entire Jerusalem and eons of the Jewish “all-day ! Church and State Committee
area under international trusteeship, was introduced by a number of ' school
delegations at the Couneil here at which the Jerusalem problem came
up for discussion.
The Council decided to postpone decision on this resolution until
later in the week, at the same time instructing the Secretariat to pre
pare a report early on the de’iberations ronducted by the Council with
regard to the Jerusalem question. The proposal to refer the entire
issue to the General Assemb'y was supported by the United States.
Britain, ►'ranee B*lglum and other countries. It would have been
voted upon immediately if not for a request by the Philippine delegate
to delay the vote in order to give him the opportunity to consult with
his government.
The U. S. lo!d the Trusteeship Council that it was “impracticable at
this time to proceed with the implementation of the statue for Jeru-
C INC INNATI, (JTA) — Pros ) lowing recommendations of its
1.
were presented here at a | Protest against the use of our
discussion before the Central Con- | public schools as places of Bible
ference of American Rabbis dur- j distribution; 2. Opposition to use
ing its 61st annual convention, | of public tax money for direct or
indirect support of parochial
schools, Christian or Jewish; 3.
concluded.
Speaking against the “all-day
schools,” Dr, Victor Reichert of
Cincinnati, said; "I see the Jewish
all-day school as a phenomenon
that must be interpreted in the
context of the eclipse of human
istic liberalism and withdrawal
into the shell of separatism. The
all-day school seeks survival by
salem ' and. in conjunction with Britain and New Zealand, proposed voluntary withdrawal and segre-
that the question be relerred back to the Assembly for further consid
eration.
School Board Rejects Catholic
Opposition to Graduation Rites
SOMERS, N. Y„ (JTA)—Ser
ious differences of opinion, which
may provoke a test case in court,
have developed here between a
Catholic clergyman and the Som
ers Central School over a decision
to hold on June 18 a religious bac
calaureate service in which a rab
bi and a Protestant minister will
participate. The Rt. Rev. Edward
V. Dargin, pastor of a local Ro
man Catholic church, protested
against the decision to hold inter
denominational services.
“Our objection to the annual
religious baccalaureate service for
the Catholic, Protestant and Jew
ish students is that Catholics are
forbidden by Cannon 1258 of the
Code of Canon Law of our church
to actively participate in the re
ligious services of non-Catholics,"
Monsignor Dargin said in a letter
of protest addressed to the school
authorities.
Strong objection to the views
taken by the Catholic pastor was
voiced by Reverend Joseph L.
Germeck, pastor of a Protestant
Episcopal Church. - 'The effort to
abolish the baccalaureate service
is most tragic," . Reverend Ger
meck said. “Not only does this
action of the Roman church de
liberately stress the division of
the Christian church, but it ef
fectually emphasizes the differ
ences between Jew and Gentile.
“The great strides made in re
cent years toward understanding
gation from the American public
school—the best worshop we have
to forge the tools for a more ideal
America."
Dr. Emanuel Gamoran, educa
tional director of the Union of
American Hebrew Congregations,
defending the idea of a Jewish
all-day school in the United
States, declared: “It is goodAmer-
ican tradition to permit private
secular schools and day school
under religious auspices. There
fore, any opposition to their exist
ence should be based on an ob-
Opposition to use of clergymen as
official paid court,officers; 4. Pro
test against the practice of seek
ing the support 0/ town or city
officials through governmental
edicts or proclamation of a holy
day that is not significant to the
non-Christian public; and 5. Op
position to use of public buildings
for display of strictly religious
symbols of sectarian bodies.”
The inner resources and spirit
ual vitality of the generation of
Jewry which wrought the Jewish
renaissance and the state of Israel
are sadly lacking in many Amer
ican Jewish circles today, Dr.
Samuel M. Blumcnfield of Chi
cago, noted Jewish educator, told
the Conference at a symposium on
“Israel and the American Jew.”
Rabbi Charles E. Shulman, of
New York, in the same sympo
sium, told the rabbis that Ameri-
Conn., was chairman of the sym
posium.
Dr. Blumenfield said that “it is
certain that the question of cul
tural and spiritual ties between
Israel and America will surpass
in importance some of the imme
diate issues that command our at
tention today. Those of us who
live in, work for and love America
can speak with conviction that
America is different. While no one
after the nightmare of fascism
could guarantee that 'it cannot
happen here,' we maintain that
should the evils of totalitarianism
reach America, neither the Jews
of Israel nor mankind itself would
remain safe. In the light of the
reality of the state of Israel and
our present-day knowledge and
experience of America, I submit
that the cultural relations between
Israel and American Jewries
should be conceived in terfns of a
‘two-way passage."
of another religion would be ser- jjective consideration of the facts, ; can Reform Judaism suffers under
rather than on any emotional re- i peculiar handicaps with regard to
iously harmed,” the Protestant
pastor continued. “It is a trav
esty on the goodness of Almighty
God that any one can maintain
the impossibility of Jew and Gen
tile to stand together to call down
God's blessing on a group of
young people. To attack the ser
vice on theological grounds is
simply a cover to hide some
deeper meaning. Such a service
is not held in a church. There is
no teaching, no ritual, no creed,
no vestments.”
Monsignor Dargin indicated in
a letter that he may
case before the State Commis
sioner of Education or the civil
courts "for remedial or discipli
nary action.” However, the board
of th? school replied by adopting
during the week-end a resolution
directing tha principal to proceed
actions on the parts of Jews whose
Judaism is so attenuated that they
always, psychiatrically, consider
anything" Jewish as anti-Ameri
can.”
The Conference reaffirmed its
stand for separation of Church and
State when it approved the fol-
Election Returns
ISTANBUL. (JTA)—Salomon
Adatto, the only Jew in the last
Turkish Parliament, was reelected
bring the i as a deputy of the Democratic
Party in the general elections.
Since the other two Jewish candi
dates were defeated, Mr. Adatto
remains the only Jewish deputy.
He represents the Istanbul area.
EDDIE CANTOR PLEDGES FULL TIME
TO U J A AS HE SAILS FOR ISRAEL
with an interdenominational bac
calaureate service at which Rev-
I erend Germack will give the ben-
| ediction and Rabbi Solomon Kahn
Kaplan will deliver the baccalau
reate service.
1 Israel because of American Re-
j form's association with elements
1 hostile to Zionist ideology. Dr.
1 Abraham J. Feldman, of Hartford,
Knesset Hears
French, Speech
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The first
first speech in French was de
livered in the Israel Parliament
recently by Eri Jabotinsky, son
of the late founder of the Zionist
Revisionist Party, during a de
bate on the need for a Constitu
tion.
Mr. Jabotinsky spoke in French
in order to show that in the ab
sence of a Constitution, any lan
guage may be considered official.
He insisted on early adoption of a
Parade Day for
Boston Cadets
Not on Sabbath
BOSTON, Mass., (JTA)—The
annual Schoolboy Cadets’ parade
was not held on a Saturday this
year but on a week-day because
of the plea of an English high
school alumnus that such event
on the Sabbath indirectly contri-
! butes to the low ebb of religion
I today.
Maxwell Sawyer had written to
the school committee that “we
know that religion is at a low
ebb. Everyone the world over is
preaching back to the church and
started right here in Boston in
religion. Wouldn’t it be nice if we
paying respect to a religion by
picking some other day than the
Sabbath for the parade?’ '
As a result the school committee
voted to have the parade on a
week-day.
F.E.P.C. in Effect
also advocated that Arabic should
not enjoy preferential treatment
in Israel.
Israel Will Limit Immigration
Because of Finances
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Just at
a time when the prospects for the
migration of large numbers of
Jaws from East European coun
tries to Israel are becoming
brighter, the Jewish Agency and
the Israel Government are com
pelled—because of financial rea
sons—to limit the number of im
migrants entering Israel to 12,500 various parts of the country. It
a month. , was also decided to set up a com-
This was reported last week at mittee of three to work out a joint
1 a meeting of the joint immigration immigration and absorption bud-
coordiating board established by get,
Constitution, which has been
preparation for a long time. He'jjj Massachusetts
BOSTON, Mass., (JTA)—The
more inclusive Fair Employment
Practices Act which is now to in
clude summer resorts and hotels
will go into effect as soon as Gov.
Paul A. Dever signs the new
measure.
The act was drafted and filed
by the B’nai B’rith Anti-Defama
tion League and was passed unan
imously by the state senate. Spon
sors of the bill included Protes
tant, Catholic and Jewish state
senators. They are Wendell
Chamberlain, Protestant; John T.
Lynch, a Catholic and Philip
Kimball, a Jew.
grants have heretofore been per
mitted to travel to Israel.
The meeting of the coordinating
board decided to allocate 1,000,-
000 pounds ($2,800,000) for the
purchase of tents in which to
house an estimated 25,000 families
in “tent colonies” near industrial
and agricultural work centers in
Eddie Cantor, a National Campaign Chairman of the United Jewish Appeal,
shown with Mrs. Cantor as they left New York aboard the Queen Elizabeth
for a month's visit to Israel. Mr. Cantor, making his first visit to the Jewish
State, declared that henceforth he would devote the major part of his time
to the United Jewish Appeal. The noted star of stage, screen and radio who
is one of American Jewry’s most vigorous UJA campaign leaders is visiting
Israel at the invitation of Premier David Ben Curion. He and Mrs. Cantor
will survey the immigration, settlement snd absorption programs financed
with funds contributed by the Jews of America to the UJA. The United
Jewish Appeal supports the reconstruction programs of the United Palestine
Appeal, Joint Distribution Committee and United Service for New Americana.
the Jewish Agency and the Israel
Government. It is understood that
the Rumanian Government- has
I agreed to permit all Israel-bound
; immigrants who obtained exit
visas last month to leave on Israel
, ships.
Reports received here place the
1 number of Jews who obtained
The members of the commit
tee are: Finance Minister Eliezer
Kaplan; Agency Treasurer Levi
Eshkol; and Jewish National
Fund world head Abraham
Granot.
Four hundred thousand immi
grants entered Israel since the
new state was proclaimed on May
14, 1948, it was announced by
Arab Puplic Relations
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Radio
Beirut, monitored here this week,
reported that the Arab League
has decided to*open a publicity
office in New York.
visas in Rumania recently at rel- 1 Eliahu Dobkin, immigration chief
atively high levels. A transport of
1,080 Rumanian immigrants ar
rived in Haifa this week aboard
the Transylvania, the single Ru
manian liner on which immi-
of the Jewish Agency. Of the to
tal, some 215,000 immigrants
came here from Europe while
92,000 came from Asia and 60,000
from Africa, he reported.
Rations For Tourists
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Ration
coupons for meat for the first two
weeks of a tourist’s visit to Israel
will be given to him immediately
upon his arrival in this country,
it was announced in new ration
ing regulations released
week.