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VOL. XXX ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 5 *** No.^
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Bavaria Urged To Close
Notorious Crematorium
MUNISII, JTA)—The crema-
torium of the infamous Dachau
concentration camp should be
closed to the public “so as t«
forestall prenicious propaganda”,
the governmental administrator
of Dachau cou jty, Heinrich Jun
ker, urges in a ’letilion to the Ba
varian Government a id Parlia
ment.
Junker, the most important
public figure in the Darhau area,
is also a Christian Social Union
deputy in the Bavarian Landtag.
His petition is the latest move in
longstanding campaign by the
Dachau city and r-.;»n*v authori
ties to ^ipe out t*’l mementoes of
Hitler’s oldest and best-known
concentration canto. Thus the
camp museum with its “Never
Again!” memorial exhibition, was
shut down frj n one day to the
next two years ago without noti
fication to the organizations of
Nazi victims. Last year, the grim
“hangman’s fir tree”, on the
branches of wnich many inmates
were publicly hanged, was cut
down. The official explanation
js that it was infested by bark-
beetles.
The “pernicious propaganda”
referred to by Junkers is the re
minder that more than ten thous
and Nazi victims were burned in
the crematorium ovens. Thous
ands of one-time inmates, dele-
gations and sightseers pass
through its doors each year. This
stream of visitor's embarasses
many Germans in the Dachau
area and beyond, who consider
Dachau an irksome reminder of
things they would like to forget.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Thi
Israel Cabinet heard Monday Pre
mier Mo she Sharett’s report on
the “brutal” shooting down of
the Israel El A1 Constellation by
Bulgarian gunners last Wednes
day. Afterwards, the Cabinet is
sued a statement expressing its
abhorrence of this “'horrible act”
and expressing its sympathy for
the families of the 58 victims.
Because it is impossible to iden
tify the bodies of the victims, the
Cabinet accepted the Premier’s
suggestion that they be buried in
a common grave.
Meanwhile, a special corres
pondent of Maariv, a Tel Aviv
evening newspaper, reported
from Bulgaria — on the basis of
eye-witness accounts and from
sources on the Israel investigat
ing commission — that the El A1
plane was pursued and shot down
by Russian-made Bulgarian jet
planes. The Maariv account says
that two Bulgarian planes forced
the Constellation to leave the air
corridor between Greece and Bui-
Airline Reroutes Planes
Around Yugoslavia Corridor
Mapai, General Zionists Alert
As Herut Registers Big Gain
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—With vir
tually all ballots, except those
cast by members of the armed
.services on active duty, counted,
the Mapai aParty’s total in the
Knesset elections stood at 32 per
cent of the votes, plus another
2.7 per cent cast for two Arab
parties affiliated with the Labor
Party. The soldier ballot count
is not expected to be completed
this week.
The Herut, now the second
strongst party in the country,
has captured over 13 per cent
of the vote, better than doubling
its strength. The General Zionists
moved into third place with 11
per cent and the Religious Lront,
composed of the Mizrachi and
I^abor Mizrachi parties, stand at
9.5 per cent. The Leachduth
Avodah captured eight per cent
of the vote while the Mapam end
ed up with seven per cent. The
Agudah has five per cent, the
Progressives 4.6 per cent and
the Communists, four. The other
slates received less than one per
cent of the total and, under the
constitution, are not entitled to
seats in the 120-member Parlia-
men.
The anticipated distribution of
seats in the Knesset is: Mapai,
40; Mapai-affiliated Arab par
ties 4; Herut, 16; General Zion
ists, 14: Religious Front, 12;
Agudah 6; Leachduth Avodah,
1; Mapam 8; Progressives, 5;
and Communists, 5.
Commenting on the drubbing
which his party took, Dr. Peretz
Bernstein, former Minister of
Trade and leader of the centrist
General Zionists, blamed the “un
restrained attack” by all parties
on the General Zionists. He ex
pressed disappointment in the re
sults and said he thought the vot
ers were “mistaken in their
judgement.”
Arieh Ben Eliezer, Herut
spokesman, jubilantly called the
gains of his party a “voters’ re
volt,” predicted that from here
on the Mapai would decline in
power and insisted that the elec
tion results were an indication of
the general feeling of insecurity
and isolation of Israel. He said
that on the basis of the results
the party would intensify its ac
tivities in the Zionist federaions
each.
of all countries and would seek
to capture the Zionist movement.
Minister, expressed concern over
the Ilerut’s gaining of seven per
centage points. She blamed Gen
eral Zionists and Leachduth Avo
dah attacks on the last Mapai-
led government for the victory of
the rightists.
In the municipal elections,
which took place simultaneously,
the Mapai in Tel Aviv was re
ported as having increased its
lead over the General Zionists
who have held the post of mayor
for decades. Evening papers re
ported that Golda Myerson, can
didate of the Mapai may become
the Mayor of Tel Aviv with the
support of a coalition among the
Mapai, Mizrachi groups and Agu-
das Israel.,
In Haifa, the Mapai won 8 seats
in the municipality, the General
Zionists 3, Herut 2, Achdut Avo
dah 2, while the Religious Bloc,
Agudah Communist Party and
Sephardic group secured one seat
garia and Y eer toward Bulgaria.
Both jets were firing on the Con
stellation which exploded in mid
air the Maariv correspondent
said. He added that the British
air attache in Sofia was also of
the opinion that the Constellation
was shot down from the air, not
from t)h£,ground as the Bulgarian
version had it.
In the wake of Bulgaria’s offer
this weekend to pay partial com
pensation for the material dam
ages resulting from the incident,
Dr. Walter Eytan, director gen
eral of the Israel Foreign Minis
try, handed Cdristo Goutev, Bul
garian Charge d’Affaires here, a
note demanding full compensa
tion as well as punishment of
those who were responsible. He
also insisted once again that the
Israel commission of inquiry,
whose six members were encamp
ed on the Greek side of the Bul
garian frontier near the site of
the crash, should be given entry
into Bulgarian territory to view
the wreckage.
Later this weekend, the Bulga
rian Government retreated from
its position of refusing to admit
the commission, and allowed
three members of the group to
come in. This was in addition to
Baruch Nir, Israel Charge d’Af
faires at Sofia, who was allowed
to go to Petrich, scene of the
crash, earlier.
Meanwhile El A1 has announc
ed that it has rerouted its flights
from Tel Aviv-Vienna and Tel
Aviv-Zurich so that they will tra
vel via Rome rather than Istan
Atlanta Welfare Fund Leaders Hold
Victory Dinner; '55 Goal Tops
By Adolph Rosenberg: leadership. He added, “You have
time for boasting, but checks for old pledges rather than done a magnificent job.”
additional pledges which could Mrs. Kurt Holland spoke in be-
not be redeemed. half of the Women’s Division. She
Ben Massell spoke in behalf of was one of the co-chairmen of
past campaign chairmen present this group along with Mrs. Belle
at the swiftly-paced dinner. Rosenfeld and Mrs. Irene
This year’s results separated Schwartz,
the men from the boys, he as- The Women’s Division did a
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It was
the atmosphere at Atlanta’s Wel
fare Fund Victory Dinner last
week was one of humble appre
ciation.
The community leaders on
hand at the Progressive Club
gave the credit to the team of
young men — Dan Garson, Mil-
ton Weinstein and Erwin Zaban
—who had led the 1954 campaign
to a new record.
These three who co-chaired the
drive passed on the credit to their
co-workers and to the contribut
ors themselves.
Milton Weinstein, who began
the program, announced the 1955
figure had reached $621,000
against $615,000 for 1954.
“It is a pleasure,” he pointed
out, “to stand here and not ask
for any money or for pledges.”
This record he said, is a won
derful tribute to you the workers
and to “our Jewish community of
Atlanta. Our thanks and hearti
est appreciation. You have made
possible this success.”
Frank Garson, president of the
Atlanta Welfare Fund, distributed
achievement plaques to the three
co-chairmen.
He told of the behind-the-scene
drama involved in selection of the
team of three to guide the 1955
campaign activities.
Young Garson, responding, con
tinued the story of the campaign
activity. He expressly mention
ed a policy of the workers to get
serted, giving credit to the 1955
m
Co-chairmen Erwin Zaban (Left), Milton Weinstein -(Center) and
Dan Garson who led the 1955 Welfare Fund Campaign to victory in
Atlanta.
bul. This will end the necessity
of travelling near Bulgarian ter
ritory., Separate direct flights will
be maintained between Tel Aviv
and Istanbul. El A1 stressed that
it will continue to maintain all
its regular transatlantic and Eu
ropean flights and has replaced
the lost plane with a Constella
tion placed at its disposal by
South African Airways.
Louis A. Pincus, manager of
the airline, in a statement here
Sunday, noted that internation
al practice required that in the
event of aviation adcidents an
investigating committee should
be permitted to enter the coun
try where the plane met disaster
and should ibe provided with all
facilities for carrying out its
investigation. In some cases,
both countries might establish a
joint commission to look into the
matter, he noted.
“It is astonishing that four
days passed before a part of the
(investigating) committee was
permitted to cross the Bulga
rian border. This delay may con
siderably influence the efficien
cy of the investigation because
traces which would enable the
establishment of facts might dis
appear,” Mr. Pincus stressed.
Eye-witness accounts from 1 the
lireek side of the border nea\
the scene of the crash speak of
“great activity” around the
wreck. While these accounts do
not reveal particulars of the ac
tive activity, Mir. Pincus declar-
tivity, they ruled out investiga
tion.
U. S., Britain
France Protest
WASHINGTON, July 31, (JTA)
The United States, Britain and
France protested to Bulgaria this
week-end against the shooting
down of the El A1 Constellation
plane last Wednesday, denounced
the affair as brutal and demand
ed payment of compensation to
the families of victims who were
their nationals. The Canadian and
South African Governments are
reported preparing to take simi
lar action.
The American protest, in the
form of an aide memoir sent
through Swiss diplomatic offi
cials who represent American in
terests in Sofia, with which
Washington has no formal rela
tions, called the incident, in
which 58 persons perished, a
“brutal attack” and a “grave vio
lation” of international law. The
American memorandum, whose
text was not made public pend
ing its receipt in Sofia, brushed
aside the assertion that the plane
was off course and insisted that
the basic question was why a
peaceful ship was attacked. It
demanded that the Bulgarian
Government:
1. Take measures to guaran
tee against recurrence of such an
■ incident, and informed the Unit
ed States Government what ac
tion was taken; 2. Punish those
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