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Reconsideration of Action Against Israel Asked by Z O A New York (JTA)—Sharp criticism of the State Department's ac. tion In withholding financial aid from Israel was voiced In a resolution adopted at an extraordinary session of the Administrative Council of the Zionist Organization of America uttended by more than 500 Zionist lenders from'all parts of the country. The resolution reads: • "We are shocked by tin; action of our Department of State in Cutting off the economic aid to Israel which had been voted after Careful deliberations by the Congross of the United Statra. This unprecedented action against a friendly notion was totally unwarranted. We cannot accept the reasons advanced therefor by trio Secretary ot Stale. "The dispute over Jordan Itlvcr development is yet to be discussed and adjudicated by the United Nations. Prejudging the outcome In this manner is contrary to the American spirit of fair play. Moreover, as American citizens, Wo deplore the uso of economic pressure to coerce Israel into accepting the State Department's views prior to a United Nations
Plan Blueprinted for Middle East New York (JTA)—A group of prominent American Christians proposed a $800,000,000 United Nations program for refugee resettlement and economic development in the Near East as an inducement to the Arab states and Israel to reach a peace agreement. The blueprint was sent to the Secretary General of the United Nations, the president of the Genera] Assembly, and to 00 UN delegations. Among the signers of the pro-, posal were Summer Welles, former U . S . Undersecretary of State; Paul Porter, former head of the O. P. A. and one-time U. S. representative on the UN Palestine Conciliation Commission; Earl G. Harrison, ox-Commlssloncr of Immigration and Naturalization, and James G. Patton, president of the National Farmers Union. The blueprint calls for the investment of $500,000,000 in the development in the Arab-Israel i m of natural and human resources over a period of six years. Tho Arab states, owing to their oil income, would bo requested to help pay for this phase of tho program. The amount of $300,000,000 would be devoted to the resettlemontof the Arab refugees. Icrael would bo requested to contribute toward this sum.
On Radio and TV The first telecast In a series four programs portraying various phases of Jewish faith and culture will be presented Sunday, from 12:30-1:30 p. m., over WOW-TV, as part of the National Broadcasting Company's public Eervico religious series, "Frontiers of Faith," it was announced by The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, under whose auspices this program is produced. Tho forthcoming telecast, " B e t w e e n Two Eternities,'' written for television by Peabody award winner Morton Wishengrad, will dramatize highlights from the life of tho late Solomon Schlcehtcr, renowned scholar and first President of the Seminary. Tho 'story of his life as a young scholar at Cambridge, and of his exciting discovery of the priceless, ancient Gcnizah manuscripts burled in tho Cairo Synagogue forcefully illustrates his contributions to Judaism. "Message of Israel", will bo broadcasted over KO1L Radio this Sunday from 11:05 to 11:30 a. m. Hnbbl David S. Jacobson of Temple Beth El, San Antonio, Texas, will speak on "Light Their Life With Faith."-
decision. This Is In direct violation of frequently-stated American policy toward friendly nations. !'We call ui>on our government to reconsider and to reverse Its hasty and unfair action in withholding the economic assistance which Israel needs and which is also essential for maintaining the larger American objective of Near East stability and democratic progress. We are confident that when all the facts are known our position will be supported by American public opinion." Dr. Kmanuel Neumann, nicmlKT cf the Jewish Agency executive, addressing the session, said that it i.s appalling that our State Departmrnt should have1 blundered so badly in handling' the ArabIsrael situation. He called upon all friends of Israel and all men of Koorl will "to rescue the fabric of America-Israel friendship from malevolent hands intent upon tearing it to shreds."
Sen. Wiley Asserts U. S. Friendship Washington (JTA)—The belief that the clouds hovering over American-Israel relations will pass away was expressed here Sunday by Sen. Alexander Wiley, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, In an address Ijcfore 4,000 delegates to the Hadassah convention here. Sen. Wiley said that the friendship between Israel and the United Stales "Is too deep, too warm— to permit it to be harmed." He asked for patience and understanding. At the same time, he emr.hnr.lzed that Congressional leadership "will not presume to usurp the prerogatives of the Executive Branch" and pointed out that members of the Congress "arc not in the business of day-to-day formulating and Implementing of foreign policy." This, he said, is the province of the State Department. D e c l a r i n g that "extremism breeds extremism" and "raids breed reprisal," the chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said that In place of conditions necessary for an ArabIsrael peace, there were "the choking economic blockade, the closing of the Suez Canal to Israeli com^ mcrce, the barbed wire tension, and the host of other artifical conditions which have bred the present crisis." It was the world which suffered as well as Israel and her neighbors from Arab-Israel border war, he stated, adding that the Communist»may exploit the situation to "play their devilish mischief."
Global Report V. S. AID Chicago (WNS)—A resolution deploring the decision of our government to withhold an approved grant-ln-aid to Israel on the ground that Israel had resisted an order of the U. N. truce supervision body was adopted here by the American Jewish Committee at its two-day executive committee session here. The resolution stated among other things, that tho effect of our government's action was to prejudge the Issue without hearing and that "the situation thus created transcends the issue of the propriety of the Israeli conduct," JUDAISM Moscow (WNS)—Judaism, as defined in the latest volume of Uussla'3 Standard Encyclopedia, is ulilized by tho "ruling and exploiting classes as a weapon of spiritual oppression of the tollers." The Communist evaluation said of Judaism that "as ever, it plays a reactionary role and is being used by tho Jewish bourgeoisie of capitalist countries and by international imperialism as a means of, the spiritual enslavement of the Jewish toiling masses."
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Expanding Economy Is Planned by Israel Jerusalem (JTA)—A wide range of military, political and economic problems were brought to the attention of the approximately 150 Jewish leaders from various countries abroad who assembled here for a five-day conference to map plan* for incrcuBcd economic aid to Israel. A 300-page plan calling for the development and expansion of Israel's agriculture, industry, communications and housing over the next seven yean WUH presented to the conference. Jt visualizes the population of Israel reaching 2,000,000 Jews.by 1960 and proposes reducing ' the foreign exchange gap by in creasing exports and decreasing
Restitution Court In Berlin Starts
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Chesf Campaign Extended t o Tues. The Community Chest campaign in the Omaha nrca has been extended to Tuesday, Nov. 3, M. Cooper Smith, campaign chairman announced at the third Chest report luncheon held Monday at the Fontenelle Hotel. The drive has been extended, Mr. Smith stated, so that solicitations can be completed and reports turned In. At this point, tho drive had reached $870,507, about 74 per cent of the campaign goal, it was announced. The hew monarchs of Ak-SarBen, King Clarence Landcn and Queen Nancy Mlllard, were guests of honor. Tho next report meeting is scheduled for this coming Tuesday at tho Blackstone Hotel.
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Berlin (JTA)—The n o y Supreme Restitution Court ot West Berlin officially began its work Wednesday on an initial group ot 450 cases Involving claims by victims of Uie Nazis—mostly Jews now living abroad—for the return of real estate, businesses and personal property. The court 1* composed of one judge each from the three Western occupying powers, three German judges and one "neutral" presiding Justice from Sweden. Since the West Berlin restitution statute went into effect, some 127,000 claims have been filed, 55,000 of them by the Jewish Restitution Successor Organization on behalf ot the Jewish community in cases involving Jews who died helrless. Roughly half of the Individual' claims have been disposed of by the Berlin municipality and about 12 percent of the JRSO's claims have been settled. Property compensated for thus far amounted to about $40,000,000. . Many of the cases which are now before the court—on appeal from the dccisldns of the West Berlin courts—hinge on the fact that the Soviet authorities have not participated in the restitution program and property lost in the Eastern zone or in East Berlin cannot be recovered through West Berlin. In some instances bank accounts were confiscated from banks which now have branches in the Western zone and their main offices In the Soviet sector, a factor which led thd West Berlin lower courts to rule against the claimants. •PREMATURE Jerusalem (JTA)—All speculation concerning Premier Ben Gurlon's taking a lengthy leave of absence or retiring is "premature," well informed sources said here this .week. These sources pointed out that in tho present tense political situation Mr, Ben; Gurlon would not leave the Cabinet
U. S. Bankers to Serve as Advisers of Jewish Agency Money Policy New York (JTA)—Four leading New York banks have accepted an invitation from the Jewish Agency to send senior officials to Israel to evaluate the Agency's activities and advise on the formulation of Its financial policy, it was announced hero. Georfic T. Newell, vice-president of the'Manufacturers Trust Company, and Harold W. Kasmussen, vice-president of the Marine Midland Trust Company, members of the group, left Monday aboard the S. S. Nieuw Amsterdam accompanied by Gottlieb Hammer, executive director of the Jewish Agency, In Rome they will be joined by II. Harold Whitman, vicepresident of the National City Bank nnd Max E. Gevcrs, assistant vice-president of the Bankers Trust Company. The group will arrive in Israel by air on November 4. Mr. Hammer made the following statement Just before the group's departure: "The four banks that have accepted our invitation to send senior officers' on a tour of Israel have worked In close cooperation with the Jewish Agency. In the course of tho past eight years, these banks have extended to the
Jewish Agency loans and credits in the aggregate amount of many tens of millions of dollars which helped the great humanitarian effort ot resettling in Israel some 760,000 refugees from persecution and In developing the Agency's extensive colonization and construction program in that country, "Formulation ot the Jewish Agency's plans for its Immediate and long-term programs requires the best financial counsel and guidance we can obtain. We arc most grateful, therefore, to the Manufacturers Trust Company, the National City Bank, the Marino Midland Trust Company and the Bankers Trust Company for assisting us in reviewing our work in Israel, evaluating the scope of our program for the immediate future, and advising us in formulating a financial policy for the Jewish Af'ency in 19M. "Our group will spend three weeks in Israel, vi ating the v.u Icus undertakings of the Jewish Agency and tourning the country. "We have a heavy 'cheduli1 on our hands. We are hopeful that the recommendations of this group of financial experts on completion of this tour will contiibutc gicatly towards our efforts."
imports. Mr. Ben Gurlon reviewed the historic partnership between world Jewry and the Jewish community of Israel, pointing out that this partnership had enabled the Infant state to expel six invading Arab armies against whom no nation in the world had demanded the imposition of sanctions for aggression and who then and since have broken • United Nations decisions and agreements with impunity. . Commenting on the transfer of Israel's capital from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, the Premier pointed out that when the Jews took over the city It was a shell battered "by Moslem soldiers and British officers who consider this the holiest city in the world." It is "unimaginable" and "sheer nonsense" that Israel's capital should not be in Jerusalem, he added. World Forces Mr. Ben Gurlon also told his listeners that "there arc world forces which cannot bo reconciled with Jewish independence and with national equality for the Jewish people." He continued: "The world does not accept us as we are, as equals to equals. Things which arc natural and elementary with other peoples arc not linked or not understood among Jews." Reviewing the task of bringing in and absorbing the Immigrants to Israel, the Premier detailed the d i f f i c u l t i e s facing the state throughout its short life, but stressed that while the Israelis knew the dangers of mass immigration, "we also knew our responsibility to our people and to history. We knew in what danger Yemen, Iraqi, Lebanese and Egyptian Jews were." He added that efforts must still be made to bring the Jews out of Libya and Morocco and out of the East European countries to Israel. Future Task* Turning to the future tasks of the Jewish State, he maintained that "we must 'Use all our energy and science" to "enrich and develop this country which the Arabs did not cultivate because they did not consider it theirs, and to convert it to a country flowing with milk and honey. For this we must have power and water," he stressed, "for this goal we drained the Hulch swamp and began the Jordan works, but (UN truce chief) General Bennike says it will give the Jews a military advantage. "We are not looking for any military advantage," the Premier stated. "We look for'peace, we want peace, we love peace, which Is one of the basic elements of the restored Israel."
Sociologist at Institute Dr. Philip M. Hauser, eminent sociologist, who Teccntly returned from a fifteen-month visit in Southeast Asia, will lecture at tho University of Omaha this coming Wednesday at 0:15 p. m. Dr. H.'iuser will speak on "World.Population iu War and Peace." This will be the fourth program of the. Eighth Annual Institute on World Affairs held al the university. The theme for this year's institute is "Problems nnd Problem Areas." On his trip through Southeast Asia, Dr. Hauser spent some time in Burma. During the trip, he served us statistical expert for the UN Technical Assistance Program.