President Truman’s decision not to run for reelection may have world-wide repercussions, Dr. S. Levenberg, Jewish Agency representative in Britain, declared here today at the annual convention of the British Zionist Federation.
Dr. Levenberg said that the Jewish people “would ever be grateful” for the historic part President Truman played in the establishment of Israel. He recalled the American President’s demand for the admission of 100,000 Jews to Palestine after World War II and the speedy recognition of the Jewish State after its establishment. The Jewish Agency leader asserted that it was mainly because of the President that the Negev and the Akaba area were included within the boundaries of Israel.
He also advocated the convening of a “Jewish Congress for Israel” in all countries outside Israel in 1953 to demonstrate the strength of the Zionist idea among Jews abroad.
Addressing the opening session of the conference last night, Prof. Selig Brodetsky, former president of the Hebrew University, suggested that the Jews call off the negotiations with West German for reparations because the Germans have begun to express “doubt, ask questions and say they cannot afford to pay.” He suggested that the Jewish delegation make it clear to the Germans that the Jews have “no intention of waiting until the Germans can afford to pay or until their other debts are paid.”
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