Friday, July 13, 1945
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
Page Twelve
they were met by Israel Rokach,
mayor of Tel Aviv, who told them
that the government would not
tolerate the mass-trespassing of
property. He told the land seek-
ers that they would have to first
By CHARLES BENSON
register with the appropriate gov-
(Continued from page 1)
ernment agencies before securing
was July As a matter of fact, he said, he I started to fence off pieces of land, any land. Later, the district po-
WASHINGTON.—It
did not differentiate among sol
2. An expectant hush hung over die•s. "I do not say white soldiers
the jammed chamber. The gal- or Negro soldiers, and I do not
leries were filled. Any minute the say American or British soldiers."
President of the United States
At one point, the galleries burst
would enter the Senate, to deliver into laughter. Eastland hoarsely
the Charter of the United Na- had shouted, "I am not prejudiced
tions, and to ask for its ratifica- against the Negro." Laughter did
tion. Yes, there he came, down not deter the Senator from con-
the center aisle, smiling to tinuing his scandalous perform-
Democratic and Republican sides ance. Openly he threatened that
alike.
returning "white" veterans would
The Senators, hoped the Presi- take care of Negro veterans. "The
dent, would consider the spirit, as soldiers are mad . .. This agita-
well as the words of the Charter. tion for social equality has de-
The primary objective is to pre- stroyed racial tolerance; and I
vent future wars. How achieve state frankly that the white sol-
that? In the language of Mr. dier is openly and avowedly wait-
Truman, by seeking "to remove ing for his chance when he re-
the economic and social causes of turns to the United States."
international conflict and unrest."
Quotes Soldier
To attain that, he continued,
In the meantime, here is the
the Charter "seeks to achieve uni- way one American soldier feels
versal respect for, and observance on the subject of race prejudice.
of, human rights and fundamental
A North Dakota editor had
freedoms for all men and wo- written in his column: "A squib
men—without distinction as to in the paper makes the statement
race, language or religion."
that there are some good Jap-
That means Mississippi, too.
anese-Americans in this country,
Mississippi is the state which
it didn't say where they were
sends Theodore G. Bilbo and but
buried." From the Western Front,
James 0. Eastland to the Senate. Lt. Col. James M. Hanley, com-
They are the pair which recently mander of the Second Battalion
shared a disgraceful four-day of the 442nd Infantry regiment
filibuster against the FEPC.
(Japanese-American), sent this
It is "natural" and "true," scorching reply to his hometown
Senator Bilbo assures the Senate,
for discrimination to exist against editor:
"I wish I could tell you the
Negroes and Jews. What this
country needs, according to his number of Japanese-Ameri-
who have died in this unit
formula, is "a bill making it cans
. . . I wish the boys in
obligatory on the Federal Gov- alone
the 'Lost Battalion' could tell
ernment to see to it that these you what they think of Ja-
minorities which are raising so panese-Americans . . . I know
much hell are permitted to get it makes a good joke—but it is
only their pro rata share of the the kind of joke that prejudice
Federal jobs."
thrives upon. It shows a lack
Our Capital Letter
Tel Aviv Jews
Rush to Locate
On German Land
lice superintendent arrived with l
number of officers and constable!.
The would-be homesteaders %v ett
given 15 minutes to disperse,
The land seekers left Saront.
Later, hundreds of Jews besieged
the land office, where they sought
to file claims to the land the;
fenced off.
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Accuses Negroes
of faith in the American ideal
Senator Eastland used his four- ... You, the Hood River Legion
hour stretch—in a practically Post, Hearst and a few others
empty Senate, but with full gal- make one wonder just what we
leries—to assail the mistreatment are fighting for. I hope it isn't
of the white Anglo-Saxon (who) racial prejudice."
There are all the earmarks of
is the forgotten man in America
today." He trotted out all the old, it, Colonel. It's what you and your
threadbare, but still useful vitup- battalion crossed the Atlantic to
eration of Negroes, added some exterminate. It's no prettier at
new angles, left most of the anti- home.
Semitic secializing to Senator
Bilbo.
"There Will Be Jewish
"The Negro soldier was an ut-
ter and dismal failure in combat State in Palestine,"
in Europe," said Eastland. He
lacked initiative, declaimed the Predicts Leader
CHICAGO (WNS). — Rabbi
Senator, flailing his arms, no
sense of responsibility, and could Judah L. Fishman, Palestine Miz-
not compare in conduct with Nazi rachi leader and member of the
soldiers. Why, high-ranking Amer- Jewish Agency, declared here at
ican generals in Europe—they re- the 22nd annual convention of
mained anonymous — told him, the Hapoel Hamizrachi that there
Eastland yelled, what a failure will be established a Jewish state
in Palestine in the near future
the Negro troops were.
Gen. Eisenhower would doubt- "with or without the approval of
less be interested to hear that. England."
Speaking of the world Zionist
Possibly he might like to know
which of is "numerous high-rank- conference which is to open in
ing generals" made the alleged London on July 30, Rabbi Fish-
statements, exactly opposite to the man, who came to this country
facts as Eisenhower observed, and from Palestine last month,
reported them. He quite explicitly stressed that it was essential that
told his first press conference in peace and unity be attained with-
Paris of his statement with the in the American Zionist move-
very valuable contributions" of ment "otherwise that conference
Negro troops, combat and service. will not accomplish its purpose.
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