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America Avish Periodical Cotter
Friday, August 10, 1945
CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO
DETROIT JEWISH CHkoruClt and The Legal ehronicie
Weizmann Appeals to Britain
For Justice in Palestine
conference, hailed the attainment
of peace in the American Zionist
movement, declaring that he came
to the conference as the leader of
a re-united group that would stay
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leader's support of Zionism in
united until the Zionist ideal has
the
past.
He
recalled
the
solid
"one of the fruits of vic-
been achieved.
vote of the British Labor Party
tory."
Assailing the White Paper of
Dr. Weizmann appealed against the White Paper and its 1939
which, he said, "in the judg-
to the British Government pro-Zionist resolutions, stressing ment
of American Zionists was a
that
when
the
White
Paper
was
for a Palestine policy based adopted Herbert Morrison, now token of surrender to Nazism be-
on the acceptance of Zion- Lord President of the Council, fore the great war was fought,"
ist principles and on the rec- had declared that that document Dr. Wise asserted that the "can-
ognition of Jewish rights to would not be binding on subse- cellation of that White Paper will
unrestricted irnmig ration quent governments.
be the final token of victory over
and settlement in Palestine. He paid tribute to Winston Fascism."
The Zionists, he said, will Churchill, calling him a sincere He recalled that President Tru-
not deviate from the objec- friend of the Zionist movement. man had helped bring about the
adoption by the Democratic Party
tive of developing Palestine
Appeals to U. S.
into a Jewish state as en- The Zionist leader emphasized convention last year of a resolu-
urging the establishment of
visioned by the Balfour dec- that the primary responsibility of a tion
Jewish National Commonwealth
laration.
enunciating a new policy with re- in Palestine.
gard to Palestine is Britain's, but
Assails White Paper
Hopes for Justice Held
Pointing out that because of he recalled the declaration on the
Among the speakers addressing
the White Paper only 65,000 Jews Palestine problem by both major the opening session was Dr. Leo
were able to find refuge from the American political parties and the Baeck, former chief rabbi in Ger-
Nazi terror, Weizmann stressed endorsement of the Zionist cause many, who was recently released
that "if it had not been for the both by the late President Roose- from a German concentration
impediments placed in our way by velt and by President Truman. camp. When he was introduced
the White Paper policy, many He appealed to the United Na- by Dr. Weitzmann the audience
tens of thousands might have tions, particularly the United rose and cheered.
been saved." The White Paper, States and Soviet Russia, "to give
The aged rabbi, still bearing
he added, "set a gulf between the their approval and support to the evidence of the tragedy he and
British government and the Jew- righting of an ancient wrong."
his people went through, spoke
ish people."
While disclosing that he had briefly. "Justice must be done to
Dr. Weizmann asked for a good reason to believe that the the Jewish people," he declared.
speedy decision on a recent re- British Government will revise "We have suffered a tragic pain,
quest for 100,000 certificates to its Palestine policy "as soon as when the voice of that tragedy
allow remnants of European Jew- the European war was over," and is heard, the tragedy will become
ry to enter Palestine.
that the tendency toward post- a blessing."
Stressing that the allocation of poning settlement of the question
certificates under the White Pa- was not surprising in view of the Conference in Private Sessions
Speaking at the second, and
per was almost exhausted, he urgent questions on the interna-
closed,
session of the conference,
asked:
tional agenda, Dr. Weitzmann
"Are we then, to read over warned that delay would only both Dr. Weitzmann and David
the gates of Palestine: 'No mean the prolongation of the Ben-Gurion stressed that no im-
mediate improvement was to be
Jews need apply here'? Could agony of the Jewish survivors in
any fair-minded man read R- Europe, the growing of tension, expected in the attitude of the
British Government toward Pal-
after all that has happened— and finally a crisis."
estine as a result of the recent
and not hide his head in
"Unless there is a clear British change of governments.
shame?"
road," he said, "the position is
Dr. Weitzmann devoted himself
Simultaneously he appealed to
bound to deteriorate. Our peo- to reporting the political activi-
all governments to grant free
ple in Europe are going under, ties of the Zionist executive dur-
exit to all Jews desiring to go
while in the Middle East new ing the war.
to Palestine. "I appeal to the
facts are being created which
Paying tribute to the friendly
conscience of the world," he
are calculated to prejudge the attitude of Franklin D. Roosevelt
said, "to let my people go."
issue. It cannot be expected and President Truman to Zionism,
Deplores Exclusion
that a people should look with Dr. Weitzmann said, "The time
He described as "a sad com- equanimity on the agony of had come for the United States
mentary on the peculiar political their brothers who have sur- to throw its weight on the scales
morality of this world" that fact vived so fearful a holocaust, and to bring about a favorable polit-
that states had been admitted to on the liquidation of their na- ical decision on Palestine!"
the San Francisco Conference tional home, the foundations
Two Alternatives
with the ink on their war declar- of which are laid with so much
David
Ben-Gurion, chair-
ations hardly dry, while the Jews devotion.
man of the executive com-
who had lost 6,000,000 victims
"I am speaking as a person
mittee of the Jewish Agen-
to nasizm in Europe, had more for whom cooperation with His
cy, told the conference that
than 1,000,000 soldiers in Allied Majesty's Government has been
the present situation left On-
armies, 35,000 Palestinian volun- a fundamental article of faith
ly two alternatives: the es-
teers and a brigade of their own and who for 28 years has
tabrishment of a Jewish *
were "relegated to the corridor." preached forebearance in rela-
State or "prolonged resist-
The continuance "of this anom- tion to Britain."
ance to a regime of injus-
aly is intolerable," Dr. Weitz-
Dr. Weizmann appealed to the
tice."
mann said. "Is that struggle," he Jews in Palestine "not to lose
Moshe Shertok, head of the
asked, "to bring to the Arabs all heart, to stand fast and continue
the fulfillment of all their hopes, with set face against attempt by political department of the Jew-
and to the Jews merely the re- a handful of irresponsible men to ish Agency, declared here at a
press conference that "the open-
alization of all their fears?"
distort the legitimate political ing of Palestine to Jewish immi-
Cooperate with Arabs
struggle by suicidal resort to ter- gration is the most urgent de-
Dr. Weitzmann said the Arabs rorism."
mand which the World Zionist
had "tremendous gains to register
Dr. Wise Hails Unity
Conference will voice, but not the
in terms of political emancipa-
Dr. Stephen S. Wise, leader of sole demand."
tion and potential unity as a re-
"At this historic juncture,"
sult of the last war and the pres- the American delegation to the
ent war — gains which I do not
begrudge them, but which in sim-
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Dr. Weitzmann, referring to
the new British Labor Govern-
ment, said that the Zionist move-
ment had never linked its des-
aues with any political parties.
He noted, however, "with singu-
ar satisfaction" the Labor Party
Pegs Thee.
he said, "there should be a ma-
jor political decision with re-
gard to Palestine primarily by
the British Government, but
supported also by the two great
allies."
"The decision should provide
for the setting aside of Pales-
tine as a country where the
newish people should be free to
work out their own salvation
and achieve statehood."
At the same time he emphasiz-
ed that the additional task of the
conference is to stabilize the in-
ternal life of the Zionist move-
ment.
Pointing out that there was no
ground to fear that Soviet Russia
would oppose a favorable decision
on Palestine by Britain, one hav-
ing the endorsement of the Unit-
ed States, he recalled that Win-
ston Churchill had made one of
the strongest attacks on the
White Paper when it was sub-
mitted to the House of Commons
in 1939, and that Herbert Mor-
rison, now Lord President of the
Council, had declared at that time
that the White Paper was not to
be considered as being binding on
subsequent British governments if
conditions changed.
At the same time Shertok dis-
closed that the absence from the
conference of delegates from
Eastern European countries was
due to exit difficulties. Britain,
he added, had granted entry visas
to delegates from all countries.
E. Europe Rabbis
To Hold Parley
BUCHAREST (WNS) — The
first organized step toward the
religious rehabilitation of the
Jewish survivors in Eastern Eu-
rope was taken here this week
when it was disclosed by the of-
ice of the Chief Rabbinate that a
conference of the surviving rabbis
of Poland, Romania, Hungary,
and Czechoslovakia is to be held
in Bucharest on Aug. 26.
The gathering will discuss gen-
eral Jewish religious and educa-
tion problems, and is expected to
culminate in action looking to the
revival of religious education
among the Jewish survivors gen-
erally, and the youth in particu-
lar.
Jewish Vets Aux.
Aids Soldiers
Detroit Ladies Auxiliary No.
135 Jewish War Veterans were
hostesses to the patients at the
Dearborn Veteran Facilities Hos-
pital on Aug. 2 and presented
each veteran with gifts of cig-
arets, cards, and stationery.
Sisters who assisted were Lil-
lian E. Fink, hospital chairman,
Esther Tenzer, president; Birdie
Rosenberg, Dept. of Mich. presi-
dent; Fannie Straus, Hattie
Cohn, Lillian Sachs, Mollie Elbin-
ger and Ann Leiser.
Polish Exiled Regime
Accused In Pogroms
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ing in German concentration
camps" three months after vic-
tory, be released at once and
that the Allies "requisition the
good dwellings, the good food and
good attire from the Germans and
give them to their victims." He
said the World Conference of
Polish Jews will press on the
United Nations the opening of
Palestine to dispersed and home-
les Jews in Europe.
Dr. Tenenbaum said his organi-
zation endorses the program of
the Zionist Conference in London
to "secure the Jewish Common-
wealth in Palestine as an imme-
diate necessity." He praised the
reconstituted Warsaw regime.
Turning to the scheduled meet-
ing of UNRRA in London in the
next few weeks, the leader of
3,000,000 Jews of Polish descent,
said that it must take up the prob-
lem of granting the Jewish peo-
ple "equal representation on the
council and the committees of this
all-important Relief Organiza-
tion." He claimed that UNRRA's
breakdown was due to "its rigid
structure" which permits the indi-
vidual state to be "the pivot and
arbiter of all relief activities in-
cluding its distribution." He de-
manded a nation's status for
Jews.
The World Federation of Polish
Jews is campaigning at present
for $5,000,000 to relieve and re-
habilitate distressed Polish Jews,
Dr. Tenenbaum said, He announ-
ced a plan for the adoption of
10,000 orphans of Polish Jewish
parentage by individuals and or-
ganizations in America.
AMG Handling
Of Refugees Scored
By Dr. Goldstein
LONDON (WNS)—Dr. Israel
Goldstein, of New York, president
of the Zionist Organization of
America, who has just finished a
tour of the American-occupied
zone of Germany, declared here
that he was not impressed with
the military government was
handling displaced persons still
in camps in Germany.
"I have yet to see any very
convincing signs that they are
attacking the probelm with the
energy, intelligence or sympa-
thetic understanding which Amer-
ican officials do possess when they
put their minds to it," he said.
Dr. Goldstein, said the military
government appeared to be an-
xious to get rid of the problem of
the displaced persons. "For in-
stance," he said, "there has been
no organized useful work for the
displaced persons to keep them
busy in camp."
Dr. Goldstein estimated that
there are 100,000 Jews in Eur-
ope who would be ready and will-
ing to leave for Palestine tomor-
row, and that 1,000,000 want to
migrate there eventually.
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