Detroit Jewish Chronicle

7, 1945

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and The Legal Chronicle

VOL. 47, NO. 36

DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The
Leger Chronicle

SECTION FOUR

Friday. September 7. 1945

STAILTES WITHOUT IRONTIERS

By Des Gabor

be sued. For instance, the boun- justice,
etc. Each state would
daries between the states of New
would continue to profit by suchtional oppression impossible. It is
The time is approaching when York and Connecticut, or those have its own capital.
immigration. The standard of liv-
the fate of Palestine will be de- between Virginia and Maryland,
The Government of the Coin- ing f
Arabs was raised in a good solution not only for the
cided. There is every hope that hav e h
onwealth would consist of a surprising e proportions,
and better Palestinian problem. It would also
ardly than
any to other
practical
Federal
Council
with
an
equal
the Jewish Commonwealth will be importance
determine the
earning opportunities attracted work anywhere in the world in
established there after the war. jurisdiction
Jut isdiction to which the individ- number of members elected in thousands of Arabs from neigh- other states with mixed popula-
There is lesser hope that it will ual is submitted.
both states and presided over by boring countries to Palestine. tions. That is why it would be
be established without being 0 P-
the representative of the manda- Arabs, however, are afraid that, valuable to let this system be tried
Pick
Nationalit
y
posed by Arabs. The civil and po-
tory power. It would be necessary though they would gain economi- out; and no place is better fitted
Every
person
litical rights of the Palestine
inevitable anyhow — that Eng- cally by Jewish immigration, they for such a trial than Palestine.
now living in Pal-
estine,
Arabs will be fully protected in
or permitted to enter f or and 's mandate over Palestine be would lose politically. The system
permanent
the Jewish Commonwealth. Most
residence in the fu- maintained for a number of years. of "States w i t i s
o u t frontiers"
people, however, cannot believe ture, would file a declaration stat- The task of the mandatory power,
would remove such fear, since
Bonds will
that any national not belonging ing his nationality and to which however, should be limited to re- Jewish
WRITES IMPORTAN T
immigration would repre-
free demo.
to the ruling nationality can be state he wishes to belong. This conciliation and arbitration of the
sent
no
danger
to
the
Arabs.
The
declaration would determine his differences bet w e e n the states, Arabs could profit by the econom-
satisfied in any state.
If, in the endeavor to satisfy citizenship. Thus those persons de- should such differences occur, and ic development of the count r y
the Arabs, we think of nothing claring their intention to belong to provision for the defense of without any danger of change in
else than the discredited methods to the Arabian State of the Jew- the mandated territory.
their political or civil status. For,
of minority protection and guar- ish Commonwealth, would become
Only Possibl e System
no matter how many Jews enter
citizens
of
Arabian
Palestine,
antees, an agreement satisfying
It is beyond the purpose of this Palestine, no Arab would be sub-
both parties is certainly hard to would pay state taxes and vote in article to go into details, "States jected to Jewish jurisdiction any-
visualize. However, we should not that state. Persons declaring their without frontiers" is the only pos- where in P alestine.
give up searching for new meth- intention to belong to the Jewish sible government system which
"States without frontiers" is a
ods, new ideas. The Arab prob- State of the Jewisb Common- would assure equal rights to both
lem in Palestine combines grave wealth, would become citizens of Jews and to Arabs regardless of new idea, but it is the only system
dangers nor miss the opportunity, Jewish Palestine, would vote only their number, and without divid- of government which makes na-
I present here a new idea for at the Jewish elections and pay ing Palestine. Whatever the num-
the solution of the Arab problem, state taxes to Jewish Palestine.
ber of Jews or Arabs in Palestine,
This declaration of intention no Jewish authority would ever Compare Jewish
one which may seem bold to or-
t hod ox political scientists, but would be repeated annually with have jurisdiction over Arabs and And Arab Industries
which, like a magic formula, can the tax returns the individuals no Arabian authority would have
JERUSALEM (Z 0 A)—The fol-
perform miracles. The idea is: would file and which declaration jurisdiction over Jews.
lowing table, comparing Jewish
automatically would determine to
"States without frontiers."
If the system of "States with-
I propose a Jewish and an Arab which state the state tax would out frontiers" were introduced in and Arab industries as they were
■
state within the Jewish Common- go.
Palestine, t h e frontiers of t h e in 1942, is taken from the April
wealth in Palestine, without divid-
Neither the Jewish nor the Ara- Jewish Commonwealth could be issue of the Government Bulle-
ing the territory of Palestine. Ac- bian State in the Palestine Fed- fixed on the historical lines in- tin of Statistics:
cording to this plan, the Jewish eration would have jurisdiction c l u d i n g Transjordania. There
Commonwealth would become a over nationals other than its own, would, of course, be no need for Number of Undertakings: Jew-
ish 1,907; Arab 1,558,
union of two states, Jewish and and each state would have com- restriction of Jewish immigration.
Arab, both states being independ- plete jurisdiction over all its na-
No Arab can deny that they Value of Production, Gross: Jew-
Dr. George Stefansky, noted author.;
ent and sovereign, but both with- tions living anywhere within the profited economically by the Jew-
ish LP.29,040,679; Arab LP. ity on social and political science and
out geographically fixed frontiers. boundaries of the Jewish Com- ish immigration and that they
5,658,222.
Director of Research of the United
All the Arabs residing within monwealth. Each state would have
Cost of Production Materials: Palestine Appeal, has written a new
the boundaries of the Jewish the sovereign right of making its
Jewish LP.17,552,836; A r a b book entitled, "Does The Refugee
Commonwealth would belong to own laws, and each state would Plan Second Oil
Have a Future?" In this important
LP. 3,933,429.
"Arabian Palestine," and all the use the money collected by taxa- Pipeline to Haifa
study of the problem of uprooted
'st
Jews residing within the bound- tion as it sees fit, providing for
HAIFA (Z 0 A)—Work on the Value of Production, Net: Jew- Jews, Dr. Stefansky points out that
aries of the Jewish Common- t h e education of i t s nationals,
ish LP.11,487,843; Arab LP. humanitarianism cannot solve the rein.
construction
of a second pipeline
wealth would belong to "Jewish
gee problem and that the future sects.
1,724,793.
from
the
Mosul
Oil
fields
to
Hai-
Palestine," neither state having
rity of the surviving Jews of Europe
separating frontiers.
fa is to begin aG the end of the Number of Persons Employed: can be achieved only through the es•
HE LOOKS TO THE
The frontiers of the Common-
year. The new pipeline will be
Jewish 37,773; Arab 8,804.
tablishinent of a Jewish • Common.
.D.C. FOR HELP of
w e a l t h would be the common
wealth in Palestine. A distinguished
larger
dimension
than
the
Number
of
Owners
of
Enterprises
existing
(
- 4.- ie and will being to th.s
frontiers of both star/7s. Not ter-
scholar and author, Dr. Stefansky is
and their Dependents (includ- now serving as a member of the grad.
ritory would be the object of the
Haifa oil refineries an annual
ed under foregoing) : Jewish uate held— of New York University,
sovereignty of both states, but
flow of 4,000,000 tons of crude
2,573; Arab 2,741.
individuals according to their re-
oil in addition to the 2,000,000
spective nationalities. Arabian
tons carried at present. The Hai-
Palestine would be an independ-
fa refineries are to be considera-
ent, autonomous state with 1,200,-
bly enlarged.
000 Arab inhabitants (as of to-
day) and Jewish Palestine would
PALESTINIANS IN BURMA
be another independent, autono-
JERUSALEM (Z0A)--Prof. G.
mous state with 750,000 Jewish
Mayer of the Hebrew Univer-
inhabitants (as of today).
sity is serving as chief of the
2 Sovereign States
anti-malaria unit with the Bri-
It may be hard to visualize two
tish forces in Burma. Asso-
state sovereignties in the same
ciated with him are Dr. Yoeli
territory. But do Americans liv-
and Dr. Yaffe of the health ser-
ing. in France lose their citizen-
vices of the Vaad Leumi, Jew-
ship? Americans, wherever they
ish National Council of Pales-
live in the world, can remain
. tine.
American citizens. American sov-
ereignty extends over them out-
Tel Aviv's Municipal Business
side of American territory. They
Tax was raised to a maximum of
have to pay taxes in America and
LP.25 as against LP. 12 hitherto.
can vote at American elections.
It is, of course, a bold, new idea
completely to separate a s t at e
from a territory; but it is a dem-
Best Wishes For A
ocratic conception of the state to
consider it merely as a free as-
Happy
and Prosperous
sociation of individuals.
NEW YEAR
Dividing Palestine i n t o two
states with fixed frontiers, would
create midget states, too small
After years of torture and terror he
* *
for free development. To draw a has been released from a concentration
dividing line to the satisfaction of camp. He wants to go home, but he has
both Jews and Arabs, would be no home. Ile is looking everywhere (or
HERMAN J. AGINS
absolutely impossible. Any divid- family and friends. Destitute, penniless
ing bne would leave foreign mi- and ill, his eyes are turned to the
AND FAMILY
norities within each state, and American Jewish community and the
would deprive each state of cities Joint Distribution Committee. They
7148 Thatcher
and places dear to the traditions are his hope for survival.
of each people. But if fixing a just
boundary between the two states
impossible,
mpossible. then it seems the
4:HCH:10.1:HX1414:sesesiXteses
most logical thing to refrain from
fixing boundaries at all.
Boundaries within a federation
\_ have
but two practical purposes:
They
determine to which state the
individual
has to pay the state
taxes,
And Best Wishes to the Entire
and in which state he can

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