Friday, September 27, 1946
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle
Page Ten
tone, it never lost sight of the
larger goal—resettlement for Jews
in places where they could begin
new lives. Foremost among these
places was Palestine. Polls taken
among Jews in the camps by dis-
interested agencies showed that
98 percent wished to emigrate to
Palestine. Outside of the camps,
Palestine also ranked high as a
choice for ultimate settlement.
The American Jewish Confer-
ence which includes non-Zionist
as well as Zionist groups, acted
upon the inescapable logic of the
choice of the European Jews
themselves. These Jews had de-
clared: "Europe has become a
vast cemetery for us. We want to
live as free Jews. We decline the
invitation, extended from some
high places, to 'continue contribut-
ing our genius' to an Europe which
has just repaid us by exterminat-
ing 6,000,000 of our brothers and
sisters. We want to use our con-
structive powers to build the Jew-
ish homeland."
The Conference, therefore, di-
rected its efforts to opening the
doors of Palestine to European
Jewry. At the first United Nations
Conference in San Francisco, in
April 1945, the Conference forged
a united front with Jewries from
other lands. The united delegation
succeeded in introducing a safe-
guard clause In the trusteeship
chapter of the United Nations
charter which left the rights of
the Jewish people under the Pal-
estine Mandate unchanged. But
the positive act of opening the
doors, shut tight by expediency
and appeasement while the Nazis
slaughtered Jews during the war,
demanded an unabating struggle
involving the full mobilization of
American Jewish opinion and
complete vigilance ofi tfie diplo-
matic front.
Typifying the dilemma of a
postwar world In which the big
powers evaded their obligations
and played shuttle-cock with the
aspirations of the Jewish people,
was the de-humanizing "DP" tag
which the Jews in the camps still
wore as the second Rosh Hasho-
nah after liberation approached.
In the careful language of diplo-
macy, Jews were also alluded to
as "infiltrees" and "persecutees."
Palestine was screened out of the
United Nations discussions wher-
ever possible, and as referred to
only by inferenc .
When the issue nally came to
the fore, after ''President Truman
had requested British Prime Min-
ister Attlee to permit the entry
of 100,000 European Jews to Pal-
estine, the American Jewish Con-
ference rallied American opinion
behind the President's request.
When Great Britain countered
with the proposal to establish the
Anglo-American Inquiry Commit-
tee, the Conference, though it had
correctly interpreted this as a de-
laying maneuver, led the testi-
mony for American Jewry at the
Committee's Washington hearings.
Henry Monsky, chairman of the
Interim Committee, presented the
memorandum outlining American
Jewry's position and also gave
oral testimony. The implements.
new influx of Jews, and again
demonstrates the effectiveness of
united action by American Jewry
through the American Jewish
Conference.
While the Conference has in-
terceded with American authori-
ties to keep the American zone
open to Jews fleeing persecution,
It has also publicly protested
against the attacks upon Jews 1h
Poland. When Cardinal Hlond,
Primate of Poland, attempted to
justify the murder of 41 Jews in
Kielce on July 4, 1946, by stating
that Jews "who occupy the lead-
ing positions in Poland's Govern-
ment," were to blame, the Confer-
ence declared that the Cardinal's
statement was "tantamount to ab-
solving the murderers of their
guilt," and served to "undermine
tion of the Committee's short-
term recommendations for the im-
mediate transfer of 100,000 Jews
and abrogation of the White Pa-
per's land purchase restrictions,
is the objective of an all out Con-
ference campaign at present. In
addition to public pressure, on all
occasions, this campaign is being
pushed through diplomatic chan-
nels.
"INFILTREES" AND BORDERS
TO TIIE AMERICAN ZONE
Not many months after V-E
Day, Polish Jews who had been
repatriated began recrossing the
frontiers back to the American
zone. They fled for their lives in
the face of a resurgent and un-
controlled anti-Semitism. As the
sporadic anti-Jewish attacks in
Poland became more widespread,
the numbers of Jewish "infiltrees"
who sought safety under the
American flag steadily increased.
American military authorities be-
came alarmed. Jewish installa-
tions became dangerously over-
crowded, sjnce the Jews who were
camp residents insisted that the
newcomers had to be accommo-
dated. There were rumors that the
borders to the American zone
would be closed.
The American Jewish Confer-
ence stepped into the breach. Hav-
ing established firm contact with
the Jews in the camps, it was
fully informed of the existing sit-
uation. In Washington, there were
continuous negotiations with top
War and State Department offi-
cials responsible for control of the
American zone's borders. Assur-
ances were received by the Con-
ference that Jewish "persecutees"
would not be barred from return-
ing to American occupied terri-
tory. Additional accommodations
have been provided to shelter the
Jews fleeing from Poland and
other East European countries.
The necessity for maintaining a
zone of safety for Jews in Eu-
rope has been recogniz6d. This is
to the credit of American autho-
rities, who are confronted by
many difficulties in caring for the
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