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. 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