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MANDATE, P. 16
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Vol. 48, No. 45
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Heads Balfour Ball
8 Palestine Leaders
Released by British
in Conciliation Move
JERUSALEM — The British government made its
strongest gesture of conciliation to Palestine Jews since
the disorders and searches began in June when it freed
three leader of the Jewish Agency and five other leading
Zionists from the Latrun prison camp.
The release had been set by the Agency as one of
the conditions to its participaton in the London Confer-
ence on Palestine.
The British action came somewhat as a surprise
since Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech-Jones had an-
nounced in Parliament last week that the government
was not ready to make any statement on freedom for the
detained leaders.
; The Palestine government in an-
Zion Court
May Halt
Removals
Bars Deportation
of Jew to Cyprus
A. C. LAPPIN has been appointed
chairman of the annual Balfour
Ball of the Zionist Organization of
Detroit by Morris M. Jacobs, pres-
ident. The event will take place
Dec. 21 at the Hotel Statler.
"Judging by the response of pre-
vious years and the increasing in-
terest in Zionist affairs, I predict
that this will be the most suc-
cessful Balfour Ball since its in-
ception," Lappin said.
JERUSALEM—A writ of
habeas corpus was secured
this week from the Palestine
High Court on behalf of a
passenger aboard a block-
ade runner which may set a
precedent in barring the
Palestine government from
deporting refugees to Cyprus.
A Jewish lawyer named David
nouncing the release of the eight
Gotein, acting on behalf of Walter
I men also promised that 120 other
Frankenstein, a passenger aboard
I detained Jews would be freed. The
the tiny ship Latrun whose inter-
government lifted the Palestine
ception inspired a demonstration
curfew as an act of good faith.
by thousands of Jews at Haifa, se-
While Jewish spokesmen here
cured the order directing the chief
acclaimed Brital n 's conciliatory
secretary of the Palestine govern-
moves, the secretary general of
ment and the British commander
the Arab Higher Committee, Dr.
to show cause why the deportation
Hussein Khalidi, declared that the
of Frankenstein should not be
British action would strengthen
halted.
the hands of Jewish extremists.
IIIRED BY BROTIIER
"The release of the Zionist lead-
Gotein was engaged by the ref-
ers proves again the Arab conten-
ugee's brother who resides in
tion that the Zionists have power-
Rishon Le-Zion.
ful influence in Whitehall and
Gotein said that he expects to
Downing Street," he declared.
file similar writs as soon as he
• •
ascertains the names of other pas-
Communal Delegates
sengers who were on the Latrun.
Palestine Problem
His move has aroused great inter-
to
Meet
on
Sunday
Raised Up in UN
est here, since this is the first
time that the legality of the de-
LAKE SUCCESS, N. Y.—(Spe-
Delegates to the Jewish Com- portations has been challenged.
cia1)—The
question
of
Palestine
These liberated children from Europe joyfully hailed the Statue of
munity Council have been called
Gotein said that he did not ex-
entered United Nations deliber-
a special meeting at 2 p. m. pect to halt the deportation of
Liberty on her 60th birthday last week on their arrival in the U. S.
ations through the back door for to
Sunday, to mobilize community Frankenstein, since the authori-
the second time this week when
through the help of United Service for New Americans and the
participation in the state-wide ef- ties could claim that they did not
the Egyptian delegate demanded
United Jewish Appeal.
an "end to religious and sb- fort to secure passage of a Michi- receive the writ in time.
gan Fair Employment Practices
The country-wide strike called to
called racial persecution and dis-
Law. The meeting will be in the protest the deportation of the Lat-
crimination."
Brown Memorial Chapel of Temple run refugees was observed quietly
The Ukrainian representative, Beth El.
as Jewish shops closed and trans-
Dimitri Manuilsky, pressed the
The Metropolitan Detroit Fair portation facilities were suspended.
Egyptian to admit that he meant Employment Practices Council is
The only incident reported was
"Allied zones in Germany and sponsoring the campaign to obtain the Injuring of a military dispatch
Palestine" when he deplored dis- 155,000 signatures of registered rider who was thrown from his
crimination. A clash ensued and
voters on initiatory petitions. If motorcycle by a wire drawn across
the matter was never brought to
the campaign is successful it will Allenby road, one of Tel Aviv's
a settlement.
be mandatory upon the new legis- main streets.
Observers saw in the Egyp- lature to consider the proposed TRUCK BLOWN UP
tian's comments a promise that state FEPC bill.
Ten soldiers were injured earlier
Egypt would raise the Palestine
If it is rejected in the legisla- when a road patrol truck was
issue before the full Assembly.
ture, the bill will then go on the blown up by a land mine. At the
• • •
ballot in a referendum to the elec- same time, a militabr truck was
torate. Similar laws have been forced off the road by a wire hung
Britain Won't Yield
enacted in New York, New Jersey, across the highway north of Pe-
tach Tikvah and the driver was
and Massachusetts.
Mandate, Smuts Says
The meeting Sunday will be ad- slightly injured. A shott time later
NEW YORK (JTA) —Britain
a road bridge near Tel Mond was
has no intention of surrendering dressed by Prof. Edward W. Mc- damaged by an explosion, but there
her mandate for Palestine to Farland, chairman, and Dr. B. were no casualties.
United Nations trusteeship, it was Benedict Glazer, vice-chairman of
Two soldiers were killed when
intimated this week by Prime Min- the Metropolitan Detroit Fair Em- their jeep struck a land mine near
ister Jan Christian Smuts of South ployment Practices Council. Rabbi Kfar Sirkin and two were wound.
Leon Fram, chairman of the Com-
Africa.
ed, according to a press release
Discussing the trusteeship sys- munity Council's community rela- by the Palestine government. This
tem at the meeting of the trustee- tions committee, will report to the contradicts earlier reports that
ship committee, Smuts pointed out delegates on the progress of the the two were killed in an alleged
that the UN charter makes it a campaign to date. Petitions will attack by Irgun members on the
voluntary, rather than an obliga- be distributed to the delegates for Ras el Ain' airfield near Kfar
tory matter, for nations to sub- circulation within constituent or-
Sirkin.
mit their mandates to trusteeship. ganizations in the community.
"This, no doubt, accounts for the
fact," he said, that Palestine has
"so far been excluded from the
Their first sight of their new homeland brings laughter back to the trusteeship system."
eyes of these little Jewish girls gazing through the porthole of the
ship which brought them to America as quota immigrants under the
1
Council Called
to Spur FEPC
•
Truman directive.
70 Pct. in U. S, Hit
Fram Named 4nti-Semitic Talk
NEW YORK (JTA)—The great
Basle Delegate majority
of Americans--more than
Rabbi Leon Fram of Temple Is-
rael will be the only Michigan
delegate to the World Zionist Con.
gross in Basle, Switzerland, next
month. He has been named one
of 40 delegates to represent the
Zionist Organization of America
at the assembly.
Fram will be the only Detroit
and Michigan delegate to the Con-
gress. Rabbi Fram is past-presi-
dent of the Detroit Zionist District
and has served as a member of
the national executive committee
of the Zionist Organization of
America. This is the second time
Rabbi Fram will attend a World
Zionist Congress. He was a dele-
gate at Lucerne, Switzerland, in
1935.
70 percent—believe that the indi-
vidual who indulges in anti-Sem-
itic talk should not be allowed to
get away with it, according to a
study made public by the Com-
mission on Community Interrela-
tions of the American Jewish Con-
gress.
Rather, they say, the person who
utters such insults based on an-
other man's religious beliefs should
be answered on the spot to coun.
teract the influence of his remarks
on his hearers.
This opinion poll is part of a
large-scale study in which the
commission is endeavoring to find
out how to deal with anti-minor-
ity remarks made in public places.
Chronicle Prints
Full Mandate Text
The Detroit Jewish Chronicle
today on page 16 presents the full
unabridged text of the League of
Nations Mandate for Palestine as
an act of public service in the De-
troit Zionist District campaign to
acquaint all Detroit Jewry on the
contents of this basic document.
The purpose of the publication
is to demonstrate that Jewish
rights to Palestine are backed by
a "constitution" approved by most
world nations Including the United
States.
Participation of children In the
educational campaign is being
fostered by an essay contest in
all Jewish schools on the question
"What Rights Do the Jewish Peo-
ple Have to Palestine Under the
Mandate?" Prizes of $25, $10, and
$5 in war bonds and stamps will
be awarded for the three best
essays.
Byrnes, Bevin Agree to Sift
Palestine Problem in Detail
NEW YORK—Secretary of State
Byrnes and Foreign Secretary Se-
vin have agreed to discuss the
Palestine question fully in the next
few weeks.
They raised the problem when
they conferred here Monday. La-
ter, a spokesman for the State De.
partment said Byrnes hoped to
present to Sevin, while the Big
Four Ministers' Council members
were in New York, "the views of
President Truman on this subject
and see whether the United States
can contribute to a solution."
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The spokesman pointed oA that
heretofore the Palestine question
had been handed personally by
President Truman and Prime MI-
ister Attlee. Recently, he said, Bevin
has been trying to bring about a
meeting between Jewish and Arab
leaders.
The purpose of the Byrnes-Bevin
talks, the spokesman added, will be
to seek implementation of the
Truman policy laid down Oct. 4.
The President declared then that
in view of the suffering of dis-
placed Jews in Europe and the
approach of another winter sub-
stantial immigration into Palestine
cannot wait a solution of the Pal-
estine problem and should begin
at once.
URGES IMMIGRATION
He suggested that the immigra-
tion laws of the United States and
other countries be liberalized to
facilitate the admission of more
displaced persons.
Mr. Truman pledged that if a
workable solution for Palestine
can be found he would recommend
to Congress a plan to assist in
the economic development of that
country.
A sharp exchange of letters en-
sued between Mr. Truman and
Attlee. The final outcome has not
been revealed.