A merica latish Periodical center CLIFTON AVENUE - CINCINNATI 20, OHIO Pride , December 20, 1946. DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE and The Legal Chronicle A Big Brother Zionist Unit Spurs Provisional Regime Asks Call for World Jewish Conclave to Set up Zion Government in Exile for a Provisional T HEproposal Hebrew Government for Pal- estine was strongly supported In a full page ad in the Dec. 13, 1946 issue of the National Jewish Post The sponsors are Zionists, mem- bers of Progressive Zionist Dis- trict 95 of New York. It was signed by Dr. Morris Zucher, president. The following are excerpts from the statement: LET THE TRUTH be known The Zionist leadership has not dealt frankly with the rank and file. There has been no discussion of the issues Involved. Always in the past we have been confronted with an accomplished fact. . . . Always it has been a retreat.. . . But in partition it will be the final retreat to the sur- render and annihilation of Zion- ism. • • • ZIONISTS HAD PLEDGE IN 1917 ZIONISTS had In their grasp the definite pledge for s Jewish State. It was watered down for an ambiguous phrase about establishing the National Home. In 1922 the Zionist leadership agreed to an administrative di- vision by the Mandatory of their National Home into Eastern and Western Palestine. Now they have meekly ac- quiesced to the transformation of Eastern Palestine into the puppet Arab state of Transjor- dania, thus cutting off 25,000 square miles of the original 45,- 000 square miles promised to the Jewish people. Despite the expressed wish of the overwhelming number of th( delegates to the recent Americar Zionist Convention, the majority of our representatives to the World Congress are prepared to vote for the further dissection of already dismembered Palestine . to accept a token Jewish State without territory, without popula- tion, without even the self-re- spect which Inhere in the self. consciousness of freedom. Send a cable to the American delegation in Basle, Switzerland, reminding them of their obliga- tion to the convention. •• How alluring are the soothing phrases of defeatism! Have we so soon forgotten the conse- quences of the lebensraum tech- nique? Shall Jews, of all peo- ple, resort to that subterfuge? Once partition is agreed to, and the treaties are signed, sealed and delivered by responsible Jewish representatives, only another world war will upset the boundaries set forth in the treaties. So unstable is the world's equilibrium that a disturbance in Palestine will react as once did a similar disturbance in the Danzig corridor. • WILL BE STIGMATIZED WE JEWS, the greatest suffer- n. 8 of the Secund World War, will `)e stigmatized as being the cause If another world war. We cannot afford to sign a contract which in )ur hearts we secretly hope to 3realt. "It is either partition or noth- ing. There Is no other way out." Yes, so speak the old Zionist 'ceders who have learner? nothing Ind forgotten nothing for the past 10 years. Because the bureaucracy las sealed itself off against new deas, it imagines that the world, .00, has stood still. The Progressive Zionist Dis- trict, No. 95, ZOA, has for the past year been advocating a con- crete, constructive program for the establishment of the Jewish Republic of Palestine and the or- ganization of its Provisional Government. Our program has been subjected to the closest scrutiny by our opponents for possible basic flaws. None has been found. Thousands upon thousands of 'hinking Zionists throughout the ountry have studied our pro- ram. We ask you to do the same. We feel certain that you will agree vith us, after reflection, that the ssue is—Either partition, or the Jewish Republic NOW. • • • CREATING TILE REPUBLIC THERE IS left for us but one program, one tactic—to convene a world convention for the purpose if proclaiming the Jewish Repub- lic of Palestine and establishing its Provisional Government. This Is not a revolutionary, but a decisive step . . . a practical step to break the vicious circle in which Zionism has been bound for 30 years. If one were asked to state in a single sentence the fundamental cause of the Zionist failure since the Balfour Declaration in 1917, it could be summed up—blind reli- ance in the gradual evolution of the Jewish State through the phil- - - , ARGUMENTS FOR PARTITION "WE WILL HAVE a Jewish State. True, a small one, but at least it will be a sovereign na- tion." The Morrison-Grady proposals do not even give us that. The so- called Jewish State will have no control over Immigration, internal development and trade policies. The final word will rest with the British administration. "A partitioned. Palestine Is only I the beginning. After we crowd in, we will stretch out for elbow- room." Chanukah Greetings TO ALL OUR FRIENDS • Continental Baking Co. • 2913 GRAND RIVER CHerry 2330 1 Frank Sinatra's leadership of a special United Jewish Appeal drive in eastern summer camps sent the drive way over the top. In appealing to the younger gen- eration, the singer said: "I feel that all Americans, of all faiths and of all ages ought to do something about the appaling plight of the surviving Jews overseas who are suffering so bitterly from the effects of Nazi slavery and torture. anthropy of others, and the diplo- matic genius of the Zionist lead- ers. This is not a defense of radi- cal measures; it is a plea for common sense and daring, with- out which no political move- ment, like Zionism, can hope to achieve power—State power. Once the Jewish Republic of Palestine is proclaimed, its Provi- sional Government established, and a substantial part of the Jew- ish people in the Yishuv and in the diaspora rally to its support, the entire aspect of the Jewish struggle undergoes a profound transformation. • • • DE FACTO EXISTENCE THE JEWISH Republic then will have succeeded in establish- ing its de facto existence. Even If the government functions tempo- rarily outside of the territory over which it claims jurisdiction, its moral influence upon the world SEASON'S GREETINGS! INDEPENDENT BISCUIT CO. "Shur-Good" Brand Page Nine will be enormous. The underground fighters then become its armed soldiers entitled to many rights under the Geneva Convention. Their acts can no longer be covered by the enemy with the opprobrium of terrorism. Who will recognize the Provi- sional Government? . . . First and foremost—the Jewish people them- selves! Oh, how the spirit of our people will be uplifted when their eyes behold the glory of the Lord's Fulfillment! The first task for us will be to help win American recogni- tion for the Jewish Republic. It is easier, far easier, for Wash- ington to extend de jure recog- nition to the Jewish Republic- an act wholly within the sover- eign power—than for Congress to, adopt innocuous resolutions in premises where London alone is the supreme authority. Granting de jure recognition to the Jewish Republic Is not a de- fiance of Britain. The United States, too, has certain fundamen- tal rights under the convention of 1924. . . . Among them is to de- termine when the Jewish people has reached political maturity in its National Home sufficient to as- sert the rights and assume the re- sponsibilities of sovereignty. • • PRESSURE ON U. S. FROM A practical standpoint, our best hope for speedy de jure recognition is preisure on Wash- ington. We have behind us the overwhelming support of t h e American people. Time and again Congress and the several state legislatures have thrown their strength behind the Zionist cause. . . . Only now we will be acting in mature political fashion. Our telegrams, resolu- tions, demonstrations, meetings, all will have a definite, realizable po- litical objective. A grass-roots American Friends of the Jewish Republic will spring into exist- ence. This program will call Into play all our forces in man and material power. All Zionists groups must be solidified for the final push. This is the battle for ultimate victory. Recognition is the last obstacle. United States recognition of the Jewish Republic will create a breach in Great Britain's Pales- tine policy that will cause to crum- ple all its entire pro-Mufti, Arab- effendi imperialist policy. Jewish and Arab masses, when left to their natural amnitles, will go along their peaceful ways, helping each other to ever loftier heights of social well-being and political cooperation. • • TACTICAL PROGRAM (a) WE MUST organize a Unit- ed Zionist Front of all elements both within and without the Zion- ist Organization of America who believe the time has come for ac- tion. Old party differences have lost their meaning in the face of the present crisis. Old leaders must either step forward or be pushed aside. Nothing . . . noth- ing must stand in the way of common action — neither dogmas nor personalities nor the vain rat- tlings of petty ambition. (b) The United Zionist Front shall issue the call for the Jewish World Convention to effect the pfogram set forth above. (c) There shall be convened a national conference of the Pro- gressive Zionist bloc In the ZOA to lay plans for calling a special convention of the Zionist Organ- ization of America, to consRler specifically the situation created by the impending approval of par- tition by the World Congress. Yours is the power and the duty. Destiny has placed in your holds the fate of our people. Let us prove worthy of our fore- bears in whose imperishable achievements we glory. Let us so act that we shall be deemed worthy of remembrance by the generations that will follow. Chanukah Greetings Supreme Musical Exchange Buy and Sell Dealers in Band Instruments 565 Michigan Ave. RA. 5175 Chanukah Greetings Chanukah Greetings DEBONAIR BEAUTY SALON J. LIEBER 8 Son 11322 DEXTER BLVD. TO. 8.0616 TAILOR CA. 6088 CRACKERS, COOKIES and PRETZELS CALLANEN - BROWN INC. 13330 GRAND RIVER 16000 WOODWARD VE. 7.2000 TO. 8-0156 408 MICHIGAN THEATER BLDG. 1124 OAKMAN BLVD. TOwnsend 8-7590 Chanukah Greetings SEASON'S GREETINGS 4, ■ 1•111, Chanukah Greetings Detroit 26 Season's Greetings • BUDDY'S Log Cabin Barbecue 9050 - 12TH ST. at Clairmount ATLAS BARREL Company DEX - DAVISON FISH MARKET 1551 E. HANCOCK 3357 W. DAVISON TE. 1.5040 TO. 8.2074 SERVICE OFFICE SUPPLY CO. COMPLETE OFFICE OUTFITTERS Chanukah Greetings Chanukah Greetings CHICAGO CORNED BEEF CO. CITY SCRAP IRON AND METAL CO. Nate Balaban — Sol Balaban Morry Wasserman 825 E. JEFFERSON AVE. RA. 8030 t 2715 W. WARREN 2434 RIOPELLE ST. RA. 4488 TYler 7.3632 CHANUKAH GREETINGS IRVING'S Inc. 1530 WASHINGTON BLVD. Chanukah Greetings .. . Gunsberg Star Kosher Sausage Co. TRINITY 2-2940 1743 P1NGREE AVE. --•