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Vol 49, No. 36 DETROIT, MICHIGAN, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 5, 1947 10c a Copy, $3 Ter Year

Yishuv Acclaims Report of UN

Law Deaf
to Exodus
Pleadings

Proposed UN Partition

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Following its tradition of sev-
eral years, the Temple Israel
Choir will render a Rosh Hash-
onah musical program from 11
to 11:30 a.m. Sunday over sta-
tion WWJ.
Cantor Robert S. Tulman, ac-
companied by organist Karl W.
Haas and supported by the choir
under the direction of Dan
Frohman will sing traditional
Rosh Hashonah songs. Rabbi
Leon Fram will interpret the
musical renditions for the radio
audience.

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JERUSALEM (Special)—The Yishuv in general is hap-
py over the UN Palestine committee's recommendations.
Despite scepticism over international pledges and dis-
appointment over the prospective loss of western Galilee
and Jerusalem, there was much satisfaction over the pro-
visions of the repol . "or the establishment of an independ-
ent Jewish State Lnd there was hope that this might be
the last of international investigations of the Holy Land.

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London — (Special) — A
London court denied a writ
of habeas corpus sought to
prevent the British govern-
ment from sending the Exo-
dus 1947 refugees back to
Germany.
Sir Frank' Soskice, solici-

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Hamburg Tense
as Refugees Near

opposed the writ
mr,>0 .1* was sought on behalf of
six Jews aboard British "prison
ships" now en route to Ger-
many from Gibraltar after sev-
eral days delay because of en-
gine trouble.
"If these people can be taken
lawfully to Germany they can
be taken to the North Pole or
to the lion's cage in the zoo,
D. N. Pritt, attorney for the
refugees who is a member of
Parliament, told the court.
BLUNDER CHARGED
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"This is the most gross
political blunder I ever ;heard
of," he said.
Palestine High Commissioner
Sir Alan Cunningham, return-
ing to London from a holiday
in the country, conferred with
officials of the Foreign Office on
the Exodus case.
It is understood that Sir Alan
is continuing to press the gov-
ernment to reverse its decision
to disembark the deportees in
Hamburg. He believes that re-
turning the DP's to Germany
would be a mistake on both
political and humanitarian
grounds.
Meanwhile, the high com-
missioner refused to comment
on press reports that he would
resign if the government went
ahead with its plans to trans-
port the Exodus refugees to
Germany.
FRENCH ACCLAIMED
Harold Laski, former chair-
man of the Labor Party, in a
letter to the French Socialist
organ, Le Populaire, congratu-
lated France on its attitude in
the Exodus case "despite British
pressure. Having deeply blun-
dered at the beginning of its
career on the question of Pal-
estine. it would have been more
honorable for a Socialist gov-
ernment to have started on. A
new basis, recognizing its mis-
takes, rather than be hypocriti-
cal and make France an
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Jews; Haganah Alert,
Scorns Arab Threat

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This is how the UN would divide up Palestine. Lined areas
show the recommended Arab State, unlined areas, the Jewish
State. The map does not show all of the Negev, which runs
southward to Egypt and comprises one-third of the entire
area. Nearly all of the Negev would be in the Jewish zone.
Jerusalem and Bethlehem would be internationalized under
a UN trusteeship.

Rabbis Summon City's Jews
to Special Hour of Prayer

Moved by the fate of the
Jews of Europe ai.d the tragedy
of the Exodus refugees, the
Council of Orthodox Rabbis
have issued an appeal for all
Jews to attend special services
at midnight Saturday in their
respective Synagogues. They
were joined by the Rabbinate
of Shaarey Zedek, Temple Beth
El, Temple Israel and the
Northwest Hebrew Congrega-
tion.
In setting aside this day for
prayer, the Rabbis ,said:
"As the solemn penitential
season of the Jewish New Year
approaches we, the Rabbis of
Detroit, call upon our brethren
to assemble in their Synagogues
at midnight Saturday for
prayer and meditation.
"As we convene in our Houses
of Worship let us pray that
God may gather the dispersed
and heal the afflicted among
us. May the spirit of - repent-
ance and justice enter the
hearts of the nations in whose
hands is now the power to
work righteousness in behalf
of the needy and homeless
whose cry has so long gone un-
heard.
"At this season when accord-
ing to our tradition all nations
are judged, may the peoples of
the world be moved by a desire
to atone for their past sins and

to make restitution for their
wrongdoing.
"May we, the Jews
of
America, willingly assume the
new and greater responsibilities
which face us as members of
the house of ∎Israel and as citi-
zens of our great democracy.
May we be inspired to sacri-
ficial action that they who look
to us may not be foresaken.
"As we meet in prayer dur-
ing this High Holy Day sea-
son let us be sustained by the
assurance given in our Torah,
'For the Lord thy God is a
merciful God; He will not fail
thee, neither destroy thee, nor
forget the covenant of the
Fathers which he swore unto
them.' (Deut. IV, 31).

Speaking for the Jewish Agen-
cy, of which she is political
chief here, Mrs. Goldie Meierson
welcomed the report, although
she suggested that certain of its
recommendations should be mod-
ified. She urged a short transi-
tional period, an immediate
change in British immigration
policy and some alteration in the
proposed boundaries.
ERETZ IS CALM
Meanwhile, despite war threats
of Arab leaders, Palestine was
calm, Haganah went ahead in
its work of strengthening the
defenses of isolated colonies in
the Negev and in northern Gali-
lee and the Irgun and Stern
groups pledged they would not
oppose the plan by force.
The Yishuv was confident that
Haganah could handle any Arab
uprising. The Jews belittled
possible help to the Arabs from
other neighboring Arab states
saying that Syria could not af-
ford to leave out of the country
those bands forming on the bor-
der at the instigation of the ex-
iled mufti.
ACCEPTABLE PLAN
Mrs. Meierson believed that
the UN plan was workable and
acceptable to world Jewry. She
decried the fact that 90,000 Jews
of Jerusalem would be left out-
side the Jewish area.
"We can hardly imagine a
Jewish State without Jerusa-
lem," she said, "and we hope
that the UN Assembly will rec-
tify this wrong." She conceded
that all religious shrines, Jew-
ish or otherwise, should be
placed under UN jurisdiction.
Mrs. Meierson said that west-
ern Galilee was desired by the
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U. S. Hillel Chief

London — (Special) — While
official British sources remained
silent, Arab spokesmen bitterly
assailed the UN proposal to par-
tition Palestine and the more
vocal ones threatened armed
conflict.

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British silence was, by no
stretch of the imagination, an
indorsement of the recommen-
dations.

It was conceded unofficially,
however, that the UN report
sets out a policy for Palestine
in better detail and with better
chance for world support than
the plan of the Anglo-American
committee last year which
asked for the immigration of
100,000 Jews as compared with
the 150.000 figure of the UN
proposal.

WILL ASK HELP

Britain is expected to ask for
the help of "one or more" UN
members suggested in the UN
recommendations if the General
Assembly accepts the report by
the two-thirds vote necessary.
Britain has announced in ad-
vance that it will refuse to
spend money or lives in enforc-
ing a UN decision without help
of other powers.

Arab
In New York, the
League secretary general, Abdul
Rahman Azzam Pasha, branded
the UN report as "absolutely
impracticable."
"I do not think the Assembly
will ratify it," he declared.

FIGHT IS PLANNED

Emil Ghouri, speaking for
the Palestine Arab higher ex-
ecutive. said that the "Arabs
will fight the UNSCOP
recommendations with all their
might and the help of the Arab
states. If necessary, we will use
force no matter how weak and
disarmed we are."

Converted to Judaism,
Gives Tithe to Drive....„

ROCK SPRINGS, Wyo.—Con: -
verted to Judaism, Abe Car-
mel, a miner who lives alone in
a small cabin here, has donated
10 percent of his earnings to
the Allied Jewish Campaign of
Denver, in accordance with the
law of "masser" (tithe).
The campaign received
check for $70 from
Carmel.
Carmel keeps a kosher home
and when meat is not available
lives on vegetables and fish.

British Silent,
Arab Leaders
Voice Threats

Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld has
been named national director
of the Brial Brith Hillel Foun-
dations. His appointment will
take effect Dee. 31. Rabbi
Lelyveld succeeds Dr. Abram
L. Sachar, who resigned to
devote himself to lecturing
and writing.

conference
He told a
that the Palestine rabs were
unalterably opposed to partition
and the establishment of a
Jewish State. The recom-
mendations of the UN com-
mittee justify "our decision to
b ycott it," Ghouri added.
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He said, however, that a
special Arab delegation from
Palestine will be sent to Lake
Success to fight the UNSCOP
recommendations.

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