Friday, September 12, 1947
DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE
Page Twenty-four
of a million. Dr. Abba Hillel ,
Silver, who did . a great. deal .
for the Zionist movement and
the Emergency Council, turned •
over the leadership of the Z.O:A.
to a worthy successor, Dr. Milan- ,
uel Neumann, who was re-
sponsible for many achievements
by the Zionists in America and
Palestine. The active political
policies of Dr. Abba Hillel Silver
will be followed by his successor.
• • •
UN GROUP REPORTS
AS THE YEAR CLOSED the
Jewish world was electrified by
the news that the United Na-
tions Committee. on Palestine
had recognized the principle of
Jewish Statehood and that a
majority of the committee had
recommended the establishment,
by 1949, of a Jewish State in a
partitioned Palestine. '
'Welcome' To Palestine
Review of Year
5703,1946-47
(Continued from Page 20)
Congress stood Dr. Charm Weiz-
iri.Inn, who was responsible
more than anyone else in the
movement for the issuance of
the Balfour Declaration in 1917.
In spite of his bitter disap-
pointments in the various British
governments he advocated col-
laboration with Great Britain.
His point of view did not prevail
upon the overwhelming majority
of the American General Zionist
delegates and the Zionist Re-
visionists, who returned to the
fold of the Zionist movement
before the Congress convened.
They together with others,
voted against participation in
the Arab-Jewish conference.
Dr. Weizmann was not -re.-
elected as president of the Zion-
ist movement although many of
his close collaborators were
elected to the leadership.
Representatives of the Zionist
Executive did go to London
and conducted negotiations, un-
officially, with the government
but they did not achieve any
results. At one time the 'British
government was inclined to in-
crease the monthly quota of im-
migration to 4,000 under the
'condition that the Jewish Agency
cooperate with the Palestine
Administration.
A new outbreak of violence
on the part of the dissident
groups served as an excuse for
• the government to retract its
offer. Bevin permitted himself
to announce publicly that there
was a war between, Jews and
Christians, not mentioning the
provocative actions of civil and
military British forces in Pales-
tine.
• • •
Zionist leaders received the
report with satisfaction but .
they felt that the omission
of Jerusalem from the pro-
posed Jewish State was
miscarriage of justice. Thc4-
also felt that the' committer.
had not recommended a suffi-
cient area for the Jewish State.
Shipped from Cyprus to Palestine in steel cages guarded by British soldiers, 500 Jewish
children, most of them orphans, are shown as they arrived in the Jewish homeland to begin
a new life with aid made possible by American Jewry's support of the $170,000,000 United
Jewish Appeal.
ing the big powers, was elected
to investigate the Palestine
problem and report to the UN
Assembly in the month of Sep-
tember.
• • •
WORLD INQUIRY
IT WAS THE FIRST time
since the Versailles peace treaty
in 1919 that the Palestine prob-
lem was considered at an inter-
national tribunal. American
Jewry with the exception of a
small group, the Council for
American Judaism, displayed
unity and deep understanding
for the just cause of a Jewish
state.
The neutral, indifferent posi-
tion taken by the American
government during the political
struggle during this year was a
great disappointment, although
the leadqrs of the Government
assured us that there is no
change in the favorable stand
of the Government for a Jewish
state.
The UN commission spent
seven weeks in Palestine. They
saw and heard a great deal.
They were very much im-
pressed with the great achieve-
ments of the Jewish people.
The Palestine Arab High Com-
mittee boycotted the commis-
sion, which also visited Lebanon
and Cairo and heard the testi-
mony of the Arab States.
A sub-commission visited the
concentration camps. They saw
there the misery of the refugees
and they heard them, as well
as the American and British
generals, testifying that 85 per
cent of the people insist on
Palestine as the only place for
their final settlement.
• • •
INNOCENTS KILLED
AS A RESULT of actions like
the killing of innocent immi-
grants, the hanging of Irgunists,
in spite of the plea of national
and religious leaders in Pales-
tine and of other countries, the
crime of hanging the British
.sergeants took place.
This action was condemned by
the 'responsible leaders of the
Yishuv and by those of other
countries. This action was no
doubt a direct result of the in-
justice of the British (even the
father of one of the sergeants
recognized that.)
Subsequently attacks by
British soldiers in Tel Aviv and
Jerusalem took place. Innocent
people were killed. Minor pog-
roms took. place in the Jewish
section of London, Liverpool
and other parts of England.
'Then the Palestine government
started arresting some of the
Jewish leaders, including the
Mayors of Tel Aviv, Ramath
'Gan and Nathanya.
The Arabs took to their pre- 10,000 ENTER U.S.
DURING THE YEAR almost
war pogrom methods. and started
10,000 immigrants arrived in
a number of riots around Tel
America on individual and col-
Aviv and Petach Tikvah. The
more sensible and responsible
Arab leaders were against these
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attacks which can serve only
the mutual enemies of Arabs
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and Jews.
Finally the British government
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requested the United Nations to
find a solution to the Palestine
Exclusive Distribut
problem. A special session of
the UN was called in April.
The delegates of the Arab states
J. MOORIN
carried on a fervent campaign
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that the UN instruct the com-
mission to consider the estab-
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lishment of an Arab independent
state.
They found some help from
the Indian and Iran delegates.
They opposed even granting of
a hearing to the representatives
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of the Jewish Agency. T5ey
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failed in that. The representa-
tion of Dr. Abba Hillel. Silver,
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David Ben-Gurion. and Moshe
Incorporated
Shertok left a deep impression.
In the last days of the 'session,
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lective affidavits. United Ser-
vice for New Americans and the
HIAS intensified their assistance
to the newcomers. A number
of institutes of Talmudic study
were replanted from Shanghai,
China and from Europe. A num-
ber of Yeshivas increased the
number of their students.
Some progress was made- in
other fields of Jewish education
and learning. Representatives of
educational institutions and He-
brew teachers participated in
an international conference in
Jerusalem. The Histadruth Iv
rith made further progress.
A new museum was opened
through the generosity of Mrs.
Felix Warburg by the Theolog-
ical Seminary. A number of
new centers and institutions
were built during the year and
many more are being planned
for the future.
But American Jewry suf-
fered a great loss in the un-
tinfely death of Henry Mon-
sky, president of the Bnai
Brith. For the last years he
played an important role
among the leaders of American
Israel. lie was responsible for
the creation of the American
Jewish Conference, which he
served until the last hours of
his life. He became ill while
The Zionist Organization of
America celebrated• this year its
fiftieth anniversary. Fifty years
ago, a small group 'of people
assembled in Henry Street
where they laid the foundation
of this movement. At its fiftieth
year over 3,000 delegates par-
ticipated in the convention and
the membership of the General
Zionists alone reaches a quarter
The eyes of the Jewish world
were turned on Lake Succcess,
where the General Assembly of
the United Nations was to make
a final' decision on the basis
of the committee's report.
In America, the Jewish com-
munity felt certain that our gov-
ernment would throw its weight
in favor of the Jewish cause.
In Europe, the Committee's re-
port, recommending the admis-
sion of 150,000 Jews to Pales-
tine within two years, opened
new dreams and vistas to the
tens of thousands of displaced
and homeless Jews.
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SEASONS GREETINGS!
he was presiding at a meet-
ing of the American Jewish
Conference and a short while
later he passed away.
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