Friday, September 2it, 1947 sons fel- ;ocial body there give e to ac- He erent 's to his lidn't from stab- who der- e in king, [mon I f the the be- , i Al 3 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE An Open Leiter Acclaim of UN Partition Proposal May Be Premature, Events Hint (The following is a radio Assembly is not bound by the brothers in Europe, will con- address delivered Saturday recommendations, but must ac- tinue rotting in the camps, dis- over WJLB on the American cept the findings of fact. Thus Jewish Congress Hour by the majority and minority com- sension will continue in Pales- Seymour Tilchln, publisher of mittee accepted the findings of tine, Britain will continue its the Detroit Jewish Chronicle.) fact, but divided on their rec- brutal and deteriorating policy and Jewry's hopes and dreams ommendations based on the same will be shattered again. To the Community: facts. • • • I don't know when in the Let me tell you now, that the OUR CONTRIBUTION past two thousand years of Jew- facts are unfavorable to us, and WHAT CAN WE, you and I, ish history more significant events there is the possibility that the do about it? How can we help? have taken place in the short assembly may whittle down Shall we leave it to our leaders period of one person's lifetime. even the recommendations of again, and go on minding our ere are these of us who the majority report—or make own business? Or maybe . we mber the birth of modern entirely different recommenda- ought to hold another protest tions. I can almost assure you nisM 50 years ago. Many meeting, or send a few more more of us remember the Bal- that they will not give us more. letters to our government repre- • four Declaration and the Paleg- sentatives? tine mandate; when the prayers 2. THERE IS THE DANGER The answer is, that this time and hbpeS of Jewry for the re- that with our government's we can't afford to sit by. This turn to nationhood of the land neutral attitude, Britain's delay- may be our last opportunity of their fathers—were recognized ing tactics and with the Arab for years to come, perhaps not by the nations of the world. delegation's attempt at filibust- until another' world tragedy Practical3y all of us remember ering, that the assembly may takes place. We must act and some of us have even wit- not come to any conclusion at strongly, and we must do so nessed the greatest tragedy in all at this session. collectively and in unity. What- Jewry—the slaughter of six mil- 3. Even if they should come ever action we take must be lion of our brothers, and now to a conclusion and accept the timely and in all earnestness. we are witnesses to the pos- recommendations of the commit- I want to tell you, that the sibility of the return of at least tee, Britain is not bound to act Zionist Council of Detroit, com- a small' part of Zion to Israel. or accept those recommenda- posed of people who are watch- • • • tions. ing these events closely are A. Even if Britain should say, making the necessary prepara- ADVOCATE PARTITION AS YOU KNOW, the United "Gentlemen, we accept your tion for real action. You in the Nations • appointed a committee recommendations, and we re- community will be called upon to investigate the Palestine sit- linquish the mandate to you," to participate. The success of uation: Approximately a week the United Nations, at the pres- that action will depend upon ago, this committee handed in ent time, does not have the you. What is the plan. its report. The majority recom- machinery to effectuate the plan. 1. We want our government mended that Palestine be pdrti- They don't have an interna- to express itself favorably to- tioned into Arab and JeWlsh tional force, and by present in- wards a Jewish State, without states. The Jews were Oren dications, won't have one for a contradiction and double-cross- better than one-half of Palestine, long time. ing. Thus it will be up to you The result will be that our to shower our representatives but the major part of that land is desert and wasteland. Despife the fact that under the mandate we are entitled to all of Palestine, including Trans- , jordan, yet because of the trag- 4/ edy- of the displaced persons, our leaders, in fact, the majority ,---- of our people hailed the recom- FLINT—The General Assem- 600,000 Jewish survivors in Hun- mendation • with enthusiasm and bly of the United Nations must didn't fail to tell the world that take positive action on the rec- gary and Romania, and described we are willing to negotiate on ommendation of its Palestine the immediate needs among the basis of those recommenda- committee to permit 150,000 them as "the greatest" in modern history. tions. homeless Jews to enter Pales- The state conference preceded I think it was a mistake on the formal launching of fall our part to let the world think drives in Jewish communities that we look with favor upon throughout the state in support these recommendations. If the of the nationwide United Jewish world was going to give us Appeal Campaign which provides anythirig--thoy• couldn't have the funds far the Joint Distribu- given, us less—it certainly has tion Committee, the United Pal- restricted our bargaining power estine Appeal and the United to no more than what was rec- Service for New Americans. ommended; Any compromising "In all the 'darkness of the from here on will be a whittling European continent with its ha- down of these recommendations. tred and misery, the hope of • • • finding a better life in Pales- WARNS OF OPTIMISM tine is the only ray of light for HOWEVER, EVEN ON the large numbers of survivors of basis of ' these recommendations, Hitlerism," Meltzer said. "The I want to warn you not to be recommendation of the United too optimistic and jubilant be- Nations commission must not cause: bog down in technicalities. We 1. Those of you who have all must work towards this end. read the entire report will find, This proposal is the only real guarantee for a safe future which first of all, that the report is divided into three major parts, sustains the homeless Jewish ding of fact, the recom- survivors. Remove this hope and you invite disaster." ations and the annexes. SIDNEY FLATOW s committee differs from the Anglo-American committee, tine in the next two years, Ju- in that the Anglo-American lian Meltzer, correspondent of RABBI DAVID RINE committee was invited to make the New York Times in Pales- Well-known Religious and recommendations, and these rec- tine, told 300 Jewish community Practical MOHEL ommendations were supposed to leaders Sunday at the Michigan be adopted by Britain. 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