14$ THIRD OF A CENTURY OF SERVICE TO DETROIT JEWRY on our was um. "Can the the n i p us Lion," that with have ared live. t of t an alit, the U.S. Vets 4 ) inlist for Zion Fight Major Weiser hopes to have some of the men in Palestine by the end of May. .The volun- teer force, to be known as the George Washington Legion, will include fighter pilots, Weiser said. Barney Ross, former welter- weight boxing champion' and hero of Guadalcanal, has en- listed in the force. Herbert M. C. Walker_ veter- an pilot who is helping to or- ganize the fliers, said that the force has P-51's, P-38's and P-63's available and that "they are where we can get them" although none is yet in Palestine. , oc- vot- the post • rues- Ftosa- meri- scuss sled- three g at ogre- 11 be NEED ARMAMENT the ;ched- The planes are fully equipped except for machine guns, he added. Major Weiser said that the League will seek $8,000,000 to equip the George Washington Legion. He did not explain how he would circumvent the United States arms embargo. I are: Kauf- Mrs. askal, e part- Marks. Day of Prayer Set in Palestine Crisis g se- lf the Aviv noth" daily home just ; k, the t fern. "Sir, ailing. id not , ,ed to shall wait t the tr car rnalist young 11 you your now oth—I what o." UJA Ai Joining the nationwide day of prayer on behalf of Palestine, the Detroit Rabbinate has call- ed all Detroit Jewry to a special service at 5:30 p.m., Thursday, April 8 at Bnai Moshe. Orthodox Jews are requested not to eat meat all that day as symbol of sorrow. Merchants :e asked to close their stores at 4 p.m. as a sign of solidarity. 22 Jewish Factories Nationalized by Czechs PRAGUE — Nationalization of Industries of Czecho-Slovakia has affected Jews in the following manner: — Twenty-two Jewish factories employing over fifty workers each, were nationalized. The Jewish owners of those fac- tories were appointed directors and managers with salaries equi- valent to those of the highest skilled workers. Most of the Jews in Czecho-Slovakia are workers, artisans or small busi: ness people who were not af- fected by the nationalization. AIN, Names Lehman to Honorary Office U.S. Plans Zion Base, Reds Say LAKE SUCCESS (Special) — Soviet Delegate Andrei rom y k o vigorously con- demned the United States proposal for a trusteeship for Palestine thus raising the pros- pect that he would veto the American request for a special session of the General Assembly. Gromyko charged in the Se- curity Council that the American plan was a "camouflaged effort" to establish a U. S.-British mili- tary base in Pr.lestine under the pretext of keeping order there. INCLUDES PILOTS the iurna- ::ar to Haganah Victims of Arab Ambush the American League for a Free Palestine announced. Many are non-Jews, it was reported. The League's recruiting drive is headed by Major Samuel Weiser, commander of the Brit- ish Ifelarew Legion, who came here three weeks ago. He ex- pects to raise an army of 10,000 men as a demonstration to the UN that an international militia in Palestine is not necessary. and and uxil- nnual re- who quist- it as CALLS YOU TO BACK 10e a Copy $3 Per Year NEW YORK (Special) — )fore than 2,500 Americans, most of them World War 11 veterans, have volunteered to fight for the Jewish State, were and • 1 ichi- 0,000 vered 'd. can Friday, April 2, 1948 FREEDOM MONTH Soviet Hints at Trustee Veto ;tine the who s of leon, CH RO NICLE Vol. 50, No. 11'8), 52 s of laser d at luni- attz.,,a- Lt .TauriAh, REPEATS SUPPORT Bloody bodies of 17 members of a Haganah patrol are loaded on a truck as Arabs look on. The Jewish group was ambushed in the latest outbursts in the Iloly Land. Total casualties in the Arab-Jewish war are estimated at well over 2,000. Report Embargo to Be Scrapped Truman Weighs Sop for Reversal Scandinavia Troops for lion Urged NEW YORK (Special) —The United States is planning to end its embargo on arms to the Middle East shortly, Robert S. Allen declared in his regular broadcast. JERUSALEM (WNS)—A pro- posal that 10,000 Danish and Norwegian troops now in Ger- many be assigned to maintain peace and order in Jerusalem on the termination of the mandate "This, reversal of policy has May 15 was made here by a been under discussion by the spokesman for the Jewish Agen- White House and State Depart. cy. ment for several days," he add- He said such a measure would ed. "insure that Jerusalem at least will be taken out of the con- Allen declared that President flict area no matter what meas- Truman would send a special ures may or may not be taken message to Congress urging that in respect to other Palestine legislation be enacted to admit areas." 100,000 DP's to the U. S. Under the General Assembly's decision Jerusalem was to be CALLED COUNTERMOVE placed under international au- "It can be definitely stated," thority. said Allen, "that the President's Meanwhile the Jewish com- sudden interest at this time in munity in Palestine, while re- the tragic DP problem was sisting Arab aggression, is look- prompted largely by the hope that it would offset the wide- (Continued on Page 2) spread resentment over his re- neging on Palestine partition." The lifting of the embargo would not necessarily be of help to the Yishuv since it would also make it easier for Arabs to buy arms in this coun- try, it has been pointed out. The problem for the Jews is not the purchase of arms since an ample supply is available in both Europe and Latin America The difficulty is in getting the munitions into Palestine. ASK MODIFICATION As long as the British con- tinue their blockade of Pales- tine, arms cannot get in. After the British leave, both Arabs and Jews will be able to import whatever arms they wish. NEW YORK — Former Gov. Herbert H. Lehman of New York was named honorary vice-chair- It has been accordingly sug- man of the Anti-Defamation gested that • the embargo be League of Bnai Brith on the oc- modified so as to forbid pur- casion of his 70th birthday, chase of arms here by any na- March 28. tion- defying .a UN decision' • Council Puts Off WJR News Probe FCC Orders Quiz on Slanting Charge The Jewish Community Coun- cil is putting off plans for a survey of recent news broad- casts by WJR until after the conclusion of the Federal Com- munications Commission investi- gation of all three stations con- trolled by G. A. Richards, presi- dent of WJR, it was revealed by Oscar Cohen, executive di- rector of the Council. Richards has been accused of ordering broadcasts slanted in such a manner as to reflect upon Jews. The FCC ordered an inquiry after protests from the Ameri- can Jewish Congress and sev- eral coast civic groups. "WJR has broadcast news many times every day. Its rec- ord speaks for itself," was Rich- ards' only comment. He reasserted Russian support of partition and insisted that It cannot be carried out by peace- ful means. He did not, however, offer a Russian program to im- plement the UN Assembly deci- sion. The UN Palestine Commission, meantime, told the Jewish Agen- cy that it still intends to go on with plans to partition Palestine and to set up provisional coun- cils of government to take over on may 16 when the mandate ends. It has been reported that Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has offered her resignation from the UN to President Truman because of her opposition to his Palestine policy. Mrs. Roosevelt ascribed increased Arab resistance to American vacillation. 7 JEWS DIE IN ATTACK Seven Jews died during an at- tack on the Arab village of Mugher, near the Lydda airport. A Jewish armored car blew up during the attack and all its oc- cupants, including one woman, were burned to death. Some 30 Arabs were killed during a Haganah raid on the Arab village of Sandala, near Jenin. Despite strong opposition the Jews forced the Arabs to abandon the village and then de- stroyed ten houses. 210 ARE RESCUED The government issued a warning that it would never again attempt to rescue Jews attacked by Arabs in a situa- tion similar to that of the Jews (Continued on Page 14) In UM Broadcast No Prisoners Taken in Zion, Haganah Leader Tells Alf "There is a war today in Pal- estine—a war as cruel as any can be. No prisoners are being taken. Both sides are out to kill." With these words, Reuven Dafni of the Haganah, substi- tuting for Moshe Shertok, for- eign secretary-designate of the Jewish Provisional Council of Palestine, helped launch the $6,- 200,000 Allied Jewish Campaign. (Shertok was unable to come here since he was representing the Jewish Agency • at the UN Security Council at Lake Suc- cess.) Over 500 persons crowded the ballroom of the Hotel Statler Tuesday 'evening to give , the "Campaign of Destiny" a roar- ing sendoff. Theodore Thack- rey, publisher and editor of the New York. Post, was the other speaker. "Very few Palestinian Arabs are fighting the Jews," Dafni said. "Most of the trouble is caused by foreign Arabs who enter Palestine in broad day- light, under the noses of British troops." Dafni revealed that Haganah. using 57 ships, many of them purchased with American funds and manned by American Jews, had brought 82,000 Jewish refu- gees to Palestine since Novem- ber, 1945. ' " ' • AL JOLSON (above) will star in a United Jewish Appeal nationwide broadcast, "Night- mare, Chapter II," at 10:30 p.m., Saturday. April 10, over the ABC network, including WXYZ, Detroit.