Friday, October 15, 1941 DETROIT JEWISH CHRONICLE Page Three Tension Eases Over Bernadotte Proposal By WILLIAM ZUKERMAN (Jewish World News Service) THE ISRAELI diplomatic and political position has improved considerably during the week. The first wave of hostility started with the as-- saSSination of Count Bernadotte, has begun to recede this week, and a healthier and more rational attitude is beginning to assert itself both in the United States and in Europe. In the United States, official and semi-official pub- lic opinion has begun to veer from the proposal. • • • THE HERALD TRIBUNE which a week ago de- scribed the Bernadotte recommendation to deprive the Jewish State of the Negev as a fair compromise, has been obliged under pressure of a flood of protests from its readers, to retreat from its earlier position. In an editorial this week, the newspaper said that the acceptance of the Bernadotte plan "is not the same thing as the indorsement of every suggestion contained therein and certainly does not mean under- writing specific boundaries". The plan, according to the Herald Tribune, is to serve only as a basis for negotiations. MORE OUTSPOKEN was the change in the edi- torial attitude of the N.Y. Times. "The Israeli government has protested", the Times editorial stated, "and we believe rightly against the part of Bernadotte's proposals which would give the Negev to the Arabs. It is no reflection on the mar- tyred Bernadotte's memory to say that he erred in suggesting this division which dashes some of Is- rael's highest hopes. "Secretary Marshall urged the General Assembly to accept the proposals in their entirety. We believe this is one of those times when a bit of inconsistency will do our foreign policy no harm. "The development of the Negev by Zionist Off die 'Accord: pioneers,—who are the only people who can do it on a large and scientific scale,—will enrich the whole of the Middle East". , • • . THE CAUTIOUS, indecisive Times which seldom says a straight "Yes" or "No" on a subject, could not be more outspoken than e n this . occasion, and this doubtless is a sign that the average fair-minded American has turned in the direction of Israel on this subject. — In Paris, too, Mr. Marshall is reported to have told Moshe Shertok at their first conference that the United States considered the Bernadotte plan as a basis for negotiation, not as a proposal which has to be•accepted or rejected in its entirety. • • • THIS IS QUITE different from the earlier position which reported Marshall fully agreeing with Bevin that the amputation of the Negev was practically the (Continued on Page 15) • Wins Vocal Honors • t