Friday, September 3, 1943

THE JEWISH NEWS

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Dr. Silver s Powerful Plea
Moves Audience to Tears

Noted Zionist Spokesman Leads Majority of Delegates
Against Making Concessions on Palestine; Monsky's
Address Is Keynote for Sessions

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

(Jewish News Correspondent at the Conference)

NEW YORK—American Jewry's outstanding leaders,
men and women who are prominent in every walk of life,
were the participants in a great drahia this week, in the
sessions of the American Jewish Conference which was
called into being for the purpose of solidifying the efforts
of the American Jewish community in behalf of immediate

Declaring that there can be no
compromise on a Jewish Com-
monwealth, Dr. Silver said that
there is but one solution to Jew-
ish hothelessness—the Jewish Na-
tional Home in Eretz Israel. His
soul-stirring address often was
interrupted by prolonged and
stormy applause.
Free Immigration
Speaking for the Jewish Labor
Committee, Israel Goldberg an-
nounced that his group supports
free immigration to Palestine but
has no stand on the Common-
wealth question because there is
no unanimity on the issue among
the Labor Committee members.
Mr. Goldberg stated:
"We declare our solidarity
with organized Jewish labor in
Palestine and with its demands
regarding Jewish immigration
and colonization."
The demands for a Jewish
Commonwealth were strengthen-
ed by a message from Dr. Chaim
Weizmann, from London, urging
support of the Jewish Common-
wealth plan; a cable from Chief
Rabbis Isaac Herzog and Ben-
Zion Uziel of Palestine, pointing
to "Israel's divine historic right
to Palestine;" a message from Dr:
Selig Brodetsky, president of the
Board of Deputies of British
Jews; and the address of Geda-
liah M. Bublick, Mizrachi leader.
Zuckerman's Reply
The first spoken words de-
manding a Jewish Common-
wealth were uttered by Baruch
Zuckerman, labor Zionist leader,
at the Monday afternoon session.
He made a direct reply to Judge
Proskauer and repudiated his
claims for a program on unity
based only on free immigration
to Palestine.
He called for opposition to ef-
forts of the minority at the con-
ference to secure veto rights
over the action of the majority.
"I demand," he declared, "not
free immigration to Palestine but
privileged immigration."
A stirring address was deliver-
ed by Dr. Nahum Goldmann,
member of the World Zionist
Executive. He, too, emphasized
the deed for the establishment of

action to rescue European JewryA
to protect the rights of our peo- to draft Dr. Silver for leadership
ple wherever they may be after in the Zionist movement gather-
the war and to assure uninter- ed at this luncheon on Monday
rupted progress in the redemp- to dissolve the committee and to
tion of Palestine as the Jewish honor Dr. Silver.
National Home.
Among those who spoke at this
From the very beginning it
was evident that there is un- luncheon were Emanuel Neu-
animous agreement on the first mann, prominent Zionist leader;
two objectives. But it soon be- Dr. Milton Steinberg of New
came apparent that the Pales- York and Dr. Harry Friedenwalci
tinian question not only fails to of Baltimore, one of the first
unite, but continues to divide presidents of the Zionist Organ-
several elements in American ization. All insisted on firm
action in defense of the Jewish
Jewry.
position in Palestine.
Keynote for Sessions
Dr. Silver condemned those
The impressive address deliver-
ed by Henry Monsky, president who sought to make concessions.
of Bnai Brith, chairman of the He charged that such an atti-
executive committee of the Con- tude must lead to the abandon-
ference organizational commit- ment of the program which
tee, at the opening session on forms the foundation of Zion-
Sunday afternoon, at the Wal- ism. From that moment, the
dorf-Astoria Hotel, was believed battle for a maximum program
to strike the keynote for all in Zionism was on.
Present Zionist View
sessions. The very able Bnai
The Zionists • presented their
Brith leader was cheered when
he declared:
best array of speakers in defense
"We are to consider and rec- of the Jewish Commonwealth
ommend action upon all matters policy. Dr. Silver, Dr. Solomon
loking to the implementation of Goldman, Dr. James G. Heller
the rights of the Jewish people and Judge Louis B. Levinthal
were among those who presented
with respect to Palestine."
The addresses by Dr. Stephen the Zionist point of view at the
S. Wise and Judge Joseph M. historic session on Monday night.
The audience of more than
Proskauer, president of t h e
American Jewish Congress and 3,000 was moved to tears by Dr.
the American Jewish Committee, Silver's powerful plea for an un-
on Sunday evening, were simi- equivocal declaration • by the
larly received with acclaim. Both Conference for a Jewish Com-
called for unrestricted Jewish monwealth in Palestine.
immigration and for opposition
to the British White Paper which
would end Jewish colonization
in 1944. _
Adoption of the attitudes of
these speakers would have meant
a compromise on the question of
a Jewish Commonwealth as in-
corporated in the Biltmore Plat-
form of all Zionist parties.
Disagree On Issue
But at noon on Monday it be-
came clear that Zionist leaders
are not agreed on the issue, and
that the rank and file of the
movement will insist upon the
adoption of a demand for a Jew-
ish Commonwealth.
Possessing an overwhelming
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frankly stated that those leaders
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who favored compromise were
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a Jewish Commonwealth, and he
declared:
"We have today the right to
come to the democratic world,
which endorsed the great enter-
prise of rebuilding the Jewish
homeland in Palestine, and tell
them amicably, but firmly, —
here is our . record—we proved
we could do • it and the others
have proved that they cannot do
it for us . . . Because of our own
achievements in Palestine, we
demand the right to be the
masters of our fate in Palestine,
to direct this enterprise ourselves
to .control our own immigration
and colonization and, once the
foundations are laid, to constitute
there our own Jewish. Common-
wealth."
Groups May Bolt
At this writing it is uncertain
whether an amicable agreement
can be reached on the subject.
Until the final moment of the
Conference sessions, the danger
remains that several minority
groups may bolt the Conference.
Louis Lipsky, as chairman of
the elections board, presented a
program of rules for the Con-
ference. One of the leading fig-
ures in the Conference, he was
chosen chairman of the general
committee.
Herman Shulman of New
York, member of . the national
executive committee of the Zion-
ist Organization, • was named
vice-chairman of the general
committee of 62,. and Maurice

See Page Nine for important

last-minute wire on action of

American Jewish Conference con-

demning Council for American
Judaism.

Bisgyer, secretary of Bnai Brith,
was chosen secretary of the com-
mittee.

Mr. Monsky's address was sig-
nificant from many points of
view: He, demanded that "leader.
ship must be responsible to the
yearnings, the aspirations and
the hopes of those for whom they
presume to speak." He called for.
practical and effective measures
of relief and rescue, and he de-
clared: "The time has come to
say less and do more about it."
The importance of Dr. Wise's
address was centered in the pro-
posal he made to the Conference
that it should deputize a small
group of its members to meet
with President Roosevelt during
the period of the Conference "so
that it . may be in direct touch
with our country's President and
Commander-in-Chief and receive
from him Such healing assurance
as will satisfy the heart of the
American Jewish community and
our broken brothers across the
seas that nothing will be left
undone to save the limited num-
ber of the surviving whom
prompt rescue alone can keep

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