Allies Fight
For the Rights
of All People

A Soldier in North Africa

Describes His Credo

By CPL. BEN WEINER

• "Somewhere in N. Africa"
As soldiers at war we here
have but one major task—to win
the war. It is important that
we soldiers stop sometimes to
think of the issues and prin-
ciples we are fighting for, per-
haps some day to give our lives
for.
Among the things for which
the United Nations are fighting
are the rights, the respect and
self-determination of the small
as well as the large nations. We
are sympathetic to the needs of
the Greeks, the Yugoslays, the
Czechs, the French, the Poles,
Russians and heroic Chinese.
The small nations particularly
have suffered from the German
military machine and ideology.
Ever since the Jewish people
were destroyed as a nation by
the Romans and were scattered
to the far corners of the world,
their life has been one endless
struggle for existence.
Same Conditions
In Poland, Germany, Austria,
Rumania, France, Hungary and
numerous other countries the
same conditions existed in vary-
ing • degrees.
During the latter part of the
nineteenth century and the early
part of the twentieth, Germany
was one of the most progressive
nations in the world, industrial-
ly, technically and in the arts,
sciences, literature and music.
The Jews were given certain
freedoms and their contribution
to that country soon became ap-
parent. More and more they
thought that they had at last
found the freedom that they had
been constantly searching for.
They mingled with the Germans;
they intermarried. They be-
lieved that assimilation would
solve their problem.
The first world war came and
went. Conditions became worse.
There arose in Germany a best-
iality of anti-Semitism that its
predecessors had never known.
At least 2,000,000 of my fellow-
Jews have died of the Nazi ter-
ror.
Can anyone wonder why I, as
an American citizen, wish to
find a constructive solution to
the needs of the Jewish people.
Rely Upon "Chance"
For centuries the Jewish peo-
ple of Europe submitted with
resignation to the • degrees of
fate. They had to rely upon
`chance," "fate," and "hope."
Many people speak of allevi-
ating the conditions of these
people. The solution is to give
the Jewish people of Europe the

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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, Ocfotier , 1943

country of Palestine as an in-
dependent state, with their own
flag and their own government.
In Palestine today one finds
a rejuvenated people. From the
far corners of the world they
are coming to the land to build
up a new world for themselves.
They come from every nation;
they speak every language; they
bring with them a wealth of
culture, knowledge and wisdom.
They bring with them the ideals
that are embodied in their herit-
age.
`Dual Allegiance'
As an American, I am aware
of the fact that in relation to
the Zionist movement, • some
persons, undoubtedly sincere,
have raised the question of dual
allegiance. They ask how I, as
an American can take a great
interest in the Jewish people
and in Palestine. To that my
answer is quite simple. I as a
soldier fighting for the rights
of the French, the Russians, the
English, the Poles, the Czechs,
the Yugoslays, etc., that they too
may have a chance for "life, lib-
erty, and the pursuit of happi-
ness." Shall I not fight for the
rights of the Jews?
I am 23 and love my country
and my flag more than anything
else. For the privilege of being
an American I am ready and
willing to give my life. My
country stands for Justice,
Truth and Freedom, for the right
to live a peaceful and honest
life. In my heart there is never
a doubt as to where my loyalty
lies. Yes, it is because I am an
American, because America has
taught me the principle of Free-
dom and Justice that I look at
the Jewish people and see that
a great injustice is being done.
Brutal Statement
At present there exists a
"White paper" which states that
immigration to Palestine shall
stop in March, 1944. This, at a
time when most countries will
not allow immigration laws to
be relaxed. The carrying out of
this brutal statement would be
pure and simple murder of sev-
eral more million of our people
who could perhaps in the future
escape the hellhole of Europe.
It must be our first duty as
fighters of democracy to expose
this 'farce.
End Up In Despair
Many writers of today have
written clearly about the condi-
tions that exist. Ben Hecht
wrote "Remember Us"; others
have written in the same vein.
They always end up in despair,
in helplessness; they never have
a constructive conclusion. They
seem to fail to recognize that if
Palestine were established as a
Jewish State it would help tre-
mendously the morale and
strengthen the lives of the Jews
the world over.
Jews in America do not have
to go to Palestine: The fact that
there are Irish in America does

not mean that they have to go
to Ireland, or that the French in
America have to go to France
or the Italians to Italy, the Poles
to Poland, etc. It is for the Jew-
ish people of Europe that Pal-
estine stands as a beacon of light
and a symbol of freedom. After
the war the desire of millions
will be to go to that land.
Destiny has placed in the
hands of the Jewish community.
in America a great responsibil-
ity. It does not matter whether
one be a Conservative, a Reform,
an Orthodox or a Zionist Jew.
The ony thing that matters is
that the entire community
should realize its responsibilities
and immediately take the proper
action.

REPORT 3,000 JEWS FREED
BY YUGOSLAV GUERILLAS
LONDON (JPS)—Three thou-
sand Jews,, including several
hundred refugees from Nazi-
occupied territory in Europe,
were liberated when Spalato and
other ports on the Adriatic coast
were occupied by Yugoslav guer-
illas, according to reports reach- .
ing here.
Fifteen Belgian Jewish girls
who were taken to a convent and
held there by the Nazis have
been freed by a group of Bel-
gian guerillas, according to the
secret Belgian anti-Nazi radio.

New Palestine
Industries Aid
The War Effort

With the aid of funds provided
by the United Palestine Appeal,
the Jews in Palestine have, in
two years, built up the greatest
war industry in the Middle East.
Jewish factories are making
hand grenades, armored cars, uni-
forms and hundreds of other
products for the army.
An industrial exhibit in the all-
Jewish city of Tel Aviv displayed
more than 1,000 products manu-
factured in Palestine only dur-
ing the last three years. All these
goods were formerly imported

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With a 20-Sunday program of
new natural color motion picture
lectures devoted to our Allies and
to regions of the world where
American troops now are sta-
tioned, the World Adventure
Series will open its 1943-44 pro-
gram at the Detroit Institute of
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24.
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The series, founded in 1933,
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illustrated lectures in the field of
natural history, travel, explora-
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Julien Bryan, just back from a
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through the enterprise and en-
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i s tremendous industrial
growth, which has been accom-
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and civilian population, has been
made possible by the reservoir of
skilled technicians and workers,
who fled from Nazi-held Europe
to Palestine plus thousands of
others who have been re-trained
with the aid of the United Pal-
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The United Palestine Appeal,
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the United Jewish Appeal, is in-
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