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eport War Dept. May Seek
alestine Resolution Delay

mores Also Claim British Officials Exerting Pressure on
Military Heads to Intervene so That Measure Might
Be Shelved for 'Military Reasons'

WASHINGTON (JPS)—Rtimors that the War Department may
ervene to seek postponement of the Jewish Commonwealth
olution on grounds of "expediency" were rife in the Capitol as
public hearings before the House Foreign Affairs Committee
re adjourned. Further hearings will be in the executive session.
Rep. Sol Bloom, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee,
uld neither confirm nor deny rumors that he already had re-
ved a memorandum from Secretary of War Stimson on the
olution.
While Secretary of State Hull was reported favorably disposed
the resolution, it was reported that the State Department would
e the right of way to the War Department. Rumors also were
e that British officials were exerting pressure on U. S. military
ders to intervene , so that the resolution might be shelved for
ilitary reasons."
Speakers for and Against the Resolution
At the close of the public hearings, the case against the reso-
ion was presented by Philip K. Hitti, professor of Arabic at
inceton University, a Christian Arab; Faris S. Malouf, president
the Syrian and Lebanese Federation- of the Eastern States; K. S.
itchell, former chairman of the U. S. agricultural mission to

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THE :JEWISH NEWS

Weekly Review of the News of the World

(Compiled From Cables of Independent Jewish Press Service)

AMERICA

Only 59,000, or a little more than a fifth of
the estimated 250,000 Jewish school age chil-
dren in New York City, are receiving any
kind of a Jewish education, it is revealed in a
study made by the Jewish Education Com-
mittee of New York. The cost is $3,150,000
a year.
An amendment requiring disclosure of their
official backing by organizations using the
mails for propaganda purposes was proposed
by Morris Ernst, counsel of the American Civil
Liberties Union. He explained that his organ-
ization opposes the Lynch Bill, which would
bar anti-Semitic and race-hate literature from
the mails, because it would place "too much

power in the hands of one man," the Post-

master General. He suggested the amendment
as an individual, making it clear that this
suggestion does not stern from his organization.
The New York State Senate has passed, and
sent to the lower house of the state legislature,
a bill introduced by Senator Louis B. Heller
making it a felony to destroy, deface or defile
any place of worship or cemetery.
On the ground that thgir conviction would
have abridged their right of free speech, Judge
A. Marshall Thompson of Pittsburgh dismissed
the charges against James A. Colescott, of At-
lanta, Ga., the Klan's Imperial Wizard, and his
four Pennsylvania associates, who were in-
dicted for "conspiring to foment hatred and
strife."
' See Also Page 16

Write Your Congressman—Now!

Because of the , threatened delay in action upon the Pales-
tine Resolutions, Detroit Jews are called upon by officers of
the Zionist Council of Detroit to write the sponsors of the
Resolutions—Reps. James W. Wright and Ranulf Compton
and Senators Robert Wagner and Robert Taft—and Members
of both Houses of Congress from Michigan, urging them to
exert their influence upon members of the House and Senate
Foreign Affairs Committees to act favorably upon the Resolu-
tions.

udi Arabia; Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron of Baltimore, and Rabbi
illiam H. Eineshriber of Philadelphia, members of the American
uncil - for Judaism.
Refutation of the testimony was offered by Louis Lipsky,
erican member of the Jewish Agency for Palestine: Emanuel
emann, former member of the Jewish Agency Executive, and
rman Shulman, member of the executive committee of the
erican Zionist Emergency Council.
Twitchell said that he deemed it inadvisable for the U. S. to
on record for any resolution that would prejudice American
terests at this time when 'the U. S. is negotiating oil concessions
Saudi Arabia. Mr. Malouf, supporting the White Paper, said
was ``based on Britain's 22 years' experience in Palestine."
Prof. , Hitti said that the Jewish people were uninterested in
olitical resolutions" and were seeking "a spiritual and cultural,,
t a political home" in Palestine, and that "political Zionists of
ew York City" were the Chief advocates of a Jewish Common-
ealth.
Duty of Congress to Assist, Rogers Says
Rabbi Lazaron said that Zionism was an internal Jewish matter
not
one
for
Congress to intervene in. Rep. Will Rogers Jr.
d
terposed that it is the duty of Congress to assist the Jews in
lying their problems, even if it involves the establishment of a
wish Commonwealth. Rabbi Fineshriber - said that the Jews
eren't a people, had no language, no music and that even the
atikva and Kol Nidre were borrowed from other sources. He
id that the American Jewish Conference support for a Jewish
ommonwealth was a "tragedy."
Mr. Neumann discussed the history of Arab-Jewish relations,
called the Weizmann-Feigal negotiations, and referred to t h e
cord of Jewish achievements by which the Arabs of Palestine
nefited. Mr. Lipsky, referring to Rabbi Morris S. Lazaron, who
d introduced himself to the Committee as "a teacher in Israel,"
id that Rabbi Lazaron "and his kind" still call themselves
achers although they have long ago been rejected by Jev;Try.
The future peace is now being written, he said, and - it is im-
ortant that America see that Britain does not deprive the Jews
their rights in Palestine, rights which are the measure of he
ture peace. Mr. Lipsky, Mr. Neumann and Mr. Shulman pointed
t that the White Paper and the abrogation of the promises con-
fined in the Balfour Declaration are in violation of the American-
ritish Palestine Mandate Convention of. Dec. 3, 1924. The Jewish
ommonwealth resolution would call Britain's attention to Amer-
a's determination that the agreement be maintained.
Submits Memorandum for Committee
Dr. John Slawson, executive vice-president of the American
ewish Committee, submitted a memorandum containing the views
f the American Jewish Committee.
The American Jewish Committee statement opposes the White
aper and proposes an international trusteeship for Palestine instead
f a Commonwealth.

Massachusetts Mayors Demand White Paper Abrogation
NEW YORK—The Mayors Club of Massachusetts has adopted a
esolution urging "the President of the U. S., the Prime Minister
f Britain and the leaders of the governments of the United Nations
o take appropriate action to insure the withdrawal of its entirety
f the Palestine White Paper of May, 1939." The resolution, 'intro-
uced at the annual conference of the Mayors Club, held in Boston,
ailing for the reconstitution of Palestine as a Jewish Common-
ealth, was signed by 39 mayors as an expression of "the will of
e non-Jewish community of America to restore Palestine as a
ewish Homeland by declaring their deepest sympathy with the
spirations of the suffering Jewish people."

Rep. Dingell Favors Resolution
Rep. John D. Dingell of the 15th Michigan Congressional
istrict has informed The Jewish News that he will appear before
he House Foreign Affairs Committee in behalf of the Palestine
solution. Rep. Dingell states:
"It is historic and traditional that Palestine belongs to the
ews. More than that—if the prophesy of the Prophets and the
rornise of God are to be carried out, Palestine with a free and
dependent government will be the historic Homeland of the Jews.
"That does not mean, as some people fear, that all Jews from
very corner of the earth will migrate to Palestine. It means simply
hat there shall be established a nation of Jews and for the Jews
o which migration of interested individuals may be possible, free
f interference from any extraneous source or power. It certainly
oes not mean that there would be a hegira of Jews to the Home-
nd from any given country. It does mean, however, that the Jews
Palestine would govern themselves and would exercise the same
rivileges which we have as Americans."
Responding to the thousands of Detroiters who wrote to him
rging him to support the Palestine Resolution, Rep. Dingell wrote:
"I Insist that migration to the Holy Land is a God given right
f the Jews, and I shall do everything I can for the fulfillment
f the prophesy and of the settlement of the Promised Land by
he people for whom it was intended. I am on record in public
nd official declarations and you may rely upon me to do every-
hing in .my power."
Rep. George D. O'Brien, Senators Ferguson and Vandenberg
d other Michigan, members of Congress have pledged their sup-
ort to the Palestine Resolutions.

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