War Dept. Drops Objection
o Palestine Resolutions

ionist Organization of America Hails Stimson's Statement
Announcing Military's Withdrawal of Objections; Hear
Roosevelt's Assurance of Efforts to Help

By MURIEL LEVIN

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Congressional hearings on the
alestine resolutions, which demand free Jewish immigra-
tion to Palestine and the eventual establishment of a Jewish
State there, will be resumed next month, it was announced
here by Rep. Sol Bloom, chairman of the House Foreign

Affairs Committee, following a
statement by Secretary of War
Stimson that the War Depart-
ment no longer objects to the
resolution.
Mr. Stimson's statement, made
public over the week-end, em-
phasized that the War Depart-
ment has come to the conclusion
that the military considerations
which resulted in its previous
Iopposition to the passage of the
resolutions by Congress are no
longer valid.
"I find that there is still strong
feeling on the part of many of-
ficers in my department that the
passage of such a resolution
'would interfere with our mili-
tary effort," Stimson said. "How-
ever, I do feel that the military
considerations which led to my
previous action in opposing -the
passage of this resolution are not
as strong a factor now as they
were then. In my judgment, po-
litical considerations now out-
weigh the military, and the issue
should be determined upon the
Political rather - than the mili-
tary basis."
Favorable Action Seen
"I intend to call a meeting
of the committee on Nov. 15, for
the consideration of the resolu-
tion. In view of the approval of
the Secretary of State and the
Secretary of War I have'no doubt
but that the resolution will be
'favorably reported by the For-
eign Affairs Committee without
delay," said Rep. Bloom.

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Rooseveif Pledges Support
of Jewish Commonwealth
By DAVID SCHWARTZ
ATLANTIC CITY (JTA) —
President Roosevelt this week
pledged that "efforts will be
made to find appropriate ways
and means of effectuating" as
soon as practicable the establish-
rnent of Palestine as a free and
democratic Jewish Common-
wealth.
In a message to the 47th an-
nual convention of the Zionist
Organization of America, meet-
ing at the Breakers Hotel here,
the President said that "if re-
elected I shall help to bring about
this realization." He added: "I
am convinced that the American
people give their support to this
aim."
Mr. Roosevelt's message was
-addressed to Senator Robert F.
Wagner and was read by him to
the convention. The text follows:
"Knowing that you are to at-
tend the 47th annual convention
of the Zionist Organization of
America, I ask you to convey to
the delegates assembled my most
cordial greetings. Please express
my - satisfaction that in accord
with traditional American policy,
and in keeping with the spirit of
the Four Freedoms, the Demo-
cratic Party at its July conven-
tion included the following plank
in its platform: 'We favor the
opening of Palestine to unre-
stricted Jewish immigration and
colonization, and such a policy
as to result in the establishment
there of a free and democratic
Jewish Commonwealth.' "
Express Appreciation
Following reading of the Presi-
dent's message, Dr. Abba Hillel
Silver, co-chairman of the Zion-
ist Emergency Council, wired the
White House expressing the ap- .
preciation of Zionists every-
where.
The convention received with
jubilation the statement by Pres-
ident Roosevelt, which, coupled
with the War Department state-
ment withdrawing its opposition
to passage of the pending resolu-
tions, created the feeling • here
that they will now pass both
houses of Congress by a large
majority.
Senator Wagner, following the
reading of the President's letter,
praised Jewish achievements in

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Friday, October 20, 1944

Palestine and hailed the creation
of the Jewish Brigade.
Addressing the convention, Dr.
Silver called President Roose-
velt's message "a forthright, un-
equivocal endorsement of the
Zionist program — a notable
milestone in the struggle which
we have been carrying on to
secure public and official recog-
nition of Jewish aspirations.
"Only 48 hours ago," he con-
tinued, "we received a similar
pledge from Gov. Dewey, presi-
dential candidate of the Republi-
can party. Mr. Dewey's pledge
was equally clear. These two
statements reaffirming the Pales-
tine planks of the Republican
and Democratic platforms add up
to this; that the American people
and the standard bearers of both
major parties are solidly behind
our hopes and aspirations for the
establishment of Palestine as a
Jewish Commonwealth. This is-
sue has been definitely removed
from the sphere of partisan poli-
tics.
Policy Still in Force
"Despite the official policy of
the British government, t h e
White Paper policy which is still
in force, we know that powerful
sections of British opinion favor
our position," Dr. Silver said.
"We are confident that Prime
Minister Churchill is desirous of
correcting the wrong and the
blunder of the White Paper and
to bring about a fundamental
revision of policy leading to a
Jewish Commonwealth, what-
ever views may be entertained
by other elements in British of-
ficial circles."
Addressing the -opening session
of the convention, Dr. Israel Gold-
stein, who was re-elected presi-
dent of the ZOA, said that the
first postwar World Zionist Con-
gress will be held in the United
States, probably in Washington.
Discussing the postwar pros-
pects of Palestine, Dr. Goldstein
urged that as part of her post-
war reparations, Germany be
forced to contribute to the de-
velopment of a Jewish National
Home. Estimating that 15,000,000
to 18,000,000 refugees have been
made homeless in European coun-
tries by German aggression, of
whom less than 10 percent are
Jews, he recommended that Ger-
many, be required to pay $1,000
each to reestablish her victims.

Report Leon Blum,
King Leopold Now
Held As Hostages

Three More Refugee Lists
Secured by Jewish News

LONDON (JPS) The Nazis
will send to Japan a group of
hostages, including King Leop-
old of Belgium and former
1 French Premier
Leon Blum, who
are to be exe-
cuted in retalia-
for United Na-
tions' execution
of Nazi chief-
tains who may
fall into capti-
vity-, according
to a Stockholm
dispatch to the
London Daily
Leon Blum Mail.
The correspondent quotes Her-
man Goering's Essener Nazion-
alzeitung to the effect that the
Nazis will hold their hostages in
Japan and seek an exchange of
prisoners with the Allies at the
end of hostilities.
(There have been conflicting
reports with regard to Leon
Blum. A Soviet report quoted
former workers at the death
camp of Maidanek who said they
had seen Blum and that he had
been executed. A later report
said he was in Germany.

Names of Individuals and -Families, Provided by World
Jewish Congress and J.D.C., May Be Studied
at The-Jewish News Office

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The Jewish News this week received three more im-
portant lists of names of Jewish refugees which are available
for inspection.
Two of the lists, supplied by the World Jewish Congress,
contain the names of 202 families and 308 persons — all
Polish Jewish refugees now in the U. S. S. R.
Another list, secured through the American Jewish Joint
Distribution Committee, contains the names of 318 indi-
viduals and families who escaped from Hungary and who
have found a haven in Belmond and Montreux, Switzerland.
The J.D.C. is providing for these refugees with funds secured
from the United Jewish Appeal through the War Chest of
Metropolitan Detroit.
Detroiters desiring to study these and a number of other
lists now available are asked to come to the office of The
Jewish News, 2114 Penobscot Bldg., D Elevators.

401 Congressmen
Favor Palestine
As Jewish Home

Dr. Silver Says Resolutions
Will Re Passed When
ed at a full day session of the
National Advisory Council of the
Proper Time Comes'

Fund held here in conjunction
with 'the 47th Annual Convention
of the Zionist Organization of
America.
The session which was presided
over by Judge MorriS Rothen-
berg, of New York, JNF presi-
dent, and attended by represent-
atives from all parts of the coun-
try, was highlighted by a report
that for the fiscal year, from
Oct. 1, 1943 to Sept. 15, 1944 a
total of $4,673,443 was raised in
this country for the purchase of
land in Palestine.
Mendel N. Fisher, Executive
Director, announced that of this
sum, which was the largest in-
come recorded in the history of
the Fund, $1,754,300 represented
income from traditional sources,
while $2,919,142 represented the
Fund's share of the proceeds of
the United Jewish Appeal
(through the United Palestine
Appeal.)
The total contributed by Amer-
ican Jews for land redemption
through the JNF since its incep-
tion here in 1910 aggregated the
amount of $21,799,210. It also
was announced at the Conference
that the amount of $2,125,000 of
the 10-year JNF notes bearing
4.percent interest have been sub-
scribed to the $2,500,000 10-year
loan issue.
Dr. James G. Heller, of Cincin-
nati, National Chairman of the
United Palestine Appeal, an-
nounced that the three Palestine
agencies which are supported by
the United Palestine Appeal,
namely, Keren Hayesod, Jewish
National Fund, and the Jewish
Agency for Palestine spent $15,-
411,696 during the nine-month
period from Oct. 1, 1943 to June
30, 1944.
(William Hordes and Benjamin
M. Laikin, president and vice-
president of the Jewish National
Fund Council of Detroit, were
Detroit's delegates at the JNF
session).

NEW YORK (JPS)—Four hun-
dred and one members of the
United States Senate and House
of Representatives-77 percent of
the 78th Congress—have gone
on record in support of Jewish
aspirations in Palestine, Dr.-Abba
Hillel Silver, executive . commit-
tee chairman of the American
Zionist Emergency Council, an-
nounced in making public the
results of a poll of Congression-
al opinion taken by the Coun-
cil.
Dr. Silver revealed that out
of 395 statements by members of
Congress which the Council was
authorized to include in its book,
"America and Palestine," just
jublished, only 18 are opposed
to immediate action on the Pales-
tine question. Eight of these,
however, approve Zionist aims.
Dr. Silver , declared that in
view ol` the pro-Zionist planks
included in the Republican and
Democratic platforms, and in
view of the .statements by the
Congressmen, "there can be no
doubt that the Jewish Common-
wealth resolutions pending in
Congress will pass overwhelm-
ingly -when the proper time
comes—and that time is not far
off."
The recognition of the inde-

Liberty Ship Launched
For Jewish Labor Leader

JACKSONVILLE, Fla., (JTA)
The Liberty ship Morris G. Fein-
stone, named after the late gen-
eral secretary of the United He-
brew Trades, was launched here
at the St. Johns shipyards by
Mrs. Florence Feinstone, widow
of the Jewish labor leader.

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Wells Endorses
Jewish Commonwealth
ATLANTIC CITY (JPS)—Sum-
ner Welles, former U. S. under-
secretary of state, publicly en-
dorsed the establishment of a
Jewish Commonwealth in Pales-
tine as part of the "peace settle-
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CARD OF THANKS
47th annual convention of the
The family of the late Rosa
Zionist Organization of America Sinaberg wishes to thank its
here.
friends and relatives for the
(Daniel Frisch of Indianapolis kindnesses shown them in their
was elected chairman of the na- recent bereavement.
tional administrative committee.)

15 Million Spent for
Colonization, Immigration .
, ATLANTIC CITY (JTA) —
Plans for American.Jewry's great-
er participation in land acquisi-
tion for reclamation work of the
Jewish National Fund in Pales-
tine were discussed and formulat-

pendence of Syria and Lebanon,
Dr. Silver pointed out, did not
wait for the end of the war.
"Decisions vitally affecting the
future of the Near East are be-
ing made now, but nothing of
importance has been done re-
garding the problems of Euro-
pean Jewry and of Palestine.
"America and Palestine" is a
500-page volume which includes
all official pronouncements on
the Palestine question by the
Executive and Legislative branch..
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