THEJEWISH NEWS
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VOL. 6—NO. 13
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Palestine Resolution Is Tabled
At the Request of State Dept.
Senate Committee, Votes, 12.8;
To Delay Action; Vandenberg
Led Fight for Cause of Zionism
(Exclusive to The Jewish News)
WASHINGTON — The U. S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations on
Monday voted; 12 to 8, to table the pending Palestine Resolution, which had
been approved by the House Foreign Relations Committee a week earlier.
Sen. Tom Connally (Dem., Tex.), chairman of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee, stated that there will be no action on the Resolution during
the present session, and revealed that his committee acted in accordance with
the request of the State Department.
At the same time, the State Department issued a statement declaring:
"The Department has the utmost sympathy for the persecuted Jewish
people of Europe and has been assisting them through active support of the -
work of the War Refugee Board and in every other possible way. The De..
partment considers, however, that the passage of the Resolution at the
present time would be unwise ?rorn the standpoint of the general international
situation, and has so informed the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations."
Prior to the action of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Secretary
of State Edward R. Stettinius received a Zionist delegation consisting of Dr.
Abba' Hillel Silver, Dr. Stephen S. Wise and Dr. Israel Goldstein.
Zionist Dftlegation.,_R&serves Comment on Action,.
liefugeeW lianukah:
Holding e i r
prayer books in
readiness to sing the traditional Hanukah hymn, "Maoz Tzur,"
the choir at the Emergency Refugee Shelter, Oswego, N. Y.,
watches Rabbi Moshe Tzechoval, of Belgium, light the first
candle which marks the eight-day celebration. The scene took
place the first night of the festival at the Shelter camp for 982
refugees who are staying here for the duration. The Menorah,
as well as the Menorahs in the dining halls and in the Hebrew
school, were provided by the National Refugee Service, a bene-
Eciary of the United Jewish Appeal.
This committee, representing the American Zionist Emergency Council,
issued a statement declaring that they reserve comment' on the State Depart-
ment's declaration and that they will await further clarification of the State
Department's position.
The Zionist leaders recalled the fact that President RoOsevelt and Gov.
Thomas E. Dewey, and the Democratic and Republican parties by acts of their
national conventions, Wad endorsed the movement for the establishment of a
Jewish Commonwealth and opposed restrictions on immigration and land sales
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1,326 American Leaders
Ask World Bill of Rights •
Religious, business, political and union officials
join4 Roosevelt and DeWey in asking primacy of
.humanity . . . names of hundreds of distinguished
citizens on document urging guarantee of indi-
vidual liberties throughout the world . . . 348
church leaders of all faiths among supporters.
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Palestine Assembly Bids
For Tri-Power Support
• .xle...f;A:
Akk,
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United States, Britain and Russia called upon by
Assephath Hanivcharim to act on the establish-
ment of a Jewish Commonwealth . . . rescue of
surviving Jewry, especially orphans, and im-
mediate mass immigration among major resolu-
tions adopted by Jewish Palestine's national as-
sembly..
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SS Isaac Wise Launched:
"This proud ship is named after an
American who came to this country
earrying his measure of freedom," said Rabbi Jonah B. Wise at the launching of the Liberty
ship SS Isaac Mayer Wise.
Rabbi Isaac M. Wise was the nestor of Reform Judaism, founder of Hebrew Union Col-
lege, Reform rabbinical seminary at Cincinnati. The ship is seen in the background. The
official party included, left to right: JAMES C. MERRILL, president, St. Johns River Ship-
building Co.; RABBI JONAH B. WISE; MRS. SIDNEY BROWN, sponsor, who broke the cham-
pagne bottle on the ship's prow and named it "Isaac Mayer Wise"; MISS MINNA HALLE
SEITNER and MISS RHODA MEYER, co-sponsors, and RABBI ISRAEL KAPLAN of Jack-
. sonville, Fla. This is one of several Liberty ships honoring Jews.
JDC Needs $46,570,000
For Relief ill Europe
Joint Distribution Committee announces 1945
budget to meet expanding emergency program .. .
At least one million Jews in non-Russian Europe
will need help, Joseph C. Hyman informs 30th
annual convention of JDC . . . Budget require-
ments more than double total allocated for relief
for the year 1944.
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