friday, March 23, 1945
THUJEWISH NEWS
Roosevelt Says Position
On Palestine Unchanged
Weekly 111;eview of the. News of the World
(Corripaed From Cables of independent Jewish Press Service)
Reaffirms His Stand on Zionism in Letter Addressed to-
.
PALESTINE
Senator-Wagner, Following Visit From Dr. Wise;
Restates Democratic Plank on Homeland.
By MURRAY FRANK
WASHINGTON (JPS) • — Following a visit from Dr. Stephen
S. -Wise, chairman of the American Zionist.
Council,
President Roosevelt issued the following stae
ment: "I made my
position on Zionism clear in October. That position I have not
changed and shall continue to bring about its earliest realization."
The President had reference to his message to the convention
of the. Zionist Organization of America, in a letter addressed to
Senator Rober F. Wagner: That message read:
.. "Knowing that you are to attend the 47th annual convention
a the Zionist Organization of America, I ask you to convey to the
delegates assembled my cordial greetings.
"Please express my satisfaction that, in accord with the
traditional American policy and in keeping with the spirit of the
Four Freedoms, the Democratic Party at its July convention this
year included the following plank" in its platform: •
" We favor the opening of Palestine to unrestricted Jewish
immigration and colonization, and such a policy as to result in the
establishment there of a free and democratic Jewish Common-
wealth'.
"Efforts will be made to find appropriate- ways and means of
effectuating this policy as soon as practicable. I know how long
and ardently the Jewish people have worked and prayed for the
establishment of Palestine as a free and democratic Jewish COM-
monwealth. I am convinced that the American people give their
support to this aim and if re-elected I shall help to bring about
its realiza ti on."
Dr. Wise had a long talk with the President. He was received
alone. Zionist leaders, conferring with' Dr. Wise following his
meeting with the President, were of the opinion that the "Big
Three" had as yet reached no decision on Palestine, but that the
question would probably be placed on the agenda at San Francisco.
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Conference Will Not Decide Fate of Mandates
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The fate of presently mandated ter-
ritories will not be decided upon by the United Nations .Con-
ference at San Francisco, an' authoritative source indicated this
week. There vtrill be no discussion of specified areas. The Con-
ference in April, it was learned, will concern itself with the
ereation of machinery giving the future International Security
organization the right to establish international. trusteeships. The
question of mandates will be discussed only in this regard.
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The Child and Youth Foundation of the Vaad
Leumi will be named for the late Miss Hen-
rietta Szold, it was announced in connection
with a series of memorial meetings marking
the 30th day of her death.
Seven Jewish flying clubs in Palestine with
several' hundreds of young active members
.maintain practical courses and sponsor teach-
ing of aviation • principles in Vaad Leumi
schools. Many of the former members of these
clubs are now serving in the Royal Air Force.
Playing their seventh game in the 'First Di-
vision of the British Army Football League
somewhere in the Central Mediterranean Area,
the first 11 of the Jewish Brigade Group won
by three goals to zero over a strong British
team. The Jewish Brigade selected team now
has 14 points. Its team has a number of play-
ers well known to the Palestinian public as
former members of the Maccabi and Hapoel
(athletic clubs). They enlisted as infantrymen.
in the Jewish battalions of the Palestine Regi-
ment.
Palestinian officers with the British Army,
hitherto receiving only half the allowance
granted British officers for uniforms . and
equipment, will now receive allowances sim-
ilar 'to those of the British , according to Brit-
ish War Office notification to the Jewish
Agency which had pressed for equalization.
Robert Nathan, head of the American Eco-
nomic Mission to Palestine, left Jerusalem en-
route to the • United States. Before his de-
parture he stated: "We felt that we had an
opportunity to get a really broad view of this
country."
A new communal settlers' group from
Hedera took possession March 11 of a tract of
4,000 dunams at Abu Shushem on the Tel Aviv-
Jerusalem Road. - The land, owned by the
Ancient Order of the Maccabeans of London,
was developed by the Keren Kayemeth, Jew-
ish National Fund. A well was sunk a few
days before official dedication of the settle-
ment.
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'
Viscount Gort, High Commissioner of Pales-
tine, was the guest of honor March 8 at a re-
ception tendered by the Association of Pales-
tine Journalists. Seventy journalists and their
guests, including representatives of the Tel
Aviv Association of Journalists, attended. The
reception was a return courtesy for the re-
ception tendered, by the High Commissioner
for Palestine's journalists last November.
A group of the Kibbutz Meuchad organi-
tation took up permanent settlement on land
southwest of Ein. Hashofet, the settlement
named for the late Justice Brandeis. The
group numbers 100 members.
' AMERICA.
Dr. Bernard Drachman, rabbi of Congrega-
tion Zichron Ephraim for' 55 years, regarded
as the dean of. American Jewish Orthodox
rabbis, died at the age of 83 in New York. He
was one of the original founders of the Jewish
Theological Seminary of America and was a
professor of Hebrew philosophy there from
1887 to 1902; president of the Jewish Sabbath
Day Alliance of America and a director of the
Synagogue Council of America 'and the Miz-
rachi Organization of America.
Alexander Granach, who rose to stardom on
the Yiddish, Russian and German stage after
having undergone, at the advice of Max Rein-
hardt, a series of operations to remove physical
-deformities resulting from his work as a baker's
apprentice, died at 55 in New York.
A foundation to perpetuate the memory of
Henrietta Szold, founder of Hadassah, Women's
Zionist Organization, who died on Feb. 13 in
Jesusalern, will be established by Hadassah,
Mrs. Moses P. Epstein, President of the organ-
ization, announced at a memorial ceremony for
the late Miss Szold in New York.
The first Latin American Zionist Conference
held in Montevideo denounced the policy of
the White Paper as "illegal" and called upon
Britain to implement the Balfour Decla‘ration
pledge and her obligations under the Mandate
by establishing a Jewish state in Palestine im-.
.mediately after the war.
See Also Page 22
Organize Zion
Trade Unions
Palestine. Histadruth Makes
Important Internal, Change;
Act to Rescue Jews
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Ah im-
portant change in the internal
structure of the Histadruth, the
• Jewish Federation of Labor in
Palestine, was decided upon re-
cently at a conference of Hista-
druth leaders here... National
..trade unions will be 'stablished
to replace the present system
where each individual worker is
directly affiliated with the Hista-
druth.
The recommendation to or-
ganize national trade unions, of-
fered - by David Ben-Grion, was
adopted by 221 votes to 177.
Those opposed included the
Hashomer Hatzair and the • pia-
position group within the Hista-
druth which calls itself the
"Movement for. Labor Unity."
$80,000,000 a Year
Addressing the conference on
the position of the surviving
Jews, Eliezer Kaplan, treasurer
of the Jewish Agency, estimated
that to feed the survivors will
require $80,000,000 a year.
"Eighty percent of the remn-
ants of European Jewry demand-
ed immediate immigration to
Palestine," he said. "But we are
facing an absolute stoppage of
immigration, since only 1,300
certificates remain of the last
immigration schedule and no
new schedule is yet forthcom-
ing: We must urge the world
not to let the surviving Jews
in Europe perish and to enable
them to proceed to Palestine. We
ask for ships from England and
America."
International Loan
An international loan to fin-
ance the immigration into Pales-
tine of 1,000,000 Jews from
Europe, irrespective of whether
or not they are Zionists, was de-
manded by David Ben-Gurion,
addressing the conference earli-
er. He suggested that a -"United
Halutz Organization" be estab-
lished in Europe to organize the
mass emigration.
Reporting on the Histadruth's
achievements in the past three
years, David Romez, secretary of
the federation, said that it has
established 51 agricultural settle-
ments, contributed 32 percent 'of
the War Needs Fund, and sent
18,000 members into - the armed
forces. During that period the
number of industrial workers en-
roled in the Histadruth rose
from 25,000 to 50,000.
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and
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Sponsored by the Detroit
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'10 a. m. to 4:45 p. m., Friday and Saturday, March 23 and 24
Hudson's 12th Floor Auditoriums
No Admission Charge
Hudson's entire large auditorium is the setting for a number of gardens of various
types, all with their appropriate settings of plants. The small auditorium and
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SEE THESE SPECIAL FEATURES
The tropical and natural settings for orchids
The Pan-American display with exotic plant
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The Wile garden"gaie with simple everyday
planting
The miniature rooms featured- daily
These will be constructed to the scale of one inch
no the foot. Flower arrangements will be to
-
the scale of room and furniture.
garden groups.
ATTEND THESE GARDEN TALKS
FRIDAY, MARCH 23
11 A. M.—WILDFLOWER GARDENS
by Marjorie T, Bingham
Cranbrook Institute of Science
2 P. M.—HEIRLOOMS WITH A FUTURE:
PEONIES, by N. I. W. Kriek
American Peony Society
4 P. M.—PRIMROSE PATHS
I. Bouton
by Mrs.
Detroit Garden Center
SATURDAY, MARCH 24
11 A. M.—SWORDS OF PEACE: GLADIOLUS
by W. J. Dittman
Southeastern Michigan Gladiolus Society
2 P. M.—EVERY MAN'S FAVORITE: DAHLIAS
by C. E. Wildon.
Michigan State College
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