Page Six

The Low-Down on Jewish
Position in Washington

THE JEWISH NEWS

cordially "brushed off" with
vague promises.

Unfriendly Delegations

At San Francisco, the Jewish
position is made even more pre-
carious because 'of the presence
'Pro Forma' Hearing Only Hope for Jewry at the United of some very unfriendly delega-
tions. Iraq's government, for in-
Nations Security Conference; Jewish Conference and
stances is sending a six-man dele-
Committee to Be Spokesmen at 'Frisco
gation under the leadership of
Arshad Elamari, its 'foreign min-
(Continued from Page 1)
ister, who is reported to have
2. Competing formulas on the war, as Prime Minister Churchill said, when told of a protest of
p)stwar status of the Jewish had hinted, but for all time to 5,000 Christian ministers against
people differ, in the main, on come.
Arab anti-Jewish actions:
tie. issue regarding the recon-
Freeze Jewish Position
"Let the Jews who have come
stitution. of Palestine as the
Actually this means the freez- to Palestine return to • the coun-
Jewish Commonwealth. T h e ing of the JeWish position, the tries from which they have fled
American Jewish Committee's refusal to grant further visas to because of persecution."
program for an International Bill Jews clamoring to go to Pales-
Get Brusque Reception
of Rights, presented to President tine, - and therefore the perpetua-
It is important to note in this
Roosevelt, was followed by a tion of the Arab majority.
connection that the delegation
plan, including a Jewish Com-
The frightening thing about it
monwealth clause, proposed last is that our own government may representing the 5,000 Christian
week to the State Department by endorse .British policy, in spite clergymen was given a rather
the American Jewish Confer- of the stand that was taken in bruSque reception by a secretary
of the British Embassy here who
ence.
favor of a democratic Jewish told them that they do not un-
Our Serious Concern
Commonwealth in Palestine by derstand the Palestine problem if
3. In view. of the setting up of both the Democratic and Repub- they insist that Jews must be
different commissions which may lican national conventions prior admitted to Palestine.
hear the views of various educa- to the last election.
The Jewish position_ is 'a very
tional, labor, social service and
The 'discouraging developments
religious groups on issues that resulting from Jewish appeals unhappy one. There will be many
will be involved in peace con- that our people be given a hear- meetings throughout the land
siderations, serious concern was ing at the San Francisco confer- including one in Washington this
expressed as to which group was ence seem to indicate that Dr. coming Sunday night at which
to be recognized as the spokes- Chaim Weizmann, president of Senator Homer Ferguson of Mich-
igan may be one of the speakers
man for Jewry.
the Jewish Agency for Palestine, —urging serious consideration of
While it appeared for a fleet- may not even •go to San Fran- the Jewish problem and a fair
ing moment that the American cisco because our outstanding hearing for , Jewish. spokesmen.
Jewish Committee would be Jewish leader must not risk be- But the indications- are that the
recognized as the authoritative ing reduced to the status of a speeches . at these meetings will
Jewish group which would be "beggar" pleading for a chance be cries in the wilderness—un-
called in for opinion whenever to tell the, nations of the world less public opinion can be aroused
the Jewish issue might arise, the that the security of our people is sufficiently to prevent the 'ac-
eight American delegates to the at stake.
ceptance of decisions based on
San Francisco- conference later
Emissaries to Conference
delays and failure to acknowl-:
decided to accept the American
It is a good guess that David edge the seriousness of the
Jewish Conference as the au-
Ben
Gurion and Eliezer Kaplan, Jewish. tragedy.'
thority on • Jewish matters, until
who
arrived in this country this
a final decision was reached
Stettinius Discloses
Monday night to recognize both week,, may go to San Francisco Choice of Consultants
the Committee. and the Confer- in the hope of winning the ears (Special Wire to The Jewish News) .
of the United Nations Security
ence.
WASHINGTON • (JTA) — T h e
Conference.
"Pro Forma" Hearings
American Jewish Conference and
It has come to a point that American Jewish Committee
But I am in position to point some Jewish leaders are becom-
out, on the best available au- ing concerned that even our have. been invited by the State
thority, that _ such recognition present position, established Department to designate repre-
means little; that there will be under the mandate setup by the sentatives to serve as consultants
no public hearings in San Fran- world powers after World War I. to the American delegation at
cisco on any important issues in- might be prejudiced. In this in- San Francisco, Secretary of State
volved in the peace plans; that stance, confidence is expressed Stettinius announced Tuesday.
In making public a list of 42
whatever hearings may be con- that one of the staunchest friends
ducted by commissions to be set of the Zionist cause—Senator national organizations to be
represented at San Francisco, Mr.
up by the conference will un-
doubtedly be pro forma, and will Arthur H. Vandenberg of Mich- Stettinius informed a press con-
igan, who is the ranking Repub= ference of an effort made "to
be .intended only as "concessions
lican member of the Senate For, select organizations which, taken
to pressure groups."
eign Affairs Committee—and the as a whole, constitute a fair
In the main, there is confusion chairman of the
cross-section of citizen groups.
and bedlam here which leads to House Foreign
It has not been practicable to'
a certain feeling of despair in Relations Com
extend consultant invitations to
many Jewish quarters.
mittee, Rep. Sole
all organizations interested in the
Bloom, will be
News From State Department
work of the conference."
For instance: on the day on on guard -
Mr. Stettinius said that he and
which it was stated as a cer- the Jewish posi-
Others will meet with consult-
tainty that the , American Jewish tion should be'
ants as often as possible to ob-
Conference was .recognized as protected.
tain their views and to keep them
.The
hope
the spokesman on Jewish in-
informed. Each organization will
terests at the forthcoming. San placed in Sen-
have
one representative and one
Francisco conference, the State a t o r Vanden-
assistant.
Department informed the JeWish berg's f r i e n d- Vandenberg
The Jewish. Conference • and
Telegraphic Agency that it had ship for the Jewish cause is jus- Committee were. to meet 'Wed-.
tified
by
his
memorand.urn
to
the
taken no action with regard to
nesday to select their represent-
such representation. As a matter State Department in which he atives.
of fact, the -eight American dele- offers amendments to the Dum-
Mr. Stettinius further stated
gates had acted in the matter. barton Oaks proposals, placing that the State Department will
but the State Department saw emphasis on his demand:
:provide liaison facilities at the
fit to issue a denial.
"To establish . justice and to
The _revised decision to recog - promote respect for human rights
nize the Conference and the Com- and fundamental freedoms."
mittee on the basis of equality
While some quarters insist that
as authorities has put an end to Palestine will be the test case in
the internal Jewish. controversy the proposals to set up
regard to representation at tion-al trusteeships" over
over man-
San Francisco.
dated territories, the more au-
With regard to Palestine, the thoritative opinion is that the
Situation is becoming increasing z question will never be permitted
ly complex, and it is no longer to reach a:point of discussion in
a secret that the constant pleas San Francisco, in view- of the
made by government leaders to arbitrary attitude 'adopted by
Jewish spokesmen to-wait "a lit= British-American leaders. The
tle longer" has resulted in 'a tacit fact that further delay of a solu-•
acceptance of a British decision tion strengthens the hands of the
to keep on postponing action . on Arab antagonists of the Zionists
Palestine, possibly postpohing a question plays no part in the dis-
solution not only until after the cussion, since Jewish leaders are

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Sunday Evening, April 22

"WHO IS GUILTY"

Starring lresachke 'Burstein, Max
Rosenblatt,
Henrietta. • Jacobson,
Julius Adler, - Anna Tobaek.
- Mintz,
Flora
Freiman,
Sally
Schorr
'Wolf, Janet Pa.ske-
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MMINION.

Friday, April 13, 1945

Center Presents 2nd
`Hecirts in Harmony'
Lecture Wednesday

"Is It Love?" is the theme of
the second of a series of eight
Wednesday evening discussions
on Pre-Martial and Marriage
Counseling subjects, under the
title "Hearts -In Harmony," . pre-

conference for all civic organiza-
tions sending representatives to
San Francisco.

Among the organizations to be
represented are: Federal Council
of Churches of Christ in Amer-
ica, National Catholic Welfare
Conference, Catholic Association
for International Peace, Church
Peace Union, CIO, AFL, Rail-
way Labor Executives Assn., U.
S. Chamber of Commerce, Amer-
ican Bar Assn., National Lawyers
Guild, American Legion and
other. veterans' groups, • farmers ;
women's groups, international
affairs bodies such as Carnegie
Endowment for International
Peace.

sented by the Jewish Center,
next Wednesday at 8 p.m. Dr.
Marie I. Rasey will present the
subject and a discussion will fol-
low.
Dr. Rasey, professor of educa-
tional psychology at Wayne Uni-
versity, received her Ph.D. from
the University of Michigan where
she taught for several summer.
sessions. She studied at the Insti-
tute of Individual. Psychology in
Vienna, was associated with the
Detroit Board of Education in
the Parent Education Depart-
ment, and during the last 20
years has lectured extensively
to civic and cultural groups on
the subject of Educational Psy-
chology. She is the author of
several books and many articles
in her field.
Dr. Rasey also will appear as
guest lecturer at the third ses-
sion, April 25, on the subject
"Dating and Mating."
The fee for the eight weeks
series is $1 to Center members
and $2 to others.

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