Friday, May Ti,
THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Five
UNCIO Acts on Bill of Rights; Zion Status Same
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
SAN FRANCISCO—When the Right Hon. Viscount Cranborne,
P. C., British Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, presented the
views of his government on the question of territorial trusteeships,
at one of the tensest press conferences held here during the United
Nations Conference on International Organization, last Friday, it be-
came apparent that all the noise and the shouting by Jewish groups
represents, at the moment, wasted breath.
Three lines in Clause 4 of the United Kingdom Draft of the
Chapter for Inclusion in the United Nations Charter on Territorial
Trusteeship provided the answer we had been clamoring for on the
question of Palestine's status. These lines read:
"No revision of existing League of Nations Mandates exercised
by States Members of the United Nations shall be made without the
agreement of the Mandatory Power concerned."
Status Quo to Be Retained
In this assertion, and in the statements made by Lord Cranborne
in answer to questions put to him, it was apparent that the status
quo will be retained in Palestine.
It became apparent on Saturday morning, after the press con-
ference presided over by Secretary of State Stettinius and attended
by Senator Vandenberg_ and Commander Stassen, that Palestine's
status will not only not be discussed but that it will not be changed
in the very near future; and that only the machinery will be set up
for trusteeship plans.
Shertok Hopes for Brigade
Role in Reich Occupation
Jewish Agency Views Chances of Palestine Army's Selection
For Tr o ops Which Will Occupy Germany; Ex-Mufti
Is Reported Hiding in Yugoslavia
In his statement, Mr. Stettinius, as chairman of the American
delegation, said:
"The organization would establish a system of international
trusteeship applying to three classes of territories which may be
placed under the system by means of trusteeship arrangements-Hter-
ritories now under mandate; territories which may be detached.from
enemy states as a result of this war; and territories voluntarily placed
under the system by the administering states.
Holds Great Promise
"The system - here proposed holds great promise for the develop-
ment and progress of the peoples of dependent areas. It must be
emphasized, however, that we are here dealing only with the ma-
chinery for trusteeship. No consideration will be given at this con-
ference to specific territories which are to be placed under the sys-
tem. That will be left for future arrangements."
Both the British and American statements show definitely that
action on Palestine has been deferred.
Important points in the U. S. proposals for international trustee-.
ship arrangements are:
"The basic objectives of the trusteeship system should be: (a) to
further international peace and security; (b) to promote the political,
economic, and social advancement of the trust territories and their in-
habitants and their progressive development toward self-government;
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YE-Day Spurs
Dr. Filderman
Accused of Aiding Rescue Efforts
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AntonescuRegime international
law as well as prin-
Bucharest Paper Reports
Charges Against Leader
of Romanian Jewry
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The Jewish Agency hopes that
the Jewish Brigade will .be among the troops which will
LONDON (JTA)—Dr. William
occupy Germany, Moshe Shertok, chief of the political de- Filderman, president of the
partment of the Jewish Agency, told a press conference.
Union of Romanian Jewish Com-
Chief Rabbis Isaac Herzog and Ben Zion Usiel today mittees, is charged with collabor-
cabled to Brigadier Ernest F. Benjamin, commander of the ating with the Antonescu Gov-
Jewish Brigade, hailing the;:>
Brigade's participation in the vic- conference here by representa-
tory in Italy. tives of Jewish farmers who add-
ed that the government is being
AMPAL to Represent
urged to assist citrus planters.
Histadrut Firms in U. S.
JERUSALEM (JPS - Palcor)— 60,000 Attend May Day
Abraham Dickenstein, general Celebration in Tel Aviv
manager of Ampal, American
TEL AVIV (JPS-Palcor)—
Palestine Trading Corp., and About 60,000 members of the
representative in the U. S. of Histadrut, Jewish Palestine's
Histadrut, Palestine Labor Fed- Federation of Labor, participat-
eration, is enro_ute by air to the ed in the first of May parade held
U. S. after two months in Pales- at the Tel Aviv stadium here.
tine where he reached an agree-
The marchers carried slogans de-
ment with the economic institu- manding increased immigration
tions of Histadrut concerning
and the creation of a Jewish
their representation in America state.
by Ampal, in all economic, fi-
Dorothy Thompson, noted
nancial and commercial matters.
The institutions to be repre- American author and columnist,
sented in the U. S., by Ampal, was among the visitors who at-
include Solel Boneh, Koor tended the rally. She also called
Hamashbir, transport and agri- at the offices of the Jewish
cultural companies. The Workers Agency in Jerusalem where she
Bank will serve as a central met Moshe Shertok, the Agency's
agency in financial relations be- Political Chief, and visited the
tween the Histadrut Institutions Hebrew University, Hadassah and
and America. The American various other places in Jeru-
Palestine Corporation was estab- salem.
lished two years ago in the United
States, by Histadrut, to promote
trade between the United States
and Palestine.
Ex-Mufti Reported
Hiding in Yugoslavia
CAIRO (JTA)—The ex-Mufti
of Jerusalem has fled from Ber-
lin to the section of Yugoslavia
recently under German control,
it is reported here. The Mufti
is said to have married the
daughter of a rich Yugoslav Mos-
lem..
It is also reported that the
leader of the pro-German revolt
in Iraq in 1.942, Rashid Ali el
Ghalani, has fled to the Swiss
border, but was refused admis-
sion to Switzerland.
Former Jerusalem
Mayor Heads Arab
Propaganda Office
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Dr. Hus-
sein Fakhri El-Khalidi, one time
mayor of Jerusalem, and presi-
dent of the Arab Reform Party
in Palestine, has been named
chairman of the Arab Bureau of
Propaganda in Washington, the
Institute for Arab American Af-
fairs has announced.
The Institute, whose head-
quarters are in New York, also
announced that its president,
Faris S. Maleuf, has been sent
to San Francisco to assist the
Arab delegation there, and to
259 Jewish Refugees Leave
establish branches of the organ-
Tangiers for Palestine
NEW YORK (JTA)—Two hun- ization -in San Francisco and Los
Angeles.
dred and fifty-nine Jewish ref-
ugees in Tangiers have left for
Palestine via Gibraltar, accord- U. M. Hillel to Honor
ing to a cable received by the Mothers This Sunday
HIAS office here from its Euro-
pean representative, Dr. James
The Bnai Brith Foundation of
Bernstein. All have Palestine the University of Michigan will
visas..
hold an open house and tea in
honor of Mother's Day between
Plan Revival of Citrus
3 and 5:30 p. m. Sunday.
Industry in Palestine
The Mother's Day Tea is to be
TEL AVIV (JPS-Palcor) — held in conjunction with games
Forty thousand dunams of Jewish and indoor entertainment spon-
owned citrus groves have been sored by the Games and Ath-
ruined during war-time through letics Committee. Beryle Walters
lack of cultivation, neglect and of Detroit is the student director
insufficient means for develop- in charge.
ment. Jewish citrus industry has
Rabbi and Mrs. Jehudah M.
lost $32,000,000 during the same Cohen and Dr. and Mrs. Saul
period, it was stated at a press Cohen will act as chaperons.
Li
ernment in the restrictive meas-
ures which it imposed upon Jews,
in • an article in the leftwing
Bucharest newspaper Romania
Libera, according to information
received here.
The newspaper is reported to
have asserted that Public Prose-
cutor Mayo has accused Filder-
man of establishing special com-
mittees which compelled Jews to
subscribe huge amounts o f
money in taxes for a war equip-
ment loan in support "of the anti-
Soviet war of the anti-Semitic
regime."
It charges further than Filder-
man installed N. Ghingold as
leader of the Jewish Center and
urged employes to remain loyal
to him. Ghingold, a Jew, is al-
ready under indictment for col-
laborationist activities.
JSSB Has More Names
Of Jewish Survivors
The Jewish Social Service Bu-
reau is in receipt of a list of 26
names of Jewish survivors lib-
erated by the United States
Army in the towns of Bonn and
Munchen-Gladbach, Germany.
A new list of 193 Polish Jewish
refugees now in the USSR has
alSo been received.
Both lists were made available
through the World Jewish Con-
gress and may be consulted at
the office of the Bureau, 5737
Second Ave., Monday through
Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
cipals of equality and self-deter-
mination of nations and for "en-
couragement of respect for hu-
man rights and fundamental
freedoms for all without distinc-
tion as to race, language, creed
or sex."
He added that "such a program
is incompatible with membership
of fascist countries in organiza-
tion of international security.
But then this is quite natural for
fascist countries are. known to
be, not only centers of sinister
reaction but of war as well and
they cannot serve the cause of
peace and security of nations."
The Soviet leader said that his
government submitted an amend-
ment calling for all people's
"right to work and right to edu-
cation."
"Honor Your Mother"
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