Friday, June 29, 1945

Page Three

THE JEWISH NEWS

Sees 'Bloody Events' Unless
White Paper Is Repealed

Ben-Gurion Says Jews Will Not Tolerate Ghetto in Pales-
tine; Says American Public Opinion Can
Prevent "a Big Tragedy"

NEW YORK, (JTA)—Reiterating his warnings of bloody
events in Palestine if the White Paper is not abolished by the
British Government, David Ben-Gurion, chairman of the execu-
tive of the Jewish Agency, told a press conference here that only
American public opinion can prevent "a big tragedy" by convinc-
ing Britain that Palestine must be open to Jewish immigration.
"I speak in the name of all the 600,000 Jews of Palestine when
I say that we are not ready to tolerate any longer the White Paper
restrictions," Ben Gurion said. "If not for our strong desire to help
the Allies in winning the war," we would have ceased tolerating
these restrictions long ago. But the war in Europe is over, and we
will not agree any longer to a ghetto regime imposed upon us by
a power which we consider an alien in Palestine."
The leader of the Jewish Agency emphasized that during his
stay in the United States he will make an effort to bring about
unity among all Jews in this country for the purpose of winning
the support of the United States for Jewish claims on Palestine.
"We are on the eve of historic decisions with regard to Pales-
tine," Ben-Gurion declared. "These decisions may be in favor of
our demand for the establishment of Palestine as Jewish State,
or they may be against us. Both are possible. But one thing is
certain: should Britain decide to maintain its White Paper restric-
tions, there are no less than 250,000 able-bodied men and women
among the 600,000 Jews in Palestine."
Reviewing the difficulties created by the White Paper for the
Jewish development of Palestine, Ben-Gurion charged the British
Government with responsibility for the mass-murder of many
thousands of Jews in Europe during the Nazi regime, pointing
out that these Jews could have been absorbed in Palestine had
Britain not introduced immigration restrictions. He said that Pal-
estine could easily absorb a million more Jews if the country were
open to Jewish immigration.
The Zionist leader reported that in France, which he recently
visited, many Jews are adopting Catholicism, but on the other
hand many Jews who were never nationalist-minded are now
staunch supporters of Zionism and are ready to fight for the es-
tablishment of Palestine as a Jewish State.

Weekly Review of the News of the World

(Compiled From Cables of Independent Jewish Press Service)

OVERSEAS

PALESTINE

Maurice Samuel, author, who arrived from
the United States to assist in the United Pal-
estine Appeal held in Britain, was the chief
speaker at a large UPA Conference at Friends
House, London, under the auspices of the
Zionist Federation of Britain. Prof. Selig
Brodetsky presided. Other speakers were
Rabbi Schenk, who reported on the position of
Australian Jewry, Mrs. Schenk who depicted
life in Palestine, and Rabbi Wolf Gold, presi-
dent of the World Mizrachi Organization, who
arrived from the United States last week.
Prime Minister Osubka-Morawski of Po-
land gave his solemn pledge that in the repa-
triation of Polish refugees in the U.S.S.R. and
elsewhere, "no distinction would be made
between Poles and non-Poles; and that repa-
triated Jews like non-Jews would be direct-
ed to those districts where they would be
able to adjust themselves in the best and most
expedient way," ET Mark, member of the Or-
ganizational Committee of Polish Jews, re-
ported in Moscow.
Weeping at the description of how Nazis
gassed, tortured, and worked to death, mil-
lions of Jewish men, women and children.,
1,012 delegates from 10 countries, participat-
ing in the Anti-Fascist Women's Congress in
Belgrade, Yugoslavia, unanimously adopted a
resolution condemning anti-Semitism.
With "every possible help" pledged by
the Greek Government, and an additional 100
Palestine immigration certificates allocated
for this purpose by the Jewish Agency, pre-
parations have begun in Athens for the im-
plementation of a scheme aiming at resettl-
ing in Palestine all surviving Jews in Greece.
A provisional Kehillah (Jewish Community
Council) has set up offices at Meranische
Strasse 2, North 63, Berlin, in a building plac-
ed at the disposal of the Jews by the Burge-
meister (mayor) of Berlin. The Kehillah is
now preparing the rehousing of 1,200 former
Jewish residents of Berlin, found in the Ther-
esienstadt ghetto, whose repatriation appears
imminent.

The Council of the Union of General
Zionists (Group B) in Palestine has decided to
request that the Executive Committee of the
Jewish Agency for Palestine resign at the next
meeting of the Larger Zionist Actions Com-
mittee. The meeting may take place next
month in London.

The Egyptian Government has withdrawn
its refusal and now has agreed to grant tran-
sit visas to a party of Jewish immigrants from
France, mostly children.

The Spanish Steamer Plus Ultra arrived.
in Haifa with 400 Jewish refugees from Switz-
erland. Disembarkation began with arrivals
taken to Atlith Camp for clearance.

The Magen, "a society for the protection
of persecuted Zionists in the Soviet Union,"
has decided to approach competent Zionist
agencies, institutions, and Jewish Palestine to
intervene with Soviet authorities for the re-
lease and emigration to Palestine, of Zionists
who are imprisoned or who were banished
to distant parts of the Soviet Union for 20
years on charges of adherence to Zionism.

The Board of Directors of Keren Kaye-
meth, Jewish National Fund, was increased.
from 9 to 11 with the election of two mem-
bers in addition to Abraham Harzfeld and
Abraham Destenbaum, of Hapoel Hamizrachi,
who were unanimously elected at the con-
cluding session of the Smaller Actions Com-
mittee of the World Zionist Organization
to succeed the late Berl Katznelson and
Herman Struck. The additional members are
Jacob Hazan of the Hashomer Hatzair move-
ment, and Joseph Janower, veteran South
African Zionist, now living in Palestine.

Eliahu Dobkin, Jewish Agency emis?mtr-F,
left by air for Switzerland and France to
establish Palestine offices and training cen-
ters in these countries to facilitate the emigra-
tion of Jews wishing to go to Palestine. He
said he hoped he would be able to visit liber-
ated concentration camps in Germany.

Congress Reveals
New Plan to War
On Anti-Semitism

Commission On Community
Inter-Relations Set Up
to Carry Out Job

NEW YORK, (JTA) —Details
of a new scientific attack on
anti-Semitism and other minor-
ity problems in the United States
were announced here by the
American Jewish Congress which
has created a Commission on
Community I n t e r-relations to
carry out the job. The attack is
based on a two-fold approach—
to study the reasons for tension
and conflict and to conduct an
action program to overcome reli-
gious and racial frictions.
The American Jewish Congress
has underwritten its new com-
mission for a period of five years
of operation. Charles E. Hen-
dry, former national director of
research for the Boy Scouts of
America, is coordinator of re-
search in charge of over-all oper-
ations. Associate coordinator is
Bernard Gittelson, who was di-
rector of research for New York
State's Commission Against Dis-
crimination which drafted New
York's recently-enacted anti-
discrimination law.
A close tie-up that has been
arranged with a new agency, the
Rogosin Foundation, also set up
for a period of five years to
carry out a leadership training
program for key men and wo-
men in various American com-
munities. Persons eligible to
participate will be brought to
New York for special courses in
community relations. The
Foundation is financed by Israel
Rogosin, New York textile manu-
facturer, and functions under
Mr. Hendry's general direction.

Launch $4,000,000
Palestinian Fleet

As part of its program to in-
crease the flow of Jewish im-
migration into Palestine, the
Jewish Agency has invested
$400,000 in the new National
Shipping Corporation, "Ziyam,"
which is forming a maritime
fleet with a capital of $4,000,000.
A fleet of these proportions
could bring large numbers from
Europe to the Jewish National
Home and employe thousands of
new immigrants in the ports and
on the sea, as sailors, fishermen,
shipbuilders, etc. United Pales-
tine Appeal funds are utilized to
sustain every aspect of the pro-
gram of the Jewish Agency.

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