Friday, June 20, 1945 Page Three THE JEWISH NEWS British Commission of Five Chosen to Rule Jerusalem Municipal Council Is Dissolved; Jewish Councillors Refute District Commissioner's Charge That They Did Not Accept His Proposals JERUSALEM, (JPS-Palcor)—The Jerusalem Municipal Coun- cil has been dissolved on the order of the Government and super- seded by a commission of five •British officers. Chief Justice Sir William Fitzgerald has been appointed a committee of one "to in- quire into, and report on, the local administration of Jerusalem and make recommendations in relation thereto." The Jerusalem District Commissioner states that this was brought about by the failure of the Council to accept the proposals of the High Com- missioner that the mayoralty post be held in rotation by a Jew, Christian and Moslem, and by the fact that the Council meetings ric: longer have a quorum due to resignations and failures to at- tend its- meetings. The Jewish community accepted in principle the High Commis- sioner's plan that the mayoralty be held, in rotation, by Arabs, Jews and Christians, Jerusalem District Commissioner Pollock ad- mitted at the opening here of the inquiry into the city's administra- tion. The Arabs rejected the plan, he testified, because of their un- willingness to share the mayoralty with the Jews. The Arab Councillors, he said, "acted under the pressure of outside influ- ences." Another witness at the hearings, conduCted by Chief Justice Fitzgerald, constituting a one-man commission, was Aziz Chikhani, an Armenian. Treasurer of the' Municipality, who stated in reply to questions that the Jews comprised about 65 percent of the city's population. The Chief Justice asked: "If the Jews are the majority, why are the Arabs given equal representation?" The witness replied that this was the result of legislation which divided the city into polling - zones in such a way as to "ensure equal representation for both communities." Jerusalem, he said has a population of 152,031. (The Arab Councillors have been boycotting the sessions ever since the High Commissioner's plan was announced.) The Commission in charge of the city's affairs consists of George Webster, recently retired Postmaster, Chairman; Dr. J. MacQueen, Director of Medical Services; R. F. B. Crook, Assistant Director of Public Works; Jan }Tilton, Deputy District Commis- sioner of Jerusalem, and H. F. H. Davies, Assistant Secretary of the Government Secretariat. . In announcing the dissolution of the Council and the appoint- ment of the commission, at a meeting of the Councillors at his of- fice July 11, in the morning, the District Commissioner said that the High Commissioner's proposals were "not accepted by any party" in the form in which they were made. The Jewish Councillors of Jerusalem, and representatives of Jewish institutions addressed a letter to the District Com- missioner in which they refute the official statement that the system of triple rotation "was not accepted by any party in the form in which it was made." The letter refers to a communica- tion addressed to the District Commissioner by the Jewish Councillors on March 23, 1945, in which they did not reject the High Commissioner's proposals, but suggested certain amendments. The letter denies the District Commissioner's assertion that all efforts to solve the problem have been futile. Weekly Review of the News of the World (Compiled From Cables of Independent Jewish Press Service) AMERICA A biography of Baron Edmund de Roths- child, titled "Edmund de Rothschild-Palestine Pioneer," by Isaac Naiditch, has been pub- lished by the Zionist Organization of Amer- ica. It is the second in a series of ZOA books on Zionism and Palestine. "It is inevitable that the disposition of the homeless millions in Europe,—the armies of `displaced persons'—will .come before the Ber- lin conference" of President Truman, Prime Minister Churchill and Marshal Stalin, The Nation, liberal weekly, observes in an editor- ial. Related to this problem, and also "relat- ed to the unstable situation in the Middle East, is the issue of Palestine," the editorial says.. "No longer can military necessity be dragged out as an excuse for the inexcusable. Winston Churchill himself has used as strong language as any Zionist in denouncing the be- trayal perpetrated by the White Paper, and it is certain that the Jewish people of Pal- estine will no longer tolerate the restrictions. Palestine is an international question and it should be dealt with as such; Britain itself should be the first to welcome a joint move for its solution. Such a movement should certainly be initiated by the United States." Eleven complaints charging individual firms with discrimination in employment, have already been filed at the New York City office of the newly set up State Commission Against Discrimination, Henry C. Turner, chairman of the commission, reported. PALESTINE The name of "Rehov Kedoshei Jassy," Street of the Jassy Martyrs, has been given to a thoroughfare in Givat Shaul, new su- burb near Tel-Aviv, on the second anniver- sary of the massacre of nearly 12,000 Jews in Jassy, Romania. One of the favorable aspects of the Pales- tine economic situation is the fact that al- though employment on military projects has decreased 50% since 1942, displacing tens of thousands of persons, this has not brought about any considerable unemployment, Robert Scott, acting Chief Secretary of the Palestine Government, pointed out in an address to the Jerusalem Chamber of Commerce July 10. Following the decision of the Vaad Leumi, Jewish Palestine's National Council, introduc- ing more rigorous regulations regarding pub- lic Sabbath observance, Z. Shragay, Hapoel Harnizrachi representative, resumed his post as a member of the Vaad Leumi Executive Committee. Rabbi Ostrovsky, representative of the Mizrachi Organization, remained a member throughout the crisis over the Sab- bath issue. (See Also Page 14) Sweden to Take Orphans, Sick Children at Belsen Relief Teams Already Operating in Concentration Camps; 14,000 Jews, 800 of them Children, Still Living at Bergen-Belsen; Condition Desperate NEW YORK—The Swedish Government has agreed to accept all orphans and sick children in the Belsen concentration camp, it was announced by Dr. Joselph C. Hyman, executive vice-chairman of the Joint Distribution Committee. Children whose parents are ill will also be accepted; the announcement read. Relief teams comprising a physician, nurse and specially train- ed workers have been granted permission to enter the liberated concentration camps and extend service and aid to the former Jewish • internees. One team is already operating in Buchenwald. According to the latest information available, there are 14,000 Jews still in Belsen, of whom 800 are children. • Their condition is known to be desperate. "Throughout the period of German cruelty, the Swedish Gov- ernment has displayed, in the finest humanitarian spirit, its inter- est' in helping to relieve the suffering of Jews fleeing a ruthless oppressor," Dr. Hyman stated. "Jews who fled from Denmark across the North Sea were welcomed by the Swedes as were others who found haven in Swedish territory. This latest action serves only to strengthen the reputation of charity and justice which are characteristic of Sweden." Jewish Children Returned To Their Families in Italy All Who Hid in Convents, Monasteries and Private Non- Jewish Homes Placed Under Jewish Supervision, Dr. Schwartz, JDC Official, Reports NEW YORK—All Jewish children who were' hidden during the occupation of Southern Italy in monasteries and convents are now under Jewish supervision, it was announced by Dr. Joseph C. Hyman, executive vice-Chairman of the Joint Distribution Com- mittee. . Basing his announcement on a cable received from the JDC's Rome representative, Reuben Resnik, Dr. Hyman revealed that many of these children are now being cared for in a Jewish or- phanage in Rome, while others are staying in Ostia. A summer camp and school has been opened at Monte Mario, while in North- ern. Italy Jewish orphanages are functioning in Milan and Turin. Thirty-one children were transferred from convents in Turin and Milan to JDC-Supported institutions. 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