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THE JEWISH NEWS
FricIriy, September 28, 1945
Zionists Mobilize ii Appeal to Truman on Palestine
rge Presi ent to Exert Influence Upon
Stirred to action by the threats to the future of the
Tewislz National Home in Palestine in the annduncement
that the British Labor Government had refused to ab-
rogate the White Paper, local organizations were
mobilized here this week to appeal to President Truman
that he should exert his influence upon Great Britain
to secure the immediate opening of Palestine's doors to
free Jewish immigration.
At a meeting of 150 Zionist and other local leaders,
held on Monday evening at the Shaarey Zedek under
the auspices of the Zionist Council of Detroit, com-
mittees were formed to secure immediate action on the
part of Detroit JeWs in sending telegrams and letters to
President Truman urging that he should carry on his
efforts, which he began last week with his letter to the
British Government in support of the Jewish Agency
program for the immediate admission of 100,000 Euro-
pean Jews into Palestine.
President Truman's appeal is believed to have
had strong effect in England, with the result that
it is now believed that the Labor Government has
stated that its continuation of the White Paper
policy is only temporary and that it will be altered
within six months.
But the tragic position of European Jewry and the
fact, established by Earl G. Harrison,OPresident Tru-
man's personal investigator in Europe, and other im-
partial observers that at least 60,000 European Jews
must be settled in 'Palestine at once, is serving as an
incentive to Jews everywhere not to accept the latter
report as a deterrent but to continue to make requests
to our government that everything that can possibly
be done should be put into action immediately to assure
speedy abrogation of the White Paper and the opening
of Palestine's doors to the surviving Jews.
As a result of last Monday's meeting, at which.
Benjamin M. Laikin, president of the Zionist Coun-
cil, presided, thousands of telegrams already have
gone forth to Washington pleading for action by our
government.
Non-Jews as well as Jews have sent and are continu-
ing to send their appeals in behalf of the Jewish cause
in Palestine.
It is urged that this action should continue and that
all Detroit Jews 'should continue sending messages to
Washington, addressing them to President Truman.
It is reported that family groups, business organiza-
tions and societies are participating in this emergency
appeal to President Truman.
One of the late reports regarding the Palestine situa-
tion is to the affect that the British government has de-
cided to submit the Palestine question to the United
Nations Organization, but many reliable sources refuse
to place much stock in this rumor.
A Jewish Telegraphic Agency report cabled to
The Jewish News from London on Tuesday stated
that authoritative .quarters stressed "They don't
believe for a moment" in the report by Reuter's
Laski Reminds Party Yudkoff to Be Feted
Of Palestine Pledge At Center Monday
In Collier's Article
Harry Yudkoff, former presi-
NEW YORK (JPS)—A re-
minder of the British Labor Par-
ty's pledge to the establishment
of a Jewish Commonwealth in
Palestine, is contained in a re-
cent article in Collier's weekly
by Harold Laski, chairman of
the Executive Committee of the
British Labor Party, whose ut-
terances on British policy have
brought forth irritable rejoinders
from members of the British La-
bor Government who have re-
peatedly stated that Laski's views
are his own and do not bind the
Government:
Prof, Laski's statement reads:
"We share the common pur-
pose of helping France to re-
cover her status as a great demo-
cracy. We are both pledged to
mitigate the grim tragedy of the
Jewish people by helping them
to rebuild their ancient glory in
the land from which they were
driven.
We shall both find
pretty quickly. that fulfillment of
the Balfour Declaration involves
wide international co-operation
to prevent the artificially rising
tide • of Arab internationalism
from becoming , a mask behind
which the Arab effendis are left
free. to exploit the masses in re-
turn for surrender of concessions
in those oil fields which, under
dent of Pisgah Lodge of Bnai
Brith, will be honored by his fel-
low members and co-workers in
Detroit at a re-
ception and
dance on the
recent election
to the presi-
:dency of District
Grand Lodge
No. 6.
A rrangements
for this event,
to be held next
Monday at the
Yudkoff Jewish Center,
are being made by Leonard Be-
love, and Max Goldhoff, vice-
presidents.
,
Manifesto Calls Upon Jews
Throughout World ,to
. Contribute Their Share
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—A drive
to raise $20,000,000 this year for
the Jewish National Fund was
proclaimed at a JNF convention
here. Of this sum, $2,000,000
will be sought in Palestine.
The convention issued a mani-
festo to Jews throughout the
world calling upon Jewish com-
munities in every country to con-
tribute their share. The mani-
festo emphasized that six years
of war have not weakened the
Monday's event will open the determination- of the Jewish Na-
new administration of Jack Law-
son. All past presidents have
been invited to sit on the plat-
form and to join in honoring
Mr. Yudkoff.
A short speaking program will
include ,the principal address by
Mr, Yttdkoff. A reception and
the dance will follow.
Pisgah Lodge Auxiliary mem-
bers will be hostesses at this
event
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that Great Britain had decided to refer the entire
Palestine issue to the United Nations Organization,
The same quarters told the JTA officially that
there still is "a complete blackout" with regard to
the government policy on Palestine. They said that
the blackout will be lifted only by a statement
which Prime Minister Attlee is expected to make
soon,
Demand U. S. Act to Prevent "Shameful Injustice"
NEW YORK—The Jews of Palestine will "resist to
the bitter end" the decision reportedly being taken by
the British Government "to continue with slight modi-
fications the infamous pOlicy of the Palestine White
Paper and to restrict Jewish immigration there to a
trickle," Dr. Abba Hillel Silver and Dr. Stephen S. Wise,
co-chairmen of the American Zionist Emergency Coun-
cil, declared in a joint statement.
Dr. Silver and Dr. Wise expressed a "solemrrwarning
that such a decision can lead only to a catastrophe,"
and called on the British people and the U. S. Govern-
ment, "which bears a major responsibility in this crisis,"
to take immediate steps "to prevent a shameful and
perhaps irreparable injustice."
A mass meeting to give expression to "the sense of
apprehension and indignation aroused by this news"
will be held at Madison Square Garden on Sunday eve-
ning, Sept. 30, to be followed by an Emergency Con-
ference of Zionist leaders in Washington, Dr. Silver and
Dr. Wise announced.
tional Fund to prepare land for
masses of the Jewish people. It
revealed that despite the British
Government's restrictions on
land sales to Jews, the JNF suc-
ceeded in acquiring during the
war about 330,000 dunams, bring-
ing its land reserves up to 800,-
000 dunams.
The manifesto called for the
annulment of the existing land
restrictions and for the right to
acquire land freely in all parts
of Palestine. It also demanded
that the gates of Palestine be
opened to the surviving Jews of
Europe.
Dr. Abraham Granovsky, who
was re-elected chairman of the
board of directors of the JNF
while retaining the post of man-
aging director, addressed the
conference on the diMiculties
which the JNF faces in acquiring
new land.
Palestine Year Book
Views Achievements
WASHINGTON — The publica-
tion of a "Palestine Year Book,"
containing a survey of events in
the Jewish National Homeland
and in the Zionist movement in
this country and abroad for the
past year, was announced this
week by Dr. Israel Goldstein,
president of the ZOA.
The volume is edited by Sophie
A. Udin, librarian of the Zionist
Library and Archives, and com-
prises 15 sections embracing all
major aspects in the progress re-
corded both in the upbiulding of
Palestine and in the growth of
the Zionist movement. It has a
foreword by Dr. Goldstein and an
introduction by Judge Louis E.
Levinthal, chairman of the pub-
lication committee of the Zionist
Organization of America.
I Ain An American
I Am A Jew
I Am A Zionist
I
Am the father of two servicemen—a son who served
overseas for two years and fought on the Anzio Beachhead with
the 101st Airborne Division and a son-in-law who is now station-
ed in Germany.
And my heart aches for the suffering survivors from Nazism
who have no one to turn to for help, who have no place to go to,
for whom the gates of Eretz Israel—the Holy Land of Israel—are
being shut tight by men in power who are forgetting the simplest
principles of justice.
I am sick at heart over the plight of my people.
Our sons and daughters have fought on all fronts.
We have lost more than a third of our entire world popula-
tion, and our fight has been against Nazism—only in the ranks
of the United Nations armies.
Of the eight million Jews of Europe, only a million and a
quarter survive, and these, too, are denied haven in OUR land.
I appeal to President Truman to use his influence to prevent
a travesty on justice.
I plead with our President to do everything he possibly can
to secure justice for our people and to urge the British govern-
ment to open the doors of Palestine wide so that all Jews who
desire may go to Palestine with dignity and with honor.
I urge my fellow Americans—Jews and Christians alike—to
join with me in my appeal to the President in behalf of the
survivors from Nazism.
Our government must act—in the name of justice and human-
itarian principles.
LET US ALL ACT NOW AND WIRE OR WRITE PRESI-
DENT TRUMAN—TO PREVENT A TRAVESTY ON JUSTICE.
William Hordes,
2308 Calvert Ave.
Detroit, Mich.