IFtklay, OcfoWer 26, 1945 •
THE JEWISH NEWS
Harrison Demands Removal
of DPs; Defends Report
Declares Improved Conditions of Jews Remaining in Ger-
man Camps in U. S. Zone Came Only After Truman
Sent Details of His Survey to Gen. Eisenhower
PHILADELPHIA, (JTA)—Earl G. Harrison U. S. repre-
sentative on the Inter-governmental Committee for Refugees,
who was sent by President Truman to Europe to study the
condition and needs of displaced persons, especially Jews, in
Germany and Austria, issued a statement here replying to
Gen. Eisenhower's report assuring the President that "real
and honest" efforts have been
made to improve the living for Gen. Eisenhower's energetic
standard of the displaced people. action to improve conditions of
"Gen. Eisenhower," Mr. Har- displaced Jews in American-oc-
rison said, "refers to improved cupied Germany and Austria, Dr.
conditions in the camps or cen- Israel Goldstein, co-chairman of
ters. What we need is more action the American Jewish Conference,
in getting the people out of the at the same time declared that
camps and less talk about im- Earl G. Harrison's report to
proving conditions within the President Truman had been a
camps.
constructive service to the' Amer-
"Gen. Eisenhower cites the fact ican people and the Jews of the
that subordinate commanders are world.
under orders to requisition Ger-
Gen. Eisenhower had pointed
man houses, grounds • and other out, in his reply to President
facilities without hesitation for Truman on the charges contained
the benefit of displaced persons. in the Harrison report, that he
That has been true for many had acted upon Dr. Goldstein's
.rnonths, as I pointed out in - my July 25 recommendation that
report.
non-repatriable Jews be sepa-
Fail to Carry Out Orders
rated from other stateless peo-
"The trouble is the subordinate ple and placed in exclusively
commanders are not carrying out Jewish centers.
"It is undoubtedly true that
the orders. For example, it was
not until Gen. .Eisenhower him- General Eisenhower has acted
self visited Camp Feldafing a with the best will in the world,
few weeks ago, after receipt of and that he has secured improve-
President Truman's letter for- mentsin the administration of
warding a copy of my report, that camps where displaced Jews are
German houses in the vicinity of housed, but there have been
the camp were requisitioned to times when his directives have
relieve the over-crowded condi- not been carried out," said Dr.
Goldstein.
tions in the camps."
Harrison "flatly" denied that
displaced persons have absolute Ban Nazi Measures,
preference over Germans for Eisenhower Ordered
WASHINGTON (JTA) — The
housing. "That is 'true only on
paper," he said, "and in a few abrogation of all Nazi measures
isolated instances. In my report establishing "discrimination on
I offered to cite examples of grounds of race, nationality,
quite the contrary, but I have creed or political opinions," is
never been requested to name ordered in a State Department
names.
directive to Gen. Eisenhower re-
garding the military government
Praises General's Letter
"I laud Gen. Eisenhower's let- of Germany, made public here
ter, the date of which has not this week, although it was issued
been given, but I am sure it is several months ago.
The directive stresses that any
quite recent, directing that neces-
sary guarding of camps should person who participated in racial
.be done by displaced persons persecutions and discriminations
themselves on a volunteer sys- is to be treated as an active Nazi
tem and without arms. When I and not as a "nominal partici-
was there, U. S. troops were pant in party activities." At the
guarding the camps. That is why same time, it ordered the im-
I said that so long as we con- mediate release of all persons in
tinued to keep Jews, for example, the American zone detained or
in camps under our guard in- placed in custody on grounds of
stead of SS troops as formerly, race, nationality, creed or politi-
we would appear to be treating cal opinions," and instructed that
the Jews as the Nazis treated they are to be treated as dis-
them except that we do not ex- placed persons.
' terminate them. There was noth-
ing misleading about my state-
ment, if there has been a change,
to
though recent, I am very glad.
Scarcely Liberation
"One part of Gen. Eisenhower's
report is definitely misleading.
He states that at the time of my
report there were 'perhaps 1,000
Jews still in their former con-
centration camps'. What differ-
ence does it make whether they
were in their former concentra-
tion camps if they are continued
in camps. Shifting' them from
one camp to another, while hav-
ing a slight psychological ad-
vantage, was scarcely liberation.
Gen. Eisenhower may be dif-
ferentiating between the more
notorious concentration c amps
and other camps in which slave
laborers were kept by the Ger-
mans. To me they are all camps
DR. JOSEPH TENENBAUM
and not normal living.
More Difficult Period
Dr. Joseph Tenenbaum of New
"I direct attention - to the fact York, national president of the
that in my report I expressed, Federation of Polish Jews, and
and I quote, 'complete admiration president of the World Federa-
for what has been accomplished tion of Polish Jews, will address
by the military units with respect a meeting of the Detroit chapter
to this phase of the post-fighting next Tuesday, Oct. 30, at 8 p. m.
job'. I then proceeded to say that, at Jericho Temple.
'now that the worst of the pres-
Morris Mohr, president of the
sure of mass repatriation is over, Detroit Polish-Jewish Federation,
it is not unreasonable to suggest in announcing the visit of Dr.
that in the next and perhaps Tenenbaum, has issued an in-
more difficult period those who vitation to the entire community.
have suffered most and longest to attend -the meeting and hear
be given first and not last at- Dr. Tenenbaum's report on the
tention'. Evidently this is begin- present status of Polish Jewry.
ning to happen under General
Eisenhower's direction and that
-.CARD OF THANKS
is progress."
The family of the late Louis
Dann wish to express their sin-
Harrison's Report Lauded
cere appreciation to their- many
As "Constructive Service"
friends and relatives for their
'NEW YORK (JTA)—Express- thoughtfulness during their re-
ing - American Jewry's gratitude cent bereavement.
Tenenbaum
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Polish Jetvs' Status
Page Seven .
$250 Raised in Bay City 1
For Nachlah in Palestine
At the silver wedding an-
niversary celebration of Mr. and
Mrs. Dave Karse of Bay City, at
the Winona Hotel, Isidore Chern-
off of Detroit
made an elo-
quent plea for
the est a b lish-
ment of a Nach-
lah in Palestine,
and $250 was
raised. The fund
was turned over
to Jacob Epel of
Detroit.
Mr. Chernoff,
although a non- I. Chernoff
Zionist, pointed to the tragedy of
the surviving Jews in Europe
and described the necessity for
the redemption of land in Pal-
estine through the Jewish Na-
tional Fund.
JSSB Seeks to Locate
Europeans' Relatives
After six years in a German
concentration camp, Otto Tan-
cous, 18, was brought to New
York by American soldiers en-
route to Buffalo, where his moth-
er last lived. The boy, a native
of Buffalo, is being care for in
New York by the HIAS until the
relatives are located. Otto has
an uncle, Gustave Tancous, liv-
ing in Detroit, but his exact
whereabouts are unknown.
Other relatives whom the JSSB
is trying to locate are
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