Friday, November 2, 1945
THE JEWISH NEWS
Letters to The Editor
Says Palestine Partition
One Possible Solution
He Urges Resistance
In Organized Action
Borman Honored
For Efforts for
Cause of Zionism
Editor, The Jewish News:
Editor, The Jewish News:
I believe the subject of the
In your editorial of Friday,
Abraham Borman of 2715
"Partition of Palestine" should be Oct. 19, entitled "Shot in the
brought to the attention of the Back" you exclaim "When will Oakman Blvd. was highly com-
Jews of Detroit at this time. It such inhumanity of man to man mended this week for his efforts
in behalf of the annual Balfour
is one possible solution of our come to an end?"
present dilemma and much bet-
In the very same issue of the Ball of the Zionist Organization
ter than many alternatives open Jewish News you ask the British
to us. To my mind it is the best Government if "it is cricket" to
possible solution for the Jews, act towards the Jews the way it
especially if it can be accom- does. Don't you think it is high
panied by an exchange of pop- time to stop using phrases against
ulations which will clear north- the determined opposition of the
ern Palestine of Arabs and give Mandatory Power to kill the
us 3,000 to 4,000 square miles of Jewish aspirations in Palestine
territory within which we can and instead to adopt a deter-
be a sovereign state.
mined stand of resistance on the
Our present Zionist leadership part of the Jewish People that
does not emphasize the necessity will make the British and the
of restricting Arab immigration whole world realize that the
into Palestine in order to event- Jewish People will not give up
ually get a Jewish majority. Yet their fight for a homeland until
the Arabs now have a lead of that aim is fully achieved?
600,000 in population and are free
The Jewish People must start
to come in at their own discre- a large scale political campaign
tion.
as a- major instrument in their
With a potential maximum of struggle for Palestine. Specific-
1,000,000 Jews available to move ally, I have in mind the five
into Palestine, this is too big a point plan and policy put for-
handicap to overcome. Also the ward by the militant Zionists of
ABRAHAM BORMAN
presence of so many Arabs with- the New Zionists Organization
of Detroit, to be held at Hotel
in a Jewish homeland is a of America, namely:
Statler Saturday evening, Nov.
constant brake on its develop-
1. Non-cooperation with the 10.
ment. In our commercial deal- government in London and the
Harry Cohen, chairman of the
ings with the rest of the world British administration in Pales-
we can much better help develop tine, so long as the White Paper Balfour Ball committee, and
Jewish industry and commerce exists.
Rabbi Leon Frain, president of
the Zionist Organization of De-
if we are not forced at the same
2.
A
civil
disobedience
cam-
time to carry the load of at least
troit, praised Mr. Borman's ef-
a partially non co-operative paign in Palestine, including re- forts not only for being the
fusal to pay taxes or comply distributor of a large number of
group.
with the orders of the anti-semi- tickets for the ball, but also for
In our political representation tic administration in Palestine.
having enrolled a large number
within the United Nations a
An international boycott of of new members.
smaller homogeneous Jewish
state can be more effective than British goods, shipping and ser-
a larger bi-national state. The vices.
4. Return of all medals of dis-
Arabs within Palestine are con-
stantly in position to force con- tinction received from Britain by
cessions by threat of retaliation Jewish soldiers for services in
from the surrounding 30,000,000 both world wars.
Arabs.
5. Direct resistance to every at-
A Jewish state of 3,000 or 4,000 tempt to prevent Jews from en-
INUNINIlliaminarimor
square miles as approximately tering Palestine or from acting
in
accordance
with
their
inalien-
determined by the Peel Commis-
sion in • 1936 is reasonably ade- able rights as human beings and
quate to support 2,000,000 Jews. residents of that country.
Organized and unified action
If ever we get that many into
this territory we can negotiate is needed now. Let's act!
Yours truly,
for more land or other conces-
LOUIS PANUSH
sions as a state much better than
3437 Oakman Blvd.
we can now as a cultural group.
Yours truly,
MORRIS MENDELSON Congressmen Protest
2675 Burlingame Ave. Rankin's Slur on Jews
Detroit, Mich.
Do Your Duty
Vote on Nov. 6
Page Sevenfeeof
Hadassah's Goal $3,010,000;
Starts Medical School Drive
Mrs. Moses P. Epstein Re-Elected President; Dr. Wise Teas
Women Zionists "People That Will Not Resort fo
Self-Defense Is Not Fit to Survive"
CHICAGO, (JTA)—A national
goal of $3,010,000 for the coming
year was proclaimed here at the
closing session of the four-day
Hadassah convention, which re-
elected all its top officers, headed
by Mrs. Moses P. Epstein,
president.
Addressing a dinner session,
Sen. Owen Brewster of Maine
told the 1,000 delegates that Arab
threats in Palestine were "a
myth" since no Arab armies
exist. He urged the United States
to support a Jewish Palestine as
"a periscope and listening post"
in "a desert of backward primi-
tive Arab countries."
Must Resort to Self-Defense
Dr. Stephen S. Wise warned
that although the Jewish Agency
does not advocate violence, "re-
sistance with firmness, whatever
the consequences, is the watch-
word. We- know the consequences
are bound to be grave," he con-
tinued, "especially since Jewish
resistance may provoke counter
measures by the British. But a
people that will not resort to
self-defense is not fit to survive."
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, repre-
senting the Jewish Agency, said
that the Jews in Palestine want
self-government immediately and
"will not stand for a foreign
regime be it British or any
other." He pointed out that if
Arab states such as Syria, Iraq,
Lebanon and "medieval Saudi
Arabia" deserve to rule them-
selves, "why not democratic
Palestine?"
Anounckg
tbe
Posner Features
Second Cultural
Affair at Center
On Sunday evening, Nov. 11,
the Joint Yiddish Culture Com-
mittee of the Jewish Community
Center and Jewish Community
Council will present the second
in this year's series of cultural
programs, featuring Joseph Pos-
ner in a concert recital in the
auditorium of the Jewish Corn-
munity Center, Woodward at
Holbrook.
Mr. Posner is the cantor and
musical director of Temple Eman-
uel in Passaic, N. J. As a child he
sang in the choir with the late
world-famous cantor, Joseph Ro-
senblatt. He studied at Juilliard
School in New York, appeared
with the Peoples' Philharmonic
Choral Society, the New York
Choral Society, and the Federal
Symphony, under the direction of
Nicholas Sokoloff, singing in a
number of outstanding oratorios.
He also has appeared as soloist
for the. Festival of Jewish Arts at
Carnegie Hall. Early this year he
gave a. solo recital at Town Hall.
Mr. Posner will be accompan-
ied by Miss Florence Kutzin.
Tickets have been distributed
among organizations • affiliated
with the Community Council.
Additional tickets will be on sale
at the Center on the evening of
Nov. 11.
POALE ZION NAMES GELB
TO HEAD ENGLISH SECTION
NEW YORK. — Saadia Gelb,
formerly associated with the Na-
tional Labor Committee for Pal-
estine, has been appointed secre-
tary of the recently established
English - speaking section of
Poale-Zion-Zeire Zion.
NEIN
D
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — A
clash on the floor of the House
of Representatives between Rep.
John Rankin of Mississippi and
Rep. Emanuel Cellar of New
York, during which the Missis-
sippi Congressman referred to
Celler as the "Jewish gentleman
from New York,' brought a de-
mand from Rep. Vito Marcanto-
nio of New York that "this Jew-
baiting in the House must stop."
He expressed the hope that for
the sake of a "united America"
such a discussion would never
again occur on the floor of the
House.
The exchange between Ceiler .
and Rankin arose when the latter
objected to suggestions by Celler
and five other Congressmen that
the House Committee on Un-
American Activities probe nation-
alist and • anti-Semitic groups.
Rankin described Celler's de-
mands as the "most unmitigated
procedure ever seen in Congress
from the Jewish gentlemen from
New York," and after Celler ob-
jected, asked whether he was pro-
testing being called "Jewish" or
"gentleman." The other Congress-
men were Reps. DeLacy, Jackson
and Coffee of Washington and
Patterson and Doyle of Califor-
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ly stated position with regard to
Palestine, it warned that "the
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rights promised by Britain and
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right of every Jew who wishes to
go to Palestine to enter the
country freely." The note also
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