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Taft, Wagner Deny Zionists
Seeking 'Theocratic State'

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'Friday, December 14, 1945

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N. S. Shapero Urges
Retailers, Gallants
To Spur Bond Drive

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Detroit Habonim to Be Hosts
To Convention Dec. 23.29

Senators Charge 'Insidious Campaign' Against Their Resolu-
tion on Palestine Involves 'Fantastic Misrepresentations
of Commonwealth, in Letter to Truman

"Wayne County retailers and
Habonim, labor Zionist youth will feature Haim Greenberg,
Gallants are urged to continue of Detroit, will be hosts to 300
prominent labor Zionist leader in
their Victory Bond selling efforts delegates of Habonim in 30 cities
this country.
with unabated energy through of the U. S., Canada and Cuba at
Also on the program will be a
WASHINGTON, (JPS)—The blunt charge that an "in- December," said Nate S. Shapero, the 10th annual veida (conven-
play, "Still They Come," directed
tion)
of
National
Habonim,
to
sidious campaign" against the Palestine resolution introduced county retail chairman.
take place at the Jewish Chil- by Harry Rodin of Cleveland,
by them in the Senate involves "fantastic misrepresenta-
and portrayed by Cleveland Ha-
"Although Treasury figures in- dren's Home Dec. 23 to 29.
tions" of the Jewish Commonwealth plan and has been car- dicate that all types of quotas
Commissions are being set up bonim. Depicting the story of
ried to the White House, was made in a letter addressed to will be met before New Year's," with representatives from each- immigration to Eretz Yisreal in
President Truman by Senators Taft and Wagner, authors continued Shapero, "every citizen city to study the problems con- the past and the present, the play
has a stake of pride in the out- fronting the realization of mo- shows the undying spirit of the
of the resolution.
The campaign involved the strengthened by the passage of come, and a personal interest in bilization of Jewish youth for the Jews in regard to Palestine.
the economic advantage of in- solution of the Jewish problem.
libel that Zionists are seeking to the resolution."
Engee Caller, recent arrival
establish a "theocratic state" in
creasing the backlog of savings in
The commissions will take up from the Yishub to do organiza-
this area."
Palestine, they charged. The Sen- 427 "Illegal" Immigrants
the problems of the returning tional v,rork in Habonim for the
ators stressed that the passage Detained In Palestine
Retailers Victory Center will servicemen and his place in the Histradrut of Palestine, will talk
of the Palestine resolution is
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Since the continue to serve the stores, Gal- Zionist movement; immigration on the current situation in that
imperative before the Anglo- end of the war in Europe, 427
lants and public until further to Eretz; election of a new na- country. Miss Caller is a native
American Inquiry Committee Jewish "illegal" immigrants have
notice. All final records will tional executive, movement lead- of the United States and was one
proceeds with its work so "that been apprehended in Palestine,
go to Washington and exhibits ership and educational content of the first American Halutzims
the traditional and basic position J. V. W. Shaw, Chief Secretary
to go to Palestine.
are to be presented to the De- problems.
of the U. S. with regards to the of the Palestine Government,
troit Historical Society as me-
The
opening
program
will
be
Tickets for the program can be
Palestine question should be re- told a press conference. He add-
affirmed so far as it lies in the ed that 407 have since been re- mentoes of Wayne County's held at Central High at 8:15 p.m. purchased by calling Bernard
home-front war support.
Sunday, Dec. 23. The program Schreier, Ho. 0343.
power of Congress to do so."
leased, and 15 deported. Measur-
Campaign Against Bill
es for dealing with illegal im-
The letter to the President by migrants, Shaw said, engage the
Taft and Wagner opened with government's constant attention.
the direct charge that "ever
since we introduced Joint Senate Agudas Israel Urged
Resolution 112, a continuous cam- To Testify Before Board
paign, both open and covered,
LONDON, (JTA)—Representa-
has been conducted against the tives of the Agudas Israel should
bill . . .
testify before the Anglo-Ameri-
"The campaign has taken the can inquiry commission on Pales-
form of a gross misrepresenta- tine together with other Jewish
tion of our position and of the organizations, or independently,
intentions of all who support if necessary, H. A. Goodman,
Jewish aspirations in Palestine. political secretary of the Agudah,
The misrepresentation centers in told the international conference
the outstanding and baseless of the Orthodox group, meeting
charge that it is proposed to here.
establish in Palestine a 'theo-
cratic' state or a state based upon American Jewish Conference
religious or racial discrimina- Declares Sevin Prejudiced
tion. This insidious campaign
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Prime
has now been carried to the Minister Attlee was told in a
White House in an obvious at- letter addressed to him by the
tempt to influence the adminis- American Jewish Conference that
tration."
"it will be extremely difficult for
Lists 11 Major Points
Americans to have any confidence
The letter contains 11 major in the deliberations of the Anglo-
points. Point one quotes the American Committee of Inquiry"
Palestine planks of the Demo- on Palestine because British
cratic and Republican Party plat- Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin's
forms, and asserts that the reso- recent statement on Palestine in
lution is therefore no more than the House of Commons had
a restatement of the position "prejudged and prejudiced" the
taken by both major parties rep- findings of the Inquiry Com-
resenting, as they do, the great mittee.
majority of American citizens."
Point two specifies that "the Truman Discusses Palestine
expression 'J e w i s h Common- With Dr. Weizmann
wealth' is not novel; it was not
WASHINGTON, D. C., (JPS)---
recently invented to represent a Additional confusion shrouded
new idea; it antedates the Pales- the Administration's attitude on
tine mandate, and was used re- Palestine, when President Tru-
peatedly by the leading states- man held three separate White
men of Britain and the U. S." House discussions on the Pales-
ou can't put more eggs in a basket
Points 3, 4, 5 and 6 are com- tine issue with Zionists, non-
prised of quotations from Lloyd Zionists and anti-Zionists on Dec.
than it will hold. It won't work!
George, Field Marshall Smuts, 4.
And you can't use any number of elec-
Winston Churchill, Woodrow Wil-
President Truman received
son and other statesmen, instru- Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president
trical appliances on one circuit. It won't
mental in authoring the Balfour of the World Zionist Organization
Declaration and the mandate, and the Jewish Agency for Pal-
work either! Yet many home owners
who used in official statements estine, who was accompanied to
the phrase "Jewish Common- the White House by Lord Hali-
have become accustomed to inadequate
wealth or Jewish State."
fax, British Ambassador to the
Definite Assurances
U. S.; Mr. J. David Stern, pub-
wiring—to frequent blown fuses because
Point 8 of the letter stressed lisher of the Philadelphia Record
that the Zionists, in all their and a representative of the Am-
of an "overloaded" circuit. Making sure
statements of policy during a erican League for a Free Pales-
This is one of a series of
quarter of a century nowhere in- tine, which is an affiliate of the
that your home wiring is up to date is
ferred a "theocracy" and have Bergsonite Hebrew Committee of
advertisements prepared
your assurance of being able to use the
given definite assurances that National Liberation, and Lessing
in cooperation with the
Palestine would be a secular state Rosenwald, president of the Am-
Electrical Association of
electrical appliances you want in your
r e cog n i z ing the autonomous erican Council for Judaism.
Detroit in the interest of
rights of all religious groups.
Lessing Rosenwald submitted
home when you want to use them—
"We are reluctantly driven to to the President a seven point
insuring adequate wiring
the conclusion," the senators program calling for a "United
for every home in this area.
where you want to use them. It means
state, "that the misrepresenta- Nations Declaration that Pales-
When you build or re-
tions to which we have referred tine shall not be a Moslem, a
having your home furnishings arranged
model be sure your home
and the false issues raised with Christian or a Jewish State, but
regard to the projected Jewish . . . a country in which people
is properly wired. For wir-
to suit your taste, with outlets always
Commonwealth are intended to of all faiths . . . share fully the
ing recommendations, call:
confuse the public to deprive the rights and responsibilities of
convenient. It also means that it should
Jewish people of their establish- citizenship." His program calls
THE
ed rights and to assist the Brit- for a plebiscite, in which dis-
accommodate a new frozen-food cabinet,
ELECTRICAL ASSOCIATION
ish Government in evading its placed persons in Europe would
electric range, automatic laundry, elec-
OF DETROIT
obligations under binding inter- list "in order of preference," the
national agreements. Neither we, lands in which they want to
3903
NOTTINGHAM
tric dishwasher and many other electri-
or other senators who share our settle.
PHONE: TUXEDO 2-1240
views, nor the American people
cal appliances. And, of course, if your
will be deceived by these tactics. "Jewish' State Will Rise!"
DETROIT 24, MICHIGAN
"Finally, Mr. President, it is Silver Declares Over Radio
plans for tomorrow include a brand-new
JERUSALEM, (JPS-Palcor)—
our conviction that the passage
of such a resolution is more urg- In a stirring, defiant address over
home, adequate wiring is an "A-1" item
ently required now than ever be- the Jerusalem radio, Dr. Abba
fore in view of the joint Anglo- Hillel Silver, member of the
to check in plans and specifications.
American Committee of Inquiry Jewish Agency Executive and
about to be organized. Our President of the Zionist Organ-
country can only proceed on the ization of America, charged that
assumption that the pledges given Foreign Secretary Bevin's Pal-
to the Jewish people and em- estine policy was a threat to the
bodied in international covenants progress of the entire Middle
shall be honored. If the Joint East, and expressed his con-
Committee proceeds on that as- fidence that, despite all obstacles,
sumption its hands will be "a Jewish state will rise."

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