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THE :jEWIS'HI . NEWS

TOlah was a Quaker, and asked
how a Quaker can reconcile him-
self to the use of troops which
Totah admitted would be neces-
sary to impose a solution unac-
ceptable to Zionism and to stop
illegal Jewish immigration.
Prof. Adyelott brought from
the witness the admission that
whereas some Jewish schools
teach Arabic, the Arabs do not
study Hebrew, despite the charge
that the Jews seek no amity with
the Arabs. The least that can
be done for the Arabs, Dr. To-
tah said, is to maintain the
White Paper.
British member Crick asked
where the capital came from
that has brought about a tre-
mendous improvement in Pales-
tine in the past 25 years. The
witness was evasive.
The witness, educated in Am-
erica and on the staff The
Friends, was the most effective
witness for the Arab side. He
was calm and displayed a sense
of humor, but did not make out
so well Sunder cross-examination
as is evidenced by the quotes
above. He was followed by
Wilbur Smith, another witness
for the Arab Institute.
Christian Zionists Testify
Testimony in support of the
Zionist position was given in be-
half of the American Christian
Palestine Committee by Dr. Dan-
iel A. Poling, pastor of the Phil-
adelpjhia Baptist Temple, editor
of the Christian Herald.
Dr. Poling asked unlimited co-
operation by the U. S. and Great
Britain in setting up a Jewish
State. He declared that "Palestine
was divinely selected as the site
of the Jewish Nation."
Quizzing of Dr.. Poling raised
theological issues.
Canon Charles P. Bridgeman,
an Episcopal missionary who
lived in Palestine from 1924 to
1944, attacked the Zionist view-
point, declared the Arabs would
have been ready for self-govern-
ment if not for the British
pledges to the Jews and asked for
an open door policy for Jewish
immigrants to the U. S.

Give Up Homeland Fight
For 200,000 Zion Visas?

Some Members of Anglo-American Inquiry Committee
on Palestine Believed Planning Compromise Proposal
for Zionists; Group to Continue Hearings in London

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WASHINGTON.—As the Anglo-American Inquiry Com-
mittee on Palestine completed its hearings here and prepared
to leave for London to continue hearings there Jan. 25 to 31,
it became apparent that some members of the committee
are planning a compromise proposal to grant the Zionist
Organization a maximum of 200,000 certificates, with the

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understanding that plans for the;.,
establishment of a Jewish Com- efforts to conciliate divergent
monwealth in Palestine would Jewish and Arab nationalism,
be renounced.
but, maintained that the original
Towards the end of the inquiry error was the "Balfour Declara-
commission's sessions, it became tion." He agreed under ques-
apparent that members of the tioning from Manningham-Bul-
the committee plan to consult ler, that regardless of whether
Arab and non-Zionist Jewish Palestine is declared an inde-
leaders for the purpose of sound- pendent state, there will be
ing them out on the validity of trouble and no peace. He thus
such a plan, before consulting gave deference, as did Hitti, to
Zionist leaders.
Zionist strength. •
Dr. Einstein Testifies
Prof. Khalil Totah, testifying
Testimony of Dr. Albert Ein- for the Institute of Arab-Ameri-
stein and Judge Joseph Pros- can Affairs, was sharply taken
kauer, both of whom demanded up by Grossman on his assertion
unlimited Jewish immigration that if the Arabs do not have
but favored the establishment of their way, they may veer from
a Palestine Commonwealth under the Anglo-Saxon bloc. Without
jurisdiction of the United Nations mentioning any names, he said:
Organization, strengthened . the
Trouble with Arabs
Jewish position that Great Brit-
"There is a power now in the
ain's attitude is unfair but at Middle East courting the Arabs."
the same time encouraged plans Crossman said: As a matter of
for this proposed compromise.
fact in 1939 we had some trouble
All witnesses, except the with Arabs veering from the
Arabs, criticized the White Paper Anglo-Saxon bloc. Is
that what
policy, and only the testimony you mean? I regard this threat
of Lessing Rosenwald injected a
as blackmail. The witness was
negative Jewish note in the then taken up by Judge Crum
hearings.
who quoted to. him the Feisal
$155;000,000 Invested
letter to Weizmann in which the
Robert Szold, in testimony in- Arab king said: "We wish the
forming the commission that Jews a most hearty welcome
$155,000,000 was invested in Pal- home." Dr. 'Totah's reply was,
estine, said that $110,000,000 of "the king was harrassed."
this sum was made in gifts by
Referring to a statement by
U. S. Jewish organizations and Totah that Balfour made trouble
$45,000,000 by individuals.
in Palestine, Crum reminded him
Joseph E. Beck, executive that President Wilson and Arab
director of the National - Refugee King Feisal had something to
Service, and Prof. Maurice R. do with that "trouble". Crum's
Davie, director of a nation-wide queries, are in the form pf rigid Dramatic Moments Marks
investigation conducted by the cross-examination although done Commission's Hearings
Committee for the Study of modestly.
WASHINGTON, D. C.—Dra-
Recent Immigration, testified be-
Totah Called Quaker
matic moments marked presenta-
fore the committee on America's
Prof. Totah also was taken up tion of evidence on the Palestine
experience with the 250,000 refu-
gees who were admitted to this by Singleton who recalled that question before the Anglo-Am-
country.
Prof. Philip Hitti, of Princeton
Univers it y, greyish, baldish,
uncharitable-eyed leading spokes-
man for the Arab cause and the
Arab States, was forced into ad-
mission that the Jews were as
potent as the Arabs in resisting
an unacceptable solution of the
of the
Palestine problem unless im-
posed by force by the Mandatory
LADIES'
AUXILIARY
OF
THE
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND
Power. His admission was ob-
tained by British member Cross-
Tuesday Evening, Jan. 22, 8:15 o'clock
man who appeared to have veer-
ed from a reportedly pro-Arab
In the Main Auditorium of the Masonic Temple
to a more pro-Jewish attitude,
although his position remained
stalwartly British.

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erican Inquiry Committee here intensify Arab - Jewish differ.
last week, in Room 474 of the ences.
State Department.
Demands Zion Opening
Isadore Hershfield, HIAS coun-
Although provision was made
for only 50 spectators, the hear- sel, urged. immediate opening of
ings attracted worldwide atten- Palestine's doors to Jews.
tion.
Issues of Jim-Crowism, bi-na-
The most sensational testimony tional state, and unionization
was that of Robert Nathan and were dragged into the discus-
Arthur Gass, who conducted an sions by British members of the
economic survey in Palestine for committee._
Robert Szold testified that
the American Palestine Institute,
who -stated emphatically that a Jews invested $400,000,000 in
minimum of 615,000 and a maxi- Palestine.
Dr. Rafael Gold presented the
mum of 1,125,000 Jews can be
settled in Palestine in the next Mizrachi orthodox Zionist view-
10 years with proper economic point and assured that Jews
planning. They severely criticiz- would guarantee the rights of
ed the policies of the British ad- all citizens in Palestine.
Rabbi Irving Miller testified
ministration in Palestine. Both
witnesses, in reply to questions in behalf of the American Jew. -
by the British chairman, Sir ish Congress and made a stir-
John E. Singleton, denied that ring appeal against the enforce-
land acquisition by Jews would
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Non-Cooperative Attitude
The first witness charge im-
plicitly with a non-cooperative
attitude, was Dr. John Hassan,
professor of history at City Col-
lege, New York, who testified in
behalf of the Institute of Arab-
American Affairs, that there will
be bloodshed in Palestine if the
Zionists persist in their demands,
and called for the immediate
establishment of an independent
Palestine. Professor Hassan was
taken to task by British Chair-
man Singleton for a passage in
his statement which Singleton
asked him to re-read. The pass-
age says:
"It has frequently been said
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the Committee?" Hassan re-
plied: "It is a little flippant."
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Hassan said in his testimony,
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