-; Friday , February 22, 1946
THE JEWISH NEWS
Conference Votes to Remain
Active, Enlarge Program
of liaison officers sent to oc-
cupied territories. Mr. Monsky
voiced the sentiment of continu-
ed united Jewish effort within
the framework of the Conference
until a more democratic body
speaks for American Jewry.
Interim Committee Authorized to Carry On, to Call An-
Continue Our Struggle
other Session Within 15 Months and to Study Means
Louis Lipsky stressed the fact
of Creating a Permanent Body
that' no matter what the dif-
By IRVING W. SCHLUSSEL
Jewish News Correspondent at American-Jewish Conference
CLEVELAND.—The American Jewish Conference,
meeting in its third session at the Cleveland Hotel Sunday
through Tuesday, went on record authorizing the Interim
Committee to carry on its work, to call another session
within 15 months and to explore possibilities of creating a
permanent body.
In the event that a permanent
organization is created, it is the
desire of the majority of the dele-
gates that the conference should
deal not merely with overseas
problems but also with matters
affecting the internal American
scene.
Overwhelming Approval
The resolution which received
the overwhelming approval of
the delegates provided for the
Interim Committee's continuation
of its work until the next ses-
sion, for the appointment of com-
mittees to handle the various
projects and for the implement-
ation of the Conference resolu-
tions.
Mrs. Judith Epstein, president
of Hadassah, Dr. Abba Hillel
Silver, president of the Zionist
Organization of America, and Dr.
Haym Greenberg addressed Mon-
day's sessions.
The Plenary session opened
Sunday. Dr. Maurice N. Eisen-
. drath called the third session of
the Conference to order stating
that "It was to meet the moral
challenge of our time to cope
with the unspeakable and in-
describable tragedy which all
but pulverized our people dur-
ing these past terrifying years
that this American Jewish Con-
ference was called into being. It
was not, as some, mistakenly or
deliberately, presume to be a
panacea for all Jewish ills all
over the world. It was an em-
ergency measure to co-ordinate
American Jewry to meet the des-
perate plight of our brethern
overseas and to implement their
rights in Palestine."
Justified Itself
Rabbi Eisendrath further stat-
ed that the Conference has
justified itself by its accomplish-
ments even though it may not
have accomplished all that was
needed to be done.
Henry Monsky reviewed the
accomplishments of the Confer-
ence since the last session in
Pittsburgh. He told of his work
as consultant at the San Fran-
cisco Conference, of proposals
for help submitted to the
UNRRA, of Jewish reparation
for damages by Germang and
practical means for presenting
these claims to the United Na-
tions War Reparations Commis-
sion. He reported on the state-
ment to Anglo-American In-
quiry Committee on Palestine as
an expression of a united Am-
erican Jewish community • and
ficulties may be, we must con--
tinue our struggle for a free
Jewish life in Palestine.
On Sunday evening, Rabbi
Israel Goldstein reported on his
visit to the concentration camps
in Germany and the hope of the
internees to start life anew in
Eretz Israel. •
Dr. Israel Robinson reported
on the "Trials at Nuremberg",
stressing the importance of the
presence of. Justice Jackson at
this trial and the historic mean-
ing of Justice Jackson's address
to the court, and the further
fact that the crimes against the
Jews were specifically presented.
From my observation, I ar-
rived early at the conclusive
sentiment that the Conference
will continue and will not be
disbanded even though some na-
tional organizations are trying to
impede the Conference. The fact
that the UNO is moving to New
York and that the peace confer-
ence is to start in May has made
clear the need of a unified body
to speak for Jewry.
The interim committee prob-
ably will act as a , foreign rela-
tions committee before those in-
ternational bodies.
Conference Highlight
The conference highlight was
the address delivered on Monday
night by Dr. Zalman Grinberg,
president of the Central Commit-
tee for Liberated Jews' in Ba-
varoa, who flew to the confer-
ence to relate the sentiments of
the survivors.
Men and women wept when
Dr. Grinberg, 33-year-old sur-
vivor from. Nazi outrages, de-
scribed the conditions of our
people in Europe.
Dr. G,Finberg declared that the
survivors insist upon going to
Palestine, that they refuse to re-
turn to graveyards, that they will
fight their way to Palestine.
Asks Jewish Passports
In the course of his stirring
address Dr. Grinberg said:
"We possess no valid passports,
no identity papers. In the eyes
of a world divided into nations,
we are intruders. The time has
come to rehabilitate us at least
in the matter of documentation.
A practical suggestion is to issue
to every homeless and stateless
Jew a Jewish passport, granted
by the Central 'Committee and
approved by the Military Gov-
ernment. Such a passport should
be equally valid with passports
of other European States. It is
our hope that in the near future,
this passport will be equivalent
to a Palestinian passport. When
all the homeless and stateless
Jews of Europe will be granted
the right to be Palestinian na-
tionals, this passport should be
valid for traveling and visa per-
mits.
Recognition as Nation
"This would, of course, be
synonymous with an official
recognition of the Jewish people
as a nation. But who can at this
time deny the Jews the world
right to exist as a nation? The
fact that in the United States
millions of Jews are living as
free, equal citizens, is in no way
contradictory to my proposal.
For in the United States there
are also free and equal people of
Italian, Polish, French and other
origins, who though they have
not severed their ties with their
mother countries, nevertheless
remain good Americans."
Dr. Grinberg asserted that "the'
displaced Jews of Europe would
rather go to Palestine than to the
United States because they
realize that' what. happened to
them over there may also over-
take them over here. They don't
want to • chance another anti-
Semitic wave of horror and they
believe that Palestine alone of-
fers them rehabilitation."
Dr. Grinberg declared that a
plebiscite in displaced persons'
camps showed that 98 1/z per cent
of the DPs want to go to Pales-
tine.
Urges Unrestricted Immigration
A resolution adopted by the
conference urged the Palestine
Inquiry Committee to act in
favor of a Jewish Palestine, for
unrestricted Jewish immigration,
and reaffirmed the determination
of the Jewish people to estab-
lish amity and cooperation with
the Arabic peoples. Severance
of Transpordania from Palestine
was protested as a violation of
the civil rights of Palestine.
The conference resolution de-
clared that American Jews never
acceded to any arrangement im-
pairing the abrogation of rights
under the Balfour Declaration.
Eight Detroit Delegates
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver attacked
the British government and em-
phasized that the present po-
litical constellation is not very
favorable to Zionist aims. Dr.
Silver expressed the hope that
the U. S. government will be
firm in demanding the- imple-
mentation of the Palestine Reso-
lution adopted by Congress and
appealed to our government not
to side with the Arabs in the
Palestine issue.
The Detroit delegation consists
of Mrs. J. H. Ehrlich, Rabbi Leon
Fram, Rabbi M. J. Wohlgelernter,
Aaron Rosenberg, Aaron Drook,
Charles Rubiner (substituting
for Fred Butzel), Irving W.
Schlussel (substituting for Dan-
iel Temchin), Max Chafets (sub-
stituting for Morris Schaver).
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