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U. S. Officer Hostile to DPs,
Says UNRRA Camp Leader

Hadassah Holds
Annual Meeting
Tuesday Noon

Three Day Blackout Lifted at Landsberg Following Riot
With Germans; Army Captain's Attitude Against
Jews Told by Glassgold
Six Groups of Detroit Chap-
ter to Participate in
By ROBERT GARY
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency Correspondent)
Event at Statler
LANDSBERG, Germany (JTA)—After a three-day black-
out, during which correspondents were prevented from enter-
The annual luncheon, meeting
ing the Landsberg camp for displaced Jews, the residents of of Detroit Chapter of Hadassah
which were involved in a riot with German civilians, the will be held next Tuesday, at
Army finally allowed reporters to discuss the incident with 12:15 p. m., at Hotel Statler. To-
the camp's UNRRA officials and with some of the DPs.

Earlier the military authorities
released a report by •Army in-
telligence, whi8h showed the
previous accounts of the. disturb-
ances were highly exaggerated.
The report stated that only 18
Germans were injured and the
only "looting" consisted of the
stealing of four bicycles and the
deStruction of some furniture and
clothing in one German's office
and house. The early reports had
pictured thousands of DPs sweep-
ing through the streets assaulting
hundreds of passersby and invad-
ing German homes.
Disagreed with Report
The AMG officer for Landsberg,
Capt. Marshall Mott of Spartan-
burg, S. C., is clearly hostile to
the DPs. He indicated to report-
IOW
ers that he disagreed with the
intelligence report, since he knew
that 150 Germans had, been in-
jured. He said that his source of
information was the German po-
lice and the provost marshal.
Mott, who has been here since
the city's liberation about a year
ago, kept insisting that he "was
not afraid of the DPs." He ex-
pressed regret that he could not
personally try the 20 arrested
following the outbreak.
Confirmation of Mott's attitude
was given by A. C. Glassgold of
New York, the UNRRA camp di-
rector, who said that on Sat
urday, after things had quieted
down, Mott rushed up to Clair
Thurston, Ninth Division provost
marshal, and demanded a 7 p.m.
curfew and a strong display of
force. He also urged the arrest
of persons who congregate in
groups of more than five and that
in case of an outbreak, troops be
ordered to shoot to kill. Thurston,
who had been handling the sit-
uation calmly, and without an ex-
cessive display of troops, acceded
to Mott's wishes, Glassgold said.
Camp Guards Still Missing
The UNRRA director, who is
on leave from the faculty of the
New-York School of Social Work,
disclosed - that the two Jewish
camp. guards i whose disappear-
ance helped to set off the riot,
have not yet been located. He
attributed the outbreak to the
tension engendered by the DPs'
uncertainty concerning their fu-
ture, the recent clashes at Stutt-
gart and , Regensburg between
DPs and troops and Some anti-
Semitism among local troops here.
Military officials admitted later
that there has been no attempt
to educate the troops here con-
cerning the DPs, as has been done
elsewhere in Germany.
It was learned that military of-
ficials are keeping a close Watch
on Dr. Samuel Grinzaus, camp
leader, and Dr. Zalman Grinberg,
chairman of the Central Jewish
Committee, because they believe
that Sunday's disturbances were
pre-arranged and incited.
Trial Goes to High, Court
The American Military Govern-
ment court at Kausbeuren re-
ferred the case of the 20 Jewish
DPs to the General Court at
Augsburg, headquarters of the
Ninth Division, on the grounds
that it did not have the authority
to mete out heavy sentences, if
the defendants are convicted.
Capt. Seymour Lubin, who
presided, emphasized that . the
transfer,. which was made on a
prosecution motion, was based on
the fact that he believed that
the prosecution had showed that
there was substance to its charges,
which include participation in a
riot, resisting arrest and assault-
ing troops.

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Bodies of Guards Believed
Thrown into Lake
r MUNICH, (JTA)—The Jewish
refugees. at the LandSberg camp
Ipelieve that the bodies of the , two
4ewish zuards who disappeared

Friday, May 10: 1946

THE, JEWISH NEWS

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mysteriously from their posts at
a kibbutz of 40 persons in Diesen,
a Landsberg suburb, have been
thrown into nearby Tegern Lake
by German kidnappers.
A correspondent of the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency who return-
ed from Diesen reported that all
telephone and electric wires were
cut at the Diesen camp on the
night of April 28 when the two
guards disappeared. Twenty-four
former members of the Nazi party
are under observation.

Germans Jailed by AMG
for Spreading Rumor
FRANKFURT (JTA) — An
American military court in Stutt-
gart sentenced three Germans for
circulating rumors that Polish-
Jewish DPs were kidnapping and
murdering young German girls
and selling their flesh on the
black ' market. Two of the Ger-
mans were jailed for six months,
while the third received a four-
month suspended sentence.

Habonim Youth Hold
Oneg Shabbat Friday;
Plan Camp Program

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MRS. WALTER L. FIELD

day is the deadline for reserva-
tions, Which must be telephoned
to the Hadassah office, TY. 7-8216.
Mrs. Harry Jones, vice-president,
announces that Mrs. Bud Bloom
is in charge of reservations. Mrs.
Sidney Solomon is chairman of
luncheon arrangements.
This will be the first joint
meeting since the original four
groups of the chapter recently
were redivided into six groups,
because of growth in membership.
The Statler ball room will be
divided with a section for each
group.
Mrs. Louis Glasier, chapter
president, will be chairman. A
musical program will be present-
ed by a pioneer member, Mrs.
Abraham Cooper, with• Julius
Chajes at the piano. Chapter and
group officers and committee
chairmen will be elected, with
Mrs. Frank Wetsman in , charge
of the nominating committee.
The Shekel committee, headed
by Mrs. Walter L. Field, Mrs.
Barney Salinger, co-chairman,
Mrs. Eliezer A. Levi and Mrs.
Louis Glasier, is arranging for
the sale of Shekolim in Jewish
stores and shops.
A speakers' bureau has been
formed to bring the message of
the Shekel to other Jewish wom-
en's organizations. Payment of
the Shekel fee of 50 cents en-
titles any Jew or Jewess, 18 or
over, to vote for delegates to the
World Zionist Congress, to be
held in Palestine in August. The
election will take place June 16-
election will take place June-16-17.

_, Laboi Zionist Youth,
Habonim
will hold its weekly Oneg Shab-
bat at 2:00 p. m. this Friday at
their Ulam, 12th and Taylor.
The theme of the Oneg will be
"Chalutziut," the development of
pioneer spirit in American youth.
All interested youths from 12-18
are invited.
Hamapylim branch of Habonim
will hold its bi-weekly meeting
at 8:30 this Saturday night, at
their Ulam, Linwood and Webb.
Joseph Haggai will deliver the
second in his series of talks on
A. D. Gordon.
The meeting is designed _pri-
marily for youths between 17 and
23, but the general public is
invited. For information, call
Moshe'.Margolis TO. 6-7682.
Representatives of five cities,
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Pittsburgh
and Detroit met here last ,Satur-
day for the Kinneret Conference.
Delegates discussed the mainten-
ance of Camp Kinneret, the Labor
Zionist Youth Camp. -
Preparations were made for the
expanded program to be put into
effect this year.
The camp season will begin
Sunday, July 7, and consist of
three two-week periods. The
seventh week will be a Leaders'
Seminar and the eighth week will Harold C.. Meyer. Returns
,be Machaneh Noar.
After 2 1 /2 Years in Army
Registrations are being taken
by Esty Carson, UN. 1-9218, and
Harold C. Meyer, son of Mrs.
Tzyvia Zweig, TO. 7-5222.
Minnie Meyer, discharged on. May
1 after two and one-half years
in the army, has returned home
Pound for Each Survivor
at 8290' Carbondale. His engage-
Already Collected By SOS
ment to Dorothy Frank, daugh-
The 1,400,000-pound mark — ter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin
the equivalent of on _ e pound of Frank of 2282 Hazelwood, was an-
contributed supplies for each of
nounced Nov. 10. She is former•
the 1,400,000 surviving Jews in
vice-president of Deborah Aux-
continental Europe — has been
iliary of Bnai Brith Young
reached by to Joint Distribution
Committee's S.O.S. (Supplies for Women.

Overseas Survivors) collection,
a tally at its Mount Vernon, N.Y.,
national depot and warehouse
showed this week.

Drachler to Address
Folk Institute Affair

No r man Drac'hler, Detroit
teacher, will be guest speaker at
the • Oneg Shabbat of the Sholem
Aleichem Folk Institute this Fri-
day evening, at 37b4 Monterey.
Included in the program will
be readings from Jewish' Liter-.
ature and the singing of tradi-;
tional Jewish songs.
All are 'invited. AdMisSitin: is
free.

Palestine Jews Fear Britain
Intends to Sabotage Report

Hebrew Press Criticizes -Attlee's Statement Ordpring 'Illegal
Armies' to Disband Before 100,000 Jews Will Be
Admitted; Conditions Called 'Political Blackmail

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Fear was expressed in JewiSh circles
here that Britain may attempt to sabotage the recommendations of
the Anglo-American Committee of Inquiry.
The Hebrew press criticized the statement in Commons by
Prime Minister Attlee, in which he declared that the "illegal armies"
in Palestine must disband and surrender their arms before the
100,000 Jews will be admitted. His conditions were branded "polit-
ical blackmail" by the Palestine Post. The paper compared Attlee's
statement with the warm endorsement which President Truman gave
the recommendation, and expressed the belief that the. object of
the British Government was "to gain more time a>gi. to find an
excuse for doing as little as possible." Similar criticism was voiced
in every Jewish newspaper in Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
The executive of the Jewish Agency, following an extraordinary
session under the chairmanship of Dr. Chaim Weizmann, has decided
not to issue any formal statement until the British government
makes public a statement of policy with regard to the recommenda-
tions of the committee.
Earlier an Agency spokesman had said that "it is the firm
conviction of the Jewish Agency and of the overwhelming mass of
Jews throughout the world that the Jewish National Home cannot
really be secured save within the framework of a Jewish State."
He added that "by establishing an Arab . State within one section
of the mandated territory, the mandatory precluded itself from
denying to the other sections the right to become a Jewish State."
Arabs Warned Against Plunging Country Into Violence
Arab leaders in Palestine were warned by the underground
Jewish radio, the "Voice of Israel," that "any attempt to plunge
the country into blood and terror, will be met by Jewish force."
A plot to blow up a British destroyer anchored in Haifa harbor
was foiled with the discovery of a bag of explosives in the ship's
messroom. No damage was done.
All the Arab states will oppose the recommendation contained
in the report, Abdul Rahman Azzam Bey, secretary-general of
the Arab League, said. Declaring that the Arab League had never
recognized the authority of the inquiry committee, he asserted that
the report would increase feeling against the Jews in the Arab
states, making their position more insecure.
The nation-wide strike of Palestine Arabs protesting the find-
ings of the Anglo-American Conimittee passed without serious in .
cident, although a clash between fanatical students and British
police at Damascus Gate in the Old City threatened to precipitate
a major outbreak . •
During the day, Jamal Husseini, president of the Arab Higher
Committee, and Ahmad Shukeiri, another leader of the Committee,
conferred with High Commissioner Sir Alan G. Cunningham. Shu;
keiri told the High Commissioner that the Arabs felt the inquiry
committee's report was a severe breach of promises made to the
Arabs and asserted tha tthe Arabs would defend their rights and
have, in fact, already started to organize their defense. He told
reporters that his statement to Sir Alan was in the nature of an
ultimatum.
Jewish Resistance Groups Pledge Peace During Immigration
All three groups within the Jewish resistance movement have
joined in pledging that they would not violate the peace "necessary
to bring our brethern" into Palestine, but would, on the contrary,
take measures to guarantee the maintenance of such a peace. The
statement was made • on a broadcast of the "Voice of Israel," under-
ground radio of the Jewish resistance forces.
The radio said on behalf of all resistance groups that "the
Jewish community will not surrender the arms which defended
it against recurring attacks throughout the period of Jewish settle-
ment, and which continue to protect Jewish lives, rights and future
peace. The Jewish forces will continue to remain independent and
will not accept orders from foreign ruleri."

Rosenwald Post Plans
Poppy Day Activities

Preparations are being com-
pleted by Julius Rosenwald Post
218, American Legion, and its
Auxiliary for "Poppy Day" activi-
ties on Thursday, May 23. -
Millions of the little red flow-
ers which are worn throughout
the U. S. on "Poppy Day" in
honor of the nation's dead, are
made under the direction of the
Ainerican 'Legion Auxiliary who
supply all the materials for the
.making of. the poppies in nearly
hosPitals and convalescent
i.,i'i:OrkshopS . in all parts of the
Pciuntry , including Percy jonOS

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MOSCOW (JTA)—Polish Jews,
who are noW being repatriated
from the U. S. S. R. to Poland are
bringing with them 300 torahs in
addition to many other religious
books, which they acquired dur-
ing their stay in. the Soviet Union.

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