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Soviet Press Charges
Britain Stirs Conflict
Between Arabs, Jews
MOSCOW (JTA)—The newspaper Izvestia, official organ of the Soviet gov-
ernment, charged in an article on May 30 that Britain was fostering hostility
between Jews and Arabs in Palestine in order to create a situation which would
enable it to retain the Mandate and continue to keep troops there.
The recommendations of the Anglo-American inquiry committee have sal-
t, isfied neither the Jews nor the Arabs, according to the article, which was writ-
ten by Vladimir Maev, and have created extreme tension in Palestine; thus
endangering the peace of the entire Middle East. Stating that the inquiry com-
mittee was set up against the will of the Arabs and Jews, the article says that
it was a private body of the British and American governments and conse-
quently cannot force its decision on either of the two parties. Responsibility
for what occurs in Palestine, it adds, will rest upon these two countries.
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(The Palestine problem could be settled effectively only by the United Nations,
the Moscow radio said in an Arabic broadcast in which it also said that the rec
ommendations of the Anglo-American inquiry committee provide no solution to the
problem, a JTA dispatch from London declares.)
Britain has converted Palestine and Transjordan into an armed camp so
that it may keep watch over the Suez Canal and preserve its dominant role in
the Middle East, Maev charges. He said that the British have complete 'control
of the air in the Middle East because of the many airfields in Palestine and are
planning to station large numbers of troops in Transjordan.
Adopted: BELA RAPHAEL- SIMONS, 31/2-year-old orphan
who was adopted by Sgt. Bert Simons of Brooklyn, enjoys the
distinction of being the first victim of Hitlerism to be processed
for immigration to America. She is shown in front of the line of
displaced Jews awaiting processing at a reception center in Ger-
many. Bela, whose parents were murdered at Oswiecim, arrived
•in N. Y. last week by plane and was met by her new parents.
Referring to the Arab League, he accused certain of its leaders of being more inter-
ested in ensuring foreign domination in Arab countries than in protecting the interests
of the Arab people. The article said that Abdul Rahman - Azzam Bey, secretary general
of the League, was opposed to turning the Palestine question over to the United Nations.
Mrs.. Schaver, Congress
Group Ousted From DP
I Reich Camps by UNRRA
Hebrew U.'s Aid
Played Role in
Rommel's Defeat
NUREMBERG (JTA)—The World Jewish Con-
- gress cultural delegation headed by H. Leivick,
Yiddish poet and .playwright, has been ordered
by the UNRRA to leave Germany.
The delegation has been in Germany for five
weeks.
Besides Mr. Leivick, it includes Israel Efros,
Hebrew poet, and Emma Lazaroff Schaver, De-
troit opera singer.
The . delegation, which has been enthusias-
tically received by the displaced Jews during its
visits to camps in the American zone, was told
by UNRRA, to which it was formally attached,
that it would have to cut short its tour since its
activities were not in harmony with UNRRA's
principles.
(In New York UNRRA Director-Gen. LaGuardia
Supplied Crystals
For Wireless Sets
Used by Montgomery
TEL AVIV, (Palcor)—Quartz.
crystals for wireless sets pro- ,
vided by the Hebrew University
in Jerusalem were responsible
to a great extent for the success-
ful invasion of Tunisia, in 1943,
by General Sir Bernard Mont-
gomery's Eighth Army, which
led to the defeat of . Rommel's
Afrika Korps and set the stage
for . the invasion of Europe, it
was revealed here by Edward
Rosen, member of Lord Hankey's
Technical Personnel Committee,
a civil service body in London
interested in the training of
scientific personnel.
Mr. Rosen disclosed that a high
authority in the Middle East in-
formed Lord. Hankey's Commit-
tee that had it not been for the
quartz crystals provided by the
Hebrew University for Mont-
gomery's Army attacking Rom-
mel's Maret line across southern
Tunisia, it is doubtful if the cam-
paign would have succeeded.
Mr. Rosen reported 'that in
gratitude for the work of the
Hebrew University, the British
Government has sent the Uni-
versity a gift of 15 large cases of
radio and electronic equipment
for is physics department, iden-
tical to the equipment used by
Oxford and Cambridge.
Mr. Rosen, who is touring
the Near East on behalf of his
firm of radio manufactufers,
Ultra Electric Ltd., said that in
his opinion Palestine is the only
country in this part of the world
where there are enough technic-
ians to handle radio communica-
tion equipment. For this reason,
he said, he is investigating the
possibilities of establishing a
radio assembly plant in Palestine.
He predicted that there will be
a television transmission station
in Palestine within two years.
U. S. interest in Palestine is motivated chiefly by a desire to strengthen its position
in the Middle East, the article says. It points out that America is already firmly estab-
lished in Arabia and Lebanon and has now entered into relations with Yemen.
told Dr. Stephen S. Wise, president of the World Jew-
ish Congress, that authorities in Germany had no right
to halt the activities of the delegration.)
Combine Forces:
EDWIN
ROSENBERG of New York,
vice-president of National
Refugee Service, and MRS.
JOSEPH M. WELT, of Detroit,
president of the National
Council of Jewish Women,
shake hands on plan to com-
bine services of the two agen-
cies for adjustment of new-
comers finding haven in U. S.
The combined services are fi-
nanced by the $100,000,000
UJA campaign.
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Art Exhibit :DEAN
ACHE-
SON, under-secretary of State
(right) views New York ex-
hibit of photographs of work
of ORT—Organization for Re.-
habilitation through Training
—in displaced persons camps
in Germany and elsewhere.
Also in the photograph are
MURRAY LEVINE, chairman,
executive committee, •Amer-
ican ORT Federation, and
MRS. M A U R I C E FINKEL-
STEIN, president, Women's
American ORT.
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