orld Jewry Called Upon
To Support Zion Settlers

British People Favor
Homeland Plan—Blum

PARIS, (JTA)—Former French
Premier Leon Blum stated in a
editorial in the official
Release of Some Prisoners, Commutation of Sentences and signed
Socialist newspaper, Le Popul-
Freeing of Captured Officers Does Not Relieve Tension; . aire, that tens of thousands of
Jews could be admitted to Pales-
Chief Rabbi Herzog Appeals to Christian Conscience
tine if world opinion in their be
Many of the Jews who were arrested on the Sabbath = half would crystallize. He point-
June 29—have been released by the British military forces ed out that Palestine is not a'
in Palestine; the two Irgunists whd were sentenced to death British territory but a Lague of
Nations mandate administered by
had their sentences commuted to life imprisonment by High Britain.
Commissioner Cunningham and the three British officers
Except perhaps for certain ele-
who were held captive were released. -
ments in the British Colonial and
But the situation in Palestine
Foreign Offices, Blum wrote that
remains grave, with the resist-
portation of the immigrants
the British people are in favor of
ance forces demanding a show- from Europe to Palestine.
Jewish immigration to Palestine,
down and calling for help from
He expressed his thanks for
provided they receive American
Jews in the United States and
the workman-like suggestions
assistance. He declared that he
other cotntries.
embodied in the letter which
did not believe the British Labor
authorities denied the American members of the Party was prepared to helli Hit-
Br i t is h
charges made by the Jewish Jewish Agency executive sent ler's former partner, ..the Mufti,
Agency that Jewish prisoners him on June 14 with respect to in his machinations.
were beaten. But the charge has
the technical and financial
been renewed and evidence of-
problems. involved in the trans-
pealed to the people of the
fered that British forces conduct-
fer and resettlement of the
United States and Britain to
ed a progrom on Jewry.
100,000 immigrants.
raise their voices in protest
Palestinian Jewish g r o u p s
While the situation remained
against this high-handed action
maintain that those held captive tense, three boatloads of refugee of the British Government.
were molested and that third de- Jews arrived in Palestine with-
Mr. Green said that "the dis-
gree methods were resorted to in out visas and were interned pend-
tressing situation which prevails
dealing with Jewish leaders and ing their admission.
in Palestine has caused a feeling
others held at the Latrun deten-
Grave anxiety . was expressed of grave apprehension in the
ttion 'camp in Palestine.
that the bubonic plague may minds of all working people in the
The Jewish Agency has issued spread as a result of the arrival United States. We - are shocked

another statement denying the
implications that it is linked to
the resistance forces in Pal-
estine.
Berl Locker, member
of the Jewish Agency Excutive,
stated in London that this
charge is "100 per cent false."

In the meantime, British and
Arab spokesmen joined in ex-
pressing resentment against
President Truman's statement last
week to Drs. Abba Hillel Silver,
Stephen S. Wise and Nahum
Goldmann and to Louis Lipsky
in which assurance was . given
that the U. S. is prepared to as-
sume technical and financial re-
psonsibility for the settlement of
100,000 Jews in Palestine.
An official
British Cabinet
spokesman called it unusual that
the President should have made
this statement while discussions
are still proceeding relative to im-
plementing the Anglo-American
Committee's recommendations.
In Cairo, an Arab spokesman
said that Arabs would go to Pal-
estine from neighboring coun-
tries to prevent the entrance of
Jews.

Mr. Truman's Statement

In his statement to the spokes-
men for - the Jewish Agency,
President Truman expressed the
hope • that the leaders of the
Jewish community in Palestine
who have been arrested by the
British would be released and
voiced his regrets at the develop-
ments there. He said that this
government had not been con-
sulted on the measures taken /by
the British.
The tat of- the announcement
Issued by the White House fol-
lowing the meeting with the Jew-
ish leaders reads:

The President conferred to-
day with the following Ameri-
can members of the executive
of the Jewish Agency for Pal-
estine: Rabbi Stephen S. Wise,
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, Mr.
Louis Lipsky and Rabbi Abba
H. Silver. The representatives
of the-Jewish Agency gave the
President their views of recent
events in Palestine.
The President expressed his
regrets at the developments in
Palestine. He informed the rep-
resentatives of the Jewish
Agency that the Government of
the United States had not been
consulted on the measures prior
to their adoption by the British
Government. He expressed the
hope ' that the leaders of the
Jewish community in Palestine
would soon be released and that
the situation would soon return
to normal.
The President added further
that it was his determination
that the most recent events
should mean no delay in push-
ing forward with a policy of
transferring 100,000 Jewish im-
migrants to Palestine with all
dispatch, in accordance with
the statement he made upon
the receipt of the report of the
Anglo-American Committee of
Inuiry. The President indicat-
ed that the Government of the
United States was prepared to
assume technical and financial
responsibility for the trans-

Friday, July 12, 1946

.TH.E. JEWISH NEWS

Page Fourteen

in the country of Jews on old
boats which are considered un-
fit for travel on the high seas.
There is a lack of water on the
boats and many of the arrivals
are weak and sick.

An appeal has been • issued to
the Jews of the world and to
freedom-loving people every-
where to help rebuild Yagur
and her sister colonies which
have been demolished by the
British in their search for
weapons among the Jewish set-
tlers.
Chief Rabbi Herzog of Pales-

tine, now in London, appealed to
British and American clergy to
use their influence against the
current British assault on the
Jewish community in Palestine.

"Christian conscience which
had been able to do little to
avert or halt the slaughter of
European Jewry cannot be
silent now} when the will of
God is mocked in the Holy
Land," Rabbi Herzog said. The
British Government, he declar-
ed, is attempting to force back
the hand of Providence which
assigned to Britain the historic
task of setting Israel upon the
March to the ultimate restora-
tion of Zion.

Meeting "under the blow of ta
shock beyond anything Jewry
could anticipate from the British
Government," the Board of Depu-
ties of British Jews appealed to
their fellow citizens and all the
British people to make certain
that the Government's brutal as-
sault on Jewish Palestine be an-
nulled quickly and the White
Paper policy be discontinued.

New York Mass Meeting
Protests British Attacks
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Thous-

ands of persons jammed Madison
Square Park here at a demonstra-
tion protesting the mass arrests
in Palestine and the seizure of
leaders of the Jewish Agency. -
Speakers included Rep. Eman-
uel Celler, Dr. , Abba H. Silver,
Emmanuel Neumann, Louis Hol-
lander, president of the New
York State CIO, Mrs. Moses Ep-
stein, president of Hadassah, and
other communal -leaders. Mes-
sages were received from Prof.
Albert Einstein and William
Green, president of the A.F.L.
Rep. Celler told the meeting
that he would vote against the
proposed U. S. loan • to Britain
when it comes before the House
in order to curb British imperial-
ism and force in Palestine. He
denied that Haganah was a ter-
rorist organization and called' on
all Americans to support the
Jewish resistance movement with
both spiritual and material aid.

The message from Prof. Ein-
stine charged that Britain has
embarked upon a policy of
"ruthless suppression of the
Jews of Palestine" to divert at-
tention from its failure to carry
out the recommendations of
the Anglo - American inquiry
committee. This disarmament
of the Jews in Palestine, he
said, would mean delivering
them to their doom. He aP-

dy the reports that those resid-
ing in Palestine are being sub-
jected to military control, martial
law and persecution." "We pro-
test such - treatment as a viola-
tion of civil rights and subordin-
ation of those people to military
dictatorial control. We insist and
demand that such practice shall
cease and Great Britain shall im-
mediately put into effect the un-
animuos recommendation of the
Angloq-American Committee."

End Opression, Jews Demand

JERUSALEM, (JTA) — T h e
three British officers who have
been held as hostages for 17 days
by Irgun Zvai Leumi were dump-
ed out of a truck on a main
street of Tel Aviv.
Their release followed the ac-
tion of High Commissioner Sir
Alan G. Cunningham in com-
muting to - life imprisonment
the death sentences imposed upon
two members of the Irgun,
Joseph Simkhon and Itzchak Az-
bel. The officers, Capt. A. W.
Taylor, Capt. H. K. Spencer and
Capt. G. C. Warburton, were ab-
ducted on June 18 from an of-
ficers club in Tel Aviv.
The High Commissioner is
pressing for "a person or com-
mittee" with which to conduct
negotiations for calming the Jew-
ish community.
Council members are reported
to have replied that the only
means of calming the Jews was
to halt we' arrests and raids and
permit the immigration of 100,000
from Europe. Isaac Ben Zvi as-
sured Sir. Alan that "we want
peace and cooperation with Eng-
lnd—but that is in your hands."
He added that negotiations with
the government can begin only
after all those aerested are re-
leased and the Jewish institu-
tions are functioning normally.
An emergency meeting of the
central committee of the •Histad-
ruth voted in favor of a resolu-
tion urging breaking of all rela-
tions between the Jewish corn-
munity and the government. The
Histadruth earlier sent cables to
the CIO, AFL, British Teades
Union Congress and the British
Labor Party, asking them to send
delegations to Palestine to inves-
tigate the situation here.

In Haifa two Jewish veterans
of the Czech army who had
recently spent much time at
the colony of Yagur were kid-
napped. Their beds and bed-
ding were bloodstained. They
are alleged to have turned in-

Bnai Brith Parley Demands
Immediate Rescue of Jews

Grand Lodge No. 6 Delegates Adopt Resolution Condemn,
ing Occurrences in Palestine; Harrison Reiterates
Findings of Conditions of DPs in Europe

.

District Grand Lodge No. 6.of Bnai Brith, meeting here --

in annual convention, adopted a resolution condemning

present occurrences in Palestine and demanding immediate
implementation of the recommendation of the Anglo-Am-
erican Committee for the settlement of 100,000 Jews in
Palestine.

The resolution was adopted at
the convemion banquet at the
Masonic Temple by the audience
of more than 1,500.
Adoption of the resolution fol-
lowed addresses by Earl G. Har-
rison, dean of the Law School of
the University of Pennsylvania,
and Henry Monsky, president na-
tional Bnai Brith.

Reiterates His Views

son, trustees. The lodge was in-
stalled by Shofar Lodge degree
team of Milwaukee.

Cites Bnai Brith Activities
Dr. A. L. Sachar, national Bnai

Brith Hillel and youth organiza-
tions' director, delivered the prin-
cipal address on Sunday evening
and gave an outline of the varied
effective activities of Bnai Brith.
Seminars at which delegates
discussed the objectives of vari- -
ous Bnai Brith departments were
held Monday.
The Monday evening session
was devoted to discussion and
adoption of resolutions.
Tuesday's sessions were devoted
to committee reports.

Mr. Harrison reiterated the
views he expressed in his report
to President Truman on his find-
ings of the conditions in DP
centers in Europe. He warned
that grave danger faces the sur-
viving Jews unless immediate re-
lief ri provided through immigra-
tion to Palestine.
To Bring Students to U. S.
Mr. Monsky condemned British
Important resolutions adopted
actions in Palestine and severely by the convention - included the
criticized British tactics of following:
humiliating the Yishuv and des-
A decision to set up a spe-
ecratin' the Sabbath. •
cial committee to obtain af-
The convention opened Sun-
fidavits to bring to this
day morning.
country Jewish students from
Greetings were extended to the Europe. These students, who
convention by Aaron Droock,
will come here outside quota
president of the 'Jewish Com-
limitations, will be provided
munity Council, and Theodore
for by Hillel organizations at
Levin, vice-president of the Jew-
colleges which already have
ish Welfare Federation of De-
promised admission to the
troit.
students.

Outlines District Progress

Inauguration of a drive to

In his annual report as retir-
enroll 70,000 more new mem-
ing president, Harry Yudkoff out-
bers to boost the national
lined the progress made by lodges membership enrollment to 2,505,-
in six states in this district and 000. District 6 assumed a quo-
expressed satisfaction over the
ta of 10,000 new members, and
rapid rise in membership in Bnai Detroit leaders indicated that
Brith.
they consider this quota too
A feature of the Sunday even- low. Mr. Yudkoff especially
ing session was the installation
pledged that Detroit will en-
of the new Detroit Downtown roll large numbers to prove
Lodge whose officers are: Mannie
that a larger quota should be
Cornfield, president; C. Stone
undertaken.
and M. Berlin, vice-presidents; R.
Implementation of the Amer-
Finsterwald, treasurer: D. Singer,
icanism and 'postwar program
secr etary; N. Verlin, to provide services for veterans.
financial
recording secretary; S. D. Fried-
Louis Pickus of Waukegan, Ill.,
lander, corresponding secretary;
was elected president of District
B. Cowen, chaplain; L. Waldman,
6, succeeding Mr. Yudkoff. Louis
warden; M. Yarmay, guardian;
H. Harrison of Chicago was
H. Parr, I. Kramer and M. Ger-
elected first vice-president.

formee and led troops to arms
caches at Yagur.
Lieut. Gen. Sir Evelyn Barker,

British commander in Palestine,
promised to improve conditions at
the Athlit camp, after a hunger
strike by 1,600 prisoners.
In a letter to Chief Rabbi Ben
Zion Uzeil Barker apologized for
the arrest of Rabbi Judah L.
Fishman on Saturday, explaining
that Fishman was arrested not in
his religious capacity, but as act-
ing chairman of the Jewish
Agency executive.

board has been appointed
to survey the damage done - to
the Agency's building by raid-
ing soldiers.
The chief rabbinate proclaim-
ed Monday a day of national

prayer to inform the world of
"Jewry's dire plight."

The Jerusalem district com-
missioner visited the office of
the Women's International
Zionist Organization and of-
fered to authorize payment of
$2,000 'for damages caused by
_troops on Saturday.

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