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VOL. 9—NO. 22
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92,000 DPs Is The Worst Yet To Come?
Jammed in Britain Aims to Shut
U.S. Camps Five Nations' Roads
To Zion-Bound Jews
FRANKFORT ON THE MAIN, Germany—
Crowding of 92,000 Jews in 25 displaced persons
camps in the U. S. zone has created a frightful
condition which is, arousing resentment among
the survivors from Nazism.
Trouble is brewing in these camps as a
result of frustration of hopes of possible settle-
ment of most of the DPs in Palestine, the ar-
rogance of Germans who live in luxury and the
barriers set up to prevent Jews from escaping
from Poland into this zone.
It is emphasized here that unless equip-
ment and raw materials are obtained for the
creation of a self-supporting economy for
the DPs who /mist remain here, and unless
drastic steps are taken for the settlement in
Palestine, another winter will result in un-
precedented violence and in suicides.
McNarney Trying to Discourage
Organized Movements of Jews
FRANKFURT, (JTA)—Gen. Joseph T. Mc-
Narney, commander of the U. S. zone in Ger-
many, said he is trying to discourage "organized
movements" of Jews "from other areas. The
U. S. zone is not a way-station on the road
to Palestine," he added.
"I accept those who have been persecut-
ed and give them temporary haven," Gen.
McNarney told a press conference, adding
that "I will not accept movements of those
who have not peen persecuted."
He explained that that was the reason why
American outposts had recently turned back
700 Jews who tried to enter from the British
zone "where they were not being persecuted."
He said that there was a "well-organized evac-
uation of Jews from Poland."
(In New York, the American Zionist Em-
ergency Council and the American Jewish Com-
rfil- move aq. "act of inhuman-
initte
ity" and warned of imperuipjpg violence between
American soldiers andIfleeink sews.)
British Tightening Controls
Air Marshal Sir Sholto Douglas, British
zone commander, disclosed he was tightening
border controls in the British zone because of
the great influx of refugees.
Predicting that displaced persons would
cost the U. S. 1080,000,000 a year after UNRRA
suspends operations on Dec. 31, Gen. McNarney
revealed officially that the Army already has
drafted plans to take over operations of the
DP camps from UNRRA.
Lt. Gen. Geoffrey Keynes, commander of the
Third Army, will be in charge of the camps, he
said. He stated that he hoped that the Army
could retain as many employes of UNRRA as
possible, but that he was limited by lack of
adequate funds. ,
If. the U. S. military authorities here tol-
erated organized movements of refugees, and
provided them with food and accommodations,
it would result in as many as 200,00 0 Jews
entering American-occupied Germany from
_Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria, McNarney de-
clared. "It is the desire of the Jewish race as
a whole to have a home such as Palestine. This
desire extends all over Europe."
World Jewry's worst periods of suffering under the Nazis may become child's play
compared with the aggravated political situation in Palestine and the most critical status
of the hundreds of thousands of - European Jewish survivors who are prepared to be "on
the move" to go to the "Jewish National Home," observers in Washington, London and
Jerusalem warned this week.
While a showdown is imminent with respect to the Anglo-American decisions affect-
. ing Palestine's future, with President Truman reportedly favoring a partition plan that
will grant larger territory and a measure of self-government to the Jews, the issue has
become seriously -aggravated by the
"blockade" inaugurated by Great
Britain.
"Operation Cyprus"—the most cruel
phase in the British war against the
Jews—was marked by resistance at
Haifa. Hundreds of Jews, who sought
to prevent the deportation of the incom-
ing Jewish refugees to- Cyprus Island,
were shot at. Three - Jews were killed.
Refusing to be taken from the dilap-
idated boats which they named Yagur
and Henrietta Szold, 1,300 visaless im-
migrants were forcibly taken aboard a
British troopship.
The underground radio called on
Jews of Haifa to resist the deportation
of the 1,300. There was spontai4ous
violation of the curfew which has since
been lifted.
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No. 178202`Home' at Last?
With the evidence of his
stay in a Nazi concentration camp permanently tatooed on his
arm, this youth has a chance to begin life anew in Palestine.
His family? The Nazis left him an orphan. His friends and
fellow-Jews? They are kept in DP camps as hostages by cruel
British policy of transforming Zion into a police state, closed
to Jews, and as a "homeland for the homeless British Army."
Troops Erect Road Blocks
JTA cable to The Jewish News
states that British troops erected road
blocks and barricades in II2ifa's streets
and charged the demonstrators with
clubs, also firing guns.
High Commissioner Cunningham said
that deportation of immigrants will af-
fect only those who arrived in Pales-
tine after Aug. 11. -
The National Jewish Council decided
that all• Jewish members of the govern-
ment advisory bodies be asked to resign
and that all relations between munici-
palities, Jewish institutions and the gov-
ernment be severed.
(Continued - on Page 6)
British Blockade Perils Freedom of All Survivors
International Photos.
DPs Going West:
Displaced Jewish refugees shown linkd
up outside a railroad station in Czechoslovakia, where they hope
to get transportation to western points from which they hope to
embark for Palestine. • A Joint Distribution Committee jeep on
the right supplies them with food and clothing for their trip.
(Latest news is that U. S. and Britain are barring them from
entering safer havens in occupation zones).
Roundup in Zion :
Even women with infants were
rounded up in Tel Aviv during the outrageous arrests by
British troops of Jews in Palestine following the bombing
of the King David Hotel. On the left a Tommy is shown
taking a mother and child to headquarters. The woman
on the right is being taken to a detention camp for ques.
tioning regarding Jewish defenses in the Homeland.