Friday, September 13, 1946

U.S., Britain Continuing
Zion Talks; Truman Says

THC JEWISH NEWS

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`Four Freedoms' Refugee Who Swam 9 Hrs.
To Reach Shore, Tells of British Seizure

TEL AVIV, (JTA) — The first
Government Not Interested in Forthcoming Conference.
eye-witness account of the British so near to it, became frantic and
of British, Arabs and Jews, President Asserts; State
jumped overboard. The destroyer
interception of the refugee vessel
Department Studying Loan to Arabs
lowered lifeboats and most of the

WASHINGTON (JTA)—President Truman said that consulta-
tions on Palestine between the U. S. and British governments are
continuing in London. He told his press conference that no Amer-
ican observers would be sent to London for the forthcoming British-
Jewish-Arab conversations, declaring that the U. S. is not interested
in these talks.
Asked about his reply to Britain on the Palestine problem, the
President said the substance of his answer had been made public.
All he was trying to do, he said, was to get 100,000 Jewish refugees
into 'Palestine. The Grady-Morrison "Federation plan" for Palestine
is still under consideration, Mr. Truman stated.
The President was asked whether he would approve a $300,000,000
Arab loan as proposed in the Grady-Morrison plan. He replied that
such a loan was under discussion and that he would rather not
comment on it until the whole program is decided upon.
The proposed loan has been given some study by the State De-
partment, but not consideration in the sense that any plan is in
preparation for submission or recommendation of such a loan to any-
one, Acting Secretary of State William Clayton said.
Asked about the reported refusal of the Syrian government to
discuss oil and aviation agreements with the United States because of
this government's sympa-thy with Zionism, Mr. Clayton said that the
State Department has received no indication that Syria is holding
up the talks either for the reasons given, or any other reason.

Four Freedoms, and the resultant
fight when armed marines boarded
the ship, was told to the Jewish
Telegraphic Agency by one of the
visaless immigrants who jumped
overboard during the melee and
swam for nine hours before
reaching shore.
While recuperating at the col-
ony of Nathanya, he described the
12-day trip on the* overcrowded
750-ton steamer which carried 1,-
200 passengers including 160 preg-
nant women and 200 children. Al-
though there was sufficient food
on board, the water ran eut well
before the refugees sighted Tel
Aviv. It was after their first view
of the all-Jewish city that a low
flying reconnaissance, plane dis-
covered them and called the Brit-
ish destroyers,

Destroyer Opens Fire
After being discovered, the Jews
raised a huge blue-white Zionist
flag and a large poster, easily
visable from a distance, which
read: "We are unarmed, do not
arrest us." As the first destroyer
approached it ordered the refugee
vessel to haul to, but the sum-
mons was. ignored. The destroyer
opened fire with machine guns
and small arms and steamed in
front of the ship, forcing it to
halt.
A party of 20 armed marines
boarded the vessel and began push-
ing their way through the massed
Jews toward the captain's bridge.
A fight ensued and the marines
were disarmed and their guns
tossed overboard. In answer to a
Charges British Priming Arab Uprising
NEW YORK, (JPS-Palcor)—Two British colonial cliques, the call for help, a second party board-
military in London and the local administrators in Palestine, are ed the vessel and subdued the ref-
trying to provoke an Arab uprising against the Jews by stripping ugee with water hoses, after which
Jewish settlers of their defense arms and funneling weapons into they smashed the ship's engines.
the hands of the Arabs, Oliver Pilat, New York Post correspondent,
Many Go Overboard
reports from Washington.
Many of the Jews realizing that
"If trouble should start as a result, the British Colonial cliques
would be in an excellent position to suppress it by force and impose they were to be barred from Pal-
the rejected Grady-Morrison cantonization scheme which would estine just when they had come
leave them in effect running another British Crown Colony," Pilat
says.

Washington Post Charges Gen. Barker With Inviting Arab Pogroms
Washington, (JPS-Palcor)—"The British appear to have hit upon
an ideal technique to aggravate the tragedy (in Palestine) for which
they are primarily responsible; it involves goading the Jews to des-
peration and at the same time inciting the Arabs to violence by
putting weapons in their hands," the Washington Post states in an
editorial, warning however, that the British "can be sure that the
men who survived Hitler will not be supine before the Arabs or even
General Barker."
The editorial quotes extensively from an AP_, Jerusalem dispatch
describing the arming of Palestine Arabs by British officers and
enlisted men through the black market.
The editorial points out that even the Peel Commission, in 1937,
criticized the Palestine Administration for the ineffectuality of the
measures it took to secure the Jews from attacks. The arms found in
the Jewish settlements, the editorial concludes, "plainly were not
intended for rebellion or aggression, but merely intended in case of
necessity for self-defenSe. No doubt if they (the Arabs) are
openly invited to stage pogroms against a people rendered utterly
defenseless, there will be plenty of Arabs eager to accept the in-
vitation."

Army Would Exclude Jews
From DP Screening Tests

Jews were pulled in. The refugee
who reached Nathanya was ac-
companied by a comrade who also
eluded the British. '
Two bodies, believed to be those
of swimmers who dived overboard
from the Jewish immigrant ship
"Four Freedoms" on Monday, were
were washed ashore at Kfar Vit-
kin, Jewish communal settlement
near Nathanya.
An American woman journalist,
found among the passengers seized
by the British authorities aboard
the "Four Freedoms," is being held
incommunicado.
The woman correspondent is re-
liably reported to be Claire Nei-
kind of the Overseas News Agency
who left Rome between, two and
three weeks ago for a secret ren-
devous with the immigrant ship.
The Cyprtis government report-
ed that the woman had surren-
dered to authorities of a detention
camp. H. R. Wishengrad, editor of
the overseas news agency, said
Miss Neikind had not been heard
from since she had left with the
refugees on the boat "Four Free-
doms."

Seventy Tel AViv Jews
Released from Raffa Camp
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Seventy

Tel Aviv residents detained at the
Raffa camp since July 30 when
hundreds of the city's Jews were
arrested by British troops, have
been released.
High Commissioner Cunning-
ham, in what is described as an
attempt to re-establish normal re-
lations with the Jewish commun-
ity, visited a Jewish settlement
for the first time in several
months. At the Zichron Jacob col-
ony he inspected the famous wine
cellars and met with the settle-
ment's administrative committee.
Later he paid a visit to the Athlit
clearance camp.

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Wolfgang Von-Weisel
Starts Hunger Strike

JERUSALEM, (JTA)—On the
eighth day of his 28-day hunger
strike, Dr. Wolfgang von Weisl
was removed from the Latrun de ,
tention camp to a hospital here.
Dr. von Weisl is conducting his
fast as a protest against British
policy in Palestine. He has re-
fused to heed the request of Chief
Rabbi Ben Zion Usiel and Prof.
Joseph Klausner who urged him
to call off the hunger strike and
not to risk his life.

Dr. Von Weisl, who was the
Middle-Eastern correspondent of
the "Vossische Zeitung," a leading
newspaper in Germany before the
Nazi regime, resided in Palestine
for many years, and finally settled
with his family in Palestine after
the outbreak of the war.

Ruhama, Dorot Raids
Laid to Gen. Barker

JERUSALEM, (JPS, Palcor)--
Visibly crushed by what he had
seen at Dorot and Ruhama, tall,
gray-haired Isaac ben Zvi, presi-
dent of Vaad Leumi (Jewish Na-
tional Council), told correspond-
ents here of the wanton destruc-
tion and malicious anti-Sem4m
of British troops who for six days
occupied the tiny Negev settle-
ments, and charged that this "was
a result of instructions, given the
soldiers beforehand and of Gen-
eral Barker's notorious letter."
High Commissioner Cunning-
ham meeting with memberse of
the Negev Bloc Committee, ex-
pressed regret over the damage,
but refused to visit the settle-
ments, and recalled that British
lives had been lost as a result of
terrorist activities. Neither Dorot
nor Ruhama however, have in any
way been connected with terrorist
activities.

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Program Underway of Frankfort to Determine Which Per-
sons Are to Retain Displaced Status; Pogrom Averted
in Hungarian Town; Romania Assures Jews' Rights

FRANKFURT, (JTA)—Army authorities here are planning to
request the War Department for permission to exclude all Jews from
the general screening program now under way among displaced
persons to determine which are to continue to retain DP status.
Military officials pointed out that should displaced Jews be
deprived of their DP status following screening examinations, dis-
turbances would occur.
Representatives of political parties and Jewish groups met in
Munich and formed the "Association of Persecutees of the Nazi
Regime," whose program includes combatting the revival of Nazism,
militarism and -anti-Semitism. - The group also plans to secure
speedier rehabilitation and relief for the "persecutees" and their
families.
A resolution urging the German provincial. government to place
more victims of the Nazis in responsible positions was adopted at
the meeting. Complaints that former Nazis still retained' government
position were aired at the sessions. Delegates asked for a speed-up
in the restoration of their property which had been confiscated
by the Nazis.

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Pogrom Averted in- Hungarian Town; Mob Attacks Jewish Lawyers!
BUDAPEST, (JTA)—A pogrom narrowly was averted in the town

of Hajduszoboszlo, about 100 miles from here, when police dispersed
an anti-Semitic mob attempting to attack Jewish. lawyers who had
recovered 50 acres of land seized from Jews 'during the war.
The two police arrested three local leaders of the Peasant Party
who were responsible for instigating the outbreak, but were forced
to .release them when the, mob threatened police headquarters. Pro-
vincial police are investigating.
The mayor has denied that the demonstrations were of an anti-
Semitic nature, insisting that they sprang from the extreme poverty
of the peasants. He asserted. that the embittered peasantS alS6 at-.
tempted to attack Gentile lawyers- bringing legal action to reclaim
land which they had obtained during the war.
- Laszlo Stoekler, president of the Jewish Community Council of
Budapest, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency that the government's
ever-all restitution and compensation bill, issuance of which has been
long delayed, has once again been referred back. to various ministries
for further changes. He declared that progress is being made and
that a bill satisfactory to the Jews can be expected within two weeks.

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Reparations Will Be Paid Romanian Jews for Property Damages

BUCHAREST, (JTA)—The Romanian government assured a
Jewish delegation leaving for Paris in connection with securing
guarantees of equal rights for Jews in former enemy countries, .that
Romanian Jews will be paid for property destroyed under the pro-
Nazi regime.
High government officials also informed the delegation that a
citizenship bill just completed will give special consideration to Jews
whofailed to obtain citizenship rights after 1918, those deprived of
citizenship during the pro-Nazi regime and deportees who have been
repatriated since the end of the war. Widows of Jews slain during
pogroms or in' Nazi deportation camps will be granted full "war
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