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THE JEWISH NEWS

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VOLUME 10—NO. 3

of Jewish Events

Friday, October 4, 1946

34. 22

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Repatriates: A young Jewish couple and
their baby returning to Poland after spending the
war years in the Soviet Union. The JDC provides
for their immediate needs while they travel.

Weizmann and Bevin
Weigh New Proposals
For Palestine Parley

Jewish Agency's Participation in Conference
On Palestine Expected to Result from Talks

(Special Cable to The Jewish News)

LONDON, (JTA)—British Foreign Secretary Ernest
Bevin and Colonial Secretary George Hall met with Jewish
Agency leaders for a preliminary exchange of views on
participation in the Palestine conference.
The meeting started at noon Tuesday and adjourned
without reaching concrete decisions, but it was stated the
chance for the Agency's participation is "increasingly good."
The Agency was represented by Dr. Chaim Weizmann,
Dr. Chaim Brodetsky, Berl Locker, Nahum Goldmann,
Eliezer Kaplan and Rabbi Judah L. Fishman.

U. S. Zone : Above, a
group of repatriates from
Russia, after a short stay
in Poland, are shown upon
their arrival in the Ameri-
can Occupation zone in Aus-
tria, where they receive
JDC aid along with Army
and UNRRA assistance_
Funds for JDC work are
provided by the United
Jewish Appeal Campaign.

Agency circles said that no further meetings have yet been
arranged. However, British sources told the JTA that • another
meeting may be held Thursday after Bevin and Hall report tO
Prime Minister Attlee on 'Tuesday's exchange of views after Agency
representatives report to their colleagues.

Agency, Britain Discuss New Proposals
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—The Jewish Agency and the British
government resumed discussions looking towards Agency par-
ticipation in the.London conference, following new proposals made
by the government.
A hurriedly summoned meeting of the Agency executive de-
cided that "in view of His Majesty's Government's new approach
to the Jewish Agency, Rabbi Judah . L. Fishman and Eliezer Kap-
lan went to London to consult with members of the Jewish Agency
there and in Paris concerning preliminary negotiations which will
make possible The Jewish Agency's participation in the parley."

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Yom Kippur : MEY-
ER POLLACK, 86, -a resi-
dent of the Home and Hos-
pital of the Daughters of
Jacob in New York City,
sounds the Shofar hailing
the Jewish New Year. This
Saturday evening he will
repeat the traditional rite.

Memorandum to the President

EDITOR'S NOTE: The followiag.acticle includes
excerpts from the memorandum reportedly sub-
mitted to President Truman by Edwin W. Pauley,
his personal representative on reparations with the
title of Ambassador. The memorandum was dis-
closed in PM by I. F. Stone. In a statement made
in Washington. Charles G. Ross. White House see-
- retni- 3- fleCiared President Truman has no knowl-
edge of this report, and he had not seen- It.

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Official Poster:

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A reproduction of the illuminated poster

designated by Arthur Szyk for the 1946 observance of Jewish Book

Month, to be held Nov. 15 to Dec. 15 under the direction of the
Jewish Book Council of America, sponsored by the National

Jewish Welfare Board,

. By EDWIN W. PAULEY
.
On my recent visit to Europe I had the op-
portunity to talk to a number of persons about
the situation of the Jews in Europe. I also
took the occasion to visit the Jewish infiltree
center. which is located at Furth. just outside
Nuremberg, in the U. S. zone of Germany.
The more one hears about the wanton mur-
der of the Jews by the Germans, the more
one wonders why the great crime has not
shocked the conscience of mankind more than
it has. The reason, I suppose, is- that it is
difficult for anyone to grasp the full signifi-
cance of the murder of 5,000,000 human beings.
In talking with Justice Robert H. Jackson
and examining the Nuremberg trial exhibits,
I found how completely all of the unspeakable
atrocities committed against the Jews, which
many refused to believe at the time, have
now been recorded and documented for history.
Thus, one report (bound in fanciest of
leather covers) made to Himmleie on the
"elimination of the Jews from Warsaw" con-
thins daily accounts of the commandant, re-
citing the "progress" of each day. One daily
account says "Jews disposed of-59,340--our
losses none " The whole report concludes with
the statement, "I have the honor to report that
there are no more Jews in Warsaw, and no
Jewish section remaining."
In the back of the report are photographs
showing Jews emerging from cellars, hands up,
covered by troops with tommy guns; men
jumping from a five-story building which had
been set afire; piles of corpses, some stripped
naked; men standing before firing squads; etc.
When I first heard the Germans had used

the flesh of these victims to make soap, I did

not believe it. There are a number of ex-
hibits at the trial from the "soap factory. -
We cannot bring 5,000,000 dead bodies to
life. But we can take action, and take it now,
to make certain that the over 1.000.000 Euro-
pean Jews who survive the Nazi terror are
given a chance to live. The time for talk has
long passed, the time for action is long overdue.
My visit to the Jewish camp at Furth. where
I spent several hours talking to the persons
living rather existing there. impressed upon
me more than ever the burning passion which
these people have to get moving, moving to-
ward a place which they can call home.
One can imagine the feeling of these
people, who after wandering over Europe

for several years trying to get out, now
find, well over one year after their sup-
posed liberation, that they are no closer
to a home than before.

Gen. McNarney, and Gen. Clark both told
me of the large infiltration of Jews into the
American zones in Germany and Austria.
These Jews are coming from all over Europe,
looking to America, to give them a helping
hand. We must not let them down. -
America has a grave responsibility to see to
it that the Jews who are in camps in_ r the
American zones in Germany and Austria are
moved out as quickly as possible. Most of
them feel they can only achieve security of
body and spirit in Palestine.
Unless something is done at once to bring
some hope into the hearts of these people,
more and more will die with each passing
day. It is over one year since V-E Day. and
many Jews in Europe die every day of broken
spirit as much as broken body.
It is with these considerations in mind, that
I have certain concrete suggestions which I
would like to give you, for what they may
be worth.
1—Promut movement of Jews in Ger-

many and Austria.
I suggest we select initially about 5,000 Jews
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