Violence Flares Anew as Palestine High Court
Rules Against Admission of 3,854 Refugees
London Denies Report
Of 7-Point Program
To Continue Mandate
JERUSALEM.—Violence broke out anew in Palestine
as a mark of protest by the Irgunists and Sternists against
the deportation of 3,854 arrivals on the refugee boat
Knesseth Israel, the Palestine Supreme Court having de-
nied a Jewish appeal to halt the deportations.
The court ruling denied Jewish charges that British
transports are "floating prisons."
Serious clashes marked the arrival of the Knesseth
Israel, and two of the immigrants were killed.
Arrival of Field Marshall Montgomery, to study mili-
tary conditions in Palestine, has aroused speculation as to
future steps to be taken by the British in suppressing the
Jewish resistance movement.
Issuance of the communique announcing the deporta-
tions *as accompanied by an additional announcement,
revealing that High Commissioner Sir Alan Cunningham
had decided to admit 1,000 deport4s from Cyprus, besides
the 1,050 who are being granted visas as "legal" immi-
grants.
Evaluating the damage sustained by Jewish settle-
ments, a committee of the Jewish National Council an-
nounced that Palestine Jev.rry will file claims for $400,000
with the Palestine government.
A London Foreign Office spokesman denied a report pub-
lished in Jerusalem in the Hebrew paper Mishmar that a seven-
point program is the basis for future discussions on Palestine
advanced by the British. The plan calls for continuation of the
British mandate for 15 years, admission of 100,000 Jews in 18
months, creation of British. Arab and Jewish zones in Palestine,
Jewish settlement in the Negev, limited opportunities for land
purchases by Jews and establishment of a legislative council.
JWV Urged to Expose
Nazi Activities in U. S.
By Jewish News Correspondent
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—The 51st annual convention
of the Jewish War Veterans of the U. S., in session here
Nov. 29 to Dec. 1, called upon U. S. Attorney Gen. Tom
Clark, in a strongly-worded resolution to take immedi-
ate steps to publish the report on infiltration of Nazi in-
fluences into the U. S. which was prepared by his former
special assistant, 0. John Rogge.
Adoption of this resolution followed a sensational
address by Mr. Rogge who urged the Jewish veterans to
take the leadership in exposing Nazi activities in America.
Mr. Rogge expressed the view that the reason his
report was suppressed was that it mentioned 24 members
of both houses of Congress as having been used by George
Sylvester Viereck, convicted Nazi propagandist, in the
pro-German campaign. He declared it to be his view a
Jewish organization should take the lead in such a cam-
paign because Jews suffered the most from Nazism.
Griffith Reiterates Opposition to Immigration
Col. Paul Griffith, national commander of the Ameri-
can Legion, reiterated his opposition to an open door
immigration policy for this country, in his address to the
convention, and Mr. Rogge took issue with him.
Supreme Court Justice Meier Steinbrink of New York
urged that the American democratic experiment be made
workable, and declared that he has greater fear for
economic chaos and inflation than the G. L. K. Smiths
and the Bilbos.
A large Michigan delegation participated in the con-
vention which was attended by nearly 5,000 veterans of
both world wars. Samuel J. Rhodes, Harry Madison and
Joseph Jones were active on committees during the con-
vention.
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22 Friday, December 6, 1946-Single Copy 10c; $3 Per Year
Detroit's Quota
$5,500,000 ?
United Jewish Appeal
Plans 170,000,000
Drive to Aid Survivors
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.—Having met "only the barest needs in the
current year" in relief and reconstruction activities undertaken by United
Jewish Appeal with the record-breaking fund that is expected to reach a
total of $105,000,000 before the end of 1946, American Jewry is called
upon, by decision of the national mobilization conference held here dur-
ing the past week-end, to increase its contributions during the coming
year to $170,000,000.
This decision was reached after ledders of American and European
Jewries indicated that actual needs for adequate care of European survi-
vors and for the settlement of tens of thousands in Palestine and else-
where would call for allocations of $215,000,000, based on the follow-
ing estimated necessities:
• Joint Distribution Committee—S122,250.000, as against the 1946 expenditure
of $58,000,000.
• United Palestine Appeal—$85,252.000. as against the sum of $52,000,000 spent
in 1946.
• United Service for New Americans—$8.306,900, as against the 1946 alloca-
tions of $2,810,836.
Acceptance of the enlarged goal for 1947 came after three days of debates by the
executive and resolutions committees. A minority of community representatives, which
at the outset opposed the setting of increased budgets, pledged itself to work tirelessly
to help attain the goal set by the largest Jewish community in the world, in order to
forestall despair and death among the 1,500,000 who survived Nazism.
Former Secretary of the Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr., Jerome H. Kohn of
Hartford and Judge Louis E. Levinthal of Philadelphia were co-chairmen of the resolu-
tions committee whose report in favor of the enlarged goal, while greeted with some
doubts, resulted in a spirit of unity in support of the coming year's rescue needs.
Three of the Michigan delegates at the conference — Fred M. Butzel, Max
Osnos and Isidore Sobeloff—joined in evaluating Detroit's responsibilities in the
coming drive and expressed the view that the Detroit Allied Jewish Campaign
for 1947, on the basis of the increased demands, may have to be conducted for a
goal of approximately $5,500,000 to meet the pressing needs in 1947. Mr. Sobeloff
explained that the 1946 incomes from fund-raising in Detroit totalled $3,802,000,
broken down as follows: Emergency drive for UJA, $2,800,000; income for UJA
and local causes received through War Chest, $912,000; fund raised for civic-pro-
tective activities, $90,000.
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Mrs. FDR Voted Most Outstanding Woman
Speakers at the session included Rabbi Barnett Brick-
ner of Cleveland, Rabbi Abraham Chill of Providence,
Louis Bennett, National Housing Expeditor, and others.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt was voted "the outstand-
ing American woman" in recognition of her contributions
to better understanding among all faiths.
The convention rejected a resolution in favor of a bonus
for World War II veterans by a vote of two to one. Anti-Semitic
groups were denounced in a series of three resolutions. Pledges
were given in resolutions to labor and minority groups to assist
them in fighting un-Americanism. Lynching and anti-Negro
activities were denounced and it was urged that Senator Bilbo
be barred from the Senate. The new administration of JWV was
authorized to submit proposed legislation to Congress for the
outlawing of anti-Semitism.
Support of the movement for the establishment of the
Jewish National Home in Palestine and commendation of the
activities of Haganah in Palestine were incorporated • in two
other resolutions. Congress was asked to vote in favor of ad-
mitting 100,000 DPs into the U. S.
President Truman, labor and military leaders sent mes-
sages to the convention hailing the role of Jews in the last war.
Col. Milton Richman of Hartford, Conn., was elected na-
tional commander of JWV, succeeding Maxwell Cohen.
—Photo by Sam Goldstein, UJA and INS Photographer
Michigan delegates at the UJA conference included above in photo (left to right):
MARTIN GORDON, Flint; ISIDORE SOBELOFF, Detroit; RABBI MORTON APPLE-
BAUM, Flint; FRED M. BUTZEL, Detroit; MAX GEALER, Flint; PHILIP SLOMO-
VITZ, Detroit; LOUIS RUDNER, Flint. Other Michigan delegates at the conference
were Max Osnos of Detroit and Mr. and Mrs. David J. Ross of Benton Harbor.