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Histadrut's Objectieks

Will 1947 Fill Human Needs?

By DR. L M. BIRKHEAD

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Eretz Israel; it is the guiding element in the
building of a civilization whose progressive
tendencies have become the pride of our
people and the envy of all colonizing move-
men ts.
All parties in Israel have had to admit, in
spite of existing idealogical differences, that
Histadrut has pursued a path of moderation
without making concessions in principles
linked with the Zionist ideal; that the labor
Zionists have been the most successful inte-
grators of newcomers into the economic and
cultural life of Palestine; that Histadrut has
been the strongest defensive factor in the
land:

Those who have watched the arrival into
Palestine of groups of Jews—young and old—
. •
who appeared shattered by the sufferings
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they had experienced under Nazism have had
occasion to express amazement over the
transformation of the new settlers in Hista-
drut-supervised cooperative and collective
colonies.
A number of newspapers saw fit last week to emphasize
New industries have been built in Pales- that the decisions reached by the World Zionist Congress
tine by Ilistadrut and the rural and urban represented a repudiation of Dr. Chaim Weizmann.
economic projects encouraged by the labor
This was a gross exaggeration andr in a sense, a misrepre-
Zionists have proven a source of strength in sentation of fact. The truth is that Dr. Weizmann merely was
building the Jewish Homeland.
the symbol of the attitude of a very strong faction at the
In the defense and resistance movements, Zionist Congress which believed that negotiations with Great
Ilistadrut represents the moderate yet unre- Britain should continue and that "another chance" be given
lenting forces of Haganah. There is nothing the mandatory power to make good on its obligations and
in its set-up that in any way encourages the pledges to the Jewish people.
wild and unreasonable actions of the Irgun
One of the most interesting articles on the position of
and the Ste•nists. The Histadrut leadership Dr. Weizmann as head of the Zionist movement was written
program reflects" the attitude of the over- from Basle for the N. Y. Herald Tribune by John Chabot
whelming majority of Palestine's Jewish pop- Smith who stated, inter alia:
illation which is united on a program of re-
Dr. Weizmann's personality is so tremendous and so
sisting any attempt to prevent Jews from
dominating that those who oppose his policies hate to vote
coming to Palestine, but at the same time
against him in a public election before the eyes of the
rejects terroristic acts which, in the long run,
world ...
react unfavorably upon Jewry.

Zionism's New Militant Stand

A hundred different elements enter into the conflict,
not least of them the fact that every leader as he grows
older becomes an obstacle to the ambition of younger men
who feel that they, too, are ripe for leadership.

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Who Are the Plotters?

Tremendous Impact
Of Carlson's Expose

IMM1141tATION

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Palestine's major r mpart in the historic
effort for the reconstruction -of the Jewish
Commonwealth is the Histadrut—the Jewish
Federation of Labor.
Histadrut is not only the largest single
organized group in the Jewish population in

.Frielay, January . 3, 1947

Histadrut has one especially excellent fac-
for to recommend it to Jews everywhere. It
strives for cooperation with the Arabs. It
This is a fairly correct evaluation, as the rise to leader-
does
not hesitate
to organize
Arab
int() unions
and _seeks
the good
will workers
of all ele- ship in the world Zionist movement of several young Ameri-
can Jews indicates. Nevertheless, Dr. Weizmann was mainly
moots
in build
the population
in support
of of efforts
that will
Palestine for
the good
all— symbolic of the fight between new and old trends in Zionism—
between those who feel that we must continue to negotiate
Jews, Christians and Moslems.
and the militant group that feels that there can be no worse
It is encouraging to know that it has this attitude to Jewry than is reflected in British attitudes, and
support from employers and workers alike, that the only thing left to do is to fight to a finish for the
from spokesmen for all parties in Zionism. attainment of the complete goal of Zionism—the establish-
The plea made at the World Zionist Con- ment of a Jewish Commonwealth.
With the door left open for Great Britain to honor her
(Tress in support of Histadrut and for the idea
of a single labor movement in Palestine by pledges, and thereby to reopen opportunities for further nego-
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver has served to strength- tiations, all Jews everywhere are certain to stand solidly
en the hands of the Jewish Labor Federation behind the Congress decision to fight to a finish for the ful-
fillment of all hopes incorporated in the Zionist program.
in Eretz Israel.
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There can be no division of opinion on this score, and we are
This is the program in behalf of which the confident that Dr. Weizmann will be among the first to back
Gewerkshaften drive, which will be launched up the major objectives of the movement to which he has
this Sunday at the conference at Temple Beth dedicated his life.
El, will seek the support of Detroit Jewry.
Such cooperation should be forthcoming
without stint because it assures the retention
of that strength which is necessary for the
Catholic, Protestant and Jewish leaders have form'ed the
establishment of a reasonably moderate Citizens' Committee on Displaced Persons, under the chair-
platform on the basis of which we shall re- manship of Earl G. Harrison, former U. S. Immigration Com-
fuse to yield in the fight for principles but missioner and representative on the Intergovernmental Com-
shall, at. the same time, reject terrorism.
mittee on Refugees, to secure admission to this country of
Detroit Jews hitherto had responded very survivors from Nazism. The committee has informed Presi-
liberally to the Gwerkshaften drives. We are dent Truman that
confident that they %N.-ill continue to do so in
"it is our belief that this, the richest nation on earth, can
over a period of a few years absorb some 400,000 of these
this year's campaign.

National Director, Friends of Democracy
The stow that John Roy Carlson, author of
"Under Cover," (published by Dutton), tells in
his recent book, "The Plotter's," is adequate evi-
dence of the wide and continued exploitation of
all the "anti"propagandas in spite of the military
defeat of Fascism. In fact, the military defeat of
Fascism has removed the restraints under which
the anti-democratic and pro-Fascist propagandists
operated and these propagandists are now more
active than ever.
According to Carlson, about a thousand groups,
publications and individuals are active in carry-
ing on un-American propaganda and are reaching
more than 20 million people every week.
What is this propaganda and what is the
propaganda line? According to "The Plotters,"
it is a post-war version of the pre-Pearl Harbor
variety of pro-Fascism. The propaganda line
includes extreme isolationism and nationalism,
anti - any-sort-of-world - cooperation, variations
of white Protestant supremacy, including anti-
Semitism, anti-Negroism and anti-Catholicism.
It is also anti-liberal and anti-labor. Anti-
Semitism seems to'be the common denominator
of all of these post-war "anti" propagandists as
it was of the pre-Pearl Harbor variety.
Carlson indicates that in this post-war period
the propagandists described in "The Plotters"
have taken on the veterans as a special chore. A
half dozen of the fifteen chapters in "The Plot-
ters" are devoted to a discussion of propaganda
among veterans and veterans groups.
According to Carlson. the pre-Pearl Harbor
mothers groups are still very active, the Ku Klux
Klan is on the march again and these propagan-
dists without exception are all out for a war with
Russia.
As a result of a very incisive chapter on the
American Communist Party, Carlson has enjoyed
the thunders of silence from Communist sources..
The extreme Right wing publications and indi-
viduals, however. have turned loose all their guns
on "The Plotters." Upton Close has devoted much
radio time over a national network to attacks on
Carlson, Westbrook Pegler has had five or six
columns about "The Plotters," and the "anti"
propagandists have been circularizing all of the
newspapers of the country with a two column
attack on Carlson from the Eastern Coughlinite
publication, "The 'Brooklyn Tablet."
Walter Winchell, Public Enemy Number One
to all of the pro-Communist and pro-Fascist
groups, has been praising "The Plotters" effec-
tively both on the radio and in his column.
The result of Winchell's praise and the "anti"
propagandists' attacks has been to put "The Plot-
ters" in the best selling class, topping even the
phenomenal sale of Carlson's previous best seller,
"Under Cover."
The impact of Carlson's book on the mind of
_America is tremendous and all to the good.

(Copyright, 1947, Independent Jewish Press Service.

Inc.)

FOR OUR YOUNG PEOPLE

Dear Boys and Girls:
Arr.erican youths are becoming increasingly
more interested in the activities of the young
people in Palestine. I believe, therefore, that
of you will want to know how the children of a
colony in the Jewish Homeland celebrated the
25th anniversary of their settlement.

U. S. us Haven for 400,000 DPs

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VOL. 10—NO. 16

JANUARY 3, 1947

Sabbath Scriptural Selections

This Sabbath, the twelfth day of Tebet, 5707,
the following Scriptural selections will be read in
our synagogues:
P•rtatelichal portion—Gen. 47:28-50:26.
Prophetical portion—I Kings 2:1-12.

victims of war within present annual quota limits. We
will bend every effort to help you obtain temporary modi-
fication of the present quota restrictions as one method to
accomplish this decent objective."
Former New York Governor Herbert H. Lehman is re-
sponsible for the formula, upon which he arrived when he

This photograph shows- how the children of
Ein Harod, one of the most important colonies in
Palestine, went into a fast Palestinian folk dance
to celebrate the settlement's completion of a
was UNRRA's director general, that the figure 400,000 should quarter century of creative effort. Gay festivities
be "our fair share" for reception of displaced persons in this marked the event and the fun-loving Ein Harod
country. Leaders who have joined in the effort to secure an youthS led the way in the enthusiastic celebra-
open door for this•number include Francis Cardinal Spellman, tion.
The area where this colony is located was one
the Rt. Rev. Henry St. George Tucker, former U. S. Supreme of the malaria-ridden spots in the Valley of
Court Justice Owen J. Roberts, Maj. Gen. William J. Donovan, Jezreel. In 25 years, Ein Harod grew from a small
on
former Governor Lehman, Leon Henderson, Marshall Field, beginning into a larme and prosperous colony,
lane of the Jewish National Fund, with the help
Walter White, David Dubinsky, Jacob Potofsky, Judge Joseph of the Keren Hayesod (Palestine Foundation
M. Proskauer, Dr. Alvin Johnson and others.
Fund), with funds raised by the United Palestine
The justice of • the case for which they are fighting is Appeal through the United Jewish Appeal.
When we realize what a great job has been
clearly defined, and the personnel of the committee is strong
done in Palestine, we will be more eager to help
warrant
faith
that
some
good
results
may
be
ob-
to
enough
make a success of the UJA drive this year.
tained through their efforts. With President Truman adhering
I hope that all of you are taking a deep interest
firmly to the proposals for the opening of America's doors, in the work our people are doing in Palestine and
in
the efforts that are being made to rescue
even within the quota regulations, to the displaced, this coun- European-
survivors.
try may once again become the leader in the humanitarian
A pleasant Sabbath to all.
UNCLE DANIEL.
effort to effect the rescue of the survivors from Nazism.

