We did not save them in 1946 to let them die in 1947! Work for and give liberally to the Allied Je*ish Campaign VOLUME XI—NO. 7 THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review of Jewish Events 2114 Penobscot Bldg., Detroit 26, Michigan, RA. 7956 May 2, 1947 The Fate of 1,250,000 Jews Is In Our Hands! Give Liberally To the Allied Jewish Campaign 34.0;0.22 $3.00 Per Year; Single Copy, 10c 37,000 Volunteer Workers Start Allied Drive for $5,335,000 ..The campaign will be conducted from May support for the three major agencies of the Detroit's record-breaking Allied Jewish Cam- _,paign, for a goal of $5,335,000, goes into mo- 6 to 16. More than 3,700 volunteer workers have United .Jewish Appeal—Joint Distribution Corn- - lions Tuesday evening, at the official opening enlisted to solicit approximately 35,000 potential mittee, United Palestine Appeal and United_ Service for New Americans—and 54 other local, dinner at Hotel Statler, with Dr. Abba Hillel contributors. Silver, chairman of the American Section of the . Nearly twice as large as the largest goal pre- national and overseas causes. (• Details of plans and activities of the Special Gifts. Jewish Agency for Palestine, as guest speaker. viously set in an Allied Jewish Campaign, this Trades and Professional, Women's, Junior and other Fred M. Suite!, general chairman of the drive, year's drive chanllenges the Jews of Detroit divisions in the drive will be found on inside pages of to rise to great heights in providing means of this issue.) will preside at the dinner. • . - IIIMIXIMMURNIffillifilliiiIIIIIIIIIIMMIMMIIVIIFillillittlilitli111114111111“1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111M111111111BIllfillnIIIIIMMIIIIIIIIIIIMIII 11111111111111111111111111111111111 f1111119111i111111111111111H1111 I1111111111111111111111111111 i 1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111M1111111111111111111111111111111011111111111111111111111111111t Hectic Debates Mark Opening of UN Parley YOU Are Asked for Dollars—to Them It Means LIFE By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ (Jewish News Correspondent at the 'UN Conference) FLUSHING MEADOWS.—The General Committee of the special session of the UN was transformed into a gridiron Wednesday with Zionism serving as the football and the Jewish people the victims of-one-sided discussion resulting from the banding together of Arab states to do all the kick- ing while the Jewish people were kept without spokesmen and without defenders of their goal lines. Even the weak goal-posts which Jewry so passionately thinks of as Eretz Israel appeared to be crumbling under the plows of spokesmen for Iraq. Syria, Egypt, Lebanon and Saudi-Arabia during their appeals for immediate establish- msnt of an independent Palestine state—which would mean an Arab state—through termination of the Mandate. En- couragement was given the Arab states by Soviet Russian spokesman Andrei Gromyko who favored immediate full discussion while not committing the Soviet to any definite policy. Jewish leaders, despondent and, in a sense, humiliated by the new situation which turned the international assembly into a debating society that put Zionism on trial without defense, were expected to speak out in emphatic terms repudiating the undemocratic and unfair manner in which the issue thus far has been handled. The only defense of the Jewish position was sounded by Poland's delegate Winiewicz who argued for the right - of 'Jews to representation in their own defense. Canada's spokesman defended the British view that appointment of a committee to study the matter at hand is the only vital issue at stake. (Herschel Johnson, alternate for Robert Austin, U. S. - spokesman, stated "we are here to set up machinery," and "we want an atmosphere of quiet to deal with the delicate situation.") The only relieving element in the situation is the general recognition that Palestine Arabs are being used as tools by Arab states, and that their masses do not acquiesce to machin- ations of politicians speaking for them without authorization - . at Flushing Meadows. (The above is a record of the first general committee meeting sent by special wire Wednesday morning. Ensuing reports are of the first two plenary sessions of the special UN assembly.) (Continued on Page 5) Ex-Revolutionary Leader of Brazil Heads UN Conference on Palestine DR. OSWALDO ARANHA, 53, former Brazilian revolutionary leader was chosen president of the United Nations General as- sembly dealing with the Palestine question. He served his country as foreign minister to the U. S. and came here two months ago on a brief visit, but remained as Bra- zilian delegate to the United_ Na- tions security council. Joint Distribution Committee Photo THEIR EYES ARE UPON US: These youngsters, orphaned, ragged, carrying their last possessions, are on the march—from lands of oppression to displaced persons camps —their destination: ERETZ ISRAEL... their gaze is directed at US—the free•Jews of America ... Their hopes are centered in mobilized action to rescue them and to provide them with permanent homes and security. . . their fate is in OUR hands . . . and the instrument for their rescue in Detroit is the $5,335,000 - Allied Jewish Campaign. Mobilization of American Sentiments Urged as UN Tackles Palestine Issue Special to The Jewish News FLUSHING, N. Y.—Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, president of the Zionist Organization of Ameri- ca and chairman of the Ameri- can section of the Jewish Agency for Palestine, issued a scathing denunciation of British policy in an appeal for the moblization of American sentiments in support of . the Jewish position, on the eve of the United Nations special As- sembly here. Dr.. Silver and Moshe Sher- tok told more han 100 corres- pondents the Jewish Agency has no recommendations other than to request for representa- tion at the UN with a vote and the extension of Jewish immi- gration. Both Agency- leaders indi- cated they would welcome:17N trusteeship over Palestine if effectively enforced and rights granted by the League of Na- tions were guaranteed. As an "earnest gesture of good faith" by Britain, Dr. Silver called for the abolition of the White Paper, and the removal of restrictions on im- migration pending decisions on Palestine at the General As- sembly's September session. 1r^ In the main there appears a spirit of pessimism in Zionist ranks with most people placing little of any faith in the result of the present UN debate. The Zionist Organization of America executive meeting adopted decisions for extension of the American Halutziuth activities and for increased youth activities. The annual convention has been set for July 4 in New York. Morris Jacobs and Philip Slomovitz are attending ZOA. sessions as members of the ZOA national executive.