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Pig. Thirteen
THE JEWISH NEWS
FtidaY. jwly IS. 1947
Polish-Jewish Leader Emphasizes
Appreciation for Government Policy
Four Jewish Youths Represent Detroit Troops
At Sixth World Boy Scout Jamboree in France
Four Detroit Jewish boys will attend the Sixth
World Boy Scout Jamboree to be held in France
this August Approximately 40,000 Boy Scouts,
representing four and one-half million members
in nearly 50 countries, will meet at Moissoh on
the River Seine, 40 miles from Paris.
The United States delegation is composed of
2,100 boys and adult leaders from all over the
country. Ten boys have been selected from the
Detroit area. Of these the - four boys pictured
above are the only representatives of the City of
.Detroit.
At left are Melvin Wachs, member of Boy
Scout Troop 369 sponsored by the Jewish Com-
munity Center, and his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Wachs of 3314 W. Buena Vista. In the
center are David and Sidney Klaus, members of
Explorer Scout Post 104, sponsored by Shaarey
Zedek Men's Club, and their parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Morris Klaus of 3045 Lawrence. At right
are Henry L. Green, also a member of Shaarey
Zedek sponsored Post 104, and his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Albert Green of 3217 Burlingame.
These boys left Detroit July 14 for Camp Ki-
wanis near Chicago for a four-day training pe-
riod. On July 18 they leave for Washington, and
on July 19 they arrive at Camp Kilmer, N. J.
for processing. On July 24 after spending a
day in New York City, they depart for Antwerp,
Belgium. The United States delegation will tour
Belgium, Holland and England before going to
France and will use the Troop Transport Gen-
eral Muir, provided by the United States Con-
gress, as a hotel base.
Weizmann Sees Partition
As Only Feasible Solution
Venerable Zionist Leader's Testimony Before UNSCOP
Brings Prolonged Applause; Declares Jews Have
Responsibility to Stabilize Middle East
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Declaring that anything less than
"Jewish sovereignty in the whole of Palestine" is "admittedly
a compromise," Dr. Chaim Weizmann, former president of the
World Zionist Organization, told the United Nations Special
Committee on Palestine that he nevertheless advocated "par-
tition and independence of the partitioned part, as the only
feasible solution of the Palestine f;
problem.
"I am convinced," he said, "that
partition, in spite of its difficul-
ties, in spite of the great sacri-
fice' it means for us, is such a
solution because it is final. It
will give us the opportunity of
continuing 'and expanding our
work in peace, and it will give
the Arabs assurance that we are
not going to encroach upon their
rights and their territory." He
gave as a prerequisite to partition
the following two conditions:
1. The area of the Jewish
state must be so drawn as to
give it accessibility to the water
and electrical power resources
so that the country can be effec-
tively developed for the absorp-
tion of large-scale immigration.
2. It must be given such an area
of yet undeveloped and unset-
tled land as to provide room for
these newcomers.
If he were asked to propose a
blueprint for partition, Dr. Weiz-
mann added, he "would urge that
it must at least comprise the
areas tentatively proposed in the
Jewish state project of the Peel
Report — Galilee and the coastal
plain — and, in addition, the
Negev and the Jewish area of
Jerusalem."
Dwelling on the importance of
the attitude towards Palestine
taken by the United States, Bri-
tain and the Soviet Union, Dr.
Weizmann praised Andrei Grom-
yko's "thoughtful" speech at the
special session of the UN Gen-
eral Assembly in May, declaring
that "it could have been made
by a Zionist--he's not a Zionist—
but it was a full Zionist speech."
Attacks White Paper
The venerable Zionist leader
lashed out at terrorism, in the
course of an attack on the White
Paper. "The White Paper," he
said, "released certain pheno-
mena in Jewish life which I op-
pose with all my force. The rule
'Thou Shalt Not Kill' was given
us on Mount Sinai. It was incon-
ceivable 10 years ago what occurs
bow my head in shame
when I speak of it before you."
He asserted that the Mandate
was not unworkable per se, but
bad been rendered unworkable
since the issuance of the White
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Replying to Sandstroem, who
asked him to amplify his ideas
concerning a solution of the
Palestine problem, the one-time
head of the World Zionist Or-
ganisation said: "We have a
great responsibility to help
stabilise the Middle East. I
think I speak the mind of s
great many Zionists, who, after
soul-searching, conclude that
we are for a form of partition
satisfying the just demands of
both the Jews and Arabs. We
realize we cannot have the
whole of Palestine. It is up to
the Almighty to keep his prom-
ise in his own time. It is up to
us to do our best in our imper-
fect way. I do not want to
play on the emotions of the
distinguished delegate from In-
dia, but partition is a la mode.
In India they have something
to partition. They can do it
with a knife. We must do it
with a microscope."
leaders to check emigration ten-
dencies among Jews.
.Premier Josef Cyrankiewicz,
addressing the same session of
parliament, touched on the Pales-
tine question and declared that
Socialist Bund party, in an ad- the Polish government considers
dress to the Council, which is the a solution along the lines propos-
new Polish parliament.
ed by the Polish delegation at the
Emphasizing that the Jewish United Nations to be part and
population fully supports the parcel of a program to "build
present policies of the govern- peace and security" for the entire
ment and appreciates its at- world.
tempts to uproot anti-Semitism,
The first anti-Jewish state-
Dr. Shuldenfrei said:
ments on the floor of the new
1. Jews in Poland want to par- Polish parliament were made by
ticipate in the development of Deputy Ziegmunt Zulawski, for-
the country as equal citizens.
mer leader of the Polish Social-
2. Jews consider the sections ists, who broke with the party
of . Germany acquired by Poland land is the only "independent So-
alter the war to be an integral cialist" member.
part of the Polish Republic,
which has become a new place Leo Schwartz to Direct
Hebrew University Friends
for Jewish settlement.
3. Efforts of the government to I NEW YORK, (JTA)—Leo W.
combat anti-Semitism must be Schwarz, who recently returned
developed into a permanent cam- from Europe, where he directed
paign against racism.
JDC operations in Germany, has
4. Jewish leadership believes in been appointed director of Amer-
the sincerity of the government's' lean Friends of the Hebrew Uni-
appeal to the Jews of Poland, to versity, it was announced by Dr.
remain in the country and to par- Israel S. Wechsler, president. He
ticipate in its development. No succeeds Samuel B. Finkel, of
efforts will be spared by Jewish Boston.
WARSAW, ( JTA)—The atti-
tude of the Jews in Poland to-
ward the government was de-
fined by Dr. Michael Shuldenfrei,
a member of the Polish National
Council and leader of the Jewish
I appeal to you with all the
strength at my disposal. The
foremost thing is to wash out the
White Paper—scrap it, throw it
on the dust heap where it be-
longs. I do not know of any sin-
gle document responsible for so
much trouble, so much evil."
Replying to Indian delegate Sir
Abdur Rahman, who asked
whether partition would bring
trouble from the Arabs, Dr.
Weizmann said: "It would be
foolish, if I were to say that
everything will go smoothly.
Nothing goes smoothly in the
world. I do believe that a great
many thoughtful Arabs, if they
feel this project is set into mo-
tion with all the authority and
dignity and moral force which
you and the United Nations com-
mand, will eventually not dis-
agree.
"Perhaps the Mufti will not
acquiesce—perhaps some of our
side will not acquiesce—but I do
not think that these are insur-
mountable difficulties. Do not
prolong our agony. It has lasted
a long time. You have it in your
power to put the keys of coopera-
tion with the Arabs in our hands.
God has chosen this small coun-
try as a medium through which
He has sent great messages to the
world. May it not happen again?
Perhaps, once more a message of
peace will come out of this coun-
try which stands so sorely in
need of peace."
Dr. Weizmann commented that
"it was great irony that after the
British cut off Transjordan,
which is the greater part of the
Palestine which the Balfour De-
claration understood lo be Pal-
estine, that the British then turn
to us and throw in our faces the
fact that we are trying to bring
Jews into the small Palestine
they have left us."
Outlining the advantages of
partition, Dr. Weizmann said that,
firstly, "it would be final and
help dispel some of the fears of
our Arab neighbors." It would
also mean equality of status with
the Arabs, which, he stressed,
was of prime importance, "since
as long as they consider the Jews
inferior they are not anxious to
make peace. However, the Jew-
ish part must be capable of ab-
sorbing 1,500,000 persons in a
comparatively short time, and it
cannot be standing room only."
Pleads for Action
"I have a plea to make," he
added dramatically. "I respect-
fully pray that you will come to
a decision of that kind, and above
all see that it is carried out im-
mediately. We have had many
reports we could cover the sur-
face of Palestine with reports
—
which have become dead letters,
Dr. Weizmann concluded his
prepared address at this point,
and the audience, which was
the largest since the hearings
began, broke out into applause,
whisk the chairman made no
attempt to halt.
Sandstroem asked Dr. Weiz-
mann if he recognized "any re-
servation in the Balfour Declara-
tion regarding the rights and
position of other sections of the
population." The Zionist spokes-
man replied that since the issu-
ance of the Mandate the Arab
social, economic and physical
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