Life Story of

M. M. Ussishkin:
JNF Leader,

Eminent Hebraist

THE JEWISH NEWS

of Jewish Events

A Weekly Re vieav

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VOLUME 11—NO. 24

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Truman Renews Zionist Pledge;
Terror Splits Actions Committee

Security and New Lease on Life
Survivors' Hope for Coming Year

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As the Jews of the world are about to wel come a new year, their thoughts are with the sur-
vivors of Nazi brutalities, who, two years after the war, are still homeless and "undesirables." Our
pictures show United Jewish Appeal's constructiv e help to give them a new lease on life. Thousands
were 'transported by UPA to Palestine and other countries (I); more than 17,000 are waiting for

this moment on Cyprus (2); youths get spiritual he 1p and food in their camps through JDC (3 and 4);
- relatives are reunited by United Service for New Americans (5); medical care is furnished (6); immi-
grants are molded into Americans (7), and ne w settlements spring up in Palestine 8). But only

Special Cable to The Jewish News

ZURICH, Switzerland. (JTA)—President Tru-
man last week made a new promise to retain the
friendly attitude of the United States to Zionism,
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver revealed in an address on
Tuesday before the Zionist Actions Committee.
Declaring that there is no reason for pessimism
concerning the final position which the United States
will take on the UNSCOP recommendations and that
the State Department will not support an anti-Zionist
policy, he nevertheless cautioned Zionists not to take
for granted any promises of support and declared
that the United States presently is the principal bat-
tleground in the struggle to achieve freedom for
Israel.
Deploring the divisions among U. S. Zionists,
Dr. Silver urged a definite program in America to
combat anti-Zionist propaganda which was strength-
ened by the hanging of the • two British sergeants.
He said that [American Jews believe in a militant
policy, including a possible eventual boycott of Brit-
ish goods and support for an active resistance move-
ment not only through illegal immigration and fasts
but by Jewish statesmanship aimed at uniting all
resistance forces in Palestine under national disci-
Ire attacked ditgidents in America who create
confusion in the public mind.
A bitter debate developed on Tuesday morning
on the question of terrorism, when David Ben-
Gurion, in an impassioned two-hour address, de-
manded a merciless fight on terror, adding that
those refusing to fight terror should by all means
be expelled from the movement.
Isaac Gruenbaum replied that he also is opposed
to terror, but that this is no time to start a civil war.
He challenged Ben-Gurion's statement, charging
that Ben-Gurion was not speaking for the executive
and added parenthetically that anyway Ben-Gurlbn

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a (mall part of the work to be done has been ac complished. The $170,000,000 goal of WA helps
restore the lives of the remnants of European Jew ry. The coming holiday period has been proclaimed
as the "Ten Days of Remembrance," and all responsible Jewish organizations have pledged their

support to the UJA campaign. Give! A life may depend upon your contribution.

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International Photo

Here is a typical sample of British
.
cruelty in dealing
with Jewish sur-
vivors from Nazism. Eagerly watching for a sight of the Holy Land,
even the 500 Jewish war orphans who were brought to Palestine
by the Jewish Agency were placed in wire cages on a British ship
which transported them from Cyprus. Palestine youth settlements
have begun to care for these youngsters until their adoption.

Caged Orphans , in