Friday, September 19, 1947
THE JEWISH N.EWS
a
U. S. Plea to Revise Exodus
Decision Denied by British
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — T h e
U. S. government urged the Brit-
ish government to reconsider its
decision to send the 4,000 "Ex-
odus 1947" refugees to Hamburg,
but was told by the British that
there was no place other than
Germany to house them, Secre-
tary of State Marshall told a
press conference. Marshall de
dined to say , whether this gov-
ernment was satisfied with this
answer.
The-U. S. government, Marshall
- said, was keenly aware of the
.unfortunate results that would
follow the British.decision to re-
turn the refugees to Germany
and asked the British to change
their plans. Marshall pointed out
that the French offer to receive
some of the refugees is still open
so that they do not necessarily
have to remain in Germany.
Joseph C. Saltherwaite, acting
director of the Office of Near
East and African Affairs, receiv-
ed a delegation of the American
Jewish Labor Council, with
whom he discussed the Exodus
case. When the brutality of the
British troops at Hamburg was
mentioned, Saltherwaite said that
it "isn't all clear" that the bru-
tality was all on one side. He
quoted a report, which said that
the refugees had attached razor
blades to the end of poles to
make weapons for use against
the British.
• Other developments- hi the
Exodus case and . the Palestine
issue as reported in JTA dis-
patches, are summarized in the
following paragraphs:
• The Exodus refugees confin-
ed in the Poppendorf Camp de-
fied attempts by the British oc-
cupation authorities and the In-
ternational Refugee Organization
to screen them, as a prelude to
deciding whether they -are to be
treated as displaced persons or
turned loose in the German econ-
omy. Most of the deportee's, when
asked where they came from re-
plied: "Palestine."
• A JTA correspondent estab-
lished that the refugees are get-
ting only 1,800 calories daily, in-
stead of the 2,800 promised last
week by Air Vice Marshal Hugh
-. de Crespigny, regional commis-
sioner in Schleswig-Holstein. (An
Associated Press dispatch from
Hamburg said that 100 of the
Poppendorf refugees had gone on
a hunger strike.)
• Former Gov. Herbert H. Leh-
man decared that "the outrage at
Hamburg is a terrible blot - on
the history of a great country
and has shocked the -conscience
of the world." He added that "it
is a betrayal not only of Jews, but
of humanity itself."
• Agitation among a relatively
small section of the Exodus Jews
necessitated the use of force by
British authorities, a Foreign Of-
fice spokesman said. In reply to
a question, he declared that the
Cabinet as a whole assumed r.es-
ponsibility for the return of the
Jews to Germany.
• The British press is almost
unanimous in branding the for-
cible disembarkation of the Exo-
dus refugees as a blunder. The
Manchester Guardian declared
that Bevin has shown "appallingly
dangerous blind spots" and add-
ed that "mistakes have dogged
all his doings with both Jews
and Germans." The News Chron-
SOS to Raise 6 Million
Pounds of Relief Supplies
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A nation-
al conference of JDC's SOS (Sup-
plies for Overseas Survivors) Col-
. lection. here decided to start a
special fall campaign to raise 6,-
000,000 pounds of relief supplies
to supplement the funds received
by the JDC from the United
Jewish Appeal.
The conference heard a report
from Moses A. Leavitt, executive
vice-chairman of the JDC, warn-
ing that "tens of thousands of
Europe's Jews are in danger of
losing their battle for survival
because of inadequate relief as-
sistance." Edward M. M. War-
burg, chairman, praised the lead-
ers of - the SOS Collection for
having collected 4,000,000 pounds
of relief suplies in the first eight
months of 1947.
Page Three .
French Arraign Students of Wayne University
10 in Connection
With Korff 'Plot' Favor Findings of UNSCOP
.
icle says that "no more stupid
decision could have been made".
The Times, - which usually ex-
presses the Foreign Office's point
of view, blames the incident on
organizations "bent on making
private profit and political cap-
ital" of the DPs' desire to go to
Palestine. It insists that it is the
UN's duty to relieve Britain of
sole responsibility for Palestine.
• The acceptance by the Jews
of the recommendations of the
United Nations Special Commit-
tee on Palestine was urged at a
mass meeting in London by Hay-
i a Greenberg, leader of the Amer-
ican Zionist Laborites, who is en
route to the United States from
Zurich, where he attended the
meeting of the Zionist Actions
Committee. Dr. Emanuel Neu-
mann, president of the Zionist
Organization of America, said that
"a concentrated effort" is needed
and that the U. S. government
must be asked "to define its atti-
tude clearly" to the UNSCOP
recommendations.
• The prestige and future of
the United Nations are at stake
in reaching a settlement of the
Palestine problem and the UN
"will be proven an ineffective
instrumentality and will fold up,
if it fails to meet this first im-
portant test," Dr. Abba Hillel Sil-
ver, chairman of the American
section of the Jewish Agency,
declared on his return from Eu-
rope.
PARIS, (JTA) — Nine of the
persons arrested in connection
with the plan of Rabbi Baruch
Korff to bombard London with
leaflets from the air 'were ar-
raigned in magistrates court here.
Two women—Judith Rosenber-
ger, Korff's secretary, and Solo-
mea Leibel--charged with hav-
ing pamphlets prejudicial to na-
tional interests, were sent to Pe-
tite Roquette Prison, to await fur-
ther action. Eight men, including
Korff, were also ordered held on
similar charges. Camille Schle-
-Ter, 42, a Romanian Jew, director
of the print shop where the leaf-
lets were allegedly run off, was
also ordered held. No statement
was made during the hearing
- concerning the other persons re-
ported arrested.
Reginald Gilbert, 25-year-old
American pilot, who acted as a
police agent in thwarting Korff's
plan, was flown to England
in an R.A.F. plane and •taken to
an undisclosed hide-out, ostensi-
bly- to "protect" him from reta-
liation from the Stern group. Gil-
bert continued to maintain that
Korff and his associates had pre-
pared six improvised bombs for
dropping over the British capital,
but French police have so far
been unable to discover the ex-
plosives, although alleging that
they have details of their manu-
facture.
BY AMRAM SCHEYER
should take over during the in-
The Palestine report of the termediate period. Others, like
Special Committee of the United Moshe Heyman, 25, exchange
Nati6ns has its - reverberations student from Palestine and Gen-
not only in political organizations, nerar Zionist, said that coopera-
but also on the campus. Students, tion of Jews and Arabs is possible
whatever their political inclina- without foreign intervention.
tions may be, have been set to
On the • question of partition
thinking. In the following we most students shared the opinion
shall try to summarize the views that it was realistic policy to ac-
found in interviews with Wayne cept it. M. Better, 32, education
University students.
major, Miss Salove and Colby,
Strangely . enough, a nuthber however, believe that the esta-
of Jewish students interview said blishment of a common Jewish-.
they had not heard about the re- Arab state would be advisable
port, such as a 21-year-old stu- and possible. -
dent by the name of Goldberg,
Ail agreed that the UN corn-
a business major, who stated that mission was objective and sin-
the UN were still waiting for cere in its work, although Phillip
the official declarations of the Jaffe, 22, pre-med and Revision-
Jewish institutions, which will ist, thinks that the British in-
enable them to judge if, from an fluenced the commission in their
economical point of view, a par- favor.
titioned Palestine is acceptable
to the Jews.
Most of the students agreed New Legion Commander
that the British should leave. Pa- Speaks at JWV Parley
lestine immediately. Sheldon Col-
by, 20, a chemistry major, who
James F. O'Neil, newly-elected
said he is not a Zionist, wants the
national c o m-
British to set---up some kind of
mander of the
government in Palestine before
American Leg-
they leave.
ion, will be guest
Regarding the problem of the
speaker at the
period between the establishment
52nd annual con-
of an Arab and Jewish state, op-
vention of the
inions were divided. Some stu-
Jewish War Vet-
dents, such as Esther Saslove, 18,
erans of Amer-
a psychology major, and member
ca to be held
of the Hashomer Hatzair, thought
Oct. 15 to 19 in
it advisable that a UN force I
O'Neil
St. Paul.
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