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THE JEWISH NEWS

Exodus Jews Won't Trade
Lower Rations for France

LUEBECK, Germany, (JTA) .— tore up the leaflets,' while
large
The 4,400 . Exodus refugees con- groups. began singing Hatikvah.
fin.ect•'in the Poppendorf and Am
Refugee leaders interpreted the
Stau camps, near here, rejected offer as "a feeble -effort by , the
a British ultimatum that they
British to whitewash their actions
agree to be transferred - to before world Opinion, and
France; or have . their daily ra- their own conscience." , They salVe
said
tion of 2,800 calo
ries reduced _that by making this "new, offer,"
to the German ration of 1.500 which they were certain would
calories.
be rejected, the British hope to
Through leaflets, posters and show the world that the refugees
loudspeakers, the British Occupa , are remaining 'in sub-standard
tionauthorities inforthed the de- camps voluntarily, and also that
portees that the French people the heavy military guard and the
are ready • to accept them, and barbed • wire remain Only be-
that if they refuSe the offer, "it cause of the` refugees' refusal to
will be quite clear that they re- submit to screening.
main in- the British zone of their
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own free will." - The -authorities'
LONDON, (JTA)—A Foreign
also said that the International Office spokesman, denying that
Refugee Organization stood ready the reduction in the Exodus
to assist the refugees and offered refugees' .rations
was intended as
to remove the barbed wire fencei a punishment for their refusal
from the camps as . soon as the to go to France, revealed that
internees agreed - to submit to the deportees 'had 10 'days
military screening.
which , to accept the offer. He
ImMediately after the an- said that 1,501 calories was the
nouncement, scattered demonStra- normal ration for DPS in the
tons broke •out. The refugees British zone:

Gen. McNarney
To Be Guest at
UPA Conference

NEW YORK-,-Gen. 'Joseph T.
McNarney, U. S. representative
on the United Nations Military
Commission; Henry Morgenthau,
general chair-
man of the
United. Jewish
Appeal, and Dr,.
Abba -Hillel La-
ver, chairman of
t h e American
Zionist Emerg-
e n c y Council,
will be among
t h e: . principal
speakers at the
United Palestine,
Appeal's forth-Gen., McNarney
coming national conference on
Palestine to be held Oct.. 11 and
12 in Washington, Dr. Israel Gold-
stein,, UPA chairman, announced
here. , . .
Among the chief speakers of
the panel discussions will be:
Robert R. Nathan, former deputy
director of the Office of War

Mobilization and author of "Pal-
.estine: Problem and Promise";
Emanuel Neumann, president of
the Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica; Dr. Stephen S. Wise; presi-
dent of -:•ie American Jewish Con-
gress; Judge MorriS Rothenberg,
president of .the Jewish National
Fund; Rabbi Max Kirshblum,
president of the. Mizrachi . Pales,
tine Fund; and Dr. Chaim Green-
berg, member of the Executive
Committee of the Jewish _Agency.
for Palestine.
The UPA's two latest films,
"House in the Desert" and "As-
signment: Tel Aviv" will be
shown at the conference. Both
films are currently presented in
conjunction with the exhibit of
the Palestine Foundation Fund
at the museum of Science and In-
dustry in New York.

Jewish War Veterans
•
Endorse National Gtiard Week
The objectives of National
Guard Week were endorsed by.
the JewiSh War Veterans of the
United States through the organ-
ization's national - commander,
Milton H. Richman, Hartford,
Conn.

Between You and Me

By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright, 1947, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, inc.)

U. N. Trends

Not all the aspects of the majority recommendations of • the
United Nations Special Committee on Palestine seem to be as
favorable to Jews as originally believed ... Upon closer examination,
it turns out that even the inclusion of the Negev, the southern desert
of Palestine, in the territory of the projected Jewigh state, is not
much of an asset .• . The Negev is a desert which can be developed
only if irrigated . .. But in order to do any irrigation in the Negev,
the waters of the Jordan River are needed .. . And the Jordan is in
the part of Palestine marked by UNSCOP for the Arab state . . .
Similar is the situation with the Dead Sea . The section where
potash and other minerals are developed---zthe richest part of the
Dead Sea—is assigned to the Arab state . . . Another of the negative
features of the borders set by UNSCOP is the large number of Arabs
left in the Jewish section ... It is well known that' the birth rate.
among Jews in Palestine is much lo,wer than that of the Arabs . .
Even if the UNSCOP recommendation to admit 150,000 displaced
Jews into Palestine within two years is implemented, the danger
exists that the Arab population in the Jewish state may be equal to
the Jewish within a few years . . • And if Jews are not allowed to
emigrate from Soviet-dominated countries in Europe, then the
danger is even greater . •• . The Jewish population in the JeWish
state may eventually be outnumbered by the Arabs . . . So the Jews
may yet find themselves a minority in their own state . . . Naturally,
it can be expected that many of the • Arabs will move' from the
Jewish state into Arab Palestine . . HoWever, this •may not be the
case, since conditions of life in the Jewish state will be better for
them than in the Arab state.
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Nazi to Die;
Had. 2,500 Jews
Burned 'Alive

Friday, October 3, 1947

Silver and Shertok Discuss
Palestine with Marshall

LAKE SUCCESS, (JTA) -- migration to Palestine, as • alter-
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver and Moshe nate U. S. delegate,. was some-
Shertok, leaders' of the Jewish what danipened by reports of the _
Agency, held a conference with appointment of George Wads-
Secretary of State George C. worth, U. S. Ambassador to Iraq,
Marshall at the same time when as Chief State Department advis - .
British 'Colonial Secretary Arthur ed to. the U. S. delegation. Mr.
Creech-Jones, announced at the Wadsworth, a foe of Zionism, is
Ad Hoc Committee of the UN said to have urged moderate
Assembly that Britain endorses Arab politicians to resist any at-
"without reservation" the view tempt at:partition or relaxation
that the Palestine Mandate should of White Paper immigration re-:
be ended and "plans 'for an early strictions. He has recently been
withdrawal of British forces and acting as U,_ S. liaison officer to
of the British administration the Arab States at the UN and
from Palestine."
is said to haves, been in contact
The talks with Marshall lasted with leaders of the Palestine Arab
for more than an hour and took Higher Committee, including the
place in the headquarters of the exiled - Mufti, in Cairo.
U. S. delegation.
. Soviet delegate 'Andrei Vish-
No 'statement on the- nature of insky, at a press conference, said
BREMEN •(JTA) --The German the 'conference was' made either that the British attitude means
Court of Appeals in the British
zone has reversed a lower court
which had" sentenced two Ger-
mans to eight and six-year terms,
respectively,' for the murder of
LAKE SUCCESS, • (JTA)—Here are some highlights from •
the speech of British Colonial SecretarY Arthur Creech-Jones
several Jews during. the 1938 po-
before
the UniteclNations Ad Hoc Committee on Palestine:
grams. A. new trial will be held
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within two months. Jewish groups
• The United Kingdom government are in substantial
and German unions had protest-
agreement with the 12 general recommendations of UNSCOP.
ed the mildness of the sentences.
The first, recommending that the Mandate for Palestine shalt
be terminated at the earliest practicable date, and the second,
recommending that independence shall be granted in -Palestine
at the earliest practicable date, are an exact expression of the
guiding principle of British policy in Palestine. It is the opinion
of the United Kingdom government that the problem of diS-
placed persons in Europe is an international responsibility and
one which demands urgent action. We shall make Proposals to
this end: on more appropriate occasion.

WARSAW (JTA)—Count
ter Erich von. Pelshauzen, former
commandant of the Radegoszcza
concentration camp, near Lodz,
has been condemned , to death by
a •Lodz court for ordering the
burning alive of 2,500 Jews.
Pelshauzen 'ordered the camp
buildings 'burned to the ground
after the Jews had been locked
inside. The massacre occurred .a
few hours before a Red Army
column captured the camp. Pris-
oners who attempted to flee were
shot down by machine guns.
.•In Warsaw, a‘ Polish - baker, Wa-
claw Zeman, was found guilty of
denouncing Jews to the Gestapo
during the occupation, and was
sentenced to hanging.

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Highlights From Britain's Declaration

British Hold 7
Blowing Shofar
At Wailing Wall

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JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Seven
of nine Jewish youths arrested
at the conclusion of Yom Kippur
services ' when :a shofar , was
sounded at the Wailing Wall in
defiance of a police order were
imprisoned at the Latrun deten-
tion camp -Without trial. Among
the reasons given for their im-
prisonment was refuSal to sub-
mit to finger-printing.
- In forcing their way through'
the throngs estimated at •5,000;
poliCe used 'clubs and rifle butts.
Violence wa'S also used during
the arrests and two of the de-
tained Were injured.. The police
were stationed in all 'adjoining,
streets and on roof tops overlook.:;
ing the Wailing - Wall. in prepara.L
tion for the "violation" of the
order which has been in effect
since 1931 and has 'been defied
by Jews virtually. every Yom.

Kippur:

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A pitched -battle took place in
Rehovoth when extremists' at-
tempted to beat up a 'member of.
the Haganah and his friends came
to his support. • There were no
casualties.
In the underground struggle,
the Haganah recovered and re-
stored to their owner some $14,-
000 worth of jewels stolen . from
a store in Tel Aviv Sept. 9. Five
armed young Jews held up the
owner of another diamond fac-
tory and escaped with about $20,-
000 worth of gems.

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desire to state that they (the British government)
endorse, without reservation, the view that the Mandate should
now be terminated. We shall willingly lay doWn the cibliga ,
tions imposed upon us so that the goal of independence may
be brought within realization. ".
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• The United Kingdom governthent are ready to assume
the responsibility for giving effect to any 'plan on which agree-
, merit is reached between the Arabs and the Jews. Second, if the
Assembly should recommend a 'policy which is not -acceptable ..
to the Jews- and the Arabs, the,, United. Kingddm government .
would not feel able to implement it. Then it would be:necessary
to proVide for some alternative atithoritY to implement it
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• His Majesty's government are not prepared to undertake
. the task of imposing a policy dn.:Palestine by force of,arrris.
• I have been instructed by His Majesty's government to
announce with all solemnity that they have decided that in the ..
absence of a settlement they must plan' for. an early_ withdrawal
of British forces and of the British. adininistratiOn from
Palestine.

-by the Jewish conferees or the
Members of the American delega-
tion, but it is 'understood that the
Zibnist leaders acquainted Secre-
tary Marshall with the views of
the Jewish Agency on the UNS-
COP report, and asked his support
for the, majority recommenda
. tons: Gen. John Hilldring and
three other members of the Amer-
ican' delegation were present at
the conference.
The optimism evoked last week
by the appointment of Hilldring,
.a known advocate of Jewish im-

'the ultimate withdrawal' of. the
Jews from Palestine. If -this is
the case, our reaction is certain-
ly negatiVe," he declared. •
Arab delegations at the United
Nations were elated over the
British statement, while Jewish ".
spokesmen believe that by mak-
ing the impleMentation of the
UN recommendations conditional
on acceptance by both. Jews and
Arabs, the British were sabotag-
ing the effort of the United Na-
tions to reach a solution of the
Palestine problem.

Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOV1TZ
Defense in Embryo Jewish State

Nazi Says Ford's
Writings Taught
Him to Hate Jews

NUERNBERG, (xrA). — For-
mer S.S. Lt. Gen, Oswald Pohl,
who is one of 18 Nazi concen-
tration camp chiefs, being tried
here by a U. S. war crimes court,
told the tribunal that his views
Inside Doings .
on the. Jewish:question had been
influenced by. writings on the
Jewish Agency leaders are conducting active 'negotiations with
non-Zionists to bring them into the Agency . . . The latest •approach subject by the late Henry Ford,
was made to David' Dubinsky, leading American labor leader and who' published a considerable
president of the Jewish Labor Committee . . Dubinsky, who was amount of anti-Semitic literature
approached by Moshe Shertok, left the matter open for a later de- after World War I. (Ford sub-
cision by the Labor Committee ... Several private conferences were sequently disavowed his anti-
also arranged by the Agency in New York with leaders of the Jewish writings.)
American Jewish Committee and the Agudas Israel .. • Of all the
Pohl, who, is charged with com-
non-Zionist groups approached, the American Jewish Committee
has so far taken the most friendly attitude to the plea for a united plicity in the imprisonment ;. of
Jewish front before the United Nations.. . . 'The big question now 10,000,000. persons by the Nazis,
being asked by. Zionist leaders is—will the Slavic states, which in- and the murder of several mil-
clude:Soviet Rtissia, Byelorussia, Ukraine, Czechoslovakia, Yugo- lion of them, denied that he had
slavia and Poland, form a "Slavic Bloc" on Palestine? . . . Judging committed any crimes, and chal-
from their actions during the Special Assembly in April, the answer
is by no means obvious ... On the one hand, the members of the lenged the legality of the laWs
group were united in • their desire to have the Arab item on the under which he is being tried.
agenda, to give the Jewish Agency a hearing, and to have inde-
pendence included in the terms of reference ... On'the other hand,
Now They Talk Yiddish!
their attitude with regard to Jewish aspirations revealed differing
NEW YORK — The American
degrees of sympathy, understanding and support . . . A similar Council for Judaism has taken
situation existed with the Latin American delegations .' .. Nothing
developed during the deliberations of the Special Assembly to justify to the air to tell the Yiddish-
the notion of a Latin-American bloc . . . Argentina and Cuba voted speaking public what the Coun-
with the Moslem bloc on a number of questions, while other Latin cil stands for, broadcasts in Yid-
American countries were restrained and some went down the line dish over WEVD, New York, at
to display their friendliness towards the Jewish claims.
4 p. m. Tuesdays.

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Establishment of a Jewish, State in Palestine is no longer in-
the speculative stages. It is -assuming reality and - we are on the
threshhold of the birth of a very great event. It may be a very
small state, or it may be one of the size envisioned by the United
Nations Special Committee , on Palestine.
The fact is that the entire matter is taken most seriously, that
the Arabs' acrimonious attacks are taken with a grain of salt by the
other member states of the United Nations, that the United States
Government is determined that there should be a speedy solution
to the painful problem which has caused •so much misery and heart-
ache.
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British spokesmen have thrown out a challenge on the defense
issue: By threatening to withdraw their troops from Palestine they
have posed the question of who will defend Palestine in the event
that the British mandate is ended.
Palestine Jewry has the answer. Authoritative sources have
indicated that 70,000 Jews can be mobilized at once in defense of the
Jewish Commonwealth. ' Haganah, our recognized defense force,
does not have tanks and heavy ammunition. But there is a will-
power and 'determination which is our best defense. Hagaziah,
already having demonstrated -that it knows how to handle the
dissident and disruptive forces represented by the Irgun-Stern
groups; should be able to defend - the Jewish position in Eretz
It is more than a hope that conflict will'be eliminated. We have
reason to believe that Jews 'can and will—as they have—live in
peace' with. the Arabs and that the threat of a war betWeen Arabs
and Jews is the wish of two elementt: anti-Jewish British officials
and the Mufti elements. Through wise handling bf the situation,
strife can be .avoided.
At the same time, there is no reason for doubting that the
United Nations, with the active assistance of the United States, will-
set up a temporary force to protect the peace of the Middle East
until the two projected states—Jewish and Arab—are set up in
Palestine.
With faith, we can help establish peace in Zion. It is in a spirit
of faithfulness that Zionism has *on its 'battle, even if it has become
necessary to 'submit to the partitioning of. Palestine. Faithfully, we
can rescue the remnant of Israel that is languishing in European
camps and create a high state of dignity and pride among Jews
everywhere—in the knowledge that we have created and shall
continue to create a high moral society for 'the good of all mankind.

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