f Friday, October 10, 1947
Page Three
THE JEWISH NEWS
Dr. Silver States Zion Case Before UN
Declares Jews Will Accept
Partition Despite Objections
LAKE SUCCESS, (JTA)—Declaring that although the partition-
ing of Palestine "entails a very heavy sacrifice on the part of the
Jewish people," Dr. Abba Hillel Silver told the United Nations that
the Jewish Agency is prepared to accept the partition recommenda-
tions of the UN Special Committee on Palestine "subject to further
discussion of the constitution and territorial provisions," which, he
said, should take place at the present session of the General Assembly.
Speaking on behalf of the
Jewish Agency at the Ad Hoc tain public security within their
Committee on Palestine, Dr. Sil- country, should British armed
ver said that at least two features forces not be available to the
of the UNSCOP majority report United Nations during the transi- .
"are open to most serious objec- tional period and should these
tions." One is the elimination of forces be -Subject to early with
Western Galilee from the Jewish drawal from Palestine.
State, and the other is the ex-
Referring to the threats voiced
'clUsion of all of Jerusalem from
by Jamal Husseini, during the
that state.
testimony on behalf of the Pales-
He pointed out that ,the Peel
tine Arabs at the Ad. Hoc Corn-
Commission included w e s t ern
mittee, Dr. Silver repeated that
.Galilee in the Jewish State and
the Jews are "not impressed by
that in Jerusalem a modern new
idle threats" and are prepared to
city has grown up which con-
defend themselves.
tains a compact Jewish section
Problem of DPs
of approximately 90,000 inhabi-
While giving "full approval to
tants. Also, Jerusalem holdi a
unique place in Jewish life and all other UNSCOP recommenda-
tions, Dr. Silver said that the
religious traditions, he said.
Jewish Agency takes issue with
Rejects Minority Report
the sixth recommendation which
Rejecting the minority UNSCOP
calls upon the General Assembly
plan for the federalization of
"to undertake immediately the
Palestine as "wholly unaccept-
initiation and execution of an
able even as a basis for discus-
international arrangement where-
sion," Dr. Silver presented the
by the problem of the distressed
following proposals:
European Jews, of whom ap-
1. The Jewish Agency is pre- proximately 250,000 are in as-
Pared to accept the UNSCOP ma- sembly centers, will be dealt with
jority recommendation of an eco- as a matter of extreme urgency
nomic union between the Jewish for the alleviation of their plight
and . the Arab states, but must and of the Palestine problem."
have in its own hands those in-
The Jewish Agency, Dr. Silver
struments of financing and eco-
declared, hopes that the world
nomic control that are necessary
will welcome those among the
to carry out Jewish immigration displaced persons who wish to
and related economic develop- emigrate to other lands. "The
ments.
Jewish Agency," he stated, "never
2. The Jewish State must have contemplated that any displaced
'independent access to those world person should be forced to go to
resources of capital and supplies Palestine. But surely, to compel
that are indispensable for the those Jewish refugees, many of
accomplishment of the above pur- whom have close family ties with
poses. Although the UNSCOP Palestine, to go against their will
recommendation for an economic to other lands and to deny them.
:union provides, in effect, for a the right to go to the Jewish
.large subsidy from the Jewish to .National Home, would be most
the Arab State, the Jewish unjust and unkind and would be
Agency is "prepared to assume bitterly resented." .
this burden as one of its sacri-
Dr. Silver also took issue with
fices designed to find a way out
the 12th recommendation of the
of the .present intolerable im-
UNSCOP which says that any
passe."
solution for Palestine cannot be
3. The Jewish State will "scrup-
considered a solution of the
ulously" respect the equal rights
Jewish problem in general.
of the Arab population within its
"We are at a loss to understand
own territory and will follow a
good neighbor policy towards the the meaning of this recommenda-
Arab State of Palestine, and all tion," Dr. Silver said. "The 'Jew-
the Arab states throughout the ish problem in general' is not a
Middle East. If the Jewish good problem of Jewish immigration
neighbor policy is not reeipro- or of. refugees. It is the problem
eated, the Jews will be compelled of Jewish homelessness. There is
to "defend their rights to the but one solution to this problem,
a national home."
utmost."
Attacking the British state-
' 4. The Jewish Agency favors
an inxternational authority under ment before the Ad Hoc Corn-
the United Nations to supervise mittee,- Dr. Silver pointed out
the implementation of its parti- that it indicated no support of
tion decision. It urges that the the UNSCOP report. He said the
transitional period be as brief as Jewish Agency welcomes •the
possible. It considers a period of British intention of making an
two years "considerably longer early withdrawal from Palestine.
than is necessary or desirable."
Against Britain's Policy
Urges Transfer of Powers
"It was His Majesty's govern-
5. The Jewish Agency assumes ment which asked the Assembly
that the transfer of the powers to make recommendations under
and functions of administration Article 10 of the Charter for the
to the two peoples in their re- future government of Palestine,"
spective states would not take Dr. Silver stated. "In making
place at the end of the transi- these requests, with which the
. tional period, ' but would be in- United Nations complied, the
augurated. immediately.
United Kingdom surely must
6. The Jewish Agency hopes have had in mind not the thought
that the transition period will be of ultimately imposing its own
attended by a minimum of fric- solution on the United Nations,
tion and conflict. Once the bound- but the hope that this interna-
aries are defined and the states tional body, might find a solution,
established, they should be en- which, while not fully acceptable
Ctled to have their territorial in- to everyone, would nevertheless
tegrity protected as fully as all represent the collective wisdom
other nations which are coven- •and judgment of the nations of
anted to peaceful relations under the world."
the UN. Charter.
Emphasizing that the UNSCOP
7. The Jewish Agency assumes report does not ask the British
that in the constitution of what- government to accept the sole
ever military or police force may responsibility for enforcing a
be required during' the transi- solution which is not accepted
tional period, full use will be equally by the Jews and the
•made of the trained manpower Arabs, but recommends that, if
available in Palestine which will so desired, more members of the
be prepared to offer its services United Nations shall be invited
to the United Nations to maintain to assist in administering the
law and order.
country along with the present
8. The Jewish people of Pales- mandatory power, Dr.. Silver de-
, tine will provide without delay clared:
the necessary_ effective,s to main-,
"In view of His Majesty's gov-
Romania Dismisses 1,500
Fascist-Minded Teachers
BUCHAREST (JTA) — About
1,500 instructors and other per-
sonnel attached to Romanian uni-
Britain Threatens
Action Against
Resisting Illegals
LONDON, (JTA) — The For-
eign Office warned the Jewish
Agency here that "extreme meas-
ures' would be taken against
visaless immigrants resisting
boarding parties inside Palestine
territorial waters.
The government said that it
would not be responsible for in-
jury or loss of life as a result of
resistance, and that the navy has
been given authority to use what-
ever measures it sees fit to quell
resistance.
The internment camps on Cy-
prus which already house nearly
15,000 visaless Jewish immigrants
could accommodate an additional
J0,000 persons, it was reported
here.
A group of about 200 men, wo-
men and children sailed from
Cyprus for Haifa. They will enter
Palestine under the monthly
quota of 350 from Cyprus.
, * * *
HAIFA, (JTA) — The Empire
Rest and Empire Comfort sailed
from here with 800 of the 1,500
Jewish refugees who docked here
aboard the Redemption, formerly
the Paducah. The remaining 700
will be kept aboard their block-
ade runner until other arrange-
ments are made to take them to
Cyprus.
Hours after the departure of
the Cyprus-bound immigrants,
the second refugee transport, the
Jewish State, arrived in the port
in tow to a British destroyer.
versities have been dismissed as
a result of investigations of a
special commission to eliminate
fascists and anti-Semites from
.university faculties.
• NEW PATTERNS
• NEW TEXTURES
.
ernment's reluctance to impose
a policy by force of arms one
may be pardoned for inquiring
why His Majesty's government
has not hesitated to employ in
recent years a military force of
100,000 men, along with its navy
and its air force, to impose by
force a policy on Palestine which
no international body has ap-
proved. It must be clear to every-
one that no settlement of the
Palestine problem 'is possible
without some enforcement."
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