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THE JEWI - SH NEWS

Friday, October 17, 1947

British Planting Confusion
to Foil UN Palestine Decision

Informed Sources Say -Mandatory Power Plans
Chaos, Bloodshed to Justify Contention
That Partition Is Impractical

LONDON .(JTA) — Powerful
influences within the foreign of-
fice are at work attempting to
prevent the handing over of au-
thority to any established body
in Palestine when the British
withdraw, it was learned from
well-informed sources.
There is a plot afoot, it is as-
serted, to produce chaos and
bloodshed in order to embarrass
the United Nations and justify
the British contention that par-
tition is impractical. Evidence is
accumulating here that Britain
wants to start the evacuation by
Jan. 1 of next year, no matter
what the UN ultimately decides
about the future of Palestine, and
to leave the international body
a legacy of disorder and confu-
sion which will frustrate all ef-
forts to implement an interna-
tional decision.
Meanwhile, Richard Crossman,
Labor M.P. and a former mem-
ber of the Anglo-American Com-
mittee on Palestine, charged that
the British plan of withdrawal
which includes continued block-
ade of Jewish immigration, would
amount to giving the Arabs every
possible opportunity to prepare
for a massacre of the J e w,i s h
population.
High Commissioner Warns
Crossman urged the mainten-
ance of British or United Nations
troops in Palestine as long as
their presence was necessary.
In Jerusalem, High Commis-
sioner Sir Alan G. Cunningham
warned that "misery, economic
loss, chaos and possibly bloodshed
would follow the British with-
drawal." He said he hoped that
the Jewish and Arab leaders
would try to reach a mutually
satisfactory agreement. "I be-
lieve that the door is not yet
closed. It is essential that people
in Palestine should realize that
Britain means what she says," he
added.
The ex-mufti of Jerusalem ar-
rived in Beirut, Lebanon, travel-
ing incognito from Egypt, it was
reported here. He attended a
meeting of the Arab League
Council discussing the Palestine
problem, among other matters.
This is the first time the Arab
leader, wanted for murder in
Palestine, left Egypt since he fled
there in May, 1946, for France.
Two Arabs were killed, an Arab
woman was seriously injured and
a child hurt when a bomb ex-
ploded in Jerusalem. The Haga-
nah, Irgun and Stern Group is-
sued statements disassociating
themselves from the bombing.
Z.O.A. Prepares for Jewish State
A blueprint is being prepared
for setting up a civil administra-
tion and a security force of the
projected Jewish state in Pales-
tine. Dr. Emanuel Neumann,
president of the Zionist Organ-
ization of America, reported at
a meeting of the Z.O.A. national
executive.
This plan, Dr. Neumann said,
wilt be ready to be put into effect
on short notice "with the co-op-
eration of the United Nations."
Steps will be taken to put into
effect the following three meas-
ures: -
1. The setting up of a provi-
SIOnai Je wish administration;
2 The formation of an adequate
security force; 3 Financial as-
sistance through the launching
of an international loan and
other measures.
Dr. Neumann said that whether
or not a two-third vote in the
General Assembly will be cast in
favor of the majority report of
UNSCOP, now depends almost
entirely on the attitude of the
U. S. government and the Ameri- .
can delegation.
From London comes word that
a nation-wide campaign advocat-
ing a bi-national state in Pales-
tine will be started by the Brit-
ish Commonwealth Party. The
Hashomer Hatzair, which is sup-
porting the campaign, will sup-
ply speakers for meetings in Man-
chester, Leeds and London.
Dr. Herbert V. Evatt, chair/nark

of the United Nations Ad Hoc
Committee on Palestine, called at
the White House to discuss for-
eign affairs with President Tru-
man.
Thirty-five governors, includ-
ing Kim Sigler - of Michigan, have
called upon President Truman to
bring about a firm U. S. stand on
Palestine at the UN Assembly in
consonance with the traditional
American policy of support for
Jewish rights, it was announced
by the American Zionist Emerg-
ency Council. .

AJC Endorses
Zion Partition

CHICAGO — Expressing con-
cern for the safeguarding of the
rights of Jews to immigrate to
and purchase land in Palestine,
the executive committee of the
American Jewish Committee last
Sunday endorsed "in principle"
the U. S. position in support of
the partition of Palestine.
Jacob Blaustein, Baltimore,
chairman of the executive corn-
mittee, presided.

Zion Redemption
Fund Resumed

(Special Cable to Jewish News)

JERUSALEM (JTA) — David
Remez, Palestine Histradut lead-
er, announced the resumption of
the Redemption Fund collected
during the 1936-39 disturbances.
All Jewish wage earners are asked
to contribute a day's pay per
month to finance the defense of
Jewish settlements. He added
that Jews everywhere may be
called upon for all-out financial
support of the security of the
Jewish state against attack and
to meet pressing economic prob-
lems.
Reinez, welcoming the U. S. at-
titude on partition; expressed the
hope that Russia will participate
in an international constabulary
force and urged Jewish youth all
over the, world to join such a
force when it is created. He said
that Arabs would have equal
rights in a Jewish state, and one
of the first laws to be promulgat-
ed will make mandatory equal
wages for Jewish and Arab work-
ers.
The Palestine Supreme Court
ruled that "illegal immigrants"
for whom certificates have been
deducted are "lawful residents
and the Palestine government
must accept their applications for
citizenship. The decision affects
about 70,000 Jews who originally
entered the country without cer-
tificates but for whom certificates
later were deducted from month-
ly quotas.

Page Three

McNarney Hails UN's Zion
Plan as New Deal for Jews

Declares Only Resettlement Will Solve DP Problem in
Address to UPA Conference; UJA Thus Far Received
Only $52,000,000 in Cash, Parley k Told

WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The
$170,000,000 United Jewish Ap-
peal drive has so far netted only
$52,000,000, it was disclosed by
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., national
UJA chairman, addressing an
emergency conference here of the
United Palestine Appeal. It is
understood, 'however, that out-
standing pledges bring the total
to $115,000,000. Mr. Morgenthau
revealed that only $36,000,000 had
been collected up to Labor Day
and $16,000,000 since.
The 1,500 delegates who attend-
ed the two-day session heard from
Mr. Morgenthau, Dr. Abba Hillel
Silver, Dr. Emanued Neumann,
Gen. Joseph T. McNarney, form-
er commanding general of U. S.
forces in Europe, Dr. Israel Gold-
stein, Judge Morris Rothenberg
and many others. Most of the
speakers voiced their gratification
at the support given partition by
the U. S., but warned that the
battle was not yet won and that
funds will be required from
American Jewry to make the
dream of. Jewish statehood a
reality.
Mr. Morgenthau, speaking at
the luncheon session, expressed
his personal satisfaction with the
United States declaration .sup-

porting partition and said he
thought a "great debt of grati-
tude" was due to President Tru-
man, to Secretary of State Mar-
shall, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, and
to the "magnificent job done by
General Hilldring. But," he
warned, "we can't count on suc-
cess until the last vote is cast."
Gen. McNarney declared that
he thinks the Jews have "every
right to be hopeful that the
UNSCOP report means the be-
ginning of a new deal for the
Jewish . people." Describing at
length the plight of. the Jewish
DPs, he said the solution of the
DP problem can be found only
through resettlement.
Jacob Sincoff, associate treas-
urer of the UPA, said UPA agen-
cies had spent a total of $48,701,-
132 in the first eight months of
this year, and expect to have
spent over $73,000,000 by the end
of the year.
Judge Morris Rothenberg, pres-
ident of the Jewish National
Fund, reported that the land-
buying agency had acquired more
than 63,000 dunams of . land in
Palestine during the past year,
bringing total JNF holdings to
more than 928,000 dunams.

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