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THE JEWISH NEWS

Friday, February 13, 1948

3 Nations Refute Arab Charges of Forced Votes

U. S. Newspapers Clamor
For Immediate UN Action

Charges by the Arab Higher Committee of Palestine that

the United States forced a number of UN member nations to

vote for Palestine's partition—Siam, Haiti,' the Philippines
and Liberia being singled out as countries which American
"duress" swung in favor of the Jews—has brought condem-
ziation and repudiation.

mass demonstration protesting are responsible for strained Arab-
the refusal of. the United States Jewish relations.
to help the Jews of Palestine arm
The UN Palestine Commis .-
sion, after discussing the
themselves for defense against
charges of aggression brought
Arab attacks.
by the Jewish Agency against
Asks 'Stern Warning'
Syria and Lebanon, incorporat-
ed the charges in its special
Other speakers at the demon-
report on the Palestine securi-
stration at Manhattan Center,
ty situation which is now be-
New York, included Sen. Charles
ing prepared for submission to
W. Tobey, chairman of the Sen-
the Security Council. At the
ate Banking and Currency Com-
same time, the Commission ad-
mittee, Dr. Emanuel Neumann.
vised the Agency to file its
and Dr. Israel Goldstein. Dr. Ab-
ba Hillel Silver arrived from charges directly with. the Se-
Palestine on time to address the curity Council. This can be
done through the UN Secre-
rally.
tary-General.
The major demands of all
.JPS-Palcor reports from Jerus-
speakers included requests that
this government lift the arms em- alem that Haganah, Jewish de-
bargo on Palestine and that the fense force, announced on a spec-
UN send an international police ial broadcast that its units are "on-
force .to ,Palestine. Sen. Tobey the trail" of British policemen
also called for "a stern warn- known definitely to have been
ing" to the Arab states to end implicated in the blasting of the
their sabotage of the UN decision. Palestine Post building Feb. 1, in-
cluding the policeman driver of
Blame Jews and Arabs
Jewish and Arab leaders in the car that carried the explo-
Palestine are blamed for the sives.
present situation there and for
The Haganah broadcast said
the fact that the Palestine prob- that its intelligence section knows
lem remains "insoluble" in a re- the .names and the • whereabouts
port by the House Foreign Affairs of the British policemen involv-
Sub-Committee on the Near East. ed as well as the numbers of both
The sub-committee, consisting military police vehicles used in
of Reps. Frances P. Bolton and the outrage — the one which car-
Chester E. Merrow, visited Pal- ried the explosives and the one
estine, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. It in which the perpetrators escap-
came to the conclusion, that the ed; The broadcast promised a full
"intolerance" of Arabs and Jews expose of the part played by
and the "rigidity" of their leaders British police in the Post outrage

'Haiti, the Philippines and Siam partition decision, the • H erald-
at once repudiated the charge Tribune emphasizes ' that Amer-
and other nations expressed re- ica "cannot afford to withhold it."
sentment against Arab assump- The keynote of American policy,"
tion of U. S. influence. the article says, "must be collec-
The New York Post, in an edi- tive action; it should not involve
tonal comment on this "bold and unilateral measures that would
formal declaration of war on the -impose the entire burden on the
United Nations, made this de- United States. But the present
mand: state of collective paralysis on the
. "The first action of the United Palestine issue is too dangerous
Nations, in answer, must be to to endure — too dangerous for
formally, and swiftly, expel the Palestine, for the UN and for the
Arabian states from member- United States."
They N. Y. Times, terming the
ship. Their formal declaration
. of war on the United Nations Palestine question "a test case for
the United Nations," says: "It
clearly proves their disqualifi-
Cation under the charter, which would, be unworthy of the great
reserves membership for 'peace- nations to stand aside, shrugging
off the responsibility of their own
loving states. "
Meanwhile the UN Palestine decision, while these smaller.
CoMmission appealed from its countries continued to wrestle
meetings at Lake Success, N. Y., with the problem. It is to the Se-
to the United Kingdom to "per- curity Council that we must look
mit" it to begin arming and train- for action. We believe that this
ing Jewish and Arab militia for action should be taken without
assumption of power in the two 'further hazardous delay; that the
partitioned states before the Brit- very presence of an international
ish evacuate Palestine on May force would have a quieting effect,
15. The UN Commission thus has and that Palestine is inescapably
ignored the Arab threats. It has a test case for the United Na-
been indicated by members of the tions."
Betrayals Condemned
Commission that they are aware
The N. Y. Post, in a series of
that the only group in Palestine
from whom they can expect co- editorials, most of them on the
first page, demanded action for
operation are the Jews.
Newspapers throughout the the arming of Palestine Jewry
country have published editorials and for the lifting of the embargo.
demanding immediate action for These editorials, many of them
implementation of the UN Pales- signed by the Post publisher, T.
tine 'decision, urging the U. S. to 0. Thackrey, condemned the at-
titude of the U. S. State Depart-
take the • lead.
ment, asked an end to betrayal
Challenge to U. S.
The Herald-Tribune, in an edi- and condemned the N. Y. Times'
torial, says that the position of series of articles which made the
the United States with regard to outrageous accusations that Jews
Palestine "is one of peculiar re- arriving in Palestine are Com-
sponsibility." Urging that the munists. The Post published an
Jews of Palestine be armed, the article by Hal Lehrtnan who
article states: "It is necessary, maintains that Jews have left the
therefore, that this country take Russian spheres not as Red
the initiative in securing UN ac- agents but in paniC and to escape
tion to implement partition. The persecution.
American inactivity with re-
most obvious procedure would be
to give the Jews of Palestine the gard to the implementation of the
legal right and the means to de- United Nations decision to par-
tition Palestine is largely respon-
fend themselves.','
Pointing out , that the United sible for the development of the
Nations is looking to the United crisis in Palestine and in the Mid-
States "for some light and lead- dle East, Mayor William O'Dwy-
ing" on the enforcement of the er of New York charged at a

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but urged the public meanwhile
not to be provoked by rumors and
not to molest members of securi-
ty forces, some of whom rendered
valuable assistance in rescuing
people from the Post building
and in putting • out fires.
Thirty-eight -Jews were ar-
rested and their arms confiscated
after a pitched battle between
British troops and an invading
party of Arabs from Syria.
Elie Eliashar, president of the
Jerusalem Sephardic Community,
will leave for the United States
to arouse, through the United Na-
tions, world public opinion to the
danger of the massacre of hun-
dreds of thousands of Jews living
in various Oriental countries..
Eliashar, who is now in London
in connection with the same mis-
sion, told the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency that large-scale pogroms
can be expected during the weeks
immediately following British.
surrender of the Palestine Man-
date on May 15.

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