Page Twenty-fwc.
Friday, March 5, 1948
THE JEWISH NEWS
National Leaders Pledge (Local
Aid to UJA Women's Division
Children Perished,
Missed the Reunion
Off the Record
By NATHAN ZIPRIN
Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Fisch- Behind the Washington Curtain
to mobilize their full strength so mann, whose two daughters, 9
There will be fireworks in Washington when Truman returns
that the hundreds of thousands and 6, 'perished in the Auschwitz from his vacation . . . Before the President left it was understood
among some of the leading Democrats in and outside of Washington
of Jewish survivors in Europe
that Warren Austin would tell the Security Council that the U. S.
who look to us for. a better life
stood committed to the partition decision and to its enforcement by
will not be betrayed in a Year
international authority . . . When Austin placed his legalistic bomb-
of Destiny."
shell at the feet of the Security Council these White House friends
High point of the luncheon Was
were so mystified that some suspected there had been a mysterious
the presentation by Henry Mor-
switch of documents ... Following Truman's confirmation of Austin's
genthau, Jr., general chairman of
statement anger ran so high among them that there was talk of
calling a Democratic "war council" to prevent what one called the
the United Jewish Appeal, of an
possibility of a Republican landslide "by default" . . . The key to the
illuminated scroll to Mrs. David
mystery is to be found in capitals other than Washington alone.
M. Levy, of New York City,
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chairman of the National Wo-
Unanswered Questions
men's Division of the United
Jewish Appeal for the past two
Among the questions most persistently heard in Washington this
years and now honorary chair-
week were: Why has neither the White House nor the State Depart-
ment hinted its position in advance? . . . Why did they conceal their
man. The tribute was signed by
plans so carefully? . . . Why did they mislead the American public
Morgenthau and the three nation-
with statements that there had been no reversal of policy? . . . Were
al chairmen of the United Jewish
the recent Washington-originated optimistic reports, deliberate at-
Appeal: Dr. Israel Goldstein, Dr.
tempts to ward off pressure the Administration could not resist? .. .
Jonah B. Wise, and William Ros-
Why did our representatives at the General Assembly reject the very
enwald.
same legal technicalities when they were raised by the Arabs. . .
The meeting, which was held gas-chambers, are shown in Paris If ultimate settlement of the Palestine issue rests with the Big Five,
in the Flamingo Room, drew after their reunion by the Hebrew why didn't our officials state their position even before the special
representatives from 11 majOr na- Sheltering and Immigrant Aid So- session of the Assembly was convened? . . . Why must the Big Five,
tional Jewish women's groups, ciety (HIAS), as they prepared which in the past have been unable to agree on a single major issue,
first decide that what is happening in Palestine is a threat to world
Colliers Article Charges who pledged their cooperation to to immigrate to relatives in Cuba. peace when a child in the cradle knows that to be a fact? . . . The
the Women's Division on local, Mrs. Fischmann and her girls answer is—the partition opponents still hope for a reversal of policy
Herzl Wooed' Fai, ors
state and national levels. Those were sent to Auschwitz where she and are counting for help on a blundering President.
Of Anti-Semites
represented included:
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saw her children murdered. Her
Pioneer Women's Organization Na-
Writing as president- of the tional
Council of Jewish • Women, husband was a slave laborer who At Lake Success
American Council for Judaism, Hadassah.. the Women's Supreme was harnessed to a wagon driven
Resentment against the U. S. position on enforcing the partition
of the Bnai Brith, Mizhachi
Inc., Lessing J. Rosenwald, warns Council
decision is running high among the members of the special five-nation
Women's Organization of America, Na- by a whip-snapping Nazi.
in Collier's magazine that the tional Federation of Temple Sister-
Palestine commission ... Vincente J. Francisco of the Philippines has
Women's American ORT, Na-
--. Arabs are prepared to wipe out hoods.
JDC's shipment last year of ostensibly resigned because of the pressure of private business . . . It
tional Ladies' Auxiliary of the Jewish
the Jews in Palestine when Great War Veterans of the United States, 85,000,000 pounds of food, cloth- is no secret he quit but of sheer disgust . . . At a secret meeting of
Womens' Branch, Union of Orthodox
the group serious consideration was given to the idea of a mass
Britain withdraws its forces.
Congregations of America. Na- ing, and other materials was
"The (current) bomb throwing, Jewish
tional Women's League of the United enough to fill 10 Friendship resignation ... Karel Lisicky, chairman of the commission, prevented
a crisis by insisting that such a move would be a paralyzing blow to
ambushed killings and arson Synagogue and the Women's Division Trains of 200 freight cars each.'
the United Nations.
against. Jews in the Holy Land," of the American Jewish Congress.
Rosenwald says, ". . . are but
guerilla skirmishes compared to
the extermination campaign the
Arab high command blatantly an-
nounces for the day when Great
Britain formally withdraws its
forces from there next August.
"Led by Haj Amin el Husseini,
the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem and
recognized top Arab gangster of
Palestine, this projected program
is a fearful threat," he continues.
"The Mufti was an active col-
laborator of Hitler during the late
war and is well trained in the
Nazi methods of liquidation."
After asserting that he doubts
the partition plan will solve the
problem of the world's 11,000,000
Jews, he adds:
"On the contrary,- I believe it
will complicate their problem
enormously. Furthermore, parti-
tion may have created what will
be in effect another self-imposed
ghetto, • the last thing the Jews
want themselves."
if
Rosenwald claims that by cre-
ating a separate Jewish state in
Palestine, the United Nations in
effect has forced the Jews of the
world to decide whether they are
members of a universal religion,
Judaism, or adherents of Zionist
nationalism with some degree of
attachment and allegiance to the
new state.
. He says Americans of the Jew-
tor ish faith are "making it clear"
that: "The Zionist state is not
their country; it is the country
of those who inhabit it. The
United States of America is the
only honieland, nation and na-
tional tie of the Americans of
Jewish faith."
Rosenwald also charges that
TheOclor Herzl, first president of
the World Zionist Organization
founded in 1897, and other lead-
ers of the Zionist movement ac-
cepted the anti-Semite's view that
Jews are an inferior race and
wooed the favor of such men as
the Kaiser and Mussolini.
"For years Herzl wooed the
Kaiser, tempting him with a pro-
posal whereby Jews would re-
duce their activity in the 'radi-
cal' or liberal movements of Cen-
G-E "Two-Control'—one temperature
keeping some of our clerks awake.
tral Europe in return for a char-
There's real, honest-to-Morpheus
t'Pr to Palestine," Rosenwald re-
for wife and one for husband. Light
sleeping pleasure in one of these. And no wonder—these G-E automatic
ports.
as a feather — yet as warm as- three
blankets are famous for smooth
famous General Electric automatic
"Later another ZiOnist leader,
ordinary. blankets. Big (72 x 86 inches)
snoozing.
Vladimir Jabotinsky, asked Ben-
blankets—shipments of which have
and available in four colors (blue,
ito Musolini for Fascist Italy's
just been received at your neighbor-
support of the Zionist project.
Next time you drop into an Edison
rose, green and cedar). Launders beau.
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Zionists in Poland freely collab-
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eral Electric quality standards.
Why, already we've had difficulty
of the prewar Polish government,
since both aimed at the same
thing — for different. reasons:
Both wanted Jews out of Po-
AT MOST DEALERS AND AT EVERY EDISON OFFICE
land."
The campaign of the national
women's division of the $250,000,-
000 United Jewish Appeal, the
largest voluntary fund-raising
effort in the history of the United
States, was officially launched at
a luncheon at tfte Waldorf-As-
toria Hotel, New York, by more
than 100 outstanding women lead-
ers from key communities and
Jewish women's organizations
throughout the nation.
Mrs. Ernest G. Wadel, Dallas,
Tex., chairman of the UJA Na-
tional Women's Division, who just
returned from a five-week study
of conditions among Jewish sur-
vivors in Germany, France, Italy,
Poland and Czechoslovakia, called
upon "American Jewish women
Rosenwald Sees
Ghetto in Partition
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The JDC recently sent emer-
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yeshivoth facing starvation as a
result of Arab attacks, which dis-
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