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Friday, March 5, 1948
THE JEWISH NEWS
Page Twenty-four
Palestine Hadassah Hospital Arabs Attacked
Jewish Agency t
ppose
Partition Plan's 1 It evision
Trygve Lie Warns Failure in Palestine Will Imperil UN;
Lehman Appeals for "High Moral Leadership" by U. S.
By ALEXANDER GABRIEL
LAKE SUCCESS, (JTA)—The Jewish Agency for Pales-
tine issued a statement denying . reports that it is prepared
to agree to a revision of the partition decision of the United
Nations and to make new concessions on the Palestine issue.
"These reports are .entirely without foundation," the
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• Agency said. It emphasized that the Jews await "a loyal and
faithful implementation of the UN partition decision," and
declared:
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"At the same time the parti-
tion plan was discussed before
the General Assembly last Oc-
tober. the Jewish Agency stated
that the plan of partition which
was proposed involved enormous
Sacrifice on the part of the Jew-
ish people, which in all justice
should not have been demanded
of it. But in order to 'help solve
the grave international problem
and as evidence of its willing-
ness to join with the community
of nations in an effort to bring
peace to the troubled land the
Jewish Agency stated that it
most reluctantly accepts that
sacrifice. 'Beyond it,'. it declared,
'we cannot, we will not go.' This
position remains unchanged. The
Jewish people have accepted the
decision of the United Nations.
It means loyally to cooperate
with it. It awaits a corresponding
loyal and faithful implementa-
tion of that decision by the Unit-
ed Nations."
In issuing the statement the
Jewish Agency made it clear that
its views on. the United , States
proposal to the Security Coun-
cil, as well as to other proposals
which may be presented, will be
. submitted to the Security Coun-
cil within the next few days.
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Lie Warns Palestine Failure
Perils United Nations
UN Secretary-General Trygve
Lie, addressing a press confer-
ence, outlined the legal responsi-
bility of the United Nations for
Palestine and declared that fail-
ure to discharge that responsibil,
ity would be a blow to the
Prestige of the UN, and would
undermine the confidence of
member states in the organiza-
tion. Mr. Lie emphasized the fol-
lowing points:
1. The proposed committee
of the Big Five would have
no overriding power in rela-
tion to the Palestine Commis-
sion which comes under the
"guiaance of the Security Coun-
cil."
2. Th,e Jerusalem police force
could not be used beyond its
defined function to protect the
Holy Places. No use could be
made of it for overall imple-
nientation of the partition de-
cision of the General Asesm-
bly.
3. Even the establisAment
of the free city of Jerusalem
must wait on certain prelim-
inary stages of partition, such
as the meeting of frontiers.
4. The Arab demand for con-
stitutional ratification of par-
tition by individual member
states is spurious, since such
ratification is applied only to
conventions and treaties.
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—International Photo
Outlined against the rolling hills near Jerusal em is the Hadassah Hospital which was attacked
vision of indiscriminate embar- by a large band of 300 Arabs. In the battle that ensued 30 Arabs were killed and 30 injured. Mortar
goes" on arms.:.
-shells were used resulting in a series of heavy ex plosions.
The Arab governments, Shertok
charged, are seeking to reduce the
Jews to a state of political sub-
jection, "if not actually to con-
front them with the menace of
physical annihilation." •
The Agency leader also charged
the British Government with
"rfon-ceoperation bordering on
obstruction."
Belgian delegate Joseph Nisot
told the Security Council that he
would support the U. S. resolu-
tion and called on the Council to
avoid a debate on its right to im-
plement the Assembly decision on
partition until an early report had
been received from the proposed
Big Five committee. He then of-
fered an amendment which makes
the U. S. proposal even less ac-
ceptable to the Jewish Agency.
The amendment omits entirely
the part of the U. S. resolution
which urges the Council to "ac-
cept the requests addressed to it
by the General Assembly."
Former Governor Herbert H.
Lehman called for a reversion
by our government to its "high
moral leadership" of last No-
vember on the Palestine issue..
He urged that it take the leader-
ship in the creation of an inter-
national police force and such
other measures as may be nec-
essary so that the partition plan
may be carried out "in peace and
stability." He urged the lifting
of the embargo which, he said, is
of help only to the Arabs.
The Governor spoke at an
emergency conference on Pales-
tine called by the American As-
sociation for the United Nations
of which he is'a board member,
and at which more than 60 na-
tional organizations were repre-
sented,
The Palestine Commission
heard UN economist John Reed-
man report a growing crisis in
the Palestine, . food situation.
Reedman, who just returned
from London, reported that the
British Government has virtually
guaranteed an adequate food
supply in Palestine until l'iay
15, the date of the Mandate's
termination, but advised the
Commission to begin stockpiling
food. supplies beyond that date.
Austin's Proposal
Earlier, Senator Warren Aus-
tin, head of the American dele-
gation, formally introduced a
resolution in the Council which
provides for the establishment of
a Security Council committee
composed of the Big Five. The
functions of this committee would
be
1. To inform the Security
Council regarding the situation
in Palestine.
2. To consider whether the
situation with respect to Pales-
tine constitutes a threat to in-
ternational peace and security.
3. To consult with the Pal-
estine Commission and the Man-
datory Power and representatives
of the Jewish and Arab commu-
nities of Palestine concerning the
implementation of the partition
decision adopted by the General
Assembly.
The American resolution urges
the Security Council - to appeal
to all governments and peoples,
particularly in and around Pal-
estine, to take all possible action
to prevent or reduce such disor-
ders as are now occurring in
Palestine.
In presenting his resolution,
Senator Austin declared that the
United States Government could
not support the proposal sub-
mitted by the delegate from Co-
lombia which suggested the call-
ing of a special session of the
General Assembly to "reconsid-
er" the partition decision. The
Colombian resolution has since
been withdrawn.
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Thirty
Arabs Were killed and 30 wound-
ed when a force of 300 Arabs
attempted to storm Mt. Scopus
and overwhelm the Jewish de-
fenders of the Hadassah Hospital
and Hebrew University.
Haganah permitted the Arab
riflemen to approach within close
range before they opened fire.
Within a short time the Arabs
were in full retreat down 'the
slope.
After several more attempts
the Arabs fell back on their base
in a village in nearby Wadi Joz
valley... The Hagann pursued
them and in the village sur-
rounded and blasted several
houses in which the leaders of
the band had gathered. This op-
.eration caused considerable cas-
ualties among the Arabs. British
troops entered the battle on Mt.
Scopus in its later phases.
A British plane fired on a
group of underground Jewish.
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THE U.S. NINE YEARS LATER, DETERMINED
TO BECOME A RABBI . IN 1915, HE GRADU-
ATED FROM THE UNIV•RSITY OF CINCINNATI
AND HEBREW UNION COLLEGE.
Shertok's Plea to UN
begin at once, inclUdine "the re
—International Photo
MOSHE SHERTOK (speaking, right), 'head of the political de-
partment of the Jewish Agency, is shown addressing the United
Nations Security Council whom he told that the decision for the
partition of Palestine is the "last and final compromise and the
irreducible minimum of acceptability." Others in the photo are:
DR. HAIM GREENBERG, labor Zionist leader, rear left; V. A.
TARASENKO of the Ukraine (with his hand to his chin); DR. EMAN-
UEL NEUMANN, president, Zionist Organization of America; DR.
ABBA HILLEL SILVER, chairman of the American section of the
Jewish Agency; DR. NAHUM GOLDMANN, member of the Jewish
Agency executive.
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DR. ARRA HILLEL' SILVER
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"The partition plan adopted by
the General Assembly is to us the
last and final compromise and the
irreducible minimum of accept-
ability," Moshe Shertok, speaking
in behalf of the Jewish Agency,
told the UN Security Council.
"No reduction of JewiSh rights
under the Assembly's plans, eith-
er in territory or in sovereignty,
can be accepted by the Jewish
people," he declared.
Appealing to the Security Coun-
cil and to all its members to
translate the partition plan into
a reality, the Jewish Agency lead-
er said that preparations had to
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Sec-
retary of State George C. Mar-
shall refused to comment on the
Palestine situation at a press
conference, announcing that fur-
ther declarations outlining U. S.
policy would be made by Warren
Austin, chief U. S. delegate at
Lake Success. He denied receipt
of any communication from Arab
League countries threatening to
cut off American oil‘supplies in
reprisal for U. S. support of par-
tition in Palestine.
Thirty Arabs Killed in Attack on
Hallassah Hospital, University
By BERL CORALNIK
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ESTINE HEARINGS IN 1947, THE WORLD
CAME TO RECOGNIZE THE FERVENT,
DP,AMATIC VOICE V THE MAN WHO
SET THE STANDARD FOR ZIONIST PLAT-
FORM SPEECHES AND JEWISH PULPIT
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Marshall Refuese to Comment
On Palestine Situation
SHORE HE WAS SO, HE WAS OFFERED THE RABBINATE OF
THE TEMPLE OF CLEVELAND,ONE OF THE LARGEST REFORM CON-
GREGATIONS IN THE U.S. SILVER TOOK A LEADING PART IN
CLEVELAND'S CIVIC AFFAIRS. HE SPONSORED THE FIRST UNEM-
PLOYMENT INSURANCE LAW IN OHIO, WAS APIEMBER OF
THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF AMERICAN CIVIL LIBERTIES
UNION, AND WORKED FOR CHILD LABOR LEGISLATION.
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DUR NG WORLD WAR I, SILVER WAS SENT TO
FRANCE BY THE U.S. AT THE INVITATION OF
THE FRENCH GOVERNMENT, WHICH LATER
DECORATED HIM.
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ARE DESTINED TO BE HEARD }NAG THROUGH-
OUT THE NEW JEWISH STATE WHICH HEARD,
HIS ASSOCIATES FOUGHT SO HARD TO CREATE..
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SILVER WORKED WITH DR.CHAIM WEIIMANN
FOR THE CREATION OF THE.JEWISH AGENCY FOR
PALESTINE IN 1929. SACK IN THE STATES, HE
ORGANIZED THE ANTI-NAZI BOYCOTT WHEN
HITLER.STARTED HIS REIGN OF TERROR.
NORMAN and SOL NODEL
Is, RHODA B. SILAPN
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CHAIRMAN Of THE UNITED PALESTINE APPEAL FROM 1938 ON,SILVER
ALSO SERVED SUBSEQUENTLY AS PRESIDENT Of THE ZIONIST
ORGANIZATION OF AMERICA. HEMS NOW CHAIRMAN OF THE
AMERICAN ZIONIST EMERGENCY COUNCIL AND HEAD OF THE
AMERICAN SPANN OF,THE, JEWISH AGENCY EXECUTIVE.
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Rep. Emanuel Celler of New
York introduced a resolution in-
to the House calling' for an in-
vestigation of the State Depart-
ment's Near Eastern Office. He
charged that the office, headed
by Loy Henderson, was ignoring
the "will of the people" on the
Palestine issue.
Sen. Claude Pepper, on the
floor of the Senate, called for
lifting the arms embargo on the
Jews of Palestine as a measure
which might eliminate the neces-
sity for an international police
force in Palestine.
The United States should abide.
by the partition agreement
reached by the 'UN, CIO Presi-
dent Philip Murray told Presi-
dent Truman.
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"LIVES_OF OMR TIMES ,
Assistant Secretary - General
Arkady Sobelev, speaking at the
same press conference, said that
the Security Council was "free
to accept or not to accept" the
partition decision of the General
Assembly. The lame opinion was
expressed by Lie, who added that
it was clear from the U. S. dec-
laration before the General As-
sembly that the American Gov-
ernment had accepted the As-
sembly's partition decision.
fighters who attacked several
army vehicles in the Petach Tik-
vali area. Two Jews are reported
hit by the aerial patrol and three
Britons were injured when their
truck was overturned by the dis-
sidents.
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