.11,5nr, 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 • • Agency said. It emphasized that the Jews await "a loyal and faithful implementation of the UN partition decision," and declared: . "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. . 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. • —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. ' . - • I 0 A % P i ts t. 4 rt BOW IN LITHUANIA IN 1893, SILVER CAME TO 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. pe4,..1 fry DR. ARRA HILLEL' SILVER YT:r: "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 Ealt MG THE UNITED • NATIONS PAL- 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 • ORATORY 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. 1 $ 4 11011011 if; 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. . TCOAY,AT THE PEAK Of 1415 CAREER,HIS WORDS ARE DESTINED TO BE HEARD }NAG THROUGH- OUT THE NEW JEWISH STATE WHICH HEARD, HIS ASSOCIATES FOUGHT SO HARD TO CREATE.. ° R A C RIS Es* u 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 - I.., 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. • 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. , "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. ND 0 "Mil su n' • " VIVA Aot A PROLIFIC AUTHOR,TIVO OF HIS . VIA MOST POP BOOKS WERE *RELIOION IN A CHANGING WORLD,'(1930) AND .*WORLD CRISIS AND JEWISH SURVIVAL;(194 I). .