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VOLUME 12—NO. 26

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Zion's Future Hangs in Balance

Soviet Insists on
Rejects U. S. Conciliati

Direct JTA Teletype, Wires to The Jewish News

Detroit7s.SOlid..arity Must
lie Expressed at Protest
Rally Tuesday Evening

On Dec. 5, 1947, in our resume of events which led to the
historic United Nations decision of Nov. 29 in favOr of the
restoration of Jewish statehood, The Jewish News editorially
invoked the prophetic assertion:,

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"The eternity of Israel shall not be denied!"

Now, three months after the important UN decision, the
Jewish position in Palestine is seriously threatened. Nations
which had spoken firmly in behalf of the Jewish people are
now hestitating, and there is danger that some of them may
yield to the pressure that comes. from aggressors Outside of
Palestine.
Our own Government is not as firm in i its stand as our
spokesmen were at Lake Success last November.
Meanwhile, the - security of the Yishuv is threatened. The
lives of 700,000 Jews in Palestine are hi danger. The future
of 1,000,000 survivors from Nazism -- 250,000 of whom are
languishing in displgced persons camps is at stake. ,,Hopes
for rehabilitation' are being destroyed and there is danger of
an : increase in despair and disillusionment. .
it is imperative that the Jews of America reassert that
they are determined to labor to the end that Israel WILL sur-
vive.
This is the time to declare that "the eternity of Israel shall
not be betrayed."
The Jews of Detroit are called upon to express their sol-
idarity with the Yishuv at the public rally to be held Tuesday
evening, March 16, at Cass High School.
Our community's stand must be firm. It must be based on
the unamimous declaration that we shall stand united in sup-
port of the United. Jewish Appeal — through the Detroit Al-
lied J _ ewish Campaign -- in our support of the Palestine de-
fense forces and in continued aid to the suvivors from
Nazism. .
We must reassert our wishes that the PreSident of. the
United States, our State Department and- our spokesmen_ at
the United Nations should insist upon speedy implementation'
of the UN Palestine decision. We must continue to ask for the
lifting of the embargo on arms so that our Palestine Frontiers-
men should not be left without arms, without means of self-
defense, without the security that is, the. right of all human s,
beings.
Senator Charles W. Tobey of New Harnpshire and Rabbi
Morris Adler, who will be the spokesm.an for the United
Jewish Appeal, will address the rally Tuesday evening wider
the co-spOnsorship of the groups affiliated • with the Zionist
Council of Detroit, Yiddish Folk organizations, Jewish
Community Council and the American JeWish Congress.

Every seat in that auditor-
ium should be filled on that
occasion!

. The voice of Detroit Jewry,
should be heard from that as-
sembly in defense of our just
rights in Palestine

This is an appeal to YOU
and to the entire Detroit Jew-
ish community for an ex-
pression of solidarity.
Out voices MUST- BE
HEARD—in Washington, at
Lake Success, ' in ,London,
throughout the world!

SENATOR TOBEY

. Our appeals must re-echo in.
Palestine, as messages of hope
and . encouragement :to the.
fighters for justice in, Eretz
ISrael!

LAKE SUCCESS---A high Soviet official told the Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency on Tuesday that the Soviet will_insist upon imple.
mentation of the partition decision during the Big Powers' conference
now in session in New York,

U. S: 'Conciliation' Proposal Opposed by Gromyko

NEW YORK—Judaea's fate hangs in the balance as a result of
"conciliation" efforts by Warren Austin, United States delegate to the
United Nations, to revive "talks" between Jews and Arabs.

Serious differences of opinion on the proposal between the U. S. and Soviet
delegates, at the 10-day conference which was ordered by the Security Council
last Friday, keep Palestine's future in a state of uncertainty. It is the opinion
of Andrei Gromyko, -the Soviet delegate in whose headquarters the meetings of
the Big Four are taking place, that it is_useless to reconvene Jews and Arabs since
such negotiations have failed in the past. -
Senator Austin, however, is adamant that such negotiations should be re-
sumed. The first step of the Big Four was to ask Great Britain to participate in
the discussions. UN Secretary General Trygve Lie also was -invited to participate
in the sessions.
The meeting of the Big FOur agreed to give. immediate consideration to the
question of establishing a militia in Palestine. It was decided to discuss the estab-,
lishment of routine for offering guidance to the UN Palestine Commission in rela-
tion to proviSional councils of government which must be formed separately by
JeWt and Arabs under provisions of the UN General Assembly partition decision.
The major.. subject on the agenda of the Big Four remains the question of
deciding whether the present state of affairs in Palestine presents a threat to peace.

. High Commissioner Demands Suppress ion of Dissidents

JERUSALEM.—High Commissioner : Sir Alan Cunningham warned David Ben.
Gurion, chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive, that implementation of partition
will not take place if the dissidents are not supp?esse* This rumored that the High
Commissioner hinted in his warning that if the dissidents are not suppressed the
British forces may return to the Tel Aviv area.
The. Haganah-Irgun agreement does not provide for a merger but only for co-
ordination. Each unit remains independent, but the Haganah is to provide the
supreme command. Ratification was arranged for a meeting on Thursday.
The United Labor Party, composed of the recently merged Hashomer Hatzkir
and L'Achdut Avodah, decided not to accept the Jewish Agency's offer to enter the
provisional government council, or even an established
government council, until it is given "proportional repre-
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sentation." They want five members in _the council and three
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in the cabinet. It is believed that this demand will • lead to
the first crisis in the Jewish State's cabinet.
Number:
An Arab band of 400 on Tuesday- attacked. Ataroth, be-
WOodward
tween
Rarnallah and Jerusalem, and- the Kallandia Airfield.
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Arabs used machine guns and mortars and advanced under
More Lines
strong fire. The local Haganah units counterattacked and
Better Service
summoned reinforcements from Jerusalem.

Victim of
Inhumanity
nil Delay

This Jewish nurse is comfort..
ing Mile Rachel Meyouhas, in
the Hadassah hospital in Jeru-
salem, where she is recovering
from injuries received in the
bomb blast that kilted 54 Jews
in Ben Yehuda Street. The
child was orphaned by the ex-

plosion which claimed among

the victims her father, mother,

brother and sister who per
fished in the ruins of their

home. Little Rachel thus is one
of the victims of inhumanity
and delay which are respond
sible for Palestine's troubles.

—Internationar Phot0