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VOL. 13—No. 4
THE JEW! H NE S
of Jewish Events
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Agency Charg s Trusteeship
Plan Perpetuates White Paper
Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News
NEW YORK. (JTA)—The American plan for a trusteeship for Palestine
which was presented to the Security Council Monday was sharply criticized
by a spokesman for the Jewish Agency who termed it "an attempt to per-
petuate under UN auspices" the British White Paper policy, and warned
that the Jewish people would oppose it. The text of the Agency statement
follows:
"This is an attempt to perpetuate, under UN auspices, the 1939 White
Paper policy which has brought nothing but suffering and debate to the
Jews and bloodshed and chaos in Palestine. Practically every single pro-
vision is an attack on the fundamental rights of the Jewish people.
"The main effect of the scheme is to subjugate the Jews as a min-
ority to Arab domination. Despite all avowals to the contrary, the pro-
posal irreparably prejudices the final political settlement in favor of the
unitary Arab states proposal which the General Assembly, like every
other impartial tribunal, has emphatically rejected.
"The U. S. proposal will be far more difficult to implement than the
partition plan. Is it the intention of the U. S. to send tens of thousands of
American troops to Palestine to suppress the independence of its people and
subject them to perpetual and arbitrary rule imposed from outside and
backed by force?
"The plan will meet with the most determined opposition of the
Jewish people and will strengthen their conviction that only in state-
hood lies their salvation."
The UN Palestine Commission cabled on Tuesday to Pablo de Azcarate,
head of its advance party in Jerusalem, to ascertain whether any useful
purpose is served by the party's remaining in Palestine. The general con-
thg Commission is that the presence of the advance party
Lesusof
in New Y ork during the special session of the General Assembly "'would be
of great value to the Assembly and the Commission.
In presenting the U. S. proposal for a trusteeship to last for an indefinite
period, Warren Austin, the U. S. delegate, was vague On the question of
immigration. He said that the problem will be worked out in consultation
with both parties. He indicated that the land problem also* would be solved
by the UN in consultation with Jews and Arabs—thereby proving the
validity of the Jewish Agency charge that the U. S. proposal merely would
perpetuate the White Paper. Mr. Austin's plan provides for the recruiting
of local police and of the setting up of a bi-cameral legislature of the type
that was proposed and rejected 18 years ago.
'Jewish State' in '48'— Slogan of Protesting Veterans
NEW YORK, (Palcor)—Sixty thousand American veterans of both
World Wars and the Spanish American War, and including members of all
faiths, marched down Fifth Avenue Sunday morning in a protest parade
against the Government's reversal on Palestine. The parade, which was in
response to a call issued by the Jewish War Veterans of the United States,
terminated in Madison Square Park where more than 200,000 gathered for
addresses by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, chairman of the American Section of
the Jewish Agency Executive, Senator Owen D. Brewster of Maine, Rep.
Chet Holifielci of California, Brig. Gen. Julius Klein, national commander of
J.-W.V., and others.
The slogan of the day, shouted by the marchers in military cadence and
taken up by the throngs lining the streets, was "A Jewish State In '48."
Other clogans, written across placards carried by the paraders, were:
"American Vets Salute Haganah," "Oil Or Honor?" "We Fought For Peace,
Not Arab Appeasement," "Arab Appeasement Is Un-American."
Members of the Jewish War Veterans of the United States gathered for
the parade from 100 cities in 14 states. They were joined by contingents from
the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Spanish-American War
Veterans, Army-Navy Union, Amvets, American Veterans Committee,
Cathobc War Veterans of the United States, and others. Each contingent
was led by a-brass band or drum and bugle corps. Irish-American fraternal
orders were represented by sag-pipers. The Stars and Stripes were massed
with the blue and white Zionist colors, the flags of several states and the
Star-of-David topped banners of hundreds of Jewish War Veterans posts
throughout the country. The tens of thousands of onlookers were of all ages.
Hundreds of men and women in uniforms of the various branches of service
were among the crowd. Zionist youth groups danced impromptu horas in
the side streets leading on to Madison Square Park.
1948 Campaign Challenge: 'Keep Fighters on Their Feet'
Ai- Campaign Rally:
Left to right: MAURICE A.
ARONSSON, 1948 Allied
Jewish Campaign chairman;
TED 0. THACKREY, pub-
lisher, N. Y. Post; REUVEN
DAFNI, Haganah leader:
FRED M. BUTZEL, honorary
chairman of campaign.
Survivors' Destiny:
OUR Responsibility
"We prefer to die on our feet to living on our
knees; but we assure you that we will LIVE on
our feet."
Thus — Reusen Dafni, Hagan ah leader,
brought words of cheer from the Palestinian bat-
tlefront to the opening rally of the Allied jewisi
Campaign at Hotel Statler, March 30.
The other eminent speaker at the rally, Ted
0. Thackrey, editor and publisher of the New
York Post, gave assurance that liberty-loving
Americans of all faiths stand firm in defense of
the Jewish position in Palestine.
Now — it is up to the Jews of America to help
the Jews of Palestine stay on their feet and to
facilitate the settlement of the 250,000 DPs in
Eretz Israel.
The 1948 Destiny Allied Jewish Campaign for
a goal of $6,200,000 is a challenge to all Jews to
fulfill a serious responsibility to the fighters for
freedom for all Israel.
The destiny of 700,000 Jews in Palestine and
a million and a quarter surviving jews in Europe
is in our hands. What we do in their behalf dur-
ing the present campaign will determine whether
honor will triumph over tyranny.
Let our rebuke to those who turned the clock
back—in Washington and at Lake Success—be in
the form of a total Allied Jewish Campaign
by..Paul..Kirseh, Jewish: News Photographer
triumph,