instrument of Cabinet purposes" with regard to Palestine. Report on Combatting Bias Significant gains have been made by the American Jewish Congress during the past two years towards the guarantee of full civil liber- ties for all Americans, particu- larly in the field of equality of educational opportunity, it was reported by Dr. David Petegor- sky, national executive director of Congress. Dr. Petegorsky warned, how- ever, that increasing domestic re- action and the hysteria being de- liberately fostered might undo those gains, unless determined' counter-offensives were launched. "In view of the present attitude of the American Government with regard to Palestine. tension be- tween the great powers and in- creasing domestic political insta- bility, it may become far more difficult to continue asserting the right of the Jewish people to statehood in Palestine, the need for protection of political, eco- nomic and social rights of the Jews in many lands and to fight for the full civil rights of all Americans," he said. Other Addresses Declaring that the "dominant pressures in the country are toward an uncritical conformity and toward a reluctance to pre- serve the civil rights of unpopular groups," Prof. Walter Gellhorn of Columbia Law School warned of a trend toward "thought control." Dr. Charming Tobias, a member of the President's Committee on Civil Liberties, speaking on "Seg- regation in American Life," con- demned segregation because of race, creed or color because it is "un-American in spirit and prac- tice and because it is an insult to the Creator." Dr. Harold Taylor, president of Sarah Lawrence College, spoke on "Bias in Education." Rabbi Morton Berman said that "the Administration's reversal of its policy toward a Jewish Com- monwealth is tantamount not only to a betrayal of the Jewish people, but of the United Nations." Discuss Immigration Bill Under discussion at the meeting was the Wiley-Revercomb Bill, now pending before the Senate, which - limits the total number of displaced persons to be admitted to the United States to 50,000 a year-, for the next two years. The bill and its restrictive features were criticized by speakers "as a discriminatory measure" and a "discredit to the noble humani- tarian and moral traditions of America." -- Pledging a continued • fight toward the goal of "full equality and freedom for all Americans," Shad Polier, vice-president of the American Jewish Congress, told the delegates he believes that such equality can be achieved. Dr. Stephen S. Wise, Congress president, in his message to the convention, termed the American change of policy on Palestine as "one of the great moral tragedies of history." "The American Jew- ish Congress," he asserted, "is re- solved to give to the Jewish state all which unequivocally loyal American Jews can give to the Elect 5 Jewish Deputies in Romania Ferguson, Youngblood . Sponsor Measures to Admit DPs to U. S. Danger to World Seen by Prof. Laski in Zion Betrayal NEW YORK, (JTA) — There will be massacres of unarmed Jews from Algiers across Africa to Iraq and Lebanon, if the UN fails to solve the Palestine •prob- lem, Prof. Harold J. Laski warned in an address to the 1,200 dele- gates at the convention of the American Jewish Congress. "If the men who rule us let things drift outside the Middle East as they have let things drift within its boundaries, there will be no Jewish problem be- cause there will be no Jews," the former s chairman of the British Labor Party said. "The world will not listen to your warning and mine. Let us pray that it may recogniZe swiftly that • the echo of the first guns fired in Palestine after May 15 will echo around the world, for they will be the first shots fired in that third global war which will end, for our generation and our chil- dren's, the prospect of civilized life." `Cynical Betrayals' He termed the present state of affairs in Palestine as "one of the most cynical betrayals in his- tory" and feared there will be "fatal inactivity" in the United Nations on solving the Palestine problem. He emphasized that he does not doubt that in the event of such a situation, the Jews in Palestine will fight. Bitterly attacking the "British abdication from moral obliga- tion" and the "immature con- fusion of American leadership" with regard to Palestine, Prof. Laski said that "first and most responsible" for the present de- velopments in Palestine is the British Government. "But," Prof. Laski continued,"I think the American Government must bear its share of guilt—less heavy than ours, but heavy. Also Blames the Jews "I think we Jews cannot es- cape our share of blame—British Jews because they „did not see the pattern of power politics in which. Palestine was one thread; American Jews because they thought that successful lobbying meant the genuine acceptance of vital principles and were too oft- en as eager to deceive them- selves as to confront the hard facts; Palestine Jews who suf- fered great provocation and wit- nessed the enactment of a hor- rible tragedy, but did not pre- vail upon an indefensible group among them to desist from using indefensible means for an end to which they were never propor- tionate; and world Jewry because it failed to convince the Arab masses that the development. of a Jewish homeland would be an Arab liberation as well as a Jew- ish achievement." Pointing out that the British Labor Party had pledged itself to abrogate the British White Paper which restricted Jewish immigration and land acquisition in Palestine, Prof. LaSki charged the present Labor Government with not observing its pledges: He accused British Prime Minister Ernest Bevin of playing "a sin- ister role in the story" and said that Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech-Jones "became a passive Page Threq4 1510 J EW Sj-1 4 NEWS Friclay, April, 9, 4948: WASHINGTON — Senator Homer Ferguson of Michigan, to- gether with five other Senators, have taken the lead in sponsoring a bill for the admission of 200,- 000 DPs in the two-year period starting July 1. The measure was given the green light for early action by the Senate Republican policy committee. The other five who joined with Senator Ferguson in pressing for liberalization of the DP admis- sion bill are Senators Smith, Cooper, McGrath, Saltenstall and Morse. At the same time' Rep. Harold F. Youngblood (Rep.), Detroit; introduced in the House a bill to admit 600,000 displaced persons and "expellees", such as a Ger- man "who is out of or expelled from his country of former resi- dence as a result of events sub-• sequent to the outbreak pf World War II and is unable or unwilling to return." BUCHAREST, (JTA) — Final returns of national elections re- veal that all five Jewish candi- dates named to represent the Jewish population in the Roma- nian parliament on the govern- ment bloc ticket were elected by heavy pluralities.• They: are: Prof. Maximilian Popper, pres- ident of the Federation of Jewish Corrimunities and one of the coun- try's outstanding PhySiCiaris; is not a member of any party and enjoys wide popularity among the Jews in Bucharest; Hersh Lei- bovice, an attorney, and secre- tary-general of the Federation, who • has played a leading role in Romania's war crimes trials; Ber- cu•Feldmann, a CoMmunist, who has been active in the trade union movement all his. life; Marcel Fisher, and Eduard Manolescu. . . • Judea that is to be, thereby not only meeting our obligation to our fellow-Jews, whose political homelessness must forever end, but likewise proving our worth as sons and daughters of the American tradition." Dr. Wise was re-elected presi- dent. Albert J. Silber of Detroit was elected a member of the national executive committee. General Joseph T. McNarney, former commander of American occupation forces in Europe, urged the Government to take immediate action to permit the entry into this country of large numbers of displaced persons. At the same time HIAS, Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, called on Lt. General Lucius D. Clay, American Military Governor in Germany, to make available air transportation to DPs in Amer- ican and British sectors of Ber- lin who have been issued U. S. immigration visas. McNarney's appeal was made at the conven- tion of the American Jewish Congress. DRAPERIES A wide selection of choice fabrics and patterns to compliment your home, fashioned into graceful; drines by Modern Age's experienced craftsmen who hand tailor and hand size your drapes to assure per- fect fit. Ask about our specially designed Cornices. Reasonably priced. For Home Appointments at No Obligation to You mode age • - .13230. DEXTER. 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