•S• an Seen As 'Chain of En orcement
Agency Rejects American
Proposals for Trusteeship
plan deserved careful study,
while the Brazilian added that
an essential prerequisite for the
success of the plan was agree-
ment among the powers -directly
fbr . its enforcement.
Truman and Vandenberg Assert U. S. Has Right to Send responsible
The Greek, Argentinian and Pa-
Troops to Middle East; British - State They Will Not
kistan representatives were non-
committal on the trusteeship is-
Interfere With Jewish Control Ov.er Immigration
sue, but the Greek and Pakistan
LAKE SUCCESS, (JTA)—The Jewish Agency memoran- speakers opposed partition.
dum rejecting the .trusteeship plan emphasized that "no im-
provement on the U. S. proposals can make them a useful U. S. Has Power to Send Troops,
Truman, Vandenberg State
starting point in the quest for a political settlement." An-
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Pre-
alyzing the American trusteeship plan, the Agency memoran-
dum warned against the pitfalls ahead and the endless chain sident Truman told his press con-
forces he has the power to send
U. S. troops to palestine without
prior Congressional app;roval.
At the same time, Sen. Arthur
M. Vandenberg, chairman of the
Senate Foreign Relations Corn-
-mittee, was' telling the Sente
that he had not been consulted
• before Austin made his commit-
ment of U. S. troops to the UN
Tuesday. Vandenberg replied to
questions raised by Sen. Owen
Brewster of Maine, whether any
"competent" member of Congress
had been consulted and whether
in Vandenberg's opinion Congres-
sional authorization was required
before troops could be sent.
Vandenberg declined to' state
definitely whether sending Am-
erican troops to Palestine either
expressly to protect American
lives' and property or whether as
part of a UN force, would re-
quire prior authorization by Con-
gress. He pointed out that the
President had sent American
troops abroad in over 100 cases
during the last 150 years and
that the limit of Presidential
authority in this field had never
been clearly defined.
Both Senators Brewster .and
Claude Pepper of Florida criti-
cized the Administration for re-
versing its Palestine policy.
ference that as commander-in-
of enforcement this plan would0
involve against the will of both ,control of Jewish immigration to chief of the United States armed
Jews and Arabs.
Palestine after May 15. The an-
"The question arises whether nouncement was made by Un-
member states who were unwil- der-Secretary for Foreign Affairs
ling to use their forces to estab- Christopher Mayhew in Com-
lish independence for Jews and mons.
Arabs within authoritatively de-
Mayhew said that any action
fined limits will now commit taken by the British military
their forces to military rule of commander in Palestine after
'indefinite duration' for the pur- May 15 would be confined to pro-
pose of suppressing aspirations tecting British forces in the
for independence recently ap- country and ensuring their or-
proved by the United Nations," derly evacuation.
the Agency document stated.
"Jewish authorities in Pales-
Although the Jewish Agency tine have decided to evacuate
memorandum is not a direct the Hadassah hospital," as a re-
statement on the position which sult of Arab attacks on medical
the Jews of Palestine will take convoys in the Mt. Scopus area,
with respect to a trusteeship de- Mayhew announced. Reporting
cision by the General Assembly, on the recent massacre of Jew-
the observations and . criticism ish medical personnel en route
expressed therein are of such a to the Hadassah hospital, he said
nature as to leave no doubt of that British troops in the area
the Agency's opposition to the sped to the scene of the attack
U. S. trusteeship plan.
immediately after it began and
Arabs Ignore Truce Offer
rescued many members of the
Meanwhile, . Moshe Shertok convoy.
transmitted to the Security Coun-
Addressing the Political Com-
cil the text of a cable received mittee, Dr. Abba Hillel Silver
earlier from David Ben Gurion,
served notice that no matter
chairman of the Jewish Agency, what the General Assembly
which reads: "We informed the may decide, the Jewish State
High Commissioner on April 10 will begin to function May 16.
that if Arabs cease fire, we shall "Partition is a substantial real-
act likewise. So far we have re- ity in Palestine today," he said.
ceived no intimation from the "The crux of the issue is not
High Commissioner that Arabs how to implethent the Assembly
agreed. In fact, attacks continue resolution, but how to enjoin
without respite, particularly in and prevent" the Arab states
Jerusalem. If fire ceases through-
from "violating their Charter
out the country, we shall natur- obligations and from defeating
ally refrain from shooting."
the will of this international
The justice of the Jewish case - tribunal."
and strict adherence to the orig-
Dr. Silver urgently requested
inal decision of the UN were the British government not to
argued eloquently by Sir Carl permit its arms and equipment
Berendsen of New Zealand, John to fall into the hands of the
D. t. Hood of Australia, Gunnar Arab invaders, and to ensure
Hagglof of Sweden_, Andrei Gro- that the British-officered Arab
myko of Russian and Josa Vil- Legion will not intervene in
fan of Yugoslavia.
the struggle. "Having been un-
One Favorable Comment
willing to implement the deci-
Dr. Tingfu T. Tsiang, chairman
sion of the United Nations,
of the 'political committee, was Britain should at least refrain
the only one to comment favor-
from abetting, however indir-
ably upon the U. S. trusteeship ectly, the tragic conflict," he
plan.
declared.
While the Palestine Commis-
It is too late now for trustee-
sion abandoned plans to estab-
lish a Jewish Provisional Coun- ship,. Dr. Silver asserted, adding
cil of Government, the Jewish that the people of Palestine want
Agency in Palestine began gath- independence and "will have it."
ering income taxes, started in- The apparent receptiveness of
troducing a postal system and some Arab spokesmen to the idea
the printing of Hebrew postage was a "purely tactical.mantuver
to defeat partition," he said. If
stamps.
force would be needed to enforce
Haganah Successes
Meanwhile, word came from trusteeship, admittedly not a
Palestine of the evacuation of . final solution to the problem,
Tiberias of all Arabs and the "why should it not be used to en-
creation there by Haganah of a force partition?" he asked.
Dr. Silver reaffirmed the Jew-
"Jewish independent regime";
the capture of Haifa by Haganah ish Agency's "unqualified rejec-
and Haganah's campaign to take tion" of any trusteeship plan.
control of Safed. As 500 food He said that partition was al-
trucks reached Jerusalem, the ready to a large extent a politi-
Haganah men who accompanied cal and economic reality in Pal-
estine, and gave some examples..
the convoy killed 100 Arabs.
(Suspension of U. S. air mail It would be an almost impossible
to Palestine on Tuesday caused task, he declared, for an outside
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