THE JEWISH NEWS—

Bernadotte Plan Rejection
Defended by Sumner Welles

NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
United States present policy with
regard. to Israel was severely
criticized by SUmner Welles,
former Under Secretary of State,
and Dr. Stephen S. Wise, presi-
dent of the American Jewish Con-
gress, in articles Published in the
New York Herald Tribune and
New York Times, respectively.
Declaring that it was fortunate
that the British and American
attempt to stampede the United
Nations into immediate adoption
of the Bernadotte recommenda-
tiOns was blocked, Welles said
that the government of Israel is
wholly warranted in rejecting
these recommendations and es-
pecially in opposing the proposal
to take the Negev from Israel.
"Were this
- proposal to be
a c cepted,"
Welles writes, "a
basic feature of
the original par-
tition resolution
would be nulli-
fied, for Israel
would then be
unable to pro-
vide new homes
for more than a Mr. Welles
handful of refugees. If a Pales-
tine solution is to prove lasting,
Israel, must become a prosperous
and a contented nation. With
Israel deprived of the agricultur-

Friday, October 22, 1948

al and mineral resources that the
Negev affords, of its port on the
Red Sea, and of its opportunities
for resettlement and for expand-
ing development, the new • state
cannot even be viable."
The former Under Secretary
of State says that the Negev
proposal represents the latest
in the long series of attempts
made by British Foreign Min-
ister Ernest Bevin, with the
support of the State Depart-
ment and National Security
Council in Washington, to re-
store British hegemony over
the Near East.
"Under the guidance of mili-
tary influences now primarily re-
sponsible for the American for-
eign policy, the United States.
supports Mr. Bevin in his insist-
ence that Israel's boundaries be
revisecta not for the sake of eco-
nomic stability, not for the sake
of peace, but solely to suit Brit-
ain's strategic plans," Welles
charges. He urges the smaller na-
tions at the United Nations to
balk the plot against Israel.
Dr. Wise, in a letter to the New
York Times, points out that de
jure recognition of Israel by the
United States is long overdue.
The power of the rabbinate in
Israel is deplored by Arthur
Koestler, well-known writer, in
an article published in the N. Y.
Herald Tribune. He emphasizes

State, Army May Influence Senate
Investigation into use Koch Case

Everybody
Works for SOS

An Army spokesman said that
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Deci-
sions made by the Department of the Army had not yet received a
State . and the Department of the reply from General Lucius D.
Army . may affect the course of Clay, U. S. commander in Europe,
the Senate Investigation Sub- on a request from Secretary of. the- •
Committee's inquiry into the case Army Kenneth C. Royall to seek
of Ilse Koch, whose life sentence new charges which might be
for atrocities at the Buchenwald brought against Frau Koch with-
death camp was recently com- out putting her in double jeop-
muted to four years by military ardy:He said the original indict-
ment of "crimes against humanity"
government authorities:
William P. Rogers, chief cousel was a very broad one and admit-
of the sub-committee, has been ted that is was "a reasonable
conferring with Under Secretary speculation" that this fact, coupled
of State Robert A. Lovett on the with the Army's feelings against
matter, State Department press calling crimes of Germans against
officer Michael J. McDermott Germans "war crimes," might
said today. The decision on preclude any other charges being
Hohorary SOS crptain, DICK whether to hold open hearings found against Frau Koch.
Direct testimony that Ilse Koch
POWELL, proudly poses near an on the case as originally planned,
SOS poster. Spot announcements or to hold closed hearings and received specimens of tattooed '
recorded by Powell, Eddie Cantor only make the report public when skin from the bodies of prisoners
and Henry Fonda will be heard it is presented to Congress is executed at the Buchenwald ex-
over local • radio stations to intro- entirely up to the sub-committee, termination center was introduced
at the International War Crimes
duce the one-day Detroit SOS McDermott stated.
drive Sunday, Oct. 31.
Rogers confirmed that the sub- Tribunal, Aufbau, German and
committee would make the final English-language weekly, recalled •
that "clericalism is one of the decision on the method of hand- in its current issue.
The publication posed the ques-
most serious problems to be solv- ling the case. He said however,
that he was discussing the matter tion why, if such testimony was
ed" in Israel.
Citing a number of instances with both the State and Army ruled admissible at the War
where religious traditions strong- Departments to insure that the Crimes trials at Nuremberg in
ly influence present life in the investigation would in no way 1945, it was apparently disregard-
Jewish State, Koestler predicts damage the prestige of the mili- ed by the United States officials in
that this state of affairs "will last tary government in Germany. He reviewing the Koch case. Aufbau
some five or at most 10 years" emphasized that the committee asserted that the testimony in
after which the young native gen- in no way meant to squelch the question was brought before the
eration "will carry out a voci- investigation, but did want to International War Crimes trib.,
ferous but bloodless secular revo- avoid jeopardizing the reputation unal on Dec. 13, 1945, by Thomas
lution and achieve a clean divisi- of military 'government authori- J. Dodd, then serving as execu-
tive trial counsel for the U. "S.
ties.
on between church and state."
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