Israel's Battle in Nation's Capital
Truman Expected to Repudiate
Those Who Ignored Him at UN
By Jeivish. News Special
Correspondent
WASHINGTON, D. C: — The
Nation's Capital is full of sur-
prises. No sooner had the hubbub
subsided over the election than
the men high up in government
circles began to
be concerned
again Over Israel.
Not that anxiety
had ever ended:
it merely was in-
ter-ruptedby
President T r u-
man's interces-
sion. on the eve
of the election,
'against the Brit-
ish-Chinese ma-
neuver to impose severe sanc-
tions on Israel.
With the election out of the
way, Secretary of State Marshall,
as head of the U. S. delegation
to the United Nations in Paris,
and Acting Secretary of State
Robert A. Lovett issued orders
that the U. S. delegates should
support the sanctions plan. Its
adoption by a 9-to-1 vote—the
Ukraine voting in the negative—
represented two disappointments:
the betrayal of the Truman stand
by the U. S. delegation and the
failure of Russia to oppose the
plan, thereby killing any attempt
to penalize the State of Israel for
defending itself.
Many Washingtonians are
laughing up their sleeves over
the claim that President Tru-
man was out of reach when
the Security Council vote took
place. The fact is that the train
he was on, returning to Wash-
ington, . was equipped with
prompt communication lines
with Washington. The truth is
that President T_ ruman had
given his consent to the U. S.
delegation's action, but he was
misled into believing that the
U. S. amendment had no teeth
in it, whereas it turned out to
be even more damaging than
. the original plan to impose re-
strictions on Israel and to
punish the Jewish fighters for
freedom.
Washingtonians also are laugh-
ing their heads off over the stupid
expose of Jewish arms purchases
from Russia. No one ever was
expected to believe that Israel's
fighters would be able to win
their battle against seven Arab
states by using the "Shem Ham-
ferosh"—the Holy Name. They
needed weapons and they both
purchased a n d manufactured
them. But the word,of an admit-
ted "deserter" has become sub-
ject for a sensation in newspapers
which not only have not been too
friendly to Israel but have pre-
dicted—some ask whether they
predicted because they hoped for
it—the early downfall of Israel.
These predictions are in the same
category as the polls on the elec-
tion. The "deserter's" charges are
, being repudiated in the main as
outrageous falsehoods.
Realistic statesmen know that
it would be suicide for Israel
to give up the Negev or to
evacuate its conquered terri-
tory. It is an accepted fact here
- that Israel has won the war
and that there is only one way
out of the dilemma for the
Arabs: to enter into direct
negotiations with Israel for
peace terms. Brig. Gen. Will-
iam E. Riley of the U. S. Marine
Corps, as chief of staff of the
UN truce commission in Pales-
tine, knows it and has said so.
Unbiased U. S. statesmen have
advised it. Unfortunately, the
biased State DepartMent offi-
- eials, especially Mr. Lovett,
- hate to see a Jewish triumph
through direct peace negotia-
- lions and they are doing every-
thing in their power to hurt
Israel.
On the strength of established
.
- facts, it is generally believed
here that the latest Security
Council action to punish Israel
will prove another flop. But
Britain remains the arch enemy
of Israel, and the entire scheme
concocted in Paris is to force
dews out of the Negev.
- •
(Pro-British writers are uti-
lizing every possible argument
to undermine the Jewish posi-
tion. A writer in the Detroit
News even undertook to inject
the Montor-UPA \ controversy
into the discussion. By rewrit-
ing the articles in the New
York Times, that writer, known
for ,his antagonisth to the Jew-
ish position, attempted to show
a rift in Jewish ranks).
A showdown between the Pres-
klent and the antagonists to
Israel are expected here very
soon, and there is optimism in
Jewish ranks that Mr. Truman
will stick by his assurances given
in his pre-election address.
The feeling here is that Great
Britain will go the limit to hurt
Israel and that the last word
hasn't '-een uttered. yet. This
means a battle to a finish. The
Atherican Zionist Emergency
Council's appeal to Truman
against the sanctions plan; the
appeals that were issued in New
York last week by Dr. Stephen
S. Wise, Mrs. Rose Halprin, Ha-
dassah president, the American
Association of English-Jewish
Newspapers and other groups,
again indicated. to the President
the unanimity in Jewish ranks
in support Of Israel.
The story released by the self-
styled "deserter" from the Israel
army was secured by two corre-
spondents—Nat Barrows of the
Chicago Tribune and Homer Metz
of the Christian Science Monitor.
Immediately, antagonistic State
Department officials began to
make inquiries regarding arms
shipments to Israel by Russia.
Naturally, the main charge was
directed at Czechoslovakia.
Frierids of Israel reply to "the
accumulated charges by quot-
ing Abba Eben, Israel's UN
representative, who declared
that Britain and her cohorts
refuse 'to recognize Israel but
hasten to recognize sanctions
for punishing Israel. -
Dernocratic leaders are pleased
with the messages' of congratula-
tions*that came - to President Tru-
man - from President and Prime
Minister Chaim. Weizmann and
DaVid Ben-Gurion of Isra -el. Their
messages reflect the satisfaction
that was expressed in the jewish
State,with the result of the Ainer-
ican elections.
While the atmosphere was
black for a short time after the
adoption of the sanctions reso-
lution by the UN Security
Council, the situation bright-
ened over the past week-end.
The facts became known. that
negotiations which were in
progress between Israel and
Egyptians w e r e temporarily
broken up - when the sanctions
resolution was adopted. Then
came the warnings to the Egyp-
tians and other Arab states
• that they had better make
peace with the Jews. The Arabs
are beginning to give ear to
the warnings of Brig. Gen.
Riley and Dr. Rzlph Bunche.
"We can have peace—provid-
ing the British and American
antagonists do not stand in the
way," a prominent leader here
said. Some believe that President
Truman will act firmly soon. Im-
portant developments therefore
are due very soon.
Assembly of Israel
To Have 120 Members
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The Pro-
visional State Council decided
that the Constituent Assembly,
the members of which will be
chosen in the forthcoming na-
tional elections, will consist of 120
persons. The Council also de-
cided that national elections will
be held 45 days after an official
notice is published in the Israeli
Gazette. The elections may not be
held in. December as originally
scheduled. -
A new settlement named Nor-
diah, in honor of Max Nordau,
the late Zionist leader and co-
worker of Theodor Herzl, was
established on a tract of land near
Nathanya. The settlers are vet-
erans of the Jewish Brigade.
Fifty Jewish detainees are re-_
ported to: have escaped from
Cyprus.
THE JEWISH NEWS-3
Palestine Economic Corporation
Enlists Support of Detroit Jews
Friday, November 12, 1948
Honor Harry Cohen at
Balfour Hall Saturday
Many hundreds of Detroiters
are expected at the annual Bal-
four Ball of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of Detroit on Saturday night,
at Hotel Statler, The entire ball-
room floor will be used for this
event
A feature of the evening will
be the presentation to Harry
Cohen of birthday gifts in the
form of a certificate signifying
that a garden has been planted
in his honor in Israel and the
display of X-ray equipment for
Israel. The presentations will be
made in honor of his recent 65th
birthday.
An urgent need exists for large
scale investments in Israel in
order to facilitate the settlement
of hundreds of thousands of
Jews, and an urgent effort there-
fore is being made to enlist many
Detroiters as investors in inter-
est-bearing stock of the. Palestine
Economic Corporation.
Joseph Zuckerman of the PEC
New York staff arrived here this
week to pursue this tasks and to
enlist this community's coopera-
tion in the important economic
investment efforts of the PEC.
Mr. Zuckerman pointed out
that PEC has the approval of the
Securities Exchange Commission.
Last. week, Mr. - Zuckerman an-
-
nounced, the PEC completed ar-
rangements for the establishment
of a plastics industry. The finan-
cing of this and other industries,
housing and the establishment of
new factories is the major aim
of the PEC. •
Prominent Detroiters are as-
sisting Mr. Zuckerman in his ef-
fort in this city.
British Authorities. Bar. .
Anti-Semitic Publication
MUNICH, (JTA) -2:-. :Military
occupation authorities in the
British zone of Germany have
banned the Swiss magazine Neue
Politik because of the anti-Semitic
character of the publication.
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