FDR and State Department . , • r.• • Roles in Anti-Zionist Actions (Continued from Page 1) President Roosevelt participated in a secret meeting in which it was agreed "that the War Department would try first to kill the resolut- ion by executive session (secret) testimony by Army representa- tives," according to the Under- Secretary of State Edward Stettin- ius. He also revealed that the State Department succeeded in dissuad- ing, to some extent, the chairmen of the Senate and House Commit- tees on Foreign Relations. They met with Sen. Torn Connally and - Rep. Sol Bloom. Stettinius stressed in instruc- tions to American diplomats in Arab posts that pro-Jewish expres- sions by Congress should be mini- 'zed in that they "would not be ding upon the Executive Branch an expression of the foreign policy of the United States." President Roosevelt told Stettin- ius he hoped the War Department testimony would end the Palestine resolution. The President also en- dorsed and initialed other State Department maneuvers affecting Jewish interests. But publicly, President Roose- velt issued pro-Jewish statements to Rabbis Stephen S. Wise and Abba Hillel Silver, the State De- partment noted. Also, President Roosevelt asked New York Senator Robert F. Wagner to greet a Zion- ist convention in warmest terms on his behalf and to support a strong Democratic Party plank committed to unrestricted Jewish immigration to Palestine and es- tablishment of a free Jewish state. All through 1944 the State De- partment, backed by President Roosevelt, blocked action on the Palestine Resolution. Wallace Mur- ray, director of the Department's Office of Near Eastern Affairs, went so far as to secure in some manner the confidential corre- spondence between Dr. Chaim Weizmann and Rabbi Silver on Zionist strategy. The State Depart- ment was apparently alarmed that these "dangerous Zionists" were seeking ways to find a haven for the oppressed Jews of Europe. Murray told Secretary Hull the Department discovered in a pri- vate Weizmann letter to Rabbi Silver "a very clear indication as to the policy which the Zionist are likely to f o 11 o w in the next months." Finally, the State Department openly stated in a press announce- ment that the Palestine Resolution was "unwise from the standpoint of the general international situa- tion." President Roosevelt had in- formed the Secretary of State, "I •••••••••••••••••••og STILL GOING STRONG! • .. . COME SAVE • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Fashions • Couturier at Designer • • Half Price • • Just a Partial List of • • Terrific Savings .. . • $30 Silk Suits $15.00 • $13 Shift Dresses 6.50 • • $20 Dacron Dressses 9.99 • • $60 Hong Hong Tops 29.00 • $30 Designer Dresses 15.00 • • $50 Designer Dresses 25.00 • • • • • KAPLAN BROS. think your course in regard to the Zionist resolution is just right." The State Department later noted that it defeated the resolu- tion with little response from the Zionists. "The most likely explana- tion for the comparative absence of adverse comment is undoubtedly the split within the Zionist leader- ship, notably the difference of opinion between Rabbis Wise and Silver." The same State Depart- ment memorandum noted that Arabs displayed little reaction to the Department's anti-Zionist ac- tions, "although the Egyptian Minister did - telephone to congrat- ulate us on our action." Strictly Kosher Meats and Poultry NOTICE TO OUR CUSTOMERS: We Have a Complete Selection of Beef and Poultry, As Well As Veal for Scalopini or Breading Men's and ladies' watchqs GEORGE OHRENSTEIN Certified Master Watch Maker and Jeweler UN 1-8184 18963 LIVERNOiS Open Thurs. 'til 9 18229 WYOMING WE DELIVER — UN 1-4770 Member Detroit Kosher Meat Dealers Association Is $70,000 A Little More Than You've Saved Up At The Moment's ire generally understood that $10,000 Is the limit to which individual savings accounts are insured. And that's true. How- .•ver, as customers of American Savings, a family of three, by combination, can have as many as 7 separate savings accounts • .. end thus can actually have as much as $70,000 In savings fully protected by an agency of the Federal government. Do you see our point? Whether you've managed to accumulate 07 OP $70,000, you can have every cent of it insured safe while earning a solid 4% compounded and paid quarterly at American Saving% That's something like having your cake and eating It too. SURWIN'S SUMMER HALF PRICE SALE $100 Designer Gowns 50.00 $60 Coats, Suits 29.00 $599 Mink Stoles 249.00 $18 Swim Suits 8.99 $10 Summer Robes 5.00 $4 Knit T-Tops 2.00 $8 Bermuda Shorts 3.99 $13 Designer Pants 6.50 $40 Leather Jackets 19.00 $20 Raincoats ... 10.00 $10,0 00 + $ 10,000 + 410,000 + $10,000, *10,000 + • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • SURWIN'S • Lot G—Northland Center $10,000 + • • • TIO*00090111111011111111000011111141104110 $10,000 + IC $70,000 INSURED MICHIGAN'S LARGEST STATE-CHARTERED SAVINGS AND LOAN INSTITUTION THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, June 25, 1965-3