Balfour Declaration Hailed, but London Times Frowns on Its 'Black Side'
recalled, both houses of Congress
endorsed the Balfour Declaration
unanimously.
"That the United States is to-
day strongly committed to the
existence and security of the
State of Israel," said Dr. Hertz-
berg, "is thus the reaffirmation
of the very basis of our policy
as it existed from the very begin-
ning. Beyond that, it represents
a keeping of the promise that
our country made when it was
very much the coauthor of the
historic act whose 50th anniver-
sary we are celebrating tonight."
Rabbi Miller, in his address,
juxtaposed the historic develop-
ments that followed two great
world events that occured almost
simultaneously in November of
1917—as the issuance of the Bal-
four declaration has now resulted
in the universal view that it was
"The movement is prepared, I "a shining beacon of liberty, free-
am sure, to consider all reasonable dom and democracy," the situ-
and constructive proposals in that ation of the Jews in the Soviet
direction; but we should not be- Union Rabbi Miller said, "gives
come involved in changes for the tragic witness • to the lack of ful-
sake of change which may weaken fillment of the promise of the
the movement, without assuring Communist revolution. A slow but
added strength. The time has not steady process of cultural and
come to contemplate the liquida- spiritual attrition is destroying the
tion of the strongest organized Jewish life of the 3,000,000 Jewish
force in Jewish life, or the abdi- Soviet citizens. A pall of fear,
cation of its historic responsibili- thickened by an odious and vicious
anti-Israel and anti-Semitic pro-
ties."
In a documented analysis of the paganda campaign, hangs heavily
role played by the United States over Soviet Jewry.
"The humanitarian reunion of
after the Balfour Declaration had
been issued, Dr. Hertzberg de- families, many of them separated
clared "The U.S.A. has been from by the holocaust, has virtually
the beginning a principal archi- ceased. Premier Kosygin's state-
tect of the Jewish state." He said ment last December in Paris that
the protracted negotiations that the 'door would be open' to emi-
led to the issuance of the declara- grants remains mere words."
tion in 1917 "did not take place in
The London Times described the
London alone."
declaration as an attempt "by
In the United States, he pointed men of good will to bind their fel-
out, the late Supreme Court Jus- low countrymen to what they be-
tice Louis D. Brandeis. head of the lieved to be the only honorable
Zionist movement here, worked course for the treatment of a mi-
hard to advance the Zionist idea nority. They succeeded in doing so,
through diplocatic channels and by but the political cost was higher
the "deep involvement" of Presi- than they could ever have imagin-
dent Wilson, who hailed the decla- ed." The record is, said the Times,
ration in a public statement pledg- that a quarter of a million Arabs
ing U.S. support to the "Jewish "have jogged along as second class
Homeland" principle. In 1922, he citizens, and 1,000,000 have been
left without homes, let alone
rights."
The paper conceded, that "in
view of later events—Hitler, the
growth of territorial nationalism.
the decline of Empire—it is hard
to see how a (Jewish national)
home could in fact have stopped
short of a state. The only really
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NEW YORK (JTA)—Mrs. Golda
Meir, former foreign minister of
Israel, declared at a Balfour Day
celebration here that, if there had
been 1,500,000 Jews in Palestine
in 1947, instead of 600,000, the
hostilities of 1948, 1956 and 1967
might have been avoided. She
called on American Jewry "to fill
the vast space which exists be-
tween Israeli settlements with
Jews of all ages, in order that the
recurrent crises which exist pri-
marily because of Israel's small
population may be averted."
(The London Times took note
of the 50th anniversary of the
Balfour Declaration by lament-
ing "the black side" of the
record of events that led to the
creation of a Jewish national
home in Palestine and, subse-
quently, the sovereign State of
Israel.)
Mrs. Meir, who is secretary-gen-
eral of the dominant Mapai Party
in Israel. addressed a celebration
of the 50th anniversary of the Bal-
four Declaration sponsored by the
American Zionist Council and the
Theodor Herzl Institute. She said
Israel now had the opportunity to
live in security and avoid future
bloodshed "if Jews from America
will come in large numbers, an
opportunity not to be missed."
The need for a strong Zionist
movement, which had been instru-
mental in the issuance of the Bal-
four Declaration by the British
government 50 years ago, viewing
"with favor" the establishment of
a "national home for the Jewish
people" was emphasized along
with the role of the U.S. govern-
ment in staunchly supporting the
principle laid down by the Balfour
Declaration.
Among the principal speakers
besides Mrs, Meir were Rabbi
Israel Miller', who is also chair-
man of the American Jewish
Conference on Soviet Jewry; Dr.
Emanuel Neumann, a member of
the Jewish Agency executive;
and Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, of
Temple Emanuel of Englewood,
N.J.
Dr. Neumann noted in his ad-
dress that, "apart from the World
Zionist Organization, there was no
widely representative body, ready
and able to assume," during the
era highlighted by the Balfour
Declaration, "the p o 1 i ti c a 1 and
practical responsibilities of part-
nership on behalf of an otherwise
fragmented Jewish people, leader-
less and powerless."
"With the establishment of the
Jewish State," Dr. Neumann con-
tinued, "the responsibilities of the
Zionist moveme n, t continued
though altered; while the support
and cooperation forthcoming from
the Diaspora, have grown tre-
mendously. In view of these cir-
cumstances, and the very grave
problems still confronting the State
of Israel, we are being called
upon, once more, to widen the or-
ganized Zionist base through a
new process of reorganization.
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Balfour, nephew and niece of the
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LONDON—A new submarine, the
guests at celebrations marking the
Dakar,
will
be commissioned in the
anniversary of the Balfour Decla-
ration under the auspices of the Israel Navy at ceremonies today
American Friends of the Hebrew at the Royal Navy Dockyard In
Portsmouth, where the vessel Is
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being fitted out. The British-built
undersea craft was acquired by
Canada Parliament Gets
Israel some time ago.
Bill to Ban Hate Matter
MONTREAL (JTA) — A bill to
amend the Criminal Code by pro-
visions dealing with the dissemina-
tion of hate propaganda was part
of a list of pending measures
tabled by the Minister of National
Health and Welfare, A. J. Mac-
Eachen, who is leader of the
Canadian House of Commons. The
measure was discussed at a McGill
University faculty of Law Panel
during the recent Centennial
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