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Gate City Lodge Endorses Resolution
Urging Passage of Stratton Bill
SLOWLY STARVING
The Board of Trustees of the
Oate City Lodge of B’nai B’rith, at
its regular meeting last week, en
dorsed the resolution regarding
displaced persons In Europe passed
at the recent National Supreme
Lodge Convention of the Order.
The resolution urged Congress,
by House Bill 2910 and other ap
propriate bills, to adopt emergency
legislation making available our
unused immigration quotas to ad
mit a number of displaced persons
Into the United States during a
fixed period of time.
Announcing the action of the
Board of Trustees, Alexander F.
Miller, president of the Atlanta
lodge, explained that H.R. 2910
known as the Stratton Bill, pro
vides for the admission of 100,000
such displaced persons each year
for a period of four years.
“It is in keeping with our his
toric role as the haven of the op
pressed," said President Miller,
“that our nation takes such ac
tion. The continued detention of
these supposedly liberated people
may well generate new' conflicts in
an unsettled world. The Stratton
Sill will provide sanctuary for less
than half of the displaced persons
Senate Committee to
Investigate DP Issue
WASHINGTON (JTA l.—A reso
lution authorizing the Senate Ju
diciary Committee to make a thor
ough investigation of the immigra
tion system of the United States
was approved by that Committee
and is now in the Rules Commit
tee awaiting scheduling for floor
debate.
If approved by the Senate, the
resolution would authorize the
Judiciary Committee to study the
immigration system with reference
to the history and development of
U. S. immigration policy, the ad
ministration of immigration and
deportation laws, the extent, if
any" of the illegal immigration,
the situation with respect to the
displaced persons of Europe, and
the possible effect on this country
of any change in the immigration
laws. Co-sponsor of the resolution
is Sen. Chapman Revercomb, Re
publican of West Virginia, who is
a foe of immigration.
who are of every faith and from |
every country in Europe who has I
felt the Nazi heel."
The resolution follows:
“Whereas, the plight of dis- j
placed persons of all faiths in Eu
rope today, victims of Nazi perse- j
cution and brutality, who continue
to exist in camps notwithstanding
the cessation of hostilities more
than two years ago, is a blot upon
civilization and represents an ur
gent claim upon the conscience of
the world, and
“Whereas. Americans are direct
ly concerned with the fate of these
displaced persons, who have been
uprooted from their homes and
country as a result of events sub
sequent to the outbreak of World
Waj^JI and are unable or unwilling
to return to the country of their
■ nationality or former residence be
cause of persecution or fear of
persecution on account of race, re
ligion or political opinions, and
“Whereas, many Americans,
civic, service and labor organiza
tions, interested in the fate of
these displaced persons, as well as
relatives of such persons, are in
terested in assisting in the reset
tlement of a fair share of these
displaced persons in suitable Amer
ican communities without having
them become a charge on the
United States or the community,
and
"Whereas, under present immi
gration laws a system of quotas is
created, the larger proportion of
which quotas are unused because
of their nationality distribution
and the low quota available for
victims of Nazi barbarism,
“Now therefore be it resolved by
the Supreme Lodge of B’nai B’rith
in convention assembled that it
urge Congress by house bill 2910
and other appropriate bills, to
adopt emergency legislation, mak
ing available these unused quotas,
admitting during a fixed and lim
ited period of time a maximum
amount of such displaced persons
to the United States so as to en
able the rescue and the rehabili
tation of victims of war, persecu
tion and oppression and thus
maintain our proud tradition as a
haven for the oppressed and a
refuge for the homeless and. dis
tressed.”
Diet of DP's
On. Danger Point
MUNICH (JTA).—Medical and
relief officials working with the
Jewish displaced persons told the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency that
the quality of the food being pro
vided the DP’s has deteriorated to
such a dangerous extent that their
diet is actually “a slow process of
starvation."
It was pointed out that al
though Jewish DP’s receive 2.000
calories daily, they consist almost
solely of starches such as maca
roni and flour which the Army is
using to replace meat and other
foods rich in proteins.
“In certain areas the inhabi
tants of DP camps have gone for
several months without any dried
powdered eggs which have been
replaced by dried pea soup,” it was
stated. “This looks good insofar
as caloric content is concerned, but
dried eggs contain 50 per cent
proteins while pea soup contains
only one per cent. Such a diet
leaves people nutritionally weak
and highly susceptible to danger
ous infections and tuberculosis,
despite the fact that some people
gain weight on this type of diet.”
Military authorities here admit
that the DP diet is rather poor,
but they insist that it was the best
they could do in view of the short
age of fats and sugar.
Refugee Ship Escapes
LONDON (Palcor).—Tire Daily
Telegraph’s Paris correspondent
reported yesterday that last min
ute atetmpts to prevent the sail
ing of the ship President Warfield,
with 4,000 visaless Jewish refugees
aboard, from Port Cette, on the
French Mediterranean coast, were
foiled Saturday night when the
ship slipped out and set her course
for Palestine,
The President Warfield, a 4273
ton steamship formerly employed
on Chesapeake Bay, sailed from
Norfolk, Virginia, last winter, pre
sumably to join the Jewish under
ground rescue fleet, trat was turned
back by severe storms. She sailed
again several weeks later and ap
parently reached the Mediterran
ean safefly.
By GEROLD FRANK
(Jewish Telegraphic Agency
Correspondent)
JERUSALEM (JTA).—The na
ture of political thinking taking
shape among members of the
United Nations Special Commit
tee on Palestine may be seen
from one federalization plan be
ing considered by a group of dele
gates which has been exceedingly
active in the committee’s work.
The plan envisages division of
Palestine into seven Jewish and
seven Arab cantonments, with a
temporary ten-year federal gov
ernment vested in a council com
posed of one representative from
each cantonment and an equal
number of non-Palestinian coun
cillors appointed by the United
Nations, presided over by a United
Nations governor.
This program would call for im
mediate evacuation of the Brit
ish: giving the Jews complete au
thority over immigration, health,
education, land development and
similar problems in all Jewish
cantonments, including water
pipelines and other improvements,
under jurisdiction of the federal
government.
After ten years a plebiscite
would be held in each cantonment
to determine whether it wishes
to continue the plan, unite more
strongly, or desires partition into
separate Arab and Jewish states
Under the plan, the Jewish can
tonments would include the region
north of Safad; the Tibeidus area
the southwestern section of the
Beisan area; the coastal plain
from Haifa to Jaffa, with the ex
ception of the southern Jaffa dis
trict; the area south of Hebron;
the area directly south of Beisan
and north of the Dead Sea; and
the entire Negev south of a line
running about eight miles north
of Beersheba.
Arab cantonments would include
the Safad, Beisan, Nablus, He
bron, Rahmallah, Jaffa and Gaza
districts.
In the view of the delegates
considering this plan, its advan
tages over partition are as fol
lows: first, it would keep the
country’s economy intact; second,
it provides a period of observa
tion to see if the Jews and Arabs
can get along together under
United Nations supervision; third,
the divisions make civil war re
mote, as against the more dan
gerous possibilities under a two-
state partition; fourth, security
woul dbe vested in UN-supervised
police rather than in more ex
tremist hands; fifth, partition is
opposed not only by Arabs but
also by certain sections of the
Jewish population, including dissi
dent, groups and Communists.
Certain questions are raised by
the plan. For example, it is said
that it is impossible to map seven
sizable cantonments in which
there are Jewish majorities, ex
cept the Tel Aviv area, because
the Jews have acquired Arab ter
ritory and there is bound to be
an Arab majority in such areas.
Also, there are many economic
functions which depend on a fed
eral government but which would
be unfeasible under federaliza
tion—taxation and allocation of
funds, for example. Since the
solution does not provide a Jew
ish state in the sense demanded,
the Jews would probably reject
it. Administration would be com
plicated.
Yet the fact remains that
UNSCOP is trying to find the
beginning of a path leading
through the maze of complica
tions. Members are currently vacil
lating between partition and
federalization, with at least one
group for bi-nationalism and one
for partition. At least four dele
gations find themselves hampered
by reluctance to arrive at any so
lution which might be considered
anti-British or take steps which
may offend sovereign prerogatives.
Nationol Commander Will Be Main Speaker
JWV Complete Plans for Atlanta Convention
David Friedlander, publicity di
rector of Atlanta Post 112 of the
Jewish War Veterans, announces
that plans have been completed
for the coming Georgia Depart
ment Convention, to be held in
Atlanta on July 25 to 27. Lt. Col.
Milton H. Richman, of Hartford,
Conn., National Commander of the
Jewish War Veterans, will be the
main speaker at a banquet July 27.
Commander Richman is a vet
eran of the Normandy invasion,
and the four succeeding campaigns
of the E.T.O. He also served for
a year after Germany’s surrender
on General Patton’s staff as the
administration-in-charge of the
repatriation of Allied nationals and
prisoners of war. At one time, he
was directly in charge of the ad
ministration of 94 camps for dis
placed persons. He was awarded
the French Croix de Guerre with
Palm, the French Legion of Honor
Medal, the Reconnaisance Fran-
caise Medal, two Bronze Stars, five
Battle Stars and the Medals of
the cities of Verdun and Metz.
A lawyer, Commander Richman
is a graduate of Trinity College,
class of 1922, and the Yale Law
School, class of 1925. He is a na
tional alumni secretary of Trinity
College. He is a member of the
Rochambeau Memorial Cominis
sion. Publisher of the Hartford
Jewish Ledger and is an active
worker in all civic affairs.
The program for the convention
is as follows: Friday, July 25, a
general memorial service for all
deceased comrades will be held at
the Shearith Israel Synagogue.
Special mention will be made for
the late Henry Monsky, B’nai
B’rith, and the late comrade, Har-
r. Wengrow, Jewish War Veterans.
COL. M. H. RICHMAN
All members of the B’nai B’rith
have been invited to attend the
services. Saturday, July 26, there
will be a luncheon for the dele
gates. In the afternoon the La
dies Auxiliary will entertain the
out-of-town delegates. The sched
ule below is for Sunday, July 27.
9:30 A. M„ Business Session.
12:30 P. M., Luncheon.
1:30 P. M„ Afternoon Session.
Election of Department Officers.
7:30 P. M., Banquet to b€ held
at the Mayfair Club for National
Commander, Milton H. Richman,
Lt. Col. Plaques will be awarded
to former Governor Ellis Arnall,
Ralph McGill, editor Atlanta Con
stitution, and Atlanta Post 112 of
J.W.V. for outstanding work
against anti-semitism and un-
American activities of all creeds.
Over 300 tickets for reservations
for the banquet have been sold.
Two radio stations will broadcast
at the banquet, as the National
Commander will be the main
speaker. Indications are that this
will be the largest convention and
banquet ever held in Georgia by
the J.W.V.
A book will be given free to all
guests attending the banquet, tell
ing the history of the Jews who
fought in all the United States
wars, what they did, and those who
died. These books will also be dis
tributed tliroughout the state and
elsewhere.
Sternist Vows Fight on Partition
In Dramatic Interview in New York
NEW YORK, (JTA). — The
“Fighters for the Freedom of
Israel,” more popularly known as
the Stem Group, are opposed to
the partition of Palestine and will
vigorously fight any such decision
even if approved by the U. N.,
the alleged deputy commander of
the Sternists, who gave his name
only as “Mr. Hillel,” told a press
conference here this week-end.
In a mass interview, which had
all the trappings of a spy melo
drama, the Sternist spokesman
said that “we fight for Jewish
independence in Western and
Eastern Palestine, Transjordan in
cluded.” He added that "there can
be no true independence if Brit
ish military bases are in or around
the country. Britain aims at
harnessing Jewish manpower and
resources for war on behalf of
British imperial interests,” he
charged.
The more than a dozen reporters
who attended the conference were
summoned by telegram to the
apartment in Essex House of Rab
bi Baruch Korff, co-chairman of
the Political Action Committee for
Palestine. When all the newspa-
Refugees Wounded
Attempting Break Out
ROME (JTA).—Two Jewish ref
ugees wounded this week during a
disturbance at the Farfa alien de
tention camp, near Rome, were
lodged in the Regina Coeli prison
here pending further investigation
of the outbreak.
Jewish DP’s wer£ %mong 700 in
mates who attempted, according
to reports, to break out of the
camp where they have been held
for many months on charges of
entering Italy illegally. Jewish
groups are ihtervening with the
Italian Government on behalf of
the arrested refugees. •
permen had assembled they were
led to a two-room suite on the
twentieth floor of the nearby Ho
tel St. Moritz. While the reporters
sat in one room, asking questions,
Mr. Hillel, who could not be seen,
sat in the other room and called
his replies through the open door.
At no time did he make an ap
pearance. He was introduced by
Rabbi Korff, who emphasized that
he was acting in a personal ca
pacity, and not as chairman of
the Political Action Committee.
Rabbi Korff and an unidenti
fied “security officer” stationed
themselves at the threshold be
tween the two rooms and trans
mitted the questions. Rabbi Korff
said the procedure was dictated
by security reasons “since there
are many British spies in this
country.” Mr. Hillel, who speaks
English fluently, but with a de
cided foreign accent, refused to
disclose his identity, admitting
only that he was a British sub
ject and in British government
employ. Rabbi Korff said that the
British had placed a price on his
head.
He said that he had come to the
United States to create here a
Committee of Friends of the
Stern Group and expressed his
belief that the Haganah was com
ing out against the Palestine un
derground only in order to spare
the Jewish agency from British
reprisals. He minimized the re
sulting tension and denied that
the Haganah was co-operating
with the British.
He dissociated himself and his
group from the Hebrew Commit
tee of Liberation, declaring that
they also differed from this group
in “ideology." On the other hand,
he admitted that the Stem Group
co-operated with the Irgun Zvai
Leumi in their operations in Pal
estine.