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UN and the Palestine Decision
Guest Editorial front Atlanta Journal
More than a thousand people have been killed in Pales
tine since the United Nations General Assembly voted,
last November 29, to partition that country into separate
Arab and Jewish states. Guerrilla fighting increases and
the danger of general warfare grows as the time for put
ting the UN decision into effect draws near. No adequate
provision has yet been made to avert a reign of terror.
The task of carrying out the partition plan is assigned
to a five-member commission of the United Nations,
which is charged with setting up provisional Arab and
Jewish governments by April 1. By May 15 the British
are scheduled to give up their mandate over Palestine
and to withdraw their forces. By October 1 the plan is
supposed to have gone through its transitional period
and to be fully in the hands of the new Arab and Jewish
states. Meanwhile, how shall peace and order be preserv
ed? This vital question is yet to be answered.
The UN program says that the provisional government
in each state “shall recruit an armed militia from the
residents of that state, sufficient in number so as to main
tain internal order and to prevent frontier clashes.” and
that such militia shall be subject to the overall direction
of the Palestine Commission. But Arab leaders not only
refuse to co-operate but also avow that they will do
everything possible to prevent the establishment of a
Jewish state. Evidently, then, the U. Nations itself must
somehow provide the armed force necessary to see the
partition plan to fulfillment. This is a responsibility of
the Security Council.
So far. however, that body has been unable to agree on
even the preliminaries of creating an international police
power for the enforcement of its decrees. Russia has dis
sented from all suggestions to this end. In the case of
Palestine she undoubtedly would be willing to and troops
of her own to that strategic area of the Middle East, if
they were given a (free hand; but America, Britain and
France would hardly hear to such a course. Nor does it
appear desirable for all the Big Four to send a joint ex
pedition. The proximity of their troops in so small a coun
try might well give rise to provocative incidents. To
meet such objections Guatemala has made the interesting
proposal that the personnel of an international force for
Palestine be drawn from the small and disinterested
nations.
Guatemala’s ambassador to Washington, Garcia Gran
ados, who was a member of the UN committee which
drafted the Palestine plan, is convinced that the prob
lem can be worked out satisfactorily. Writing in the cur
rent numbin’ of the United Nations World, an interna
tional magazine, he says, “Palestine is no longer an Arab
or a Jewish problem, it is the problem of the UN whose
prestige and whole future are at stake. There can be no
retreat from the decision of November 29, 1947." He
doubts that the Arabs will go as far as they have threat
ened in resisting the establishment of a Jewish state. In
deed, there are well known Arab leaders, he asserts, who
will co-operate and who “stand ready to form a govern
ment of their own, provided they are offered the uncon-
' ditional and effective protection of the U N. not merely
against abuses, but also against attempts on their lives.”
FOREIGN NEWS LETTER
When A DP Emigrates To America
MUNICH
Almost three years after the |
war the problem of the “dis- j
placed person” is as yet un
solved. One of the best pieces
of evidence that it is still far
from being untwined is the dis
mal statistics of the numbers
of refugees who have emigrat
ed to the United States from
the American-occupied zone of
Germany since the war’s end.
According to official Inter
national Refugee Organization j
and U. S. Army figures a total
of 21,902 refugees left the zone
between May, 1946, and Dec.
31, 1947. When President Tru
mans directive was proclaimed
it stated that 39,000 would be
admitted yearly into the O. S.
To dote 10,831 displaced Jews
who resided in the U. S. zone
have entered the U. S.
Future emigration for the
DP’s, particularly Jews, looks
even grimmer. It is impossible
to name a country which is im
plementing a reasonable large-
scale emigration p r o g r a m
sonably large i 123456666666
which isn't also anti-Semitic,
to some degree. Those Jews
who wish to go to the U. S.
must undergo a rigid and rig
orous interrogation that re
sembles an inquisition. Most of
our consular officials assume
from the start that the appli
cant is lying or falsifying cer
tain information. Even after
the Army's Counter Intelli
gence Corps has approved an
applicant many consular agents
By Robrr+ Gary
take it upon themselves to “in
vestigate” certain information,
which not only delays the final
decision several more weeks
or months, but also subjects
the applicant to varying
amounts of humiliation since
these “investigating” officers
employ devious methods to ex
tract information from the ap
plicant, his family, his friends
and acquaintances.
Another sore point in the U.
S. immigration scheme is the
consul’s insistence on using
German interpreters while in
terviewing the applicants. The
consuls explain that each Ger- j
man employee has been j
screened and found to be
“politically clean.” Jewish ap- I
plicants, however as well as I
immigration officers for the j
voluntary agencies, know that |
these so-called interpreters de-!
liberately misquote and misin- j
terpret information which j
places the applicant in an un- j
favorable Light. But the con-I
suls refuse to permit the agen- I
cies’ representatives to sit in
on these interviews.
Even after receiving final
approval and being sent to
Bremen to await transporta
tion to the states, the applicant
isn t certain of reaching his
goal. Just recently a Jewish
refugee was forced to leave his
family in Bremen and return
to Munich for “further inves
tigation.'’ The consulate gave
him no reason, but just let him
sit around and wait. A Jewish
agency representative then
made a fuss and the consul
told him that an anonymous
letter had been received ac
cusing the man of being a
“communist.” The agency of
ficial protested that it was un-
American to deny a man his
rights on the basis of an
anonymous letter. Further
more, the man and his family
had waited many, many
months while the GIC and the
consulate had investigated
every aspect of his family's
past and present. Nevertheless,
the consul sought to investi
gate the letter's charge, got no
where, and finally permittee!
him and his family to emigrate.
The most recent humiliation
introduced for persons emi
grating to the U. S. is to have
German policemen search each
emigrant and his belongings
for “materials belonging to the
German economy.” Under this
provision the zealous Germans
can confiscate almost anything
acquired by the refugee while
in Germany. IRQ and Jewish
agency officials have registered
sharp protests with the occu
pation authorities but nothing
as yet has been done.
Many of the emigrants must
feel like one of the Jews who.
just before boarding his ship,
remarked: “One can't help but
feel like a criminal during the
entire process.”
HUMOR COLUMN
Jest for Fun
By /. Zaac
Lincoln Had a Point
There is a story of the visit to
Lincoln at the White House dur
ing the Civil War by Raobi Mor
ris Raphall, at that time one of
the prominent Jewish ministers
of New York. Rabbi Raphall ask
ed that his son be given a com-
mission in the army.
“How is it. Rabbi?” asked Lin
coln, "that you are not in your
synagogue praying for the victory
of the Union?
'My assistant is performing
that task now,” said Rabbi Rap
hall.
Mincha is Mincha
A different kind of praying
story is told about two Jews who '
had become apostates to their I
taith. On the afternoon of the day J
that Yankel and Schmerel had ]
embraced another creed they I
were walking along the East Side
when suddenly they realized that |
it was getting dark.
“You know,” said Yankel, "I
think we had better go in the I
synagogue. Its getting late. You |
know we haven't "davened min-
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“But.” said Schmerel, “we can t
York and do your own praying.” | c, ° that ’ we cha »ged our religion
A Simple System
Jake was a heart breaker. The
psychiatrist could tell you that.
In the course of a month, this
psychiatrist was visited by a half-
dozen young grils who were suf
fering from frustrated love. All,
it seems, had been in love with
Jake and when he turned them
down, their agos collapsed.
The doctor decided to investi
gate. He went to see Jake.
, Jake, he said, ”1 don't want
I to complain about your conduct
I but how do you do it—how do
you get so many women in love
with you?”
"Its easy,” replied Jake, ‘ I got
a bicycle.”
this morning.”
“What has one thing got to do
with another'’” asked Yankel.
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