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VOL. 23 NO. 43
Capital Spotlight
by BEATRICE HEIMAN
(Copyright, 1947, JTA, Ihc.)
LAKE SUCCESS—
The corridor patrol was out in
full force. Watching the curtain
ed, closed and guarded door into
a small conference room was one
of the largest aggregations of re
porters to gather during this ses
sion of the United Nations.
There was something in the air,
an unusual excitement after hum
drum days. In that conference
room the representatives of the
United States, the U. S. S. R.,
Canada and Guatemala were work
ing out a compromise which will
have important consequences for
Palestine. Prom that working
group came the agreement to
clinch implementation of partition
of Palestine into a Jewish and an
Arab state.
Actually, it boiled down to the
Americans and Russians meeting
each other half-way on their re
spective proposals. The Ameri
cans had proposed that the Man
date end July 1, 1948. January 1,
1948 said the Russians. They both
compromised on May 1. “And a
good date for independence,” call
ed out Canadian delegate Lester
Pearson, whose conciliatory pow
ers have played a major role in
the Palestine issue here. Let the
General Assembly name a United
Nations Commission of three per
sons from disinterested states to
work with the British in adminis
tering Palestine until July 1, when
the Jewish and Arab states would
come into being, said the United
States delegation. Have the Se
curity Council appoint the Com
mission and let it consist of repre
sentatives of all eleven members
of the Council (which would in
clude the Big Five), said the
Soviet delegation. The friendly
agreement reached compromised
on a three to five man Commission
of small powers appointed by the
General Assembly, but responsible
to the Security Council.
When the conference room door
opened, and the four key men and
their advisers walked out, with a
pleased air of accomplishment, a
new stage in the making of new
states had been reached. Not
only that, but for the second time
at thi s session of the United Na
tions, the United States and Rus
sia had agreed on the same and
°nly problem—that of Palestine.
Earlier, they had each gone on
record as favoring partition and
the creation of two independent
Arab and Jewish states. Now
they met again on common ground.
hey agreed, on the main points,
on how to carry out the partition.
This unusual phenomenon of
armony—like a double rainbow—
created an equally unusual atmos-
P ere of optimism. It inspired in
defatigable Guatemalan delegate
Dr. Jorge Granados to tell the
Palestine sub-coihmlttee that it
Sa'e new hope for the peace of
e world and benefit to humanity,
earning Dr. Pedro Zuloaga of
enezuela hastened to associate
unself with those sentiments.
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Helen Hayes’ newest “leading”
man is a nine year old Polish Jew
ish refugee whom she adopted
thinks to an "act of God.”
Maurice Fraykind, who was born
in Garvolie, Poland in 1938, owes
his life to the fact that his parents
brought him to France when he
was one year old. There he and his
mother were hidden during the oc
cupation by a friendly Christian
family. His father, however, was
arrested by the Nazis and sent to
Auschwitz —and death. >
After the war he became a ward
of Rescue Children, Inc., of 1480
Broadway, New York, an American
organization devoted to the care of
survivors like Maurice. Through
Rescue Children, Americans of all
faiths have become “parents" of
over 1500 children by guaranteeing
a child’s maintenance for a twelve
month period at a dollar a day or
$365 for one year. On the grounds
that the "adoption” of one of these
U. of Fla. Selected For Spring
Meeting of College Zionists
Zionist history was made in Atlanta this past week-end when
some sixty-five college students from thirteen universities gathered
in Atlanta to form the Southern States Region of the Inter-Collegiate
Zionist Federation of America. -
New head of the eight-states re
gion is Norman Feinberg, Charles
ton, S. C., of Georgia Tech. Other
officers elected to serve with the
new president are:
Wallace Cohen, Birmingham,
Ala., of the University of Ala
bama, vice-president; Helen Gold
man, Atlanta* Ga. of Agnes Scott*
corresponding secretary; Francine
Mellon, Asheville, N. C. of Women’s
College of the University of N. C.,
recording secretary; and David
Rabban, Savannah, Ga. of the
University of Georgia, Athens,
treasurer.
Members at large on the Central
Executive Committee of National
IZFA is Sam Auerbach, Atlanta,
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1947
war orphans by Miss Hayes would
inspire hundreds of other Ameri
can parents to do likewise, they
sent her a score of photographs of
the most- beautiful children under
their care.
Accidently," Maurice’s portrait
was submitted with the rest. When
they realized that the picture of a
thin, emaciated, cross-eyed boy
literally the runt of the litter—had
been sent along, they asked for its
recall.
But to their surprise they learned
that Miss Hayes had set her heart
on "adopting” him, her reason be
ing that while a beautiful child
would find no difficulties in secur
ing "parents”, a cross-eyed boy
might/
That is why Maurice’s picture
occupies a place of honor next to
the photographs of Miss Hayes*
husband and child on her dressing
table.
Ga. of the Atlanta Division, Uni
versity of Georgia. He and Nor
man Feinberg will represent the
newly-created Southern Region at
National IZFA conferences and
meetings.
• Committees selected to carry
out the program adopted by the
delegates to the Atlanta organiza
tional conference are as follows:
Louis Epstein, Chattanooga,
Tenn., University of Tennessee;
Allan Katz, Atlanta, Ga., Georgia
Tech; and Alice Goldberg, Win
ston-Salem, N. C., University of
Miami, are co-chairmen of mem
bership and expansion, each hav
ing a certain district in the Region
(Continued on Page Eight)
Zionists Launch Nation
Wide Shekel Campaign
Goal is Half a Million Shekel Payers
As the Zionist movement enters the final phase of its long strug
gle for a Jewish State, the Zionist Organization of America is
launching a nation-wide campaign to enlist half a million Shekel
payers under its auspices in connection with the 1948 World Zionist
Congress. The campaign started Sunday, November 16th and will
cover a three month period. Jacques Torczyner of New York City
has been named by Dr. Emanuel Newmann, ZOA President as Nat
ional Shekel Chairman of the organization.
This campaign will be marked
by art intensive all-out effort on
the part of the ZOA regions and
districts to register large numbers
of prospective voters in the elec
tions of American representatives
to the forthcoming World Zionist
Congress which is the international
parliament of Jewry.
In announcing the campaign,
Mr. Torczyner stated:
"The forthcoming World Zionist
Congress will determine the future
of our movement and reinforce
the foundation for the new Jewish
State | It will have to establish a
relationship between the Diaspora
and the Jewish State. It is very
important that the largest Ameri
can representation possible should
attend the next Congress. The
number of Shekolim sold in the
country will determine the number
of delegates to which the whole
country will be entitled. At this
time of Jewish unity and political
achievement, every Jew in Amer
ica should answer the roll call by
buying a Shekel.”
Rabbi Arthur J. Lelyveld, vice
chairman of the Unity Committee
for Palestine has assumed the
office of national chairman of a
Rabbinical Committee to furthr
the Shekel effort of teh ZOA. In
a message to Rabbis urging their
support, Rabbi Lelyveld said:
"This year’s ZOA Shekel effort
takes on transcendant significance
as the United Nations sits in
judgment on the Palestine prob
lem. The spokesmen of the Arab
States are making a desperate es
U. S., Soviet Agree On
Implementation; Ask Mandate's End
LAKE SUCCESS, Nov. 10 (JTA)—A ten-point plan which
bridges the gap between the American and Soviet proposals for im
plementation of Palestine partition was agreed on this afternoon in
the four-nation working group. The plan, which was based chiefly
on Russian modifications of the Canadian compromise proposal, was
hailed by other delegations and by leaders of the Jewish Agency as
paving the yvay for approval of a Jewish state at the current session
of the U. N. General Assembly. It provides for the following steps:
1. The mandate for Palestine
shall terminate by May 1, 1948
and the armored forces of the
Mandatory power shall be with
drawn by that date.
2. The independent Arab and
Jewish states shall come into ex
istence in Palestine July 1, 1948,
or at such earlier date subsequent
to May 1 as the United Nations
commission, referred to below, re
commends and the Security Coun
cil approves as desirable and prac
ticable.
3. A commission shall be ap
pointed by the General Assembly
of three to five members repre
senting small powers. (These pow
fort to frustrate the possibility of
a just solution. In every speech
by Arab spokesmen before the
United Nations, there runs the
refrain that Zionists represent
only a minority of American Jews.
I have before me a statement is
sued by a spokesman of the Arab
League which charges that ‘a
great majority of American Jews
are not Zionists’.
“The Shekel is a symbol of
affiliation with the World Zionist
movement. It is important that
the forthcoming World Zionist
Congress represent the voices of
millions of American Zionists. The
ZOA, the foremost General Zionist
body in this country, must send
to the Congress a delegation which
will represent twice and three
times the present membership of
the organization”
Since the first World Zionist
Congress called by Theodor Herzl,
founder of modern political Zion
ism fifty years ago, the Shekel
has been the token of membership
and equality in the World Zionist
Orgfanization. Every adult Jew
who purchases a shekel has the
right to vote in the elections of
delegates to the World Zionist
Congress. Under the rules adopt
ed at the last Congress, the right
to vote is given to the holder of
a two year Shekel (1947-1948).
The fee for such a Shekel is SI.OO.
The Zionist Organization of
America had the largest single
American delegation at the 1946
Congress which was held in Basle,
Switzerland.
ers are to be chosen among those
favoring the partition plan.)
4. The functions of the com
mission shall be to implement the
measures recommended by the
General Assembly as follows:
(Details to be decided later, tak
ing into consideration the recom
mendations of the UNSCOP re
port, the Soviet proposals of No
vember 3, and any other proposal
that may be submitted during
discussion.)
5. The commission shall assist
the Mandatory in the performance
of its functions up to the termin
ation of its mandate.
(Continued on Page Eight)
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