Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 May 1945 — Page 6

THE JEWISH POST

Friday, May 25, 1945

How Elihu Stone Violated Decision To Secure Palestine OK by Senate By HARRY CUSHING Jewish I’ost < orrespomlent BOSTON—In connection with the 25th anniversary convention of the New England Zionist Region to be held here June 11, the story is being recalled of how Elihu Stone, the Region’s president for 13 consecutive terms, disregarded the official decision of the Z.O.A. to make possible the ratification by the U. S. Senate of the Palestine Mandate.

When word was received early in 1922 from Dr. Weizmann that, for a speedy ratification of the Mandate, it was essential that the United States express a favorable attitude toward Zionism, Elihu D. Stone was called to an emergency conference in New York which was attended by Nahum Sokolow, Vladimir Jabotinsky, Alexander Goldstein, Prof. Otto Warburg, Louis Lipsky, Morris Rothenberg, Emanuel Newman, Abe Goldberg, and others. The late Sen. Henry Cabot Lodge of Massachusetts, at that time occupied a leading position in the administration in Washington. He was chairman of the Senate committee on foreign affairs as well as majority leader in the Senate.

Mr. Stone publicly explained his action later in this laconic manner: “I felt like the army officer who on the field of battle departs from the orders given to him by the general, in order to contribute to the victory. If he succeeds, he may or may not be a hero; if he fails, he surely would be court-martialed.” As is known, the Palestine Resolution passed unanimously in the senate. Dr. Weizmann stated that next to the Balfour Declaration this was the most important political document in modern Zionism. This was undoubtedly the finest contribution towards the official recognition of the Jewish National Home, with which the New England Zionist Region will be for many

Refugee Children Happy as They Reach Palestine These refugee children, among the newest arrivals in Palestine, are happy and smiling as they take their places with Palestinian Jewish children with whom they too will be just as uninbubited and just as free from fear In the land where Jews are welcome.

Because of the close friendship y ea rs associated.

Today, when the problem of Palestine of truly becoming the Jewish National Homeland is again a speculative one, there is need of Zionist leaders with determinations as the above epi-

sode reveals.

which prevailed between the Bay State senator and Mr. Stone, the latter was charged with the mission of going to Washington to confer #with Senator Lodge. The purpose of the errand was to utilize the good offices of the late Bay State senator with a view of obtaining a favorable official pronouncement from the then Secretary of State Charles Evans

Hughes, relative to Zionism. Stone Against Statement The Palestine Resolution was

of tremendous importance be- WASHINGTON—A bi-partisan cause the question of ratification measure supporting establishment of the Mandate was pending be- of a “free Hebrew state” in Palesfore the Council of the League tine and its recognition by the

of Nations. Postponement of the ratification might have been fa-

House Gels Measure For Tree Hebrew Stale' By BEATRICE HEIMAN Jewish Telegraphic Agency

Correspondent

WASHINGTON-

United States has been introduced in the House by Representatives

tal to the Zionist cause in Pales- Andrew Somers, Democrat, and

tine. It is worthy to record that Mr. Stone took the view that a statement by a member of the Cabinet—even a statement by a secretary of state of the calibre of Charles Evans Hughes—does not necessarily represent the official views of the United States.

Augustus Bennett, Republican, of New York. A similar resolution is expected to be introduced in the Senate in the near future. 30 Congressmen Support It The House resolutions carries the support of thirty congressmen, a number of whom plan to

Our government makes state- introduce similar resolutions, ments of cabinet members their These sponsors include Demoown private utterances, as dis- cratic Representatives Helen tinguished from statements by Gahagan Douglas of California, cabinet members under the par- Estes Kefauver of Tennessee, limentary form of government Thomas J. Lane of Massachu-

like that of Great Britain. Therefore, Mr. Stone proposed the introduction of a resolution in the United States senate. This view was unanimously rejected by all present .including Sokolow and Jabotinsky. The reason given was that it was too much of a risk. As a result of the objections which came from many leaders of the World Zionist Organization, the commission which went to Washington started to make plans to request Senator Lodge

setts, Pat Cannon of Florida, and Republican Representative Homer Angel of Oregon. Support of the resolution was expressed by House Majority Leader John W. McCormack and Minority Leader Joseph Martin. "Permanent solution to this great challenge to humanity is through statehood,” McCormack declared, adding “the sooner this is done, the quicker this great human problem will be solved.” He said that establishment of “the Hebrew nation” in Palestine will aid

to withdraw the resolution which world wide peace and strengthen

Slayer ol Swiss Nazi Freed After 9 Years JewiKk Telegraphic Agency FRANKFURTER BERN — David Frankfurter, Yugoslav Jewish medical student who assasinated Wilhelm Gustloff, Swiss Nazi leader, in 1936, has been pardoned after serving half of his eighteen-year term. The pardon was granted by the council of the Graubunden Can- ________________ ton in which F r a n k f u rter was tried. The assassination of Gust1o f f at his home in Davos created an international inc i d e n t. The Nazi press demanded that Frankfurter be executed and the German ambassador filed an official protest with the Swiss government. The Swiss replied by banning the Nazi party. More than 200 foreign journalists attended Frankfurter’s trial in the town of Chur. In issuing its verdict, the Swiss court said that it had taken into account the medical testimony that the assassin, who was 27 at the time, was suffering from mental depression and the fact that he had surrendered voluntarily to the police. The Reich press railed against the "mildness” of the verdict and the Voelkischer Beobachter warned the Swiss authorities not to pardon Frankfurter before he had served his full sentence. The Nazi papers declared that the entire Jewish people were responsible and only the approaching Olympic games prevented mass reprisals against Jews in Germany.

was pending before Congress. It might be regarded as fortunate that Elihu Stone was the only person who knew Senator Lodge intimately. Naturally, since the others did not have access to the senator, they were forced under the circumstances to deal with Mr. Stone and he

maintained a stiff-necked atti- brew P^P 16 should be given

tude.

Violated Instructions

Of course, the instruction given Mr. Stone by the eminent

leaders of the World Zionist f urther'provides’ that’the United

any international security or-

ganization.

Would Repatriate “Hebrews” Stating that he will continue his past support for establishment of a "Hebrew nation” in Palestine, Representative Martin said “I have always believed that the He-

an

opportunity to found in Palestine a nation of their own where they can escape oppression and build

a permanent home.”

The Somers-Bennett resolution

Movement were deliberately violated by him when he and a delegation of Massachusetts Zionists representiftg the New England Zionist Region, went to Washington and proposed to Senator Lodge the advisability of

introducing a United States

the Balfour Declaration.

Nations create a special intergovernmental agency to effectuate repatriation of Hebrews in Europe to Palestine.

Hazi Press Head Says Attack on Jews Mistake Jewish Teleffi-nphle Agency NEW YORK—Hitler’s biggest mistakes were his campaign against the Jews and his policy of imperialism, Dr. Paul Schmidt, head of press relations in the German Foreign Office, said in an interview with a correspondent of the New York HeraldTribune. Schmidt, who was captured at Salzburg, asserted that there was little anti-Semitism in Germany until Hitler imported it from Austria.

Stephen Lister’s novel of Jew-

resolution in the ish Youth in an English school Senate endorsing environment was published last

week by Dodd, Mead.

The 26th anniversary of the Teachers Institute of Yeshiva College was observed with a banquet by the Teachers Institute Alumni Association, Sunday night at the Hotel Biltmore.

Explosions Herald New Terror Reign in Palestine By BERL CORALNIK JcwIhIi Tpleirraphlr Affrncy C<trrp*pondeiit JERUSALEM—Terror has flared up again in Palestine after an interval of about six months during which there was comparative quiet in the country. Explosions occurred in the center and outskirts of Tel Aviv, in the German settlement of Sarona and near the central police station of Jaffa. No casualties have been reported. Leaflets Warn of Bombings The new wave of terrorists activities came on the heels of a statement issued by Palestine police in which they charged “there is still a section of the population which is interested in promoting discord in the country.” The police said that communication lines and government property have been sabotaged in recent days and that leaflets warning people to keep away from all government buildings have been widely circulated. The leaflets are usually a prelude to bombings. Three men and one woman were apprehended in a truck carrying explosives and mortar bombs, the statement said, adding that locally manufactured mortars were found in an orange grove near Tel Aviv. Telegraph poles in the vicinity of Petach Tikvah and Tel Aviv were mined, it disclosed. Nabbed Entering Palestine The housing shortage is also causing trouble with homeless persons attempting to break into vacant premises. In Tel Aviv, a group of refugees and ex-servicemen invaded seven bridge clubs. Clashes resulted when they were removed from several of the clubs. The Arab newspaper Adifaa reports that 28 Zionists who were trying to cross into Palestine from Syria were caught at the border. They were sentenced to one month’s imprisonment and fined 200 Syrian pounds.

Two TVA Experts Check Irrigation Scheme Jewish Telegraphic Agency SAN FRANCISCO—That two American engineers who have been working for the TVA have been sent to Palestine in connection with the Lowdermilk plan which provides for the irrigation and electrification of large areas in Palestine, was told here by Nahum Goldman. Asked how the project would be financed, he said that the Jews would expect that in addition to their own funds the big powers would extend loans as soon as a Jewish Commonwealth is established.

Ellenstein Elected To Public Office Again Special NEWARK, N. J.—Dr. Meyer Ellenstein, former mayor of Newark, was once more elected to public office after an absence of a few years Dr. Ellenstein who is a dentist and also will now be one of five commissioners who “run” the city. Mayor Ellenstein was instrumental in bringing to Newark the now world famous Newark Airport, the busiest in the world.

The State Legislatures of Minnesota, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island this week adopted resolutions urging the United States Government to use its good offices for the establishment of a free and democratic Jewish Commonwealth in Palestine.

Grandson oi Sokolow Tarns Up Among Living Jewltib Telegraphic Agency PARIS—S t e p h e n Sokolow— grandson of Nahum Sokolow, late Zionist leader and Hebrew writer —who had been given up for dead in Poland, turned up here this week. Young Sokolow, who was then 16, left school in England for a vacation in Poland in the summer of 1939. He was stranded in Warsaw by the outbreak of the war and for three years lived in the Warsaw ghetto. In 1942 he was placed on a train bound for the Treblinka death camp, but succeeded in escaping and returning to Warsaw where he contacted the Polish underground which furnished him with false identification papers. Using these documents, he travelled to Vienna wtiere he worked in a rope factory until November, 1944, when he was betrayed to the police and held for investigation. In March, when the Russians were approaching Vienna all the prisoners were evacuated to Czechoslovakia. En route, Stephen escaped and made his way to the American lines, where he met his uncle Florian Sokolow, a Polish war correspondent.

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