THE   CANADIAN   JEWISH   REVIEW
AUGUST 22, 1947
$NAD1AN   JEWISH   REVIEW "These Century-Old Conflicts"
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VOL. XXK( No. 47
"Historic   Night" Fails  To  Draw
The New Republic soys:
When Gerald L. K. Smith looked around at the faces gath-to hear him speak at the base of the Washington Monu-this warm Sunday evening, he abruptly shifted gears. of extra police were on duty about the grassy slopes oi fbe oanphithecrtre. A strident little band of Smith followers had jpame early, grouped themselves near the woodland stage wait-Ing for their leader. In the soft August dusk they were joined by a curious crowd�a few picnicking families weary from their Sprkkxy outing, some sailors strolling with girls in summer cotton dieeaes, boys from the nearby baseball  diamonds,  amorous Couples who sat up in the grass when oratory started cracking from the amplifiers.
Striding onto the stage, Gerald Smith, a man requiring more coat than pants, took one anguished look at the three or four h&ndred languid .spectators and loudly proclaimed, "This was JK* intended as a mass meeting." Of course, in an advance letter sent to a "selected" list of "Christian Americans," Smith had predicted it would be a "historic night" giving his Christian
cause nationwide prestige.
Undaunted by the crowd's smallness, Smith tiraded against communism, foreign-born Americans, Jews and Negroes, the latter "mat child race," and made a piteous plea for the rights of the embattled white majority.
The audience, except for a tiny band of clapping zealots, renamed quite unmoved. Unfortunately for Smith, Russia-baiting SJQ* been taken over by speakers more plausible than he. <     With an angry warning to both Republicans and Democrats |o heed his dire words or face destruction, Smith came to a sweaty close. The tired families bundled their children Hie amorous couples long since had vanished toward Smith's legions apparently had also vanished long
;%the violent demonstrations in Britain against Jewish people are British subjects has undoubtedly caused many to re-the situation respecting Palestine with mounting anxiety. The people oi the British Commonwealth are reviewing it because situation which shows the homeland of British life and into the world as less than the citadel of liberty and rights is a source of disquietude in every area where the British flag is flying.
Far Palestine the policy of Great Britain for the last quarter-century has added up to a police state. The present Palestine cainunistrationv based on the crown colony form of government, Ii a self-perpetuating agency of emergency which has initiated
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abrogation of human rights and ordinary processes of law trkich are the basis for the security and dignity of the citizen. true that there have been the extenuating circumstances of World War n era to contribute to this deplorable situation�but fee British Government, especially the technicians of the Colonial
a generous measure of the responsibility.
Granted, in the matter of the execution of the three Irgunist General Cunningham was faced with a dilemma. Brit-ieVhoofM had suffered in killed 79 casualties from the violence of a form of violence which is indistinguishable from and which is outlawed by the articles of war and even be designated as fighting. Irgunists were carrying Is violence with little immediate risk or exposure to danger. chief danger was that of discovery. That the risk was small
by the fact that until March 31, 1947, no terrorist had m apprehended by British forces so that terror or murder could be) legally pinned on him. ~"   execution of DOT Gruner brought (he first direct loss to
On the road to Haifa, I began to forget the barbed wire of the Jerusalem compounds and the slow armoured car, with the hoarse voice monotonously calling "Otzer�Curfew," that had dragged the city from Its sleep the previous day. The hanged terrorists had been whisked to their graves in Safed, and the "latter rains" had burst like tears over the desolate streeta. But, in the coastal plain, beyond the curfew zone, children shouted and laughed, Jews and Arabs worked among their crops, the white watch-towers of the settlements glittered on the green slopes, and overloaded lorries and buses trundled past banks of wild anemone, hazy wistaria, and the deep mauve of trailing bougainvillea.
In Haifa, despite the pathetic hulks of the illegal immigrant ships, neatly stacked like paupers' coffins against the breakwater, the Jews were less heavy-hearted than in Jerusalem. Jerusalem is a city of politicians, civil servants, shopkeepers and priests. Haifa is a city of workers. When the curfew ends in Haifa, the Jewish stevedores go back to the docks, the glass-workers go down to the Phoenician factory of Sole! Boneh, and the Jewish foundrymen to the Vulcan forges. In Jerusalem, there is time to brood. In Haifa, the Jews think less of politics than that imprisonment by curfew prevents them from getting on with their work.
David Hacohen, director of Solel Boneh, the contracting department of the Jewish Federation of Labour, met me in Hadar Hacarmel. In America, Hacohen, who has the mind and capacity of a great industrialist, would, no doubt, have made a great fortune. In Palestine he has, instead, made Solel Boneh �not for personal gain, but for the sake of his Trade Union�into the greatest contracting corporation of the Middle East He, himself, receives the same low salary as any other manager of SoW Boneh. Dor*
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ejuted Isrsjo-etBaia . wortcs rbr British Army, and acted as a leading agent of British Intelligence in the Middle East. On June 29th, Hacohen, with other Jewish Trade Unionists, was arrested and interned at Latrun � perhaps because he was once a student at the London School of Economics.
In mind, as in stature, Hacohen is a dominant figure, undeflected by disappointment from the the tasks he has set himself. He believes in Arab-Jewish co-operation, and took me to a committee meeting of the Haifa municipality to show how it works. The Jewish Mayor, Shabatai Levi, presided. On Us left sat Watson, the British City Engineer, a well-loved Haifa character, who has devotedly served both Arabs and Jews. The Christian Arab Vice-Mayor sat on his right Nearby was the Moslem Vice-Mayor, Karaman, an Arab industrialist The Jewish clerk sat in front of the Mayor, and the Jews and Arabs of the Committee sat around. The subject was the building of new houses for ex-Servicemen in a Haifa suburb. The
Haifa municipality does not concern itself with Jews or Arabs; it deals with the affairs of Haifa's citizens.
Outstanding among those who have worked to unite Jews and Arabs is Aba Hvshi, the Jewish Secretary of the Haifa Labour Council. The day before the mass arrests of June 29th, he was warned by a British friend not to return home. In the following days, five Arab emissaries came from their villages to offer him refuge and shelter. One Sheikh sent his own son to stay at Aba IlushVa house as a hostage for his safety. Aba Hushi's wife sent the child back to his village with gratitude; her husband was already in hiding. The Arabs like Aba Hushi, because Aba Hushi likes Arabs.
When he came to Palestine over twenty years ago, he learnt Arabic, went into the dock areas and, after many disappointments, taught Jews and Arabs to work side by side for better conditions. In 1929, Jews were murdered by Arabs in the Haifa dock area; in 1938, despite outside disturbances, the docks were quiet. But on the desk in Aba Hushi's 'offic6 is a ship's bell engraved with the word Patria. Aba Hushi, who wants Jews and Arabs to live in peace, does not forget the ship that sank outside Haifa with hundreds of refugee immigrants on board.
He told me that an invitation had come from the Sheikh of a village about forty miles away, asking me to be the guest at a traditional feast Aba Huahi, two members of the Arab Labour League, "Reggie" Rosenberg � a South African ex-fighter pilot now in the Jewish Agency � Aba Hushi's son and myself set off in two can. (Aba Huahi is dark, almost like an Arab; his son, like large numbers of Palestinian Jews, ii tall sad blond. This physical evolution is, strangely

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The Sheikh's ion brought us rose water and coffee, and handed the other guests a table napkin which was passed from month to mouth.
"This is the first time that this room has been used," the the Sheikh's son. "We kept it for such an occasion. Those who have consecrated it to-day will always be our friends."
"Nothing will disturb our friendship," said Aba Hushi.
They required no proof from him. He had sent a Jewish doctor to stamp out trachoma in the village; he had once given a transfusion of his own blood to a wounded Arab terrorist.
"We are simple people," said the Mukhtar. "We worry about simple things�about our flocks, about our olives, about our water. Let the big ones bother with politics. Our politics are that everyone should live together in peace. The world is great; there is room for all."
"Where does the village water come from?" I asked.
"We have to walk one hour to draw water," said the Mukhtar. "We have asked the administration for water for twenty years, but nothing ever happens."
"I will speak to the administration about the water," I said.
Before the feast began, we climbed to a pinnacle of the mountain, and looked down on the unpopulated valley.
"There is room for many people," said the Mukhtar. I looked at him. Was this an extreme of hospitality? He looked gravely towards the lake. As we returned to the house, the villagers came to their doors and invited us in.
In accordance with the oriental custom of not merely entertaining guests but of waiting on them as well, my host stood behind me, encouraging me to eat of the roast sheep, the chickens, the rice, the salads, the cream and the hard-boiled eggs, I ate two hard-boiled eggs; he put smother two in front
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After the initial "briefing," all outsiders were excluded while the members of the committee questioned individual members of the community on where they came from, why they did not return, where they wanted to go, etc.
Outside, correspondents and other visitors toured the terribly crowded but scrupulously clean barracks and chatted with the inhabitants. Among the visitors was Herman Yablokoff, a Yiddish folk singer from New York who is touring DP camps in Germany as a slight memorial to the members of his family who perished there.
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sent under the United States Military Government property control. The valuables then will be shipped to the United States and disposed of through public sale to get the best possible prices.
There are no outstanding items in the collections, authorities said, since such items would have been identifiable and returned either to the family or the country of origin. What will be done with the gold teeth fillings has not been' disclosed yet but articles such as and antiques are expected placed on
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Two hoars otrt of Haifa, we stopped the ears at a stony path leading to the village. The Immam, an ancient with a flowing white beard, greeted us himself.
"This is a great honour," said Aba Hushi.
Together we climbed the road, where the flies clotted the well-, trodden faeces, to the house of the Sheikh's son, a new stone building with a cool, clean interior. The notables of the village bowed in greeting. Aba Hushi handed the son a friendly basketful of gifts. Our hosts then sat facing us in comely silence, while I, with a proper nonchalance, leant on an embroidered bolster. Aba Hushi was the interpreter.
"You are welcome," said the Sheikh's son. "This is a happy day for us."
"It is a joy for us to accept your hospitality," I answered.
"Friendship and hospitality is the law of our religion," said tho Sheikh. Our host disappeared. "From now on," said Aba Hushi,
By that standard, my driver� an ex-member of the Jewish Brigade�And the secretary of the Arab Labour League loved our hosts most. They showed their affection unceasingly1.
"On rare occasions," said the Immam, "the sun stops so that we may savour our happiness longer. Such a day is this."
But the sun, having paused, began to move towards the west, and I wanted to get back to Jerusalem before the dusk road-curfew began. Our hosts loaded us with fruit� some of it packed and wrapped in the U.S.A. At oar parting the Sheikh's son gave me a skilfully woven, brightly coloured basket which his wife had made. He asked in return for my visiting card.
As we drove off, the Mukhtar shouted after us.
"What is he saying?" I asked Aba Hushi.
"He said, 'Don't forget the water!'"
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those countries, German and trian nationals who on the grounds of humanity should be assisted to emigrate, and nationals of coon-tries that were occupied by the Nazis who cannot be repatriated. In the latter instance, however, the victims must have been in concentration camps.
United States Military Government officials said that the loot being handed over to the relief organization comprised only the first transfer, since they expected more would be recovered. On the other
hand they added that it was to be expected that incoming claims from various countries might ultimately decrease the amount now at the disposal of the refugee fund if identification could be established.
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the British troops. If the self-admitted Irgunists escaped would the soldiers by irresponsible action get out of hand indiscriminately take lives of the people in the commra fry ejfcth whom the Irgunists were identified�the Jews?
cannot go on forever as victims without paying back in coin the price demanded from them by death, m this realized that military discipline and re-
tested to the limit of endurance and that any short of execution might precipitate a reaction among Bjflfcary forces far which the Palestine Government or the -i&Chief would not desire responsibility.  Possibly were decisive and he permitted the execution as course of justice.
lot bk decision was disastrous for two reasons. The Special oi United Nations, doeery in touch with the situation, IB favour of the carrying out of the sentence in Palestine
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the principle of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth; they had proven too conclusively that they were past masters in the matter of desperate measures. The timing of the executions therefore can be interpreted as in the nature of a direct detonation of the existing explosive situation.
The hanging oi the British sergeants is a detestable Irgunist crime, for these men were innocent of any crime or offence and their death is a matter of mourning for men of goodwill everywhere.
But the timing of the executions of the terrorists in Palestine was an offence to men of goodwill, too. If execution had been stayed or if the sentence had been commuted to life imprisonment, these two British sergeants would have been alive today and would have had a decent chance of living a normal life span. A member of the family of the late Sergeant Martin's family has expressed his feeling as follows:
"We do blame the gorenunent They should have waited. Surely they know how desperate these people are, and they could hare waited until our lads were safe before they executed those terrorists."
In the light of hindsight the Special Committee of United Nations (UNSCOP) had better Judgment than General Cunningham. This Special Committee and the UN General Assembly provide the hope for release to both the British and the Jews from the disaster wmch has otertoken mem in Palestine, With devotion to duty and with unkrne opportunity for the eiun>lfa^*i of the issue as a whole the United Nation* may yet substitute for the rule oi force an ordered Hfe oi tyotnlwill hi Palestine which
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"They are high-grade people, well-educated, with a strong social conscience, remarkable skills and good language facility."
The 4,000 to 5,000 expected to reach Went Coast ports this year for distribution throughout the country is in addition to several thousand others who will pass through these ports, chiefly San Francisco, en route to other countries for resettlement.
Mr. Resnick said that most of this number would be bound for Latin America. The United Serr-ice for New Americans, he related, was receiving this group too, providing iU members with temporary care and seeing that they were scat on their way to their JesilinUuui,
U.S. City Would Train DP For Jobs
The office of U.S. Senator Owen Brewster in Washington said that the city of Eastport, Me., had proposed that displaced persons get technical training there for jobs in Argentina.
A representative of the Senator said the project would include the use of the abandoned facilities constructed for the Passamaqnoddy power project
The project, he added, would be sponsored by the city, in cooperation with Frank Cohen, a New York and Philadelphia manufacturer. Mr. Cohen's project would fit the displaced persons for manufacturing jobs. The industrialist, the spokesman said, intends to make a trip to Argentina in the next few weeks to lay his ptan before President Juan Peron.
The informant said that the program had been conceired by the citizens of Eaetport in an attempt to reduce their city*! hidebtedness,
Mr. Cohen was described at a manufacturer of tractors and was reported to have shipped 1,000 of them to Argentina recently. The Senator's aide declared thto
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