Evening star., 1939-05-18
Brandeis Confident
Jews Will Build Home
In Palestine Area
Ex-Justice Sure Ruce's
Work Will Go on Despite
New Obstacles

Deeply moved by the British gov.
ernment's announced intention O.
establishing an independent Arab.
dominated state of Palestine, former
Supreme Court Justice Louis D
Brandeis declared today he is con.
fident Of the ability of the Jewish
people to go forward with the up.
building Of the Jewish nationa
home regardless of obstacles.
MFR. Brandeis made known his
views in a telephone conversation
with DR.. Solomon Goldman, chair
man Of the National Emergency
Committee on Palestine and presi-
dent of the Zionist Organization OF
America. The former Justices re-
marks then were made public at a
press conference held by DR.. Gold
man.
Meanwhile, the Zionist leader was
scheduled to confer with Secretary
OF State Hull today to intercede In
the present situation.
Brandeis' Views.
DR.. Goldman told newspapermen
that Mr.. Brandeis said his views on
the Palestine situation are based on
four points:
81. A legal obligation assumed by
Great Britain is the basis for Jewish
constructive enterprise in Palestine
That legal right, sustained by hu-
manitarian needs, cannot be obnt-
Grated for private advantage.
y. What does the world propose
to do with the Jews for whom exile
Is enforced? Unless civilization has
so reverted to primitivism as to wish
the destruction of homeless Jews, it
must encourage the proved medium
to solve in great measure the prob
lem Of Jewish homeleSsness.
"3. The absorptive capacity is
stated to be the criterion by which
Jewish entry into Palestine should
be determined. Disinterested ex-
pertS have proved that Palestine is
equipped to absorb 100000 Jews a
year.
4. On the basis of legal right,
which Great Britain with the sane
ton of the world established, and of
the pressing human need, Jews will
continue to enter Palestine, assured
OF the confident support of the Jew
1sh people that they will build In
Palestine land beneficial to all its
inhabitants"
Jews to Defy Britain"
In reporting on the conversat ton
Or. Goldman asserted "the high
moral sense which Mr.. Brandeis
symbolizes has been violated by the
action OF the British government in
renounclng a solemn covenant on
the basis of which Jewish pioneers.
with the support of Americans, have
converted the Holy Land into a
country of opportunity for Jews in
need of immigration.
Opening the press conference, DR..
Goldman read a prepared state
ment, which he said he believed has
the support of almost all American
Jewry, declaring the Jews in Pales-
tine must fight to preserve not only
their rights, but the rights of Jewish
refugees from other lands.
In response to questions, DR.. Gold
man asserted his belief that the Jews
OF Palestine ARE prepared to defy
the new policy of Great Britain"
and that the Jews of America will
support them in every way to resist
the British white paper.
His statement appealed to Presi-
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Hull
to intercede in the present situation
to prevent the unilateral abrogation
OF the Balfour declaration.
Another Ghetto"
Great Britain's decision to stop
Jewish immigration into Palestine
after 1914 and thereafter freeze the
Jewish population into a perma-
nent minority is tantamount to the
creation in Palestine of another
ghetto" DR.. Goldman declared.
Britain's policy of appeasement in
Palestine, Of yielding to Arab ter
rorism on the one hand and pres
sure from the totalitarian states on
the other, will add the Jewish COM
munity Of Palestine to the other
victims of power politics, he con-
tinued.
Pointing out that the white paper
asserts that an effort will be made
to safeguard Jewish rights under
the new plan for an independent