Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-08-29
British Close Roads
10 Tel Aviv on Report
OF Suspicious Action
BY the Associoisd Press

JERUSALEM, Aug. 29.-British
troops closed all roads leading tc
Tel Aviv today and conducted
large-scale searches in the all-Jew-
ism city as police received reports
Of suspicious action" possibly an
attempt by the Jewish underground
to liberate 500 Jewish detainees at
the Latrun camp.
A number of Jewish settlers were
detained during the days searches
in Tel Aviv and two other COM
munities, and some were brought
to Jerusalem in Gagged truck
guarded by armored cars.
Passengers in buses and private
cars underwent identity checks
Telephone communication with the
city was halted for 40 minutes after
the Postofiice Building received q
warning from an anonymous caller
that 1t would be blown up. Despite
the search no curfew was imposed.
Road Near Camp Closed.
Troops closed the road near the
Latrun camp leading to GAIA after
police received information that a
suspicious action was in prepare
ton and rumors were heard that
Jewish unground forces planned to
liberate the 500 detainees at Latrun.
including three leaders of the jew
ish Agency-Moshe Shertok, Isaac
Gruenbaum and DR.. Bernard JOS
eph.
They were seized in the mass
arrests just two months ago today
aimed at hating underground &C
tivity in the Holy Land.
Searches in the villages of Ru-
hama and Dorot ended with no addi-
tional munitions or sabotage ma
terials uncovered, such as that found
yesterday.
Trial Held in Jerusalem.
Meanwhile, in Jerusalem attention
centered on the trial of Jacob Al
calai, alleged member of the Stern
gang charged as confederate with
18 other young Jews sentenced to
death recently for bombings at
Haifa.
The Inner-zionist Council opened
meeting at noon with Jewish
Agency leaders Rabbi J. L. Fishman
and Eliahu Dobxin participating.
At the RATA detention camp
more than 750 detainees ended a &c.
hour hunger strike. A delegation
representing the strikers told the
camp commandant their strike was
not only intended to urge their
release but also to protest against
British policy tow ard the Jews in
Palestine.
Chief Secretary Resigns.
In the political sphere an inform
ant today said Sir John Shaw, chief
secretary of the Palestine govern
ment, is relinquishing his position
within a few weeks" and returning
to England. Shaw has been at
tached to the Palestine government
for nine years. He is long
time career man in the British
civil service.
NO DETAILS were given mere con-
sidering his future plans except that
he will take lengthy leave before
any new assignment.
Reports from Jerusalem that Sir
John Shaw would relinquish his post
were seen in London as sign of a
rift over the Labor government s
Palestine policy.
One government informant in Lon
don said the task of the civil admin
istration in promoting moderation
and Cancellation in the Holy Land
was being defeated by what he called
the miniature jackpot of the Brit
ish Army He forecast that the
whole issue would be ventilated at
the highest governmental level
very soon"
Efforts to discover the precise
cause OF any rift were unsuccessful.
However, active friction between
civil and military chiefs in Pales-
I hcae