Evening star., 1946-01-03
hcNarney Adviser
Denies Jewish Plot 10
InfiItrate u. ). Zone
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ff-1Uo per cent are leaving P0ldnC
under sense of compulsion-genuint
or imagined. The predominant fac.
tor for the flight from Poland i.
fear"
Gen. Morgan, discounting re-
ports of pogroms, had told newsmer
the Jews arriving from Poland Ger.
tainly do not look like persecutee
people" and added: II believe they
have got a plan, positive plan, tt
get out of Europe"
Judge Rifkind said: Jews f1eeine
out of Poland are, or believe they
are, fleeing for their lives
No worldwide Jewish organiza
tion, secret or otherwise, he de.
clared, could bring out women anc
children, young and old, strong ane
weak, orthodox and nonreligious
well off and poor, such as I have
seen"
What the fleeing Jews SEEK" he
continued, lis security. They are
inspired by one of the great basic
needs of mankind, freedom from
fear"
Based on Personal Questioning.
Judge Rifkind, emphasizing that
he was not attempting to present
the views of the American Army
command in Europe, said his con-
clusions were based on personal
questioning of hundreds of the in
f1ltrees, whom he had found in
Salzburg, Munich, Frankfurt
Nuremberg and other cities.
Judge Rifkind said the migrants
were guided and assisted mot by
any secret organization but by rem
nants of old Jewish organizations
existing in prewar Poland, and that
these were giving "the most primi-
tive kind of organizational guild
ance" including road directions.
He said a large number were for.
mer inmates of German concentra.
ton camps, some displaced persons
who had been repatriated and who
were now returning to Germany
some former soldiers in the Polish
Army, some partisans and other.
who had concealed their Jewish
Identities during the Nazi occupa.
ton.
1T is fantastic to suggest that any
substantial number fleeing-preg
nant mothers, infants and old peo.
ple-were engaged in wartime black
market activities" he said
Intense Hostility" in Poland.
The reason for flight, Judge Riff
kind declared, was the attitude OF
intense hostility" on the part of the
native population toward those re-
turning to their homes in Poland.
He said those returning frequent
ly were threatened with violence
and there had been many instances
of the murder of single Jews and
whole families. He said, however,
he had found no evidence of pog-
roms or mass mob attacks against
Jews in Poland.
He said he had seen notices that
had been pinned on the doors of
Jewish homes, ordering the occu-
pants to leave Poland within a
period of time on pain of death. He
said he had talked with victims of
violence, but that he was convinced
the Polish government was attempt
ing to end the individual attacks.
The Polish government to date
has been powerless in the face OF
the anti-Semitism of the popula.
ton" he declared.
Thousands Enter U. s. Zone.
Gen. Morgan said at a news con-
ference yesterday that thousands ot
Polish Jews were coming into the
American zone from the East.
-"I believe we are about to see q
second exodus of Jews-this time
from Europe" Gen. Morgan said
He said he felt the problem of Pal
estine was closely linked with the
movement.
(UNRRA headquarters in
Washington stated the full text
of Gen. Morgans remarks had
been requested and that there
would be no comment pending it's
receipt.
In London. A. L. FISHERMAN,
political secretary of the World
Jewish Congress, said Gen. Nor
gan's statement was "fantasti-
cally untrue Mr.. FISHERMAN
charged that the statement was
clearly designed to prejudice the
findings of the Anglo-American
committee of inquiry on Pales-
tine
CHe added that the statement
might well have come from any
speech by Hitler and his gang of
Fascist anti Semits. Political
statements of this kind ," come
strangely from the chief of the
UNRRA, which.i is purely relief
organization.)
Unconvinced of Pograms.
Gen. Morgan told newsmen tina
he was not convinced by "all tn
talk about pogroms within Poland.
He said Jews arriving in Berlil
In trainloads from Lodz and othe
Polish centers were "well-dressec
well-fed, rosy-cheeked and hav
plenty of money"
The general said he did not be
lieve that mass movement O
Jews into Germany had the conni
vance of the Polish government o
any other Eastern power"
The people coming in, he added
had all the same monotonous stor
about pogroms" which he said on
Allied observer had failed ever Il
catch up with
The Jews in Europe are "growin
into a world force" he said, declar
ing that the entire Jewish plan wa
to get out of Europe.
Not UNRRA Problem.
Gen. Morgan said the problem o
inflltrees was not that of UNRRl
and that somebody must do som
hard thinking about the problem.
He said the same of the probler
of displaced persons, and added "
fail to see any constructive effor
among the four powers" to solve tn
question.
Between $4,000 and 100000 dis
placed persons will remain in Ger
many when UNRRA's temporar