Evening star., 1946-08-18
Prospects for Speed
In Lowering Bars 10
Refugees Are Slim
BY the Assoeioted Press

Prospects of a quick open armed
welcome in the United States for
Europe's homeless refugees ap-
peared scant today, even as diplo-
matte experts grasped at signs that
Anglo-American talks on the ex-
plosive Jewish-Palestine problem
soon may be resumed
Anxious diplomats In Washington
seized on Paris report that British
Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin had
sonferres yesterday with three top
officials Of the Jewish Agency, to
bolster their hopes that stalemate
on Palestine's problems has not
frozen fast as yet.
Two Other Alternatives.
Sources here with their fingers
on the pulse OF British official opin-
ion, expressed certainty that Britain
would rather turn back to the hope
Of working out an Anglo American
solution of what to do about Euro
pean Jews than resort to two other
alternatives, namely:
!. Continuation of the present
state Of affairs which has left the
Holy Land in state of open insur-
rection, with the British skating on
thin ice attempting to placate the
Jews on one hand while avoiding
open warfare with the Arab world
on the other.
2. Reference of the dynamite
laden problem of Palestine to the
United Nations, where it could
hardly avoid full dress debate on
British policy abroad-an issue into
which Russia undoubtedly would
step with the chance the Soviet
would demand hand in anything
affecting the future of the Near
East.
In usually well-informed diplo-
matte quarters here, Mr.. Bevin's
meeting with the three agency off,
cials-Rabbi Stephen Wise, Nathan
Goldman and Berl Locker-was re-
garded as an indication of Britain's
hope to reopen the Anglo American
talks.
Attlee Given Policy Points.
Although Mr.. Truman has an
nounced formally that this Govern
ment has not presented any solution
OF its own" 1t has been learned un-
oficially that British Prime Minis
ter Attlee has been advised in gen.
eral terms that this country would
consider favorably:
l. A Palestine partition which
would give the Jews a semi -inde-
pendent state of approximately 1900
square miles.
2. Authority for the administra-
tors Of the Jewish zone to control its
immigration without a veto from
Britain.
+, 3. Financial support-up to $780,
1000. with s5O,0O0,O 900 earmarked
for Palestine alone-to improve and
support the economic, educational
and social standards of the Arab
world.
4. A general discussion among the
Allied powers of steps to lower the
immigration barriers against per-
manent establishment of homes by
the balance of several hundred
thousand Jews who could not find
room in Palestine.
Any chance of this country in
creasing its quotas would necessar-
lily depend on an act of Congress.
Favorable Action Doubtful.
On top of this, even if a special
session Of Congress should be con-
vened, the chance of favorable ac-
ton on President Truman's tenta-
tive idea of lowering immigration
bars to permit entry of a fixed
number" of homeless Europeans
also appeared doubtful. ,1,s.ss.
Here in Washington Senator An
drews, Democrat, of Florida, mem
bers of the Senate immigration
Committee, told reporter that "in
my judgment the immigration COM
mittee will not be in favor of in
creasing quotas"
IF we continue to admit these
people in increasing numbers,
eventually we would be in the same
position as other countries" he said.
Representative Mason, Republ-
can, of Illinois, ranking minority
member of the House immigration
Committee, maintained that Presi-
dent Truman would not call a
special session on immigration,
knowing that the cards are
stacked against him." Back home
in Illinois, he told reporter that
"the attitude of our committee has
been all along that we should not
open the doors of the Nation to an
extra amount of immigrations over
and above the quota which is al
ready established and has been
since 1924"