Evening star., 1947-05-05
House Group Asks q Pct. StoshU s and Russia
For Departments, L. 5. Courts; Accept PIanfor
Commerce, Stote Hardest Hit,Jew U. n. Role
New Complication
Arises, However, os
Arabs Seek Voice
Nv the Assoe;o,.d pr.,.

NEW YORK. May 5. The
United States and Russia were
reported agreed today on a Joint
Slav-Latin- American plan to end
the stalenaate over Jewish rep
resentation in the United Ma
tions Palestine debate.
A new complication was injected
however, when 1t was announced
that the Arab Higher Committee
for Palestine had officially requested
a right to be represented In the
discussions.
The compromise plan provided
that the official Jewish Agency for
Palestine would be given a hearing
before the General Assembly's 55-
nation Political Committee but not
before plenary meetings as the
Russians had previously insisted.
The only question remaining to be
settled was the final wording of a
resolution which would be accept
able to all factions.
Compromise Acceptable.
A spokesman for the American
delegation said the principle of the
compromise was acceptable to the
United States but that no decision
had been made as to which one of
five draft proposals was preferable.
The proposals were put forward at
Fthe opening of today's session by
Yugoslavia, White Russia, Argen-
tina, Chila and Uruguay.
All five proposals would provide
that the official Jewish Agency for
Palestine be invited to express it's
views before the Political Com
nittee. The proposals of Yugoslava.
Chile and Argentina made provi-
sions for inviting additional Pales-
tine organizations.
None of them gave the Jews
fright to take part in the. debate,
but only to make statements when
called upon.
The Jewish Agency was reported
ready to accept an offer to give its
viewpoint orally before the Political
Committee and then have its rep
representatives stand by for any
further call as witnesses.
Doubts Arise on Spokesman.
Meanwhile, some doubts arose as
to who might be the lead-of spokes-
man for the Jewish Agency before
the Political Committee, which was
scheduled to hold its first meeting
OF this session at the nearby Lake
Success headquarters of the U. N.
tomorrow morning.
David Ben-Curion, chairman of
the Jewish Agency Executive and
No. man in the organization rec
#ognized by the mandate terms as
the representative Zionist factor,
was reported ready in Jerusalem to
fly here at once.
The American section of the Ex-
ecutive. which has directed the
strategy here while declaring itself
officially absent from the observer
gallery of the Assembly, is headed
by Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver of Cleve-
land.
AS the delegates assembled to re-
sumo debate on this controversial
problem in plenary session, informed
quarters said the United States
would accept the compromise pro-
posal only on condition that it re-
stricted the Jews to the status Of
witnesses on call before the Political
Committee.
Agency Bitterly Disappointed.
The United States was said to feel
that the official Jewish Agency for
Palestine and other organizations
should not be permitted to partici-
pate fully in the debate, even be-
fore the Political Committee, and
should not be allowed to appear at
all before plenary meetings.
A member of the Soviet delegation
said Russia still felt the Jews should
be given a hearing on the floor of
the Assembly, but was willing to
have them heard by the Political
Committee if the majority Of the
delegates felt that was better.
The new Slav plan would provide
in substance that the Assembly in
struct the Political Committee to
hear the Jewish Agency and others
asking hearing. This was said to
be acceptable to the Jewish Agency
which was understood to be bitterly
disappointed over the American
delegations position