Evening star., 1947-09-08
u. n. Committee Asks
Prompt Assistance
For European Jews
By the Assoeiofsd Press


United Nations Palestine Com
mittee declared unanimously to-
day that immediate help for
25o,o00 distressed European Jews
would ease considerably the
problem Of the Holy Land.
The committe called on the u.
N. Assembly to do something for
the Jews in the European assembly
centers as q vital prerequisite to
the settlement Of the dificult condi-
tions in Palestine"
The full report of the Palestine
committee was made public a week
after the summary and recon-
mendations were releaed in Geneva
and Lake Success.
Seven States in Majority.
A committee majority of seven
states recommended the partition
of Palestine into Jewish and Arab
states tied up in an economic union
the creation of the autonomous city
of Jerusalem under U. N. trustee
ship, and the admission of 10000
Jewish immigrants into Palestine
in a two-year transitional period.
Canada, Czechosloyakia, Guate-
mala, the Netherlands, Peru, Sweden
and Uruguay made up the majority.
A committee minority Of three
states came out for a joint Arab
Jewish state under federal govern
ment and immigration Of Jews up
to the country's absorptive capacity.
The minority was India, Iran and
Yugoslavia.
The 18th member. Australia, did
not support either plan.
However. the committee was
unanimous in its belief that a sat
isfactory solution of the problem Of
European Jews would take a great
deal of the pressure of the Pales-
tine issue.
Matter Of Extreme Urgency.
The committee formally recon-
mended that the Assembly under
take Immediately the initiation and
execution Of an international ar
rangement whereby the problem OF
the distressed European Jews, Of
whom approximately 250,000 are
in assembly centers, will be dealt
with as a matter of extreme
urgency for the alienation of their
plight and Of the Palestine prob
lem"
1T cannot be doubted" the COM
mittee report said, that any action
which would ease the plight of the
distressed Jews in Europe would
thereby lessen the pressure of the
Palestinian immigration problem
and consequently create 2 better
climate in which to carry out a
final solution of the question of
Palestine.
This would be an important
factor in allaying the fears OF
Arabs in the Near East that Pales-
tine and ultimately the existing
Arab countries are to be marked
as the place of settlement for the
Jews of the world"
The committee noted that inter-
national action Of general nature
is underway with regard to the
displaced persons.
Immigration Central Issue.
"In view of the special circum-
stances of the Palestine question,
however, it has felt justified in pro-
posing a measure which is designed
to ameliorate promptly the condition
of the Jewish segments Of the dis
placed persons as a vital prerequi-
site to the settlement of the difficult
conditions in Palestine" the COM
mittee said.
Tie majority of the committee, in
support of its plea for immigration
of 10000 Jews, said that Jewish i'm
migration sis the central issue in
Palestine today and is the one fac
tor, above all others, that rules out
the necessary cooperation between
the Arab and Jewish communities
in a single state. The creation OF a
Jewish state under partition
scheme is the only hope of removing
this issue from the arena of con-
f1ict."
In an explanation of its stand for
partition, the majority said:
THE basic premise underlying the
partition proposal is that the claims
to Palestine of the Arabs and Jews,
both possessing validity, are ire
concilable, and that among all of
the solutions advanced, partition will
provide the most realistic and prac-
ticable settlement, and is the most
likely to afford a workable basis for
meeting in part the claims and ma
tional aspirations of both parties. "
Minority Urges Federal State.
The minority argued that a fed
eral state, with Jerusalem as the
capital, would best serve the inter-
ests of both Arabs and Jews.
"a federal state would provide
the greatest opportunity for ameli-
Grating the present dangerous racial
and religious divisions in the popu-
lation, while permitting the de-
velopment of a more normal social
structure" the minority added.
The committee reported it had
held 16 public meetings and So
private meetings in its summer
travels.
The Arab Higher Committee in
Palestine abStained from co-operat-
ing but the views of the Arab states
were expressed to the committee as
well as those of the Jewish agency
for Palestine.
The Palestine problem will be one
of the top issues at the Assembly
meeting September 16, with the
Arab states definitely committed
against any partition of Palestine.
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