Minneapolis spokesman. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1934-2000, 1948-02-20
The United Motions and Palestine

American interests, Department.
opposed partition VI passtns Thr opposition
impISmsnsd by strategy which pointed that Palestine
pATonsd tbs Arab would swing the Russian orbit
No one wan more aware than they that the Arab rulers would not
Middle any eOrdiay
unAmsrean Committee would welcome Soviet nusncs
tbs United States Bot Of confusing any ISSUE the on
technique that SueesaEu
However baehd fO few days before the United
Nations decision, the ussR also out for partition
This caught them short there enough time
foT hsT strategy few days the United Nations
with u 3. support Votsd tho partition Of Palestine
anyone enough opposed
partition would the United kGna decision, the
pagn Of the decision should than dpsl such
naVs The public opening o the campaign hgshlsd BY the
abs Interrogation Of tbs Secretary O DafsnSs BY Rep Dewey
Short R Of MOI Ia ths Questioning d the Secretary Representative
short received tbs Information that the partition had srSVy under
mined the security u the United States That the Questioning
prsaanEsd there little doubt for enabled Secretary
Eosstal make public declaration under COMMITTEES questioning
that hs could not well otherwise make.
Another campaign fred the column VI Of
those journalists who occasion has secret Of information
within the Department reward Tor having such avail
able trial balloons public
for the stats Department. One Of these sOumnS said recently that
time for dHs national interests beneath
the future 10 shsr fool traitor This slight modification
Of The tsOhnquS regard all dissenting opinions beng tainted with
dlsOyalv.
Ominous the reported President Truman who
said hs American zoas had lot him leading him believe
partition could ba achieved without vosn ARd when President
Truman feels that has lot him down, generally he
getting ready them down. The State Department the Secretary
u Defense and American oil ubant the change for
they tand juanab sohat the President would either modify
the unItsd States support foE partition.
blue sky the oppouitOu tAbS again
upset what aps'. W wsa sS%S gree. oon'assSn Sr the
eAmpaf No. not that wNa consideration for tia United
Nao because that organization m hopes for
neither m these ideals that do humans much credit Then
~ Tbs Democratic National Committee had simply informed
the President that he aAOad change modify the position Of the
United partition Of Palestine he might well
loss the ~ Of the Stats Of New York In the coming
elections.
In lew days the United Nations Palestine Commission i've
assigned snoes partition without military will ask the
Security Council provide 10 aid them carrying out the
mandate Of the United Nations The opposition fOsa have their Oe
ready They hss that Ol the small members al the
United Nations have such forces available for duty and second that
provided BY msbsFs Of the Security Council Russia
would Palestine the
would jsopaIdiae Americas interests the Middle East
examination Of the above premises obvious
ay The United Nations could supply and soldiers the
smaller nations for duty In Palestine dsarsd A for the second
objection supplied members Of the Security Council
supply onsAfh Of troops needed
Aha Of the oopshat The French the RTsh the Chinese and
The AmeFeARaeaAnot o threat real implied BY the
Of Russian then speaks badly for the
the other four nAtons.