Evening star., 1948-04-04
THE SUNDAY STAR, Washington, D. G..
SUNDAY, APRIL L. IsA
Partition Adherents Blind
To Obstacles Facing Plan
Security Reasons Responsible for Change
in Palestine Policy Rather Than
Oil Interests or Anti.Semitism
By Constantine Brown

BY consto
The Zionists and other ardent
pear to be blind to the political rea.
tion to withdraw It's support for
state.
Some frustrated spokesmen for
publicly On oil interests which, the,
rian interests In those administra-
ton quarters which decided at the
eleventh hour to reverse themselves.
Others blame certain ot1icials Of the
State and Defense Departments
whom they accuse of ani-semitism.
The truth-and the most prominent
American Zionist leaders ought to
be aware Of its that the tense
situation created by the q. 8. 8. r.
In the world has become 30 threat
ening that any attempt to enforce
the decision Of partition ct this time
would jeopardize the security Of the
United States, Of which the Amer
ican zionists and their non-Jewish
friends are citizens.
Throughout the war the Palestine
Jews did not bargain with their
lives when It came to support Of the
Allies against the Nazis. DR.. Chain
Weixmann, the Zionist leader, was
the f,rst to urge his people to give
their utmost In the defense Of the
British Empire, and these young
men performed wonders at the Bat
tie Of El Alamein. They helped
save the day for the British and
their Allies.
Pressure Began in 1914
It was in the spring Of 1914 that
the movement to coerce Britain to
live up to the Balfour declaration
took formal shape In the United
States. Representative Bloom of
New York, then chairman OF the
Foreign Affairs Committee, prepared
resolution asking Congress to 60
on record with . demand that the
British fulfill their obligations and
q plea for the creation OF o Jewish
state.
Gen. Marshall, then Army Chief
Of STAFF. went to see Mr.. Bloom Of,
President Roosevelt's instructions
and pointed out that any practical
enforcement of such o resolution
would call for at least four and pos
sibly six American divisions in Pal
estine. Under then-existing condi-
tions, the American Army could not
spare such . force without en-
dangering our chance Of victory
against the Axis.
Considering the extensive COM
mitments Of our forces, We were op-
Grating then on q shoe string. We
had only "a divisions to meet all
commitments. Mr.. Bloom was i'm
pressed with the explanations given
In an of -the-record conversation
by the Chief Of Staff and withdrew
his resolution.
Later in the summer Senator
wagner OF New York called on
President Roosevelt and pointed out
to him that he had q tough fight on
his hands and . good deal Of op-
position from the Jewish voters In
that State because the administra-
ton had not lived up to its pledge
for o Jewish state. President Roose-
velt wrote him the now well-knowp
Dear Bob" letter, allowing him to
assure his electors that this matter
would be taken care Of without de-
lay-and to the satisfaction Of the
Jews-when Congress reconvened
after the election.
The same difnculty presented it
self again In November of that year,
when Senator Wagner insisted that
the Foreign Relations Committee Of
the Senate report out q resolution
demanding that Britain give assur-
ances for the creation Of Jewish
state. Britain the American Gov
knew, was going to pass the
buck to the United States and We
did not have the necessary force to
assume any obligations in that area
without endangering our military
position in other areas.
Blindness of Hope
For some time we all lived under
the delusion that the United Ma
tions would guarantee the world
from another large-scale confieer
ton. The skeptics were denounced
as birds Of ill-ornen and jingoists
who did not want peace. Even the
fact that the Russians were pre-
the formation of q United
Nations force to implement the
decisions Of that body was over
looked.
Most Of the people connected with
the U. N. had become adopts at
the DR.. Coue trick Of repeating
every day in every way I'm
getting better and better" They
believed strongly in the power Of
mind over body. Our government
led the parade when 1t refused to
that with the United
Nations as weak as 1t was, and with
the western world lacking a military
force, it would be Americas respon-
sibility to enforce the Palestine
partition plan.
Until q few weeks ago the poll
tical leaders of this country refused
TO believe that Russia's intentions
we're aggressive and that the Krem-
lin had set a pattern for the con-
quest of Europe and China which
would place the United States in the