The Southern Jewish weekly. [volume] (Jacksonville, Fla.) 1939-1992, 1949-05-06

National Chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, who fur
ther jushfies his action, and denounces in strong words the
nefarious conduct of the Council.
The entire statement is as follows:
Instead of concerning himself with my judicial action
in disquaifyingm myself to pass upon the charges of Disorder
y Conduct against some youths who threw missiles at Mr..
Bevin on his recent arrival in New York, I think it would
serve a better purpose if Professor Konvitz and his ~confreres
in the Council for Judaism would give thought to their own
behavior in, calling into question the Amercanism of mil
lions of their fellow Jews who are loyal American citizens,
but who in the minds of the Council for Judaism are to be
criticised because they have given support to the aim Of the
Zionist movement to establish a Jewish State and home and
happiness and dignity to the tens Of thousands of the surviv-
ors OF the Nazi terror, who desire to live in a land which they
can call their own, like all the peoples of the earth.
What prompted me to act as I did in the case referred
to was in the interest of fairness. because I had repeatedly
IN connection with my Jewish activities. given public ex-
preston of resentment shared by countless other American
citizens. Jewish and non-Jewish against Mr.. Bevin's grievous
hurt to Israel in admittedly having supported the policy Of
furnishing arms to the enemies of Israel which resulted in
the loss of many precious young Jewish lives and resentment
against Mr.. Bevin's well known hostility to the entry into
the Jewish homeland of Jewish refugees who had every
right to enter that land under the terms OF the Mandate
which Britain held over Palestine The dark chapter in CY-
prus for which Mr.. Bevin was largely responsible is still!
fresh in our minds Under the circumstances. fairness and
judicial correctness dictated that I should not sit in cases in
which Mr.. Bevins person was involved and that l should
pass them on to another Judge. I believe every right.thlnE-
ing person will understand the proprietY OF the course l TOOK.
But what will not be understood is the spreading OF
vicious and baseless propaganda against Zlonlsts that they
manifest a dual loyalty in their activities to help Israel firm
~ 10 establish itself as a democracy and to provide the tens
Hl thousands of hapless Jewish refugees who are pouring IN
70 Israel with the bare necessities of life until they can De-
come self-sustaining. Since when is such a humanitarian
purpose un-American? How can any intelligent American
speak of dual nationalism at a time when the American
government and the American people are Fundamentally
committed to giving not merely economic but also military
|%ao to European democracies to preserve themselves. lear
mat Professor Konvitz is but repeating the outworn argu-
|maents against Zionism which the Council has advanced over
|me years and which have made so little impression upon
unglnt-thlnking Americans. Every President since WOODROW
pnlson and our own government under the leadership OF
resident Truman has endorsed the aims and purposes Oh
TIE Zionist movement and have not thought OF accusing
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