The problem of Israel is not just an Arab-Israeli problem but one that concerns the whole free world, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt told over 3,000 participants in the 17th annual conference of the Council of Organization of the United Jewish Appeal, meeting today in the Manhatten Center grand ballroom.
This is because “Israel is the only area in the Middle East in which a democratic form of government is understood by the existing government, and the people have a feeling that life is being built and made worth while, “Mrs. Roosevelt explained She urged that the United States government be asked to “move there in cooperation with Great Britain and France, or all of them through the United Nations should move, to guarantee existing borders in that area of the world and thus lead eventually to a peaceful solution of the difficulties.”
Louis Lipsky, Zionist leader who also addressed the conference, said that the overtones of this year’s UJA campaign are “burdened with feverish anxieties and fears” because of the political unrest in the Middle East. “Never before in Israel’s short life has it been threatened by such a situation, “he added. Preparations for war are quite evident and the savage boasts of revenge by a chorus of Arab states are greeted in silence by the world. “Other speakers included Nathan Chanin, general secretary of the Workman’s Circle, largest Jewish labor-fraternal organization; and Louis Segal head of the Farband-Labor Zionist order.
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