An emergency conference of the British Zionist Federation last night adopted a resolution expressing “deep disappointment” with the failure of the British Government to abrogate the White Paper, and said that it would join with Jews everywhere who are determined never to acquiesce in a policy which is illegal and “submits the Jewish national home to racial discrimination.”
The rejection of the request by President Truman and the Jewish Agency that 100,000 Jews be admitted to Palestine immediately is a breach of the clearly expressed pledge of the Labor Party, and exposes the surviving Jews of Europe to further suffering, the resolution said. While welcoming the close association of the United States in the future of Palestine, it points out that the facts concerning the position of Jewry and Palestine are well known.
The hope is expressed that the two governments will ensure that the findings of the inquiry commission are not prejudged, that the committee reaches its decisions quickly, and that while the investigations are proceeding, Jewish immigration into Palestine will not be retarded.
While welcoming any measures which will safeguard the position of Jews in all countries, the resolution declares that the tragedy of European Jewry is due to home lessness and dispersion, and that a solution of their problem cam only be found in fulfilment of the pledges contained in the Balfour Declaration.
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