A delegation including Dr. Solomon Goldman, Dr. Stephen S. Wise and Dr. Israel Goldstein this afternoon presented to the British Embassy a memorandum protesting against the Palestine land ordinance and warning that it would “widen the gulf” between Arabs and Jews.
The delegation was to have seen Ambassador Lord Lothian, but he was not avail able and a subordinate accepted the memorandum on his behalf. The Zionists were also to have seen Secretary of State Cordell Hull to give him a copy of the memorandum, but the appointment was postponed because Secretary Hull was called to the White House
The 10-point memorandum declared that the Jews were supporting the Allies, but could not refrain from denouncing the infringement of their rights. The ordinance was denounced as “discriminatory” and as setting up “a pale of settlement” for Jews and a “reservation” for Arabs.
Citing passages from the Palestine mandate and the Mandates Commission report as evidence of the Palestine White Paper’s illegality, the memorandum warned that it was “unwise and dangerous” to set up a system of segregation in Palestine. The ordinance was held to be detrimental to the interests of both Arabs and Jews and it was stated that there were no economic conditions justifying such legislation. The memorandum stressed the peace that had existed in Palestine since the beginning of the war.
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