Drastic revision of American policy toward Palestine is urged in a study issued yesterday by the American Council on Public Affairs. The author of the study is Dr. Carl J. Friedrich, Professor of Government at Harvard University and Director of Harvard’s School for Overseas Administration.
The United States, according to Professor Friedrich, should adopt a policy calling for the following.
1. The removal of present restrictions on the movement of people into and out of Palestine.
2. The removal of restrictions on settlement and reclamation, such as restrictions on land purchase.
3. The removal of restrictions on the movement of goods into and out of Palestine, as far as practicable.
4. A program of rapid and large-scale economic development, including basic reclamation and irrigation works, industrial development, and the like, with a view to maximizing absorptive capacity.
5. Opposition to all efforts to use political maneuvers, especially terror, for the purpose of preventing the development of a Jewish majority, should the Jews throughout the world continue to back development in Palestine and thus bring this about.
6. Participation in such international authorities as may be required to insure an unimpeded implementation of natural economic trends.
Dr. Friedrich states that a firm American stand, “if diplomatically presented,” might not only counteract British opposition, but serve to mobilize liberal British opinion. “In fact, sections of the British public have appealed to American sympathizers to help them in their efforts to bring about a change of policy,” he disclosed.
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