Non-zionist Agency Members Here Pleased

Relief at abandonment of partition and pleasure at convocation of conferences to settle arab-Jewish differences over Palestine were expressed in a statement issued today by the executive committee of the american non-Zionist members of the Jewish Agency. The committee, comprising Dr. Cyrus Adler, Sol M. Stroock and Dr. Maurice J. Karpf, said:

“We are relieved but not surprised that the Woodhead Commission concluded that partition is not feasible on economic, political and strategic grounds. our own opposition to partition since the Royal Commission proposed it, was based largely on these considerations. We are glad that the british government has decided to convoke a round table conference of Arabs and Jews which we have long urged, because we believe that once the different elements of the population could come together for a full and frank discussion a great deal would be gained. we are gratified to have the assurance of the british government that they twill keep constantly in mind the international character of the mandate with they have been entrusted and their obligations in that respect. we trust that they will reconsider the expressed intention of inviting representatives of the neighboring countries to the proposed conference.”

In a statement to the J.T.A. from Cleveland, Rabbi Abba Hillel Silver, national chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, expressed pleasure that partition has been abandoned and declared regarding the round-table proposal: “the british government especially must place its full weight of authority behind a solution which would realize the primary purpose of the Balfour Declaration and the mandate. It must not permit other considerations to induce it to attempt to force intolerable concessions from the Jewish people.”