The British Government made it clear today that the Palestine Mandate will terminate on May 15 when a Parliamentary committee considering the Palestine bill agreed to include an amendment submitted by Colonial Secretary Arthur Creech-Jones that the date be written into the bill. This move followed widespread criticism of the government’s failure to insert a definite date for surrendering the Mandate into the bill.
At the same time, a Laborite amendment to turn the jurisdiction of Palestine over to the United National, or to a U.N. appointed body when the mandate ends was defeated by a vote of 124 to 17. Creech-Jones said that any blame for a break-down in Palestine due to the U.N. Palestine commission’s not being ready to take over on May would rest entirely with United Nations.
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