President Truman conferred on the Palestine situation today with Frank Goldman, President of the B’nai B’rith, and Edward Jacobson, Kansas City friend of the President. Both White House callers later described their twenty-minute interview with Truman as “very satisfactory,” but declined to list particulars of their” talks, except to say that “we discussed the Palestine situation.”
Meanwhile, at his weekly news conference, Secretary of State George C. Marshall stood on his recent comment that de jure recognition for Israel is a matter of timing. He refused to speculate on the accuracy of widespread press interpretation that his comment meant no recognition will be forthcoming until Israeli elections are held in November.
The C.I.O. today disclosed this text of a telegram C.I.O. president Philip Murray sent President Truman on September 10: “On behalf of the C.I.0., I want to urge that Israel should receive de jure recognition and consideration should be given to granting a substantial loan to the new state. We believe residents of displaced persons camps in Germany should be given permission to emigrate to Israel.”
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