The good offices of the American Government in support of the plea made by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, president of the Jewish Agency, last week, calling upon the British Government to act as intermediary in bringing about an immediate rapprochement between Jews and Arabs in Palestine, were urged in a statement submitted to Dean Acheson, Acting Secretary of State, by Joseph M. Proskauer, president of the American Jewish Committee.
Declaring that “the present dilatory tactics of the British Government are fraught with the gravest dangers of further schism and bloodshed,” Judge Proskauer stated that Dr. Weizmann’s proposal “would have the heartiest support of all Jews, whether Zionist or non-Zionist.” He urged that the proposal should be followed at once in connection with the immediate implementation of the Anglo-American inquiry committee’s recommendation for the entry of 100,000 Jews into Palestine. “The situation is critical in the extreme and demands prompt healing and not divisive treatment.” Mr. Proskauer emphasized.
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