The Jews suspected of membership ##the Irgun Zvai Leumi were arrested last night at the opening session of the Conference of European Zionist Federations here. Representatives of the Czechoslovak foreign Ministry and Ministry of the Interior extended greetings to the meeting which as attended by 2,000 persons, including 200 delegates from 14 countries.
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, stressing that he did not speak for the executive of the Jewish Agency, said that although a radical change in the Agency’s relations with Britin was imminent, he hoped that the breach would "not be brutal." Declaring that by admitting the Palestine problem to the United Nations, Britain admitted the weakness of her policy in Palestine, Dr. Goldmann said that if "Britain is too weak to ##sure the establishment of a Jewish National Home, she should surrender the man##te honestly." He said that a solution to the problem was urgent since every delay as unfavorable to the Jewish case with the Arabs constantly growing stronger.
Rejecting the "historic frontier" dogma, Goldmann urged the setting up of a ##aller Jewish state "even at a high price." He said that the chances for the creation of such a state were "colossal" in view of the urgency of the DP problem, which ##e called the responsibility of the world. He concluded by stating that although the Jews may lack sufficient strength to realize their full aims, at least they are strong enough to prevent an anti-Zionist solution to the Palestine problem.
Eliahu Dobkin, head of the Immigration Department of the Jewish Agency, addressing the conference, said that uncertificated immigration to Palestine is not a scheme of extremists but a "national movement of all Jewry." He predicted that more ships would follow the route to Palestine. Denouncing terrorism, he said that the realization of a Jewish state was inevitable.
Rabbi Judah L. Fishman, speaking for the Jewish Agency, urged internal unity in the Zionist ranks for the sake of a Jewish state. Joseph Sprinzak, Palestine labor leader, paid tribute to the spirit of the Exodus refugees and lauded the Haganah.
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