“The conspiracy of silence which existed in connection with Palestine has been definitely ended by the statement authorized by the President yesterday indicating that the Zionist cause will be dealt with justly,” Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, chairman of the American Zionist Emergency Committee, said today.
“The sense of bewilderment on the part of American Jewry has been removed,” Dr. Silver declared. “The statement showed that our Government is not tied to the policy of the Colonial Administration in London and that it is eager to cooperates in the just solution of the Jewish problem in keeping with international covenants.”
Those who want to thwart the resolution and stifle Zionism, he said, have received a decisive set-back. “It is significant,” Silver continued, “that the President made the statement after the protests from the Arab governments. There will be little jubilation when the statement reaches them. It is the first time in the five-year history of the White Paper, that the leader of this country mentioned the White Paper by name. It seemed to have been the official policy up to now that everything that happened in Palestine was of no concern to the American Government except insofar as it concerned American nationals.”
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