British Mandate: A Survey of Palestine: Volume I - Page 77. Historical Summary: Period IX: January - February, 1945. The agitation for a Jewish State and unrestricted immigration

CHAPTER II.

in cash, which were on the train for payment of railway staff, were stolen.

As the growing audacity and ruthlessness of the terrorists became more apparent with each new stroke, the dominant note of the Jewish community as a whole became one of greater complacence towards these displays of the organization- and strength of the armed forces of the Yishuv.

The number of Jews held in detention was at an average of 450 throughout the greater part of the year but rose abruptly at the end to a figure of 554 on 26th December. A further party of fifty-five of these detainees was deported to Eritrea on 20th December.

27th January and 2nd February, 1945.

The following resolution" was introduced into the United States Senate and House of Representatives :-

"Whereas the 67th Congress of the United States on June 30, 1922, unanimously resolved 'That the United States of America favors the establishment in Palestine of a national home for the Jewish people, it being clearly understood that nothing shall be done which may prejudice the civil and religious rights of Christian and all other non-Jewish communities in Palestine, and that the Holy Places and religious buildings and sites in Palestine shall be adequately protected;'

And whereas, the ruthless persecution of the Jewish people in Europe has clearly demonstrated the need for a Jewish homeland as haven for the large numbers who have become homeless as a result of this persecution:

Therefore be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the United States of America that the United States shall use its good offices and take appropriate measures to the end that the doors of Palestine shall be opened for the free entry of Jews into that country, and that there shall be full opportunity for colonization, so that the Jewish people may ultimately reconstitute Palestine as a. free and democratic Jewish Commonwealth".

14th and 17th February, 1945.

President Roosevelt and Mr. Churchill held meetings with the King of Saudi Arabia and discussed the problem of Jewish refugees in its Palestine aspect. The President assured King Ibn Sand that he would make no move hostile to the Arab people. There were also conversations between President Roosevelt, Mr. Churchill and King Farouk.
___________
*The resolution, which was one of several pro-Zionist resolutions introduced into Congress during the early months of 1945, was never passed in this form.

Page 77