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Last week the United Nations General Assembly, after much anxious hesitation, "settled" the 30-year-old Palestine dispute. They voted, 33 to 13, to partition Palestine into two states, Arab and Jewish...
...that the Lord hath made!" cried a rabbi in the U.N. delegates' lounge after the vote. "Let us be glad and rejoice therein!" One happy Zionist, Marcus Wulkin, rapturously bussed Dr. Abba Hillel Silver, chief U.S. representative on the Jewish Agency for Palestine (see cut). But Arab representatives stalked out of the Assembly chamber, saying they would fight the plan. U.S. Delegate Herschel Johnson, who had steered the partition plan to parliamentary victory, was wary of premature rejoicing. "This thing is just beginning," he said wearily...
...Certain Misgivings." The U.S. had carefully refrained from bringing open pressure on other delegations to vote for partition. But as an Arab victory became likely, U.S. officials in Washington, in Manhattan, at Flushing Meadow, began stating the case for partition more firmly...
...switch to yes. Filipino Delegate General Carlos Romulo, on Wednesday, orated against partition and sailed away on the Queen Mary. Saturday a new Filipino delegate flew in from Washington, voted yes. Liberia, which voted no in committee, said yes in the final roll call. In the final days Arab and Jewish hopes alternately soared and plummeted...
Arthur I. Sockol '48, Martin H. Rabinovitz '49, and Saul B. Cohen '47 hope to make Palestine their permanent home, adding that they sincerely desire peace. If necessary, however, they are prepared to fight against possible Arab encroachment...