September 11th, 1937 Tension over Partition Program

September 11^th, 1937

“Palestine Arabs repeat demands action of congress Expected to increase Tension over Partition Program. Foreign Aid is charged.

Jerusalem September 11^th the demand heard from Arab politicians in Palestine during the past eighteen years re-echoed again late this week in the form of resolutions adopted at the final session of the Pan-Arab Congress. The Resolutions call for (1) abolition of the Balfour Declaration (2) abolition of the British Mandate; (3) stop-page of Jewish immigration into Palestine and (4) conclusion of a treaty between the Arabs in Palestine and Britain along the lines of the Anglo-Iraq Treaty

Source: September 12^th, 1937 New York Times by Joseph M. Levy