Handwritten Memorandum Regarding Palestine and the Recognition of Israel, with Attached Notes
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OCR Page 1 of 16TRUMAN
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ARCHIVES "NATIONAL
RECORDSAND
U.S.
SERVICE
LIBRARY
NOTES TO ATTACHED EDDIE JACOBSON HOLOGRAPH CHRONOLOGY,
GOVERNMENT
BY FRANK J. ADLER, 712 E. 69TH STREET, KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI
This 13-page chronology was erroneously identified as a "diary"
in book form, in an article by Joel Levitch and Laurel Vlock
published in the Washington Post, May 6, 1973, p. C3, and
reprinted on the editorial page of the Kansas City Times, May 11,
1973.
Xerox copies of pp. 11-13 were furnished to the American Jewish
Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1957. The material contained
therein was utilized in Frank J. Adler, Roots in a Moving Stream:
The Centennial History of Congregation B'nai Jehudah of Kansas
City, 1870-1970 (Kansas City, Mo.: Congregation B'nai Jehudah,
1972), pp. 221-22. Pp. 1-10 were partially utilized in the above-
mentioned article by Levitch and Vlock.
Some of the events are slightly misdated (according to the best
evidence). It is obvious that much of the material was recorded
by Jacobson some time after the events described had occurred.
Notes to Page 1
"Herman Rosenberg" refers to a long-time mutual friend of both
Truman and Jacobson, Hermann sic P. Rosenberg of Kansas City,
a member of Truman's Battery D, 129th Field Artillery, in World
War I. Rosenberg is understood to have been of personal assistance
to Truman in various private matters during his Presidential years.
The Oval Office interview for Rabbi Arthur Lelyveld and Jacobson,
accompanied by Charles Kaplan of New York City (with whom Jacobson
had haberdashery-business dealings), took place on June 26, 1946.
Truman apparently was not directly involved in Jacobson's White
House visits during October and November of 1947. It may be in-
ferred that Jacobson met with David K. Niles, the President's
Special Assistant for Minority Affairs, who is repeatedly mentioned
in later pages of the chronology.
Notes to Page 2
The Granoff-Jacobson visit with Truman in the Oval Office actually
occurred on December 9, 1947, rather than on December 8. The
reference to votes "for Israel" by UN delegations of foreign nations
makes it clear that these notations were penned by Jacobson after
May 14 of the following year, when the name "Israel" was chosen for
the Jewish State in Palestine.
Notes to Page 3
The interview with Truman for Jacobson, accompanied by B'nai B'rith
leaders Frank Goldman and Maurice Bisgyer, occurred on January 29,
1948. Jacobson's solitary visit with Truman on January 27 apparently
occurred outside the Oval Office; in any event, it was not logged
in Matthew Connelly's Presidential Appointment Books.
The "Feb. 20" entry quotes Frank Goldman, not Truman. See Adler,
Roots, pp. 209-10.
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