With three weeks to go before the British mandate expires, U.N. was frantically seeking for a workable plan for Palestine. The Security Council appointed a truce commission to try to persuade Arabs and Jews to stop their war. That was almost certainly a futile gesture. Nevertheless, the consular representatives of the U.S., France and Belgium (named as the commission) held a meeting in Jerusalem against a background of gunfire.
Other faltering U.N. steps were more promising. The General Assembly told the Trusteeship Council to plan "suitable protective measures" for Jerusalem. The U.S. delegation hoped that a security system for...
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