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VOLUME 16—No. 19 708-10 David Stott Bldg.—Phone WO. 5-1155 Detroit 26, Michigan, January 20, 1950 .4ffek7
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Acheson's Approval of Arms for
Arabs Creates New Israel Crisis
By MILTON FRIEDMAN
Jewish News Washington Correspondent
. WASHINGTON (JTA)—Secretary of State Dean Acheson has revealed "it
is desirable" for Arab states to "obtain f rom friendly and reliable sources such
arms as they may need for their legitimate security requiremeryts." Mr. Acheson's
statement was in reply to a letter from Rep. Jacob K. Javits.
Present Arab fulminations set out in detail- in Mr: Javits' letter—quoting the
Arab press and statements of Arab Ministers and Ambassadors—were dismissed by
Morgenthau in Israel: —In token
of Israel's gratitude to American Jewry for its vast out-
pouring of aid to the Jewish State, Premier David Ben
Gurion last week sent Israel's Freedom Torch to HENRY
MORGENTHAU, Jr., left, general chairman of the United
Jewish Appeal, shown receiving the torch from Israeli
Consul General ARTHUR LOURIE. The Torch was flown
here from Israel where it had been carried by runners to all
parts of the country to signalize attainment of Israel's
1,000,000th Jewish citizen.
Mr. Morgenthau is this week in conference with
Premier David Ben Gurion on the financial and economic
problems of the Jewish State. Mr. Morgenthau, who held
the U. S. Treasury post longer than any other man in
American history, went to Israel in response to an urgent
summons from Premier Ben Gurion asking counsel and
guidance in strengthening the framework of the Jewish
State's economy. The UJA general chairman, who will
:teturn to the United States early in February, is primarily
concerned over Israel's economic capacity to receive and
absorblithe hundreds of thousands of homeless Jews who
are expected to arrive in 1950.
Before leaving for Israel; Mr. Morgenthau called on
rAmerican Jewish philanthropy . to• postpone fOr one year
: some of the proposed communal .expansion programs in
-order to give more assistance to the immigrants in Israel,
90,000 of whom still live in tents:. He spoke before 2,000
members of the Federation of Jewish Women's Organiza-
"tions at the group's 30th annual convention and he
specifically requested that communities in which the
United Jewish „Appeal is making a drive allocate to the
WA three-quarters of all amounts raised, rather than one-
fourth as suggested by some communities.
Mr. Acheson. He replied : "There have most c ertainly been inflamatory and bellicose state.
ments made in both the Arab and Israeli press concerning a renewal of the fighting.
Some of the warlike pronouncements of officials of Near Eastern governments- may well
have been made for the purpose of domestic consumption. The Department does not be
lieve thaf in this case the remarks of individual radio and press commentators should be
taken as a reliable indication of any serious or immediate intent on the part -of the respee-
tive governments to resume hostilities."
Mr. Acheson _said the U. S. has been carefully watching "developments affecting Pales-
tine" and "our analysis does not lead to the conclusion that serious measures are being
taken in preparation for a renewal of hostilities. Should such information be received,
the U. S. Government would be quick to use all its influence in-an attempt to prevent
such a tragic eventuality, - both within the United Nations and outside." he added. "Great
Britain faithfully observed the arms embargo imposed by. the Security Council on the ship-
ment of arms to the Palestine area, and now that the embargo has been lifted it has
resumed shipment of arms in accordance with its treaty obligations to the countries con-
cerned. With regard to the shipment of planes and light naval vessels to Egypt, it should
be recalled that Egypt is an important and strategically located nation of 20,000,000
people."
Disagreeing with Mr. Acheson who said there is "no cause for alarm," Mr. Javits
stated in Washington: "Shipment of arms and military aircraft, all of which are implied-
ly _confirmed by the (Acheson) letter, create an inevitable arms race; which, in the high
tension which exists in the Near East,• can explode into war long before our State De-
partment can see it coming." Israel is not Permitted to secure armaments in the United
States.
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Technion Acclaimed:
Absorbed `by 'Old Glory':
On her
arrival in New York with her parents from Poland on the
S. S. General Heintzelman, SHIRLEY WEITZMAN, 3,
salutes the flag of her new country. The child actualE'i was
woven into the fabric of Old Glory by an intentional
double exposure by the photographer. The USNA button
indicates that United Service for New Americans, a bene-
ficiary of the United Jewish Appeal, assisted the Weitz-
mans in coming to this country.
The work of the Hebrew Institute of Technology
(Technion) at Haifa, Israel, was acclaimed at the fourth annual dinner of the Detroit
Chapter of American Techion Society, held Saturday night at Huyler's. The guest speaker
at the dinner, Dr. Harold C. Urey of the University of Chicago, 1934 Nobel Prize Winner
in Chemistry, one of the world's foremost authorities on atomic energy, was honored by sci-
entists from universities in this area.
In the photo, left to right, are: BENJAMIN WILK, president, Detroit Technion So-
ciety; DR. J. RUSSELL BRIGHT, chairman, chemistry department, Wayne University; DR,
LEE C. ANDERSON, chairman, chemistry department, University of Michigan; DR. CHARLES
NAGLER, chairman, physical metalurgy department, Wayne University; DR. UREY; DR.
DANIEL L. HARMON, director of physics department, University of Detroit; HAROLD
GOODMAN, chairman, Technion dinner committee.
In addition to the principal address by Dr. Urey, the dinner speakers included Messrs.
Wilk and Goodman, who welcomed the guests, and Philip Slomovitz, who described his re-
cent experiences at the Haifa Technion and acclaimed the Technion as one of the most im-
portant technical centers for the training of engineers, nautical authorities, chemists and
physicists in Israel. He urged Detroiters to increase their support of Technion by enlisting
as members and sending machinery to Israel.
Dr. Urey said his interest in the Technion is based on the hopes that the Mediter-
ranean area car( be 'brought back to its old position of industrial and social importance in
the world. He expressed the view that Jews have shown the creative ability for the desired
return to progress in the Middle East, with the Technion emerging as one of the basic instru-
ments for such advancement.
Painting a dark picture of the status of peace in the world, as a result of the irre-
concilable struggle between Communism and capitalism, Dr. Urey made a strong plea for a
world government as the only means of assuring peace and of preventing the use of
atomic bombs. He especially lauded the proposal for a world union as advocated by his friend
Clarence Streit and evinced particular interest in pending legislation in the U. S. Congress
in support of a One World movement.