Truman to Seek Termination
Of Arms Shipments to Arabs
WASHINGTON — (JTA) —
President Truman has assured
chairman Adolph C. Sabath of
the House Rules C.ommittee that
he will put an end to the Bri-
tish shipping of arms to the
Arab states.
Sabath called on the President
to ask the Chief Executive's aid
in ending the Near East arms
race. He informed Eliahu D.
Stone, vice president of the
Ziohist Organization of America,
of the results of the conversa-
tion. The 84-year-old dean of
the House wrote:
"I obtained the President's
assurances and was informed
that he was presently looking
into this important matter
and into the report that I
gave him. He told me that in
view of the fact that all the
Jews are vitally interested and
have appealed to me to take
this matter up with him, he
is going to reinforce his ef-
forts in stopping this supply-
ing of arms by Great Britain
to Arab nations.
"I think you will be in-
terested in knowing that on
the way out of the President's
office I saw Secretary of State
Dean Acheson and mentioned
to him that I had seen the
President relative to a mat-
. ter about which I knew the
Secretary was interested in;
and further that the Presi-
dent assured me t h at he
would put an end to this sit-
uation. I sincerely hope that
both the President and 'Secre-
tary of State will bring it
home to the British Govern-
ment in no uncertain terms."
A request by the United
States for examination of the
Near East arms race by the
United Nations Security Countil,
or by a special meeting of the
UN General Assembly, was de-
manded by Rep. Jacob K. Jav-
its in the House. The speech
highlighted a half-hour special
order of business in which di-
vorce of American policy from
British Near East politics was
urged.
Rep. Javits charged that the
arms race has "at least the
tacit approval of our State De-
partment." He asserted that
Secretary of State Dean Ache-
son's stand indicates that up to
now we have been "following
British policy and using British
arguments to justify it."
(The State Department last
week again sloughed off
threats of renewed warfare
between the Arab states and
Israel. In letters to U. S. Sena-
tor Homer Ferguson and Rep.
John 13. Dingell, both of Mich-
igan, Assistant Secretary of
State Jack K. McFall, writing
in behalf of Secretary of State
Acheson, declared that "the
present trend in the area
seems to be toward conditions
of peace." Stating that Ameri-
can policy is based on action
by the United Nations Security
Council last August 11, when
the arms embargo was lifted,
McFall wrote: "The U. S.
stands by this policy and has
been permitting exportation
to both, the Arab states and
Israel of military equipment
which has been considered
necessary for maintenance of
internal order and to provide
for legitimate defense require-
ments. The U. S. will continue
to receive applications from
all governments in the Near
East for exportation of mili-
tary equipment and will con-
sider these applications within
the framework of the above
policy.")
Deny Signing Pact
JERUSALEM— (JTA)—A For-
eign Office spokesman denied a
report from Damascus that a
non-aggression pact was signed
between King Abdullah of
Transjordan and Israel Premier
David Ben Gurion aboard a
British destroyer, off the port
of Akaba.
A similar denial was voiced by
Foreign Minister Moshe Shar-
ett on the floor of the Israel Par-
liament. He stated that the
Cabinet has no definite agree-
ment on this subject before it.
Continuing his campaign
against the Arab League, King
Abdullah of Transjordan said
that the Leagus has proved it-
self a useless organization. A
broadcast over the Transj ordan-
controlled Ramallah. radio said
that King Abdullah would like
to ask the League the three fol-
lowing questions:
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THE JEWISH NEWS
Dr. Lowdermilk
To Advise Israel
Jerusalem Warning
GENEVA —_ (JTA) — Jeru-
salem cannot exist economically
as a separate body and its
forced separation from Israel
would mean its "economic
death," Aubrey S. Eban, Israel
delegate to the United Nations,
declared in the course of a 15-
minute statement made before
the UN Trusteeship Council.
After Mr. Eban spoke, he was
violently attacked by the repre-
sentatives of Iraq and Syria.
The latter compared Israel's
economic planning in Jerusalem
with Hitler's planning for a
Nazi-ruled Europe. After a
sharp protest by t h e Israel
representative, Council Pres i-
dent Roger Garreau rebuked
the Arabs, expressing r e g r et
that he had allowed them to
raise political questions at this
time and to use "inappropriate
language."
"In previous articles of the
statute you have hypothetically
liquidated their (Jeruslaem's)
political institutions, repudiated
their security agreements, sub-
verted their attachments, boiled
down their plans, dismissed their
allegiance and isolated them
from kith and kin," Mr. Eban
charged. "Now you propose to
decide in the name of religious
and spiritual interests how they
should run their banks, their
export licenses and income tax.
And this is to be done by in-
flicting an economic siege upon
Jerusalem a n d converting it
into an economically backward
area—a kind of a 'Point Four'
in reverse—the economic coun-
terpart of. retrogression from
major independence to servile
tutelage. To us, this appears
very strange, very ill-spirited. It
cannot be final, international
wisdom."
The Trusteeship Council de-
cided that the principle of equal
education for Jews, Mohamme-
dans and Christians shall be
maintained in Jerusalem and
that all the schools shall be
supervised by a city authority.
The council also decided that
the Jerusalem radio stations
should be owned by the city
and that their facilities should
be made available to all three
religious communities. The pro-
posed legislative council is to
be empowered to decide the
question of commercial broad-
casting.
Deadlocked in its attempt. to
bring together Israel and the
Arab countries in peace talks
here, the UN Palestine Concilia-
tion Commission, which h a s
been in session in Switzerland
since January, indicated that its
members may proceed early
next month to Israel and the
Arab countries for on-the-spot
discussions with the respective
governments on the possibilities
of peace.
The Trusteeship Council pro -
posed that the UN governor of the
city, rather than its legislative
council, should have the right to
appoint diplomatic representa-
JERUSALEM — (JTA) —
The Government of Iran has
extended de-facto recognition
to Israel, it was officially an-
nounced here.
Reza Safinia, Iranian Min-
ister Plenipotentiary, who ar-
rived here two month ago to
lay the groundwork for recog-
nition, will serve as Ir a
representative. Iran is the
second Near East country to
recognize the Jewish state.
Turkey was the first.
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Dr. Walter
Clay Lowdermilk, famed Ameri-
can soil conservationist and
water resources control expert,
has accepted a one year ap-
1. How can the Arab League
call for unity when its mem-
bers are hopelessly disunited
and when war may break out
at any moment between two
or more of them?
2. In view of the military
weakness of its member states,
how does the Arab League
hope to solve the Palestine
problem except by direct talks
with the government of Is-
rael?
3. How does the Arab
League reconcile its promise
to defend Palestine with its
members' approval of the in-
ternationalization of Jerusa-
lem? .
Negotiations between Israel
and Transjordan for a non-
aggression pact have been ad-
journed until after the April
elections in Transj ordan, the
Belgian Consul General told a
press conference upon his re-
turn from Amman.
Iran Grants De Facto
Recognition to Israel
Friday, March 24, 1950
Most Reverend Father Ya-
cihthe Faccio, Custos of the
Holy Land, has inspected Fran-
ciscan Order establishments in
Israel.
Election Rules Listed .
For Community Council
Dr. Shmarya Kleinman, pres-
ident of the Jewish Community
Council, has announced dele-
gates' assemblies of the Council
for April 27 and May 18, both
at the Dexter branch of the
Jewish Center.
A nominating committee, at
the April meeting, will present
nominees for all Council offices
and for 12 members of the ex-
ecutive committee. • Additional
nominations of qualified dele-
gates may be made from the
floor at this meeting.
Under Council procedure, no
further nominations may be
made. Final balloting will be
conducted at the May 18 meet-
ing.
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pointment, effective Oct. 1, as
consultant to the Israel govern-
ment. .
Before his return to the Unit-
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received . by Premier David Ben
Gurion and Acting Premier and
Finance Minister Eliezer Kaplan.
John L. Savage, American en-
gineer connected with the Ten-
nessee Valley Authority and an
expert on irrigation problems,
arrived here from the United
States. Savage will remain for
two months to advise 'the Israel
government on problems con-
cerning irrigation and the har-
nessing of river waters.
tives to foreign . states and to
sign treaties. -
All treaties signed by the gov-
ernor would be submitted to the
legislature for ratification, it
was decided. However, in the
event the legislative • body re-
fused to countersign, the Trus-
teeship Council would have the
final right of ratification. ,
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