Ramat Jochanan: Tribute to Smuts See Editorial, Page 4 : Industry Salutes State of Israel. in "Ye shall dwell booths seven days . . . that your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths when I brought them out of the land of Egypt." HE JEWISH NE A Weekly Review of Jewish Events —Leviticus XXIII Commentary, Page 2 VOLUME 18—No. 2 708-10 David Stott Bldg.—Phone WO. 5-1155 Detroit, Michigan, September. 22, 1950-iiireii. Conflicting 7 $3.00 Per Year; Single Gory, 10c eports Aggravate Middle East Conditions: Jordan Denies Withdrawal of Charges Against . Israel to UN Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News for a united stand. It is understood that Syria also informed Jordan that it is resolved "to drive out the Jews by force." JERUSALEM—The Jordan-controlled RamaIlah radio Mon- day night vigorously denied reports that Jordan had withdrawn from the Security Council its complaint against alleged Israel aggression in the Yarmuk area. According to the broadcast, the Jordan cabinet met yester- day to consider "Israel's act of aggression from all points." Col. Harkavi declared that Israel is deeply concerned over the "intensification recently of incidents along the Egyptian border, culmin- ating in the mining of a military vehicle in the Negev." Israel military officials, who view the incident with grave anxiety, "will raise the most energetic protest at the forth-coming meeting of the Israel-Egyptian mixed armistice commission," he added. King Abdullah returned to Amman Tuesday by plane. - Jordan's statement was made in answer to a report by Lt. Col. A. Harkavi, Israel's chief representative to the mixed UN armistice com- missions, that Jordan had requested UN Secretary-General Trygve Lie to suspend further action _over the disputed Naharayim area. Col. Harakavi explained that the Jordanians have "now observed the signa- ture of John Glubb Pasha, Arab Legion commander during the Arab- - . Israel war, on a map showing that the disputed area was awarded to Israel" on June 22, 1949. (A press agency dispatch from Amman reported that the Jordan govern- ment threatened to take military action this week unless Israel forces withdrew from the Nayharayim sector. UN truce chief Gen. William Riley declared in Tel Aviv that the disputed area was definitely in Israel territory, but added that he had legal reservations arising out of the fact that the land had be- longed to Jordan before the Palestine fighting.) Meanwhile, Arab radio stations in the Middle East launched a violent anti-' Israel propaganda campaign over the Israel-Jordan crisis. The Britiih-controlled Near East Arabic Radio asserted that "Jordan considers the Israel action very serious and it might involve the Arabs in another war." It was also reported that the Syrian Cabinet discussed the alleged Israel "invasion of Arab territory" last Week and then proceeded to contact all Arab capitals in order to line them up • An Israel military jeep was wrecked when it struck a land mine in the central Negev. Hand grenades were simultaneously thrown at the jeep from ambush, a military spokesman said, but the occupants escaped without casualties. Two Arab constables attached to the Israel police force and one Arab soldier of the Israel Army were bound and forced across the Israel border by members of the Jordan National Guard stationed in the Arab triangle area. The incident started when a '70-year-old Arab shepherd was held up by three Jordan National Guardsmen from Kfar Anin, located south of Affula, who made off with 17 head of sheep. The two Arab constables and the Arab soldier were- sent to the scene of the attack and as they approached the area, were fired on by the Arab Guards- men. The Israelis returned the -fire, whereupon the Jordan National Guard leader called on the three Israel Arabs to desist from further firing and come up to the frontier to settle the dispute amicably. When the three Israelis approached the border, they were overpowered by eight Jordanians who bound them carefully and took them to Kfar Anin. An investigation has been launched. Israel Army Ends Ten-Day Mopping Up of Infiltrees TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The Israel Army completed a 10-day "mopping-up opera- . tion" in the Beit Jibrin area, just north of the Negev desert. A number of Arab infiltrees who have been mining Israel roads and otherwise . ambushing Jewish soldiers and settlers were killed and many more were driven out of Israel territory. A number of Israel soldiers were killed in such a land mine ambush'some weeks ago. (Earlier Story on Page 16) Turkey Ends Identification by Religion; Regulations Planned To Support UN's Genocide Pact Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News ISTANBUL Citizen's identification cards will no longer carry a description of the bearer's religion, according to a decision of the Turkish government announced Tuesday. Identification of bearers of the compulsory identification cards by their religion had long been protested as discrimina- tory and undemocratic, particularly by the sole Jewish mem- ber of the Turkish parliament, Salomon Adatto, a member of the Democratic party. According to reports from Ankara, the government has appointed a legal commission to review all Turkish legislation and make recommendations to bring it into accord with the spirit of the United Nations genocide convention. Sukkoth 5711 • —Photos by Alfred Bernheim, Jerusalem —Exclusive to The Detroit Jewish News irom the Bezalel Jewish National Museum. Upper photo: Painted Wood Sukkah, Bavaria (Southern Ger- many) , 1830 • Lower photo: Paintings — "Jerusalem and Scenes from the Bible"—on the back wall of this Sukkah.