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Government Crisis in Israel;
General Zionists Quit Cabinet

Detroit Prepares
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JE13,USALEM, (JTA) —The Israel Government

was,

plunged into a new crisis when the four General -
Zionist Ministers handed their resignations to Pre-
mier David Ben-Gurion, thus bringing .to an end the
five-month old Laborite-centrist coaliti
on.
The immediate reason for the resignations was
that the Mapai Party council had overruled a Gen-
eral Zionist demand; suppO'rted by Premier. Ben-
Gurion, that only the Israeli flag be flown in all
schools in the country and that only the national
anthem be sung by schoolchildren. The rightvving
Socialist Mapai council voted 60 to 21 to permit the
flying of a red flag and the singing of the "Inter-
nationale" at schools where a majoyity of the par-
ents of the pupit request it.
The centrist Ministers—Trade and Industry,
Dr. Peretz Bernstein; Interior, Israel Rokach;
Health, Joseph Serlin; and Communications, Jo-
seph Saphir—called on Premier Ben-Gurion to
deliver an ultimatum that either the Mapai re-
verses its stand or they leave the Cabinet. Later
in the day, they submitted their resignations in
writing, as required by law.
It was learned • that the Progressive Party
deputies in the Knesset had delegated their leader,
Justice Minister Dr. Pinchas Rosen, to see Mr. Ben-
Gurion and explore' the possibilities of a compro-
mise which would restore the status quo. If the
Progressives find that no compromise is possible,
they will then consider whether to remain: in the
Cabinet with the Mapai.
Yitzhak Harari, a Progressive deputy, expressed
surprise that the Mapai was ready to throw the
government into a crisis in the "political, security
and economic situation in which the state is now."
He predicted that if the Mapai would accept no com-
promise the Progressives---a centrist party which
has often sided with the Mapai—would leave the
Cabinet.
Premier David Ben-Gurion will temporarily as
sume responsibility for the four Ministries held by ;

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Dulles in Israel

During their visit in Israel,
Secretary of State John FoSter Dulles and Mutual Security
Director Harold Stassen were welcomed by Israeli officials. In
upper . photo, at Foreign Ministry in. Tel Aviv, seated, from
the left: Mr. STASSEN, FRANCIS H. RUSSELL, American
Charge d'Affaires, MOSHE SHARETT, Israel Foreign Minis-
fer, and Mr. DULLES. American and Israel aides are standing
in the background. In lower photo, reviewing the honor guard
• of a Paratroop Unit, upon their arrival at LYdda Airport from
the _left: Head of Paratroop Unit, Mr. SHARETT, Mr. STAS 7
SEN and Mr. DULLES.

Spokesmen for every phase of
Jewish life in Detroit have joined
in planning an impressive welcome
for Abba Eban, Israel's Ambassador
to the United States, at the dinner
at the Statler Hotel Monday eve-
ning, under auspices of the Bonds
for Israel Organization. Abe Kasle,
chairman of the arrangements com-
mittee, announces that in order to
handle the expected overflow and
to accommodate those who do not
wish to attend the dinner but de-
sire to he _ ar the Ambassador's
speech, the Wayne Room, adjoin-
ing the Statler Grand Ballroom, has
been reserved for late-comers. The
dinner has been scheduled for 6:30
p.m., with Ambassador Eban's ad-
dress at 8:30.

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Catholics and Pro-Arabs Attack Israel
At Hearings Before Senate Subcommittee

WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Bitter attacks against Israel were made by pro-Arab witnesses who
testified before a subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the subject of the
Arab refugee problem:
Monsignor Thomas J. McMahon, representing the Catholic Near Eastern Welfare Society,
called for the internationalization of Jerusalem. He declared the Christian claims on Palestine
could not be separated from the Arab refugee problem,
The priest approved testimony given earlier by George M. Barakat, an Arab propagandist,
and , said that he thought the Administration's pro Israel policy ofthe,last
five years should be
•
changed. Stating that he spoke as a representative of the Church, Monsignor McMahon de-
- dared: "We are not anti-Semites; we are anti-nothing when we are pro-human."
Testifying on behalf of the •"National Association. of Federations of Syrian' and Lebanese
American Clubs;" of which he is president, Mr. Barakat demanded that "the United States shoilld.
insist thatIsrael restore the territory seized by it beyond the boundaries assigned to it by the
United Nations." Mr. Barakat said the U. S. Government could bring "enough pressure" through
the ,United Nations to "compel compliance."
The Arab spokesman maintained that a solution of. the. Arab refugee problem involved the
"re-adjustment" of Israel's borders and the internationalization of Jerusalem. He also asked the
senators for an "internationalized corridor" from the Mediterranean to Jerusalsm. Israel should
be made to permit return of the Arab refugees, Mr. Barakat said, and should be forced to "com-
pensate them for property losses" and to release Arab funds he said were frozen in Israel banks.
Another- attack on Israel was made by Stephen B.L. Penrose, president of the American

University of Beirut.. Mr. Penrose asked Senators how Israel could say there was no room for
the Arab refugees when a request was recently made for the release of 2,500,000 Jews from
behind the Iron Curtain. He asked that an effort be made to see if. the Arabs could be re-
established in Israel, warning that the present situation threatened world peace. A "border ad- .
justment," he said, "will have to be a part of the solution of the refugee problem."

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Reform Leaders in Israel:

Thirty

rabbis and laymen representing the Union of American He-
brew Congregations were on a four-week pilgrimage of the
Jewish state. Upper photo shows Premier DAVID BEN-
GURION addressing the group which included Rabbi HER-
MAN'SCHAALMAN (left), director of the Chicago Federa-
tion of Reform Synagogues, and . Dr. MAURICE N. EISEN-
DRATH, UAHC president. In the lower photo, Chief. Rabbi
ISAAC HERZOG greets the group in his home. .

Acting Secretary of State Walter Bedell Smith, told the subcommittee that the State De-
partment had concluded that the Arab refugee problem "is a world problem which it is proper for .
the United Nations to deal,, with." Mr. Smith told the sub-committee that the United States
. should continue to support the United Nations Relief and Works Agency in its efforts to help the
refugees. He said he thought the United Nations did a good job under trying conditions, He
said he looked forward to continued support from Congress for this program.
The Acting Secretary recommended that termination date for the- refugee care program
be extended from June 30, 1954, to June 30, 1956. A request was also made for an overall increase
of $50,000,000 in the relief fund. The settlement of this issue, he said, would have a great effect
on the progress of the Mutual Security Agency and the solution of other issues in taw Near East.
Arthur Z. Gardiner, political and economic adviser of the Near Eastern11 111kr§ion
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of the
State Department, told the subcommittee that the reason for the recent Arabael border
disturbances was that the Arab refugees could look across the border from tom - Arab countries
and see the land which they . had formerly inhabited. Asked by the suboommittee members
whether there were Communists among the Arab refugees, Mr. Gardiner
_that there were, ,
Communists on "both sides" of the border.. ' °

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