'A ati Stevenson Back from Near East,
Reports Dim Hope for Arab-Israel Peace
z4 No Peace for Israel?' is the
rather pessimistic title of a story
written in the current issue of
Look Magazine by Adlai Steven-
son, who traveled "for three
weeks through this turbulent
halfway world between Asia and
the West."
Stevenson's trip took .him.
from the oil-rich desert king-
dom. of Saudi Arabia to an Egypt
in revolution; from Lebanon,
7 -7 Syria and Jor-
dan with their
camps of sullen,
seething Arab
refugees to holy
Jerusalem, now
torn asunder by
barbed wire and
bitterness. And
there . across a
strip of no
Man's land, I
stepped into the
Stevenson stony, struggling
pioneer state of Israel where
gunfire still crackles almost
nightly along uncertain fron-
tiers." .*Nol
After telling of visits with
King Ibn Saud and other Saudi
Arabian leaders, .Stevenson :re-
lates his experiences in Egypt
where the problems of the mo-
ment do not concern Israel
nearly so much as British con- .
trol of the Suez Canal.
In other Arab lands—Lebanon,
Syria and Jordan — Stevenson
vrrites of "fear of Israeli expan-
sion and suspicion that Jewish
immigration is encouraged to
make expansion necessary . . .
and everywhere I heard polite
but barbed references to Zionist
influences in America, to U. S.
partiality for Israel and to our
responsibility for wrongs done
the Arabs."
Of Israel, Stevenson writes,
"Much has been written about
the modern miracles wrought by
Israel. . . These achievements
exceeded my expectations." But
he strikes a solemn note saying
that "Israel's road is as rocky
as its soil."
After giving a glimpse of Isra-
el's staggering economic respon-
sibilities and the uneven, deadly
treacherous, imbalance of ,im-
ports and exports, the Demo-
cratic leader quotes an Israel of-
ficial who told him:
lift- the blockade, Israel's in-
dustries would improve. "But
peace is a prerequisite to ending
the blockade—and the prospects
look no brighter on this side of
the border," Stevenson said.
Describing talks with Premier
Ben-Gurion and Foreign Minis-
ter Moshe Sharett, Stevenson
quoted them as saying, "We
want to live in friendly coop-
eration with our Arab neigh-
bors. Our aim is peace." Asked
about Arab demands for peace,
they reported, "Jerusalem will be
internationalized—over our dea d
bodies. Repatriation? We won't
accept a single Arab."
He quotes Ben-Gurion as ex-
plaining why Israel insists on
making Jerusalem its capital:
"We are ready to accept divided
.Jerusalem as it is and we have
no objection to international
supervision of the holy places.
But Israel without Jerusalm is
like Zionism without Zion."
Stevenson feels that four
outstanding disputes between
Arabs and Jews must be set-
tled before there can be any
approach to peace: bounda-
ries. Jerusalem, compensation
to Arabs for loss of property
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DETROIT JEWISH NEWS-9
Friday, July 31, 1953
Winkelman Given
Torch Fund Post
Stanley Winkelman has been
named one of the co-chairmen
of the 1953 commerce and pro-
fessional unit in the Torch Fund
drive.
He will supervise solicitation
of retail stores, attorneys and
school teachers.
"My, own - feeling," he writes,
"is that insistence on any major
alteration of Israel's boundaries
is unrealistic.
"As to Jerusalem, it is hard to
see how . a city divided against
itself can _stand, let alone flour-
ish ; and certainly all the faiths
are concerned.
"The refugees constitute the
hardest problem. . . Indemnifi-
cation for their property is no
more than fair and just. As to
repatriation, I doubt that any
subStantial number of Arab
refugees would care to live as
Israeli citizens under conditions
and in an environment quite
different from what they re-
member; and especially if . op-
portunities were opened to re-
settle with help and hope among
their kinfolk in Arab countries."
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BERNIE GOROSH
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Drive,, heard the past-president,
Mrs. Emil Rothman, as principal
speaker in a discussion of com-
munity work and education.
Mrs. Nathan King is so far •
leading in the membership con-
test with a total of 33 members
in two weeks.
The Council's steering com-
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rael is doing something about
her "present plight." With Ger-
man reparations goods coming
through and should the Arabs
BE SURE TO SEE
The National Council of Jew-
ish Women has formed a mem-
bership committee, under the
chairmanship of Mrs. Morton L.
Snyder, of Woodingham Drive.
and the vice-chairmanship of
Mrs. D. Ben Keywell, of Roslyn
Road, for a membership contest
to last until January. A prize
will be awarded to the person
bringing in the greatest number
of new Council members.
This group, which gathered
for lunch recently at the home
and repatriation.
"Flushed with a victory that
had looked so doubtful, we
thought we could have every-
thing all at once-unlimited
immigration and assimilation,
rapid industrialization, agri-
cultural development, social
security, high wages and liv-
ing standards and a big army.
We were wrong."
But, Stevenson explains, Is-
Your Deal
.
Detroit Council of Jewish Women Plan
Membership .Driye Through January
HAROLD RIEGELMAN, acting
New York City postmaster, will
be the Republican candidate for
Mayor of New York in the forth-
coming election. He will be op-
posed by the Liberal Party>au-
dolph Halley, presently ; council
president, and either Mayor Vin-
cent Impellitteri or Manhattan
Borough president Robert Wag-
ner, Jr., Democrats.
Clifton Fadiman: "The ad-
vantage of a dictaphone is that
it never takes a man's mind off
his work by crossing its knees."
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