Purely Commentary

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

Summons to Peace: How Statesmen Can Succeed
Whatever the result of deliberations over issues involving
Israel and her Arab neighbors, now pending before the United
Nations, it is clear that the battle for peace remains drawn out
and those who strive for an end to the war threats in that area
will be compelled to carry on their efforts against great odds.
The unevenness of the struggle is created by the comfort given
by the United States delegation to the enemies of Israel. Instead
of saying to Jordan that she must meet with Israel to discuss
peace, the Big.. Three are keeping silent on the proposal made by
Israel, through her spokesman, Abba S. Eban, for an immediate
meeting of contending forces to review the armistice problems.
Two expressions of opinion on the Big Three resolution of
eensure to Israel deserve special consideration. They analyzed
squarely and without pulling any punches the injustice that was
about to be perpetrated on Israel. One of the declarations is the
statement by Louis Lipsky, chairman of the American Zionist James Wineman Max M. Fisher
Council. The other is an editorial in the New York Times, under
James Wineman and Max M.
the heading "Israel vs. Jordan." We present them in juxtaposi-
tion, although they match one another in their alaysis of facts: Fisher have been named associ-
THE N. Y. TIMES EDITORIAL MR. LIPSKY'S STATEMENT ate chairmen of pre-campaign of
The joint resolution on the the 1954 Allied Jewish Cam-
In the resolution of censure
proposed to the Security Conn- Palestine Question presented to paign, Samuel H. Rubiner, presi-
cii of the United Nations by the United Nation's Security dent of the Jewish Welfare Fed-
the United States; Great Brit- Council by the United States, eration, sponsor of the drive, an-
ain and France the tragic Bib- Britain and France is a total nounced this week.
ya raid is described as a "re- evasion of their responsibility
Irving W. Blumberg and Har-
taliatory action." There is no for the tragic situation which vey H. Goldman again fill the
question in anybody's mind that has arisen on the borders of posts of chairmen of the drive,
for the second successive year,
the attack was provoked by a Israel and Jordan.
Never before has there been and John E. Lurie serves again
long series of Arab incursions
on Israeli villages in the in- a resolution of the United Na- as pre-campaign chairman.

flamed borderland between. Is ticins' Security Council on the
rael and Jordan. In the cir- Palestine Question that did not
circumstances the language of firmly and unequivocably call
the resolution seems harsh; the for the conclusion of perma-
nent peace in the area. Now,
justification of the condemna-
tion itself stems only from the by delibetate choice of termi-
fact that this deed of yen- • nology, the Great Powers have
made it possible for the Arab
seance was not the act of in-
dividual marauders but the or- states to continue their policy
ganized work of well-armed of refusing to negotiate peace
with Israel. They have given
forces.
To responsibility
this extent it
comes the
of be-
the the green light to Arab agres-
sors to continue their war
Israeli government.
a gains t Israel by all means
But a resolution of censure,
short of outright hostilities.
even if approved, will not end
On May 25, 1950, the Great
the border incidents. The Se-
Powers expressed "their deep
curity Council has an obliga-
interest in and their desire to
tion to uphold law and order
promote the establishment and
in the settlement of disputes,
maintenance of peace and sta-
but its responsibility does not
bility in the area." On numer-
end with deploring acts of vio-
ous occasions since that date
lence. The Israeli delegate has
the. United States Government
expressed "profound and re-
hag repeatedly expressed its
served regret" for the _Kibya
hope for peace in the Middle
episode. In behalf of his gov-
East. k tail instead of peace,
ernment he has gone further there has been a long calendar

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and proposed that "the senior of robbery, and murder com-
political and military represen- 'flitted by: The regular and ir-
tatives of Israel and Jordan - regular forces of Jordan against
should meet without delay (at Israel farmers and townsfolk,
UN headquarters) to discuss without respect to age and sex,
armistice problems, and espe- on Israel Soil. Not once dur-
pecially the prevention of bor- ing this period has any of the
der incidents and the coopera- Powers publicly expressed con-
tion of the respective authori- cern or. regret and, indeed, the
ties in maintaining border se- restraining influence of Britain
curity.
on the actions of its Jordan
This is a constructive offer, ally has been sadly lacking.
Now the Powers propose the
and in ignoring it the repre-
"strongest censure" of Israel
sentative of Jordan has put
for one isolated act of desper-
ate reprisal carried out by the
himself in the- wrong. How can
husbands, brothers andfathers
there be a bloodless settlement
of women and children mur-
of any dispute if one side re-
dered by Jordan bands. We
fuses to talk to the other?
do not condone the incident

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Clearly the tension of the Is-

at Kibya, but we doubt whe-
ther Americang would have
raeli - Jordan frontier has acted very differently in simi-
reached an acutely dangerous lar situations.
stage. It seems to us the plain
While the Great Powers cen-
duty of the Security Council sure Israel they merely "re-
quest the government of Jor-
to call the two states together
dan to continue and strength-
here and now, to discuss ways
en the measures which they
and means of preventing other
are already taking to prevent
Kibyas. Rejection of such a such crossing" of the armistice

summons should draw down on lines. The fact is the govern-
the intransigent nation the ment of Jordan and its armed
forces, generalled and officered
censure not only of the United by British professional soldiers,
Nations but of the public opin- has completely failed to hold
ion of the world. its nationals in check, and, in-
deed, there is every ground for
stating that these depredations
have been carried out as a
matter of policy. But while Is-
rael is strongly rebuked, Jor-
dan't guilt is condoned and
whitewashed.
If these statements can be given wide circulation in quarters
where the facts should be known, they will alert all who have a
sense of justice to the gravity of the - situation and may lead to
inducing the United Nations in taking positive action on Israel's
peace moves.

Great Britain's Unsavory Role

Lowdermilk and Sensibar to Speak
At Technion Society Dinner Dec. 7

Wineman and Fisher
Named Pre-Campaign
1954 AJC Chairmen

There are, of course. other factors in this issue. Great. Britain's
actions are especially questionable. Miss Lillie Shultz, .writing ,in-
the Nation, accuses the British ofdesigning to return to Israel
in order to have an outlet to the 'Mediterranean.. Only time will
tell whether this charge is justified. In the meantime, Great Brit-
ain's leadership in efforts to condemn Israel at the UN, her military
interests in Jordan, her encouragement to the taunting tactics of
Glubb Pasha and his Arab (British-controlled) Legion, indict the
former Palestine mandatory power.
Israel is pressed to the wall and needs all the friends she can
enlist in her struggle for survival, and especially in her efforts to
effect peace. Those who are sincere in their affirmations for peace
must come to her aid. We especially pray that our own Govern-
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coma_gt, far

Three distinguished spersonali- 1 (Northern Rocky Mountain
ties will address the annual De- Region) of the U.S. Forest Serv-
troit Technion Society dinner, ice.
at Hotel Statler, Monday eve-
In 1933, when Franklin D.
ning, Dec. 7, the co-chairmen of
the dinner, Benjamin Wilk and
Leon Kay, announced this week.
Dr. Walter C. Lowdermilk,
noted soil conservationist, auth-
or of "Palestine: Land of Prom-
ise," will deliver the principal
address. He will be accompanied
by Mrs. Lowdermilk, one of the
most distinguished Christian
supporters of the Zionist cause.
The dinner, which will be pre-
ceded by cocktails at 6:30 p.m.,
also will be addressed by Jacob
R. Sensibar of Chicago, the orig-
inator of the Huleh- Reclamation
Project in Israel, and by J. W.
Wunsch, president of American
Technion Society.

U. S. Urged to Revise
Anti-Israel Position
At UN by CIFWA

CLEVELAND, (JTA) —Speak-
ing for 800 Jewish communities
in the United States, the Gen-
eral Assembly of the Council of
Jewish Federations and Welfare
Funds, at its session here, adopt-
ed a resolution expressing "grave
concern" over the joint resolu-
tion presented by the U. S., Brit-
ain and France to the UN Se-
curity Council •censuring Israel
for the Kibya incident.
Simon E. Sobeloff of Balti-
more, Chief Judge of the Mary-
land Court of Appeals, traced the
development of cooperative ef-
forts by American Jews through
their central communal agen-
cies in the face of the "colossal
struggles" to destroy, Nazism and
aid in the , re-establishm.ent of.
the State of Israel.
"There is a strong parallel be-
tween . these events in Jewish
communal life and the experi-
ence of the free nations of the
world," he declared. "In both in-
stances common struggles
strengthened a sense of kinship
—nation with nation, and Jew-
ish community with Jewish com-
munity—between those who live
in far corners of the world. Hav-
ing won the war, both the na-
tions of the world and Jewish
communities now have the pro-
longed, less dramatic, more diffi-
cult responsibility—to 'win the
peace.' "
Dr. Abba Hillel Silver said
that the Jews of America owe
it to themselves and to the Jew-
ish people "to take over the
glory and burden of our heritage
now that the Jewish communi-
ties of Europe no longer exist as
vital and creative centers."
The first presentations of the
William J. Shroder Memorial
Awards were made at the con-
cluding session of the CJFWF

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During his stay here, Dr.
Lowdermilk will address a
luncheon meeting at Wayne
University on Monday. Mrs.

Lowdermilk will present her
views on Israel at a luncheon,
at the same time, before lead-

ing Christian women commun-
ity leaders.

DR. WALTER C. LOWDERMILS
Roosevelt authorized the forma-
tion of a soil conservation serv-
ice, he helped organize and di-
rect the national program of
soil conservation of the United
States, as assistant chief, . until
his retirement from government
service.
Mr. Wunsch and General Yaa-
cov Dori, president of the Israel.
Institute of Technology in Haifa,
announced the appointment of
Dr. Lowdermilk to the post of
profesSor and head of the newly
formed Department of Agricul-
tural Engineering.
Dr. Lowdermilk has been in
Israel for the past two years as
a consultant in soil conservation
and land development for the
Food and Agricuture Organiza-
tion (FOA) of the United Na-'
tionS.

Co-chairmen. of the dinner ar-
rangements committee are Mur-
ray Altman and Samuel Ham-
burger.
Prof.- Lowdermilk was born in
North. Carolina in 1888. Upon
graduation from the University
of Arizona he received a Rhodes
Scholarship to oxford.
He began his professional
career as an assistant forest
ranger in the Tonto. National
Forest of Arizona, which drains
into the Roosevelt Irrigation
Reservoir.
During World War I he served
with Herbert Hoover on the
Commission for Belgian Relief.
He served with the American
Expeditionary Forces in France.
On his return to the United
States he was called to the post 2—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
, Friday, November 27, 1953
of Research Officer for Region

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Between You and Me.

By BORIS SMOLAR

(Copyright 1953, Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

Hanukah Suggestions

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The American Government is planning to distribute Christmas
gift food packages in West Germany to needy Germans ... But
what about Hanukah gift packages to refugees and unemployed
in Israel? — . In fact, a Social Democrat member of the West
German Parliament, Helmut Kalbitzer, is now urging the German
government to transfer to Israel "and other nations economically
much worse off than West Germany" the Yule food which the
U. S. Government has donated to the Germans ... These food pack-
ages come from American government-held food stocks _and from
purchases under American agricultural price-support policies ...
A total of 12,700,000 pounds of fat, rice, sugar, condensed milk,
beans, peas, prunes, raisins and canned beef is being shipped to
the German Government as an outright holiday-season gift ."
And the United States is even absorbing the freight charges
On the basis of the ratio of parcels-to-needy-population used with
regard to Germany, Israel would be justified in getting at least
40,000 such 16-pound parcels ... The Department of Agriculture,
which is looking for an opportunity to get rid of its surpluses,
would perhaps act very favorably if Jewish organizations were to
raise the question with the proper Washington officials ; „Last
year, Hadassah received from the U. S. Government $23,000,000
worth of surplus commodities for Israel ... What about holiday
gifts for Israel now ... There are plenty of needy in Israel, and
the gift-parcels could be distributed by Hadassah or through
Israel's welfare agencies.

Assembly to the Montefiore Hos-
pital of New York and the Jew- American Contributions

ish Federation of Southern Illi-
nois.
Julian Freeman of Indianap-
olis was re-elected president of
the Council.

Compel Israeli Cinemas
To Show-.Newsreel

As the three-year plan to help Israel, upon which American
Jewry emarked late in 1950, draws to a close, Jewish community
leaders are attempting to evaluate the results • . America's share
was one billion dollars ... Was this sum raised? ... Well, here is
the account The UJA, through the Jewish Federations and We1;.
fare Funds, has received about 22k) Million dollars during the
three years ... Other philanthropic agencies, received an additional
45 million dollars ... Israel bond subscriptions totalled 160 .million
dollars, of which over 130 million dollars have been received in
cash ...United States grant-in-aid commitments total 195 million
dollars, of which some 160 million dollars- will have been received
by the end of this year ...During the three-year period there
were also, United States Government surplus commodity grants of
23 million dollars as well as an additional Export-IMport Bank
loan of 35 million dollars ...Also U. S. technical, aid'•repreSenting
small dollar cost; but tremendously . helpfnl. to Israel iii stretching
the value of its income and resources ... There. were, .'of course,
private investments ... The projected goal of a billion dollar was
thus not reached but a substantial part of :it was realized,... Lead-
ers of the . Jewish' Federation and Welfare' FundS emPhasize that
this achievement: .. would have been impossible without: their cen-
tralized action . They suggest bringing -home to Israel greater
understanding of American fund-raising Methods; so that Israel
can more effectively cooperate .!. . They . claim that a clear.e.k . 'dis-
tinction is still needed between. Israel .bonds as investments and
UJA as philanthropy They fear a .changed situation in 1954
as Israel bonds become marketable and they caution against
the use of bonds as payments of Welfare Fund pledges, since this
would add no actual income and no foreign exchange to Israel...
These views found expression at the Asseinbly of the Council of

JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The
Israel Parliament referred to
the Ministries of Education and
Interior a draft bill which would
compel every Israeli cinema to
.show . an :Israel-produced news-
reel at each performance. All
parties support the measure.
Israel Rokach, General Zion-
ist deputy who introduced the
legislation, :said.- his bill- would
protect the struggling pioneer
Israel industry which is finding
it tough sledding despite the
fact that it is "doing great cul-
tural work" such as presenting
new immigrants with facts of
Israel national life, familiarizing
the people with the country's
scenery and helping immigrants
Jewish Federations . in. CleVeland.
learn__Hebrew. • •