Israel Unearths Bar Kochba Weapons

JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Jewish archeologists investigating the area
between Masada and Ain-Gedi, have unearthed clothing and the remains
of utensils and weapons in what is believed to have been one of the caves
used by the Jews in the Bar Kochba revolt against the Romans 1823 years
ago.
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Among the objects found were a woman's shoe, a
shoe, glass-
ware and earthenware, remains of ancient weapons and remnants of cloth
woven as a prayer shawl. The earthenware and several other objects are

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known to be authentic remnants from the period of the Roman occupation
of Palestine.
The archeologists believe that the cave was one of a number linking
Bar Kochba's headquarters with the Jewish fightina forces. They believe
that the Romans attempted to capture the cave by
b throwing burning
torches into it and making it uninhabitable. They believe that Roman
soldiers, lowered from atop the cave by ropes, tossed the firebrands into
the mouth of the cavern.

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Conflictin. War Talks in Middle East:

King Saud Aims to 'Wipe Out'
Israel, But Naguib Will NotAttack

Syrian-Israel Decisions
May Again Be Postponed

JTA reports from the United Nations that the
Security Council may again delay action on the Syrian-
Israel dispute over the Jordan hydroelectric project,
as a result of the departure of the Syrian delegate, Dr.
Farid Zeineddine, for consultations hi Damascus.
Disappointment has been expressed at the UN
over Jordan's negative reply to UN Secretary General
Dag Hammarskjold on Israel's request for direct arm-
istice talks. With the UN's prestige involved seriously
in this matter, the Jordan reply has been withheld
from publication. It was stated this week that if Jor-
dan failed to obey the UN summons to attend a con-
ference with Israel, the UN's Secretary General would
be justified in citing its failure to the Security Council
as an action threatening peace.
Jordanian Ambassador Abdul M. Rafai met with
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles in Washington
and later told newsmen that Jordan has no intention
of meeting with Israel under the armistice terms.
The Palestine Conciliation Commission has re-
ported on the release of blocked Arab refugee ac-
counts by Israel. More than 3,000 applications have
been approved for payments and the first sum released
amounts to 1,000,000 pounds. The Commission ex-
pressed gratification that "a solution of the difficul-
ties encountered was apparently reached."
A JTA report from Bonn this week stated that
the Arab League's economic council has postponed
action on a propOsal to institute an Arab boycott
against Germany in protest against reparations pay-
ments to Israel.

Trace Iron: The

important role of the Israel
Bond Issue in the develop-
ment of Israel's natural re-
sources was highlighted last
week with the discovery of
traces of iron ore in the Up-
per Galilee (1). The new
find is the second trace of
iron ore to be discovered in
the Galilee area. Early last
year, deposits were discov-
ered near Beit Ntufa (2).
Substantial deposits of iron
ore are known to exist in
the Negev (3), where Is-
rael bond proceeds are al-
ready being utilized to un-
earth the valuable resource,
one of many minerals being
exploited in Israel. With the
aid of Israel bond alloca-
tions, the government's plan
to develop copper, manga-
nese, feldspar, ball clay,
phosphates and potash is
moving forward rapidly.

Latest reports from the Middle East indicate that Israel
continues on the defensive and faces many threats from hos-
tile neighbors.
The 53-year-old King Saud of Saudi Arabia was reported
by the Associated Press to have stated at his royal palace in
Riyadh that the Arab nations would sacrifice up to 10,000,000
of their 50,000,000 people to wipe out Israel. He was quoted
as saying: "Israel to the Arab world is like a cancer to the
human body, and the only remedy is to uproot it."
On the other hand, Aneurin Bevan, British Labor Party
leader, told a group of Israel Parliamentary leaders in Jerusa-
lem that Egypt's "strong man," Gen. Mohammed Naguib, as-
sured him: "I shall not attack Israel. Only a crazy man would
wish to start a war in the Middle East, which would almost
certainly develop into a world war,"
A JTA report from London states that confirmation by
British Foreign Office sources of reports of a U. S. Govern-
ment agreement with Saudi Arabia for the training and
equipment of a substantial Arabian army is accompanied by
concern that the new American policy may lead to attacks
on Israel.
While Russia has complete negotiations for the sale of
75,000 barrels of oil to Israel, a report from Istanbul asserts
that 10,000 Jews living in former Romanian territory have
been deported by Soviet authorities to Siberia.
Grave concern is expressed in Zionist ranks over the two-
hour meeting Secretary of State John Foster Dulles and
Under Secretary Walter Bedell Smith held last week-end with
an anti-Zionist delegation representing "Americans Friends
of the Middle East," headed by the organization's executive
vice-president, Dr. Garland Evans Hopkins, and including an
anti-Zionist trio who recently returned from Israel—Rabbi
Morris Lazaron of the Council for Judaism, Dr. Harold Fey
of the Christian Century and John Cogley of Commonweal.
The recommendations of these anti-Israel spokesmen are con-
sidered by Zionists to be damaging to the Jewish state.

President's Silence on McCarron Act Creates Alarm;
New Policy Affects lsraeb Arms for Arabs Cause Concern

WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Disappointment over president Eisenhower's failure to call for revision of the McCarran-Walter Immi-
gration and Naturalization Act in his State of the Union message to Congress was voiced in many quarters.
The President's stand on civil rights was criticized as failing to go far enough in describing definite actions, and his state-
ment on American Middle East policy failed to allay doubts widely held that the Administration's "new look" on the Middle East
would not work to the advantage of Israel.
The President's silence on the immigration measure was commented upon by Senator Herbert H. Lehman, of New York who
regretted "very much that the President saw fit to omit any reference to the need for drastic amendment" of the act.
Sen. Lehman called on President Eisenhower at the White House and asked his support of a non-partisan citizens' com-
mittee devoted to securing revision of the act. The President's attitude toward such a committee was not indicated by Sen. Lehman,
who said the President visualized an "uphill fight."
(The New York Times reported from Washington that Controversy over the McCarran-Walter law "began anew on Capital
Hill" because of the President's failure to call for revision of the measure. The dispatch said the President was accused of failing
to fulfill promises made ifr his 1952 campaign for a revision of the act which at one time he said implied a "blasphemy against
democracy." The dispatch also referred to charges that a "deal" had been made to abandon any attempt to revise the act at this
session of Congress.)
Circles in Washington concerned with economic support for Israel paid particular attention to the portion of the President's
address which read: "The forthcoming budget message will propose maintenance of the Presidential power of transferability of
all assistance funds and • will ask authority to merge these funds with the regular defense funds. It will also propose that the
Secretary of Defense have primary responsibility for the administration of foreign military assistance in accordance with the
policy guidance of the Secretary of State."
Israel at present receives no American military assistance from the United States, the State Department having failed to act
on Israel's long-standing request for military aid.
Speaking of the overall foreign aid program, President Eisenhower said that military assistance and technical aid must be con-
tinued but that "economic assistance can be reduced." He indicated that the economic aid program would be cut except for
economic programs in Korea and "in a few other critical places in the world."
The President, in reviewing America's Middle East policy, struck a note similar to that of Secretary of State John Foster Dulles
soon after his return last Spring from a visit to the Arab States and Israel.
Israel diplomatic representatives expressed the concern of the Israel government to Assistant Secretary of State Henry A. By-
roade over reports of impending American military aid to Arab states. At Israel's request, Mr. Byroade met for over an hour with
Minister Plenipotentiary Reuven Shiloah and • Col. Chaim Herzog chief Military attache of the Israel Embassy. •