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Opposition to Arms for Arabs
Voiced in Washington; Crisis in
Israel Over Cabinet's Formation

NEW YORK, (JTA)—Secretary of State John Foster Dulles may face strong op-
position in Congress to his reported plans to send American arms to Iraq and Saudi
Arabia over protests on the part of Israel, it was indicated in well-informed circles.
Israel's concern over these plans was conveyed to Secretary Dulles by Israel Ambas-
sador Abba Eban in the course of a 45-minute conversation in the State Department.
Mr. Eban emphasized that Iraq and Saudi Arabia are technically still at war with the
Jewish State and—unlike the other Arab states—have not even concluded an armistice
agreement with Israel.
"It would be a most inopportune moment for any action designed to strengthen
the military equipment of any member of the Arab League," Mr. Eban was reported
to have told Mr. Dulles. He drew the attention of the Secretary of State to the recent
statement by the new King of Saudi Arabia suggesting that the Arab nations should
sacrifice 10,000,000 of their people "to wipe out Israel."

The Israel Ambassador indicated that Israel is alarmed over American plans to supply
arms to the two Arab countries, because arms given to one of the members of the Arab League
may be shared among all members under a security pact signed by all Arab countries. He also
pointed out to Secretary Dulles that a grant of arms to the Arab states would be at variance
with the tripartite declaration of the United States, Britain and France on May 25, 1950 ac-
cording to which the Big Powers would seek to prevent an arms race among Israel and the
Arab states.

Israel Experiment:

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these shallow tanks
Hebrew University botanists are experimenting with the
growing of chlorella, a one-celled alga which is the most ef-
ficient producer of protein in the vegetable kingdom. Scien-
tists have expressed intense interest in this project, which
aims at solving the world's serious shortage of vegetable pro-
tein for use as animal feed and, ultimately, food for humans.
Full-scale cultivation of the plant will be of particular value
to Israel by reducing the expenditure of hard currency for
the importation of foodstuffs.

Jew Becomes President of
Germany's Supreme Tribunal

BONN, (JTA)—Dr. Rudolf Katz, a Jew who spent the war
years in the United States, has become Acting President of the
Supreme Constitutional Court at Karlsruhe, West Germany's
highest tribunal, following the death of Chief Justice Hermann
Hoepker-Aschoff.
Until a new Chief Justice is chosen by the German Parlia-
ment—and that may not be for some time—Dr. Katz will be the
top jurist of a court which has been invested with more authori-
ty than any other in the history of Germany.
Dr. Katz, who is 59, was born at Falkenberg, Pomerania, in
a family which gave a number of rabbis to German Jewry. Since
his return to Germany six years ago, however, he has not affili-
ated himself with the Jewish community.
In pre-Hitler Germany, Dr. Katz was a Social Democratic
leader and fled when the Nazis came to power. In the United
States, where he lived from 1935 to 1946, Dr. Katz was editor of
the German language Socialist newspaper "Neue Folkszeitung."
He returned to Germany in 1947 to become Minister of Justice
in Schleswig-Holstein and in 1950 was elected vice-president of
the Supreme Court.

Briton Opposes Ban on Jews in Clubs

LONDON, (JTA)—Sir Stephen Pierssene, director general of

the central office of the Conservative Party of Britain, spoke
out against the exclusion of Jews from membership in the Con-.

servative Club of St. Anne's, a British resort town. The club
has admitted that it refuses to accept Jews as members.

(The New York Times reported from Washington that American officials dealing with the
requests for grants of military aid from Iraq and Saudi Arabia expect top level decisions this
month. However, they admit that objections raised by other nations and the ensuing political
complications make the future uncertain.)
A warning against giving American arms to Arab
states was voiced by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver addressing 600
Zionist leaders in Boston at a dinner tendered in his honor.

Egypt 'Explains'
Israel Blockade

LONDON, (JTA) — The Egyp-
tian Official Gazette, which has
published a decree proclaiming
Israel food shipments as contra-
band, subject to seizure in Egyp-
tian waters, published an "Ex-
planatory Memorandum" along-
side the decree, it is reported
here in a dispatch from Cairo.
The "explanation" reveals that
the Arab states' boycott com-
mittee has asked the Egyptian
government to pass legislation
designed to tighten the Israel
blockade in Egyptian waters by
confiscating food shipments and
the vessels in which they are
being transported to Israel, as is
done by other Arab states. Egypt
was informed that Israel's econ-
omic activity in South and East
Africa is increasing.
The "explanation" notes that
modern wars are characterized
by total economic mobilization
so that it has become difficult to
distinguish between fighting
forces and civilian populations
and between supplies for one or
the other. Therefore, it states,
it has become customary to re-
gard all imports of a "belligerent
state as war contraband" and
consequently "Egypt has to take
sterner measures to attain the
desired end."

Cabinet-Making Creates Problems

Direct JTA Teletype Wire - to The Jewish News
JERUSALEM — Acting Premier Moshe Sharett
may return his mandate to form a cabinet to Presi-
dent Itzhak BenZvi if the deadlock created by con-
flicting demands on the General Zionists, Progressives
and religious parties persists much longer.
Mapai sources pointed out that- the Mapai may be
faced with the alternatives of forming a government
with the General Zionists alone or with the smaller
parties—Progressives, Mizrachi and Labor Mizrachi-
alone. If that situation comes to pass, these same
sources assert, Mr. Sharett would prefer to attempt to
form a cabinet with the smaller parties.
As the coalition crisis enters its 50th day, Mapai
leaders privately assert their willingness to drop the
demand for an election law amendment which would
restrict parliamentary representation to those parties
which obtain at least 4.2 percent of the total vote in
a national election.
Meanwhile, Joseph Serlin, Minister of Health in
this cabinet and top General Zionist leader, insisted on
Tuesday that the Mapai stick to the coalition agree-
ment it initiated with his party last week and which
agreed to the election law change and granting the
education Ministry post to centrists.
Moshe Shapira, leader of the Orthodox Labor-
ites, largest of the religious parties in Israel, asserted
that his group has tried earnestly to form a coalition,
but that if the General Zionists persist in barring his
group from a deputy ministership of education it would
be willing to enter a narrower cabinet without the
General Zionists.
The Parliament on Monday formally marked the
fifth anniversary of its establishment.

Two Major Activities on Our Jewish Community's Calendar

Budgeting Parley on Sunday, Federation Meeting Feb. 2

Heralding the year's activities and the approach of another Allied
'Jewish Campaign, the Jewish Welfare Federation will have two important
conferences in the coming two weeks: Federation's annual meeting, Tues-
day evening, Feb. 2, and the annual pre-campaign budget meetings, this
coming Sunday, both at the Davison Jewish Center.
The budget-planning conference will start this Sunday at 10:30 a.m.,
with an address by Samuel H. Rubiner, Federation president, who has
named Dr. Harry E. August as chairman of the steering committee. The
health, welfare, education, community relations, capital needs, overseas
and Israel needs will be discussed by George M. Stutz, Morris Garvett,
Jacob A. Citrin, Max J. Zivian and Abraham Srere. Federation board
members and members of the boards of agencies affiliated with Federation
wall attend this conference.
Simultaneous with the Federation's annual meeting, Fresh Air So-

ciety and Jewish Vocational Service also will conduct their annual
meetings.
Annual officers' reports will be presented at the meetings and the
Fred M. Butzel Award for Distinguished Communal Service will be pre-
sented to the person chosen for this year's honors.
The nominating committee headed by Max Osnos will present the
following nominees to the Federation board of governors: Tom Borman,
Max M. Fisher, William Friedman, Joseph Holtzman, Mrs. John C. Hopp,
Abe Kasle, A. C. Lappin, Milton M. Maddin and George M. Stutz.
Reports for the Women's Division of Federation and Detroit Service
Group will be given by Mrs. Harry L. Jones and Milton K, Mahler. Mrs.
Emil T. Steam and Jacob Kellman will present the reports of the nomi-
nating committees of Fresh Air Society and JVS.

