Arabs Attempt to Hold Club Over Israel;
Urn Dulles to Watch 'Aggressive Action'
Detroit Zionists Honor Leon Kay
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — The , the United States lost no time
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In to do with the Jordanian State Department had "no corn-lin demanding United Nations
responsiblity for the incident, ment" to offer on the situation , Security Council action. It was
which had clearly been proved. and took the position that it pointed out that the Depart-
had not yet had "confirmation." i ment's action with regard tcf
had
State Department Hears Arab
Full details were brought to the Kibya was based on a report by
states' War Threats
WASHINGTON — Ambassadors State Department by Israel Min- 1 Gen. Vagn Bennike, chief of the
of the seven Arab League states ister Reuven Shiloah. The De- i United Nations truce supervision
in Washington Tuesday served partment reaffirmed its policy organization, which blamed Is-
notice on Secretary of State of supplying arms to the Arab rael. Therefore, according to its
John Foster Dulles that any Is- States, rejecting Congressional explanation, the Department de--
rael' "expansionist or aggressive criticism, as the American Zion- nounced Israel and called for
action" against any Arab coun- ist Committee for Public Affairs United Nations action because
try would bring about armed charged the ambush was a "dir- iof America's interest in main-
action by the Arab Lague "with ect consequence of a policy of taming the authority of the
all the means at their disposal." appeasement pursued by the United Nations and preserving
The Ambassadors of Iraq, Jor- Great Powers and especially by peace and security.
A group of six senators and
dan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and our own Government."
Syria, too, got into the act, its about 35 representatives, includ-
Syria and the charges d'affaires
of Egypt and Yemen met for envoy here charging heavy Israel ing Congressman John D. Din-
LEON KAY (right) , president of the Michian Zionist
about an hour with Secretary troop concentrations on the Is- gell of Detroit, released the text
Dulles, Assistant Secretary of rael-Syrian frontier. At the same of a letter from Under Secretary Region and a member of the national executive committee of
State for Near Eastern Affairs time, Middle East reports spoke of State Walter Bedell Smith the Zionist Organization of America, was presented with an
Henry A. Byroade and other of heavy Syrian troop move- and simultaneously issued a engraved resolution by HARRY COHEN, on behalf of the
statement of "regret that we do Zionist Organization of Detroit, honoring him for his services
ranking State Department offi- ments to the Israel frontier.
not find assurance in the letter to the Zionist movement. The ceremony took place March 18
cials.
Israel Stirred by Massacre
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—No sin- that arms will not be furnished
The Ambassador of Lebanon,
in the Zionist House, on Linwood and Lawrence, which Mr.
Charles Malik served as the gle act' in recent years has so to the Arab states."
Kay helped to establish. Addresses, in which gratitude was
spokesman for the delegation outraged the people of Israel as
The members of Congress had
when it emerged from Mr. Dulles' the wanton ambush of an Eil- met with Secretary Smith and expressed to Mr. Kay for his communal efforts and his work
office. On behalf of the delega- ath-Beersheba bus in the Negev. other State Department offibials for Israel, were delivered by Mr. Cohen, who presided; Rabbi
tion, he said that Mr. Dulles was
The four survivors who lived to express concern over propos- Moses Lehrman, president of the Zionist Organization of De-
told--"that if the mounting ten- to tell the tale, owed their lives als to furnish arms to Arab troit; Samuel Feldstein and Philip Slomovitz. In the back-
sion in the Near East, which is to their quickness in shamming League states. The Department ground in the above photo is the plaque that was unveiled at
caused by Israel, should lead death when two of the armed was asked to avoid such a policy, the Zionist House that evening, with an inscription.that reads:
Israel to any expansionist or Arabs boarded the wrecked ve- which was characterized as a
"This Zionist House Is a Living Testimonial to the Generosity,
aggressive action concerning any hicle to administer the coup de threat to peace.
Zeal, Devotion and Love of His People By Our Friend and
of their countries, the other grace to any survivors of the
Commenting on the Smith
countries, being all bound to- gang's fusilade and to loot the letter the Congressmen sa id Ardent Zionist Leon Kay."
gether by the Arab collective bodies of the victims. The vic- they had pointed out that the
security pact, would regard such tims included women and chil- Arab states have shown no de-
an action as being upon them dren.
-sire to make peace with Israel.
all and would automatically and The bus, proceeding from Eil- Moreover since the original let-
By DR. JACOB R. MARCUS 000,000 persons in this country,
instantly come to the support ath to Tel Aviv, was ambushed ter to the Department of State
of the attacked country with all between the Scorpion Pass and was written on February 8, de-
Director, American Jewish
about 5,000,000 are Jews. They
the means at their disposal."
live in thousands of towns and
Archives
the Great Crater. Two of the velopments in the Near East
He revealed that the Arabs four Israeli soldiers guarding the have again revealed the insta-
The year 1954 marks the ter- hamlets and farms, have built
had asked the United States to vehicle were killed in the first bility and volatile character of centenary of the arrival of a great seminaries and schools,
halt aid to Israel, asserting that burst of fire from the ambush. governments in that area and group of Jews in New Amster- hospitals and social centers, la-
if this aid were lacking Israel
The Israel government,- in a this has heightened our concern - dam (New York) and the begin- bor unions, factories, and syna-
would not have the means for statement expressing its "revul- that U. S. arms may be used not ning of the first Jewish corn- gogues. Yet it is strange that in
committing "aggression."
sion and horror," placed the to defend the Near East against munity on North American soil.'t all these years there has been
Since 1654 that community no adequate guidebook to its
blame for the outrage squarely Communism but for a renewal
Roundup On Crisis
has so grown that of the 160,- people, its life, its institutions.
on Jordan. It charged that an of warfare against Israel."
(Copyright, 1954, JTA, Inc.)
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (JTA) "organized Arab force" had car-
Not that the need for one has
-The Middle East this week ried out the "quasi-military op-
not been felt. When Jacques J.
Lyons and Abraham De Sola
hovered on the edge of war as a eration" and added that the Is-
published a Jewish calendar for
whole series of hostile actions rael government "regards this
by the Arab States was climaxed attack as a war-like act, respon-
fifty years, in 1854, they ap-
by the cold-blooded massacre by sibility for which falls squarely
pended a list of Jewish syna-
By NATHAN ZI PRI N
gogues, philanthropies, and soci-
uniformed Jordanians of eleven on the government from whose
(Copyright, 1954, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate)
Israeli men, women and children territory this unit of murderers
eties. There were then, all told
in the ambush of an Israeli bus was sent forth across the border Crocodile Tears .. .
less than one hundred organza -
While his country's troops were engaged in a three-day shoot- tions, serving less than 100,000
eleven miles inside the Jordan- into Israeli territory to carry
Israel frontier in the Negev, out this dastardly deed.
ing marathon against Israeli fishermen plying their trade in Israel- Jews in the land. Yearbooks, an-
Premier Moshe Sharett, De-
nuals and encyclopedia articles
southeast of Beersheba.
owned waters, Farid Zeineddine, Syria's Ambassador to the in the succeeding decades re-
The slaughter, coming only fense Minister Pinchas Lavon
24 hours after Israeli Chief of and Army Chief of Staff Gen. United States, shed quite recognizable crocodile tears at a special counted in some detail the na-
Staff Brigadier Moshe Dayan, Moshe Dayan travelled to Beer- press conference in Washington where he impudently kicked off ture of the American Jewish
had warned of the imminence of sheba to visit the wounded sur- a fuss about American arms to Israel on the very heels of State community.
war, threatened to bring to the vivors and to hear an eye wit- Department disclosures of firm intention to abide by its decision
But there has not been until
critical point the accumulated ness account from the lips of to give military aid to the Arab states despite Israeli protests and now an adequate guidebook.
tensions of the seething Middle Miriam Lesser, 20-year-old sur- the representation by a Congressional group that such a course Therefore, the publication this
could only lead to renewal of warfare against Israel. His threat June by the Jewish Publication
East. The United Nations Or- vivor.
Israeli military and police of- to resort to the "right to defense" as well as his advice to the Society of America of a Jewish
ganization apparently was help-
less to take any action to restore ficials accompanying UN observ- United States to re-examine its policy toward Israel in the inter- Tourists' Guide to the U. S., by
the balance of peace. The West- ers in retracing the path of the ests of world peace were of the same transparent cloth as the rest Bernard Postal and Lionel Kopp-
ern Powers, although voicing murderers pointed out that the of the recent outbursts by Arab politicians in this country. Now man, is greatly to be welcomed.
concern over developments, ap- deep penetration of Israel terri- that his Jordanian kinsmen have massacred 11 Jews in cold
This book is not merely a
peared unwilling to act to ensure tory over extremely difficult ter- blood it remains to be seen whether that preacher will shed a handbook of information for the
rain
indicated
that
the
Jordan-
tear
or
happily
retreat
to
the
"weep
no
more,
my
soul,"
shelter.
peace.
curious traveler, nor is it the
•
News of 'the massacre ian unit consisted of well-
typical Baedeker with its min-
trained
men.
The
accuracy
of
shocked UN circles here. They
utiae and mathematical, geo-
Footnote to History ...
awaited a full report on the the shooting and the care with
In connection with the tragic circumstances which brought graphical data which not only
situation from Maj. Gen. Vagn which the ambush was prepared
Bennike, UN truce chief in was seen as further evidence Puerto Rico in the headlines, it may be interesting to recall that enlightens but also overwhelms.
that the gang was not the usual upon the occupation of those islands by the United States follow- Rather, this book might well
Palestine.
These were the major devel-. infiltrating band bent on thiev- ing the Spanish American War, President McKinley designated a have been subtitled: The History
Jew, Leo S. Rowe, to codify the laws of the new American terri- and Institutions of American
Opments of the tension-packdd ery.
tory. Rowe's report, consisting of eight volumes, forms the basis Jewry in One Easy-Reading Vol-
(See Editorial, Page 4)
48 hours that followed the mas-
of the legal edifice of Puerto Rico. At the same time, the Johns ume. Before the authors describe
-
The
search
for
the
Arab
gang
macre:
Hopkins
economist, Prof. Jacob Hollander, was designated by the notable sites, they present
JERUSALEM—The Israeli gov- has been called off because the
President
McKinley to revise the fiscal structure of the island. popularly and instructively the
ernment formally charged Jor- Israeli, Jordanian and United
Another
Jewish
figure associated with Puerto Rico is the former background of the Jewish com-
dan with direct responsibility Nations trackers lost the tracks
President
of
the
Zionist Organization of America, Robert Szold, munity in the colonies, states
and filed a protest with the of the murderers in a wild, rocky
and cities. History and guide-
Israel-Jordan Mixed Armistice wadi five miles from the Jordan who was for a time assistant Attorney General of Puerto Rico. book are very well combined.
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Commission. It indicated a di- frontier.
This book may be read, for the
rect protest to the United Na- Jordanian trackers joined the Question Marks ...
sheer joy of reading, in an arm-
tions Security Council and in- UN and Israeli party after the
On what basis is the State Department so sure that the arms chair on a quiet, restful eve-
structed its envoys in the commander of the Arab Legion it intends giving to the Arabs will be used solely for internal ning. It is an excellent introduc-
world's capitals to apprise the offered, through the Mixed Arm- security and against communist aggression? . . . Was it a coinci- tion to the life and adventures
various governments of what istics Commission, to send men dence that the Jordan massacre of 11 Jews in Israel occurred of the American Jews since the
had taken place. to participate in the hunt. Gen. virtually at the same time that Ammon rejected the UN invitation days of Peter Stuyvesant.
AMMAN—The Jordan govern- Dayan instructed the Israeli del- for direct armistice problem talks with Israel? .. . Will dilatory
For the first time the reader
ment hastily denied any re- egates on the MAC to accept the Arab tactics succeed in warding off Security Council debate on who runs, as well as the aca-
sponsibility for t h e massacre. Jordanian offer. The Jordanian Israel's complaints until April, when Moscow's Vishinsky presides demician who ponders, has an
It summoned Its "security coup- trackers remained with the over the Council? . . . Will the American Council for Judaism over-all picture of the Jew on
cil" to prepare measures to re- party one day until the hunt brave an expression of sympathy for Israel as it mourns the mas- the American scene. It is a de-.
sist possible Israel retaliation was abandoned.
sacre of the 11 at the hands of Jordan or will it remain silent for lightful account, full of interest
and alerted the Arab League The tracking teams—led by fear of calling forth the evil devil of divided loyalty? . . . Is it and adventure, for it has cap-
members to the situation. Jor- bloodhounds — had established true the ZOA convention this year will have only one candidate tured the excitement of the
dan notified the UN Secretary before the search was called off to choose from Mortimer May? . . . Did President Eisenhower's growth and development of the
General that it refused to at- that the gang of attackers had flippant remark in reply to a press conference question about the Jewish community in the United
tend a face-to-face meeting split up at the scene of the rnur- McCarran Act mean the General has retreated on his campaign States.
with Israel called under Israel's tiers and had retreated in two promise of liberalizing the immigration laws? ... Why is it that so
invocation of Article 12 of the paths at right angles from each many public relations men in the Jewish field run first with their
Plant Tomatoes for Canning
Armistice. other. The trackers spent two stories to the general press when they know darn well that there
JERUSALEM. (IIP) — The
LONDON, (JTA)—The British nights in the wilderness of
reader interest elsewhere as well? . . Is it true that Jewish Vegetable Council attached to
is
Foreign Office expressed "deep wadis and rocks in the fruitless education is taking a licking in the bigger cities of America where
the Ministry of Agriculture an-
regret" over the "very shocking" attempt to follow the marauders. Hebrew is offered as a subject in the high schools?
nounced plans for the growing
outrage and requested its envoys Differences were cited to show
of 15,000 tons of tomatoes for
in Jerusalem and Amman to file that the Negev incident differed.
Israel's canning industry.
Friday, March M, 1954
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