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Soviet Alignment With Arabs Increases War Threats

Israel Faces Bleak Future
As Security Council Loses
Role as Last Resort Court

UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. Andrei Vishinsky's veto of the New Zealand resolution on the Suez Canal dispute has
effectually terminated the role of the United Nations Security Council as a court of last resort on the Palestine issue
and as an agency for peace there, according to UN observers. Vishinsky's cynical alignment with the Arab Bloc to

New AJC
AJC Record
Expected at P. C.
Dinner on April 13

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LOUIS BROIDO

A new high in contributions
to the Allied Jewish Campaign
is expected to be set on Tues-
day evening, April 13, at the
pre-campaign dinner at the
Sheraton-Cadillac Hotel. The
sum of $2;000,000 in pledges,
recorded at the similar event
last year, established an all-
time high in giving to the Al-
lied Jewish Campaign at any
one meeting. John Lurie, pre-
campaign chairman, who ex-
pressed the hope of exceeding
this sum at the P. C. dinner,
announced that Louis Broido,
executive vice-president of
Gimbel Brothers, national lead-
er in the United Jewish Ap-
peal, major Allied Jewish Cam-
paign beneficiary, will be the
guest speaker on April 13.
(Detailed Stories on Page 24)

Soviet Veto May Force Israel
To Take Suez Blockade Issue
Against Egypy to UN Assembly

UNITED NATIONS; N. Y., (JTA)—The Soviet govern-
ment on Monday vetoed the resolution in the UN Security
Council calling upon Egypt to abandon its anti-Israel
blockade of the. Suez Canal and authorizing the Israel-
Egyptian Mixed Armistice Commission, to deal with Egypt's
interference with shipping proceeding to the Israeli port
of Elath on the Gulf of Aqaba.
The resolution introduced by New Zealand, received
eight of the 11 votes at Monday's voting. Only seven, votes
are needed to carry a resolution at the Security Council.
The Soviet vote cast by Andrei Vishinsky killed the resolu-
tion regardless of the number of votes cast in favor.
In addition to Mr. Vishinsky, a vote against the resolu-
tion was cast by Dr. Charles Malik of Lebanon. Those who
voted in favor of the , resolution included New Zealand,
United States, Britain, France, Denmark, Brazil, Colombia
and Turkey. The repi=esentative of National China ab-
stained.
Explaining his opposition to the resolution, Mr. Vish-
insky said that his government advocates an appeal to
Israel and Egypt to settle the matter "by direct negotia-
tions." He criticized the countries which announced their
support of the resolution and said that it is the view of
the Soviet government that the resolution will not help in
the Israel-Arab situation since no decision can be "im-
posed" upon any nation against her will.
"The veto saves the Security Council" and did not lower
its prestige, Mr. Vishinsky said. The New Zealand resolu-
tion demonstrated only that the Security Council was.
considered "impotent" and it repeated "old moth-eaten
resolutions pulled out of the files," he declared.
Abba Eban, Israel's permanent delegate to the UN.
taking the floor after the vote in the Council, Indicated that
Israel might take its complaint against the Egyptian block-
ade directly to the General Assembly. He expressed satis-
faction that the majority of the Council had voted for the
resolution and expressed the opinion that the majority
of the General Assembly would feel the same way "as
may one day become apparent." /.
Mr. Eban asserted that Monday's vote had proven that
Arab objections "must prevail" regardless of majority
opinion or the right in the matter. He noted, however,
that the law in the Suez Canal and the Aqaba area was
still the Security Council's decision of Sept. 1, 1951, calling
for an end to the blockade, and added that this resolution
was still binding on the parties concerned.

ensure their seven votes for the East in a major world
division was held Tuesday to spell the end of the Council
as, an instrument for the enforcement of peace and to
leave Israel facing a bleak future on the international scene.
Israelis made no secret of the fact that they shared
the belief of most observers that no resolution on Palestine
could in the future secure passage in the Security Council
unless it be anti-Israel and pro-Arab. Russia's veto policy,
overriding the virtual unanimity of the other members
in the Council, excepting Lebanon, means no Palestine is-
sue can or will henceforth be decided on its merits.
Under the circumstances, Israelis here privately voice
grave doubts as to whether they should proceed in efforts
to halt Jordan before the Security Council on such weighty
issues as repudiation of Armistice Article XII and the Scor-
pion Pass massacre. Up to Tuesday night, the British had
iven no indication that they were proceedin
proceeding to implement
given
Lthony Eden's statement of Monday that Britain would
seek a Council session on Jordan-Israel relations. Under the
present circumstances Israelis are not at all sure they
want the British to proceed, since the outcome can only
be another setback for the Jewish state in view of Soviet
policy.
It is agreed that the Security Council retains some
significance as a sounding board from which to reach world
opinion, particularly American, but Israel can hope for
no firm action by the Council to help clear up the Middle
East mess. On the other hand, Israel cannot ignore the
Security Council and must respect it as an instrument of
the United Nations, but she can no longer place any hope
in it.
Security Council consideration of two major Israeli
issues—the Suez dispute with Egypt and the Bnot Yaakov
dispute with Syria—were closed by Soviet vetoes. Soon,
however, the Council will have to act in a third dispute,
when Maj. Gen. Vagn Bennike, UN truce supervisor, re-
ports as required by a resolution on Kibya, on the Jordan-
Israel border situation. It is assumed here that in this
case, too, Russia will wield a veto if the report is unfavor-
able to Jordan.
After Vishinsky announced his veto Monday night, the
Egyptian delegate, Mahmoud, said the Suez issue would
be subject to talks between Israel. and Egypt, implying that
Egypt of her own free will would make concessions it re-
sisted under pressure. It is understood, however, that
Egyptians give no sign of any compromise or any relaxa-
tion of practices which Israeli Delegate Abba Eban char-
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acterized as piracy.

Hammarskjold Denies Cancellation
Of Projected Israel-Jordan Talks

Israel Bond Ileaders Chosen:

At the international planning
conference of the Israel bond organization, in Washington, last week-end, Samuel Rothberg
of Peoria, III., was chosen national chairman. Phillip Stollman was named Detroit bond
chairman for 1954 by members of the executive committee of the Detroit bond organi-
zation who attended the sessions. Senator Homer Ferguson of Michigan, who addressed the
conference, and Congressman Charles G. Oakman of Detroit congratulated Mr. Stollman
on his selection for bond leadership. Among the Detroiters who attended the conference
and conferred with Senator Ferguson and Relp• Oakman were, from the left, above: JO-
SEPH KATCHKE, MAX STOLLMAN, THEODORE B,ARGMAN, PETER S. GOLDSTEIN,
Congressman OAKMAN, Senator FERGUSON, DAVID SAFRAN, PHILLIP STOLLMAN,
BENJAMIN LAIKIN and ZVI TOMKIEWICZ. The conference inaugurated the new $350,-
Detailed Story on Page 5
000,000 Israel Development Bond Issue.

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., (JTA)—United Nations Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold indicated that he does not consider
the projected Israel-Jordan direct talks in Jerusalem on armistice
problems as cancelled.
Mr. Hammarskjold issued a statement emphasizing that he
considers that Article XII of the Israel-Jordan armistice agree-
ment—according to which a party to the agreement may call
upon him to convoke a conference—is mandatory upon him.
The statement explained that Mr. Hammarskjold's decision not
to pursue the matter for the present "has only the immediate
significance that he has found present circumstances would not
warrant his fixing a date for the conference to which he has
already invited Israel and Jordan."
This decision, the statement stressed, does not bar a follow-
up on the part of the UN Secretary General of previous contacts,
if he should consider that a change of the situation would war-
rant such a step. The statement was issued to counteract a
report from Jordan to the effect that .the stand taken by Mr.
Hammarskj old on the proposed Israel-Jordan conference in
Jerusalem implies that he considers the attitude adopted by the
Jordanian government as "correct"