Rosenwald to Quit as Council Head;
Byroade Issues Blast at Israel

PHILADELPHIA, ( J TA ) —
Lessing J. Rosenwald, president
of the American Council for
Judaism for 11 years, announced
that he has decided to retire
from the presidency at the con-
clusion of the next organiza-
tional year. He made his an-
nouncement in an address to
the opening of the Council's
10th annual conference at Hotel
Warwick.
Mr. Rosenwald warned, how-
ever, that his retirement is not
to be considered as a lessening
of his interest or faith in the
Council's future. "I expect to
continue—if I am asked to do
so—a leading interest in the
formulation of Council policy
and as an adviser on all Council
activities," he declared.
The leader of the American
Council for Judaism said that
the policy of the Eisenhower
Administration with regard to
the Middle East "puts the Coun-
cil's principles into practice." He
stressed that the Council - is
neither pro-Arab nor pro-Israel.
. "Unlike Zionists and non-
Zionists who claim that they are
both pro-Israel and pro-Ameri-
can, we are simply Americans;
neither pro-Israel nor pro-Arab,"
he declared.
Rosenwald demanded re-
vision of Israel immigration
laws, declaring that the present
laws "which assume Jews all
over the world to have a prior
rietit to go to Israel" is Zionism.
He also demanded a "recon-
struction of the Jewish Agency
and its functions."
Rosenwald made his sug-
gestions regarding Israel's im-
migration laws, and the Jewish
Agency, "tentatively and as a
basis of , discussion." First, he
proposed, there should be "an
inventory of the numbers and
needs of those Jews of Israel
who still require services and as-
sistance commonly understood
to fall into the category of re-
lief and rehabilitation."
(In New York. the Council for
Judaism was severely criticized
in „a statement issued by Rabbi
Irving Miller, chairman of the
American Zionist Council, for
soliciting and making public
messages of greetings from
Arab diplomats in this country
in connection with the annual
conference of the Council now
taking place in Philadelphia.
(Rabbi Miller declared: "This
Is the first time, however, that a
body of Americans, professing
:to be Jews, has publicly aligned
itself with enemies of Israel

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and the Jewish people. This dis-
graceful and humiliating spec-
tacle will meet with the con-
tempt it deserves from American
Jewry.")
In an address to the anti-
Zionist Council, Assistant Sec-
retary of State Henry A. By-
roade warned that continued
Middle East turmoil could re-
sult in that region's loss to
"the control and influence of
the Soviet Union.
Byroade called upon the Is-
rael government to assure the
Arabs that Israel does not con-
template territorial expansion,
to cease its propaganda for mass
immigration of Jews into the
Jewish state and to accept the
return of some of the Arab refu-
gees and compensate the others.
His statement was interpreted
as outlining current U.S. policy
with regard to the Arab-Israel
situation.
Byroade made it clear that the
U.S. Government looks favor-
ably upon the fact that Ameri-
can Jews are helping Israel's
economic development, and are
supporting Israel's religious,
educational and cultural enter-
prises. "There is no divergence
between our government and
American citizens of Jewish
faith who are interested in the
development and welfare of the
State of Israel," he declared.
Asserting that the Arabs fear
"expansionist Zionism," Byroade
said that they are especially
concerned about a series of
statements from Israel "calling
for greatly expanded immigra-
tion." These statements, he said,
spread "like wildfire" through-
out the Middle East. "The Arabs
know the capacity of the terri-
tory of Israel is limited; they
see only one result—future at-
tempt at territorial expansion,"
he said.
"I believe the Arab world to-
day believes that the United
States would not allow an at-
tack by them' upon Israel with
the purpose of driving her into
the sea," Byroade continued. "I
also believe, however, that in
general, the Arab people are
not convinced that the opposite
is true." He emphasized that
"America would back no state,
including Israel, in _a matter of
expansive aggression" and that
America's opposition "would be
equally strong regardless of
which side started such a move."
The Assistant Secretary of
State said that the U.S. Govern-
ment is concerned over the fact
that Israel "is prone to see dan-
gers to herself" in the moves by
the, State Department towards
progress in the Arab-Israel is-
sue.
Charging Israel with "exag-
gerating far beyond what seems
to us to be the realties of the
situation," he stated: "We see
no basis in our acts to justify
her fear that her legitimate in-
terests are placed in jeopardy
by the United States concern
over the area as a whole."
Advising Israel to "correct" its
stand calling for mass immigra-

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10—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

Friday, May '7, 1954

tion of Jews from other coun-
tries, Byroade argued that there
remained in the world today only
two areas whore really large
Jewish populations still live. One
is the United States and the
other is the Soviet Union and
its satellites.
"It does not seem to me to be
a fact that a great mass of
Americans of Jewish faith are
about to emigrate and take on
Israeli citizenship," he said,
adding that it does not look as
if the Kremlin were ready to
permit. Jewish emigration from
the countries behind the Iron
Curtain.
"If and when the Soviets de-
cide to do so," he asserted, "it •
will be because of their desire
to set the area aflame by foster-
ing new and greater trouble in
the Middle East. If such an
eventuality actually happened,
the magnitude of the problem
would be such that the whole
free world—not just Israel—
would have to concern itself
with the resettlement of Jewish
immigrants from behind the
Iron Curtain."
Speaking of the Arab refugees,
Byroade said: "What a breath
of fresh air would be given the
world if all concerned would
simply admit the fundamental
fact that these people are
homeless — are in desperate
want—and are uncompensated
for their property and other
losses that they have suffered."
He added that a solution of the
Arab refugee problem "would do
more than anything else to re-
dupe border violence."
The United States, Byroade
stated, has stood "for the re-
settlement of a portion of the
refugees in the territory of Is-
rael." He pointed out that "it
should be borne in mind that
they mostly lived as farmers on
terraced land which probably
only they are likely to make
fertile and productive."
At the same time, he pointed
out that the United States has
seen "the most practical and
long-term solution for the ma-
jority of the Arab refugees to
be the provision of new lands for
settlement" and has expressed
willingness to provide funds for
projects which would allow re-
settlement of "a sizeable por-
tion" of the Arab refugees.
Of compensation to the Arab
refugees, he said "clearly this is
a matter to be attended to." Is-
rael, he stated, must find some
way of arranging moves on such
Specific problems without giving
her neighbors a feeling that she
demands "total peace or noth-
ing." He said that "the fact that
Israel has obtained and is now
using restitution from Germany
while doing nothing towards
the compensation of Arab refu-
gees understandably adds to
their bitterness."
The conference of the Ameri-
can Council for Judaism, at
which Byroade delivered his ad-
dress, concluded with the adop-
tion of a number of resolutions
including those calling for:
1. Freedom for authorized
American officials to formulate
foreign policy "free from pres-
sure groups" and "in the best
interests of all the people of the
United States and the free
world;" 2. Precision in the use
of language by media of public
information with regard to such
terms as "Israeli," "Zionist," and
"Jew," etc.; 8. Examination by
Americans of Jewish faith of
"the relationship of -American
Jewish organizations with the
Jewish Agency or possibly agen-
cies of such Agency."
I Rabbi Morris Lazaron, one-
time spokesman for the Zionist
movement, now among the lead-
ers of the • anti-Zionists, pro-
posed a non-sectarian organiza-
tion concerned with the welfare
of all peoples in the Middle East
to replace existing American
Jewish groups. Funds of such a
group, he proposed, should not
be used for political purposes.
He said he made the proposal
as a way out of "this dilemma
to which Zionism has led us,
which divides Christian opinion,
which creates anti-Jewish feel-
ing in the United States, deep-
ens hostility in the Arab world,
not only in Israel but Jews
everywhere .

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`Double Feature' Event of Congress
Women to Highlight Kitchen Shower

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sion, American Jewish Congress
The building will serve as
for its program on Wednesday, Israel's center for the Interna-
in the Davison Jewish Center.
The annual election meeting, tional Youth Hostel Association,
the event will be combined with of which the young state is a.
a kitchen shower for the newly member, and will provide lodg-
completed Louise Waterman ing's for young people of all
Wise Youth Center in Israel. A
luncheon at 12:30 p.m. will start countries who sojourn through
the state. There are sleeping ac-
the proceedings.
Mrs. Charles Feinberg, presi- commodations for 75 boys and
dent of the Detroit Division, an- 75 girls.
nounces that Mrs. Thelma Rich-
The prime purpose of the cen-
man, national vice-president
ter is to provide quarters - for
from Philadel-
young people who will come'
phia, will be
guest speaker.
there in groups to attend lec-
Mrs. Richman,
tures and conferences.
who has written
Mrs. G. Lionel Willens, local
for many pub-
chairman
of the center, requests
lications includ-
those attending Wednesday's
ing Congress
program to bring items such as
Weekly, will
table cloths, dish towels, electric
speak on "Chal-
irons, clocks, cutlery, aprons, pot
lenge to Free-
holders, ash trays, butter dishes,
dom in America
Mrs. Richman salt and pepper shakers, plastic
Today."
Mrs. Feinberg stated this week dishes.
that Judge Justine Wise Mier,
Wisdom is better than weap-
daughter of the late Louise Wa-
terman Wise and national presi- - ons of war.—Eccl. 9:18.
dent of AJC Women, has just re-
turned from Israel where she at-
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