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VOLUME 25—No. 15

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Ellis Island:
The End of a
Merciful Haven

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U. S. Help to Israel Reported Due for Change

Big Three' Warning Is Imminent;
State Dept. Favors Increased Aid

Turkey Will Not Join Moslem
Antirlsrael Bloc; Germany
Seeks Arab Friendship

NEW YORK, (JTA)—Turkey, which maintains excellent dip-
lomatic relations with Israel, has no intention of acceding to
Pakistan's efforts to create a Moslem bloc directed against Israel,
it was reported in the New York Times in a cable from Ankara.
The cable said that Mohammed Ali, Prime Minister of Pakis-
tan announced that his country and Turkey had agreed on a
"certain course of action" to develop a regional defense system
under their treaty of friendly collaboration. However, Mr. Mo-
hammed Ali had conceded that the two states had not reached
agreement on a common policy toward the Israel-Arab conflict.
"Our sympathies with the Arab cause in the disputes in
some Mid-East countries are exactly the same as before," he
asserted. "Our treaty with Turkey does not interfere in any way
with our giving support to Mid-East countries." Defending
Pakistan's advocacy of a conference of Moslem states in Am-
man, Jordan, to deal with the Israeli question, Mr. Mohammed
Ali said Pakistan would not support Israel's admission to the
proposed conference, which has been strongly criticized by the
Turks.

Germany Alrjes‘ Stronger Friendship with Arabs

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HAMBURG, (JTA)—The bonds of Arab-German friendship
must be strengthened still further, Franz Bluecher, Vice Chan-
cellor of the West German government, told a select dinner
party of 300 celebrating the launching here of the world's larg-
est oil tanker "King Saud I."
The German leader stressed that between 1949 and 1953
Germany more than quadrupled its imports from the Arab coun-
tries. The Saudi Arabian Minister of Commerce, Sheikh Moham-
med Abdullah Ali Reza, who was also present, praised German

industry.

The 47,000 ton tanker was built for Sacrates Onassis, Argen-
tinian shipping magnate who recently concluded a gigantic
transaction with the Saudi Arabian government for the trans-
portation of oil from that country. It was built by the Howaldt
shipbuilding company of this city.

WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Plans to cut off economic aid to Israel the next time the
nation is found guilty by the United Nations truce supervision organization have been
formulated by the State Department and communicated to Francis H. Russell, Charge
d'Affaires of the U. S. Embassy in Israel who is in Washington for special consultation.
This contemplated action will be covered by a declaration now being considered in
which the United States would join Britain and France in a general warning to Israel
and the Arab States against fresh violence. One purpose of the warning will be to "calm
Arab fears of aggressive Israel expansionism," Another aim is to "reassure" Israel
which is now very concerned about an American arms arrangement with Iraq and a
pending grant of U. S. arms to Egypt.
The three-power declaration would reinforce and bring up to date the tripartite
guarantee of 1950. It would pledge the Western Powers to immediately sever economic
and military assistance to any nation found guilty by the United Nations apparatus of
offending against truce regulations. It was indicated here by official sources that a repe-
tition of Kibya or Nahhalin would occasion the termination of American aid to Israel.
Henry A. Byroade, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, pro-
posed the new declaration at a secret meeting in Istanbul in May with American dip-
lomats assigned to Near Eastern countries. On his return from Istanbul, Mr. Byroade
stopped off in Paris and London and urged that officials of the French and British
governments join in this State Department-sponsored undertaking. Prior to the Istan-
bul meeting Mr. Byroade secured approval for the plan from leaders of the Adminis-
tration.
The Near Eastern Division of the State Department envisages the new declaration
quieting Zionist complaints against the arming of Arab League nations while at the same
time providing an instrument for use against Israel in the event of another incident like
Kibya or Nahhalin,
Official confirmation of this development is not available at this point but events
point in the direction of early adoption of the scheme.
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—American economic assistance to Israel will this year be
increased, it was learned following the publication of previously-secret testimony given
by high State Department officials at hearings held by the House Foreign Affairs
Committee on the Mutual Security Program.
The exact figures were withheld for security reasons by the two officials—Arthur

Yadin Belittles
Hopes of U.S. on
Iraq Army Status

UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.,
(JTA)—Gen. Yigal Yadin, for-
mer Chief of Staff of the Is-
rael Army, ridiculed the state-
ment by State Department
officials before the House
Committee on Foreign Affairs
that the United States hopes
to make the army of Iraq a
"stabilizing force" in the Mid-
dle East.
Speaking at a luncheon of
the United Nations Corre-
spondents Association, Gen.
Yadin, who faced the Iraq
military forces for six years,
said that peace in the Middle
East would be "precarious" if
it were based on the Iraqi
Army.
It was "a dangerous as-
sumption" in the opinion of
Gen. Yadin, that this was the
best force in the Middle East.
Nevertheless, he said, Israel
was worried about the sup-
plies and weapons given tb
the Iraqis.

Z. Gardiner, political and economic adviser in the State De-
partment's Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs, and Assistant Sec-
retary of State Henry A. Byroade—who told the committee
that American aid to Israel has exceeded that previously given
the Arab states because the Israelis needed urgent relief sup-
plies while developing projects in the Arab world were not
yet ready.
Asked by a member of the committee whether the Arabs
have "due cause" to fear Israel, Mr. Gardiner said: "I think
that if you listen to certain influential Israeli leaders, you
have every cause for alarm." Both he and Mr. Byroade
strongly advocated the United States sending arms to Iraq
in order to make the Iraqi Army a "stabilizing force in the
Middle East.
Mr. Gardiner told the committee that the effect of United
States arms shipments to Iraq "and the furnishing of the
advice that goes with them" could be similar in the long run
to the stabilizing effect of British officers in the Arab Legion
of Jordan. Mr. Byroade said that key men of the State De-
partment, just returned from Iraq, had found there "a new
feeling of friendship toward the United States."

Mr. Gardiner reported that the total United States
contributions to the Arab states, including contributions to
the Arab refugee program through the United Nations,
amounted to $212,000,000. On the Israeli side, he said, the
record was as follows:
"The technical assistance figure is $6,000,000. Grant-
economic aid totals $209,000,000, and the credit from the
Export-Import Bank totaled $135,000,000. That gives a total
of governmental assistance, direct, of $360,000,000. Now, to
that one would add, perhaps, about $120,000,000 of bonds
subscribed by the local community, Israel Independence
bonds, and on top of that, the contribution through the
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22 More Zionists Convicted in New Romanian
Trial; Number of Sentenced Jews Now 54

Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News

ISTANBUL, (JTA)—A

Hebrew University Plans:

Survey-
ing Israel's future is the task of these construction workers
(above) who are preparing the site of the new campus of the
Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The new buildings are in-
tended both to replace the Mount Scopus home of Uni-
versity, isolated by Arab troops since 1948, and to provide
facilities for the greatly enlarged student enrollment, which
now exceeds 3,100. As Israel's only university, the Hebrew
University is responsible for furnishing the Jewish State with
its reservoir of vital skills in science, agriculture, liberal arts,
' education, medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, law and adminis-
tration. The lower photo shows the architect's plans for the
pew Hebrew university campus.

new trial of Zionist leaders has been concluded in Romania
and 22 Jews have been sentenced to various terms ranging from three to 20 years' im-
prisonment, it was reported here Tuesday by the Committee of Free Romanians. This
brings the number of Zionist leaders recently sentenced to jail on various charges, in-
cluding "espionage," to an estimated 54.
The report said that the following persons were sentenced to 20 year terms: Abir
Marek, Zeev Lazarovici, Motzi Moscovici, a Mrs. Szold, a Mr. Sattinger, and a Mr. An-
tonier and his wife. The others received three eight-year sentences. All the defendants
have appealed to the Ministry of Justice to set aside the convictions.
Another report received here from Bucharest speaks of the arrest of Mushu Kof-
ler, a Jew who returned to Romania from Israel. Mr. Kofler was a relative of Romus
Kofler, a Romanian Jew - who was recently executed in Bucharest.
Mushu. Kofler was released shortly after his arrest when the Israel Legation at
Bucharest intervened in his behalf. However the Romanian authorities have refused

to grant him an exit visa for Israel, which he requested as soon as he was freed.

