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VOL. XXV, No. Z3
Page Four
August 13, 1954
An Appeal to President Eisenhower
Will End of Suez Issue Mean Peace for Israel?
Israel expected peace to be spurred by
Jordan under King Abdullah. His death post-
poned realization of such hopes. Then came
the rise of Naguib in Egypt. Once again
there was talk that the Egyptian strong man
would propagate good relations with Israel.
That, too, proved abortive.
Now .hopes for peace are renewed again
by Israel's latest concessions and by the
possibilities that a Solution of the Anglo-
Egyptian conflict, through the evacuation of
British troops from the Suez, may lead to
peace talks between Israel and Egypt. If
that were to materialize, it would mean the
beginning of peace talks with the other Arab
states.
This is certain: unless a serious effort is
made to effect peace in the Middle East the
new situation will create an increasingly
grave situation for Israel. The new issues
are analyzed by Israeli spokesmen as
follows:
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1. British evacuation of Suez will leave Egypt
In the possession of one of the great military
bases in the world. Once in Egyptian hands,
the stores, equipment and vast military installa-
tions of the base will bring Egypt's powerfully
increased military strength right up to Israel's
southern borders. This fact alone seriously
jeopardizes the already shaky security situation
in the Middle East.
2. If, as reported by American and Egyptian
spokesmen, Egypt will now also receive free
grants of arms from the United States, the
delicate balance in the area is likely to be
further disturbed.
3. Israel's apprehension with rega.rd to
Egypt's war-like designs were confirmed, prac-
tically on the eve of the preliminary Anglo-
Egyptian agreement, when the Egyptian Minis-
ter of National Guidance, Salah Salem, and
Premier Gamal-Abdel Nasser publicly renewed
their threats against Israel. Such menacing
statements, coupled with the advantages which
Egypt` will derive from the impending agree-
ment, give Israel every reason for anxiety.
4. A paper repetition of the 1950 Tri-Power
Declaration affirming the status quo in the
area cannot reassure Israel as to its security in
face of the greatly strengthened power of the
Arab states. This feeling has been strengthened
by the fact that the existing Declaration lost
much of its validity when the United States
decided to grant arms to Iraq without equally
strengthening Israel.
5. The stability of the area requires, there-
fore, that Israel's defensive power be strength-
ened proportionately to that of the Arab coun-
tries. Anything less would inevitably be inter-
preted by Egypt and her Arab partners as an
open invitation to renew their full-scale
armed aggression against Israel.
Expressing its readiness to assist in the
defense of the Middle East, Israel appears
prepared to make many concessions in the
interest of good relations among all involved.
An Emergency Need
An emergency appeal has been issued by
the National Foundation for Infantile
Paralysis for an urgently needed sum of
$20,000,000 without which work of. the
Foundation will be jeopardized.
The Foundation's president, Basil O'Con-
nor, points out in his emergency message.
that the patient care and polio prevention
program of the movement will be threatened
unless public support comes forth from Aug.
16 to 31, during an Emergency March of
Dimes.
According to Mr. O'Connor, the $20,000,-
000 sum is required to pay the cost of caring
for 67,000 patients who were stricken with
polio in earlier years and to care for the
unknown number of victims of the current
record outbreaks. In addition, there is need
to meet the cost of increasing the supply of
gamma globulin and to assure uninterrupted
polio vaccine study.
It is of the utmost importance, therefore,
that the Ern e r g e n c y March of Dimes-
should be a success and that the $20,000,000
be subscribed speedily,
But before amity can be assured there must
be an end to blockades, and there must be an
effective method of cooperation in that area.
It is of the utmost importance that the
United States should assume a leading role
in encouraging peace talks between the
contending forces. The Eisenhower Admin-
istration has an opportunity to extend a
hand of friendship to Israel by its choice of
a successor to Henry A. Byroade, who is
being sent to Egypt as our Ambassador. If
successor will be Loy Henderson, as is 'October '43': Epic Story of the War
rumored, suspicictis may. increase, in view
of Mr. Henderson's known previous antag-
onisms to Israel and to Zionism. ..
a is most unfortunate that so many of
the "predictions" as to Israel's future are
so gloomy,. For example, an analysis of the
situation in the Middle East.. by Newsweek
magazine concludes by stating that "the U.S..
hopes that it will never be put in the posi-
tion of having to choose between Israel and
the Arab states . because world strategy in
the present era would necessarily • dictate
the sacrifice of Israel." This is a shocking
augury. We prefer to believe that it is a
figment of the imagination of a magazine
writer, rather than even the remotest pos-
sibility of an international development,
since it is in the best interests of world peace
that the two contending forcesIsraelis and
Arabs—should be gotten together on peace
terms rather than that there should be any
risk of a possible conflict in the Middle East.
We appeal to President Eisenhower to
strive towards the fulfillment of his many
assurances that he will help bring peace to
the Middle East. He can do it by avoiding
the selection, for important offices involving
responsibilities in Israel, of men who are con-
sidered unfriendly in Israel, and by taking
firm steps to call Israelis and • Arabs to talk
peace. We believe he could thus assure
himself a Nobel Peace Prize award.
Accredited Ex-Nazis
A report issued in London by the World
Jewish Congress information department
reveals that the latest • lists of members
published by the ,Foreign Press Association
in London and trie Association of Foreign
Correspondents in Vienna includes a number
of editors who served under the Nazi regime.
Among _them are:
F. E. Gruber, representing the Koelner Stad-
tanzeiger in Vienna, acted as Bucharest cor-
respondent of the Koelnische Zeitung during
the Nazi period. Hans Schaffelhofer, now ac-
credited correspondent of the Frankfurter
Neue Presse and of a Nurembilrg daily, was
the Vienna correspondent of the German-
language daily Der Neue Tag in Prague during
the Nazi occupation.
In London, Dr. K. H. Abshagen, a prominent
author under the Hitler regime, is now ac-
credited correspondent of the Dusseldorf In-
dustriekurier, the Muenchener Merkur, the
Kieler Nachrichten and the Hamburger An-
zeiger. Dr. Heinz Hoepfl, now official corres-
pondent of the Frankfurter Ailgemeine, was
one of the political editors of the Voelkischer
Beobachter in 1943 and 1944. Emil Walter, one
of the London correspondents of the official
West German News Agency (Deutsche Presse-
Agentur) acted as political editor of the Ham-
burger Anzieger during the Nazi period.
The fact that former Nazis are in re-
sponsible positions may or may not indicate
a growing danger for all who are concerned
that democratic principles should not be
abused or misrepresented. But they certain-
ly call for additional and extraordinary vigi-
lance. And if the correspondents are earnest
in their abandonment of Nazi ideas they
should themselves not be averse to having
their true opinions known 'at all times. In .
any event, whenever an ex-Nazi enters a
position of importance, in any sphere of ac-
tivity, libertarians are called upon to be es-
pecially watchful in their observance orthe
trend of affairs in which. Germans have a
share.
How Danish Jews Were Saved
From Nazis and Semi-to Sweden
. In "October, '43," published by G. P. Putnam's Sons (210 Madi-
son, N. Y.), Aage Bertelsen, headmaster of one of the leading
grammar schools in Denmark, an eminent educator and author,
tells the dramatic story of the flight of the Jews of Denmark from
the Nazis to find haven in Sweden.
Bertelsen himself and his wife were forced to seek haven in
Sweden during the war and he headed the Danish Refugee School
at Lund.
It was in the tragic year 1943, after Rosh. Hashanah, when
it became known that the Nazis had intended to round up the
Jews of Denmark for deportation to concentration camps. Brave
Danes accepted the challenge and at personal sacrifice spirited
the Jews out of the Nazi-held country into neutral Sweden.
Bertelsen himself collected funds to help the menaced Jewish
refugees. He arranged with boatmen to make the rescue tour. pre-
pared forged passports to facilitate the rescue work, endangered
his own position and was therefore compelled to escape from
Denmark. There was a price on his head, with a Gestapo an-
nouncement that he was "wanted
, dead or alive."
Thus, the 6,000 Danish Jews . were saved by their Christian
neighbors,. and the author of "Octbber, '43" played a leading:role
in .this .historic effort. •
In a foreword to this important book, (translated by Mau-
rice Samuel), Sholem - Asch calls it "a book not of hatred but of
.the noblest form of love which man is capable of demonstrating
... an ode to the human species . not a sad. book but a joy-
ous one, a book not of human degradation but of human exal-
tation." The noted novelist emphasizes that it is not a book by
a single person but that "it was written by an entire people,
from its highest citizen, old and noble King ChriStian X who
took from his head the glorious crown of Denmark and set it
upon the bloodstained head of the Jewish victim when he
elected to wear the sign of death, the Jewish Shield of David,
on his breast, to the hurpiblest fisherman who risked his life in
his little boat helping to save thousands of Jews from the mur-
derous Nazis. It is written not in words but in deeds, performed
under supreme peril to life and limb."
Similar tributes to the book and its author, with an historical
reference to the Nazi plot against the Danish Jews, was written
by Denmark's Prime Minister Hans Hedtoft. An analysis of Danish-
Jewish friendship is incorporated in Bertelsen's introduction to
the American edition.
An interesting chapter, written by the author's wife, Gerda,
who was tortured and arrested by the Nazis, describes Hitlerian
•cruelties.
The author's Epilogues—"On Anti-Semitism"—show that he
possesses knowledge of the Jewish position and of the Zionist
dream. It is a Christian's tribute to Judaism.
• "October, '43" is a great personal account.. It is an important
chapter in the history of our time. It is an indictment of tyranny
and a vindication of the great men—like Aage Bertelsen himself
and the King of Sweden—who defied the Hitlerian threats and
succeeded in securing justice for 6,000 Jews who, if not for their
efforts, would have been added to the 6,000,000 who died at the
hands of the Nazis.
Progress of Reform Judaism
Told in Book for Children
"The Story of Reform Judaism" by Rabbi Sylvan D. Schwartz-
man, professor of religious education at Hebrew Union College of
American Hebrew Congregations, evaluates the Reform movement
for young people.
It is in story form. Two girls, one Reform and the other
Orthodox, exchange experiences, visit each other's synagogues.
Out of it grows the story of Reform.
The Reform youngster's great-grandfather explains the rise
of Reform since its first manifestations 150 years ago. He tells
her about opposition to Reform's leaders and their early set of
principles.
Out of this story there develop also the changes—with an
explanation of the new platform of 1937 which did not oppose
Zionism—and the progress made in recent years.
After Betty hears great-grandfather's -story, she takes the
Orthodox girl, Mildred, to her Temple and there impresses her
with the Reform service.
The book is illustrated. It is written in conversational form,
and each chapter concludes with a set of questions, thus turning
the volume into a textbook.