HE JEWISH NEWS

The Political
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Arming of Arabs

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VOLUME 26—No. 8

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Administration, State Dept.
Assailed for Anti Israel Policy

Duties Charged by Jewish Spokesmen
With Encouraging Arab Campaigns of
`Slander, Libel, Intrigue and Mischief'

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Estate f®r B. B.:

The deed to a $250,000
estate located on the Gulf Coast between Gulfport and Biloxi,
Miss., transferred to Bnai Brith by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Grish-
man of Biloxi, is believed to represent the largest single gift
to Bnai Brith during its entire 111-year history. It consists
of the Grishman home together with a lot that runs 450 feet
along the beach front and is 250 feet in depth, all attractively
landscaped. Mr. Grishman made the gift in honor of his
parents, Azriel and Chaya Sarah Grishman, without any stipu-
lations although he envisions the property as a religious and
educational center for Jews in the southern states similar
to Camp Bnai Brith in Starlight, Pa. Mr. Grishman was born
in Russia 63 years ago and came to the Unites! States when
he was 16. His earliest_ business ventures were in New
Orleans, but since 1931 he has been living in Biloxi, where
he has extensive real estate holdings. Shown here extend-
ing his thanks on behalf of Bnai Brith to Mr. and Mrs. Grish-
man is, left, Philip M. Klutznick, president of Bnai . Brith.

NEW YORK—The delegation representing Jewish organizations which conferred
with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles Monday on American Middle East policy
returned disappointed from Washington. Some members of the delegation expressed
their feelings at the huge protest meeting held at at Hotel Commodore under the aus-
pices of the American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs.
Louis Lipsky, one of the leaders of the delegation, presiding at Monday night's meet-
ing, severely criticized the present administration for excluding Israel from its Middle
East regional defense plans. He charged State Department officials with appearing on
public platforms and with issuing statements to the press advocating the claims of the
Arab states.
"Our government also gave the support of its significant silence to the campaign of
slander, libel and mischievous intrigue carried on by Arab representatives in Washington,
London, Cairo and the United Nations," Mr. Lipsky charged. "Affronts and humilia-
tions and disdainful rejections of prOferred gifts were accepted with deadpan serenity,
I think we owe no duty to greet with satisfaction the course of abject American diplo-
macy in this area. It is submitted that such conduct is not becoming the greatest democ-
racy of our time."
Declaring that the present American policy with regard to Israel cannot be con-
sidered as impartial and "not even as fair play," Mr. Lipsky said it is certainly not
American to make pledges to Israel and not to keep them. It exposes Israel to Arab
attacks on all sides and provides arms only for aggressors. It isolates the state of
Israel from the defense_ of the region. It leaves Israel without the genuine sponsor-
ship of the Western powers and beclouds its credentials in the United Nations. By the
silence and support of our government the cold war of the Arab states is established
as legitimate procedure to which no objection can be raised and a hot war is being
stoked with America's fuel,

"Against such a policy," Mr. Lipsky concluded, "we declare our protest as Ameri-
cans and as Jews. We urge that a reappraisal of political values be undertaken, that
peace be restored to first place in our program, that Israel be accorded equal status
in the region and its defenses and that our prevailing policy
be reconsidered from its roots upward for the sake of
American prestige and American interests, for the sake of
peace in the Middle East and in order to maintain the
security and sovereignty of the state of Israel hi whose
welfare and destiny five million American Jews are vitally
interested."

Rabbi Irving Miller, chairman of the American Zionist
Council, told the meeting that he was "deeply concerned"
by the administration's failure to restore peace and order
in the Middle East. He called upon President Eisenhower
and Secretary Dulles to "throw the full weight of America's
influence behind constructive and statesmanlike efforts to
bring peace to that area."
Dr. Emanuel Neumann, speaking for the Zionist Or-
ganization of America, declared that Zionist complaint
"against the high level leadership in the administration
is that they have failed to correct the distorted vision of
their subordinates and to check the irresponsible trend of
their policies. Already, recent action by the governments
of Egypt and Saudi Arabia indicate Arab rejection of ties
with America and the free world," he noted. "It is no ex-
aggeration to say that the State Department's policy in the
Middle East is already discredited by the events. But as
yet there is no clear evidence that it will be corrected or
modified."
Stressing President Eisenhower's pledge last week at
the American Jewish Tercentenary dinner that American
policy would not create "local imbalances" in the Middle
East, Dr. Neumann asked, "are we now to witness the
spectacle of a two-sided policy soothing assurances for
home consumption and very blatant disregard in actual
practice abroad?"

Klutznick Speaks for Jewish Delegation

eIDC's Work o.i Rescue:

Major attention at the 40th annual meeting
of the Joint Distribution Committee, which will be held in New York, December 9, will be
given to the problems of Jews in the Moslem world. While many, like these Moroccan Jews
,tupper left) are leaving for Israel, tens of thousands of others still require JDC aid for sur-
vival. This aid includes . loans to artisans, such as this Tunisian silversmith (upper right) ;
treatment with aureomycin and other modern drugs for Moroccan Jewish youngsters
stricken with trachoma (lower left) ; and a decent education of youngsters like this Tuni-
sian boy (lower right) here shown studying Hebrew at a school of the Alliance Israelite
Uniiiveirsellle. Funds for JDC's activities in Moslem areas are provided by the United Jewish
'Appeal, major beneficiary of the Detroit All ied Jewish Campaign.

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Secretary Dulles met with the delegation of Jewish
leaders representing major American Jewish organizations
who took note of recent assurances but requested that the
"government refrain from arming the Arab states in the
absence of positive guarantees leading to peace."
Philip M. Klutznick, national president of Bnai Brith,
acted as spokesman for the delegation when it emerged
from Mr. Dulles' office. He declined to comment when
asked for Mr. Dulles' reaction to the views of the delega-
tion.
The delegation submitted a memorandum to Mr. Dulles
which asked that the government abandon its policy of
arming the Arabs under present conditions; "that our gov-
ernment do nothing to impair the prevailing balance of
strength in the Middle East; that it extend to Israel the

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