AR' Conflicting Reports From Morocco E JEWISH NE Our Weakness in Public Relations A Weekly Review Accents and Names Commentary, Page 2 Our 'Bill of Rights' Under Scrutiny: Senatorial of Jewish Events Religious Study Michigan's Only Englisl-i- Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle VOLUME 27, No. 25 27 17100 W. 7 MILE RD., Detroit 35—VErmont 8-9364—August 26„1955 Editorial, Page .4 $4.00 Per Year, Single Copy 15c Many Jews Killed and Wounded In Morocco Riots; Stores Burned Ben-Gurion to Defy`AII Obstacles in Bringing More Jews into Israel Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News TEL AVIV—Prime Minister-Designate David Ben- Gurion declared Tuesday that "despite all obstacles we will bring in Jews from North Africa and then those of the other countries of the Diaspora." He made the statement at a ceremony at Moshav Gilat, during which a monument to the Jews of North Africa who fell in the war of liberation was dedicated. Mr. Ben-Gurion also told the ceremony that the spirit of brotherhood has been manifested in Israel's defense forces in life and in death. He urged the integration ,of all the "tribes," stressing that so long as they were not united there would not be one people of Israel. Ben-Gurion Starts Second Round Of Talks on Formation of Cabinet JERUSALEM (JTA) — Circles close to Prime Minister-Designate David Ben-Gurion indicated that he may abandon the task of forming a coalition govern- ment for Israel if he does not succeed in getting a workable coalition Cabinet within the next week or two. In that event, it was stated, Moshe Sharett, who now heads the caretaker government, will be em _ - powered by President Itzhak Ben Zvi to form a Cabinet. . Mr. Ben-Gurion began the second round of nego- tiations with the. various parties on the subject of coalition. This time the talks are not of an exploratory nature but are, rather, concerned with such practical matters as the number of Cabinet members each party would have and the distribution of portfolios among them. Achdut Avodah was the first party he saw, foLlowed by the General Zionist representatives. His schedule calls for Consultations with the Progressives, Mizrachi-Hapoel Hamizrachi, Mapam and Agudah-Poale Agudah. A General Zionist source revealed that its repre- sentatives viould. refuse to enter the Cabinet under (Continued on Page 3) U. S. Briefing: Bnai - Brith youth leader from England, Stanley Yudolph, left, is briefed on workings. of American representative government by Senator Richard L. Neuberger of Oregon. During a visit in Washington, Yudolph, president of -the Bnai Brith Youth Organization in Great Britain and Ireland and law student at the University of Leeds, brought Senator Neuberger fraternal greetings from his organization. The Senator, a long-time member of Bnai Brith, told the 20-year-old lad that he favored lowering the voting age in the United States. Yudolph is here to attend the Leadership Training Institute of the Bnai Brith Youth. Organization and the annual national con- ventions of AZA and Bnai Brith Girls at Camp Bnai Brith, Starlight, Pa. CASABLANCA (JTA)—The fear that there may be a number of Jews among the non-Mos. lems killed and wounded. in the bloody disturban ces in the Moroccan towns of Oued Zem and Khen- ifra was expressed in Jewish circles here. The ex act situation cannot be established as yet, but it is know that a Jewish store in Khenifra was burned to the ground by the Moslem nationalists during the riots which raged there. The Jewish population of Khenifra, a town in the Middle Atlas Mountains. of Morocco, joined with the European inhabitants in seeking refuge in the stiburbS. In Oued Zem, which is situated 80 miles from Casablanca, many stores were set afire by Moroccan tribesmen who swarmed into town from the neighboring villages. The situation is con- sidered critical. It is assumed that among the sh ops burned down by the Arab rioters were many belonging to Jews, since some of the agitators against the French administration have been Chars- ing the Jews with siding with the French. In Casablanca, a number of Arab leaders have called on the Jews of the.Old Medina section Of the city to join in the demonstrations they had scheduled in protest against the deposition of their old Sultan by the French authorities. The Arab leaders told the Jews that as Moroccan subjects, equally with their Moslem brethren, it was thei r duty- to join in the fight for the return of the deposed sultan. Two representatives of the Jewish community have been invited by the French government to participate -in the talks of French and Morocc an leaders which started Tuesday at Aix-Les Bains for the purpose of putting an end to the bloody disturbances in Morocco. Dulles Seeks to Prevent The two Jewish leaders who were summoned to the negotiations are Jacques Dahan, secretary gen- Collapse of Gaza Talks eral of the Council of Jewish Communities of Morocco, UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (JTA)—Every and Dr. Leon Ben Zaque, member of the Casablanca effort to keep the Gaza pacification talks Jewish community. While they were on their way to from collapsing is being made by the United France, other Jewish leaders here were seeking de- Nations, as well as by the Big Three powers tailed data on the damages suffered by Jews in the —United States, Britain and France. riots in Mazagan and Safi where hundreds of Jewish This fact became evident here as word reached United Nations headquarters that families had their homes burned by Arab mobs. Secretary of- State John Foster Dulles has A complete picture of the losses of Jewish lives entered the picture. According to informa- and property in the various towns in Morocco, where tion current in United Nations circles, Mr. the riots took place during the last few days, is still Dulles conferred with ranking diplomats not available here. However, it is, known that while from both London and Paris in an effort many of the Jewish houses and stores in Mazagan and to work out some plan for bringing Israel Safi were stormed, looted and destroyed by fire no and Egypt together through the talks initi- ated by the United Nations under the chair- Jew was killed there. In Que Zane, seven Jewish stores manship of Maj. Gen. E. L. M. Burns, chief were looted and burned down. of staff of the UN Truce Supervision organi- Casablanca papers Tuesday published the state- zation. (Continued on Page 3) Eric Johnston's Jordan River Valley Development Program Made Public in Eisenhower's Report to Congress and UN Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News WASHINGTON—The proposals involved in the American plan for the development of the Jordan River Valley, which Ambassador Eric Johnston is now carrying with him to Israel and the Arab countries, were outlined by President Eisenhower in a report to Congress on the U. S. activities at the United Nations, released by the State Department Monday. Mr. Johnston, who is President Eisenhower's special envoy for the Middle East, left the United States last Friday and is expected to arrive in Jordan at the end of this week, following a short stop-over in Europe. During his three-week visit in the Middle East, Ambassador Johnston will confer with the governments of Jordan, Lebanon, Syria and Israel on the American regional development plan of the Jordan waters. He will be assisted by a number of officials of the State Depart- ment. His proposals, according to President Eisenhower, involve accept- an-Ce by the Arabs and by Israel of the following principles: 1—The limited waters of the Jordan River system should be shared equitably by the four states in which they rise and flow. 2—A neutral impartial authority should be created to supervise withdrawals of water from the river system, in acCordance with the division ultimately accepted by all parties. 3—Amelioration of the condition of the Arab refugees in the Palestine area should be a principal objective of the irrigation program for the Jordan valley. - 4—Broad lines of understanding on the total program should be reached at the earliest possible time not only in the interests of the refugees but in the interests of economic progress and stability in the area. 5—Storage of irrigation waters for the lower Jordan valley in Lake Tiberias (the Sea of Galilee) should be considered by the parties Ambassador Johnston when the necessity is indicated for using the Lake as a principal reservoir. In his report to Congress, President Eisenhower emphasizes that the plan for regional development and full utilization of the waters of the Jordan River and its tributaries was originally prepared for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees by the Tennessee Valley Authority, together with proposals from an Arab technical committee and from Israel. "As a result of cordial discussions, Ambassador Johnston was able to report that the governments directly concerned had accepted the principle of international sharing of the hitherto contested waters of the Jordan River, and were prepared to cooperate with the United States in working out details of a mutually acceptable program for developing the irrigation an d power potentials of the river system," the President indicated. President Eisenhower also pointed out in his report that the development of the Jordan Valley is con- sidered by the U. S. Government as part of a program for developing large scale rehabilitation and resettle- ment of the Palestine Arab refugees which are now being aided by the UN Relief and Works Agency. He revealed that preliminary work prwressed in connection with the proposed developments in the . Jordan- Yarmuk basin and on the Sinai Peninsula. "Surveys on both these large projects were pushed to completion and many problems standing in the way of their fulfillment were, if not completely solved at least more clearly defined and placed on the road to eventual solution," the President reported. On the eve of his departure for the Middle East, Ambassador Johnston said he was "reasonably optimistic about the possibilities of Arab-Israel acceptance of the American - sponsored regional W at e r development scheme, according to Secretary of State John Foster Dulles. Mr. Dulles said at his press conference that Arab- Israel differences had been narrowed down sufficiently to enable him _to bridge the differences. -Mr. 'Dulles said this optimistic viewpoint was Mr. Johnston's own estimate of the situation.