Deterioration
In Arab-Jewish
Relations
A Munificent
THE ISH NEWS
Weekly Review
A
Gift
Editorials, Page 4
Russia's Aims in
the Middle East
Commentary, Page 2
A Salute to
David A. Brown
of Jewish Events
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VOLUME 28—No. 8
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'Big Three' Shun Arms Race, Give
Deaf Ear to Sharett's Appeal for
id; USS Munitions Flood Egypt
Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News
JTA reported from London on Tuesday that the Western Big Three Foreign Ministers are
planning to turn a deaf ear to Israel Premier Moshe Sharett's appeals for enough arms to
balance the Czech shipments to Egypt. It' is reported that the Foreign Ministers of t h e
Unites' States, Great Britain and France will issue a joint refusal to Israel, that they would
agree not to enter into an arms race with the Soviet bloc but would speed arms shipments
to Iraq. There are, however, other reports to the effect that Israel may be given a
"limited" supply of arms—not enough to balance Communist shipments.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles' "wait and see" attitude thus remains in force,
but State Department spokesmen in Washington revealed that Mr. Dulles is not prepared to
depart from the formula enunciated in August requiring Arab agreement on Israel's terri-
torial boundaries. The Department fears that the "premature" extension of such measures
to Israel would jeopardize American efforts to woo E gypt away from the Soviet bloc.
In Jerusalem, Dr. Peretz Bernstein, head of the General Zionist Party and former Minis-
ter of Trade and Industry, stated that in view of the new situation, consideration of a preven-
tive war, instead of waiting for the Arab countries to be strengthened so that they would
be able to wipe out Israel, could not be excluded.
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Highlights
of Hadassah House, 65 East 52nd St., New York, were
the presentation of a check for $1,000,000 to the State
of Israel and the signing of a proclamation by Mayor
Wagner designating Hadassah Week in New York.
Shown left to right: Mayor Wagner, holding the procla-
mation which was printed in Hebrew and English; Mrs.
Abba Eban, wife of the Israeli Ambassador to the United
States, and Mrs. Rebecca Shulman, national president of
Hadassah. The $1,000,000 gift, which raises to $100,-
000,000 the funds sent to Israel by the Hadassah since
its founding in 1912, will be used for the construction of
mother-and-child pavilion in the new Hadassah-
a
Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem and for
the rescue and care of Jewish children from Morocco.
Detroit Hadassah will be represented by 60 delegates
at the national convention in Chicago next week.
Sparring Youth:
Abraham Rosenberg,
25, who arrived recently in the U.S. with the assistance
of United Hias Services, major global migration agency,
has his nose tweaked by a three-year-old immigrant, Karl
Cziprie, who arrived on the same ship. Rosenberg, ama-
teur heavyweight boxing champion of Hesse, Germany,
recently defeated the heavyweight champion of Yugo-
slavia. He will be reunited with his father, Szansa Rosen-
berg, 3040 Page Street, Philadelphia, Pa., whom he has
not seen in five years. All of the 1243 immigrants who
arrived on the ship, the USNS General Langfitt, entered
the U.S. under the provisions of the Refugee Relief Act.
The Manchester Guardian reported from Tel Aviv that a growing body of opinion in
Israel is reluctantly veering toward the conclusion that a preventive war against Egypt
may become unavoidable if the Western Powers fail to answer Premier Sharett's- plea for
arms to offset the Communist arms supplies going to Egypt.
Premier Sharett and Israel's Ambassador to the U.S., Abba Eban, will confer with the Big
Three Foreign Ministers and will address their pleas to them in behalf of Israel. Both arrived
in Paris early this week. Edward B. Lawson, U.S. Ambassador to Israel, also arrived in Paris
this week for conferences with Secretary Dulles.
ileports from Israel reveal that the Ein Geb settlement on the eastern bank of the Sea
of Galilee had come under heavy Syrian fire. Israel was "strongly condemned" by the Israel-
Syria Mixed Armistice Commission for the Israelis' "retaliatory" raid on Syria after the
kidnapping of a Jewish soldier.
It is reported from Washington that, although Iraq is signatory to an anti-Communist
defense pact, many leading Iraqis are contributing to the Egyptian arms fund drive which
will be used to buy arms from the Communist bloc, according to a Bagdad broadcast. The
Continued on Page 3
Arrival. of Communist Arms in Egypt, Anti-Israel
Pact Add Fuel to Middle Eastern Crisis; Cancel
Sharett U.S. Visit; Israelis Raise Defense Fund
Middle East's tensions became so serious this week, that thousands of Israelis in all walks of life
responded to calls for action, by Israel's retiring premier, Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett, with con-
tributions to a fund to buy arms for the young state whom the encircling Arab enemies are constantly
threatening with a war of annihilation.
The crisis is believed to have forced Mr. Sharett to abandon his planned trip to the United States
in behalf of the Israel bond drive. His visit was to have included Detroit, for a dinner here on Nov. 7.
Israel Minister of Development Dov Joseph will be here instead that night. The dinner will be held at
the Veterans' Memorial Building, 151 W. Jefferson. (Detailed story on Page 28).
Arrival of boatloads of arms in Egypt, from Czecholsovakia and Communist China, and the sign-
ing of a mutual defense pact by Syria and Egypt to suport each other in any conflict with Israel, were
among the aggravating occurrences of the past week. Arms continue to come into Egypt from Commun-
ist countries.
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles told a group of Congressional leaders, before his departure
for the Geneva conference, that the supply of arms to Egypt by the Communists may .be discussed in
Geneva. Foreign Minister Antoine Pinay of Franc e - approved a plan to raise the issue at Geneva.
Expressing "apprehension" lest "Israel extremists" may seek forcibly to prevent delivery of
Czech arms to Egypt, State Department officials stated in Washington that U.S. military attaches in
Egypt had been instructed to be on the alert for signs of Israeli attempts to interfere with arms ship ff
ments and for an Israel move to force entrance in to the Gulf of Akaba, now barred by Egyptian
batteries.
The Times of London pointed out that the three Western Powers are under a "clear obligation"
to maintain Israel's present boundaries against attack. It said that it may be necessary to help Israel
find extra arms to defend herself" and added that "she could best help her own cause by giving the
clearest assurances that the arms will not be used in hostile action."
It was pointed out in Washington that military aircraft sold to Egypt by the Soviet bloc may be
flown to Egypt and, in that case, would require clearance from either Yugoslavia or Greece whose
airspace would have to be crossed.
Considerable attention was given in Washington to a report by the Middle East Institute indicat-
ing that, despite State Department assertions to the contrary, Egypt possesses naval superiorty
over Israel. The Institute inadvertently revealed that two U.S. warships, which the state Department
had approved for sale to Egypt in 1950 as commercial vessels despite disclosures by the Jewish Tele-
graphic Agency that they could be commissioned for naval use, are now "believed rescheduled for naval
use" by Egypt.
In spite of the increasing dangers to Israel, Secretary Dulles .told his press conference in Wash-
ington before his departure for Europe that there are no immediate plans by the U.S. to provide Israel
with arms to maintain a balance and to offset Communist arms shipments. He said he did not think he
could draw' a' .definite conclusion on American policy under the Tripartite Declaration of 1950 be-
cause the facts are still obscure. The U.S., he said, must know the quality, types and quantity of arms
supplied to Egypt.
Another crisis arose on the Israel-Syrian - border, with the disappearance of an Israeli soldier,
Jacob Migvosky of Mefalsim, who was hunting near Kibut Golen. Israel charged he was kidnapped.
Migvosky's rifle and a personal letter were found, and there were bloodstains.
A retaliatory invasion of Israelis into Syria resulted in the death of three Syrians.
Israel's voluntary "arms for defense" campaign on Monday reached 6.5 million Israel pounds
($3.6 million) as increased tension was reported along the northern Syrian frontier.
In the Knesset debate on foreign affairs, retiring Premier Sharett said that if a conflagration
breaks out, as a result of Communist arms shipments, it will be clear "who will be responsible." He
ridiculed assertions that the Czech-Egyptian arms deal was a simple commercial deal and said the
initiative in the arrangement came from the Soviet Union and was part of general • Soviet policy.
(See Editorial, Page 4.)