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Michigan's
VOLUME 28—No. 11
Weekly Review
The
Middle East's
Unholy Alliance:
Exposing Barrage
of Lies
Against Israel
of Jewish Events
Editorial, Page
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Will 'Imaginative Diplomacy' Bring Peace?
Arab Propaganda in U. S Adds
To Seriousness of Israel's Crisis
Unprecedented Support Asked
For UFA; Chicago Bond Rally
Hears Urgent Plea liy Sharett
NEW YORK (JTA)—The Jewish Agency for Palestine
called on all American Jews, and particularly on Zionists,
to give unprecedented assistance to the United Jewish
Appeal to aid Israel "in its hour of grave peril."
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, chairman of the Jewish Agency
executive, announced that the executive has held a series
of conferences recently in New York with Rabbi Herbert
Friedman, executive vice chairman of the United Jewish
Appeal;_ regarding special. efforts to be undertaken by
American JeWry, and particularly by .the Zionist organiza-
tions and their rank and file in this country, to meet Israel's
needs in the present emergency. "This is a time of crisis,
and calls for inordinate efforts by U. S. Jewry in the crucial
months ahead," Dr, Goldmann said.
The call by the Jewish Agency executive reads:
"Beleaguered, harassed and threatened on all its fron-
tiers, Israel may -be forced, in despair, to defer plans in_
the spheres of development, • economic stabilization and
absorption of immigrants. Curtailment of these efforts would
have a disastrous • effect on Israel's economy and very
existence. Therefore, the executive of the Jewish Agency
for Palestine calls on all U.S. Jews,'-and particularly on
Zionists, to give unprecedented assistance and support to
the United Jewish Appeal in this emergency."
Sharett's Appeal for Aid Receives
Kefauver, Stevenson Encouragement
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CHICAGO (JTA) Israel Foreign Minister Moshe
Sharett, in his first address in the United States since his
arrival in this country, warned that peace in the Middle
East .would not be achieved by suggestions for territorial
concessions from Israel. Such proposals, he said, would only
encourage Arab intransigeance.
Addressing more than 2,300 persons who assembled here
Nov. 12 at the $1,000-plate dinner for State of Israel Bonds,
Mr. Sharett declared: "To urge territorial concessions by
Israel in order to satisfy the appetite of the Arab states,
wholly or in part, is to delay a peace settlement by putting
a premium on intransigeance." He added that Israel has
no other choice but to arm itself in self-defense against
Egypt which is now receiving huge quantities of arms from
Communist countries.
Mr. Sharrett pointed out that it is not up to American Jews
to help Israelis acquire the arms which they consider so absolutely
necessary. "This we must do by our own efforts and at our own
expense," he said. He appealed to American Jewry for continued
support for the Israel bond drive which is strengthening the
sinews of Israel's economy through agricultural and industrial
development. "There is no task more urgent than the Israel bond
campaign today when we must do everythng to assure the sound-
ness and progress of the economic life of Israel," he stressed.
Senator Estes Kefauver, addressing the audience, said that
the United States must give Israel the opportunity of obtaining
defensive arms. "We cannot afford to let Israel down," he said.
"Neither can we continue to deal with this explosive situation by
double-talk. Israel finds her enemies being provided with arms by
the satellites of Soviet Russia. She finds most of the doors to an
equality in defensive weapons closed to her," he added.
Adlai Stevenson, who announced Tuesday that he is a candi-
date for the 1956 Presidential nomination, addressing himself to
Mr. Sharett at the dinner, said: "I believe it will be the policy
of our government that no change in the 'status quo shall take
place by force. The United States does not choose sides when it
chooses peace." He fold Mr. Sharett that lie "hopes and prays that
your dreams come true, and I am sure it will with patience and
perseverance. Our dream is your dream," he said.
In an address before a University of Virginia audience, Mr.
Stevenson proposed that the United Nations mount guard on the
Arab-Isrel borders in order to avoid war in the Middle East. He
did not indicate how the United Nations troops would be raised,
but he left the clear implication he would be willing to support an
American contribution of men toward the necessary . guards which,
he said, might prevent the development of "all out war.' ;
P!esident Eisenhower's and former President Tru-
man's messages, and Dr.. Abba Hillel Silver's address
- at Madison Square Garden 'rally in New York, Tues-
' day evening, on page 3. -
Resort to "imaginative diplomacy" in search for a peaceful solution to the crisis in
the Middle East — reported from Geneva — raised considerable hope this week that the
United States, Great Britain and France, in spite of their rejection of Israel's appeals
for immediate 'assistance to overcome the dangers stemming from Arab countries, will
strive for a peaceful settlement.
Israel's leaders—Premier David Ben-Gurion in Jerusalem and Foreign Minister
Moshe Sharett in New York—reiterated th at their country's aim is peace. Mr. Ben-
Gurion has indicated emphatically, however, that it will not be "suicide."
The .crisis has assumed international proportions, and the dangers faced by Israel
were in evidence everywhere.
A protest addressed to Henry Cabot L odge, U. S. Ambassador to the UN, by the
Council of Social Education and Action of the Detroit Methodist Conference, against
arms aid to Israel, indicated the extent of the spread of Arab propaganda in this coun..
try. Local leaders were disturbed by this statement, in view of the arming of Egypt
by Communist countries.
The spreading view in Jewish quarters in this country is for the need to strengthen
public relations efforts to enlighten the American people on the dangers that face
Israel, whose very existence is threatened and the lives of whose 1,700,000 citizens are
in jeopardy.
(In its leading editorial in the last .Rosh HashanahNissue, The Jewish. News stated.
that One of the major problems facing our people in 5716 is to improve our public
relations program.)
The invasion of Arab spokesmen in American communities, their fantastic charges
and their attempt_ to pin all the blame on Israel—to the extent even of attacking fund-
raising efforts in support of . a program of r escuing Jews whose lives are endangered in
MOsiem countries--added to the concern felt here over. Israel's future.
In a direct teletype wire to The Jewish News from Cairo, the Jewish Telegraphic
Agency quoted an Egyptian spokesman as having stated on Tuesday that any ,exchange
of Israeli and Egyptian year prisoners must be discussed within the United Nastions
Mixed Armistice Commission. The Egyptian spokesman emphasized that, in accord-
ance with Egypt's policy of not holding political discussions directly with Israel, no
agreement on exchange can be made outside the armistice frame work. He added he
understood talks on the subject will be held by the Armistice Commission.
State Department spokesman, Lincoln White, last week declared that it would be
"utter folly to start a war," and revealed that his Department officially warned both
Israel and Egypt that the U. S. would take stern action against any side that starts
a war.
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President Eisenhower was advised by the State Department that there is no great
urgency to Israel's request for arms, Defense Department experts having indicated
that it would take from one to three years before Egyptian military training reaches
a level necessary for effective use of Communist equipment.
Israel's Foreign' Minister Moshe Sharet t arrived in this country last week to assist
the United Jewish Appeal campaign and the bond drives in 11 cities. He .was inter-
viewed on the "Meet the Press" TV program Sunday and outlined Israel's position in
answer to the panelists' questions.
Considerable attention was drawn las t week to the speech at the Lord Mayor of
London's dinner by Britain's Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden, who noted that the
Egyptians insist that any settlement be based on the 1947 United Nations Palestine
partition decision, while Israel refuses to budge from the boundary lines recognized by
the armistice agreement of 1948. He then said that "it is not right that the UN
resolutions should be ignored" but agree d that as the resolutions "now stand" they
cannot be implemented. At this point he s uggested that the two parties "must make
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Improvements in Indemnification Law
Hit Snag in West German Parliament
Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News
BONN—Long (awaited improvements in the German federal indemnification law for
individual victims of Nazism are once again threatened by the latest action of the Upper
House of the West German Parliament. The Federal Council, reviewing draft amend-
merits to the law, has rejected one amendment which would have extended benefits of
the law to victims who were formerly residents of the territory now incorporated with-
in East Germany. The major reason for the rejection was that the amendment would
have saddled individual German states with half of the indemnification burden. The
Council, composed of representatives of various states, thereupon turned down the
amendment which had been in the works for two years. It had been approved by a
working group representing a Bundestag committee, t h e Federal government and the
Ministry of Finance.
In all, the Council recommended 74 changes in the government-sponsored amend-
ment measure. Most of these are of a minor technical nature, b u t some worsen the
provisions of the indemnification law, such as a change which would halve the maxi-
mum amount of indemnification benefits for deprivation of property.
Changes, however, are not yet final. They .must be forwarded to the Cabinet which
must either accept them or, failing that, must send the original version, together with
a statement on the Council's proposed changes, to the Bundestag, the lower house. The
.Bundestag must act on some version in three different readings, and then send its meas
ure to the Upper House. Failure of two Houses to agree would result in t h e appoint-
ment of a conference committee to iron out differences.
One result of the Council's action will certainly a d d further delays in long needed
changes in the indemnification law. It may succeed in killing a section which would be
of benefit to Jews who formerly lived in what is now East Germany, a major improve-
ment in the indemnification law of benefit to Jews.