Conference Raps Council for Judaism
Eban Charges, 900 Slain Irsaelis Forgotten
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allow ourselves to conceive
Highlights of the conference that there are friendly govern-
were the condemnations of the ments which positively desire
Council for Judaism's attempts Israel to lie naked and exposed
to discredit the conference in let- at the mercy of its adversaries
ters to Secretary of State Dulles with its survival hanging on
and members of Congress. In the dubious thread of an Egyp-
the presence of Assistant Secre- tian dictator's condescension."
He said, "We know - nothing
tary of State George Allen, Dr.
Maurice Eisendrath, as presi- could be further from the pur-
dent of the Union of American poses of Western statesmanship
Hebrew Congregations, referred than to see us with our hands
to the Council's "vile, vicious held behind our backs while
and venomous misrepresenta- our neighbors make ready for
tions, false fabrications, - gross a stunning blow to our head
libel," and added it is "a group and heart."
that takes the name of Jewry
Eban s a i d, "Amongst all
_in vain."
our objectives the attainment
Dr. Eisendrath claimed that
of additional arms for our de-
the Council k no w s that its fense claims overriding and
charge is a lie and a libel. Reu-
paramount urgency. If we fail
bin Kaminsky, national JWV in this, we may fail in every-
commander, joined in the at- thing, for we shall not have
respite or stability of heart
tack on "the cheap and snide
with which to explore any
allegations of double loyalty"
more leisurely paths towards
made by the , Council.
Philip Klutznick, president of safety."
He said the West could do
Bnai Brith, who presided at
Wednesday's dinner charged much to dispel any danger of
that the Council "has subverted war by proclaiming in contrac-
the word 'American' and dis- tual terms its determination to
honored the word 'Judaism.' "
In view of the fact that Amer-
ican foreign policy for the Mid-
dle East has not been formulated,
Secretary Allen greeted the con-
ference by indicating that he
followed the advice of Jewish
leaders "to say nothing if he
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had nothing of importance to
say."
Israel Foreign Minister Moshe
Dr. Goldmann urged Secre- Shar et t. Prior to his de-
tary Allen to inquire about the parture, he indicated that he
"hundreds, possibly thousands," would suggest that economic aid
of Jews for whom the small which is now being offered to
group in Jewry—the American Middle Eastern countries by the
Council for Judaism—speaks.
United States on one side and
-Earlier, Dr. Eisendrath de- by the Soviet Union on the
clared that the conference other, should be channeled
speaks for 96 percent of Amer- through the United Nations
rather than in an "atmosphere
ican Jewry.
It became known during the of strife."
conference that while there had Egypt Receives 200 Jets,
been a delay by Secretary Dul- Dulles Consults Senators
les in granting an audience to
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The
Ambassador Eban, the Secre- Arab-Israel problem was dis-
tary was meeting at 2:30 p.m. cussed by Secretary of State
Wednesday with a Judaism John Foster Dulles with Senate
Council delegation.
leaders in three separate meet-
In his address; in which he ings, while George V. Allen,
outlined, the dangers facing Is- Assistant Secretary of State,
rael and the threat to Israel's disclosed that Egypt has re-
cities from Egypt's air force ceived from Communist coun-
that now is being strengthened tries 200 jet fighters, a num-
by the Communists, Ambassa- ber of submarines and large
dor Eban quoted figures to show quantities of other arms.
that nearly 900 Jews were mur-
Secretary Dulles met separ-
dered by Arabs since 1950. He ately on the Arab-Israel situa-
posed the question: "Would not tion and other foreign affairs
a shudder of horror go through with Sen. William F. Knowland,
Our own and succeeding genera- Senate Minority Leader, Sen.
tions if Israel, in the first de- Walter F. George, chairman of
cade of its renewed indepen- the Senate Foreign Relations
dence, were again to be plunged Committee, and Sen. H. Alex-
into a torrent of violence?"
ander Smith, a ranking Repub-
Eban added: "This is our lican on the Foreign Relations
consolation. There has never Committee. Mr. Allen made his
been a greater peril capable of disclosure in the course of his
easier relief by moderate cours- appearance on a television pro-
es. But the relief will not hap- gram,
pen by itself. It will ensue from
Mr. Allen stated that no de-
firm and deliberate action. cision had been made on Israel's•
Israel today presents a spectacle arms request and that "the key
of a free people facing its dan- consideration" in the arms de-
gers with fortitude and its op- cision is the case against Israel
portunities with sober calm. We before the United Nations Se-
are inspired by the knowledge curity Council. He said the
that multitudes throughout the whole question of the level of
world see the preservation of arms in the Middle East takes
Israel as an issue of universal the deepest study. The question
history. May the deep strong will depend on the relative
fraternity of the Jewish people strength of the two sides, but
now surround us in the hour added it was not_ realistic for
of need with the warmth and a nation the size of Israel to
consolation of an everlasting have armaments matching the
kinship."
armies of the 40,000,000 Arabs.
The Ambassador told the con-
He stressed the "imperative"
ference "it is of paramount ur- need of an Arab-Israel settle-
gency that IS-rael's defenses be ment and said it was the pri-
strengthened, especially in the mary problem of the Middle
air, in order to maintain her East. Asked what the U. S.
basic military deterrent and could do to bring about Israel-
preclude conflict in the sum- Arab peace, he replied that the
mer of this year.
U.S. should try to conduct for-
He said, "We dare not believe eign relations in as responsible
Our requests for this moderate a manner as possible. The U.S.,
reinforcement will be left with- he stated, cannot be one-sided.
out early response. We cannot He added that the U.S. will be
favorably disposed to the side
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trying to save peace and "un-
Friday, January 20, 1956
happy" with the side that
resist any- change of existing
borders by force. "If the three
Western Powers regard their
1950 Tripartite Declaration as
a genuine, binding obligation,
how can they refuse to give it
form and content relevant to
the circumstances of our time
and to the contingencies which
we face?" Eban asked.
The Ambassador welcomed
"any sincere advocacy and pur-
suit of peace settlement." He
stressed that "to say peace is
only possible on the basis of
Israel's mutilation is to say
peace is not possible at all."
If this is the case, he said,
"then it is all the more urgent
to ensure the next best objec-
tive: Stabilization of military
power balance." He said, "All
who cherish Israel's statehood
as the dearest possession , of the
Jewish people since antiquity
should face the coming months
in deep solemnity and stern
resolution."
An American Lebanese Chris-
tian leader, the Rt. Rev. Mon-
signor Louis B. Khalil, pastor,
of Maronite Church in Brock-
ton, Mass., in a strong state-
ment, denied that Lebanon
is an Arab country and pleaded
for peace with Israel; He re-
ferred to the "arrogance and
blindness" of the Arab leaders
and condemned "the headstrong
intervention of the Soviet Union
in the affairs of the Middle
East." He declared: "In Lebanon
we realize that a debacle in-
volving the state of Israel would
inevitably shatter the founda-
tions of our own country."
In addition to the impressive
message from George Meany,
AFL-CIO president, the con-
ference heard a strong appeal
for arms for and a mutual
security pact with Israel from
Walter P. Reuther, president
of the UAW-CIO.
U.S. Senators John J. Spark-
man and James H. Duff ad-
dressed the conference dinner,
invitations to which were ac-
cepted by Senator Patrick V.
McNamara and Congressmen
John D. Dingell, Gerald Ford,
Thaddeus Machrowicz, Ruth
Thompson, August E. Johnsen
and John Lesinski, of Michigan.
Sen. Charles Potter accepted
an invitation to the reception
preceding the dinner. All ses-
sions were held at the Shore-
ham Hotel. Eighteen leaders
representing numerous com-
munity g r o ups represented
Michigan Jewry.
Sen. Sparkman, referring to
the reality of Israel as a state,
told of his experiences in
Europe where he witnessed the
rising tide of aspirations for
freedom by Jewish survivors
from Nazism. He deplored the
armings of Egypt by the Com-
munist and the anti-Israel Suez
Canal blockade.
Friendship by America for all
elements in the Middle East was
advocated by Philip Graham,
publisher of the Washington
Post-Times Herald, who urged
greater economic assistance to
the countries involved and pro-
tection of boundaries. If the
crisis continues, he said,. it will
become necessary to give Israel
arms to balance power in area.
Allen States U S. Decision on Israel Pending
Arms Aid IHI[inges on UN Verdict
causes war. He stressed that he
now feels neither side really
wants war.
The question of U.S. arms
to Israel was discussed by Gor-
don Grey, Assistant Secretary
of Defense for International Se-
curity Problems, with a dele-
gation representing the Jewish
War Veterans.
Last week Secretary Dulles
indicated that the United States
will not be drawn into competi-
tion with the Soviet Union for
Arab favor at Israel's expense.
Speaking at a press conference,
he said that while Moscow
might try to win Arab friend-
ship by proposing a "tough"
resolution against Israel at the
United Nations Security Coun-
cil, there was no reason to fear
American competition in that
respect.
Mr. Dulles said that no de-
cision has been taken on Israel's
arms list submitted to the State
Department after the arms deal
between Egypt and Communist
countries. However, he stated
that the U.S. Government
would give the matter a "fresh
look" after the UN Security
Council acts on the Israel-
Syrian clash at Lake Tiberias.
State Dept. Report on Jordan
Project Denied by Israelis
Israel circles denied a report
originating from State Depart-
ment sources that Israel has of-
ficially notified the United
States Government that work
on a disputed Jordan River
water project would be resumed
March 1.
State Department sources said
Israel made known to U.S. of-
ficials that Israel would no
longer wait for Arab agreement
to the regional water coopera-
Labor Zionists Ask
Week's Wage Gift
NEW YORK (JTA) — The
Zionist Labor Assembly, at
an emergency conference,
decided that every member
of the Zionist labor move-
ment in the United States
should contribute a week's
wages, or income, to a spe-
cial emergency fund to help
Israel in its present crisis.
This contribution would be
in addition to the regular
contribution to the United
Jewish Appeal, the confer-
ence voted.
tion scheme for which Presiden-
tial envoy Eric Johnston has
worked for some time. These
sources referred to the B'nai
Vaacov project, an undertaking
to which Syria violently objects.
The same project figured in the
news in 1953.
British Prime Minister Eden,
on his forthcoming visit to
the United States, will speak
before the House of Repre-
sentatives on Feb. 2. It is as-
sumed he will touch upon the
Middle East problem. The
British leader is expected to
speak to the Senate separate-
ly before coming to the
House, Congressional officials
said.
the Middle East which is the
only prelude to peace talks.
In a special television pro-
gram presented by Labor MP
Woodrow Wyatt over the BBC,
Mr. Ben Gurion repeated his
offer to meet "anywhere and.
any time" with Premier Nasser
for peace talks. He said that
the 1947 UN resolutions could
no longer serve as a basis for
a settlement and that only the
status quo would serve for such
purposes. He urged Britain to
help secure peace by redressing
the arms balance.
Col. Nasser and Jordan's
King' Huessin were also pre-
sented in filmed interviews.
The former demanded that the
The New York Times report- UN resolutions on Palestine be
ed from Washington- that of- implemented, but the latter said
ficial thinking - on the question that the Palestine Arabs on the
of arms for Israel has been in- principle of self-determination,
fluenced by what was termed had decided to join their part of
recent evidence that an Amer- the country with Jordan.
ican arms grant would be fol- Labor Favors Supplying
lowed by renewed Soviet ship- Defensive Arms to Israel
ments to Egypt. Washington
TEL Avrv, (JTA) — British
sources, the report went on, ex-
Labor Party policy continues to
pressed the belief that the Com-
favor an Anglo-Israel security
munist-Egyptian understanding
might be an "open-ended" one, pact and an adequate supply of
so that the Communists would defensive arms for the Jewish
presumably be willing to pour State as long as there is no
more arms into the area as long total embargo on arms to the
as Egypt was willing to pledge Middle East, Anthony Green-
wood, Labor MP, declared here
more cotton in exchange.
upon his arrival for a 10-day
visit to Israel as a guest of the
B-G Says Arms for Israel
Israel government. He added
Can Prevent Mid-East War
LONDON, (JTA) — Given that British public opinion was
defensive weapons, Israel will "greatly disturbed by recent
prevent a war in the Middle Middle Eastern events.
A similar view was expressed
East, Premier David Ben Gurion
told Richard Crossman, Labor in Jerusalem by Alfred Robens,
MP and former member of the foreign policy expert of the
Anglo-American Commission of British Labor party and one of
Inquiry on Palestine, in -an in- the Eden government's goads
terview. "Give us the tools and in Commons. Mr. Robens told a
we will prevent war," Mr. Ben press conference that he could
Gurion said, according to a dis- think of nothing that had re-
patch from Mr. Crossman pub- cently aroused British public
opinion as much as the disposal
lished in the Daily Mirror.
.Mr. Crossman further de- of surplus war material to
clared that his talk with the Egypt. The shipment of Brit-
Premier had left him with the ish surplus tanks and Czech
clear impression that despite arms to Egypt have upset the
Prime Minister Eden's "com- balance of power in the Middle
placent assurances," there is no East he insisted.
basis at present for peace ne-
(The Arab states must be
gotiations between Mr. Ben made to realize that Israel "is
Gurion and Premier Nasser of here to stay" and that "we, the
Egypt. He insisted that the first world and the United Nations,
thing that must be done is to want her to stay," James Grif-
supply Israel with arms so that fiths, Colonial Secretary in the
she does not fall behind in the last Labor government, de-
"frantic arms race." This, he clared at a reception in Lon-
added, is at best a short-term don tendered by the Poale Zion
to commemorate 'the 35th anni-
policy which must be followed versary of the founding of the
by inclusion of the USSR in a Histadrut, Israel's federation of
four-power embargo on arms to labor.)