Conference Raps Council for Judaism Eban Charges, 900 Slain Irsaelis Forgotten (Continued from Page 1) 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 (Contir•aed from Page 1) 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 32—Detroit Jewish News 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.)