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Israel's Position:
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UN Echoes
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Israel Faces Crucial Washington. Decisions
Hammarskjold Is Optimistic in
Search for Middle East Peace
Dag Hammarskjold's visit in Israel and the Arab countries has resulted in assurances of cooperation by the con-
tending forces in efforts•for the abatement of tensions. I n the Israel Parliament, on Tuesday, all parties, with the
exception of the Communist Deputies, voted confidence in the Ben-Curion Government's action against Syrian mili-
tary positions for which Israel was condemned by the United Nations Security Council. The JTA reports that the
vote in the Knesset was 76 to 4. The Communist motion of non-confidence thus was overwhelmingly defeated. All
eyes presently are on Washington, and hope is entertained that the Eisenhower-Eden-Dulles talks will result in efforts
for a just Israel-Arab peace. Dr. Hammarskjold's efforts are believed to be of greatest significance at this time. Agree-
ment on the UN plan for the strengthening of the Gaza truce has increased hopes for an eventual Arab-Israel peace.
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JERUSALEM
A
scheduled reception for Dag Hammarskjold,
United Nations Secretary General, at the home of Israel's Foreign Min-
ister Moshe Sharett, which was to be held on Tuesday, was cancelled
Monday night rather than cause political embarrassment to Mr. Ham-
marskjold. When he arrived at Tel Aviv's Lydda Airport Monday, and
was greeted by Mr. Sharett and other Israeli and foreign diplomats, Mr.
Hammarskjold learned that a reception was planned in his honor. He
consulted with Maj. Gen: E. L. M. Burns, UN Truce Chief, over the
possible effect of his presence at an official function in Jerusalem, since
the UN has a resolution on its books that is un-honored by either Israel
or Jordan, calling for the internationalization of Jerusalem.
After his consultation, Mr. Hammarskjold indicated that he would
rather not attend and the reception was cancelled. Also cancelled for
"technical reasons" was a reception scheduled for Mr. Hammarskjold
in Tel Aviv by the Israel Society for the United Nations.
—
On Tuesday morning, Mr. Hammarskjold called on President Itzhak Ben-Zvi
at the latter's residence here. Mr. Ben-Zvi, who suffered a head injury several
days ago, kept the appointment despite doctor's orders to remain in bed, and
spent 25 minutes with the UN Secretary General.
After a tar of several settlements in the Jerusalem Corridor area, and a
lightning trip through the New Jerusalem, Mr. Hammarskjold and the UN party
toured the Old City in the Jordan controlled territory. This was Mr. Ham-
marskjold's way of "balancing" his appearance in Israel's capital.
Mr. Hammarskjold conferred with Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-
Gurion and with Mr. Sharett and clarified his views at a press confer-
ence. (Details of his Jerusalem press conference on Page 24).
An Egyptian broadcast reported that at a press conference in Cairo Sunday
Mr. Hammarskjold said his meeting there with the Egyptian Premier Gamal
Abdel Nasser has confirmed his "continuing optimism" that the Arabs and Israel
ultimately will settle their Palestine conflict. He was reported as lauding the
wisdom of Premier Nasser and his Foreign Minister Mahmoud Fawzi.
Attention Riveted on Eisenhower-Eden Talks
(Copyright, By The Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The world's attention, focused by the march of
ominous events on the tense Middle East, will be riveted next week on the talks
to be held by President Eisenhower and British Prime Minister Sir Anthony
Eden which open here Monday. The decisions they take—and it has already been
made known that a major portion of their deliberations will be concerned with
the smoldering Israel-Arab dispute—may well hold the key to the top question
of the day—whether there will be war or peace in one of the world's most sen-
sitive areas.
For Israel, the current situation is thought by many to be the most crucial
since the founding of the State. Her unfriendly neighbors, newly armed and in-
creasingly belligerent, have taken the stage as objects of spirited bidding by
the world's major power blocs.
The State Department indicated that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles
has abandoned previous tentative plans to stop in the Arab-Israel area on his
way to the SEATO conference in Karachi, Pakistan. Mr. Dulles, who will leave
Washington March 2, has decided to fly over (he Arab-Israel trouble zone with-
out stopping. He will return to the United States via the Far East.
Official sources said that the State Department has- no plans to ask
Edward B. Lawson, U. S. Ambassador to Israel, to come to Washington for con-
sultations. The comment on Mr. Lawson was in denial of a published report that
Secretary Dulles, having gotten a personal report from Henry A. Byroade, U. S.
Ambassador to Egypt, desired a similar report from Ambassador Lawson.
State Department Officials Pessimistic on Arms Request
State Department sources sounded a pessimistic note on Israel's request
for American arms, which was repeated by Israel Ambassador Abba Eban who
pointed out that Israel's peril "is progressively mounting."
Mr. Eban visited the State Department to "re-open" conversations on Israel's
application for arms purchases. Secretary Dulles was unable to see him, so the
Israel diplomat discussed the- matter with Assistant Secretary George V. Allen.
The conversations lasted over an hour.
In the opinion of State Department officials, the resolution adopted by the
United Nations Security Council condemning Israel for its recent retaliatory
raid on Syrian military positions would delay consideration of Israel's arms appli-
cation. These officials indicated that Secretary Dulles' promise this month to take
a "fresh look" at the application following the decision of the Security Council
was linked with the nature of the decision.
One official, however, said it was "not realistic" for Israel to expect favorable
action on the arms list for a considerable time. He said that might jeopardize
American efforts in Cairo. If these efforts succeed, he said, Israel may see peace
with the Arabs and have no need for additional arms.
Joe Holtzman Forms a Club . .
U. S. Jewry Responds With
Unprecedented Generosity
At the annual conference of the United Jewish Appeal, in
New York, early in December, Joseph Holtzman, Detroit's mi-
tring campaigner, first made a $25,000 pledge—"over and above"
the generous Gift he and his brother-in-law, Nathan Silverman,
make regularly to Detroit's Allied Jew-
ish Campaign—to UJA's Special Emer-
gency Fund. Then he changed it to
1 50,000 on condition that 99 other
American Jews do likewise.
His warm - hearted interest in the
fate of the refugees, who must be res-
cued from Moslem countries through
settlement in Israel, inspired other sim-
ilar gifts. They began to pour into the
national UJA office from many cities,
with the result that, at the dinner in
honor of Senator Herbert H. Lehman,
at the Waldorf 'Astoria, last Saturday,
a new record was set in pre-campaign
contributions — in an amount nearing
$17,000000.
.
Yoe Holizman
"The Joe Holtzman Club" — as the
Detroiter's move was described—was like a motto for the meet-
ing, Scores of guests arose to announce large contributions to
the Special UJA Fund. The responses were climaxed by a state-
ment by the creator of the "Holtzman Club" that, since "you
don't bargain with the plight of the Jews in Israel," he with-
draws his condition and gives the $50,000 outright to the Special
UJA Fund.
A Detroiter's vision thus helps forge another weapon in
Israel's defense,
(Lehman Dinner Story on Page 3)
Elated Campaigners:
Abe Green (center, left) , chairman, Real
Estate and Building Division, congratulates the top leadership of the 1956 Allied Jew-
ish Campaign for the extraordinary meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. C. William
Sucher on Jan. 17, at which the campaign was launched with $1,612,000 in pledges —
one and a half times the giving of last year by the same group. Left to right, in photo
on left, are John E. Lurie, chairman, Max M. Fisher, co-chairman, and Louis C.
Blumberg and Leonard N. Simons, co-chairman of Pre-Campaign. Other leaders
celebrating the increases at the meeting, Hyman Safran, co-chairman of pre-campaign,
and Judge Theodore Levin, president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, are shown in the
photo on the right. The results of the initial Campaign meeting, reported at the dinner
for Sen. Herbert H. Lehman at the opening of the 1956 nation-wide United Jewish Ap-
peal drive in New York, are now echoing around the country. The increases will help to
swell the $25,000,000 UJA Special Fund, of which Detroit is a partner for a share of
$1,230,000—beyond the $4,150,000 needed fc- r the regular beneficiaries of the Allied
Jewish Campaign. The Allied Jewish Campaign's Pre-Campaign and Women's Division
forces now are at work to secure a minimum of 25 per cent increases over .last year.
Plans for activities of other campaign divisions will be formulated in the .coming weeks.