HE JEWISH NE MORE URGENT TN4N EYER! GIVE TODAYI Through the Detroit Allied Jewish Campaign A Weekly Review Michigan's Only English - Jewish Newspaper — VOLUME 28 — No. 21 27 Israel's Position: Washington and UN Echoes —Commentary Page 2 The 'Can't You Die Decently' Attitude of Jewish. Events —Editorial Page 4 Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle 17100 W..7 Mile Rd.—VE. 8-9364--Detroit 35, January 27, 1956 $5.00 Per Year; Single Copy 15c 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. Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News 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.