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Internoti. onal Action_ Sought
To Counteract Arab League's
Smears 'Against World Jewry

_ Anti-Jewish activities in many lands, including the United States,
that are being linked by the Arab League to the economic boycott against
Israel, have arroused protests from Chbristiah merchants and from Jewish
leaders.
Gaston Coblentz, correspondent of the New York Herald Tribune
in Belgium, reported on Saturday, in a cable to his newspaper, that "an
influential body of Belgian merchants has called on the Belgian govern-
ment to take international action against methods being employed' by
Arab business firms in their economic warfare against Israel."
The cable states that - "the appeal was touched off by question-
naires from Arab concerns, demanding that business men in the Benelux
region (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxemburg) reveal whether they
have any Jewish 'connections."
There is a lengthy resume in the cable of the text of the question-
naire, similar copies of which are beino- received by American firms,
some of whom now are being boycotted by the Arabs who charge that
the firms under attack had contributed to the United Jewish Appeal.
Mr: Coblentz' cable states: "So far, the Arab letters appear to have
been mainly addressed to Dutch companies . . . Belgian merchants regard
it as a problem that can affect any business man in the Benelux trading
area. Besides seeking action by the Belgian Foreign Ministry, they also
intend to raise the matter with the International Chamber of Commerce.
"The Belgian group — the important Belgian Association of Mer-
chants, Exporters and Importers — has circulated to its - 200 member
firms a copy of a questionnaire received by Dutch businessmen from
Arab business' concerns. The questionnaire was officially forwarded to
the Belgian association - by the Association of Netherlands Wholesale
- Trade of The Hague. -
"The Dutch group informed the Belgians that companies in Hol-
land have received the question from concerns in the Arab League
states and that it had advised its own members to refuse to answer the
Arab queries. The Belgian association, in turn, has issued the same
advice to its members .
"Some of the letters containing the questionnaire explain, at the
outset, that the Arab countries are engaged in an economic siege against

Israel.

"The Belgian Foreign Ministry is reported to have told the Ant-
werp association that it is giving synipathetic - consideration to the
request for international 'action on the issue."
Addressing the two-day joint meeting of the American Jewish
Congress national executive and administrative committees, in New
York, Dr. Israel -GoldsteinopAJ Congress president, announced that the
Congress is submitting a White Paper to the State Department dealing
with the anti-Jewish activities of the Arab League.
These activities, he said, fall into three categories: 1. The com-
mercial boycott of American JewiSh businesses; 2. The denial - of visas
and the right of travel to American Jews; and 3. The establishment and
subvention of large-scale Arab propaganda centers for the purpose of
disseminating anti-Jewish doctrines in the United States.
Dr. Goldstein declared that it was "disturbing that this discrimi-
nation is in a large part supported and made possible by an unaccount-
able indifference displayed by U. S. authorities!' Citing the refusal of
Arab governments to grant visas to American Jews, he asserted that it
was an "established American principle that no. foreign government
. could discriminate between one American passport and another.." He
suggested that if any group of AmeriCan citizens was not permitted :to
travel to some country, the. State Department should forbid ,all Amer-
ican citizens from traveling there. The U. S. simultaneously 'should
refuse to admit Arab travelers, he said.
Arab propmagandists in the U. S., Dr. Gold-stein charged, are work-
ing closely with professional anti-Semites: Heading up-this effort is the
Arib Information Center in NeW York ; directed by Abdul Kainal Rahim,
former Egyptian ArnbasSador to the U. S; and now Yemen's representa-
tive at the United Nations. "Another active and malicious dispenser of
anti-Jewish propaganda has been Syria's Ambassador to the United
States, Dr. Farid- Zeineddine, who propagates the line of the 'Elders of
Zion' forgeries and Nazi racialism," he said. Both of these Arab repre-
sentatives enjoy diplomatic immunity. Dr. Goldstein called upon the
State Department to declare them persona non grata since they have
been "slandering, vilifying and impugning the loyalties of a large section
of American citizens!'

Russian Threats, U.S. Delay in Providing Arms, Worsens
Israel's Position; World Believed Closer to Brink of War

Dingell, Diggs Speak Up for Israel

_ American Policy-on Arab-Israel
Issue Stirs Debate in Congress

WASHINGTON (JTA) — Republican and Democratic
members of Congress on the floor of the House, called upon
the U. S. Government to permit Israel to acquire- arms in this
country. Of the more than 20 speakers, only two expressed
views unfavorable to Israel.
The two who took a stand against Israel are Rep. Robert
C. Byrd, of West Virginia, and Rep. Arthur Winstead, of
Mississippi, both Democrats. The former alleged that American
arms sale to Israel were not in the interest of the United States,
and the latter urged that Israel "go back" to the 1947 United
Nations partition borders.
In a powerful reply, House Majority Leader John W.
McCormack, Massachusetts Democrat, told the two dissenting
Democrats that American national interests were more identi-
fied with Israel than with Egypt. He said Egypt identified its
"national interest" with the Kremlin and that Egypt and
Russia, not Israel, brought about the arms imbalance.

The McCormack address highlighted demands for arms sales to
Israel, but Rep. Edna F. Kelly, a New York Democrat and member
of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, took leadership of the
session. Mrs. Kelly made the opening speech, answered questions and
offered information favorable to Israel's cause. Mrs. Kelly made it
plain that Israel should not be called upon to sacrifice territory.
. Rep. Hugh Scott, Pennsylvania Republican, reported on a meet-
ing of a number of Republican Congressmen with Secretary of State
Dulles. He defended Mr. Dulles' position but nevertheless said he
(Scott) still favored arms for Israel.
Congressman John D. Dingell was among those who spoke up
for Israel during the debate.
Congressman Charles Diggs inserted in the Congressional Rec-
ord the full text of the appeal addressed to Secretary of State John
Foster Dulles, by the Joint Committee of the Zionist and Community
Councils of Detroit, with the signatures of hundreds of leaders of
nearly 200 Detroit organizations and congregations.

(Direct JTA Teletype_ Wire ito The Jewish News)

WASHINGTON—Chairman Walter F. George of the Senate Foreign Rela-
tions Committee Tuesday warned that,"If we become involved in the _Middle
East, Russia is stepping in." He said, "That would be the excuse she has been
looking for." For that reason, Sen. George said, "I do not believe it would be -
wise , to make any shipment of arms into that area at this time, in the hope
that by peaceful means we could bring about an adjustment- without open
warfare." Commenting on the Russian warning against tripartite action without
the Soviets, Sen. George said of the Middle - East: "If we becoMe involved there,
Russia would directly or indirectly-but ultimately directly—intervene."
He served notice that he is against sending U.S. troops into the Middle
East, lest Russia seize on such. action as an excuse to move its own armies. The
Foreign Relations chairman said he knew of no Anglo-American plans to use
troops in the Arab-Israel situation. The Soviet Foreign Ministry warned Mon-
day against use of any foreign troops in the Middle East without prior agree-
ment and United Nations approval.
Sen. George said he retains the hope that ,an Arab-Israel settlement can
be reached. He said the western nations should do "all in their power to help
them reach an agreement."
"Our representatives in the Middle East area have told the committee they
feel that an accommodation can be brought about," -Sen. George said. "We
should do all we can to further attempts to negotiate a settlement."
Sen. George D. Aiken, Vermont Republican who is a member of the
Foreign Relations Committee, called the Moscow statement "pure propaganda."
He said: "I haven't heard of any plan to send troops to the Middle East," and
added: "Russians are trying to increase their influence among Arab states."

(In a cable to the New York Times from Paris, C. L. Sulzberger stated: "By
June Egypt alone will have a military edge on Israel. The approach of this date there-
fore brings the world closer to the brink of war. Israeli jingoes urge their government
to strike before then. Later, they fear, the Arabs will prepare an over-•all assault. Mean-
while the West, insisting Russia can have no say in Palestine, assumes responsibility
for a peace it may be unable to keep.")
(In many quarters, there is grave apprehension over the impending war dangers,
The Lebanese Gazette—Leesan Al-Adl—published in Detroit, this week featured two
challenging articles: One, reflecting on the Egyptian "constitution," asks the question:
"Abd-el-Nasser: An Arab Hitler, Or a Moslem Mussolini?" An adjoining article asks:
"Who Directs American Policy in the Middle East? Mr. Dulles or Miss Dorothy
Thompson?")
Related Stories on Pages 3, 19.

