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`Other Sources' Used to Get Defensive Arms

Israel Replenishes Its Arsenals;
B-G Confident of Winning War

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f LONDON—If Israel is denied arms by the United States and Britain,
it will find "other sources" for replenishing its arsenals and "keep its
army in something like fighting trim," but costs will be higher, the Lon-
don Times declared Tuesday, in a dispatch from its Jerusalem correspon-
dent.
The correspondent also declared that if the Jordan River Valley
water development plan of Eric A. Johnston is finally turned down by.the
Arab states, "Israel will certainly go ahead with its own national scheme,
and it may not be easy to contest its right to do so." According to the
Times correspondent, Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion "gave
necessity the virtue of statesmanlike concession" when he announced
that Israel would wait for definite word of Arab acceptance to the John-
ston plan before proceeding with its own plan to divert the Jordan
waters. The Times holds that Israel could not have resumed its Bnot
Yaacov canal _work now because much of "elaborate machinery" needed
for the project was in use elsewhere and could not have been assembled
in time for use at the end of this year's rainy season.

Israel Wants No War, But Will _Win If Attacked—B-G

• TEL AVIV (JTA)—The Israel government is attempting to obtain
defensive arms to discourage the possibility of war, Premier David Ben-
GUrion declared, but if it cannot obtain such weapons and a war breaks
out, Israel will win that war. The Premier made this prediction at a
public rally here to raise voluntary contributions for an arms fund.

He revealed that the Israel government was negotiating for jet
planes and tanks, weapons which have given Egypt qualitative and quan-
titative superiorty. He reported that 'millions of dollars worth of arms
were arriving in Israel each month, but said this was not enough, that
Israel needed tens of millions of dollars worth of arms. "We need fortifi-
cations on the border and border settlements must be provided with anti-
tank. weapons. We -need air raid shelters, oil reserves and electric power
reserves."
He took issue with Selwyn Lloyd, British Foreign Secretary, who
stated there was an arms balance in the Middle East, and chided the
Secretary for not reading reports in the Times of London on arms pour-
ing into Egypt. He said that Israel needed weapons not only to defend its
peace but also that of the world. The start of a war is known, he pointed.
out, but there is no way of knowing where it will end.
. Neither the Tripartite Declaration of 1950 nor Security Council reso-
lutions are sufficient guarantees against aggression, the Premier said.
Israel must rely on its army and its people, the whole nation must be
prepared for war.
The Soviet Union has delivered 200 MIG jet planes to Egypt, together.
with 150 T-34 heavy tanks—post-war model—and several dozen World
War II Stalin tanks, the newspaper Davar reported.
The dispatch added that the USSR had promised to deliver a number .
of submarines to the Egyptian Navy -within three,. months.. The same
source informed Davar that the Soviet Union plans to establish a major
arms depot in Egypt from which to supply Arab and African states.

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nves.tigations Asked of
Arms Shipments to Arabs

A storm of protests is raging over the shipment of

18 American "Modern Bulldog" tanks to Saudi Arabia.

From the moment the planned shipment" first was
revealed, through the placement of the embargo on -all
arms shipments and the lifting. of the embargo, pro-
testing voices have. been heard in Congress and
throughout the country.
Senator Humphrey of Minnesota started the de-
bate in the U. S. Senate. He was supported by Senators
Morse, Lehman, O'Mahoney, Douglas and others.
Zionist leaderS throughout the country criticized
the State Department for sending arms to Saudi Ar-
abia, while ignoring Israel's appeal for arms.

In Detroit, the Jewish Community Council, at its
meeting Monday evening, registered a strong nrotest
against the arms shipments to the Arabs and the failure
to provide Israel with defensive arms. Samuel Rhodes,
president of the Council, issued a statement calling for
just consideration of Israel's request for aid in its pres-
ent serious crisis.

Israel's Ambassador Abba Eban pressed Israel's
request for did. He said that prolongation of an imbal-
ance brings war nearer_ to the Middle East. Mr. Eban
called particular attention to the danger of the Arab
air superiority. The Ambassador stressed that even if
given a security guarantee Israel would be in need of
arms.-He cited the case of Poland in 1939. However, he
pointed out that the 1950 Tripartite Declaration is no
effective guarantee against aggression.
Mr. Eban waled if Syria shoots when and if Israel
resumes•.work on the Jordan River project, responsi-
bility for what happens thereafter would rest on Syria.
He said the water project was fully consistent with the
Johnston Plan and that Ambassador Eric Johnston- at
an early date will elicit further information anct clarify
the status of the plan.

Senate to Probe U. S. Arms Policy

—Photo by Herbert S. Sonnenfeld. Courtesy
Jewish Education Committee of New York

Purim 5716

Purim spells. joy for Jewish, households everywhere. As we celebrate the
downfall of the Haman of old, we gather strength in our faith that his counter,
parts in our own time, whether they are in Cairo or in the Kremlin, will fail in
their efforts to thwart justice and to undermine Israel's just position in the world.

WASHINGTON (JTA)—An inquiry into the State
Department's arms policy on Israel and the Arab coun-
tries will be started this Friday, or early, next week,
by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, it was in-
dicated by Sen. Walter F. George, chairman of the corn-,
mittee. He said that he intends to summon Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles and Under Secretary Her-
bert Hoover, Jr., to appear before the committee.
Demands for .a full scale investigation of the State
Department's Middle East arms policy were voiced by
a number of members of Congress following the em-
barrassing situation that has been created by the im-
position and immediate revocation of a ban on the ship-
ment of 18 American army tanks, to Saudi, Arabia. The

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