Attlee Urges Defensive Arms for Israel;
Attacks U. S. Policy in Middle East
LONDON, (JTA) — The
American Government policy in
the Middle East was strongly
criticized in the House of Lords
by a former British Prime Min-
ister, Earl Attlee, in his first
parliamentary. speech as a peer,
while in the House of Commons
a number of speakers pressed
Prime Minister Sir Anthony
Eden for a clear-cut statement
as to what Britain and the
United States are doing to pre-
vent the possibility of an Arab-
Israel war.
Earl Attlee told the House of
Lords that he believes "a cer-
tain amount of modern weap-
Israel to Get .
French Planes
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PARIS — The French
government annonuced
Tuesday it will deliver 12 of
its newest Mystere IV su-
personic jet fighters to
Israel in the immediate fu-
ture. A Foreign ' Office
spokesman said delivery of
the jets is "only a matter of
days and perhaps hours."
Mystere IV is regarded in
military aviation circles as
a plane capable of besting
Russian jet fighters and
bombers recently added to
the Egyptian Air Force, but
in a plane against plane
basis, the addition of 12
Mysteres would leave Egypt
with heavy numerical su-
periority over Israel.
ons, particularly air c r a f t,"
should be given to Israel "as a
deterrent" against war. - Prime
Minister Eden hinted that the
Big Three Western allies have
now drawn up in Washington
new military political plans
aimed at checking a sudden air
attack on Israel.
"No one has suggested," said
Earl Attlee, "that -there is a
o-- need to pile up arms in Israel.
But a certain amount of mod-
em weapson as a deterient does
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more than I regarded it as such
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when we formed NATO. We did
not form NATO to try to com-
pete in quantity with the USSR,
but to have adequate arms for
a deterrent against sudden at-
tack. I think that is needed to-
day in Israel where there is
very great trepidation because
of the piling up of aqns on the
other side."
In Commons, Sir Anthony
Eden, the Prime Minister, indi-
cated that he might be ready
to announce next week some
of the results of the tripartite
discussions on the Middle East
under way in Washington now
among representatives of Brit-
ain, France and the United
States. Replying to a Conserva-
tive Party member's inquiry
about the Washington talks, Sir
Anthony said: "They are con-
tinuing, and. I shall see whether
I can make a detailed reply
next week. The results of those
talks are bound to be, of course,
confidential and it may be diffi-
cult to make a public state-
ment."
Arms Sale to Israel Urged
in Fact of Mounting Tension
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WASHINGTON, (JTA) — A
week of growing concern over
the tense situation in the Mid-
dle East was highlighted for
millons of Americans with the
ominous words; "The smell of
war is there. If war should
come, free men everywhere will
have cause to examine their
consciences to see if 'it might
not have been prevented."
The speaker was Edward R.
Murrow and the words came at
the conclusion of a dramatic
hour-and-half television docu-
mentary on the Israel - Egypt
situation on the CBS television
network's "See It Now" pro-
grain.. Mr. Murrow offered no
solution for the crisis, but
David Ben-Gurion, interviewed
at his desert home in Sde Boker,
did. For American ,audienCe, he
spelled out the answer:
"There is only one way,
and one way only, to avoid
war. Thai is to provide Isreal
with sufficient quantity of
arms of the same quality as
the Egyptians are .g etting
from the Soviets. Not neces-
sarily the same quantity,. but
the same quality . . . That
will make sure there will be
no war, because I ,cannot
imagine that Nasser (Egyp-
tian Premier Gamal Abdel
Nasser) will risk his entire
regime where he can be de-
feated."
Within the State Department,
it was reported here, a tendency
is- emerging to regard Egyptian
dictator Nasser with distrust.
Col. Nasser was f or m e r l y
viewed as a "moderate" who
sought peace with Israel. His
sincerity is being questioned
now because of the Egyptian
role in the ouster of Sir John
Glubb as commander of Jor-
dan's Arab Legion, and because
of the symptoms of increasing
Egyptian hostility to Israel and
the West.
Comment on the situation in-
cluded a blistering editorial in
the. New York Times which
warned that the Middle East
situation is deteriorating and
asked why the United States is
"apparently doing nothing" to
meet the threat to the peace.
The editorial ridiculed reliance
on the Tripartite Declaration
against aggression in Palestine
pointing out that "this is a
mere declaration of intention"
which is characterized as "a
weak instrument with which to
keep the peace in such a tense
and heated region."
Administration statements
that to supply arms to Israel
would be to start an "arms
race" were blasted by the
editorial which asked "how
we kept the peace in the
world against Russia since
the war except by arming
ourselves and our allies to
the point where the Russians
do not dare to start a war?"
The failure of American pol-
icy in the Middle East also
came under continuing attack
this week from Walter Lip-
mann, noted political commen-
tator, writing in the New York
Herald Tr i b u n e and other
news p a p e r s throughout the
country. He complained that
with Secretary of State Dulles
away from Washington for long
periods of time, there is no one
in Washington to take major
decisions required by develop-
m e n t s. Describing American
policy, Mr. Llpmann said: "We
are in- a muddle. That is due to
the fact that our central policy
is no more than an attempt to
avoid decisions and to get by
without displeasing anybody at
home or abroad too much. Time
has just about run out on the
policy of drift and muddle."
A blunt warning to the ,Arabs
to mend their ways in respect
of Israel's continued existence
came from an unexpected quar-
ter this week. Life magazine,
in an editorial on the subject,
told the Arabs that they were
at fault in not recognizing the
existence of Israel and the fact
that the people of the United
States supported its right to
exist.
• (Text of Life Editorial on
Page 7)
Speaking on the floor of the
House, Rep. Eamnauel Celler
cited the arms flow from Brit-
ain, United States, -Russia, and
Sweden, to the Arab states
which he said were "bent on
Israel's destruction" and said
that arms for Israel is in U. S.
self-interest. Earlier, A c tin g
S e c r et a r y of State Herbert
Hoover, Jr., was urged by New
YOrk State Attorney General
Jacob K. Javits to recognize the
need for a committment now
for arms sales essentials to to
Israel's security. Mr. Javits,
ranking Republican, met with
Hoover on the Israel arms is-
sue. President George Meany of
the AFL-CIO also urged U. S.
military supplies for Israel.
Border Incidents Mount
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