Arabs Delay UN Action on U.S. Resolution

Fear Hammarskjold Visit Might
Lead to Direct Talks with Nasser

By SAUL CARSON

Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News

UNITED NATIONS—An out-
line of reasons for Arab efforts
to delay adoption of an Ameri-
can resolution currently before
the UN Security Council, call-
ing - for immediate survey by
Dag Hammarskjold in the tense
Arab-Israel area, became clear
Tuesday as the Asian-African
bloc held its monthly meeting
here.
Arab delegations want to put
the brakes on the Security
Council because they fear ex-
actly the objective that Ham-
marskjold has — an effort to
bring together Ben-Gurion, of
Israel, and Egypt's Nasser for
face-to-face talk without the
presence of a third party.
Arab diplomats here prac-
tically admit, although unof-
ficially, that Hammarskjold's
trip would be the beginning
of vigorous UN "peace offen-
sive." The Asian-African bloc,
when it met Tuesday morning,
was holding its regular month-
ly get-together with nothing
speOfic on its agenda.
The only thing that happened
at the brief session, presided
over by Turkeys Selim Sarper,
was a speech by Edward Rizik,
chairman of Lebanon's delega-
tion.
In his talk, Rizik explained
the thinking of Arab delegates
who succeeded Monday in post-
poning Security Council action
on the U. S. resolution until at
least April 3. He said that all
Arab delegates wanted was
* clarification" of the resolution.
Members of the bloc admitted
after the meeting that Rizik's
call for "clarification" was any-
thing but' clear to them.
The American resolution
seems quite clear to most diplo-
mats here without assessing the
merits of the case and without
evaluating Israel and Arab
charges and countercharges
about alleged massing of troops
along borders. The draft reso-
lution asks only that Hammarsk-
jdol survey the situation on the

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Council within a month.
However, since the resolution
was introduced a week ago,
the Arab press arriving here
have been full of headlines
expressing concern over the
"peace scare." Western and
Latin American delegates,
who have discussed the situ-
ation with Arab delegations,
assert that this "peace scare"
is the nub of the entire situ-
ation.
Arab delegates have indicated
that they would welcome Ham-
marskjold's visit to their capi-
tals. They want assurances,
however, that •Hammarskjold
would not seek to inspect "de-
fense" installations along their
borders.
That is the point they want
to clarify. They assert that their
chiefs. of state will be only too
happy to confer with the UN
chief and literally to throw out
the red carpet in greeting him,
but that is where they want
him to stop—they want his as-
surance of backers of the Amer-
ican resolution that Hammarsk-
jold's tour will be reduced to
series of forthal, perhaps social,
visits but will not take on the
nature of a thorough investi-
gation.

Russian Position
On Resolution in Doubt

WASHINGTON — State De-
partment spokesman Lincoln
White on Tuesday said he could
not say if _Soviet action in the
Security Council of the UN on
Monday on the Israel peace
issue amounted to a veto.
He said there was nothing to
reports that the U. S. planned
to transfer Middle East discus-
sion from the Council to • the
General Assembly.
White said, he had no infor-
mation on a report that the
State Department might sell
Saudi Arabia jet planes as a
precondition for renewal of the
Dharan airbase agreement. He
said talks on the_ renewal would
probably be held in Saudi

Wiley Urges United States,
United Nations to Speed Peace

Speaking last week at a Bonds
for the Israel Government din-
ner in Annapolis, Md., Sen.
Alexander Wiley said, "The
United States and United Na-
tions must redouble their. efforts
to end the bloody incidents (in
the Middle East) once and for
all, and banish the possibility
of overall war."
The Wisconsin Republican,
ranking member of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee,
urging "genuine peace" - in the
area, said, "It is not really
peace when the Suez Canal is
barred to Israeli shipping . . .
when the port of Elath is
illegally blockaded , . . when
firms • doing business with Israel
are boycotted."
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Arabia, making known that
such negotiations have not yet
commenced.
Meanwhile, in White Sulphur
Springs, West Va., President
Eisenhower and Secretary of
State. Dulles discussed the
Israel-Arab situation and other
major issues with Prime Min-
ister Louis St. Laurent, of Can-
ada. No details were made pub-
lic.
Earlier, it was reported from
'Jerusalem that the President's
Passover message to - Israel
President Ben Zvi was received
favorably by the Israeli press.
A good deal of space was de-
voted to editorials about the
message and 'reports of its de-
livery by Dr. Abba Hillel Silver,
veteran Zionist leader.
The press reported that Dr.
Silver twice visited President
Eisenhower before coming to
Israel. It also quotes Dr. Sil-
ver as having stated privately
that the Arabs would not at-
tack Israel because "President
Eisenhower has enough power
to keep Nasser's finger from
pulling the trigger."
The Middle East situation,
however, continued to remain
stormy when on Monday morn-
ing Egyptian mortar fire on an
Israeli patrol in Israel territory
along the Nitiana frontier. An
Israeli military spokesman- re-
ported that the exchange of fire
lasted over three hours. There
were no Israeli casualties, he
added.
Referral to the "Palestine
Question" by the United States
to the United Nations, with the
specific request for action by
the Security Council is inter-
preted as meaning further post-
ponement in a decision to pro-
vide defensive arms for Israel.
President Eisenhower last
week again appealed for medi-
ation of the Arab-Israel crisis.
to avoid war. He said the U. S.
will use .all. peaceful means to
avert a war.
The U. S. resolution pre-
sented to the UN Security
Council envisaged putting re-
sponsibility upon UN Secretary
General Dag Hammaskjold for
an "urgent" survey of the man-
ner in which the four . Arab
states that are signatories to

Leon Kay to Address
ZOD Board Meeting

Leon Kay, president of the
Michigan Zionist Region, will
review some of the 1 prime is-
sues which will come before
the World Zionist Congress
when it convenes April 24, in
Jerusalem, at a meeting Thurs-
day evening, at Zionist House.
Speaking before board mem-
bers of the Zionist Orgatiiia-
tion of Detroit, of which he is
a past president, Kay, a dele-
gate to the Congress, will re-
late some of the pressing prob-
lems facing the conference.
Members also will make
plans for a •number of events
which are scheduled: forr'' the

to existence be 10.0 per cent
recognized. "Let good faith be
shoWn," he said, "let genuine
concessions be made in a spirit
of give-and-take around the
conference table."
Sen. Wiley pointed out that
it is a tragedy to see vast sums
of money committed t3 arms
when every single penny and
dollar could have been better
expended for plows, homes,
medicine, vitamins and irriga-
tion pipe.
"The only real war in the
Middle East worth fighting,"
Wiley said, "is the war against
the Arab's age-old enemies,
man's age-old enemies of illit-
eracy, disease, poverty and mal-
nutrition."

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armistice agreements and Israel
are complying with those pacts.
In response to a summons
from Mr. Hammaskjold, Henry
R. Labouisse, Jr., director of the
UN Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine, came to this coun-
try to confer with the UN Sec-
retary General regarding the
status of Arab refugees.
A debate on the Middle East
situation developed last week
in the Swedish Riksdag (Parli-
ament) where emphasis was
placed upon the threat to Israel
from the Arab world.
From London came the re-
port last week of a change of
heart in British- government
circles on the arming of Israel.
The steady growth of Egypt's

power is influencing the British
in favor of providing Israel
with defensive arms.
At the same time, there was
an admission from Cairo that
Egyptian troops are in Poland
where they are being trained
for military attacks and for use
of Communist weapons by Com-
munist military leaders.
From Jordan came a report
this week that the Jordanese
are being linked with the Syr-
ianEgyptian-Saudi Arabian mil-
itary alliance. This is beleved
to strengthen the position of
Egypt and its premier, Abdel
Gamel Nasser.

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