New Peace Hopes Do Not Dint
Middle East Arms Controversy

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Some 80 Arabs from the vil-
lage of Zalaffeh, near the Jor-
danian border, were detained
by Israel authorities for inves-
tigation after the village was
placed under curfew for sev-
eral hours and a search was
darried out. Earlier investiga-
tion had shown that the Arab
marauders who had carried out
an ambush on the Wadi Ara
road had passed the village dur-
ing daylight and it could, there-
fore, be assumed - that the vil-
lagers had knowledge of the
contemplated ambush.
Israel Govt., Jewish Agency
D e ny Secret Broadcasting
Both the Israel government
and the Jewish Agency denied
a report to the effect that a
"secret Zionist" broadcasting
_ ed to the Soviet
station beam
Union had been established.
There is no such station in ex-
istence. Dr. Nahum Goldmann,
world president of the Jewish
Agency, said, and there are no
plans to establish such a fa-
cility.
Dr. Walter Eytan, director
general of the Israel Foreign'
Ministry, left for a six-week
tour of Eastern European coun-
tries. His itinerary includes
stops at Moscow, Prague, Buda-
pest and Bucharest.
Washington Stirred by
Egypt's Arms Deal With
Poland and Red China .
WASHINGTON, ( J T A ) —
grave concern was felt in gov-
ernment circles following an
announcement in Cairo that the
Egyptian government has con-
cluded an arms deal with Po-
land similar to the one reached
recently with Czechoslovakia.
- The announcement came on the
heels of a report that Egypt
is also negotiating an arms deal
with Communist China. .
Some Administration leaders
are reportedly pressing for a
blunt warning to Egyptian
Premier Nasser that unless he
ends his arms deals with the
Communist states he can expect
no more aid of any kind from
the United States. This view is
said to complement that of the
British government which is
reported to favor an economic
boycott of Egypt.
Other circles within the Ad-
ministration favor a more easy-
going policy in reference to the
Egyptians, arguing that since
the United States cannot — for
political reasons — give the
Arab states arms, the Egyptian
Premier cannot be blametd for
goihg to other sources.
Washington views the possible
•airo-Peking rapprochment as
an attempt by Col. Nasser to
evade what appears to be a
forthcoming United Nations-
initiated arms embargo on the
states of the- Middle East. Com-
munist China is not ,a member
of the UN and would not be
bound by such a prohibition.
Until recently, it was the of-
, ficial American view that Col.
Nasser's deal with Czechoslo-
vakia was a "one shot" affair
and that when Egypt achieved

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a certain level of armaments it
would halt further shipments
and turn its attention to eco-
nomic development rather than
to pan-Arabism as opposed to
Western friendship and to war
against Israel.
The Soviet Union was report-
ed here to have delivered to
Egypt 21 large jet aircraft suit-
able for use by paratroopers.
It was also reported here that
as Egypt receives modern mili-
tary aircraft, she sells her ob-
solescent planes to Saudi Arab-
ia or other Arab states, thus
spreading war material all over
the Middle East.
Protests Against Shipment -
Of Arms to Saudi Arabia
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — A
mounting wave of protest and
exasperation against the, con-
tinued shipment of stbstantial
quantities of armaments.to Sau-
di Arabia by the United States,
coupled with continued U. S.
refusal to furnish defensive
arms to Israel, followed dis-
closure of a shipment from a
North Carolina port of U. S.
arms for the Arabian kingdom.
Republican members of Con-
gress• indicated they are con-
templating direct representa-
tions to President Eisenhower
against the continued shipment
of American munitions to Saudi
Arabia, as the American freight-
er carrying ammunition to that
country sailed from a remote
Atlantic port at Sunny Point,
N. C.
Democratic members of Con-
gress, led by Senator Estes Ke-
fauver, Sen. Herbert Lehman
and Rep. Emanuel Celler, de-
nounced Secretary of State John
Foster _Dulles for authorizing
another shipment of arms to
Saudi Arabia at a time when
Israel has not been permitted
to obtain arms in the United
States. Sen. Lehman stated he
would demand an inquiry.
The 'State Department, in an
effort to justify the shipment,
said that the arms were a part
of previously approved orders
placed by Saudi Arabia in this
country. State Department
press officer Lincoln White
claimed that Israel was receiv-
ing other defensive equipment
under an order also previously
approved.
The United Nations Secur-
ity Council is not currently
con.7idering the imposition by
all the -major powers of an
arms embargo on countries
in the Middle East, it was in-
dicated by James J. Wads-
worth, deputy chairman of
the United States delega.tion
at the U. N.
In New York, sharp criticism
of Secretary of State Dulles for
permitting the shipment of an-
other transport of arms to
Saudi Arabia was voiced in a
statement issued to the press
by Rabbi Irving Miller, chair-
man of the American Zionist
Council, which represents all
Zionist groups in this country.
He called for an immediate
Congressional investigation of
the action.

Portfolios Issued by Jewish Agency

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
..To The Jewish News)

JERUSALEM — The Jewish
Agency complete work Tues-
day on distribution of portfolios
on the Agency Executive in
Jerusalem. At the same time,
the ExeCutive named a four-
member directorate for the
Keren Hayesod, fund-raising
arm of the Zionist movement,
and divided the entire Execu-
tive into two committees to
streamline its - work — a com-
mittee in charge of work in
Israel and one on work abroad.
Levi Eshkol was named head
of the colonization department.
David • Betarieh will head the
departments of religious educa-
tion abroad and administration.
‘Yehuda Braginsky will be in

Grossman will head the foreign
relations department. Leib Dolt-
zin heads the economic depart-
ment. Avraham Harmon will
head the informatiOn section.
Dr. Giora Josephtal is treasurer.
Zalman. Shazar is chairman of
the department of education
and culture in the Diaspora.
Moshe Kol heads youth aliyah
and is co-treaesurer, and S. Z.
Shragai will head the immigra-
tion department.
The directorate of the Keren
Hayesod is composed of Messrs.
Dobkin, chairman; Doltzin, Kol
and Shragai.
Dr. N. Goldrnann, chairman of
the Executive, named Rabbi
Mordecai Kirshblum to act as
head of religious education and

• large of • absorption work.

culture in the Waited States.

Frank Wetsman's Death Mourned in
Many Circles; Aided Major Causes

The death of Frank Wetsma:n, largest contributors • to the Al-
Eban Lauds Hammarskjold
one of Detroit's most prom- lied Jewish Campaign, he was
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., inent Jewish leaders, is being an ardent worker in many
(JTA) — Israel feels that Sec- mourned in many circles, not drives and shared in a family
retary General I3ag Hammarsk- only here, but also in Israel.
tradition of devotion to the
jold "deserves high praise for
Mr. Wetsman, 59, of 1001 Cov- Zionist cause and the ideal of
his initial success" on his ington, died last Sunday morn- Israel's upbuilding. He was a
peace mission in the Middle ing. Funeral services were held large contributor to the Ha-
East but there are still "many Monday at Kaufman Chapel.
dassah • hospitals and to the
disquieting matters needing in-
Surviving him are his wife, Hadassah Medical School in Is-
ternational attention," Abba Lillian; a son, William, and rael. Several years ago, he
Eban, Israel delegate to the three sisters, Mesdames Ralph served as treasurer of the De-
United Nations, stated here.
Davidson and Morse Saulson, of troit Friends of the Hadassah-
Mr. Eban discussed the gen- Detroit, and Mrs. Jacques Uhr, Hebrew University Medical
eral situation in the Middle of New Brunswick, N. J.
School campaign.
East with Mr. • Hammarskjold,
Born in Oskaloosa, Ia., Mr.
He was among the leaders
who also conferred with Eric Wetsman was brought here by here who aided in the creation
Johnston, President E i s e n- his parents when he was eight of the Detroit Hadassah House
hower's personal envoy to the years old. He was Bar Mitzvah on West Seven Mile and Mur-
Middle East, Henry Cabot in the Shaarey Zedek and had ray Hill.
Lodge, Jr., American delegate, been affiliated with the con-
James J. Wadsworth, American gregation during the entire 51 Rabbi Ira Eisenstein's
deputy delegate, and Herve Al- years of his residence here. His
Grandfather. Dies at 1 . 01
phand, head of the French dele- father, the late Joseph Wets-
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Judah
gation at the UN.
man, had served as president David Eisenstein, oldest Yid-
of
Shaarey
Zedek.
ILGWU Asks Arms for Israel
dish and Hebrew writer here,
A partner in the Wisper & died. this week. He was 101
ATLANTIC CITY, (JTA) —
A resolution urging that Israel Wetsman Theaters for 25 years, years old. Born in Poland, he
be given the opportunity to ob- Mr. Wetsman also was inter- came to the United States in
tain - defensive weapons and ested in Guardian Glass Co.
1872. Editor and publisher of
His Jewish interests were "Ozer Yisroel" and "Ozar Mid-
stressing that world peace de-
pends on the security of Israel varied. He was a member of rashim," he was also the author
was adopted at the convention the boards of Sinai Hospital and of a book in English—"The Au-
of the International Ladies Gar- the Jewish Home for Aged, and thenticity of TOrah."
ment Workers Union. The reso- gave much time to both. He
When he was 30, in 1884, he
lution underscored the conten- was also a trustee of Clover wrote to Sir Moses Montefiore,
tion that world peace was inter- Hill Park Cemetery.
who had just turned 100, wish-
For many years one of the ing him "May you reach the age
twined with the question of
Israel and said that if the world
of the Biblical Moses," not
wanted a guarantee of peace it
dreaming that he would him-
must guarantee Israel the right
self surpass the age of 100.
to defend itself.
He was the grandfather of
The convention also approved
Rabbi Ira Eisenstein, of Chicago.
a resolution supporting the con-
tinuance of the union's policy of
Egypt Plans to-Sell
helping friendly organizations.
Groups included in this cate-
Seized Israel Vessel
gory are Histadrut — the Israeli
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — The
labor federation, OR T and the.
Cairo _radio announced that
United Hias Service.
would
ould place on sale the
Johnston Optimistic on
Israel vessel Bat Gahm which
Arab-Israel Water Plan
was seized when it attempted
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The
to sail through the Suez Canal
ohances of Israel and the Arab
nearly two years ago. The crew
states accepting the American
was eventually returned, after
proposal for hydroelectric de-
pressure from the United Na-
velopment of the Jordan River
tions, but the vessel was not
within the next five -Years are
returned because the Israelis
three to one in favor of accept-
would not accept it unless it was
ance, Eric Johnston, President
allowed to continue its journey
Eisenhower's personal evnoy to
FRANK WETSMAN
through the Canal.
the Middle East, said here.
Ambassador Johnston conferred
with President Eisenhower ear-
lier in the week.
He asserted that the prospects
of acceptance of the plan had
By BORIS SMOLAR
improved immeasurably since
(Copyright,- 1956, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
1953 when he reluctantly under- The Domestic Front:
took to sell the plan to the
Anti-Jewish discrimination in medical schools is on the de-
Israelis and the Arabs. He noted
cline in New York • State . . . A report prepared by the Anti-
that technical experts had
Defamation League of Bnai Brith reveals an amazing four-fold
agreed that the plan was ac-
increase in Jewish medical students . .. It gives the results of
ceptable—was in fact the only
a religious census taken last year among graduate students en-
plan for the region—but that a
rolled in nine public and private medical schools in New York
political rapprochment must
State . . . The results show that almost 50 percent of the students
take place between Israel and
in the '56, '57 and '58 'graduating classes are of the Jewish faith
the Arab states b e f ore , the
. . . Comparing this data with the census conducted in 1940, the
Arabs would formally accept
difference is an increase betweeh 300-400 percent in Jewish
the plan.
enrollees . . . However, the 1955 census shows that a high propor-
Israel's Bnot Yaacov water tion of Jewish doctors-to-be are enrolled in the New York Uni-
development project — which
versity and in the State University in New York . . . These two
is strongly opposed by Syria—
institutions have never descriminated against Jewish applicants
was believed discussed when
. . . The census also shows a significant rise of •Jewish medical
President Eisenhower.received
students in the other seven schools some of which did discrim-
Ambassador Johnston at the
inate against Jewish applicants in previous years . . . The abrupt
White -House for discussion of
the current status of plans for shift is due to the fact that some New York medical schools were
regional- development. • on notice that they would be investigated as to whether they
Mr. Johnston, Who is the maintained "Jewish quotas" . . . Also it might be due in part
President's special envoy, re- to the fact that since 1950 the number of non-Jewish applicants
fused to divulge to reporters for medical schools in the United Sates has been• dropping . .
the specific topics discussed. Actually, one-eighth of all tt,e medical schools in the United
Nor would he say if ha had States are situated in . New York State . . The question of
immediate plans to return to whether Jews are winning the fight against medical school quotas
the Middle East. It is known in other states must still be * established.
*
that the President has been
informed by the State Depart- Communal Trends:
The 18 largest Jewish communities outside New York—in-
ment that a resumption of work
by Israel at Bnot Yaacov may cluding Detroit—organized by the Council of Jewish Federations
and Welfare Funds into a body which provides for equitable
ignite Arab-Israel warfare.
A board of water experts re- allocations by- local communities to national Jewish organiza-
cently published findingS on tions—are now intensifying their activities . . . Their central
Israel's own water development body, the Large City Budgeting Conference, is examining the
plan in which resumption of the budgets of the American Jewish Congress, Jewish Labor.'Com-
Bnot Yaacov project was rec- mittee, United Hias SerVice, American Association for •Jewish
ommended as consistent with Education, Jewish War Veterans, National Jewish Welfare Board
the Johnston Plan. Israel has and others Together with the leaders of each organization
indicated it will not wait in- involved, LCBC is carefully' analyzing and arriving at basic
definitely for Arab agreement. minimum budgets which represent not campaign goals, but ao-
Syria has threatened aggres- tual operating needs of the organization . . . In addition to
sive military measures, if recommending minimum operating levels for each of the organ-
Israel resumes operations at izations, LCBC also giVes consideration to • priority needs for
Bnot Yaacov. The State Depart- additional funds . . . The findings and conclusions of the LeBe
ment has urged Israel to re- are being made available to all communities through the Colin:.
frain front work on the projeet. era of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds.

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