Final Campaign Efforts Seek
to Align the Jewish Voter

(Copyright, 1956, JTA, Inc.)
The American election cam-
paign moved into the home
stretch this week with renewed
vigor as candidates of both ma-
jor parties continued to com-
pete strenuously for the alle-
giance of the American Jewish
voter, bidding for his support,
in national and local forums,
by promises of aid to Israel.
candidates promised arms for
the defense of Israel, mutual
_assistance treaties between the
Jewish state and the U. S., sup-
port for Israel's position as an
aggrieved party in connection
with the Suez Canal _dispute.
One major difference, noted
by many observers, was that
Republican candidates had to
stand on the record of the Ad-
ministration while Democrats
were not handicapped by any
limitation. -
In connection with the prom-
ises of arms, treaty and sup-
port of Suez passage, these • ob-
servers pointed out, the Repub-
lican candidates were faced with
the need to explain why their
administration had not already
taken such measures..

Israel to Follow Vote

Keen interest in the results
of the United States election
has been displayed in Israel,
where this week it was an-
nounced that a complete in-
formation network to trans-
mit news of the election to
the Israel public is being or-
ganized at the ZOA Daniel
Frisch House in Tel Aviv. A
huge Eisenhower - Stevenson
scoreboard showing the eledl
toral votes each scores will
be mounted atop ZOA House
for passers-by.

In a review of the electoral
race in New York state, The

New York Times noted that U.S.
policy on Israel was a major
factor influencing voters of the

partisan approach to Israel, is that American Jews should
lauded_ the Administration's eco- have friends in both political
nomic aid to Israel, referred re- parties, he told the League.
peatedly to prospects for a new
Sunday has been designated
loan and proposed a six-point as Gov. Williams' Day in the
program including arms, a mu- 15th -District, according to. John
tual assistance pact and free H. _Schneider, chairman of the
Suez passage for Israel.
day's events.
Mayor Wagner repeated his
The district, which extends
demands for a free gift of arms into the central and northwest
and technical aid.
areas of the city, is planning
Maxwell Abbell, honorary numerous socials, parties, rallies
president of the United Syna- and labor union meetings to
gogue of America, board of di- mark the occasion.
rector member of the Jewish
Participating in the day's pro-
Theological Seminary, and
gram
will be Gov. and Mrs.
board of governor member 'of
Williams, Lt. Gov. Philip A.
the Hebrew University, who
Hart, Cong. John D. Dingell, all
four years ago came out with a
state and county Democratic
statement for Eisenhower, this
week released a letter from candidates and major candidates
John Foster Dulles replying to for 'judicial offices
Mrs. Esther Gitlin this week
Abb ell's correspondence on
Arab discrimination against called for the election on the
Republican ticket of Lula Bach-
American Jews.
Abbell's letter protested man, the only woman ever
against employMent of Ameri- nominated by either party for
can citizens of the Jewish faith, the office of County Auditor.
Mrs. Bachman, a practicing
particularly in Saudi Arabia,
but also in other Arab coun- attorney for 25 years, gradu-
tires, discrimination that has ated from the University of De-
spread from federal employment troit. She is a member of nu-
in those countries to employ- merous professional organiza-
ment by private contractors tions and civic clubs.
She was an accredited ob-
with government contracts."
Abbell noted that "these dis- server to the United Nations for
criminatory practices have been six years, and, as a national
imported in this country in delegate to the Republican con-
newspaper advertisements for vention in San Francisco, she
help, in lists of blacklisted firms submitted the resolution, which
. . . bringing Arab discrimina- became part of the national
tion into the American picture, platform, in regard to discrimi-
contrary to the announced pol- nation against American Jews in
icy of the President and his de- Europe.
Wayne County Democratic
termination to eliminate such
practices wherever they arise."
Dulles' reply stated, "I want
to reaffirm. . . that it has
been and will be the policy
of this administration to seize
every opportunity to express ,
such views and take actions
(to) constructively contribute
to the eventual elimination of
the kind of discrimination to
which you refer."

state.
"A majority of Jewish voters,
particularly those with Zionist
ties," the Times stated, "seem
highly critical of the Eisen-
hower administration's treat-
ment of Israel."
Observers in New York
thought it was probably for this
reason tthat Democratic Presi-
dential candidate Adlai E. Ste-
venson chose Madison Square
Garden to unleash a slashing
attack on the administration's
Middle Eastern policy _ and to
make a pledge of arms for
Israel. (See Commentary, Page
2.)
Earlier in the week, Jacob K.
Javits, Republican aspirant to
Herbert H. Lehman's seat in the
U. S. Senate—fighting a ham-
mer and tong campaign against
New York Mayor Robert F.
'Wagner—told a Zionist audience
here that there was "every as-
surance" that the Export-Im-
port Bank would make a new
loan of $75 million to Israel.
Israel had applied for the loan
last May and it was announced
recently that the Bank mission
would proceed to Israel to in-
vestigate the application.
It had generally been ex-
pected that President Eisen-
hower would make some ref-
erence to this loan in the
course of his Madison Square
Garden speech last week. The
fact that he made no refer-
ence whatever to Israel . — a
subject in which many of his
local audience were patiently
interested — disappointed
many of his followers, it was
felt here. (See Commentary).
Mayor Wagner accused t h e
Eisenhower Administration of
having sacrificed principle to
expediency, of having sought to
buy off enemies of freedom in
the Middle East and of decisions
"inimical and injurious to Is-
rael."
His opponent, Attorney Gen-
eral Javits, appealing for a non-

Prosecutor Gerald K. O'Brien, of Michigan Law School, he was

a candidate for re-election Tues-
day, has the support of a num-
ber of individuals in the com-
munity.
A graduate of the University

in private practice until 1933,
and, since that time, has served
in public office, as Deputy At..
torney General, Assistant Prose-
cutor and then Prosecutor,

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Another national Jewish

leader, • Dewey D. Stone, this
week announced his support of
Adlai Stevenson after meeting
in New York to discuss the Mid-
dle East crisis and the problems
of American-Israel relations.

The Local Scene

On the local scene, Presiden-
tial candidate Stevenson -will
make a final swing into Michi-
gan, when he speaks at- a rally
sched-uled for 7 p.m., today, at
the Fox Theater. Local Demo-
cratic leaders and stars of the
entertainment world will also
appear on the program. The
public is invited at no charge.
' Congressman Charles C.
Diggs, who consistently has
aligned himself with Israel's
friends, has indicated again
and again, at recent meetings
here, that he will support Is-
' rael's right to freedom and
will back Israel in COngress.
Speaking at the annual Ar-
lazaroff dinner last Wednes-
day, Congressman John D.
Dingell said he will back up
the Democratic pro = Israel
plank in the national plat-
form, thai he will support all
moves to send defensive arms
to Israel and that he will op-
pose every effort to interfere
with Israel's liberties.
Congresswoman Martha
Griffiths has addressed a
number of meetings at which
she pledged support to Israel.
At a meeting of the League of
Jewish Women's Organizations
this week in Detroit, George E.
Smith, Republican candidate for
Congress in the 17th District,
said he supported Israel in her
request for arms, abandonment
of discriminatory government
regulations imposed by foreign
governments and her demand
for free passage through the
Suez Canal.
Smith, manager of the Liver-
nois branch of the National
Bank of Detroit, is active in nu-
merous civic and educational or-
ganizations. One of his beliefs

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