UNITED... NATION S, N.Y.,
(JTA) — Egypt, Jordan, Syria
and to a lesser extent Lebanon
have placed so many obstacles
in the effort of the United Na-
tions Relief and Works Agency
for Palestine refugees to allevi-
ate the lot of the Arab refugees
that it may be necessary "to
suspend or terminate" UNRWA
activities in some of those coun-
tries unless the governments
give the UN "open and full co-'
operation."
That , was part of a blast at
the Arab governments delived
by Henry R. Labouisse, director
of UNRWA, in his annual re-
Desecration of Wailing Wall by
Jordan Protested by Israeli Rabbis
JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Israel by -Rabbis Herzog and Nissim
Chief Rabbis Isaac Herzog and noted that this was another in
Isaac Nissim voiced a • strong a long series of desecrations of
protest against Jordanian dese- Jewish Holy Places and shrines
cration of the Wailing Wall, in Jordanian territory.
which is located within the A patrol of Jordanian soldiers
Jordan-held Old City of Jeru- penetrated Israel territory in
salem.
the vicinity of Beit Jibrin, in
Photographs were received the South Judean Hills, Mon-
here showing that during the day and attacked a tractor driv-
recent election campaign in Jor- er. Other settlers from the near-
dan posters of various parties by settlement of Amatzia re-
were plastered " on the Wall, turned the fire. After a ten-
Jewry's most sacred Holy Place. minute exchange, during which
The photos evoked considerable there were no casualties, the
indignation here. The statement Jordanians withdrew.
U. S. Jewish Leaders Warn UN on
`Unilateral Concessions' to Egypt
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The
United Nations was urged by
17 American Jewish leaders in
a joint statement to bar the
restoration of "conditions that
would restore Egyptian domina-
tion" over Elath and the Straits
of Tiran.
The statement warned it
"would be an act of the gravest
injustice against the free world
and Israel, and sheer folly from
the point of view of America" if
Egypt were permitted to restore
gun positions' that would again
threaten "the free world's best
hope for a second link between
the Atlantic and P a c i fic"
Oceans.
The 17 leaders also pointed
out that "a simple withdrawal
of Israeli troops from Gaza
opens up the dangerous pos-
sibility of its reoccupation by
Egyptian military forces" as a
base for "the training, direction
and dispatch of the murderous
fedayeen squads whose mission
has been to kill mercilessly and
pillage want—only on Israel
soil."
The Jewish leaders, comment-
ing on President Eisenhower's
new Middle East program, said
that the "danger is not only
rooted in a threat of aggression
from sources outside the area."
They added that "recent events
have demonstrated that threats
to Israel can quickly mount into
threats to the entire western
world."
Term Concessions to Egypt
at Israel's Expense as "Immoral"
"Thirty days after adoption
of the resolution, on December
2, Radio Cairo signaled the re-
opening of guerilla raids against
Israel's people," the statement
asserted. "Israeli citizens have
again been killed and wounded
and property has been de-
stroyed."
The Jewish leaders warned
against "unilateral concessions
to Egypt at Israel's expense" as
both "immoral and inexpedient"
and they urged that the United
Nations, with active United
States support, "must press as
vigorously for Egyptian com-
pliance with the UN resolution
as she has for British, French
and Israeli compliance."
The statement was signed by
the following presidents: Rabbi
Philip S. Bernstein, American
Zionist Committee for Public
Affairs; Joseph Breslau, Ameri-
can Trade Union Council for
Labor Israel; Mrs. Moise S.
Cahn, National Council of Jew-
ish Women; William Carmen,
Jewish War Veterans; Dr. Mau-
rice N. Eisendrath, Union of
American Hebrew Congreg*• -
tons; Moses I. Feuerstein, Ur Jn
of Orthodox Jewish Cone .ga-
lions of America; Dr. Miriam
Freund, Hadassah; Dr. Israel
Goldstein, American Jewish
Congress.
Also, Dr. Nahum Goldmann,
Jewish Agency for Palestine;
Adolph Held, Jewish Labor
Committee; Philip M. Klutznick,
Bnai Brith; Rabbi Mordecai
Krishblum, Mizrachi Organiza-
tion of America; Rabbi Irving
Miller, American Zionist Coun-
cil; Dr. Emanuel Neumann,
Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica; Charles Rosengarten, Uni-
ted Synagogue of America;
Louis Segal, Labor Zionists, and
Bernard H. Trager, National
Community Relations Advisory
Council.
Speakers Club to Hear Talk on J. L. Peretz
Local attorney Isaac Finkel- this Saturday evening, in the
stein will speak on "The Life Davison Jewish Center. A ques-
and Works of J. L. Peretz" at tion period will follow. Guests
a meeting of the Speakers Club are invited.
port to the General Assembly.
The report, which touches only
on the activities of the fiscal
year, ending June 30, 1956, spe-
cifies a number of serious
hurdles placed in the path of
UNRWA by the four Arab
states which are "host" coun-
tries where 922,279 officially-
designated Arab refugees are
now registered with UNRWA.
Jordan has failed to keep its
promise to help clear the
UNRWA rolls of so-called refu-
gees who may not be entitled to
any relief at all, according to the
La Bouisse report. Jordan has
also insisted on restricting
UNRWA activities by imposing
import taxes on supplies brought
into the country exclusively for
relief purposes. Egypt and Syria
both have created "particular
difficulties" by trying to curb
UNRWA's freedom to appoint
members needed for its staffs,
and in some instances has re-
fused UNRWA personnel the
right to leave the countries even
on official UNRWA business,
the UN director states in his
report.
SEMI-ANNUAL
CLEARANCE
SALE
NATIONALLY ADVERTISED
SUITS - OVERCOATS
TOPCOATS - SLACKS
SUBURBAN COATS
15% to 50%
OFF
SPECIAL
REDUCTION
ON ALL
FURNISHINGS
CHARLES
WEINSTOCK Says
Come in Today — and
Let Me Show You
The NEWEST Buick
Yet ... BUICK for '57!
3110
t ,
CLOTHES
BUICK'S RETAIL STORE
•
6164 CASS AVE.
• SHIRTS
• SWEATERS
• SPORT
SHIRTS
• PAJAMAS,
ETC.
OUR 40th YEAR
19132 LIVERNOIS
Just Off 7 Mile Road
Near G. M. Bldg.
Open Monday, Thursday, Friday 'til 9; Saturday
6
TR 5-9700
1 N:;:lArt L11A M S6 URG ROW •
29th Year With Buick
Thursday,
HARRY SCHUMER
60th Birthday
Testimonial
.
anuary 17, 1957
.
8:30 p.m.
SCHAVER AUDITORIUM
LABOR ZIONIST INSTITUTE
ADMISSION 51.00
PRESENTATION
GUEST ARTIST
GUEST SPEAKER
DR. DOV BIEGUN
MRS. EMMA SCHAVER
ISAAC HAMLIN
National Secretary of the
National Association for Labor Israel
Well Known Detroit
Singing Star
Recently Arrived
From Israel
Sponsored by The DETROIT ISRAEL HISTADRUT CAMPAIGN
Co-Sponsors: LABOR ZIONIST ORG. PIONEER WOMEN—UNITED JEWISH FOLK SCHOOLS
FARBAND
HABON I M
LABOR ZIONIST INSTITUTE
L9 6I `II LTV Ur 6.4V13 1,J3 -
Arab Governments Hamper UN
Relief Activities for Refugees