Brig. Gen. S.L.A. Marshall Acclaims Israelis' Richards Gets Ike Appointment Courage, Takes Issue With U.S., UN Policies Anti-Israel Propagandist Named Special Ambassador Brig. Gen. S. L. A. Marshall, higher. Leaders go first in the Detroit News military analyst, Israel army—they believe in whose reports from Israel, on it and Carry it out. And more his recent five-week visit there, and more men are aspiring have attracted nationwide at- to army leadership." tention, in an address at Tem- In the 72 hours during which ple Beth El, Jan. 10, outlined Israel defeated the Egyptian the important phases of the army, Marshall said, its army Sinai Peninsula Campaign and showed "extraordinary en- paid high tribute to the cour- durance," having traveled 1,013 age of the Israelis. miles.. He paid tribute to the The Brown Memorial Chapel "Israel army's decency." Most was nearly filled to capacity, of the prisoners, he said, were nearly 600 turning out to hear let go free. "What was the pur- Gen. Marshall's message in de- pose in killing them?" he was fiance of that day's snow storm told. and traveling hazards. The Many of the army men went meeting was arranged by the without sleep for 72 hours, he Jewish Community Council, pointed out, in order to accom- whose president, Samuel J. plish their objective. He said Rhodes, presided. Gen. Mar- that at one point, at Kassima, a shall was introduced by Dr. ,reserve brigade pleaded that it Richard C. Hertz, rabbi of Tem- needed rest, not having slept for ple Beth El. two days, and was permitted to Gen. Marshall prefaced his delay its attack for four hours. Referring to the humanity analyses by stating that he of the Israelis, Gen. Marshall does not agree with American said he had never heard an policy toward Israel, "and Israeli express hatred toward having seen Israel I disagree anyone. "Israel," he said, "is even more strongly," he add- an oasis of human under- ed. standing in the desert of hate "It is high folly," he declared, that is the Middle East. A "to penalize Israel for having done the inevitable. We will not people that, like Israel, acts further peace by punishing this in such fashion, is indestructi- ble." nation for acting in self-defense. (In one of his feature arti- I regard Nasser and Egypt the aggressors who made Israel's ac- cles in The Detroit News, on tions possible by generating Jan. 10, Gen. Marshall described an interview with an Egyptian terror."' Gen. Marshall also took issue officer, a prisoner of war, who would not admit the untruth of with the United Nations, called its actions "ill-advised and in- any of the Nasser *misrepre- deed silly." He referred to Arab sentations. Marshall admitted that •such an experience, of nationalism as "a bogeyman," urged that it should not be dig- blind hatred for Israel by an nified, said that the Arabs .re- Egyptian, was most frustrating.) "I shall always remember sort to mass violence and ex- ploitation of their downtrodden Israel as a place of great cour- masses by calling their actions age and limitless faith," Gen. "nationalism" and declared that Marshall said. "It was an unfor- as an American nationalist he gettable experience and I shall does not want "to see the term go back there—the next time with Mrs. Marshall. But I will nationalism cheapened." not learn Hebrew before I go Explaining that he went to again—because it won't be that Israel of his own choice because long." he wanted to see it under pres- During the question-and-an- sure, he reported that he did not find any pressure there and swer period that followed his that the Israelis did not permit • lecture, Gen. Marshall express- the world anxieties to disturb ed the view that the Eisenhower their normal life and their sense doctrine is couched in "vague terminology." He expressed the of humor. view that "Israel has gained a "I have never known a more great deal from the Sinai Op- beautiful land in my life," he eration—in the assurance with- stated. "There is glory and in itself and in the friends it majesty that will leave an gained in the United States. imprint for the rest of your Americans are a fighting peo- life when you visit the land. ple and they respect courage." I urge you to go there, just as ...He said that he did not be- I would urge my Government lieve that Israel is in danger to lift the bars on travel to of attack from any of the that country." Arab states—"I don't think Gen. Marshall said he re- so and the Israel General ceived a warm reception from Staff doesn't thing so." He Israeli army officers because said that Israel won that bat- several of his books on military tle alone, that "Nasser would tactics have been translated have fallen of his own weight into Hebrew and are required if Israel were given a few reading in the Israel army. more days" and if the. British The Israel army, he said, "is and French had not hindered unlike any I have ever seen the fight with their intrusion, in its extraordinary care of its and he declared that there is soldiers and in its concern for no evidence of "collusion" the f ate of the people. The and that stories of collusion troops, look and act the best are "probably false." "The when in trouble." He then pro- man who wrote them had ceeded to report incident after gone off half-cocked," he said. incident revealing acts of cour- He could not say what the age and heroism. chances were for peace: "if I Small groups, after being re- could answer that question I'd pulsed, captured treacherous rank on high and among the hills in the dark of night, he Prophets; it's not easy." pointed out. It was a "war won Describing the humor of the b y extremely small forces. Israelis, their warm hospitality, Israel had to move great dis- their human approaches, Gen. tances.., Israel won every point Marshall told of having because its men were willing to addressed the Jerusalem His- go forward, because' they were torical Society and of having willing to die in defense of been acclaimed for his latest freedom. book, "Pork Chop Hill," which] He. credited the "courage, the chairman did not mention drive and understanding of by name. But he himself did. the Israel troops" for their The next day, the Jerusalem triumphs." Post, reporting the incident in Gen. Marshall mentioned a detail, said it would name the number of the strategic points book, in spite of the non-kosher captured by the Isrdtlis, and the term, and then referred to "Port outstanding Israeli commanders, Chop Hill." .... including Chief of Staff Gen- Declaring that "Gaza is the eral Dayan, Captain Sharon and key to Israel's security," Gen. ,others. He said: Maishall expressed his convic- tion that Israel should not "Of the less than 200 evacuate that area. Israelis killed, exactly half were leaders—officers from (In Tel Aviv, Israel Prime the ranks of sergeant and Minister David Ben Gni:ion told , - the Mapai Party's central com- mittee that no matter what hap- pens in the Sinai Peninsula there will be no return to the pre-campaign situation. He said the Sinai action assured Israel several years of peace which should be used to bring in per- secuted Jews from various coun- tries). Rabbi Hertz, in his introduc- tory remarks, said Beth El was happy to be host to the Jewish Community Council meeting. He pointed out that Operation Sinai was the 13th war covered by Gen. Marshall in 30 years of newspaper activity. Marshall served actively in both World Wars. M r. Rhodes deplored t h e branding by our Government of our two allies in the two World Wars. He condemned "the re- warding of Nasser for his per- fidy." Calling attention to the tragic fate of 40;000 Egyptian Jews, Mr. Rhodei urged generous sup- port for the survival fund and the regular funds being raised for overseas relief by the United Jewish Appeal in the forthcom- ing Allied Jewish Campaign. Marshall Likens Israel To U. S. Pioneering Days In an address before the Michigan Chapter of the Ameri- can Christian Palestine Com- mittee, at Hotel Tuller, Jan. 11, S. L. A. Marshall defined Israel and the Israelis as a "wellspring with responsible attitude to life," and said he imagined "America must have been like Israel in our own pioneering days." Lt. Governor Philip A. Hart, chairman of the Michigan Chris- tian Palestine Committee, pre- sided, with Federal Judge Frank A. Picard, the honorary chair- man of the Chapter. Father Robert Allan, .director of social action of the Roman-Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, and Rev. Dr. Jessie Jai McNeil, of Taber- nacle Methodist Church, deliv- ered the invocation and benedic- tion. The large audience included newspapermen among whom were Harry Wade, editor-in- chief of the Detroit News: Frank Wurtsmith, managing editor, Wage Earner; Charles Wartman, editor, Michigan Chronicle; Ar- thur Poinier, editorial cartoonist of the Detroit News. The clergy was represented by the Rev. Canon John Shafelt, Rev. Philip Gentile, Rev. Ralph Read, and others. The Board of Educa- tion was represented by Miss Louise Grace and Mrs. Betty Becker; and organized labor by Alex Fuller, executive vice President of the Wayne County CIO; Frank W i n n, editor of United Automobile Worker, and Mrs. Mildred Jeffrey, who is in charge of the community rela- tions division of the UAW. By MILTON FRIEDMAN (Copyright, 1957, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) WASHINGTON—A man who helped circulate anti - Israel propaganda has been selected by the Administration for a vital task in the Middle East. He is James P. Richards, a South Carolina Democrat, who has been named by President Eisenhower as special assistant and adviser on Middle Eastern problems with the rank of Am- bassador. Until retirement from Con- gress this month, Richards was chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee. His task now will be to lead a group of officials of the State and De- fense Departments and the In- ternational Cooperation Admin- istration on a tour of Middle Eastern capitals. The group's mission is to explain U. S. in- tensions and obtain foreign re- actions. Commenting on his assign- ment, Richards said "there have never been any differences be- tween myself, the President and the Secretary of State on basic foreign policy." The record indicates that Richards may receive a warmer welcome in Cairo than Tel Aviv. At a press conference in his Congressional office on Dec. 13, 1954, Richards alleged that Is- rael sought favoritism in its re- lations with the United States. Israel, he then said, should be considered no better than any Arab state "regardless of pres- sure groups" in the United States. Richards made clear he was "not at all" in favor of efforts to prevent the supply of arms by the United States to the Arabs. — He termed Arab mili- tary power in America's "na- tional interest." According to Richards, America owed Israel "no more or less" than any other Middle Eastern state. He held that Israel should be con- sidered "just another foreign state" and not be regarded a special friend of America. Subsequently, Richards ex- pressed a view that develop- ment assistance funds for eco- nomic aid should be denied to Israel because Israel had no military agreement with the United States. He failed to men- tion, however, that Israel ap- plied to Washington for such a military agreement, but was re- jected. In fact, he had been among those who urged rejec- tion of the Israel application. Last May, Richards inserted in the Congressional Record a four-page attack on Israel. It was originally made at a con- vention of the anti-Zionist "American Council for Juda- ism" by Rep. Othar Burleson, Extra Passenger on Israeli Ship Mrs. Eliza Sittayoun, 19, Israeli wife of British-born Herzl Sittayoun (right), 23, holds daughter born during stormy cross- ing from Israel to New York aboard the SS Zion. The baby, named Ziona in honor of the ship, was delivered -with the help of Dr. Sara Lieder (left). The Sittayouns are bound for Canada. Texas Demo,crat. Drawing Con- gressional attention to Burle- son's anti-Israel speech, Rich- ards described the Texan_ as "very able." The material publicized by Richards alleged that those de- siring "objectivity" on the Arab- Israel issue run a "grave risk of being denounced" as anti- Semitic. "There is always the possibility of this devastating accusation being made when any of us in public affairs dare raise our voice against the methods of the Zionists of this country, or when we happen to disagree with any expression of the views of those who are dedi- cated to putting the power and influence of the United States at the disposal of, and for the furtherance of, the national as- pirations of the Zionist State of Israel," Burleson said. By advancing the Burleson arguments, Richards revealed his own thinking. In the speech recommended by Richards, Bur- leson contended that "had we been less partial to Israel in the past, Israel, as well as the rest of the free world, might to- day be much more secure." The Burleson formula for aiding Is- rael seemed to be the adoption of an anti-Israel policy. An attempt was made by Bur- leson to justify Egypt's arms deal with the Communist bloc. He said Egypt needed Commun- ist arms "to meet what, with concern for its own national se- curity, it believed to be a rising threat from Israel following the Gaza attack of February, 1955. Yet we in the United States help make it possible for Israel to purchase arms with dollars im- ported through the United Jew- ish Appeal but not segregated for strictly charitable purposes." Burleson said "one certain contribution Israel could make today to the peace of the world is to renounce its Zionist Inter- nationale . .. and, with a gen- erosity commensurate with the favoritism it has enjoyed in the past, actively seek a peace with its Arab neighbors. This, more than its propaganda, would demonstrate its dedication to Western hopes for peace. In this way Israel might repay some of its debt to the West." Sale of U. S. arms to Israel was opposed. Israel sought American arms to balance the flow of Russian weapons to the Arabs. Burleson said Israel's future was not in an "arms race," but in "making such con- cessions as will buy them what they most need to survive, namely, peace." When the present Congres- sional session began, Burleson, using ammunition provided by Richards, opened an attack on United Jewish Appeal contribu- tions as "a deductible item for income tax purposes," On Jan. 3 Burleson mailed out reprints of the anti-Israel matter insert- ed in the Congressional Record by Richards. Burleson urged colleagues, with reference to the question he raised about the tax-deductible status of UJA donations, "to examine this material and reflect con- cerning its implications." - Burleson and Richards have been in touch here with Syrian Ambassador Farid Zeineddine and Egyptian officials. Zeined- dine has used the Burleson line of argument. He did so when urging the State Department to withdraw the right of tax de- duction by UJA donors under U.S. income tax laws. Because of his attempts to stir up anti- Jewish prejudice in the United States, Jewish organizations have urged that Zeineddine be declared persona non grata by the State Department and de- ported for agitating in internal American affairs.