The Same Hounds as in Germany THE JEWISH NEWS Incorporating the Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English-Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit 35, Mich., VE. 8-9364. Subscription $5 a year, Foreign $6. Entered as second class matter Aug. 6, 1952, at Post Office, Detroit, Mich., under Act of March 3, 1879. PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher SIDNEY SHMARAK Advertising Manager CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ Circulation Manager FRANK SIMONS City Editor Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the first day of Adar, 5717, the following Scriptural selections will be read , in our synagogues: Pentateuchal portions, Num. 28:1-15, Ex. 25:1-27:19. Prophetical portion, I Kings 5:26-6:13. Licht Benshen, Friday, Feb. 1, 5:29 p.m. VOL. XXX—No. 22 ' Correct Page Four February 1, 1957 What Is Wrong Confirm What Is Right' In his second inaugural address, Presi- dent Dwight David Eisenhower included a prayer. We applaud the sentiments of our President in which he stated: "May we pursue the right—without self-righteousness. "May we know unity—without con- formity. "May we grow in strength—without pride of self. May we, in our dealings with all people of the earth, ever speak truth and serve justice. "May the light of freedom, coming to all darkened lands, flame brightly—until at last the darkness is no more. "May the turbulence of our age yield to the true time of peace, when men and nations shall share a life that honors the dignity of each, the brotherhood of all." We join in this prayer—for a "true time of peace," for dignity and brotherhood. That is what we have been pleading fdr. It is to this end that we owe to our President our devotion to the cause of jus- tice and of peace. In the course of our dedication to the principle that we "speak truth and serve justice," we are aware that these ideas embrace the entire world. A lack of truth and justice anywhere on earth may seri- ously affect our own status on this conti- nent. The world is too small for isolation- ism, and our Government, by its leadership in the United Nations, has affirmed and reaffirmed it. On this basis, we address ourselves once again to our leaders in Washington for just treatment of Israel in the present Middle East crisis and for avoidance of double standards of morality. The lives of nearly 2,000,000 people are at stake in that area under conditions which say to Israel that she must evacuate strategic points without assurances to her own security- * * * We recognize the multitude of problems Involved in the Middle East situation. We know the seriousness of the Suez Canal crisis. We are aware of the threats to world peace from Soviet - intrusions in that area. But we also know that international justice is not meted out on the basis of penalizing the smallest of the nations. We therefore challenge those who, although they are fully informed about the continuous threats to Israel since the state was founded, nevertheless are appeasing the true aggressors while penalizing the real sufferer: Israel; while yielding to the pres- sures from the combined Soviet and Afro- Asian blocs, they pursue policies that point a dagger at Israel's throat. Therefore, in the spirit of President Eisenhower's prayers for peace and jus- tice, we protest against such double-stand- ard policies of his appointees—our repre- sentatives at the United Nations; and of the unrealistically harsh policies of our State Department vis-a-vis Israel. On this score, we invoke the sentiments expressed in another prayer at the Presidential in- auguration. Dr. Edward L. R. Elson, pas- tor Of the National Presbyterian Church, Washington, where President Eisenhower attends services, stated in his invocation at the inauguration: "Almighty God, our Creator, Re- deemer and Judge, who hast given us this good land for our heritage, make sacred to this solemn hour of dedi- cation. "Correct what is wrong, confirm what is right." We join in wholehearted endorsement of these sentiments. God has given us for our heritage a great and a good land. And He also has blessed us with basic principles which make it possible for Americans to join in saying: "Correct what is wrong, confirm what is right." In conformity with this principle, we say to our President that the policies pursued by his administration toward Israel were and are wrong; that they need correcting; that in the spirit of the basic American ideals of justice and fair play they must be changed. The people of this great land have shared the great pride of knowing that all decisions are subject to change. We have changed policies with administrations. We also have witnessed changes in viewpoints and attitudes even in the midst of an ad- ministration's term of office. We know that the views of a minority in the Su- I preme Court often became the accepted policies of a majority in the course of time. • * * These things need be said in answer to those who are either horrified by criticisms or are too frightened by governmental policies to utter criticisms. We reject such attitudes as wrong and un-American. It is our conviction that Robert G. Ingersoll had the proper definition for patriotism when he said: "He loves his country best who strives to make it best." Our demand for a change in American policy toward Israel is such an attempt to make our country best. But collabora- tion with Communist Russia and with slave-trading Saudi Arabia won't accom- plish that purpose. The time has come for an end to blun- ders. Our generation has the obligation of remembering the Fuehrer and Il Duce. A world war was fought to prevent the spread of the poisons they carried in their systems. This generation has the new duty of avoiding conditions which may tend to create another dictatorial system. We are not as frightened as those who believe that Nasser already is such a dictator. His fate will be that of every man who seeks to oppress his fellow-men. What concerns us much more is the generation he is poison- ing. That, too, is our fault. By pampering him, by appeasing the Arab overlords who, instead of bringing progress to their op- pressed peoples, are keeping them in sub- jection, we are assisting in the spread of a poison that threatens to harm, nay it may even destroy, the entire world. It is against such a menace that we protest—and we do so believing that the weakness of the Dulles policies, or the lack of a definite Dulles policy, is basically responsible for the courage that has been acquired by the would-be destroyers of human liberties. * * * It is not too late to change a policy that lacks realism, to return to the path of jus- tice, to strive for peace. Early in November, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., our delegate to the United Nations, introduced a resolution that would have led to negotiations for peace between Arabs and Jews. What has 'happened to that resolution? Ever since the creation df Israel, spokes- men for our Government have reiterated a policy affirming and reaffirming that Is- rael is a reality. Only a few days ago, Liv- ingston T. Merchant, the U. S. Ambassador to Canada, said, addressing the Canadian Club in Montreal, that any settlement of the Middle Eastern situation "must accept the fact. that Israel is a country here to stay." This is American policy. Are we adhering to it by rejecting attempts to assure Israel's existence? The answer to the last, question, unfor- tunately, is • no. Therefore we return to the thesis pronounced by Dr. Elson: "Cor- rect what is wrong, confirm what is right." Apply this to the Middle East. Grant it as a right to all Americans to criticize our Government, so that this great land may benefit from the devoted sentiments of citizens who love it best because they strive to make it best. Stories by Eminent Israeli Writers 'Tehilla, Other Israeli Tales' Israel's most distinguished novelists and short story writers are included in a splendid collection of narratives. Published under the title "Tehilla and Other Israeli Tales,* the volume was published by Abelard-Schuman (404 4th, N Y 16). Samuel Joseph Agnon, whom many consider Israel's out- standing novelist, is the author of the "Tehilla" title story. Tehilla is a 104-year-old woman who recalls that her family - objected to her marriage to a Hassidic youth. She prepares to take with her to the Great Beyond a jar with a message of apology to the suitor. With the Old City of Jerusalem as the background, and Torah- inspired characters as the heroes, this tale takes on special sig- nificance. The brief biographical note on Agnon, as well as on the other writers whose works are included in this book, was written by I. M. Lask, a well known Jewish writer who settled in Israel in 1930. The publishers explain that a committee of eminent writers in Israel, established by the Jewish Agency to encourage trans- lations from Hebrew literary works, assisted in the preparation. of this book. The stories were selected by the committee's chair- man, Yitzhak Shenhar. Of the nine authors represented in this volume, six are still active and three are • no longer among • the living. Of the latter, Moshe Smilansky, one ir of the most eminent Palestinian pioneers, is the author of "Barhash" in which he depicts Arab village life. Smilansky undoubtedly was k one of the best informed men in Palestine on Arab folkways and his stories, as indicated in this one, lead to an understanding of Is- rael's cousins and neighbors. - Yitzhak Shami, • author of "Hamamah — A Tale of the Arabian Desert," died in 1949. Asher Barash, author of "In Marburg," died in 1953. Smilansky The other authors include the now well-known novelist, Hayim Hazaz, who wrote the story "The Wanderer." In this folk wk:‘ 'NI% tale he describes how the burial place of an ass became hallowed as the tomb of a holy man. The other authors and their stories are: "The First Kiss" by Moshe Shamir, "Man and Wife" by Yehuda Burla and "David's Bower" by Yitzhak Shenhar. "Man and Wife" is a splendid tale of a courtship. It is related entertainingly, revealing the author's fine sense of humor. "David's Bower" touches upon the problem of the Christian Jews in. Israel. All the stories combine to offer a new understanding of modern Israel. While they do not deal with the current prob- Hayim Hazaz lems of Israel's fight for survival, they touch upon enough issues to give value and strength to the collection. • Signs of Our Troubled Times By NATHAN ZIPRIN Copyright 1957, Seven Arts Feature Syndicate- Nasser's illusion of grandeur has reached a point now where he not only believes he can dictate' poltical but also business terms to the United States. This head of a quasi bankrupt state is now telling the U.S. it must accept Egyptian pounds of ques- tionable value for exports or else lose the trade. You can be sure that the level headed American exporters will be less perturbed by Nasser's threats than the coterie of so-called Wash- ington statesmen who seem to tremble everytinie Mitzraimland'S dictator shows his inordinately small fist. Public Opinion If letters from readers reflect public opinion, John Foster Dulles should be on his way out from the State Department. At least this is the conclusion on the basis of letters which appeared one day last week in the New York World-Telegram, a newspaper whose editorial policy has been none too friendly to Israel. Of six letter writers almost all blamed Dulles for the Middle East fiasco and demanded his resignation. A most cizitical evaluation of Dulles came from the Washington correspondent of the New York Herald-Tribune, a pro-administration paper, who said he sat through almost three hours of Dulles testimony before a congressional committee without grasping what the Secretary of State intended to convey.