Purely Commentary:

The Salutes of the Week

To U. S. Senator William F. Knowland, for his courageous
stand in calling a major bluff on the international front. Senator
Knowland warned against the "double standard" dealings in
planning punishment for Israel while "sidestepping" the "larger
aggression" of the Soviet Union, in Hungary, and said it would
be "most immoral, and, in good conscience, unsupportable." Sena-
tor Knowland's references were to the statements by Secretary
of State John Foster Dulles on the question of sanctions, with
which Israelis threatened in the UN. Secretary Dulles has the
support of President Eisenhower, and both undoubtedly give
orders to Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., our delegate to
the UN. Knowland's is the strongest voice that has been heard
until now. May it gather even greater momentum than it already
has.
To Edward R. Murrow, the brilliant newscaster, who has
added his voice to those of many others who now are condemning
the double standard practices in some quarters. Only the single
standard of morality has a place in American foreign relations.
To Brig. Gen. S. L. A. Marshall, chief editorial writer of
the Detroit News, for the stand he has taken in defense of fair
play for Israel. That's the stuff Americanism is made of.

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In one of his reports on Israel, Gen. Marshall revealed.:
"One UNRWA administrator—an American—who has worked
in Gaza for months, said:
"`I pray that the UN will not be so foolish as to intervene
here. Israel understands these people and their problems; UN
dot not.
" 'Since Israel came in, we have had help and intelligent
co-operation, which always before we lacked. The UN would
break its back trying to cure Gaza.'
But—who listens?
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. . . and to the Detroit News for a consistent editorial policy
in rejecting Nasserism and in calling the Dulles bluff. Dulles,
forgetting that there is a world conscience that has assisted in
establishing a State where hounded Jews now refuse to be
driven again into unprotected spheres, spoke of "the aroused
conscience of the world" in his repeated threats to Israel to
withdraw from Tiran. And the Detroit News replied: "These are
large words. One would ask what kind of conscience it is that
knows only the rule of expediency, disregarding the difference
between right and wrong?" That's how right-thinking Americans
speak. Recently, discussing the Suez crisis, editorially, the De-
troit News commented: "President Eisenhower, not Dag Ham-
marskjold, is the man of the hour. But the opportunity for lead-
ership will be missed unless we determine now that there will be
no peace in the Middle East unless Suez is internationalized and
Israel is recognized. If we settle for less we only give a little
crisis time to grow large." These warnings are proving to be
justified.

To the Detroit Times and the Hearst Newspapers for their
consistent stand against sanctions and for the clarification of
the issues to point to the injustice of penalizing Israel while
Russia and India are unaffected by UN warnings.
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To Dr. Albert Schweitzer; the eminent French 1952 Nobel
Peace Prize winner, who had the courage to appeal to President
Eisenhower to support his country in the Algerian controversy in
the United Nations. This appeal is not related in any sense to
_Israel, but we list this among the great happenings of the past
week because a very great man saw fit to act in his country's
behalf. How much more should people act in defense of human
rights everywhere? Therefore: we apply this to America, to Jews
and Christians in America, and we ask them not to be afraid
to speak up in Israel's behalf, because a strong and secure Israel
means a free and peaceful world. Why are so many of our
people silent in the matter involving Israel? If Schweitzer can
speak in defense of France, why can't our merchant princes, our
judges, our professors, our men of letters, our eminent men in
the top brackets, speak up in Israel's defense? This, ladies and
gentlemen, is a crucial hour. If Israel is harmed now, it may be
America next: it will be the entire world! Speak up NOW. It
involves the liberties of all free peoples. - .
To Checri S. Kanaan, the Lebanese Maronite Catholic leader
in Detroit, the publisher and editor of the Lebanese Gazette of
this city, who takes many personal risks; who, with his son and
his family, are in constant danger from terrorist threats, for their
advocacy of peace with Israel, justice in the Middle East, honor-
able international dealings and humanitarian approaches to the
Middle East situation.
To all the good men in Congress, including Rep. John D.
Dingell, Senator Alexander Wiley, the Republicans and Demo-
crats alike, who do not hesitate to speak in defense of just rights.
They give courage to the moulders of public opinion who are
outraged by the double standards of UN actions which threaten
the very existence of the United Nations.
To the men and women of radio, television and the press—to
all the makers of a just public opinion, who will not be silenced
either by the silk robes of Saud or the oiled finger of Arab
princes who have invaded this great land and are injecting
poisons into the American system.
These are only a few of the people who are raising their
voices in defense of a single standard of morality in human
relations.
May the voices for peace and justice gain strength, and may
they be heard by our own Government and in the councils of the
nations of the world.
We salute Israel Premier David Ben-Gurion and the People
of Israel for their determination to defy attempts to drive them
and their state to suicide. They are repudiating all efforts_ at
strangulation—for which lovers of liberty should bow their heads
in tribute to a dynamic people's courage and dignity.
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Dulles, the President and Facts of History

Just about a year ago, Secretary of State Dulles pulled the
blunder of the century by telling a U.S. Senate committee that
the reason he believed the Arabs hated the Jews was because
the former assassinated the Prophet Mohammed. One of his
associates in the State Department pulled his sleeve at that meet-
ing to correct his error, and Dulles said his attention has been
called to the fact that he may 'be wrong and that he will check
on it. Later that week, he did correct the record. But while the

monumentally pyramidal blunder should hound him td be more

Salutes to inspired Men Who
Fight for Justice , . . Facts of

History for Dulles, Eisenhower.

By Philip
Slomovitz

careful in his future actions and utterances, Dulles remains bound
apparently only by antagonism to Israel.
Even more disturbing, however, is a statement made by
President Eisenhower at his news conference last week. Here
is the stenographic report of the conference on questions relating
to the Middle East:
"ROBERT E. CLARK of International News Service—Mr.
President, can you give us your views on the United Nations
resolution calling on Israel to withdraw her remaining forces
from Egypt, and whether we might join in applying economic
sanctions if Israel doesn't comply?
"A—Well, Israel, of course, is a nation established by the
United Nations, and the other day there was a resolution
passed, I think, by seventy-some to two, saying that she would
withdraw her forces. I personally believe that Israel has what
our declaration calls a decent respect for the opinion of man-
kind, and I believe that she will withdraw her forces, and I
wouldn't want to speculate on future actions of the United
Nations or of this country, to any degree, but I certainly say
this: We are committed to the' support of the United Nations.
"LILLIAN LEVY of The National Jewish Post Mr: Presi-
dent, in the light of what you have just said, would not the
same then apply to Egypt, or doesn't Egypt have the same
regard for the United Nations as you indicated you believe
Israel does have, since ever since 1951 she has continued to
disregard the United Nations Security Council resolution asking
that free passage be permitted for Israel through the Suez?
A.—Well, of course, that has been the question that has
been argued, I mean, been consistently to the fore in the last-
several years, but I am not aware of any resolution the United
Nations, has enacted to do anything about it."
Is it possible that the President is unacquainted with the
1951 United Nations Security Council resolution which con-
demned Egypt for blockading Israeli shipping? If he is, then the
above reply should be amended to present the facts bluntly and
to indicate consistent action in dealing both with Israel and
Egypt. If the issue is obscured, we take the liberty humbly to
present the facts to our President.
On Sept. 1, 1951, the UN Security Council adopted a resolu-
tion condemning Egypt's blockade of Israel's shipping through
the Suez.
On March 23, 1954, the UN offiCial records show that the
New Zealand delegate to the UN stated, with reference to the
failure of Egypt to adhere to that resolution:
"Any impartial survey of events since the resolution of
Sept. 1, 1951, must record that the Egyptian government has,
with every appearance of deliberation, ignored the injunctions
of this Council. This course of conduct, persisted in for over
two years, has resulted in many ships, which would otherwise
have gone on their lawful occasions through the Suez Canal
or the Gulf of Aqaba, being deterred from trading with Israel,
or diverted at great cost over other routes to their destination.
No government interested in the preservation of the rule of
law in international affairs and least of all any government
depending for the livelihood of its people on maritime trade,
can contemplate this unhappy state of affairs without an
earnest desire to bring it to an end . . ."
These views were upheld by U.S., British, French and other
UN delegates.
This, Mr. President, is a matter of concern not to Israel
alone but to the entire free world.
We are confident that Israel will not be unduly penalized
and that our Government will not be a party to "immoral" and
"insupportable" sanctions — as Senator Knowland has described
them.
Our concern is, however, that, if necessary, we start from
scratch: that we go back to 1951, compel Egypt to honor her
obligations to the international freedom of the seas codes and
permit Israel to navigate her ships freely, without interference
from anyone.
Thereupon, Mr. President, we sincerely hope that you will
direct our UN Delegate, Mr. Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., to re-
introduce his resolution of early November which called for
actions leading to peace between Israel and her neighbors.
(We reiterate an earlier inquiry: what has happened to
that resolution?)
By such means, we can hope for a return to peace and to
truly friendly international relations. By such means, we can
hope to overcome the Communist pressures in the Middle East—
not by giving hundreds of millions of dollars to King Saud to
be used for his personal selfish purposes rather than for the
improvement of the lot of his starving people.
This, Mr. President, is an appeal for peace—based on facts.
"Let's look at the record," Mr. President. Guided by the record,
we are confident that Israel will be proven justified in her actions
and worthy of the just considerations our great Government is
in position to give her.

Soprano to Star
at BB Bond Night

Miss Sylvia Nesson, versatile
young soprano, will be the fea-
tured artist at "Spotlight on
Israel" planned
b y five Bnai
Brith Lodges
for Feb. 21.
Miss Nesson
has gained na-
tion-wide rec-
ognition in re-
peated per-
formances at
Carnegie Hall,.
Town Hall, the
Brooklyn
Academy of
Music, Colum-
bia University,
an d concert
halls from Miss Nesson
coast to coast. She has intro-
duced and popularized many
Israeli composers. Her reper-
toire includes Israeli folk songs,
concert art songs and arias, an-
cient cantillations, chants in He-
brew, traditional music, folk
songs in Yiddish, and light opera
and musical comedy in English.
Speaker for the evening wilt
be David J. Cohen.
"On the Frontiers of Israel,*
a new film narrated by Edward
G. Robinson, will be shown.
The evenign, scheduled for
8:30 o'clock at the Labor Zion-
ist Institute, is planned by the
Ivan S. Block, Eddie Jacobson,
Donald Fox, Motor City and Al-
bert Einstein Lodges of Bnai
Brith as their participation in
a special emergency Israel Bond
drive.

Rabbi Schultz Again
in News on Communism
NEW YORK (JTA)—The Am-

erican Jewish League Against
Communism, - of which Rabbi
Benjamin Schultz is secretary
and news columnist George E.
Sokolsky, president,. has come
into the news again following a
long silence.
The occasion. this time re-
volves around Sidney R. Katz,
executive director of the Park
Avenue 'Synagogue, who, - the
League charges, "refused on
grounds of self-incrimination to
tell the House Un-American
Activities Committee under
oath whether he is now, or has
been, a member of the Com-
munist Party."
The League disclosed cor-
respondence between Sokolsky
and Jacob Klein, president of
the synagogue. Sokolsky's letter
stated that Katz "owed it to
the synagogue and the religious
Jewish community of the United
States to offer some explanation
. . ." Klein, however, "replied
n on c ornrnittedly."
Rabbi Schultz listed Roy M.
Cohn as vice-president of the
League, founded in 1948, and
Alfred Kohlberg as treasurer
and honorary president. Author
Eugene Lyons is listed on the
board along with Victor Eman-
sn. Edward Clamage and
uehl era and
others.

AFL-CIO Backs Israel on Aqaba; Lists Eight ME Aims

evacuated by Britain, France
and Israel should be held in
trust by the UN until such
times as a peace treaty is con-
cluded between Israel and
Egypt and effective measures
have been taken to assure con-
tinuous operation and freedom
of navigation in the Suez Canal
and the Gulf of Aqaba.
4—Towards improving the
relations between the people
of the Middle East, Egypt, Is-
rael, Jordan and Saudi Arabia
—as the nations• bordering on
the Gulf of Aqaba—should be
strongly urged to sign a treaty
safeguarding freedom of naviga-
tion in this waterway for all
ships, without regard to their
national registry. -
5—Towards _ furthering eco-
nomic development and social
progress in "the Middle East, the
UN Economic and Social Coun-
cil and its 'other appropriate
agencies should prepare plans
3—A 11 Egyptian torr,itory and projects for industrial de-

MIAMI BEACH (JTA)—The
Executive Council of the Am-
erican Federation o f Labor -
Congress of Industrial Organiza-
tions, meeting here, adopted a
resolution warning the United
Nations that unless it acts to
guarantee freedom of naviga-
tion in the Gulf of Aqaba and
the Suez Canal and to prevent
the Gaza Strip from being used
as a base for attacks on Israel,
it will "only be putting the
clock back to where the October
fighting began." The council
proposed:
1—Congress should accept
the Eisenhower Doctrine with
the aforementioned additions.
2—The United States should
strive to replace the present
Arab-Israeli Armistice with a
permanent treaty, of peace and
a Mutual Non-Aggression Pact
;between Israel__ and her AArab
neighbors.

velopment and improved living
standards.
6—Immediate steps should
be taken by a broad consortium
of free nations, or by the Inter-
national Bank, to survey the
possibilities and recommend the
steps to be taken for providing_
alternative routes to the Suez
Canal and additional means of
transport and communication.
7—Until the .conclusion of an
Israel-Egypt peace treaty, our
government should seek • to have
the UN demilitarize the Sinai.
area.
8—Towards improving t h e
economic conditions and provid-
ing employment for the resi-
dents and refugees of the Gaza
Strip and towards turning this
area into a model of harmonious
relations between the peoples of
the Middle East, Israel should,
under the direction of an Inter-
national Authority, be permitted
to initiate vital agricultural and

industrial

projects.

