Friday, March 1,

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Purely Commentary:

`As Long as Statesmen TALK, We Can Hope for Peace'
No matter what the outcome of the present discussions in the
United Nations and in the capitals of the world—including Wash-
ington, London, Paris, Jerusalem and Cairo—on the Middle East
crisis, it is doubtful whether v,,re shall see a solution to the prob-
lem too soon. But as long as there is discussion, which Arab pro-
pagandists occasionally try to stifle—especially when it involves
the peace element—we can hope for eventual peace.
We have just received the text of a broadcast over the Israel
Broadcasting Service, delivered on Feb. 3, by Dr. Walter Eytan,
Director General of the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs, from
Jerusalem. We offer this excerpt from his broadcast as a realistic
approach to the issue:
"There is perhaps not much confidence that debate in the
United Nations will produce solutions, but there is hope that
as long as the statesmen of the world talk, peace can be pre-
served."
The Israeli broadcast admits that "the United Nations is
likely to go on discussing the Middle East for a long time—not
so much on account of . .. Gaza, the Gulf of Aqaba or even the
Suez Canal, as because the Middle East is today the center of
rivalries and ambitions that extend far beyond its bounds."
Pursuing its realistic approach, the Israel broadcast ad-
vanced this argument in explanation of its refusal to yield to
"blackmail" inherent in the Arab demands:
Even the local issues are being debated not only for their
own sake, but for the wider issues involved. For once "A-
Difa'a", a newspaper in Jordan which generally indulges in
the wildest extravagances, seems to be on the right track. In
an article on- January 29, it said: "The point is not the Gaza
Strip or the Gulf of Aqaba. It is more than either of these. It
- is the position of the Arabs towards ISrael." This is precisely it,
and public opinion in Israel is keenly aware of the fact. "A-
Difa'a" has given the show away. With the full backing of
public opinion, the Government of Israel is insisting on two
things— firstly, that Egypt shall not again be allowed .to ex-
ercise a blockade against shipping in the Gulf of Aqaba; and
secondly, that 'Egyptian influence, whether directly or under
cover of an international force, shall never again make itself .

felt in Gaza.
Such an attitude undoubtedly serves further to anger our
own State Department and possibly to solidify—temporarily,
at least—the anti-Israel forces in the United Nations. But it is
truth, and it must be recognized as such. And—continuing' with
the reasoning offered by . the Israeli spokesman—as long as states-
men and politicians talk, they keep the issue open and provide
great hope that, before very long, there will be a solution to the
Middle East problem that will be just and equitable for all
concerned.
The Israelis have earned admiration and respect for a certain
amount of good sense, as well as for their courage in confronting
almost a completely hostile world in its demands for fair play.
Turning again to the Jerusalem broadcast of Feb. 3, we find in
the charge that Syria's threat not to repair the damaged pipelines
until Israel has left Gaza as:
"Sheer blackmail, and certainly no reason for Israel to do what
Syria asks. Gaza and the pipelines across Syria have nothing
whatever to do with one another. The pipe-lines were sabotaged
by Syria last November at the request of Egypt . . . Syria no
doubt has some other excuse ready for not repairing the pipe-
lines, in case Israel should evacuate Gaza. She will not have to
use it, since•Israel has no such intention. The mere fact that the
Arab states have the nerve to lay down such conditions . . .
derives from the attitude of the rest of the past nine or ten
years—an attitude of appeasement at almost any price. Year
after year concessions have been made, no matter at whose
expense, often at Israel's—all in the hope of saving the precious
oil on which Europe depends. The result has been the blocking
of the Suez Canal and the sabotaging of the pipe-lines."
The broadcaster was right in saying that "the few countries
that have held out against Arab extortion and pressure have
found that the Arabs have almost immediately climbed down."
Germany is mentioned as the outstanding example. The Arabs
kept on, threatening Germany with an economic boycott from
the moment Adenauer's government proposed to negotiate a
reparations agreement with Israel six years ago. Germany defied
the Arabs who have failed to carry out a single threat and instead
"trade between them and Germany is more flourishing than ever
before." We believe that that would have been the outcome if our
own Government had refused to kowtow to Arab potentates, to
appease them at the expense of ISrael and the honor and self-
respect of the democratic nations. -
We consider the position taken by the Eisenhower Admin-
istration, through our State Department, as unjust and inequita-
ble and we believe that there is much to be said in support of
this concluding statement uttered in the Israel Foreign Office
broadcast of Feb, 3:
"Israel's fight against the renewal of Egyptian activities in
Gaza and Gulf of Aqaba is the whole world's fight for stability,
progress and peace. Gaza and the Gulf are not only essential
in themselves for the security of Israel—they are symbols of
that happier world order for which every free nation so de-
sperately longs." -
Israel does not stand alone in justifying her position. Students
of international affairs have, in the main, supported her claims,
and the protests against the cruel propogals of "sanctions," uttered
in Congress, are indications that the sense of justice inherent in
this country has been awakened rather than sent into uncon-
sciousness.
A typical example of resentment against unnecessary "com-
promise" will be found in Edward R. Murrow's radio comments of
Feb. 7, from which we quote:
- "The proclaimed objective of American foreign policy is
to achieve equal justice for all under law. Every move we
make, said President Eisenhower recently, must be balanced by
a consideration of justice for both sides. He also said in discuss-
ing the Middle Eastern crisis there can be no peace without
law. And there can be no law if we work to invoke one code of
international conduct for those we oppose and another for our
friends. There must be one law for all, not just one for us and
one for the others.
"We must have one law that rules us all. If the United
Nations imposes sanctions on Israel, others will be entitled to
say that this is the 'Eisenhower Administration's equal law for
ill. This is a rather uncomfortable position for the Administra-

Truth Will Emerge
from Lengthy. Debate
in United Nations

By Philip Detroit Delegates
Slotrovitz to Attend Miami

tion. For we would not be supporting a single standard of
morality. We would be accepting one standard for Israel and
a different one- for Egypt, the Soviet union and for India.
Israel, a small nation, can be punished for not pulling out
of the Gaza Strip and the Aqaba coast without guarantees of
security. But the Soviet Union cannot be punished for not
pulling out of Hungary, or India out of. Kashmir; or Egypt for
closing the Suez Canal to Israel and repeatedly violating Israel's
frontier. . .
"Yesterday, When the point was- raised to President Eisen-
hower, that Egypt had been condemned for closing the canal
against Israel, he said that he was not aware that the United
Nations had ever done anything about it—as though that dis-
posed of the question.
One reason the Administration is in smith an awkward posi-
tion is that it adopted the UN as a guide after it had lost its
ability to muster a two-thirds majority in the Assembly for the
things we believe in. . .
"The Administration apparently has chosen not to go into
the minority. It is playing Assembly politics. That means that
we have to play with blocs, each one dedicated to its own in-
terests. The blocs we can count on to accept equal law for all
are lets than two-thirds of the Assembly. Or to put it the other
way, one-third of the Assembly or 27 votes can beat any pro-
posal the United States makes.
, "The Soviet Union has 10 votes; the Arab bloc, 11. The
Afro-Asian bloc of 15 can swing things against us. We could,
of course, go into the minority. But the show-down would show
that we were in the minority and this we do not choose to do.
The upshot is that we compromise with the double standard."
So many declarations of a similar nature have been uttered
that Americans can be heartened: the voice of free peoples is not
being silenced.
And as long as there are such voices, the truth must emerge
in full force, and the claims for justice - and fair play will be
honored in the long run. Indeed, "as long as statesmen talk we
can hope for peace." -

The Wholesome Kaufman Trend
It was not so long ago when it was most difficult for a
Jewish candidate to be elected here. Then came Nathan J. Kauf-
man. He made good, won the admiration of the community for
his sincerity and his devotion to duty, and his
name became as strong as was that of the Mur-
phys and the Kellys in the past.
The result: two Kaufmans were nominated
at the Primaries here on Feb. 18L--Ira G. and
Charles Kaufman. Both were surprised by the
showings they made. Charles Kaufman, in fact,
was so skeptical of his own chances that on the
day after the Primary Election he did not
even have a photograph of himself available.
All of which is to the good. We recall the
days when Jews were discouraged from enter-
Judge Kaufman ing politics. The community's leaders looked
with skepticism upon such candidates. They considered them
"upstarts" who looked for publicity. It was an unhealthy attitude.
The proper attitude for our ablest citizens is to seek public of-
fice and to share in governmental activities—local and national.
The new trend is heartening. The interest shown in public
affairs by the mounting number of Jewish candidates is to be
commended. There are several candidates for judgeships in De-
troit, and for other offices in the suburban area. It is all to the
good, and if the Kaufmans are contributing towards this whole-
some trend, more power to the Kaufmans—and an accolade to
Judge Nathan J. Kaufman for having started it.

:Inaugural of UJA.

More than 800 Jewish com-
munal leaders from all sections
of the country, with a large dele-
gation from Detroit, are gather-.
ing in Miami Beach to launch
the United Jewish Appeal's most
critical campaign in a decade,
at the UJA's
1 9 5 7 National
Inaugural Con-
*ference this
weekend.
The two-day
conic r ence,
which will be
con c e r ned
chiefly with
the gravest
JewiSh refugee
crisis in a dee-
; ade, will launch
the Appeal's
1 9 t h consecu-
ti v e campaign
on behalf of
Gov. Ribicoff Jews in need in
a score of countries overseas and
in the United States.
The conference opens with a
planning session on Saturday
evening, and concludes Sunday
with a session starting at 12:30
p.m. Both sessions will be held •
at the Fontainebleau Hotel.
The 'concluding session will.
hear an address by Gov. Abra-
ham A. Ribicoff, of Connecticut,
and a last-minute report on the
mounting refugee problem from
Charles A. Jordan, overseas di-
rector of Joint Distribution Com-
mittee, who is flying in from
Europe.
UJA national officers who will
address the conference include
Joseph Holtzman of Detrdit.

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Prayers for Israel
Asked by Rabbinate

JERUSALEM — An urgent
worldwide appeal was issued
Tuesday by Chief Rabbis Isaaie
Halevi Herzog and Isaac Nissiin
for services and prayers
Israel because of "hostilf ina=
chinations of certain forces."
The appeal said that Israel
faced the threat of being ex-
posed again to new attacks and
urged "all free nations and
men of faith and moral con-
science everywhere to raise
their voices and urge their
leaders to stand by Israel's
struggle for peace and justice."

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Sans Sanctions

State Department Curbs Reporter;
Asks Ouster from Parking Strip

By MILTON FRIEDMAN

(Copyright, 1957, JTA, Inc.)

WASHINGTON — The State
Department ordered this re-
porter to make a prompt and
unconditional withdrawal of his
automobile from the curb in
front of Secretary of State
Dulles' home.
It happened the Sunday
afternoon Israel Ambassador
Abba Eban called at the Dulles'
residence to give Israel's reply
to the U.S. demand for with-
drawal of Israel forces. Re-
porters and photographers con-
verged on the scene. I had dif-
ficulty finding a parking place.
Luck was with me. Directly
in front of the Dulles home I
spotted an ideal place and
parked there. But Julius Walker
a State Department official,
soon made polite but firm dip-
1 o m a ti c representations. A
member of the State Depart-
ment's press relations division,
Walker was waiting with the
horde of newspapermen.
Walker urged me to withdraw
immediately. He held that I
had occupied space reserved
for an official limousine. I
pointed out that no sign was
poSted and that all citizens en-
joyed a free and equal right to
park.
At this point, Warren
Rogers of the Associated Press
and other newsmen entered
the lively discussion of the
withdrawal issue. I was urged

to extract appropriate assur-
ances and - guarantees before
evacuating.
Walker then indicated that
the United States Government
vvas aware that I had a legiti-
mate grievance and should, in
all fairness, see a prospect of
remedying it. He gave the max-
imum assurance he felt I could
reasonably expect at the junc-
ture.
Someone mentioned that Brit-
ish and French correspondents
who arrived on the scene earlier
withdrew their bars after mo-
mentarily pausing in the dis-
puted zone. The .British and
French, it was said, acted in
accord with the overwhelming

Fedayeen Blast
Pumping Station

(Direct JTA Teletype
to The Jewish News)

TEL AVIV—A water pump-
ing station in the Upper Galilee
was blown up early Monday
morning, Israeli officials re-
ported here Tuesday.
Footprints were found lead-
ing to the Lebanese border, the
officials said, noting that the
new incident of Fedayeen ac-
tivity came only two days after
widespread Fedayeen attacks
from the border of Jordan.:
The pumping station incident
ended a long period of quiet on
the Lebanese border.

judgement of the world corn-
mu.nity.
I told Walker that upon con-
clusion of satisfactory arrange-
ments with the police to assure
another -parking place, I would
immediately withdraw my car.
But it was insisted that under
the properly established order
of events the first requirement
was that. my invading car be
withdrawn.
A promise was made of
"free and innocent" passage
to another parking place. The
question of whether the traf-
lice police would use their
good offices to guarantee this
was left open.
The United States had no
reason to assume any further
interference would take place.
I had recourse to the Interna-
tional Court of Justice in that
event.
Walker charged me with con-
tinuing an occupation "in de-
fiance of the overwhelming
judgment of the world commu-
nity." But important press ele-
ments were on my side.
Meanwhile, the official lim-
ousine arrived. It wanted to
park. I recognized the chaffueur.
The limousine belonged to the
Israel Embassy and had come to
fetch Anibassadar Than. I with-
drew immediately, bringing to
this international crisis a peace-
ful solution mutually agreeable
to the State Department and
the ErnbasSy of Israel.

