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Lebanese Weekly Warns of Christian. Peril

Dr. Ted Winshall (right) sparked a meeting of the dentists
"Only thus can Lebanon, like
Under the title "Christian the authorities, attacked and
and dental techicians section of the Allied Jewish cam- Survival at Stake in Moslem plundered, one by one, the all Christian and all other mi-
paign, at the
East" and subtitled "An Issue schools and convents of the norities in the Middle East,
home of Dr.
More Crucial Than Suez and Catholic sisters. The schools hope to survive the dreadful
and Mrs. Her-
Oil," The Lebanese Gazette, were burned, the French Lycee upsurge of Arab-Moslem fanat-
bert J. Bloom,
weekly publication_ in Detroit, Laique was destroyed, two per- icism, of Soviet-sponsored Nas-
by presenting
recently carried this editorial, sons were killed and 19 wound- , serism.
a check for
"There is no neutrality. There
part of which is reprinted here. ed.
$1,000. to Dr.
"Lebanon's government has is no alternative. For us Leb-
"The American public sel-
Bloom, for the
dom realizes that there are mil- taken a stand which amounts anese it is a time of decision,
campaign. Paul
lions upon millions of Chris- to a proclamation of neutrality. about an issue more crucial
M. Handleman,
tians in the region falsely de- We must concede that this is than any other. Truly, an issue
co-chairman of
scribed as a solidly • Arab or somewhat better than the pre- of life and death?"
the campaign'
Moslem Middle East, i.e. in vious attitude, which was too
People , who admit they are
Western Asia and the contigu- often one of flirtation with
professional di-
Pan-Arabism, inside and out- all wrong usually turn out all
ous part of Africa.
vision, and Mil-
- "What is happening right now side the Arab League. The new right.
ton K. Mahler,
to the Christians in the Middle policy is " wiser—as \ far as it
president of the
East? It is very- difficult to goes. But does it go far enough?
We answer all your
Campaign's De-
piece together a detailed .pic-
"What Lebanon needs, right
ture of what is going on in now, and very badly, is alli-
incoming calls.
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Egypt where a tight censorship ances, with the French, who
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prevails. But this much is clear: are our traditional well-wishers,
With Courtesy and Efficiency
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Nasser is proceeding with his and with the Israelis on _ the
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and
historical
neighbors.
They
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According to certain reports, form a brideghead of the West
all Christian schools and mis- like ourselves. And they have
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sions are now under strict proven their ability not only to
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Moslem control, the teaching of withstand, but to roll back the
Christianity , is being forbidden hordes of Egypt's self-appoint-
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and the teaching of Islam im- ed Mohammedan Pharaoh.
The distinguished constitu- nating in the desegregation de- posed even in Christian institu-
tional la wyer, Leo Pfeffer, cisions, will hold the attention tions. .
f everyone interested in this
"Nasser, however, wishes to
writes in the preface to his book development. ,He is not optimis-
rule not merely on the Nile.
"The Liberties of an American" tic about cooperation from the He hopes to lead a giant bloc
(Beacon Press) that in this Southern states in the foresee- extending from the Atlantic
country "liberty truly is of the able future. "Negroes there must Ocean to the. Persian Gulf.
people," but that "instinct for still look to the Federal govern- Among the obstacles which
ment and to enlightened public
liberty . is not enough. must opinion for the protection of stand in the way of this So-
viet-supported- 'Egyptian im,
be reinforced by understanding their civil rights."
perialism, one must mention
—an understandinig as wide
Of all of our liberties, he be- not only Israel and French
• •
spread • as the instinct." He then lieves that "freedom of worship Algeria, but also" Christian
Lebanon
and
Christian
Ethi-
is
most
esteemed
and
most
se-
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"It is said—though the Infor-
The book deserves a place in
reader rather than to the law-
mation has somehow failed to
the
library
of
everyone
who
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yer, the nature and extent of
our personal liberties and how wishes to be informed on the reach the American press—that
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Nasser, losing his temper in a
the Supreme Court has dealt "Liberties of an American."
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conversation
with
the
Lebanese
with the problem of securing
ambassador in. Cairo, burst out
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'them to American citizens . and
in fury against Lebanon "as a
True
humor
springs
not
more
others' living in the country.
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from the head than from the bridgehead of the Christian
It is not necessary to agree heart; it is not contempt, its West."
with some of Mr. Pfeffer's cas- essence is love; it issues not in
The Aleppo riots took place
ual interpretations of the
in the last `few days of October,
background history, but he laughter, but in still smiles, well before the seizure of Port
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be read with profit by every- Carlyle (1795-1881).
mob, with the tacit approval of
one interested in this ever-
present and ever-vital sub-
ject.
His description of the manner
in which the Supreme Court
functions in civil liberty cases
is realistic and clear. The court's
task is not an easy one—it is
constantly faced ,with the prob-
lem of weighing Competing com-
•
munal values"the claim of the
eitizen to the free development
and expression of his individu-
ality" on the one hand, and "the
claim of the goVernment to re-
strain that development and ex-
pression in the interests of the
common good" on the other
hand. The Court must strike a
balance of interests between the
rights of the individual and the
rights of society. There are no
"absolute" liberties.
In his discussion of the' per-
sonal liberty problems raised
in the eases involving Com-
munists-and Communism Mr.
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it refuses to deal, and the jur-
idical ones which are within
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He clearly recognizes the risk
to democracy posed by/ the Corn-.
munist Party, small though it
may be in actual numbers, but
points out that , "risk is an in-
herent and indispensable ele-
ADDITIONAL
ment of democracy. Only a to-
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