Friday, March 15, 1951 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEW S-24

World Reactions to New M. E. Tensions

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News);

WASHINGTON — President
Eisenhower was in contact with
Secretary of State Dulles Tues-
day on the new situation in the
Middle East caused by Egypt's
surprise move to reassert its au-
thority over the Gaza Strip, and
conferred on the crisis with
Congressional leaders as intense
diplomatic activity was report-
ed from all the world's capitals.
In London, Foreign Secretary
Selwyn Lloyd's report to a
meeting of the British cabinet
and government circles reflect-
ed the gravest concern over the
latest developments. The gov-
ernment was reported in consul-
tation with Paris and Washing-
ton about the possibility of
seeking a further definition of
the tasks of the United Nations
Emergency Force in Gaza which
Col. Nasser seeks to reduce to
a border patrol. The British
Foreign Office did not seem to
share the belief of the United
States Department of State that
Nasser's appointment of a Gov-
ernor for Gaza was a propa-
ganda move designed for home
consumption.
In Paris, Prime Minister
Guy Mollet, in a radio and
television talk to the French
nation, said Monday night that
the news from Gaza is "not
good." He said, "I have the
impression that our ,Ameri-
can friends, who already bet-
ter understood our position
last week, will come to the
conclusion that we were right
in denouncing Nasser's atti-
tude."
In Jerusalem, American Am-
bassador Edward B. Lawson
called on, Foreign Minister
Golda Meir Tuesday- night. It
is believed that he was asked to
convey to Washington the seri-
ous view Israel takes of both the
disturbances in Gaza a n d
Egypt's announced determina-
tion to take over authority in
the Gaza Strip.
Mrs. Meir also received the
French Ambassador, Pierre Gil-
bert, prior to his departure for
Paris.
In Moscow, Col. JoSeph Avi-
dar, the Israel Ambassador, met
Wednesday with Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei ,Gromyko in the
first official Soviet-Israel talk
in Moscow since last November.
From Ottawa, the Canadian
government sent 32 reconnais-
sance soldiers by air to Naples
Tuesday to reinforce a squad-
ron waiting there for permis-
sion to land on Egyptian soil,
but government sources said

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Egypt might not permit further culiarly despicable and anarchic.
. . . President Nasser chooses
landings of Canadian troops.
The four Congressional lead-, this moment to reavow that his
ers who conferred with the main political object is Israel's
President at the White House destruction. Speaking thus, he
Monday were Speaker Sam Ray- in fact prods his people into re-
burn, Senate Republican Leader . suming overt aggression." In a
William F. Knowland, House Re- subsequent editorial, the De-
publican Leader Joseph W. troit News charged that when-
Martin, Jr., and Senate Demo- ever Hammarskjold "touches
cratic Leader Lyndon Johnson. Middle East problems, the sec-
Sen. Knowland described the retary general tries the super-
meeting as "constructive and ficial solution.- ... To this hour
he is uncommitted to a n y
helpful."
Sen. Johnson told the Senate course which would uphold
Tuesday that Egypt's challenge UN authority."
to the United Nations was a
Detroit Free Press: "Egypt has
matter of "deepest concern." He inconvenienced the entire world
said "it is understood that there —her friends and neutrals as
are internal political problems well as her enemies. Yet she
in Egypt which are difficult for was bailed out of the danger of
the authorities to handle. But almost certain conquest . . .
there are also internal political Having been saved from the
problems in Israel which Pre- alternatives she faced, she has
mier . David Ben-Gurion faced exhibited no inclination to yield
courageously and decisively."
to world opinion as expressed in
The State Department with- the UN resolutions or the con-
held comment on the situation ciliatory premises of the United
Tuesday on the grounds that no States. She is the same culprit
word had been received from she was before Oct. 29, 1956.
Cairo or from the United Na- And the question is whether she
tions on the Egyptian demand. will be permitted to get away
It was known, however, 'that with it. Israel acted on the as-
the United States viewed with surances of honorable treatment
alarm the Egyptian move • to all around. As it stands, Israel
take over administration of the is no better off than she was
Gaza Strip.
before her invasion of Egypt
At his press briefing Tuesday, was launched. She relied on the
Lincoln White, State Depart- guarantees of the United Na-
ment spokesman, refused to tions and the United States that
state whether Raymond Hare, her international rights would
American Ambassador to Cairo, be respected. Is she now to find
had beeh instructed to take up these guarantees to be• empty
the new Egyptian move with promises?"
Col. Nasser. He also refused to
The Detroit Times and Hearst
comment on whether the United
States believes that Egypt has newspapers t h r oughout the
the right to admipister the country have taken similar po-
sitions in demanding that Nas-
Gaza Strip.
Mr. White said that the ser should not be permitted to
United States is "closely follow- defy the world and that Israel's
ing developments in the Gaza rights should be guaranteed.
Strip. He said this country has The Detroit Tinies editorial de-
"consistently and strongly" sup- clared: "No one including the
ported the role of the United Arabs, believes Israel gave up
Nations and the United Nations Gaza without some kind of
Emergency Force to restore con- guarantee." In another edi-
ditions of tranquility and that torial, the Times stated: "The
the United States hopes that all questions as of this writing
parties concerned will continue pose a grave test for the poli-
to cooperate with the United dies of the Eisenhower admini-
Nations in its peace making ef- stration, and for the influence
and integrity of the UN."
forts.

U.S. Press Reactions

A firm stand against Nasser-
ism is demanded in the Ameri-
can press. Some of the week's
reactions to the new develop-
ments are:
The New York Herald-Trib-
une declares that UNEF and
Hammarskjold "should, under
no circumstances, admit Egyp-
tian administration into Gaza
under UN protection. That
would be to cast the cloak of
UN authority over a defiance
of the UN by Egypt. President
Nasser's challenge has been de-
liberate; it must be met firmly
and unequivocally."
New York Post: "Israel's with-
drawal was an avowed 'act of
faith' in the UN—and in Amer-
ica . . If there is irresolution
and timidity in Washington, if
diplomats try to act as if the
`crisis' is over, if the UN seeks
to drop the subject, it is not Is-
rael alone that will be the vic-
tim. The moral standing of both
the U. S. and the UN is at stake,
and peace in the Middle East
hangs in the balance."
New York Times: "Reliance
on the good faith of a dictator
is again proving to be a dan-
gerous procedure." . . Nasser
"may base his stand on a spuri-
ous plea of 'belligerency,' but
that is not what it is. It is, if
he insists upon it, blackmail.
The nations who voted in the
General Assembly to get the
British, the French and the Is-
raelis out of Egyptian-controlled
territory are now morally obli-
gated to see to it that Nasser
does not take advantage of the
UN's action to vent his spite
against Israel."
Detroit News: "Now that Gaza
is erupting, it is automatically
assumed that the disorders are
Egyptian-agitated. In the ab-
sence of concrete proof, it suf-
fices to -say that unless the Cairo
government is utterly free of
guilt, its undermining of UN
authority in this instance is pe-

Attempt on Kastner's Life Linked
to Underground Terrorist Party

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

TEL AVIV — A senior Israel
police officer declared Tuesday
that a "political terrorist un-
derground organization" was
responsible for the attempt last
week to assassinate Dr. Israel
Kastner, former leader of Hun-
garian Jewry and central figure
in a libel action which rocked
the government last year.
Three men arrested in the
search for Dr. Kastner's assail-
ant were arraigned in Magis-
trate's Court here Tuesday and
remanded. for 15 days to enable
police to complete their inves-
tigations. Police asserted that
the- three will be charged with
attempted murder. Fingerprints
on the weapon with which Dr.
Kastner was shot and on the
stolen jeep used in the ambush
linked the three men to the
crime, police said.
Among several others being
held by the police is Jacob
Herouti, an attorney who repre-
sented two of the defendants
until his own arrest. Herouti
and some of the others now
held on suspicion were involved
in the, 1952 trial of an under-
ground group charged with the
bombing of the Soviet Legation
in Tel Aviv and with throwing
hand grenades at the Czecho-
slovak Legation. Members of
the group received prison sen-
tences but were subsequently
pardoned.
A police communique asserted
that documents had been found
tending to prove that the "under-
ground" had also planned at-
tempts on the life of many per-
sonalities. Suspects not "charged
directly with participation in
the Kastner atterript will be
tried under a law of the British
Mandatory regime aimed at the
Jewish underground g r o up s,
making membership in a terror-
ist organization a crime.

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One hundred couples, who
have organized as the "Friends
o f Circuit Judge Victor J.
Baum." are sponsoring a dinner-
dance honoring Judge Baum.
Saturday, March 23. The affair,
to begin with ockisails at 7
p.m., is to be held at the Sidney
Hill Northwest Club, 13333 W.
Eight Mile R o a d. Music for
dancing will be provided by
Dick Stein and his orchestra.
Mrs. Julian H. Scott is chair-
man of the dinner-dance. Her
committee includes Mesdames
Albert Colman, Morris H.
Brown and Melvin Weingarden.

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Judge Nathan J. Kaufman,
who was unanimously elected
honorary president, led the
slate of officers of the advisory
council of the Merchants Corn-
munity Center established by
the Clay-Oakland Merchants
Association to serve the youth
and the adults of the Clay-Oak-
land area, at the first Council
meeting.
Samuel Lips.on, past president
of the Clay-Oakland Merchants
Association, was elected Center
president. Charles J. Wartman,
executive editor and publisher
of the Michigan Chronicle, was
elected vice-president. Secretar-
ies are Mrs. Fred Tucker, presi-
dent of the Palmer School PTA,
and Mrs. Ethel Smith, president
of the Brietmeyer School. Jo-
seph E. Zasucha, was elected
treasurer.
Other members of the advi-
sory council are James P. Cobb,
president, Clay-Oakland Mer-
chants Association; Rivers Cor-
ley, Joseph Edelman, Ernest
Mackay and Jeff Poser.
The Merchants Community
Center, which has as its slogan
"Youth — our best investment
today and t o m o r r o w," was
opened following the presenta-
tion Of the premises at 1337
Clay to the community by the
Clay-Oakland Merchants Asso-
ciation, and after a survey made
by the Department of Parks
and Recreation pointed up the
need for such a Center. The
staff is supervised by that De-
partment.

A bake sale will be held by
the Deltons teen club at 7:30 .
p.m.. Thursday, in the Davison
Jewish Center.

Dinner-Dance to Honor
Judge Baum, March 23

6nioy

Judge Kaufman, Lipson
Head Advisory Group
of Clay-Oakland Center

Teen Club to Conduct
Bake Sale Thursday

The Tel Aviv Bar Association
has protested the a r r e s t of
Herouti while he was engaged
in defending clients against an
attempted murder charge. The
attorney was reported Tuesday
to have gone on a hunger strike
in protest against his arrest.
Dr. Kastner, who was hit by
one of three bullets fired by
his assailant, was reported
Tuesday to be slightly improved
but was
still on the danger list.

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