Dr. von Grunebaum Next Institute Speaker
Dr. Schwadran Urges Calling of
Nasser-USSR Middle East Bluff
States should "stand up" in a
manly fashion "and face Mid-
east economic problems."
"The worst thing we can do
is to coddle or appease the
Arabs," he said. "The only way
to speak to them is to say 'Go
join the Russians if you want!',
and then we will see the true
situation," the economist as-
serted.
"Russia has never really
given aid to Arabs," Dr.
Schwadran said. "They have
done so only by implication.
Chicago Professor
They traded arms for cotton,
with which they undersold
Next Institute Guest
The Middle East Institute, Egypt in the European mar-
hoodwinked the
sponsored by the Midrasha Col- ket. Nasser
U.S. into thinking that Russia
lege of Jewish Studies of the had made 'an Aswan Dam
United Hebrew offer. - • ,
Schools, wi 11
"The Arabs delperately need
have as its
third guest our money, markets and facili-
lecturer P r 0- ties connected with oil," the eco-
fesbor Gustav nomic expert emphasized.
In his Esther Berman audito-
von G-run e-
baum, speaking rium lecture, "Basic Economic
on "The Cul- Patterns of the Middle East,"
U.S.
tural F ace of Schwadran revealed that
virtually
the Middle Middle East aid is
meaningless, since the bulk of
von GrunebaumEast."
is "recklessly
Professor von Grunebaum, Arab money
who was educated at Berlin squandered." Advice of our
and Vienna universities, was ly been implemented, he elabo-
rated. He cited examples of
for four years associate profes-
sor of Arabic and Islamic plained. He cited examples of
studies at the New York City beautiful Iraqi hospitals without
doctors and nurses, a Turkish
Asia Institute.• Presently pro- fish cannery foolishly built near
fessor at the University of Chi-
he has been- chairman of unresourceful waters, an un-
cago
needed Mid-east cement factory.
that institution's department of
Eighty percent of its industry
Arabic.
is connected with agriculture,
Chairman of the InternationV but merely 6 percent of the Mid-
Symposiums of Islamists in Spa, dle East is under cultivation,"
Belgium, and Bordeaux, France, he said. "Lack of artificial irri-
he is author of "Medieval Is- gation and the social patterns of
lam," "Muhammadan Festivals," the population forces the masses
"Islam," and "Unity and Var- to live in abject poverty," he
iety in Muslim Civilization.*
pointed out. "The Middle East
contains 75 percent of the
world's oil reserves, yet the re-
gion yielded 24 percent of 1955
world production.
"Middle East intranational
economic cooperation for mu-
An institute on "Israel and tual benefit does not exist,"
Jewish Living in America" he added. "However, even the
will be held on March 30 and individual nations have not
31 at the Labor Zionist Insti- developed to the benefit of
tute, Schaefer near Seven Mile, their own people," he said.
announces Joseph Edelman, in- "If more fully developed, the
Middle East could more than
stitute Chairman.
The Institute, under the aus- quadruple its present produc-
tion."
pices of the Detroit Labor Zi-
onist Council, in co-operation
During a question period, Dr.
with the Culture Committee of Schwadran confirmed the influ-
the Labor Zionist Organization ence of oil executives on Ameri-
of America, will feature discus- can State Department policy. A
sions on "The Impact of Israel dosier of letters presented by
on the American Jewish Com- Harold Ickes before a Senate
munity," "The Jew in Ameri- committee exposed the dual loy-
can Society," and "New De- alty of an American State De-
velopments in. Jewish Educa- partment member who is also a
tion."
vice-president of Standard Oil,
Institute speakers i n u d e he cited.
Rabbi Mcirris Adler, of Cong.
Asked about the Israeli oil
Shaarey Zedek, Dr. Norman outlook, he revealed a geolo-
Drachler, executive director of gist's belief that Israel's Heletz
Beth El Religious School and oil field may be on the edge of
president of the National Asso- an off-shore oil .shield.
ciation of Temple Educators,
The U.S. must pressure Arabs
Boris M. Joffe, executive direc- to develop their skilled labor
tor of the Detroit Jewish Com- and technology, he said. Arabs
munity Council, . Dr. Israel T. view our lack of conviction on
Naamani, executive director, the matter as Western weakness,
Bureau of Jewish Education, he stressed.
Louisville, Ky., C. Bezalel
Philip Slomovitz presided_ at
Sherman, LZ director of cul- the Middle-East Institute ses-
tural and community activities, sion.
and Harold Silver, executive
director of the Jewish Social
Service Bureau.
The entire community is in-
vited to attend the sessions.
"Take our money on our
terms, or leave it!" is what
the U.S. should tell Arab - na-
tions, Dr. Benjamin Schwadran,
outstanding economic authority
and editor of "Middle Eastern
Affairs," declared at the Middle
East Institute session, sponsored
by the United Hebrew Schools'
Midrasha, Monday night, Schwa-
dran, world renowned expert on
the crucial role of oil in the
Middle East, believes the United
Helping to raise a record
sum of $35,100,000 at the
United Jewish Appeal Na-
tional Inaugural Conference
at Miami, earlier this month,
are, left to right, seated:
WILLIAM ROSENWALD,
UJA - general chairman; and
Gov. ABRAHAM A. RIBI-
C,OFF, of Connecticut; stand-
ing, JACK D. WELLER, JO-
SEPH HOLTZMAN, of De-
troit, and SAMUEL H.
DAROFF, all UJA national
chairmen.
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of Jewish Women in Washing-
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nounced by Mrs. Moise S. Cahn,_
of New Orleans, national presi-
dent of NCJW.
Sen. and Mrs. Lehman will
be given a joint award at the
convention banquet, Thursday.
This will be the first national
public tribute to Mrs. Lehman
for her important role in the
Senator's career.
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