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Ellis' Adoption Case Awaits Egypt's Duties in Suez Outlined in Blockade Analysis
"The Legal Aspects of the Egyptian government desist accordance with its obligations
Florida Extradition Decision Egyptian
Blockade of the Suez from interference with the under the Charter to comply
Canal" is the subject of an im-
portant article o n the Suez
crisis by Sinclair Dinitz, in the
Georgetown Law Journal.
This scholarly article reviews
the history of the Suez agree-
ments and international con-
ventions. It explains the pro-
visions of the 1888 Constanti-
nople Convention and brings the
issue up to date in a review of
attempts to justify Egypt's re-
strictions under the convention.
A section dealing with the
principles of international law
are of special interest.
The author reviews the Egyp-
tian-Israel g e neral armistice
agreement and points out:
"The United Nations Mixed
Armistice Commission, which
had discussed a complaint of
Egyptian interference with Is-
rael bound shipping through
the Canal, concluded on Aug.
29, 1949, that it 'was correct
in thinking that it has the
right to demand that the
passage of Israel-bound goods
through the Suez Canal . . .
But in spite of authoritative
interpretations a n d injunc-
tion. Egyptian government
continued to refuse to com-
ply."
Dr. Dinitz then takes up the
subsequent decision of the UN
Security Council which, in a
resolution on Sept. 1, 1951, re-
futed Egypt's various legal pre-
texts. He. mentions Israel's pre
sentation of the case again to
the Security, Council on Feb.
5, 1954, and he places on the
record again the Security Coun-
cil resolution of March 29, 1954,
which called "upon Egypt, in
therewith." Mr. Dinitz con-
cludes:
"The major task facing the
free world today in the Middle
East is to see that the grievances
which led to this present dis-
turbance are cured, that the
injustices which prevailed are
remedied, and the provocations,
which were at the root of the
whole conflict, are removed."
SPRINGEL
1S COMING
BACK!
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Facing kidnap charges in Boston as a result of action to re-
turn their adopted daughter (center), to her natural mother,
Mr. and Mrs. Melvin B. Ellis wait in their Florida home to be
served with extradition papers aimed at returning them to
Massachusetts. The child, Hildy, 51/2-years old, was adopted
by the Jewish couple after birth and her mother, now married
and a Roman Catholic seeks her return, to have her cared for
in a Catholic institution. Massachusetts law bans adoption
of a child by foster-parents of a different faith. Meanwhile,
many people, mostly non-Jews, are rallying in support of
the Ellises and are urging Florida's Governor LeRoy Collins
not to issue extradiction papers. In Boston, Methodist Bishop
John Wesley Lord urged that Hildy McCoy be allowed to remain
with her Jewish foster parents. The Ellises also received sup-
port from the 1,800-church Massachusetts Council of Churches,
representing 11 denominations, in their request to Gov. Collins
to make sure his "decision in the Ellis-McCoy case will be
based primarily on the welfare of this child. The board feels
that up to this point the Massachusetts authorities have not
been sufficiently concerned with the personal values involved."
But the Boston Catholic Pilot resorts to an attack on the Ellis'
lawyer, Ben Cohen, charging that he is an associate of bookies.
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Dingell's Congressional Statements
Show Lebanese-Jewish Goodwill Here
Interesting appeals for Arab-
Jewish cooperation- echoed in
Congress this week as a result
of statements incorporated by
Detroit's Congressman John D.
Dingel in the Congressional
Record.
Calling attention to the ap-
peal "To Israel's Lebanese
Neighbors," signed SHALOM,
that appeared in the Lebanese
Detroit news-
paper, Leesan
Al-Adl — Leb-
anese Gazette
—and was re-
printed in the
March 8 - isSue
of The JeWish
News, Con-
gressman Din-
gell inserted
the complete
text of the let-
ter. -He append-
ed to it a state-
ment paying
- Dingell honor • to the
editor of the Lebanese Gazette,,
Checri S. 'Canaan, and ex-
pressed the view that "it is the
extremists who seek to prevent
a peaceful settlement -so that
all may live ti3. gether in the
Mideast to develop the re-
sources of the area for the good
of the people."
In the same issue of the Con-
gression,a1 Record—March 21—
Congressman Dingell also in-
serted The Jewish News edi-
torial from our issue of Jan. 11,
"Plea to Statesmen and Our
Arab Cousins," which Mr. Ka-
riaan reprinted in the Lebanese
Gazette as a signed article, and
he appended to it this state-
ment:
"Mr. Speaker, proof that the
peoples of the Middle East are
deeply interested in peace for
the good of all, Arab and Jew
alike, is found in an article
which was first printed by
Philip Slomovitz in The Detroit
Jewish News. This article was
picked up by a very fine gen-
tleman, Mr. Checri S. Kanaan,
editor and publisher of Leesan
Al-Adl, a weekly Lebanese
newspaper published in Detroit,
Midi. In this article men of both
the Jewish and Arab races show
their good will and sincere de-
sire for peace in the Middle
East. All right-thinking men
join these two very fine news-
papermen in their wish that
some day there may be peace
between Israel and her Arab
neighbors."
(A number of Detroiters this
week honored Congressman and
Mrs. John D. Dingell on the
occasion of the birth of their
son, Christopher, on Feb. 23, by
planting trees in Israel through
the JewiSh National Fund.)
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Marshall. to Speak
at' Third Seder
of Histadrut Drive
The final program arrange-
ments for the annual third
seder of the Detroit Histadrut
Campaign. were announced this
week by officials of the
organization.
Planned for April 18, at Adas
Shalom Synagogue, the third
seder will highlight an address
by Brig. Gen. S.- L. A. Marshall,
Detroit . News military analyst
and editorial writer who wrote
a series of articles for the news-
paper on the Middle East situa-
tion.
Also featured on the program
will be a young and new
group of artists from Israel.
Called the Tzabor Group, . the
entertainers include a musi-
cian, a singer and two dancers
who will provide a display of
the 'cultural progress of the
Jewish state.
Rounding out the evening's
activities will be Aleksander
Gronowsky, humorist and
monologist. Passover refresh-
ments will be served. No tickets
are necessary for admission.
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