Nasser Propaganda Aims to Incite Refugees -:,/o Revolt Syrian Border Attacks Called z Aim, to Divert Public Opinion ti O Friday, June 28, 1957 1z' (Continued from Page 1) Malik and Mr. Eban because they reckoned that nothing could damage an Arab politi- cian more than an accusation, or even suspicion, of contact with Israel. Hostility to Israel is still the measure of Arab patriotism; the more violently a politician attacks Israel, the more devoted he appears to the Arab national cause. The Lebanese themselves, whatever some of them may think pri- vately, have always been loud in_ expressing their hate for Israel. Mr. Malik has indeed been an excellent Arab patribt in this respect . . . Today he is the victim of Syrian and Egyptian intrigue, and no one in Israel has any reason to feel particularly sorry for him. "If ever a statesman should arise in the Arab world who will really write a sensible letter to Mr. Eban advocating, peace and good-neighborly re- lations, he will of course be vilified by his fellow Arabs; in fact, he will be lucky if he suffers nothing worse than vilification. His action would be an outstanding example of what Bismarck called civil courage. Egypt and Syria are paying Mr. Malik a great compliment if they really think him capable of this." Both Israeli and Jordan sources denied an earlier Egyptian-inspired report that negotiations were being held in Rome between Israel, Jor- dan, Lebanon and Iraq on resettlement of the Arab re- fugees. Shimon Peress, director general of the Israeli Defense Ministry said he questioned authenticity of the report and labeled it the product of the internal • Arabian conflict by which Egypt was seeking to smear Jordan in the Arab world. The Jordan legation in Rome flatly called the report untrue. Meanwhile, the arrival of Soviet submarines in the Gulf of Aqaba and troubles on the Detroiters Aboard Israel Liner Witness Dramatic Rescue at Sea Israel-Syrian border are adding to the newly-aggravated issues in the Middle East. JTA reports from Tel Aviv that Israeli officials believe the new upsurge of border violence might be due to the aggravation of internal hard- ships in Syria and the need to divert public opinion. (Detailed Report on Syrian Border Attacks on Page '7) Israel Struggles to Deal With Soviet Power Thrust JERUSALEM (JTA)—Israeli officials groped this week for ways to deal with the ex- plosive new power thrust of the Soviet Union into the Middle East signalized by the delivery of three submarines to Egypt. The threat of the new naval power to the western position in the area was heightened by the arrival in the Mediter- ranean of a number of Soviet warships which started passing through the Bosphorus Strait. Israel reacted with three moves. Shimon Peress, direc- tor general of Israel's Ministry of Defense, warned that Israel would not permit Egypt to use the new underwater craft to interfere with Israeli shipping. His reference was to shipping both in the Mediterranean and in the Gulf of Aqaba. The Israel Foreign Ministry instructed its Embassies in Paris, London and Washington to exchange views with France, Britain and the Eisenhower Administration on the new threat. Israeli officials also let it be known that they were sounding out the western na- tions on the possibility of obtaining anti - submarine weapons. The United States reacted vigorously as soon as the Soviet naval moves into the Mediterranean became known. Admiral Arleigh A. Burke, Chief of U.S. Naval Operations, left Washington for Sixth Fleet headquarters in the Mediterranean. Daniel Olaf Soerensen, third engineer aboard a Norwegian vessel lies on a stretcher as the lifeboat of the SS Israel is hoisted to the deck, following a dramatic rescue operation at sea. ft= * * * Passengers arriving in New York aboard the SS Israel of the Zim. Israel-America Lines -- a number of them Detroiters — gave eye-witness accounts of a breath-taking, mid-ocean res- cue which showed the skill of Israel's nine-year-old merchant marine. Crew and passengers, alike, credited the saving of 45-year- old Daniel Olaf Soerensen, en- gineer aboard the Swedish motorship William, to Capt. Jacob Jakobson and First Mate Mike Unger, of the Israel. The Norwegian seaman, who was fast bleeding to death as a result of injuries suffered on duty, was rescued after a Morse code request from the William. Previously, the Coast Guard was contacted, but near hurri- cane winds prevented a ship from leaving port. The Israel, as the closest- ship, was con- tacted and steamed four hours out of its way at top speed to make the rescue. Capt. Jakobson maneuvered the Israel so that her bulk form- ed a shield against the wind. Commanding the lifeboat, Un- ger, a Sabra, navigated along- side the other ship, and the injured man was carefully low- ered on a stretcher. Mr. and Mrs. Leon Kay, who were returning home from Italy, where Mrs. Kay met her hus- band after his visit to Israel, called it "an exciting experi- ence." – They said, "The Israeli sea- men proved extremely efficient as if they belonged to a thous- and-year seafaring people. "It was evident that in their brief experience — the Israelis turned to the sea less than nine years ago — they have become skillful navigators. Their rescue work was done with such artis- try that it brought prolonged applause from all who were with us aboard the fine Israeli vessel." From the moment 'Capt. Ja- kobson stopped engines to the time he resumed his voyage with the injured man safely in the Israel's hospital, only 20 minutes elapsed. Dr. Mordecai Kiesler, the ship's surgeon, examined his pa-- tient and reported that he was suffering from internal hemor- age and, in fact, must have been bleeding internally for several days: A few more hours without plasma and antibiotics and the man would have been dead. As events turned out, the story has a happy ending. By the time the Israel docked in New York, Soerensen was up and about. He is now resting in Brooklyn's Norwegian S e a - man's Home, prior to being flown back to his native coun- try. Besides the Kays aboard the Israel were Mr. and Mrs. Abra- ham Cohen, and their children, former Detroiters who are re- turning here for a two-year stay, and David Feinberg and Diana Steinhardt, Habonim stu- dents from Detroit who worked and studied in Israel for nine and they performed their job months. In Washington, suggestions were made that the submarines were not really intended com- pletely for Egyptian use. Naval sources indicated that the Rus- sians wanted to increase • their prestige in the Arab world by demonstrating their ability to put such naval power into the Eastern Mediterranean-. Other Washington experts said the delivery of the Egyp- tian submarines and - the en- trance of Soviet warships into the Eastern Mediterranean were based on two other Soviet objectives: To offset the impact of the Sixth Fleet presence by a display of their own naval power, and to bolster the sag- ging prestige of Egypt and its chief pro-Soviet Arab partner, Syria. Still another Russian objec- tive was listed as an effort to begin surveillance of the move- ments of the Sixth Fleet with Egyptian submariners doing the observing. Sen. Humphrey -Wants Israel Included in U.S. Military Exchange Program WASHINGTON (JTA) — Chairman Hubert H. Hum- phrey of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on Near Eastern Affairs, this week called Senate attention to his statement that "I was shocked to learn that Israel is not in- cluded in our military ex- change programs." The Senator was referring to the American military, naval and air training program which trains officers and specialists on the exchange basis. He said: "I have recommended to the Secretary of State that Israel be included, and I am told that plans are now underway." Sen. Humphrey had a talk with President Eisenhower at the White House and revealed that the two discussed; the "delicacy" of handling foreign policy with respect to the Middle East. The Minnesota Democrat told the President the situation in the area was improving somewhat but that this did not mean there was anything to cause over- enthusiasm because the situa- tion remained "pretty bad." The Senator expressed a belief that the Administration is in process of developing a sounder Middle East policy through implementation of the Eisenhower Doctrine. Eshkol Confers With Dulles; Outlines Israel's Economic Problems WASHINGTON (JTA) — Is- rael's Finance Minister Levi Eshkol was afforded "a very good opportunity" to explain the background of economic problems of Israel to Secretary of State Dulles. Israel Ambas- sador Abba Eban made this known after a State Depart- ment meeting that lasted almost an hour. Eshkol called on Secretary Dulles to provide a full sur- vey of economic problems which Israel faces, especially those arising from the in- creased flow of immigrants. The Israel Finance Minister met again today with officials of the U.S. Export - Import Bank. Plans are going forward for a bank team to leave for Israel in July to consider Israel's application for a $75,- 000,000 irrigation development loan. Specific programs have been discussed by Mr. Eshkol in meeting with other govern- ment agencies including the Department of Agriculture and the International Cooperation Administration. During the week-end, Eshk- tol, accompanied by Ambas- sador Eban, conferred with William Rountree, Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs, and talked with Agriculture Secretary Elmer Benson on more surplus commodities for Israel. Al- though no formal statements were issued after the talks, it was believed likely that Israel would receive additional food as a result of House approval of a measure making available an additional one billion dol- lars worth of surplus foods to friendly nations. Eshkol also conferred with John B. Hollister, director of the Internatidnal Cooperation Administration, and Samuel Waugh, president of the U.S. Export-Import Bank. Bank of- ficials have indicated that a mission will be sent to Israel in July to consider a pending application for a $75,000,000 loan for Israeli water develop- ment project s. The Israeli Minister would talk also with private business interests dur- ing his visit to determine whether they might be in- terested in investing in hous-. ing projects in Israel. Important U.S. officials made it known that a virtual freeze on U.S. economic aid to Egypt will continue until that coun- try demonstrate_s a friendlier attitude toward the U.S. Anti- American propaganda emanat- ing from the Nasser regime is viewed here as creating an atmosphere in which it is diffiL cult to resume the U.S. as- sistance program in Egypt. The State Department has been ap- proached a number of times in recent months by the Egyp- tian Ambassador on the ques- tion of aid resumption. UN Surveys Israel's, Egypt's Losses from Sinai Campaign UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA) — The losses sustained by Israel and Egypt as an aftermath of the Sinai cam- paign are dealt with in a report issued by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs reviewing econo- mic developments in the Middle East. The report says that "direct material losses were incurred wholly by Egypt." As for Is- rael, the report states: "Prepa- ration for the campaign by purchases of arms, the slow- down in production owing to extensive mobilization for a period of weeks, the cost of the campaign itself, the con- sequent suspension of United States aid and the fall in re- ceipts from tourists—all these factors strained Israel's foreign exchange position and gener- ally reduced output in the last two months of l95-6. In conse- quence, the inflationary pres- sures within the economy ap- pear to have increased and prices showed a tendency to rise." Saudi Arabia Submits Another Complaint Against Israel to Security Council UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA)—In another letter to the Secretary General and to the president of the S e c u r it y Council Saudi Arabia presented another complaint charging violation of its territorial waters in the Gulf of Aqaba by Israel but failed to ask for any action. The letter charged that on June 13 "an Israeli destroyer sailed from Elath and violated Saudi Arabian territorial waters in the coastal town of Al- Barij. The destroyer laid an- chor in that locality for several hours before it eras replaced by another Israeli naval unit.'' Saudi Arabia reiterated its position that "the Aqaba Gulf is Arab territorial waters" and reiterated its "determination to uphold its rights and interests in the fact of such Israeli provocative acts." Israel Bond Leaders Inaugurate 1957 Campaign at Annual Dinner Israel Bond leaders at Annual Chairman's Dinner June 20, at Adas Shalom: Left to right: Phillip Stollman, David Safran, and Louis Berry, vice: chairman of the Detroit Bond Organ- ization, and Abe Basle, chairman; and Congressman James Roosevelt, who was guest speaker at the June 20 dinner.