Disturbing Note in U. S.-Israel- German Relations Poisoned Roots in Middle East Controversies Editorials, Page 4 THE JEWV:11 NE A Weekly Review Michigan's Only English-Jewish Catholic Girl's Memoirs Point to Family Breaches in Jewish Events Mixed Marriages 4`' .corporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle ,) Commentary, Page 2 .\ VOLUME XXXI — No. 21 27. 17100 W. . 8-9364 — Detroit 35, July 26, 1957 $5.00 Per Year; Single Copy 15c Eisenhowek Reaffirms Suez Stand; Test Passage 'Unofficial ii ' Genots:Springboard for the _Modern DAP to Nese Homelands BY DR. JOSEPH GLOGAU GENOA — This is Italy's greatest port. It is always crowded with ships flying the flags of many nations, arriving and departing, and - linking the East to the West. Yet the freight that the ships carry, the human freight, is a sYmbol of the times in which we live. In this port is located an important office Of United Hias Service, the world-wide Jewish migration agency, which has specialized for many decades in rescue and resettlement. I talked to many of these refugees, and at the office of United Hias I was given the oppor- tunity to learn the new version of the Jewish tragedy created by the uprising in Hungary and by events in Egypt. . With the Hungarian uprising and the ex- pulsion of Jews from Egypt, -the United , Hias office's activity increased to an enormous ex- tent. While, in former times, emigrants arrived in Genoa •In small groups, completely processed and in possession of ship tickets to leave on a fixed date and ship, they are now arriving in shiploads, but often without firm bookings. It would be impossible to give a complete picture of the sufferings the Egyptian Jews sustained . incarcerated under the most in- human conditions and then expelled with nothing but a few Egyptian pounds and some personal belongings. One man, to whom I spoke, a man of the highest social and cultural standing, was ar- rested in the middle of the night. Separated from his wife and young children, he was confined for weeks, with "30 other Jews, in a windowless cell not large enough, ordinarily, for more than five persons. He was brought to the ship handcuffed to an Egyptian policeman, without knowing where his family was, or what had happened to them. . Another man, whose parents and ancestors had all been born in Egypt, was nevertheless considered stateless; he was beatenup and then expelled with his family, leaving behind him a busy factory which had given- work to several hundred Egyptian workers. • - - Dozens of times they put the same question to me: Where is the UN? Where is America, the traditional protector and defender of the poor and the homeless? Among these men, women, and children, there are craftsmen, pro- fessionals, scientists, orthodox and liberals. All Of them are brought down to a Common level, the old and the young, the rich and the poor ... they are now DPs, refugees, escapees. I inquired what was being done for them, particularly in terms of emigration, since. this seems tc be the only definite solution to their Problems. One thing I learned at once: There was not the least doubt that their problems are being handled by United Hias in the most expert and competent manner. United Hias workers in Genoa do not know office hours, weekends or holidays; whenever ships arrive or leave they are at the port, but I have never seen a Hias worker lose his friend, ly patience or.his understanding sympathy. About 22,000 Jews have left Egypt. Some 10,000 are currently in Italy according to a statement by the Italian • representative with the Intergovernmental Committee for European Migration (ICEM). About 10,000 more Jews Are expected to leave Egypt in the near fii- - ture.. . Those t3f- the expellees who -wish to go to .Israel are, brought to Greece and from there forwarded to Israel by the Jewish Agency, while those who, on the basis of their nation- ality, may stay '- in a European country or are forced to emigrate overseas, are brought to Genoa. Oily a handful of the Egyptian Jews went to the United States by the end of spring, mostly on preference quota, since no special emergency legislation has yet been passed, in - Congress_ in aid of the Egyptian refugees. Lord Rothschild Liquidates PICA. Passage. of' Israeli ships through the Suez Canal and the Gulf of Aqaba remains the major test in the current Israel-Arab issue. On Tuesday, the Israel-chartered Danish ship Briggite Toft was, permitted through the Suez Canal, on its way to Haifa, with a cargo of rice and copra' from Burma. The Toft is flying a Danish flag. But an Israeli sailor, Raphael Eilon, who replaced an ill Danish cargoman, was .arrested. The Toft paid canal tolls in free pounds 'sterling. Since it did not carry the Israeli flag, Israel regarded the test as "unofficial." The-Brigitte Toft, operating under charter to Israel, was the first large vessel to= enter. Elath harbor after the Aqaba Gulf blockade was breached by Israeli troops in the Sinai Peninsula. The ship suffered serious damage and loss of some of the cargo while loading in Burma: Ethergency repairs were made and it was decided to send the ship to unload at Haifa—rather than Elath, as originally scheduled—before directing it to a Danish port for repairs. Ike Writes Arab Rulers About U.S. Stand on Aqaba A Jewish. Telegraphic Agency cable_ from Jerusalem on Monday revealed that the activities of the Palestine Jew- ish Colonization Association (PICA), which was established by Baron Edmond de Roths- child 75 years ago, are being wound up and its assets are being -turned over to national Israeli institutions, the avail- able cash of $3,333,000 to be used for the construction of a Knesset building. The de- cision was made by the late James de Rothschild prior to his recent death, in a com- munication received posthu- mously by Israel's Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion. A detailed story of the Roths- child decision appears on Page 3. :•;.-3.'•••'' - • • WASHINGTON, (JTA) —President Eisenhower has written per- sonal letters not only to Arabian King Saud but to heads of other Arab states to calm rising Arab resentment over American support of Israeli shipping rights in the Gulf of Aqaba, it was reported in official circles. The President is-understood to have restated the American posi- tion in general. support .of Israel's right to use the gulf. A major difference exists between America and the Arabs on the definition of Arab territorial waters. The United States. holds to the view that a three-mile limit prevails while the Arabs maintain their territorial waters' extend six miles thus covering the narrow entrance to'th.e gulf. A report from -Cairo said Saudi Arabia has begun fortifying the entrance Indonesia Withdraws to the Gulf of Aqaba. The report said the Its Force from UNEF Saudis are placing heavy artillery at the UNITED NATIONS, N. gulf entrance. If true, the report points Y., (JTA)—The Indonesian up the fact that Saudi Arabia has taken government has informed over from Egypt the burden of the Aqaba the United Nations that it Gulf issue. is withdrawing its 584 sol- diers in the UN Emergency The White House denied that the Rev. Force at the termination Edward Ls, R. Elson, who is President of their six months of Eisenhower's pastor, is on a government service. In a letter to the mission seeking Arab-Israel peace. Dr. Secretariat, the government Elson, chairman of the national council of Indonesia expressed of American Friends of the Middle East, "deep regret at its inability recently met with President Nasser in to provide a replacement Cairo. (Continued on Page 6) for further service." ;:frait>10 0-4gA03Et.t,33 ._; . . ' ' Emigrants' Springboard in Genoa: At left, a view of the busy port of departure 'for thousands of Jewish migrants in their journey to safe and hospitable havens. At right, United Hias officials check the credentials and ments of the wanderers who are assisted by the great global migration agency to emigrate to the-docu- cbuntries of sanctuary. Above is a facsimile of the travelers' check issued to Jews expelled from Egypt. This 'is all the money these despoiled people are permitted to take out' of_ Egypt. All else is left behind. Below the check is a passpOrt issued by the Egyptian government. With this passport, and the few dollars they receive upon cashing the traveler's check that is if they can cash it, which is not always the case— and the few items of personal belongings they can carry with them, the expelled Jews of Egypt set out bravely of Genoa, Italy, 'which has become the point , — to face the world and to begin new lives.