Purely Commentary

$14;601,200 Sale of Israel Bonds Marks
Opening of '58 Campaign at Miami Parley

lie might seek to exert on the
MIAMI BEACH — The 1958 underscore the need for Jewish State.
strengthening
the
bonds
be-
campaign for Israel Bonds was.
However, he hastened to
launched with the sale of tween Jewish communities of
point out that these hopes of
Dangers in Syrian-Egyptian Merger: Some
$14,601,200 in Israel Bonds at the world and Israel," and
Nasser and Shukri al Kuwatly
Columnists Mislead Public in This Issue
the international inaugural con- called for "intensive partici-
"are doomed to disappoint-
pation in fortifying Israel's
There are, indeed, some dangers for the world at large in ference here.
ment, as have been similar
economy
and
speeding
her
the new Arab state-mergers. The Syrian-Egyptian union is
More than 1,700 delegates
anti - Israel conspiracies on
especially dangerous for Israel. The only salving feature in the from the United States, Canada development through in-
their part."
creased
efforts
on
behalf
of
deal is that it is as threatening to the existence of Lebanon, and Latin America participated
The coming 10 years will be
Jordan and Iraq as it is to Israel's.
in the three-day conference Israel Development Bonds."
The "big boss' in the new deal is Egypt's President Gamal marking the official opening of
In a similar cable to Laskey, "Israel's decade of consolida-
Abdel Nasser who becomes the "president" of the newly-merged the campaign to sell $75,000,000 Finance Minister Levi Eshkol tion," Samuel Rothberg, Na-
"republic." Nasser seeks a grip on the oil of his area. This map in Israel Bonds this year.
warned that, unless investments tional Chairman of Trustees,
told the Conference.
illustrates the economic grip that is sought by Nasser:
The announcement of the in- through Israel Bonds are in-
Rothberg reported that, in
itial sale for the new year was creased, the economy of the celebration of Israel's tenth an-
TURKEY
.country
may
suffer,
even
though
made
by
Lawrence
G.
Laskey,
0.TEHRAN
KIRKIJK
there will be a mo-
of Boston, chairman of the con- record advances have been niversary,
bilization conference for Israel
achieved
during
the
first
ten
ference, who characterized the
Bonds, in Jerusalem, Aug. 26
$14,600,000 total as the "hap- years of statehood.
IRAQ
Although recent develop- through Sept. 3.
1„
piest
way
of
saying
'Happy
'BAGHDAD
Israel's capacity to increase
Birthday' to the State of Israel." ments in the Middle East, nota- her population by 1,000,000
IRAQ
bly the union of . Egypt and
Since
May,
1951,
when
ABADAN
during the next decade depends
BASRA
Prime Minister David Ben- Syria, have introduced new in great measure on American
elements
of
concern
about
Gurion came to this country
–.:
aid, Dr. Joseph J.
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to inaugurate the first Israel Israel's future, both Israel economic
Ambassador Abba Eban and Dr. Schwartz, Vice Presid,ent of the
Bond
Issue,
more
than
$325,-
Suez
Abba Hillel Silver, of Cleve- Israel Bond Organization, told
000,000 in Israel Bonds have
SAUDI
Canal
land,
chairman of the board of the conference.
been sold, Laskey said.
ARABIA
OIL
The Women's Division has
BAHRAIN
Israel Bond investments have governors of the Israel Bond
PIPE LINES
been
responsible for the pur-
Organization,
struck
an
optimi-
gone into every phase of Israel's
RIYADH°
stic note with regard to Israel's chase and sale of $67,300,000
economic development.
out of the total of $325,000,000
The campaign to sell $75,000,- hopes for peace and security.
You see here; very clearly, that the principal pipelines which
in Israel Bonds which have
In
an
indirect
reference
to
carry oil from the fields of Iran, Iraq, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia 000 in Israel Bonds during 1958 the formation of the United been sold since the Bond drive
worm straight across Syrian territory. Nasser controls the Suez will be conducted in 28 coun- Arab R e p u b 1 i c, Ambassador began in 1951, it was announced
tries, including the United
Canal route, and he may now control also this route.
Eban emphasized that "irrespec- by Mrs. Joseph Cherner, of
Regrettably, some of our legislators and a number of our States, where the bulk of the tive of their internal or regional Washington, D.C., n a ti o n a l
money
is
raised,
Canada,
Latin
newspaper columnists who pose as "authorities" on the Middle
policies, Israel's neighbors are chairman of the Women's
East have been misled into believing that the Syrian-Egyptian America and Western Europe. obliged to respect the indepen- Division.
Abraham Feinberg, president
merger will react against Communist influence in. that area. This
A highlight of the Conference
dence and integrity of all states,
is farthest from the truth, as has been indicated in an analysis of the Israel Bond Organization, including Israel, and to refrain. was an Israel Independence Ball
announced
the
election
of
Ira
of the situation by David Lawrence, in the New York Herald
in celebration of Israel's tenth
Guilden, leading New York in their international relations anniversary, with Ambassador
Tribune. Lawrence' pointed out:
from
the
threat
or
use
of
force."
business
and
financial
leader,
as
Syria.
"There are no sound reasons for uniting Egypt and
Dr. Silver declared that the and Mrs. Eban as guests of
national chairman of the 1958
The Egyptians are not regarded as true Arabs, and there is no
combined
state of Egypt and honor.
Israel Bond campaign. Guilden,
common border between the two countries. The real reason
Conference delegates wit-
Syria was not an immediate but
who
is
chairman
of
the
board
for the move is that the Soviet. Union needed two pawns in
a potential threat to the secur- nessed the world premiere of
of
Title
Guarantee
and
Trust
the Middle East under a single stooge to play her game. The
Israel's Tenth Anniversary Fa-
Co., recently was named a mem- ity of Israel.
strategic moves of the Soviets in the 'cold war' always have a
shion Festival. The festival will
He
expressed
concern
that
ber of the board of Loew's, Inc.
military purpose. This time it is to gain possession of the very
tour major communities
Israel
might
find
herself
in
a
In a cable to Laskey, Prime
fuel on which the economy of Western nations depends.
a throughout the United States
"military
nutcracker"
as
-Minister
David
Ben
-
Gurion
"Eventually the true significance of the Egyptian seizure
and Canada for the remainder
stressed that the "fast-moving result of the unified pressure
of Syria will become clear. It is a move that makes war more
United Arab Repub- of 1958.
the
which
events"
in
the
Middle
East
likely in the troubled areas of the Middle East. It may prove
to be the tinderbox for starting the flames of a world war,
just as Hitler's tactics did in the 1930s."
Describing the Soviet coup for oil control in the Middle
East in Nasser's grab of Syria, David Lawrence stated:
•
"Colonialism—in a more despotic form this time than
ever known before—has emerged in the Middle East. Soviet
imperialism is in the saddle. Egypt has taken over Syria, and
non-Mapai party members at the only truly democratic
Direct JTA Teletype Wire
Nasser, paralleling Hitler, is hoping to take over neighboring
to The Jewish News
the cabinet table against method was one giving each
countries one by one.
citizen the right to choose his
JERUSALEM — The largest each of the three proposals.
"Without a vote of the people and with the aid of Com- number of deputies to attend
The Prime Minister, who has specific representative and that
munist infiltrators who will see that the forthcoming 'plebis-
only
a Knesset meeting in recent been campaigning for a two- "it is no accident that
cites' are properly rigged to 'ratify' the dictator's decision,
a fervent plea party system for years, put up countries with proportional
years
heard
Syria shortly will lose her independence altogether.
Wednesday from Prime Minis- a powerful battle but lacked representation have fallen un-
"The term 'union' of Egypt and Syria is an attempt to fool ter David Ben-Gurion for a
der the sway of totalitarian
the necessary votes.
the world into believing that the two countries voluntarily
switch to American-style elec-
All deputies but those of regimes of the right or left."
created a single state. Actually, Nasser, aided by the Com-
He charged that the only
toral representation, and then Mapai and the General Zion-
munist apparatus, engineered the deal, which in itself has no
voted down three proposals in ists ignored his warning that party which was sincerely in-
military importance but, as a source of potential friction, can
there was no electoral system terested in continuation of the
a row for such reform.
nevertheless be the forerunner of a world war.
method was the Com-
The first vote was on a more likely "to undermine existing party
"Just as Hitler's move into the Rhineland in 1936 and his
"which needs a
munist
democracy
and
leave
it
a
prey
Mapai-sponsored plan to divide
broken
fragmented
helpless
• later 'union' of Austria with Germany did not immediately
to
destructive
totalitarian
the country into 120 local
awaken the free world to the dangers ahead, so today's events
forces" than Israel's propor- democracy which will be easy
constituencies,
with
each
unit
in Egypt and Syria, even though more menacing, are not
to overcome and liquidate when
sending a deputy to Knesset tional representation system.
exciting world-wide concern. Nothing has been done as yet
He argued vigorously that the time comes."
on
the
basis
of
a
majority
vote
by the United Nations, for example, to inquire into this new in the district. At present,
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form of aggression as the people of Syria are deprived of their
parties electioneer on a nation-
sovereignty through the machinations of Soviet Russia.
wide basis and deputies are
Boris Smolar's
"For Syria henceforth will be an Egyptian colony.
chosen on the basis of propor-
"Most of the pipelines for the transport of oil—constitut-
tional representation. The pro-
ing an alternate route from the Middle East countries to
posal was beaten down 73 to
Mediterranean ports—are in Syria. So the coup means that
42.
the Communists, having first made sure that they control
The General Zionists then
Nasser and the Suez, now hold in their hands the future of
proposed a plan, according to
(Copyright, 1958,
the oil resources of the Middle East.
a strategy worked out last
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
"As a strategic move in the 'cold war,' the Communists
set
up
30
districts
week,
to
have obtained control over a very important area and now
with three deputies to be American "Neutralism"
will begin blackmailing the other Arab countries in an attempt
Is the policy of the United States with regard to the Arab-
elected from each unit and
a
to force them into a Pan-Arab union. The step constitutes
- be Israel problem quietly undergoing a change? . . . This question
the
remaining
30
seats
to
as
well
as
threat to Jordan, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and Israel
allocated on a proportional is being asked after a high State Department official declared
to Iran, Iraq and Turkey.
basis
among those parties re- that the U.S. policy vis-a-vis the Arab-Israel disput is a policy
"So far as the United States is concerned, it is committed
ceiving
a minimum total vote. of "neutrality" .. This statement is carried in the latest issue
to supply military help upon request if the independence of
This
was
rejected by the of the State Department Bulletin, giving it the stamp of official
Iran, Iraq, Turkey or other Middle Eastern countries is
approval . . . Heretofore, the U.S. policy with regard to the
tense
deputies
103 to 12.
threatened by Communist imperialism. This commitment was
Arab-Israel issue was not a policy of "neutralism" but a policy
The
Mapai
then
offered
an
undertaken through the Eisenhower Doctrine. Unfortunately,
alternative motion for a change of "impartiality" and "friendship" ... Certain circles in Washing-
the Communists got into Syria before the pro-Western elements
in the electoral system but ton see a difference between "impartiality" - and "neutralism"
there could assert themselves in opposition to Nasser. Moscow leaving details to be worked . . They consider it a retreat if the U.S. shifts from "friend-
today controls all the radio stations at Cairo and has a large
out later. This motion was re- ship" and ."impartiality" to "neutralism" . 6 . They point out that
number of technicians of all kinds inside both Egypt and
the very concept of the Unit-ed Nations implies rejection of
73 to 42 votes.
Syria. The annexation of Syria by Egypt will undoubtedly jected by
All parties had recalled neutralism on issues of war and peace ... In fact, some members
make it harder for the West to help the Syrian people to regain
deputies
from visits abroad of Congress assert that an American policy of "neutralism"
their independence. Certainly as long as Nasser is in com-
for
the
crucial
meeting and toward the Israel-Arab dispute does not square with U.S. insis-
mand at Cairo, Syria will remain an Egyptian colony."
only
five
of
the
120 deputies tence in the rest of the world that there can be no neutralism
It is clear, therefore, that there are serious dangers in the
were
absent.
One
of the un- . . . They also note that there is an attenuation of American
new Arab coup for the entire world, not Israel and her neighbors
for
usual scenes in the struggle friendship toward Israel out of an exaggerated concern
alone. The public - should not be misled. The Communist threat in which most of Israel's AO Arab sensibilities . . . Some of them are wondering, for instance,
to the free democracies of the world—and especially to Israel,
why. the State Department is so slow in approving the Export-
Turkey, Iraq, Jordan and Lebanon—is apparent. The "authori- parties faced the possibility Import Bank loan to Israel which was expected to be granted
of
loss
of
identity
in
the
ties" who believe otherwise would do well to study the facts.
defeated reform proposals several months ago, following the return of the Export-Import
The facts militate against any control that Nasser may acquire
was a show of hands by all Bank experts from their study in Israel.
in the Middle East.

By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ

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