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Arab Republic of the conse-
quences of a repetition of ag-
gression.
Meanwhile, Israel has agreed
to a UN Truce Supervision
Organization proposal that UN
observers patrol the Israel-
Syrian border region. Accom-
panied by Israeli liaison
officers, the UN observers will
patrol both demilitarized and
other areas near the border. it
is thought the proposal was
made to guarantee calm on the
border prior to and during
Secretary General Hammar-
skjold's forthcoming visit to the
Middle East.
Hammarskjold to Study
"Underlying Problems"
UNITED NATION S, N.Y.
(JTA)—Secretary General Dag
Hammarskjold told the United
Nations Security Council that
he expects on his forthcoming
visit to the Middle East not
only to look into the latest in-
cident of the Syrian attack
against Israel but also into the
"underlying problems" affect-
ing Israel and the United Arab
Republic.
Hammarskjold virtually told
the Council that he would pre-
fer that it took no other action
on the Israeli complaint against
the Syrian shelling except to
leave the dispute in his hands.
His proposal was immediately
endorsed by Henry Cabot
Lodge, chairman of the Ameri-
can delegation, who took the
floor right behind .Hammar-
skjold. Both expressed deepest
concern over the Dec. 3 incident
which, according to the
Israeli complaint, Syrian artil-
lery fired several hundred
shells into a number of Israel
villages in the Huleh border
region.
Observers here noted that
one of Israel's prime purposes
in filing the current complaint
—which was to obtain expres-
sions of concern from the UN
and the major powers—seems
already to have been achieved.
Hammarskjold will spend three
days in Israel during his forth-
coming visit to the Middle East.
He will fly to Jerusalem from
Somaliland on the morning of
Dec. 31 and will leave Jeru-
salem for Amman Jan. 3. He
will return to New York Jan. 8.
After a majority of the Secur-
ity Council, as well as Secretary
General Dag Hammarskjold,
Monday upheld Israel's insist-
ence that the Syrian attacks on
Israeli villages in the Huleh
area on Dec. 3 was a "grave"
and "s e r i o u s" incident, the
Council agreed to Hammarsk-
jold's suggestion that he make
a new e f f or t to "attack the
underlying problems which are
at the source of the tension"
between Israel and its A r a b
neighbors. •
Near the end of Monday's
session Ambassador Abba
Eban, chairman of the Israel
delegation, once more told the
11 member body that the en-
tire responsibility for the ten-
sions along the Syrian border
is the fact that 'the United
Arab Republic maintains a
state of war." He told the
Council that Syria has been
maintaining a policy of bel-
ligerence against Israel and
of obstructing Israel's plans
for completing water projects
in the Huleh area since 1951.
Eban again told the Council
that all that Israel wants is
peace and implied that if it does
not get peace it will have to
resort to the kind of defense
it undertook against Syrian fire
Dec. 3. In answer to Eban, Dr.
Omar Loutfi, head of the UAR
delegation, said that his country
will "not be frightened by
attacks or concentration of
troops" and that "if attacked,
will repel the attack.
Hammarskjold told the Secur-
ity Council it has always been
his "firm view" that "no mili-
tary action in contravention of
the cease-fire clauses of the
general armistice agreement
can be justified." He added:
"Personally, I note the incident
b e f ore the Security Council
with the deepest concern." He
went on to say that another
matter of concern were the
underlying problems which had
led to the present state of ten-
sion and the use of force. These
problems called for serious
efforts toward a peaceful solu-
tion eliminating the cause of
tension.
The Secretary General said
he is concerned about the "de-
terioration" of conditions
around the Huleh region and
Detroit Technion Society
Marks 20th Anniversary at
Annnal Dinner on Jan. 10
The Detroit Chapter of the
American Technion S o c i e t y,
founded' in 1939, will be cele-
brating its 20th anniversary on
Saturday, Jan. 10, at a dinner
to be held at Temple Israel.
As at all past annual dinners,
persons interested in the de-
velopment of the Israel Insti-
tute of Technology are invited
to attend.
Salman Grand, vice-chairman
of the Detroit group, can be
reached at UN. 3-9111 for reser-
vations
High on Mt. Carmel, where
Elijah the prophet preached
against the false teachings of
Baal, overlooking Haifa Bay,
stands a unique institution of
higher learning, known
throughout the world as the
Technion.
Technion-Israel Institute of
Technology, as it is more form-
ally known, is Israel's MIT and
industrial research center, all
rolled into one. With a student
body of nearly 3,000 and a fa-
culty of 500—including some of
the world's outstanding scien-
tists, many of them escapees
from Hitler's Europe—Technion
is the sole source of Israel's
technological and engineering
personnel.
Fifty years ago, the idea of
establishing an institution of
technology, in what was then
Palestine, which would afford
technical training to Jewish
youths, was formulated by a
group of Jews in Germany un-
der the a e g i s of Dr. Paul
Nathan. The idea caught on and
won the immediate support of
Jacob Schiff, the eminent Ameri-
can Jewish philanthropist who
contributed $100,000 towards
the realization of the plan for
such an institution.
Construction got underway
before World War I, when Pal-
estine was still ruled by the
Ottoman Empire, but was inter-
rupted during the war and was
not completed until a few years
after the armistice when the
British had assumed manatory
control of Palestine.
In 1924 the Technion open-
ed its doors to the first 30
students. Education in the en-
gineering sciences in that part
of the world at the time was
still in a trial and error
period, and it took several
years before Technion
achieved the high quality and
world-famed standards which
it enjoys today.
the Northern demilitarized zone
in the last year, and even more
concerned about "symptoms in-
dicating that the deterioration
is continuing." In this connec-
tion, he spoke of the dangers
of a military build-up in "an
area which has proved to be
explosive." What had happened
should be the turning point to-
ward "more favorable" devel-
opments, he said.
U.S. delegate Henry Cabot
Lodge told the Council: "The
events of Dec. 3 deserve our
serious concern because they
involve in fact armed action on
a large scale." The American
representative said that the
Council "cannot condone action
or the use of force in justifica-
tion of earlier actions. We can-
not agree," he said, "with those
who say that the past justifies
the present."
Hostility Marks Arrival
of Rountree in Bagdad
LONDON (JTA) — Evidence
of hostility on every .hand
greeted Assistant Secretary of
State William Rountree when
he arrived in Bagdad on the
second leg of his Middle East
tour. The American diplomat
had conferred in Cairo with
Nasser, admittedly the most im-
portant target of Washington's
attempt to win over Arab
leadership.
Anti-American placards were
pasted up or painted on build-
ings all over the Iraqi capital,
the British press reported. Even
the United States Embassy was
so plastered, despite protests
to the authorities. Editors of
Bagdad newspapers were en-
couraged to devote their lead
stories to the "spontaneous pro-
tests" against Rountree's visit.
Popular slogans in English
and Arabic in Bagdad were:
"Rountree Go Home," and
"Rountree Do Not Stop On Our
Beloved Land With Your Dirty
Feet." According to a report in
the London press, even tanks
and armored cars assigned to
guard the U.S. Embassy in Bag-
dad have such slogans on them.
Arabs to Intensify
Anti-Israel Boycott
The Arab Chambers of Com-
merce, concluding their eighth
annual meeting in Cairo, called
for an intensification of the
boycott against Israel and, at
the same time, for "greater
competition with Israel" in the
field of international trade. In
addition, the Arabs passed a
resolution recommending a boy-
cott of French products.
The non-existent state of
Palestine, together with the
sheikdoms of Kuwait and Bah-
rein, were admitted to the Fed-
eration of Arab Chambers of
Commerce. All had delegations
at the Afro-Asian conference of
Chambers of. Commerce re-
cently, but it is expected that
at next year's session of the
international parley the inchi-
sion of Palestine will be op-
posed by many delegations
which do not consider it a state.
France to Supply Israel
With Sixty Modern Jet
Fighters, Britain Reports
Israel will shortly acquire 60
French jet fighters considered
among the fastest and most
maneuverable in their class, it
was reported here by "Flying
Review," official publication of
the British Air Force.
"Flying Review" said that
the planes, Mirage 3-A jets,
were speedier and more modern
than Mystere IV, the fastest
jet in the Israel Air Force.
Dayan Foresees Harder
Times for Israel; Predicts
End of 'Honeymoon'
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Current
Israeli-Western relations were
described here as a "honey-
moon," by Gen. Moshe Dayan,
former Chief of Staff of the
Israel Army. Speaking here at
the first meeting sponsored by
the Mapai at which he was
featured, Gen. Dayan warned
that the "honeymoon" might
not last much longer.
He asked whether Israel was
prepared for harder times
ahead, insisting that the pres-
ent relations between this coun-
try and the West was not the
outcome of Israel's own work
but merely the coincidence of
the West's growing disillusion-
ment with the Arabs. "It is
quite likely the Arabs and the
West will have a rapproche-
ment," he said, and then Israel
will face "harder times."
Gen. Dayan granted that the
United States was the most
friendly of all nations to Israel.
But, he pointed out, the United
States had agreed to supply
Israel with arms only after
Egypt had received arms from
the Soviet Union.
The leader of the younger
group in the top ranks of the
Mapai opposed the idea of Is-
rael's integration with the Arab
states. With the present lower
level of Arab life, he said, this
would mean a step backwards
for Israel.
The General defended his
economic ideas, which have
created quite a stir, reiterating
his demands for increased pro-
duction at lower prices, in-
creased efficiency in industry
and civil service "even if this
causes temporary unemploy-
ment." He criticized the deci-
sion of the Histadrut to better
social conditions of workers.
This, he continued, would cost
the state 20,000,000 pounds at
a time it was looking for a
20,000,000 pound loan to cover
immigration and absorption
costs.
He attacked various groups
of workers, like teachers and
engineers, who look for higher
wages while they are not pre-
pared to increase productivity.
He blamed his own party for
failing to maintain a stable
price situation last year, with
the result that the budget has
a 50,000,000 pound deficit.
An Israeli protest to the
United Nations Truce Super-
vision Organization was ex-
pected against Egyptian viola-
tion of Israel air space.
Egyption jets flew over sev-
eral inhabited areas of Israel,
chiefly in the southern Negev,
dropping flares. The flares lit
up the night terrain in the
vicinity of Elath, Mishmar
Hanegev and along the Israel-
Jordan demarcation line.
Trigger happy Syrian troops
on the eastern side of the de-
militarized zone in the Huleh
area again let loose with ma-
chine guns and automatic rifles,
an Israeli military spokesman
revealed. There were no Israeli
casualities, and the Israelis did
not return the fire.
Hundreds of jeeps and trucks
and major quantities of com-
munications equipment used by
the United Nations observer
force in Lebanon are now being
transferred to UN Truce Super-
vision Organization headquar-
ters in Jerusalem, to be stored
in UNTSO facilities in no-man's
land between Israel and Jordan
territory.
Around the World...
A Digest of World Jewish Happenings, from
Dispatches of the Jewish Telegraphic Agency and Other
News-Gathering Media.
Israel
JERUSALEM—Israel farm authorities reported a several
days' rainfall that saved crops in most parts of the country that
were threatened by a lengthy drought, but they stated that more
heavy rainfall is needed to assure normal yields and that the
drought continues in the Negev where crops in some areas are
considered lost. . . . The Israeli Cabinet voted down a proposal
that elections for municipal and local councils be held on differ-
ent dates from next Summer's national elections, and a decision
to allow non-Israeli residents to vote in the local elections was
also deferred by a narrow margin—again overriding the Premier.
. . . A budgetary deficit for the first half of the fiscal year of
62,000,000 pounds, of which 52,000,000 pounds was laid to the
deficit of the Israel development budget, was reported by the
Israel Treasury.
TEL AVIV—The success of Israel's adult education program
will be of immense significance in the building of a nation from
immigrants from tens of nations, Premier David Ben-Gurion
stressed in a message of greetings to the session here of an
International Seminar on Adult Education sponsored by the Un-
ited Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Europe
LONDON—The West German Government, in a diplomatic
note to Britain and seven other European countries, expressed
willingness to negotiate on compensations for victims of the
Nazis who are not covered by existing compensation laws.
FRANKFURT—Bank Leumi Lelsrael, Israel's state bank,
opened an information office here to advise German residents
who may wish to invest in Israeli enterprises concerning imports
and exports to and from Israel.
PARIS—It was reported here that a museum will be estab-
lished soon in Kovno, former Lithuanian capital, now a part of
the USSR, to commemorate the '70,000 Jews and others murdered
in that city, once a flourishing center of Jewish life and culture,
the museum to house a collection of documents and photographs
detailing the barbaric Nazi treatment of their victims.
AMSTERDAM—This city's Town Council approved a pro-
posal to convert the former Jewish Theater in the center of the
city into a chapel with an eternal light burning in memory of
Jews murdered by the Nazis, the theater having been used dur-
ing the war as a marshalling point to deport Jews from Holland
to extermination camps.
United States
NEW YORK—Max A. Braude, director general of the World
ORT Union, reported that ORT's vocational program in 19 coun-
tries enrolled 33,000 persons during the past 11 months and that
a budgetary increase to $6,000,000 will be required by ORT for
1959. . . ..In a statement issued from headquarters of the World
Confederation of General Zionists, Dr. Emanuel Neumann, the
Confederation's president, urged that equality of representation
be enacted at future Zionist Congresses as between Israel and
the United States.