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THE DETROIT JEWISH NE W S — Fr i day, June 26, 1959 —

Rountree Denies Discrimination
in State Department's Policies
on Israel's Plea for Defense Aid

Direct JTA Teletype Wire
To The Jewish News

WASHINGTON — A Defense
Department spokesman con-
ceded the possibility of defense
aid to Israel, but the State
Department flatly denied such
consideration in the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee
testimony published Tuesday.
In the course of hearings on
pending mutual security legis-
lation, Charles H. Shuff, Deputy
Assistant Secretary of Defense
for Military Assistance, was
asked whether he considered
the judgment involving the ex-
clusion of Israel from U.S. de-
fense assistance to be sound.
Shuff replied: "I would have
to wait until the end of 1960
to really factually answer that
question, because it may be
that Israel and the Department
of State may negotiate a mili-
tary assistance grant agreement
during the course of that fiscal
year. I don't know whether
this will happen."
After an "off the record"
discussion, deleted for security
reasons, the transcript indi-
cated that Shuff agreed that
barring any new developments
the existing non-military pro-
grams for Israel were sound.
William Ronutree, Assistant
Secretary of State for Near
Eastern Affairs, also testified.
He told the committee: "I would
say quite frankly that we have
not considered the extension
of military assistance to Israel."
The issue of military assist-
ance for Israel arose after Sen.
Wayne Morse pointed out that
Arab states were receiving
U.S. munitions grants but Israel
was not. The Oregon Democrat
raised question of "discrimina-
tion" against Israel because of
State Department concessions
to the Arab attitudes. He said
"Israelis are really supporting
a military establishment that
costs her so much more than
one would consider to be a fair
percentage of her national bud-
get. If she were some other
country she might be con-
sidered qualified for defense
su pport
Sen. Morse told committee
of Arab threats "to wipe Is-
rael off the face of the map"
and said "inflammatory state-
ments that are constantly
being made by many of the

."

Arab countries don't augur
very well for peace in the
Middle East."
Rountree replied that "highly
inflammatory statements" were
made "by both sides" and "our
programs in the area cannot
always be predicated entirely
upon what is said or what is not
said in this inflamed situation.
But I think we have to proceed
on the evaluation of what are
the real intentions of the people
concerned and in the light of
what is regarded to be in our
best interest."
Denying Sen. Morse's asser-
tion that by refusing defense
support to Israel the State De-
partment discriminated, Roun-
tree said: "I would be very
surprised indeed if the Israeli
representatives themselves felt
that Israel had been discrim-
inated against. Indeed, I find
it often the case that friends of
Israel in the United States are
more sensitive to particular
aspects of United States-Israel
relations than the official rep-
resentatives of the Israeli gov-
ernment."

Lyon and Healy, one of the
foremost Chicago musical in-
strument firms, has donated a
$3,500 harp to be presented to
the winner of the 1st Interna-
tional Harp Festival which will
be held in Israel Sept. 15-29.
Fifty-two harpists, including
18 from the United States, have
registered for this festival to
be held in Jerusalem, city of
David, the King who played the
harp.
In addition to the U.S. con-
testants, entries have been re-
ceived from Argentina, Bel-
gium, Canada, Cuba, England.
France, Holland, Italy. Poland.
Spain, Switzerland, Venezuela.
Mexico and Israel.
The first prize winner will
play with orchestras in Israel.
Paris and Amsterdam.
The jury is composed of out-
standing harpists and personali-
ties in the music world from the
United States, Holland, Bel-
gium, England, France,' Italy,
Spain and Israel. It includes
Carlos Salzedo, Marcel Grand-
jany, Nicanor Zabalete, (Mrs.)
M. Korzinska, (Mrs.) L. Laskine.
R. Loucheur, (Mrs.) C. Aldro-
vandi, Phia Berghout, Rosa
Spier and Mireille Flour.

Detroit will have a non-
profit professional, resident
theatrical company, to be
known as V a n guar d Play
House, as a result of the pio-
neering efforts of Kenneth
Schwartz, managing director of
Northland Playhouse; Byron
H. Lasky, who is active in
World Stage. and Alfred R.
Glancy, Jr., president of Realty
M or t g a g e and Investment
Corp.
The announcement of the
new community project was
made Tuesday afternoon at a
press conference at the Vet-
erans' Memorial Building.
The idea was commended
in remarks delivered by
Mayor Louis C. Miriani who
likened the plan, in its im-
portance, to the Detroit Sym-
phony's activities.
Vanguard Play House al-
ready has leased the former
Cinema Theater—also recently
known as World Theater—on
Columbia east of Woodward.
The theater seats 450 people,
has a large proscenium stage
which allows a perfect setting
for the scores of productions
planned by the sponsors of the

new theatrical project and has
ample parking lots.
Schwartz and Lasky will be
co-producers of the playhouse.
Joseph Gisterak, a veteran
New York director, has been
brought here to stage the
planned productions.
The sponsors have set out
to raise $50,000 to refur-
bish the theater and to pay
for pre-production c o s t s.
Ftkitds will be solicited from
the public on a member.
ship basis.
A benefit performance will
be staged for the Vanguard at
the Northland Playhouse on
July 9 when Franchot Tone
and Susan Strasberg will ap-
pear in George Bernard Shaw's
"Caesar and Cleopatra."

ZOA Prize Awarded
to Israel President

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The
first award of the Herzl Prize
of the Zionist Organization of
America was presented to
President Yitzhak Ben Zvi in
a ceremony in his office by
Dr. Emanuel Neumann, former
ZOA president, and Abraham
Redelheim, current ZOA presi-
dent.

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Israel Rejects
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JERUSALEM (JTA) — Sev-
eral offers have been made to
Israel recently for the supply
of Soviet oil to this country, but
the offers have bfen turned
down, it was revealed here.
The offers came from middle-
men in Central Europe. Israel,
however, wanted to know
whether the offers were being
made on behalf of the Soviet
Union or, at least, with the full
knowledge of Soviet authorities.
Having failed to receive satis-
factory answers to such ques-
tions, Israel declined to accept
the offers.
Israel had contracts with
Soviet firms for crude oil before
the Sinai campaign of 1956.
After that campaign was
launched, the Soviet Union uni-
laterally halted crude oil ship-
ments to Israel.
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breach of contract to a Soviet
arbitration court and lost its
suit in that court in Moscow.
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ested in obtaining Soviet ship-
ments if such an offer had come
directly from an authorized
Soviet source. Resumption of
oil trade, it was hoped here.
might result in renewal of gen-
eral Israeli-Soviet trade.

Schwartz, Lasky and Glancy Start
Movement for Playhouse in Detroit

Chicago Firm Gives
$3,500 Harp as Prize
in Festival in Israel

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