BY MILTON FRIEDMAN

(Copyright, 1960,
Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

CHICAGO—Republican Pres-
idential nominee Richard M.
Nixon has indicated a warm
and deep understanding of Is-
rael's problems. It is consistent
with the new, liberal image he
is creating.
The Republican platform
plank on Israel disappointed
many because it was weaker
than both the new Democratic
plank and the 1956 G.O.P.
plank. In 1956, the Republicans
pledged "the preservation of
Israel as an important tenet
of American foreign policy."
The new plank was a clear re-
treat from that position.
Yet politicians close to Nixon
claim he had nothing to do
with it, embroiled as he was in
bigger battles with the plat-
form committee. They say that
a proposed strong pro-Israel
plank was watered down by Sen.
John Sherman Cooper, chair-
man of the platform foreign
affairs sub-committee, and that
Charles H. Percy, chairman of
the entire platform committee,
sought an expression consis-
tent to State Department wishes,
inoffensive to the Arabs.
. Chairman Percy is a direc-
tor of the Chase Manhattan
Bank, an institution which
registered support for the
pro-Arab stand of Chairman
J. W. Fullbright of the Sen-
ate Foreign Relations Com-
mittee, who sought to shield
the Arabs from Senate action
on the Suez blockade issue.
Along with the Arabian-
American Oil Co. and other
corporations, the Chase Man-
hattan Bank contributes
funds for support of the
Middle East Institute. The
Institute recently sponsored
an anti-I sr a el propaganda
meeting reflecting views of
the so-called "American
Friends of the Middle East."
Sen. Cooper, .a "liberal" Re-
publican who once served in
the State Department, against
Israel's interests, when the
blockade issue was before
Congress. A platform commit-
tee source described Sen.
Cooper as desiring to ' avoid
an impression hi the platform
that support of Israel is a
"tenet" of U.S. foreign policy.
Senators Javits and Keating,
New York Republicans, sought
to strengthen an original plat-
form version. They found strong
opposition. They got some con-
cessions. But the final, re-
worded plank • still left much
to be desired and was far short
of what they sought.
Nixon, embattled on the civil
rights issue, attempting to pac-
ify both liberals and conserva-
tives, apparently failed to inter-
vene on the Israel plank. His
supporters stated that the plank
was virtually meaningless in
"practical" terms. They express-
ed confidence that Nixon, as
President, would be mindful of
Israel's problems.
A claim was made here that
Nixon interceded personally
only last month to help Is-
rael out of a troublesome
crisis at the United Nations
in the Adolf Eichmann ab-
duction case., Argentina had
moved for sanctions against
Israel. According to the ver-
sion circulated. here, Nixon
telephoned Ambassador Henry
Cabot Lodge, U.S. delegate
to the United Nations. He re-
portedly asked Mr. Lodge to
take full notice of the extent
of Nazi war crimes and in-

terpret the resolution adopted
as not requiring Israel to
return Eichmann to Argen-
tina.
When Israel Premier Ben-
Gurion visited Washington last
winter, he took away an en-
thusiastic impression of Nixon.
As Vice-President, Nixon went
out of his way to add warmth
to an otherwise very formal and
chilly reception of Mr. Ben-
Gurion. He invited the Premier
to his home for a luncheon that
produced what Israeli sources
described as a "deep and mean-
ingful" conversation.
On a number of occasions,
Nixon has voiced abhorrence of
anti-Semitism. He spoke out
most recently to repudiate the
profemed political support of
George Rockwell's "Nazis for
Nixon" movement The Amer-
ican Nazi Party received an out-
right rebuff from Nixon.
When Nixon visited Poland
last year, he placed a wreath
at the memorial marking the
remains of the Warsaw
Ghetto. He said this emo-
tional 'experience caused him
to recognize "that radical or
religious discrimination ends
in the destruction of human

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Session of Republican Con-
vention, Receiving Delegates'
Acclaim.

values by which our civiliza-
tion must live if it is to
endure."
Nixon several months ago
met with President Label A.
Katz Of Bnai Brith and agreed
to look personally into Arab
boycott and blockade practices.
After a study, Mr. Nixon made
a forthright denunciation of
Arab tactics.
(Vice President Nixon's views
as expressed in his letter to
Katz were published in last
week's Jewish News).
Democrats were quick to
point out that the State Depart-
ment continued to appease the
Arabs on the points mentioned
by Nixon. A view was expressed
that Nixon should have directed
his letter on this matter to the
State Department rather than
to Katz. Charges were made of
a gap between "word and deed."
Supporters of Nixon are con-
fident that, if elected, he will
respond sympathetically to the
demands of justice in the Mid-
dle East. There is no doubt that
Nixon is anxious for the respect
and understanding of American
Jewry. As he has moved in a
more liberal direction on civil
rights, he might also move
with concrete steps to improve
America-Israel relations.

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7 - THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Friday, August 5, 1960

'Richard M. Nixon: The New Liberal Image,
Search for Improved U.S.-Israel Attitude

