Showdown in Capital Is Nasser Menace or Friend? By MILTON FRIEDMAN Copyright, 1963, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc. HE JEWISH NEWS Evans' 'Word-a-Day' and Centennial of Gettysburgh Address t;;D -T*F201"- r A Weekly Review Commentary Page 2 WASHINGTON—A coming showdown between the State Department and Congress on terminating aid to Nasser's Egypt will force the Administration to declare whether it considers Nasser an aggressive menace or a worthy friend. Demanding an end to aid for Nasser are 65 Senators, Republicans and Demo- crats. Included are even Sen. Ted Kennedy, of Massachusetts, the President's youngest brother, and Sen. Hubert Humphrey, of Minnesota, the assistant Majority Leader. Insisting that assistance to Egypt should be continued are Secretary of State Dean Continued on Page 40 NA I I—I I G.A. N4 of Jewish Events 'Crisis of Affluence . . . Lip Service' 0 Vatican's New Credo .. Its Textbooks Editorials Page 4 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle VOL. XLIV, No. 13 Printed in a 100% Union Shop 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.— VE 8-9364 — Detroit 35, November 22, 1963—$6.00 Per Year; This Issue 20c 18 UN Members Call for Direct M. E. Negotiations Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News UNITED NATIONS—Rwanda, on behalf of 18 cosponsors, late Monday filed with the UN Secretariat a resolution, which was pre- sented in the General Assembly's Special Political Committee Tues- day, calling for direct negotiations between Israel and the Arab states on the Arab refugee question, to be conducted with the help of the Palestine Conciliation Commission. Cosponsors include nine African states, five from Latin America, four West Europeans—Denmark, Iceland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. Last year's resolution calling for peace negotiations to settle all Arab-Israeli disputes had 19 sponsors to begin with, and later two more joined as cosponsors. It is believed that more members will be added to the sponsors' list this time as well. With four Europeans- among the cosponsors, it is believed certain here that all Scandinavian countries will vote for the draft. The Central African Republic delegation was among those urging such a step. New Arab Offensives: More Intrigues at UN By SAUL CARSON JTA. Correspondent at the United Nations (Copyright, 1963, Jewish - Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—The Arab states have put on a powerful campaign here this year, during the debate on the Arab refugee problem, to admit a new member into the United Nations, something called "Palestine Arabs." They are not succeeding, but they are frying hard. Their line is: The dispute regarding the Arab refugees is not between Israel and the Arab states; it is between Israel and the "Palestine Arabs." This contention has been put forward repeatedly by the Arabs for the last three years. The only difference this year is that now they are really making an all-out fight on the issue. It can be predicted that the move will fail again. Two long-winded procedural wrangles finally ex- posed the Arab plan. Both fights centered around Ahmad Shukairy, the head of the so-called "Palestine Arab Delegation." He is here at the head of the 18- member group, claiming a status similar to that accorded rightfully to the fully accredited Arab delegations from the "host" countries where the refugees live—Jordan, Egypt (as the government having jurisdiction over the Gaza Strip), Syria and Lebanon. The first fight took place when the real Arab dele- gations demanded that a long diatribe delivered by Shukairy be circulated as an official United Nations document. Thanks to the Romanian chairman of the General Assembly's Special Political Committee, where the refugees issue is being debated, that was done. The Romanian, Mihail Haseganu, ruled, of course, in line with the policy of the Soviet bloc, favoring any Arab move. Shukairy's speech became an official docu- nent. Then it was discovered that the document did not identify the speaker on the title page of the long paper as "Chairman of the Palestine Arab Delegation" but merely as an individual. There was another fight, precipitated by Syria and backed by all the Arab mem- bers. Syria demanded that the title page be revised, to show Shukairy's claimed status as head of a delegation. This time, too, Haseganu seemed inclined to let the Arabs have their way. But when Dr, Ralph J. Bunche, Under- secretary for Special Political Affairs, took full respon- sibility on behalf of the Secretariat for the failure to call Shukairy a delegation chairman, that fight col- lapsed. Syria feared to push the matter to a vote in the committee, and the document stands as the emission of an individual named Shukairy. Now all this was more than a fight about unim- portant wording. It was the Arab group's supreme effort to give the "Palestine Arabs" the status of a full dele- gation, virtually representing .a new, 112th member of the 111-member United Nations. By the time that fight collapsed, there were two draft resolutions before the committee. One had been . . Continued on Page 12 This year, however, the peace group is expected to confine its efforts to the refugee problem only, in line with Mrs. Golda Meir's assertion that, while Israel would prefer that the refugee issue "be resolved in the context of overall settlement," she would agree to confining Arab-Israeli talks now to the refugee problem alone. If the Arab governments "are genuinely anxious to solve the refugee problem as such," Mrs. Meir declared, "they should respond to this offer. A move in this direction warrants strong encouragement from the international community." With the introduction of the resolution there will be three drafts before the committee. One was introduced by the United States, placing chief reliance for containment of the Arab refugee question on further talks to be conducted on behalf of the PCC, since the U.S.A. shares representation on the Commission with France and Turkey. Another draft was introduced by three Moslem states— Afghanistan, Indonesia and Pakistan, on behalf of the Arab states, calling for PCC supervision over property allegedly left in Israel by the refugees. Mrs. Meir made it clear that Israel would not permit intervention into her domestic affairs, since such a move would infringe on Israeli sovereignty. Ecumenical Council Starts Debate on i• • ci • Catholic-Jewish S t atus ewtsn atus wi wn t h Posit osve i ve Responses; Protests by Arab Bishops Iru • • Direct JTA Teletype Wires to the Jewish News ROME—Augustin Cardinal Bea strongly assailed Tuesday the Bishops at the Ecumenical Council who are opposing adoption of the document rejecting Jewish responsibility for the death of Christ. The 81-year-old prelate said he had received explicit instructions from the late Pope John XXIII to bring up the statement at the Ecumenical Council for affirmative action. He spoke after Arab Bishops had warned that approval of the schema was not needed and that it would create problems for Catholics in Arab countries. The Ecumenical Council at the Vatican started debate Monday on the subject of ecumenism, and, particularly, on the fourth chapter of that subject which treats of the attitude of the Catholic Church toward Jews, clearing the Jewish people of the age-old accusation of deicide. The entire schema was presented to the Council by Bishop Joseph Martin, of Rouen, France, and was greeted by prolonged applause from the assembled prelates. The ovation, however, was interpreted as a personal tribute to Augustin Cardinal Bea, head of the Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity. who drew up the document, including the chapter absolving the Jews of blame for the crucifixion of Jesus. Two lines of objections were voiced by nine speakers in the Council, as the debate got under way. One group of Fathers objected to inclusion of the Jewish question in the schema, holding that the topic concerns the Catholic Church relations with other Christian faiths and that, therefore, the Jewish question should be dealt with in another context. Another group held that, in addition to treating of relations with Jews, the chapter should deal also with relations between the Church and other non-Christian religions. One of the first speakers in the debate was an American, Joseph Cardinal Ritter, of St. Louis, who hailed the entire proposed schema as the end of the Catholic Church's 400-year-old campaign against Protestantism. An attack against the chapter dealing with relations with the Jewish people was voiced by Ernesto Cardinal Ruffini, of Palermo, Sicily. He told the Council that, if it dealt with the Church attitude toward the Jews, then it should deal also with the attitude toward "the many millions of Christians who are following Marxism and thus contributing to atheistic materialism." He held that other non-Christian religions are less hostile to Catholicism than Jews or Protestants and, therefore, merit mention in the chapter. Opposition to chapter four also was voiced by the patriarchs from Alexandria, Egypt and from Antioch, Syria. The first insisted that no specific decree on condemning any kind of persecutions was needed,. since the Church always opposed such bias, and that for that reason no mention of anti-Semitism was needed. The second advised that, if a chapter on relations with Jews were needed, it should be placed in another schema. It was at this point that Cardinal Ritter endorsed the schema as a whole. The American was supported, with particular reference to chapter four, by Archbishop Quintero, of Venezuela. Archbishop Continued on Page 3 Bnai Brith Council Discusses Vatican Document on Jews WASHINGTON, (JTA)—The significance of the recommendations on Jews now being discussed at the Ecumenical Council was discussed at the meeting of the Bnai Brith International Council, the coordinating body of Bnai Brith groups in 42 countries, Monday. Label A. Katz, president of Bnai Brith and chairman of its International Council, said that if the recommendations are endorsed, "Jewish communities would seek to work cooperatively with Catholic Church authorities to implement its spirit and purpose." Bnai Brith Council members from Latin America and Europe said the Church action could have most profound implications for uprooting anti-Semitism. Reassessed Jewish Attitude on Jesus Advised by Dr. Maurice Eisendrath at UAHC Convention Detailed Story on Page 10 .