Friday, Nov. 22, 1963 — THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — 40

Curtailment of Aid to U. A. R. Opposed
by Kennedy as Senators Defend Actions

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Rusk, all echelons of the State
Department, and the U.S. Agency
for International Development
(A.I.D.).
The long-impending confronta-
tion came when the Senate
adopted, by a vote of 65 to 13,
an amendment to the Foreign
Aid Bill to sever aid to any
country "engaging in or prepar-
ing for aggressive military of-.
forts." Its sponsors made clear
that the amendment was aimed
directly at Egypt.
If aid to Nasser is now to be
continued, the President is re-
quired under the amendment to
certify that Egypt is free from
aggressive tendencies. The
White House does not like to be
put on the spot in this way.
The Senate amendment was
precisely the same as one adopt-
ed earlier by the House. This
ensures its inclusion in the final
bill.
Senators openly stated that
they voted for the amendment
because the State Department
consistently ignored previous
guidelines voiced by the Senate
on aid to Nasser.
Many Senators charged De-
partment officials with pro-Nas-
ser and anti-Israel sentiments.
Nasser was branded a threat not
only to Israel but a menace to
the peace of the entire region.

The main complaint against
further American assistance
to Naser was based on his di-
version of Egyptian resources
to buy more Soviet jet bomb-
ers and other arms. Congress
noted recent Egyptian be-
havior. Nasser's armed intru-
sion in Yemen continued
despite United Nations com-
plaints, his dispacth of forces
to Algeria for use against Mo-
rocco coincided with actions of
Cuba, and Nasser openly
threatened to wipe out Israel
with rockets built in Egypt by
ex-Nazi German scientists.

is clear that the State Depart-
ment will go on apologizing for
Nasser and building him up until
Congress adopts such legislation
as to force a showdown. The
American people are paying for
Nasser's Russian arms and are
fed up."
The attack on the State De-
partment was obviously not
political because of its biparti-
san nature. Respected Democrats
and Republicans alike made
known they were annoyed by
State Department arrogance.

Egypt." He said "that has been
the most serious overt act, as
among those countries."
He said the amendment would
"tie the hands" of the President
and interfere with the State De-
partment policies.
Sen. Morse replied that "we
are protecting a prerogative of
the Senate, which is to tell the
President of the Unitde States
how he can spend the taxpayers'
money. That happens to be our
duty."

The amendment's original
sponsor, Sen. Ernest Gruening,
Alaska Democrat, charged that
the State Department supported
Nasser, "has many pro-Nasser
people in it, and its Middle East
policy seems to be to build him
up."
Sen. Wayne Morse, Oregon
Democrat, said he was forced to
conclude taht the State Depart-
ment was "pro-Nasser and anti-
Israel," and the Senate was
forced to act to preserve peace
and justice in the Middle East.
Sen. Morse gestured to the
Senate gallery and stated that
"the State Department lobby is
fighting the amendment. Their
representatives are in the gal-
lery at the very moment I speak.
I tell them I have no respect for
their activity in opposition to
this amendment." ,
The Oregon Senator went on
to say that "we have nothing in
this field from the pro-Arab
State Department but bad faith
conduct . . . to conjure up ways
of getting around Congress." He
openly served notice that "I do
not trust the State Department
in this field."
Sen. Jacob K. Javits, New
York Republican, said "we have
a record of non-compliance by
the State Department and the
Prsident and I cannot see them
changing their policy unless we
change our instructions."

WASHINGTON (JTA)—Presi-
dent Kennedy denounced the
Senate amendment aimed at ter-
minating aid to Egypt and warn-
ed that it might produce results
opposite from those intended.
Kennedy, speaking at his
press conference, Nov. 14, cited
the unfavorable repercussions of
the American decision in 1956
to cancel aid to the Egyptian
Aswan Dam project. He said that
80 per cent of American assist-
ance to Egypt was in surplus
food. He noted that Egypt was a
poor and proud country and he
did not think the wording of the
amendment strengthened Ameri-
ca's hand in dealing with Egypt.
The Presictent empnasized that
he did not think such "threats"
against Egypt brought the de-
sired results. He admitted con-
cern, however, because the with-
drawal rate of Egyptian forces
from Yemen was slow. He fear-
ed increased tension between
Egypt and Saudi Arabia unless
the withdrawal rate of Egyptian
troops becomes faster.
The President made clear that
if there are failures in the Mid-
dle East and other areas, the
foreign aid legislation will be
the cause, in his view. He cited
the bill before with its cuts and
restrictive amendments, as rep-
resenting the worst attack on
foreign aid since the beginning
of the Marshall Plan.
He stressed that the_ President
bears responsibility in foreign
policy and in maintaining the
influence of the United States
abroad. He said he could not ful-
fill his responsibilities without a
foreign aid program suitable to
his needs. He asserted, "I need
this program" and went on later

Sen. Paul Douglas, Illinois
Democrat, said "the State De-
partment has many real vir-
tues, but the ability to with-
stand the seduction of the
Arabs is not one of them."

Kennedy Opposes Senate
Amendment Against Egypt

Last year's Keating-Halpern
amendment expressed the views
of the Congress on Egyptian aid.
But Nasser went on aggressing
against neighbors in signing new
arms deals with Russia. Since
The only defense of the
implementation of the amend- State Department came from
ment was subject to the discre- Sen. J. W. Fulbright, Arkansas
tion of the Executive Depart- Democrat, who is chairman of
ment, the State Department the Senate Foreign Relations
ignored it.
Committee. He said that alle-
Senator Kenneth B. Keating, gations that the Department Hebrew Corner
New York Republican, said "my was pro-Arab were "wholly
queries to the A.I.D. agency as unfounded." He said the De- Port of Jaffa
to how this language has been partment had done "infinitely
"The- oldest port in the world" —
that is how the Jaffa Port is called.
implemented have elicited not more for Israel than we have It
is known that the cedars of Leb-
one single example from the for the Arab countries."
anon, to build the Holy Temple, were
by King Solomon to Jeru-
Agency as to how this principle
Sen. Fulbright said he knew brought
salem from the "Sea of Jaffa." The
has been applied." The other co- of no Arab aggression being pre- Jaffa
port is mentioned in the story
sponsor, Rep. Seymour Halpern, pared against Israel. He recalled of the Prophet Jonah in the Bible.
Various periods passed over the
New York Republican, said "it "the overt attack by Israel on Port
of Jaffa. The Hashmoniam

Sheltered Workshop of Association
for New Americans Trains Oldsters

•

An assembly line of elderly and handicapped Jewish refu-
gees in a corner of the Sheltered Workshop of the New York
Association for New Americans puts toy trucks together for
holiday store counters. Providing work for newcomers unable
to compete in the regular job market, the workshop at NYANA,
an agency of the United Jewish Appeal, plays an important role
in the adjustment and rehabilitation of many immigrants.

turned the Port of Alfa into the
most important in the country, after
they liberated the city from the
hands of the Greeks. All export and
import passed through it. In the
year 67, the Jewish seamen of Jaffa
fought a bitter battle against the
Roman rulers. The port of Jaffa
served as a military base, from which
the Roman supply boats were at-
tacked. After the end of the Jewish
revolt against the Romans, Jaffa was
the port of the Jewish pilgrims for
hundreds of years. The Port of Jaffa
was throughout the years the chief
port in Eretz Israel, until the building
of the port of Haifa in 1933.
....With the beginning of the resettle-
ment in the country, Jaffa was turned
into "the port of Aliya." Therefore,
the early settlements were built close
to Jaffa (Petah Tikva, Rishon PZion,
Rehovot, Gedera). Jaffa was also the
export port for citrus fruits, and the
name of the best known Israeli
orange throughout the world was de-
rived from the city, "Jaffa orange."
In the years 1936-1939, during the
riots, when the Jaffa Arabs attacked
the Jews and disturbed their work in
the port, the port was idle. The Jew-
ish workers left it and went to build
the port of Tel-Aviv. On the 13th of
May, 1948, the inhabitants of Jaffa
surrendered to the Jewish forces. A
military force took over control of
the port and turned it into a Jewish
port.
Today, oranges from Israel are sent
to all parts of the world through the
port of Jaffa, this after a tradition
of 80 years of exporting citrus fruit.
Through this port pass yearly about
200,000 tons of freight and the coun-
try's veteran port workers are em-
ployed there.
The port of Jaffa, like the rest of
the ports in the country, is under
the supervision and management of
the "Israel Port Authority".
Translation of Hebrew column
Published by Brith 'with Olamith

in the press conference to ed heavy devotion to the amend-
criticize legislative restrictions ment, the vote bing 65 to 13. It
imposed by Congress including has bi-partisan support.
the amendment aimed against
Replying to State Depart-
Egypt.
ment criticism of what officials

Senate sources made known
that the White House may
seek adoption of an amend-
ment to amend the amend-
ment adopted last week to
restrict aid to Egypt.

The original amendment re-
quired the President to rule that
Nasser was neither engaging in
aggression nor preparing for it
if aid was to be continued.
The wording coincided identical-
ly with wording previously ap-
proved by the House. This as-
sured its retention in the final
bill.
The Administration is discus-
sing possible ways of killing the
amendment against Egypt by
changing the wording while the
bill is still before the Senate.
The Administration is said to
feel that the present amendment
"ties the hands" of the Presi-
dent and will "drive Nasser to-
ward Moscow." Another Ad-
ministration argument has been
that t h e amendment might
"weaken the present American
diplomatic influence which is
now working in Cairo to safe-
guard Israel."
However, chances of upsetting
the original amendment are re-
garded as slim even though
powerful shipping lobbyists are
trying to get Senators to change
their votes. The shipping in-
terests are concerned over loss
of revenue in the shipment of
massive commodity supplies to
Egypt. The original vote indicat-

have termed the "crippling
amendment" for termination
of aid to Egypt, Senator Gruen-
ing told the Senate that the
way for President Nasser to
regain aid would be to cease

aggression.
Sen. Gruening, defending his
amendment against State De-
partment-inspired criticism, said-
"the Senate has finally moved
to stop the aid if the President
finds there is aggression—and it
is difficult to see how he can
fail to find it."
President Nasser could re-
establish himself, said Sen.
Gruening, if he were to "pull
all his troops out of Yemen, to
stop the military build-up which
is clearly designed to commit ag-
gression against his neighbors,
Israel and Jordan, to pull his
troops out of Algeria, where
there is fighting with the Alger-
ians against Morocco, and to
cease his inflammatory broad-
casts which preach assassination
of officials of neighboring coun-
tries."
Sen. Gruening pointed out
that Nasser has spent $185,000,-
000 maintaining armed interven-
tion in Yemen for 15 months.
The Senator stressed that "while
he has been spending $185,000,-
000 on war, we have been pour-
ing in $185,000,000 and more
through Public Law 480 (surplus
commodities) and other aid de-
signed to raise the economy of
the Egyptian people."

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