WARMI/P MO ON 1HE NILO THE JEWISH NEWS Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle commencing with issue of July 20, 1951 Member American Association of English—Jewish Newspapers, Michigan Press Association, National Editorial Association. Published every Friday by The Jewish News Publishing Co., 17100 West Seven Mile Road, Detroit 48235 Mich., VE 8-9364. Subscription $6 a year. Foreign $7. Second Class Postage Paid at Detroit, Michigan PHILIP SLOMOVITZ Editor and Publisher CARMI M. SLOMOVITZ Business Manager SIDNEY SHMARAK Advertising Manager CHARLOTTE HYAMS City Editor Sabbath Scriptural Selections This Sabbath, the twenty-sixth day of Siwan, the following Scriptural selections will be read iv our synagogues. Pentateuchal portion; Num. 13:1-15:41. Prophetical portion; Joshua 2:1-24. Licht Benshen, Friday, June 5, 7:46 p.m. VOL. XLV. No. 15 Page Four June 5, 1964 The Middle East's Boiling Cauldron It would be a gross error to ignore the dangers that stem from the renewed and strengthened alliance between Soviet Russia and the United Arab Republic. The new Khrushchev - Nasser deals, the Soviet pre- mier's violently anti-Israel speeches and the infuriated Arab passions cannot spell any- thing other than an increase in tensions, a bidding for continuing arms races and the retention of the Middle East as a cauldron of hatreds that will remain a threat to the peace of the world. With Israel's Prime Minister Levi Eshkol's current visit in the U.S., at President John- son's invitation, this is a proper time for a re- view of the entire situation and for a deeper probing of the possible results of new arms supplies by the Soviet Union for the major anti-Israel Arab force in Egypt. The situation becomes all the more aggra- vated because of the rumors that France may abandon its pro-Israel attitude and may stop providing the Jewish state with the military supplies that have so far served to keep Israel on a military par with Egypt. Should there be a change, based on a de Gaulle flirta- tion with the Arabs, then Israel will be com- pelled to find other means of securing de- fensive weapons. In that case, the only available supplier of arms may be the United States, and as of now it remains questionable whether our Government will recognize the peril and will assure parity for Israel in its struggle for survival. Optimism constantly expressed by State Department spokesmen, who continue to assure Israel of our Government's interest in its security may not be entirely justified. There is comfort in the knowledge that Is- rael's position is taken into consideration and that the embattled Middle East area's status is not being ignored. Nevertheless, the warn- ings that have been sounded in the United States Senate, and more especially the stir- ring addresses of Senator Ernest Gruening, must be considered in all seriousness. Upon the release of the Khrushchev speeches in Cairo, Senator Gruening again called the Senate's attention to the resolu- tion he co-sponsored with other senators (including Senator Philip A. Hart of Michi- gan), the operative part of which declared: Resolved, That it is the sense of the Senate of the United States of America that the Presi- dent of the United States use his good offices with the states of the area to negotiate with them either through the United Nations, or directly, an agreement that nuclear weapons will neither be produced in the area nor be introduced into the area; that missiles of a mass-destruction na- ture will neither be produced nor be introduced into the area; that an international policing sys- tem will be adopted to enforce such agreement; and that the United States continue, in accord- ance with the tripartite declaration of May 1950, to take all necessary and appropriate actions, both within and outside the United Nations, to prevent any violation of existing frontiers or armistice lines in the Near East; and that the United States, either through the United Nations, or directly with other nations in the area, devise means to bring to an end the recriminations and incitements to violence which are contributing to tension and instability in the Near East. Senator Gruening, with whom a number of senators concurred, offered an analysis of existing conditions in the Middle East that should cause all who are concerned about the peace of the entire world to sit up and take notice. It is not only the injustice to Israel that is involved, but also the threats to diplomatic decencies. Senator Gruening, in his remarks which drew approbation from Senators Javits, Hart, Douglas and Dodd, admonished the Senate to become aware of the existing threats to Israel and stated in We have in the past followed a policy of appeasing Nasser. We have let him call the tune while we literally paid the piper. The time is long overdue to change our policy of neutrality in favor of Egypt. The time is long overdue to stop appeasing Nasser. This policy of appeasement is not of Presi- dent Johnson's doing. That is a policy he inher- ited. His forthright recent speech lending U.S. support to Israel's efforts at water resource de- velopment was the kind of a statement needed to clarify the U.S. position in the Middle East. More is needed, however. Why should the United States support Israel against aggression and permit its threatened destruction? Why should President Johnson reverse the disastrous policy carried on by his predecessors? Because Israel is an oasis of democracy and freedom in a desert of totalitarianism, backward- ness, deliberately fomented hatred, and planned aggression, threatened unceasingly by h.rab forces 50 times greater in population and in an area 100 times larger. Because Istael, more than any of the new nations barn after World War H, embodies pre- cisely the ideals and objectives for which the United States presumably stands. Because Israel, ever since its establishment in 1948 and its recognition by President Truman —despite the opposition of his own Secretary of State and his subordinates—has not only pre- served all the basic freedoms, but has been a haven of refuge for the persecuted in other lands, stretching its capacities without stint to absorb in whatever numbers the victims of oppression in other less enlightened countries seek admis- sion to Israel. Because Israel has conspicuously and uniquely used our U.S. aid dollars with honesty, efficiency, and wisdom. In an historic article in Foreign Affairs in April 1961, John Kenneth Galbraith, professor of economics at Harvard, supporting our foreign aid program, listed four qualifications for its success in any country and painted out that up to that time only one country fulfilled those requirements; namely, Israel. A sound and wise U.S. policy would, there- fore, have been and would now and henceforth be, to tell the Arab States to stop their boycott of Israel, their unceasing fomentation of hate, their planning for Israel's destruction, and in- stead emulate Israel by educating, sanitating, cul- tivating, and to start emancipating their masses from their chronic poverty, ignorance, and disease. During the year that Senate Resolution 135 has laid dormant before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, Egypt has begun emerging as an A-Force. Nasser's actions in obtaining sophisticated weaponry from the Russians poses a threat to Israel in two ways. There is first the physical threat of the de- struction of Israel. That country is so tiny and its population is so concentrated that Nasser could cripple Israel in a single afternoon. But, say Nasser's State Department apologists, Nasser has changed—Nasser has matured—Nas- ser does not mean what he says—Nasser would not take such a rash step against Israel. Why not? Similarly in another day the apologists for Adolph Hitler said he was only talking for effect and would not carry out his threats, would not move militarily. There are many in our administration charged with the conduct of foreign affairs who refuse to face the facts of life. They have in the past played Nasser's game here at home. For anyone who realistically appraises the facts, it is clear that Nasser—wittingly or • unwittingly—is playing the Communist game. This is only part of the story as it was related to the Senate by the Alaskan Senator and as was elaborated upon by other Senators. Before it is too late, before "too little, too late" is offered as aid to Israel, drastic steps should be taken to prevent a catas- trophe. It is to be hoped that the meeting between Levi Eshkol and President Johnson will lead towards a policy of realism and genuine caution against calamities in the Middle East. '111 • .• 4. . AN, 9 ;t1 • go qu aimpt:ftiab.t.. • U. S. Senator Javits' Republican Credo in His 'Order of Battle U. S. Senator Jacob K. Javits of New York is one of the leading Republicans in the nation. He is among the most liberal men in Con- gress and his public statements have had the ears of men of both parties, all of whom respect him for his brilliant analyses of world events, his view on domestic as well as in- ternational matters, his eloquent way of in- terpreting the conditions of our time. His "Order of Battle — A Republican's Call to Reason," published by Atheneum, (162 E. 38th, NY 16), is a remarkable and re- vealing compilation of his views which are based in large measure on a prefacing quo- tation from II Kings XX 1-6 and Isaiah XXXVIII 1-5: "Set thine house in order." There is an evident deep sincerity in his approach, and while this volume may well serve as a guide for Republicans it is equally valuable as an approach to major issues facing this nation for members of all parties. Republicans will find much solace in the first part of the book which is sub- Sen. Javits titled "Why I Am a Republican." This is the credo of an acknowledged leader who, "as a political pro- gressive," decided in 1946: "I could better serve the politics of my country if I remained a political neutral—or switched over to the Democratic Party. Within the framework of the Republican Party, I could help swell the voice of other Republican progres- sives in their internal debates with Republican conservatives—all to the end of forming a party consensus that would avoid ex- tremism of any kind and accommodate many points of view. At the same time, along with other Republican progressives, I could help keep open a two-way communication line between the Re. publican Party as a whole and the liberal members of the Demo- cratic Party." This entire volume is an explanatory collection of declarations that clarify this view and offer the eminent Senator's ideas on many issues. It is a set of commentaries on our political history. It reviews the eras of Alexander Hamilton, Henry Clay, Abraham Lincoln and Theodore Roosevelt, and it demolishes misconceptions about some of the political conditions that affect our two-party system. Many of the great American figures of our own generation pass in review in this volume—including Michigan's Senator Arthur H. Vandenberg—as well a Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt. Harry Tru- man, John Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson, and a number of leading American authors. Of major interest is the long essay on "Cold War Issues" in which Senator Javits reviews the situation in the Middle East, exposes the intransigence of Nasser and briefly deals with Israel's just rights to a fair deal. "The whole Middle East is kept in con- stant turmoil and danger by this intransigence directed against Israel, the most reliable free world bastion in the eastern Medi- terranean," the Senator declares. While he relates himself in this volume to his party, Senator Javits exposes the radical right, explains the problems affecting deal- ings with the Soviets, analyzes world conditions in all spheres. His "Order of Battle" is a truly significant work for all Americans. Valuable Guide to Israel "Israel—A Holiday Magazine Travel Guide," issued this week as a paperback by Random House, serves a very valuable purpose. With tourism to Israel on the increase, the new guide, which deals with the basic factors in Israel, provides the most necessary suggestions in preparation for a trip, the tours within Israel, the necessary clothing and a score of other needs involved in an Israeli tour. This guide prepares the tourist for his trip by informing him about Israel's background and by proceeding to outline what one should know about the country, its passports and visas, what to take on a trip, customs and currency, language, hotels, foods, tipping, shopping, sports and holidays and other useful information. In addition to the section that advises what to see in Israel, there is a special chapter on Jerusalem. A 10 page chapter on Hebrew describes the phonetic translation of a number of words and phrases and provides a working vocabularly for the tourist. Another chapter lists hotels, restaurants and shops, categorized by price and containing other necessary information regarding these requirements. The index is very helpful in guiding the tourist promptly to important places and significant tourist requirements. - iV