Senator Goldwater Outlines His Views on Middle East,
Immigration in Statement Prepared for The Jewish News

Senator Barry Goldwater this new problems that will come to a
week set forth his views on immi-i head in another five or ten years.
gration and the Middle East, in al WHAT POSITION DO YOU
statement to the editor of The TAKE ON THE MIDDLE EAST
Detroit Jewish News. ISSUES AND ON ISRAEL'S PRE-
The message from the Repub- CARIOUS STATE OF BEING
lican candidate for President UNDER ENDLESS THREATS
came in reply to the following FROM THE ARAB NATIONS?
questions which were addressed WHAT POLICIES DO YOU PRO-
to the Arizona Senator on July 20 POSE TO PURSUE IN THE MID-
by the editor: DLE EAST IN THE EVENT OF
1. Members of the U. S. Sen- AGGRESSIVE STEPS BY THE
ate representing both political U. A.R. AND OTHER ARAB NA-
parties • have expressed their TIONS WHICH ARE CONTINUAL-
protests against continued aid to LY REITERATING THAT THEY
Nasser and the United Arab Re- ARE DETERMINED TO DESTROY
public if the Egyptian dictator is ISRAEL, A NATION THAT IS ON
to continue to utilize military aid FRIENDLIEST TERMS WITH THE
U. S. A.?

First let me say that I stand op- view our aid to many nations —
posed to aggression by any nation, such as Egypt—whose commitment
in any region of the world. Repub- to the free world is dubious at
licans have demonstrated their best. Our aid has, unfortunately,
ability—in the White House and in supported many governments
Congress—to keep the peace. We whose approach to political and
Republicans intend to prevent economic development is cut
armed conflict in the Middle East, closer to a totalitarian than a free
in the Far East, in Africa, in the pattern.
I am in wholehearted agreement
Americas and in Europe. This cen-
tury has known too much war and with the 1964 Republican Platform
I, for one, do not want to see the which says: "Respecting the Mid-
Middle East develop into another dle East . . we will so direct our
economic and .military assistance
Viet Nam or Korea.
To further this goal, I have long as to help maintain stability in this
been on record in favor of a more region and prevent an imbalance
discriminating use of American of arms."
In addition, the 1960 pledges re-
foreign aid, especially in respect to
belligerent nations. We should re- garding the Middle East, which are

Israel Zangwill's Interests in Art, Religion,
Zionism Described in Columbia Press Volume

BARRY GOLDWATER

▪

from Russia as a threat to Is-
rael's existence. What position
do you take on the Middle East
issues and on Israel's precarious
state of being under endless
threats from the Arab nations?
The Republican PI at f o r m is
vague on the issue.
2. What policies do you pro-
pose to pursue in the Middle
East in the event of aggressive
steps by the U. A. R. and the
other Arab nations which are
continually reiterating that they
are determined to destroy Israel,
a nation that is on friendliest
terms with the U. S.?
3. The Republican Platform
has omitted reference to the im-
migration problem. Previously,
Republican leaders were out-
spoken in their condemnation of
the McCarran-Walter Act. Presi-
dent Eisenhower was among
those who favored revision and
liberalization of the existing law.
Testifying before Senator Hart's
committee two weeks ago, Secre-
tary, of State Rusk said: "What is
needed, basically, is to bring our
immigration law into line with
the real character and disposition
of the American people, who are
at heart and in fact hospitable,
kindly disposed. and interested
in all races and cultures." What
is your attitude on the existing
immigration law which has been
branded as malicious and un-
fair?
4. Are you in favor of the rati-
fication of the United Nations
Genocide Convention?
The last question remained un-
answered in Senator Goldwater's
statement. His replies, specifically
indicated as having been "prepared
for The Jewish News," follow:
WHAT IS YOUR ATTITUDE ON
THE EXISTING IMMIGRATION
LAW WHICH HAS BEEN BRAND-
ED AS MALICIOUS AND UN-
FAIR?
For many years I have been on
the record in favor of revising the
McCarran-Walter Act. I believe a
complete review of our immigra-
tion laws is necessary, in order to
determine precisely to what extent
laws written decades ago are still
applicable to today's conditions. I
also endorse the Republican plat-
form, which pledges immigration
legislation permitting families to
be reunited and a continuation of
the "Fair Share" Refugee Program.
The complexities of writing
equitable immigration laws are
many. Therefore, we must move
forward with care and deliberation
so that we do not simply create

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
40—Friday, October 16, 1964

spirit," R a b b i Wohlgelernter
On the occasion of the 100th an-
states, and he shows by quoting
niversary of the birth of Israel
from his works, by referring to
observed
Zangwill, which was
his interests, that "For Zangwill
earlier this year, many essays were
the problem is not 'W h a t is
written e v aluat-
Judaism?' but rather 'Will Juda-
ing the great
ism fulfill the prophecies in the
writer's life and
old material sense?' "
works and his as-
sociation with
Thus, the newest study of Zang-
Zionism and ter-
will becomes especially appli-
ritorialism a n d
cable to the immediate present. In
two books were
his analysis, Rabbi Wohlgelern-
published, relat-
ter states:
ed to the centen-
"Like the other young Jewish
nial.
intellectuals learned in other dis-
The newest
ciplines and philosophies, Zang-
work about Zang-
will was convinced that in a chang-
will is a most
ing world the old prophecies will
interesting study.
not
be fulfilled. 'Both Biblican and
In "Israel Zang-
Zangwill
will: A Study," Rabbi Maurice Rabbinical Judaism,' he says, `seem
Wohlgelernter of the Inwood Jew- to have had their day. The cloak
ish Center of New York, an assist- that could not be torn off by the
ant professor of English at Yeshiva tempest of Christianity and Per-
niversity, has written an excel- secution bids fair to be thrown off
1 • t biographical sketch of the dis- under the sunshine of Rational-
tin ished writer and leader and ism and Tolerance. Hence if Juda-
has specially well analyzed his ism is to fulfill its function, it must
do so only in a 'limited sense.' It
work
must somehow appear changeless
Publi ed by Columbia Univer- while actually changing."
sity Pres this fine study delves
Quoting from Zangwill's lec-
into Zang -ill's approaches to reli-
gion, to " ionism, to life in the tures, from his "English Judaism"
ghetto, e pecially as it was re- and other works, Rabbi Wohlgel-
flected i the novel about London's ernter touches upon Zangwill's at-
East E d described in "Children titude on the "Chosen People"
idea, on the claim that Jews are
of t Ghetto."
"opposed" to the rest of human-
Art and religion were to Zang-
ity, and he shows that Zangwill's
will "twin manifestations of the
view was that "a chosen people is
really a choosing people," that "it
is rather to the ultimate unity of
all mankind in recognizing one
God that Israel aspires."

Colombia Vows
Friendly Ties With
State of Israel

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire

The Wohlgelernter study em-
phasizes that Zangwill viewed
all things "without prejudice."
It was a universal viewpoint and
all mankind was the object of
change and reconstruction.
The early Zangwill interest in

to The Jewish News)
BOGOTA, Colombia—President
Guillermo Leon Valencia gave
Deputy Premier Abba Eban of
Israel firm and emphatic assurance Hebrew Corner
of his decision to "maintain and
strengthen friendly relations be -
tween" Colombia and Israel in a
meeting of the two statesmen
Tuesday.
The seven Dead Sea Scrolls that are
in the possession of Israel will be moved
Eban expressed Israel's appre- to
a permanent shelter that was specially
ciation for the support of Colombia built for this purpose in the museum city
Jerusalem.
since 1948, when the South Amer- in The
purpose of the architects from
ican nation proposed Israel's ad- New York was to find an appropriate
to keep these scrolls and other
mission to the United Nations, to place
old manuscripts. They decided to create
the recent UN session, in which a setting in which the scrolls were as
were discovered—a dark cave with
Colombia strongly urged free di- they
artificial light. Here will be exhibited
rect Israel-Arab talks for peace. old manuscripts and documents, amongst
the scrolls found in the Judean
It was reported that President them
desert: the Letters of Bar Kochba and
Valencia explained that this atti- other documents. Manuscripts of the
tude was immutable in view of the Bible in Hebrew and other languages
written before the printing press was
principles affecting policies of invented will also be shown.
It was the idea of Mr. Samuel Gottes-
Central American countries.
man of the United States to build this
Eban in an address in Spanish, abode. He donated a quarter of a mil-
dollars so that Prof, Yigal Ladin
spoke at a session of the Colombian lion
could buy four of the seven scrolls in
Senate and House of Representa- the United States. Now he donated a
sum to build a shelter for these
tives, accepting an invitation ex- larger
scrolls. The "Book Mansion" will house
tended in an unusual gesture of not only the scrolls, but also all that
written about them in scores of
friendship. In his address, Eban was
languages. Hundreds of books and about
expressed the view that Israel and 4000 articles were written up to date on
Dead Sea Scrolls that are consid-
Latin America could increase their the
ered one of the most important archae-
cooperation both in the service ological discoveries.
—Translation of Hebrew column
of peace in the. Middle East and
Published by Brit Ivrit Olamit,
in joint development programs.
Jerusalem

Shelter for the
Dead Sea Scrolls

Zionism and his association with
Theodor Herzl, his melting pot idea
for American Jews, his interest in
territorialism and the formation of
JTO—the Jewish Territorialist Or-
ganization — are interesting aspects
of this effective study.

Why did Zangwill change ideas
and make such conflicting ap-
proaches to major issues? Rabbi
Wohlgelernter states:

"To show 'the other side of
everything' was, for him, the begin-
ning of wisdom. If, for example,
he loved peace, he also admired
Napoleon; if he followed Tolstoy's
aesthetics, he was no less attracted
to Pater and the French symbol-
ists; if he heard the call of Zion,
he could frankly admit that his
dedication to it wasted his life; if
he escaped the ghetto in search
of Western culture, he proceeded
to return to it, at least in spirit if
not in fact."

The research that went into this
study results in a most impressive
biographical study and a very re-
vealing evaluation of Zangwill's
ideas, his novels, all his writings,
his religious and Zionist opinions.

P. S.

explicitly reaffirmed in this year's
platform are:
"To eliminate the obstacles to a
lasting peace in the area, including
the human problem of the Arab
refugees.
"To seek to end the transit and
trade restrictions, blockades and
boycotts.
"To secure freedom of naviga-
tion in international waterways,
the cessation of discrimination
against Americans on the basis of
religious beliefs, and an end to the
wasteful and dangerous arms race
to the threat of an arms imbalance
in the area."
William Miller and I have
pledged our campaign to peace. We
realize that this means we must ad-
vance the cause of peace between
all nations, everywhere in the
world where U. S. security inter-
ests are involved or where freedom
is in danger.

Dr. Prinz's Opposition
to Goldwater Criticized
in Los Angeles Statement

Dr. Joachim Prinz of Newark,
N.J.. president of the American
Jewish Congress, had spoken in op-
position to the candidacy for the
Presidency of Senator Barry Gold-
water.
He was attacked for his stand
by Joseph J. Cummins, former
Detroiter, in an editorial in • the
Los Angeles Bnai Brith 'Messen-
ger, who called for "poise — not
passion in the rabbinate, our lay
leaders, poise in our Jewish press,
poise in our pronouncements."
At the same time a joint state-
ment was issued by Julius A. Lee-
tham, chairman of the Los Angeles
County Republican Central Commit-
tee, and a Jewish leader, Noah A.
Ben-Tovim, Los Angeles commis-
sioner of the Board of Public
Utilities and Transportation, who
cited Senator Goldwater's declara-
tion: "I have always been proud of
my Jewish ancestry." They com-
mended the stand taken by Cum-
mins and deplored what they called
Rabbi Prinz's "intemperate attack
upon Senator Goldwater."

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