PZa pai Votes Dissidents' Expulsion TEL AVIV (JTA) The Central Committee of the Mapai Party voted overwhelmingly here at a meeting that concluded early Monday morning to expel from the party any member who would lend support "direct or indirect to an independent- list that might be formed for next fall's national elec- tions. Thus the Party's legal grouildwOrk was set for the expulsion of former Prime Minister David Ben- Gurion and his followers, even while this group announced that it is continuing preparations for an- nouncing its separate. election list within the next few days. The vote for expulsion of intransigent members was carried by an overwhelming ballot of 213 to 9, with 29 abstentions. Before voting expulsion, the Central Committee considered a resolution calling for- a special Mapai convention to debate the entire issue posed by Ben-Gurion's decision to fight the party policies held by the majority, which baCks Prime Minister Levi Eshkol. Ben-Gurion and his followers had demanded such a special convention. That motion was defeated, 202-54. After the meeting, Reuven Barkatt, secretary-general of the party, still held out a wreath of peace in the hope of averting an open party split. In its final resolution on expul- sion, the Central Committee reiterated its old stand to the effect that formation of local and national lists outside the party without the party's consent constituted "a direct breach of the party's constitu- tion." Ben-Gurion and his associates have asked Knesset for recognition as an independent "Israel Work- ars List" party. (Related Story on Page 5.) Tribute to Sharett NE „„ JEWISH — Anti-Semitic Trends and Need for Vigilance r 1= CWT. A Weekly Review Editorials Page 4 A Personal Document: Boris Smolar Reminisces About Friendship with Moshe Sharett isVI I G I-11 .=N.. NJ of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper —Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle VOLUME XLVI I—NO. 21 Printed in a 100% Union Shop 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd., Detroit 48235--VE 8-9364—July 16, 1965 David Ben-Gurion Page 2 $6.00 Per Year; This Issue 20c Goldmann Warns Against Cold War Involvement, While Russian Rejects Jewish Appeals at Geneva N Session Export Act's AUti-Boycott Rule Puts Commerce Dept. to the Test BY MILTON FRIEDMAN (Copyright, 1965, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) WASHINGTON—Will the U.S. Department of Commerce take effec- tive steps to fight the Arab boycott as authorized this summer by a new act of Congress? Under the extension of the Export Control Act, sipied June 30 by President Johnson, specific authority is for the first time provided for a fight against the Arab boycott. But the Commerce and State Departments, backed by the White House, opposed the measure. The Executive Department held that anti-boycott legislation might embarrass American efforts to impose economic blockades on certain Communist countries. It was also contended that American-Arab relations might be jeopardized. According to Commerce Secretary John T. Connor, American firms wishing to deal with the Arabs might be troubled by a flat prohibition on collaboration with the anti-Israel boycott. But it became apparent to the White House that Congress had the votes to pass a mandatory measure despite Executive Department objec- tions. - Therefore, a compromise was manipulated in which the boycott would not be actually "prohibited." The Commerce Department, however, would be required to draft specific regulations "to encourage and request" firms to oppose the Arabs' restrictive trade practice. Thus, opponents of the boycott achieved a limited victory. The Administration averted what could have been an embarrassing defeat. One fact clearly emerged from the debates in the House and Senate. Members of Congress were fed up with the arrogant intransigence of the Arabs. The State Department was drafting new aid programs for the Nasser regime despite the sentiment of Congress. Aid was subject to the discretion of the President. Congress could do little more than cry out on this issue. But Congress could insist that steps be taken to stop the Arabs from interfering with American commerce. The Commerce Department is required to publish in the Federal Register by Sept. 30 such rules and regulations as the President may prescribe to implement PL 89-63, the new law. To avert Senate moves to strengthen the anti-boycott bill into a andatory prohibition of Arab tactics, Secretary Connor wrote to Senate i jority Leader Mike Mansfield. He sought to assure the Senate that the use wording was adequate and that his Department would implement steps against the boycott. He said: "The Department of Commerce will have the obligation, and will, in fact, request American business firms not - to cooperate in restrictive trade practices or boycotts imposed by a foreign country against another country friendly to the United States." Mr. Connor agreed to the Senate's addition of a requirement "that all domestic concerns receiving requests for the furnishing of such (boycott) information or the signing of such agreements must report this fact to the 'Secretary of Commerce for such action as he may • deem appropriate." He conceded in his letter to Sen. Mansfield that the agreed language of the Act "would require specific action by the Executive Department, and the Executive Department will, of course, follow through on those requirements if this bill is approved by Congress." Passage of the bill has set the stage for initiation of a real fight against the boycott. PL 89-63 provides legal tools to deal with the Arab question- naires, the demands for affidavits, and negative certificates of origin. Sponsors of the legislation will observe as executive action evolves. How vigorously will the Commerce and State Departments implement a measure they sought to kill? Will the federal government now provide the long overdue protection for American business concerns or merely go through the minimum motions required under law? Washington is waiting to see what regulations the President may prescribe and what action the Secretary of Commerce "may deem appro- priate" to deal with the boycott. ( While Dr. Nahum Goldmann, speaking at the World Jewish Congress executive session in Strasbourg, France, on Sunday night, was advocating avoidance of resort to "distortions" in dealing with the status of Jews in Russia, warning against involve- ment in "cold war polemics," the Soviet delegate at the United Nations Economic and Social Council meetings in Geneva on Monday stated firmly that the USSR has no intention of changing the current status of Russian Jewry. Facts indicating there is prejudice against Jews in Russia were offered by Israel Ambassador Moshe Bartur in the Geneva debate, but the Russian delegate, G. C. Arkadyev, made accusations against Israel and the Zionists and accused the Israeli of distorting facts. Details of the two conflicting approaches on the status of Russian Jewry appear in the JTA reports from Strasbourg and Geneva. STRASBOURG, France (JTA)—Dr. Nahum Goldmann, president of the World Jewish Congress, expressed his belief here Sunday night that some change for the better is about to occur in the Soviet Union's treatment of Russia's Jewish commu- nity. He warned that "creating the impression that the Jewish people is anti-Soviet would be a historic tragedy." He discussed the situation of Soviet Jewry in his address at the opening session of the World Jewish Congress executive, meeting here with 100 delegates from 30 countries in attendance, in the headquarters of the Council of Europe. Dr. Goldmann appealed to the Jewish people and its friends around the world to continue the public demand for equal rights for the Jewish community in the Soviet Union as a religious and national minority, and to seek to persuade the USSR to change its policy concerning Soviet Jews. At the same time, however, he warned against "distortions" regarding the situation. "Above all," he said, "we should avoid being dragged into cold war polemics. These we should oppose more than any other minority. We should avoid creating the impression that the Jewish people, as such, is anti-Soviet." Such a development, (Continued on Page 32) Communist China Thuds New Red Fist Against Israel BY SAUL CARSON JTA Correspondent at the United Nations (Copyright, 1965, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.) UNITED NATIONS, N.Y.—Israel has a new, but very powerful, enemy. It is Communist China. The Peking regime, long the outstanding pariah here, has cynically undertaken a drive to ingratiate itself with the Arab nations by furnishing vigorous backing to their anti-Israeli cam- paign. Those here who know of Israel's_ skills in - diplomacy, its vast progress in obtaining the friendship of Latin American, African and Asian nations, do not expect Red Chinese troops to march against Israel. But they do see overt signs of Peking's wily hand in the Arab stand . against Israel. They know that Israel knows how to read signs as well as—often better than—others. But they are also convinced that Peking's aims vis-a-vis Israel need careful watching. As Middle East dispatches are read here, reporting sabotage attacks inside Israel by the recently formed El Fatah movement, Red China's tie with El Fatah is recalled. About a dozen members of El Fatah have recently received training, encouragement, orientation — and perhaps funds — in Peking. In Damascus, the former Grand Mufti, who was a Hitler pal during World War II, has lined up with El Fatah, and has become one of the chief Arabs linking the goal of "Palestine liberation" with Peking's aim to influence the Arabs and to gain their friendship. . Red China's campaign against Israel, begun about a year ago, has extended to most of Asia, much of Africa, and large sections of Latin America where Arabs make use of native, neo- Nazi and fascist movement to help spread anti-Semitic and anti-Israel propaganda. Communist opposition to Israel, since 1952, is now an old story. The Moscow Communists have been following an old tradition, established in Czarist days, of trying to meddle in the Middle East as part of Russia's spearhead in that region. The Chinese are even more cynical than the Kremlin, since Peking has had no direct interest in the Middle East. Peking just doesn't care who it hurts, or how, as long as the expected results promise firmer friendships among the Arabs, among the African people, and among the Latin American nations. Peking's drive against Israel could redound here against its years-long aim to gain United Nations membership. That drive had gained many favorable reactions here. Peking's split with the Kremlin has cooled off Moscow's interest in getting Red China into the UN. Peking's nuclear threat has not helped gain friends here. As yet the Chinese cloud over Israel is only a red fist. But alertness is the word. .