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37 per cent of the Protestants and
22 per cent of the Catholics scored
high, "with the amount of anti-
Jewish prejudice varying from one
region of the country to another,
especially among Protestants," the
study reported.
JERUSALEM (JTA)—A group of
West German experts will come to
Israel shortly to study plans for
building a railway line from Beer-
sheba to Eilat in a joint West Ger-
man-Israel venture, a meMber of
the West German Parliament dis-
closed at a press conference.
Erich Blumenfeld, a member of
the Foreign Affairs Committee of
the Bundestag, the lower house of
the Parliament, and personal emis-
sary of Chancellor Ludwig Erhard,
cited the project in support of his
belief that such joint efforts would
be better than West German loans
or grants in building relations be-
tween that two countries. He sug-
gested that such ventures should
constitute the principal form of
West German aid to Israel.
"Joint projects could double or
even quadruple the amount which
Israel could expect to receive in
grants," he said. He declined to
-disclose the figure he had in mind,
but declared that Israel's economy
might benefit by 500,000,000 marks
($1,666,000) a year in income. He
added he would present recom-
mendations, based on his visit to
Israel, to Chancellor Erhard.
"It is least common on the
West Coast," the sociologists re-
ported, "followed by the East,
and much higher in the Midwest
and South where a majority of
orthodox and particularist Chris-
tians still blame the Jews for
the death of Jesus." But, the
- report stated, the- implication of
the Jews in the crucifixion "re-
mains a common belief" and
"provides an important basis for
. generating hostile religious im-
ages of the modern Jews." The
data showed that 43 per cent of
the Protestants and 50 per cent
of the Catholics queried nation-
ally identified the Jews as "the
group most responsible for the
crucifixion."
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The study showed that social
class among the Christian orthodox
and particularistic believers has
no direct or independent impact on
attitudes towards Jews. "No mat-
ter how high their education or
occupational status," the report
Religions passed by Vatican Coun-
cil II last fall for "a mutual
knowledge and respect which is
the fruit, above all, of biblical
and theological studies as well as
fraternal dialogues."
Calling Bishop Carli's statement
"insidious" and a reflection of
"the type of primitive mentality
that we defeated so overwhelming-
ly at Vatican Council II," Abram
said it was "bizarre and a
travesty". to think that a declara-
tion that "deplores" displays of
"anti-Semitism directed against
Jews at any time and by anyone"
should itself be used as the basis
for "an anti-Semitic attack."
Abram's statement recalled
Morris B. Abram, president of that Bishop Carli, during the days
the American Jewish Commit- when the so-called Jewish Dec-
tee, labeled as "an anti-Semitic laration - was being deliberated at
attack" the article in which Vatican Council II, had argued
Bishop Luigi Carli of Segni
that the Jewish people of today
wrote that Judaism as a religion
as well as those of Jesus' time
carried "by its very nature" the
were responsible for the, Cruci-
judgment of "condemnation by fixion. The American Jewish Com-
God."
mittee leader recalled also that
Abram, also U.S. Representative the Jewish Declaration had been
on the UN Human Rights Commis- approved by "the overwhelming
sion, said that Bishop Carli's senti- vote of 1,763 to 250." Abram
ments "Seemed in direct contradic-
tion" to the recommendation with-
in the statement on the Jews in
the Declaration on Non-Christian
declared, "persons remain very
likely to foster anti-Jewish preju-
dices so long as they retain a
religious perspective which facili-
tates an image of the Jew as a
religious outsider."
The study hailed the recently
proclaimed Catholic decree, adopt-
ed by the Ecumenical Council,
repudiating the charge of the col-
lective guilt of the Jewish people
for the death of Jesus. That de-
cree, the sociologists stated, "goes
to the heart of Christian anti-
Semitism" and its effect will be
"to arm the lower clergy with
appropriate theological means to
denounce anti-Semitism in its re-
ligious trappings."
missiles and other lethal weapons place, but we are also opposed to
in preparation for another attack." an arms imbalance which favors
The statement commended the role the nation bent on destroying its
of the United States, stating that neighbor." The statement stressed
"we record our satisfaction at the that "our government has empha-
continuity friendship between the sized the destabilizing effect of
massive Soviet sales of arms to the
United States and Israel."
Congress was lauded for adopt- area, and has assisted other nations
ing legislation aimed at the Arab whose regimes are threatened by
boycott. The statement said, how- President Nasser's Soviet•equipped
ever, that "we urge the admini- forces."
stration to strengthen the regula-
The conference urged the admi-.
tions which implement that legis- nistration "to provide generous
lation."
economic aid to Arab countries
Commenting on Egyptian Presi- which will be used to raise living
dent Nasser's pressure on other standards, and to withhold aid used
Arab states, the statement said: to finance aggression." A plea was
"We are opposed to an arms race made for resettlement of Arab
in the Near East or any other refugees in Arab lands."
Davies, an official of the Near
East division of the department,
said: "Our policy is aimed at
protection of such major Ameri-
can interests as free communica-
tion through the Middle East,
promotion of U.S. commerce ..ith
the countries of the - area, Pon-
tinned flow of Middle East oil
to the free world, and prevention
of Communist control of any part
of the area."
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Davies asserted that U.S. policy
"remains one of balance and even-
handedness, the maintenance of
good relations with all the peoples
of the • Near East, the containment
or prevention of conflict, as .part
and parcel of this effort, endeavors
to prevent intensification'..of : the
arms race."
He said the real barrier- to peace
is psychological and emotional.
"Until this can be reduced, there
is little that can be done toward
an accommodation between the
Arab and Jewish peoples of the
Near East," he declared. He
fear and suspicion was a "pre-
thought that reduction of mutual
requisite to any real progress on
the problem."
.
,
The escalation in the Middle
East arms race imposes an obli-
gation on the United States to
make new efforts to bring the
Arab states- and Israel to the
peace table, the committee
urged in a policy statement
adopted at the conference.
The committee cited Soviet arms
shipments to Egypt, Iraq, Syria and
Yemen as the major causes of the
arms competition and urged con-
tinued U.S. military assistance to
Israel, to enable her to preserve
her deterrent - strength.
The policy statement said Israel
"must remain on constant alert to
defend herself from neighbors who
refuse to make peace and who
accumulate planes, tanks, ships,
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U.S. Policy on Mid-East Emphasizes
Balance, Public Affairs Group Told
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rodg-
er Davies, deputy assistant secre-
tary of state, told the closing ses-
sion of the National Conference of
the American Israel Public Affairs
Committee that "there has been
no change in the basic approach
of the United States to the Middle
East and its problems."
said he was "certain" that other
Catholic leaders, "more in tune
with modern life than is the Meth-
eval arrogance of the Bishop of
Segni," would repudiate his senti-
ments, "just as they did" when
the declaration was passed in
Rome last fall.
The best answer to Bishop
Carli's statement, Abram - con-
tinued, would be an extension of
the ecumenical movement already
under way throughout the United
States and the world. "Already a
groundswell of ecumenical activity,
with Jews and Catholics striving
to understand each other after
2,000 years of misunderstanding,
is being heard in the land," he
said, adding that the American
Jewish Committee was "proud to
be able to be involved in this
activity."
Envoy Eban Will Confer With Israel's
Envoys to Communist Lands in Warsaw
JERUSALEM - (JTA): — Foreign
Minister Abba. Eban wil -leave May
10 .for a week's stay in Poland, in
the first Vi8it by an Israeli Foreign
Minister to' Eastern Europe, the
Foreign Ministry announced.
He will meet with Polish Foreign
Minister Adam Rapacki, and prob-
ably with Polish Communist chief
Gomulka and other Polish leaders.
During his visit .to Warsaw, Eban
also will preside at a conference
of Israeli. ambassadors to Eastern
European countries, including en-
voys from Russia, Poland, Hungary,
Romania, Czechoslovakia and Bul-
garia. He will be accompanied by
senior officials of his Ministry.
Political sources here viewed the
visit as part of a plan to improve
Israeli relations with Eastern
Europe. Polish officials were re-
ported heartily in favor of the visit,
and have provided al possible aid
to Israel for the occasion. The
Polish Foreign Minister is planning
a number of receptions fin- Mr.
Eban.
Eban described his forthcoming
official visit to Poland — as "only
the first link in a chain."
Speaking at a luncheon of the
Israel Chamber of Commerce and
Industry, the foreign minister
noted that Israel has diplomatic
relations with all East - European
countries, trade relations with
most and cultural ties with many.
He said the Israel government's
program in this area of foreign
relations was to strengthen and
enlarge those relations, and he
suggested that a mutual basis for
Israeli understandings with those
countries could be found in the
sufferings all sustained in the
Nazi holocaust.
Eban declared that the concepts
of the cold war and the Iron
Curtain were being increasingly
replaced by such terms as "peace-
ful co-existence." He said that it
was "apparent now that the world
will not be forever divided into
two blocs," adding that Europe
was seen as a unit by many
historians and sociologists.
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