Euromart Council Ready to Consider Request by Israel 8—Friday, December 2, 1966 BRUSSELS (JTA)—The Council duphenyl for another six months decision. Without the use of some of the European Economic Com- until June 1967 when the council such preservative, Israeli citrus munity reiterated here its inten- will, it was hoped, make a final would spoil before arrival. tion to consider on Dec. 6 pro- cedures for handling Israel's re- Boris Smolar's quest for a comprehensive agree- ment with the six-nation Euro- m art bloc. Israel has a limited agreement now which will expire at the end of next June. It has formally By BORIS SMOLAR asked for either a much more (Copyright, 1966, JTA, Inc.) comprehensive agreement or for UJA PARLEY: What is the difference between the national con- associate status. ference of the United Jewish Appeal this year and the UJA annual The council noted that there had been "progress" in talks conferences in previous years? . . . The answer is simple . . . The with Austria, Spain, Israel and three-day conference this year—which opens in New York Dec. S- the Maghreb (North Africa ) will take place under the shadow of developments in Israel which countries. It was agreed that will require more aid from American Jewry than in any of the past the issues would be discussed 15 years . . . And I do not mean the military developments which when the foreign ministers of keep Israel on the alert now more than ever before . .. The military the six nations of which the developments are a matter which the Israelis can and will take care council is composed meet with of themselves without outside assistance . . . It is the economic the council on Dec. 6-7. developments in the country that constitute the greatest worry now In regard to Israel, the council —the growing unemployment in a land where there is no unemploy- indicated that the basic decision ment insurance and where many immigrant families have as many as was whether the EEC Commission ten children each . . . Feeding 10 children when the head of the should be asked to initate explora- family is unemployed—and has no outlook to find employment—is tory talks to sound out Israeli no simple matter . . . And the number of unemployed in Israel has wishes or whether the six countries already reached the official figure of 65,000 . . . These are mostly unskilled workers, but there are among them also skilled workers, should first consider the issue. and even 1,500 engineers and other men with trained professions . . . In a related problem. the EEC Max Fisher, the general chairman of the UJA, has already indicated Commission said it could not make in his address before the general assembly of the Council of Jewish an anticipated decision authorizing Federations and Welfare Funds that some of the unemployed fami- use of a chemical called duphenyl lies in Israel are facing hunger . . . It was not easy for him to report which is used by Israel and other this series fact and to inject the word "hunger" . . . But facts are countries shipping citrus fruits to facts, and American Jewry ought to know them as they are . . . Be- Euromart countries by sea to pro- cause it is American Jews who also have the duty to see that the tect the fruit in transit. immigrants they helped to bring to Israel should not suffer from The commission asked the coun- the economic crisis which Israel is now undergoing. cil of ministers to extend the pres- ent temporary authorization to use GLOOMY FACTS: At the national conference of the United Jewish Appeal, gloomy facts will be reported about the effects of the present economic crisis in Israel . . . And it will only be natural if the conference will conclude with an appeal to Jews in the United States to increase their contributions to the UJA so that the UJA should be able to bring more assistance to the needy in Israel . . . The year 1967—and perhaps even 1968—will be no ordinary year for Jews in Israel whom American Jewry has assisted to settle there . . . The two years should, therefore, be also no years of ordinary giving to UJA by Jews in this country . . . Jews in America must be aware fully of the present emergency situation in Israel and should understand that it is upon them that the obligation falls to give a helping hand in this emergency . . . If 65,000 Jewish immi- grants in America would have been in the same position as are the unemployed immigrants in Israel, something drastic would have been done by American Jewry to alleviate their plight . . . The fact that these immigrants are in Israel, and not in the United States, does not release American Jews from their obligation to come to the aid of these needy men, women and children . . . Fisher, in his address at the General Assembly of the CJFWF, has already called for an additional $10,000,000 to be given to UJA by contributors in RETURN ON SUNDAYS the 1967 campaign . . . It must not be forgotten that Israelis will First tour Dec. 22, 1966 from now on pay increased taxes and they will have to carry even Continuing thru Mar. 1967 a heavier burden of military expenses than hitherto . . The aid to the tens of thousands of people in Israel who will remain unem- ployed for a year, or even two, must thus come primarily from Jews in the United States . . . The $10,000,000 extra for UJA which Fisher asks for 1967 is only about 15 per cent increase of the sum which the UJA will probably raise this year . . . A 15 per cent in- per person double occupancy plus jet fare crease, in my opinion, will hardly be enough to meet the needs of SPECIAL RATES FOR CHILDREN. the victims of growing unemployment in Israel, in addition to other needs of absorption of immigrants . . . What is necessary is a 50 per cent increase, if not the doubling of the contributions of 1966. 5 NIGHTS AT . . . 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For the next two years they must give priority to the UJA over their giving to other philanthropic causes . . . The American Government is spending billions of dollars in feeding needy popula- tions abroad; American Jews should follow the example of their government in this critical economic situation in Israel where un- employment, with all its consequences, will definitely become worse. . . . I do not know whether the leaders of the UJA will bring out the full grim picture of the unemployment situation in Israel at the National Conference in New York, but they should do it, even if some people in Israel may not want them to do so . . . American Jews recognize with pride the achievements in Israel during the 18 years of the State's existence; it will not reflect upon Israel if they know also the full truth about its present difficulties . . . On the contrary, the fuller the picture American Jews are given the greater may be their response . . . 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