Israel Emergency Fund Gets Additional Support More than $6,800,000 already remitted from Detroit to assist Israel in regaining economic stability Detailed Story. Page 5 Nasser's Dictatorial Rule Exposed: Egyptian Urges 'Face to Face' Negotiations Editoriails Page 4 VOLUME LI — No. 19 U. S. Loans to Finance Arms Deals Condenaned Romania Refuses to Assist Arab Aim to Destroy Israel Communist Party chief serves notice that de- Senator Symington, Congressman assail planned aid to rearm Arab states structive plans will not be given Romanian encouragement Detailed Story. Page 7 Detailed Story. Page 6 HE JEWISH NEWS r.).-TROIT A Weekly Review NI I I-4 I GA. N4 of Jewish Events Viewing the Ruins: Our City's Calamitous Humiliation Commentary Page 2 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle 27 $6.00 Per Year; This Issue 20c 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd., Detroit 48235—VE 8-9364—July 28, 1967 City Restored to Sanity; Firm Action Ends Rioting; Community Aids Sufferers Detroit is back to normal, and firm action taken after President Johnson had sent 1,800 U.S. Army paratroop- ers appears to have ended the looting. the sniping and the guerrilla warfare. the cost of which matches the loss of life sustained in Detroit's race riot of 1943. There is near-unanimous conclusion that the rioting that started on Sun- day was not a race incident but the work of gangs of hoodlums who were bent on stealing, pillaging, looting business houses and resorting to arson. There were more than 1,200 fires during the several days of rioting, several sections of Detroit were de- molished and the losses have been estimated as high as a billion dollars. President Johnson summarized the issue when he declared: "Pillage, loot- ing, murder and arson have nothing to do with civil rights. They are criminal conduct. . . . We will not tolerate lawlessness. We will not en- dure violence." Oakman Merchants Association. He figurez 60 to 70 per cent of the busi- nessmen on his street were Jewish but is convinced there was no racial hostility involved in the attacks. "My wife and I had good relations wtih our customers. and we never "Many carried a gun," he said. Negro businessmen were hurt just the fate of white businesses. (Observ- as bad as I was. I feel sorry for ers noted there were many white the five people who worked for me; looters as well, as the rioting went one of them guarded my store until the very end. Now they're out of into its second day). It didn't help. Miss Friedman in- jobs. What will happen , to them?" sists the damage was done by out- Discouraged but not revengeful. siders, not by neighborhood residents. Lipson said he doesn't know if he "Neighbors who do business with us could go back if he wanted to. The stopped me and said 'What can we insurance on his store ran out five say? Will you be coming back?' " weeks ago. Victor could not say if he would As the action spilled over from the go back. He didn't know yet if he 12th Street-Clairmount area, where a was fully covered by insurance, and Jewish community had once lived and even if he was, would it be worth prospered, businesses in other areas going back? were hit: Robinson Furniture at Lin- Sam Lipson, who owned a variety wood and Oakman, Gorman's Furni- store on 12th Street between Phila- ture at Livernois and Midland, Schol- delphia and Pingree, had been at- nick's haberdashery at Washington tempting to organize a biracial merch- Blvd. and Grand River, Eaton Drugs ants association for some time. On at Eaton and Livernois. The list goes Sunday, Lipson's Variety Store was on. ner of Dexter and Richton has been a landmark for some time. On Sunday night, it was completely ransacked. Selma Friedman, who is a pharma- cist at the store, said three Negro employes remained as long as possi- ble, hid as much liquor as they could and hung out the sign "Soul Brother" in the window in hopes of avoiding The looting and destruction of property was not aimed at Jewish businesses, it was agreed. But in the bath of fire and bombing, loot- Luxury stores on the Livernois- ers succeeded in wiping out many looted and burned, and its owner was small firms their Jewish owners had wiped out. Seven Mile "Avenue of Fashion" were spent years in building up. Lipson had been in business for struck in hit-and-miss style. Such One of them was George Victor, 23 years, 18 of them on Clay Ave., firms as Block's. Harry Solomon, where he helped organize the Clay- Siegel's, Whalings and Ceresnie and whose George V drug store at the cor- Offen furriers were looted although other businesses equally posh weren't ., .touched. Merchandise Mart was burn- ed to the ground. From his home window on W. Outer Drive near Livernois, The Jewish News editor and his wife could see youngsters carrying away musical instruments' from Grinnell's close to midnight Sunday. Once the violence had spread into Pontiac, Flint, Mt. Clemens, Saginaw and Grand Rapids, other old. estab- lished businesses were reported heavily damaged. Except for two or three stores which were boarded up and one tailor- ing establishment which was looted, the Curtis-Wyoming area was business as usual on Tuesday. Beth Aaron Synagogue and Jewish National Fund office reported no difficulties. After a check of Jewish communal institutions in the metropolitan area, the Jewish Community Council de- termined there had been no damage to these facilities. The Jewish Home for Aged at 11501 Petoskey was not disturbed although commercial places in the area were wiped out. One wholesaler who does business with retail establishments in the Grand River. Linwood, Dexter and 12th Street area said every one of his 30 customers had been ruined. (Continued on Page 8) Hope for Lasting Peace Expressed by the President; Eshkol Tells ZOA Delegates of the Difficult Struggle Nasser in Weakest Position: Fedorenko Renews Israel Attack JERUSALEM (JTA)—In a message to the 70th anniversary convention of the Zionist Organization of America, President Johnson declared that "the Middle East stands today at a decisive crossroad poised between great peril and promise" and expressed the belief that "your membership will represent America's fervent wish that all nations of the region seize upon this historic moment with the vision and generosity it demands." The President said he was confident that "you will advance our beliefs in the fundamental rights of every nation to live and the accompanying obligation to respect the rights of others to live. And I assure you that as you do your part to secure lasting peace from anxious truce, you have our continuing concern and the concern of all men of good will." Prime Minister Levi Eshkol warned that Israel faced a "prolonged, difficult and arduous" struggle in the days ahead and called on the Jewish people throughout the world—"our great ally" —to play its part. Addressing the opening session of the convention he called on Jews around the world to come to Israel and help build up the land. "Today, we need more than money," he exclaimed. "We need people. Israel. old and new. calls to the Jews to come. The war and victory have opened up a new chapter in the history of our people. We shall have to do great deeds, new deeds.•' He concluded with the exhortation. "Let the nation build its future in its own land." Eshkol told the convention that one of the greatest problems facing Israel was the Arab refugee problem. "We have to help in solving this problem." he declared. "We want permanent peace with our neighbors so that we may help to solve this human problem. contributing some of our knowledge and capabilities." More than 2,000 delegates and guests, led by President Zalman Shazar, were present in the Jerusalem Convention Center when the convention opened. They heard Eshkol speak in warm . r is in the weakest LONDON—Egypt's President Gamal Abdel Nass e position he has faced since he assumed complete power over his government in 1954, according to Robert Hutchison. Cairo correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. who left the Egyptian capital last week after remaining at his post there through the war with Israel and the events that followed the Egyptian army's defeat by Israel. "Nasser's hold on the situation appears so weak," the correspondent wrote in Tuesday's issue of the newspaper, "that one push westward by the Israelis would probably be enough to topple his government—and that push is eagerly awaited hour ty hour. This makes Cairo today a very unpleasant city to be in.•• The newsman quoted a leading Cairo editor. whom he did not identify, as saying: "It is a measure of Nasser's greatness that he remains in power after so great a setback. But now he is coasting on a reserve of popularity, and even Nasser cannot run on reserve indefinitely. - In addition to the usual inconveniences of a police state. Hutchison wrote. "mob violence is always lurking in the streets despite a ban on demonstrations. Six weeks after the war. the Arab in the street is still not fully informed of the developments. While people criticize Nasser openly, and even blame him for the defeat. he still retains much popularity because of his past achievements. - The newsman added that a street leading to Nasser's home in the suburb of Heliopolis has been blocked off by the elite Republican Guard. The approaches to the street. he reported, (Continued on Page 9) (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) (Continued on Page 14).