Arms Sales to Israel Not Affected
by End of Revolving Fund, Senate Told
Israel Philharmonic Wins
Standing Ovation in NY
Friday, August 4, 1967-9
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
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I aircraft and spares from available ous applause and a standing ova-
to The Jewish News)
U.S. stocks in areas other than tion last weekend greeted the Is-1
WASHINGTON — A successful
rael Philharmonic Orchestra, at
those required from Vietnam.
Congressional effort to end the
He said that the U.S. official Philharmonic Hall. in the first of
Defense Department's $383,000,000
position "is resulting in a very 20 fund-raising concerts that will
revolving arms sales credit fund
serious problem for the only friend take the ensemble to 15 cities in
would not affect other means of
the United States and Canada over
we have left in the Mid East."
supplying American arms to Is-
24-day period. The 110-member
The Congressman held that "in a
rael, Sen. Stuart Symington, Mis-
part as a result of efforts to put musical group played to a capacity
souri Democrat, said Monday in a
audience under the direction of
a brake on the sale of American
statement on the Senate floor.
William Steinberg. with pianist
military equipment abroad, Is-
A number of Senators and Rep-
rael again is being confronted Rudolf Serkin as soloist.
resentatives are seeking an end to
with a threatening situation from
The 2,800-capacity hall in Lin.
the revolving fund after it was
Arab nations."
learned that the Defense Depart.
coin Center was sold out a week
Sen.
Symington
praised
on
the
ment has used the fund to guaran-
in advance of Saturday night's pro-
Senate floor Wednesday the re-
tee $591,000,000 for the purchase
fusal of Romania to agree to the I gram. Proceeds of the tour will go
of United States weapons by 14
formal anti-Israel position of the ; to the Israel Emergency Fund.
underdeveloped nations, including
Soviet Union and all other Soviet After two more concerts in New
Israel in 1966 and 1967. The admin-
bloc countries. Romania was the
istration, seeking to defeat in the
York, the orchestra will perfory in
only
Soviet bloc country which
Senate a Foreign Relations Com-
Philadelphia. Pittsbut,eic4o.. of
did
not
break
off
diplomatic
re-
mittee amendment to abolish the
Denver, St. Louis. Cleveland. : 9
lations with Israel during the
fund, has been telling Congress-
June war.
Louisville and Toronto.
men that this would hamper arms
Sen. Symington, chairman of tilt
sales to Israel.
Near Eastern subcommittee of the
Sen. Symington, a leader of Senate Foreign Relations Commit- ,
the Congressmen in the fight on
tee. cited an editorial in the Wash-
the fund, denied this. He said ington Evening Star which re. I
that the President would keep ferred to Romanian government
WOMEN'S
his authority under the Foreign statements urging the Arabs to
APPAREL
Assistance Law to sell weapons make peace with Israel. The Sena-
to Israel, without legal limit,
tor said the Romanian position
from Defense Department arsen-
seemed to make sense.
als, on a three-year credit basis.
The editorial said that "possibly i
He said the President also would Romania's sound 'advice may yet
grant up to $300,000,000 in weapons find a hearing and a positive res-
to countries whenever he considers ponse in the self-deluded Arab
this "vital" to United States secur- world, a world desperately in need
ity and that he could grant up to of such attion. Sen. Symington
$50,000,000 of foreign military aid commended the editorial.
funds, appropriated in a particular
He pointed out that "Israel's
fiscal year, to any country not losses in aircraft were moderate
previously listed for such funds.
but there have been no replace-
Sen. Symington added that Is- ments for these losses. More
rael's credit was good enough to serious is their inability to get
qualify it for commercial bank spares — engines and parts — with
loans to finance arms purchases.
which to maintain firstline effi-
Charging that the United
ciency on the aircraft remaining
States government has refused
in the Israel inventory."
to deliver military aircraft to
Rep. Sikes stressed that "France
Israel, Chairman Robert L. F. is now refusing to help Israel with
Sikes of the military construc- supplies. The failure of the United
tions subcommittee of the Rouse
States to do so leaves Israel with
Appropriations Comnittiee Wed- no reliable source of aircraft and
nesday told Congress that "ob- spares."
viously, the- Arabs know of this
He noted "by contrast, the Arab
country's refusal to help Israel forces, whose equipment was
and this encourages Arab belli-
heavily depleted by the effective-
gerency."
ness of the Israeli strategy, are be-
Rep. Sikes. a Florida Democrat. ing resupplied rapidly by the Rus-
said that "refusal on our part to sians."
help Israel is most untimely and
Rep. Sikes recalled that "con-
it could produce highly undesirable trol of the air was a vital part in
results. Israel should be allowed the smashing success enjoyed by
to acquire needed relacements of Israeli forces" and continues vital.
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