Eshkol !Would See Hussein
in Amman to Talk _Peace
A Roster of Fair Speakers,
JERUSALEM—Premier Levi Eshkol offered Wednesday to negotiate
peace with the Arab states "jointly or separately" and said he was prepared
to meet at any time with King Hussein of Jordan, either in Jerusalem or
in the Jordanian capital of Amman.
Hussein replied in London that he "never feared talking to anyone"
and said a "peaceful, just solution" was near. He added there were "more
states involved in this than merely Jordan and Israel."
Meanwhile, Jordanian legionnaires moved up along the Jordan River
against possible Israeli "retaliation" for almost daily attacks and mine
incidents by Arab terrorists based in Jordan.
VOLUME LI I —No. 7
Nov. 15—Goldie Adler, 10 a.m.
Harry Kemelman, 1:30 p.m.
Frank Gervasi, 8 p.m.
Nov. 16—Maurice Bisgyer, 10 a.m.
Dr. James Miller, 12:30 p.m.
Paul Winter, 12:30 p.m.
Maurice Bisgyer, 8 p.m.
Nov.18—An Evening of Yiddish The-
ater, 8:15 p.m.
Nov. 19—Eleanor Lipkin, 7:30 p.m.
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Negro Leader's
Clarification
of Attitude
Involving Jewry
and Israel
Commentary
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Nov. 11—Robert Lewis, 8:15 p.m.
Nov.12—Ruth Finer Mintz, 8:15 p.m.
Nov.12—Ruth Solomon, 8:15 p.m.
Nov. 13—Lily Edelman, 9:30 a.m.
Nov. 13—Ruth Solomon, 10:30 a.m.
iI Nov. 13—Stephen Birmingham, 8:15
p.m.
Nov. 14—Avraham Avidar, 10 a.m.
Molly Bar-David, 1:30 p.m.
Ruth Finer Mintz,. 8:30 p.m.
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'International Army' Encamped
Along Suez, 50,000 Strong;
Egypt's Stand Seen Hardening
Israel Donates $333,000 to l'N
for Arab Refugees' Assistance
UNITED NATIONS (JTA)—Israel announced Monday that
she will contribute 1,000,000 Israeli pounds ($333,000 to the
United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees
to "alleviate the plight" of Arab refugees in Israel-occupied ter-
ritory.
The contribution, not the first but the most substantial Israel
donation to UNRWA 44:1 date, was disclosed following a meeting
Monday afternoon of Israel Moreign Minister Abba Eban and
Ambassador Gideon Rafael with UN Secretary-General U Thant.
A note advising Thant of Israel's decision to contribute toward
the refugee relief fund, in response to the secretary-general's ap-
peal to all nations last July 10, was handed to him by Rafael.
Israel's permanent representative in the UN.
The government announced Tuesday that it had guaranteed
loans of between $2,000 and $3,000 to residents of East Jerusalem
for the repair of homes damaged during the Six-Day War.
So far there have been 130 applicants for the loans, which
carry a 9 per cent interest charge over a period of six years—
terms considered very favorable for Israel.
(In Bonn, Foreign Minister Willy Brandt stressed to visiting
Jordan King Hussein the Federal Republic's humanitarian at-
titude toward the refugee problem, noting its decision to give
50,000,000 marks toward alleviating the refugees' hardships.
Bonn press chief Gunter Von Hase said at a press conference
that arms would not be supplied to Jordan because West German
policy was not to send weapons to areas of tension. He also said
that West Germany would decline to serve as a mediator in the
Middle East dispute if asked to do so.)
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Egypt is building up what is "virtually an international
army" along the Suez Canal, Col. Uri, commander of Israel's forces on the east
bank of the waterway, said Sunday.
He estimated that there are now 50,000 soldiers along Egypt's western shore
of the canal, many of them wearing foreign uniforms which are obviously not
Egyptian. The soldiers are from Kuwait, Algeria and the Sudan, and are equipped
with large numbers of tanks and artillery pieces, he declared.
I. Shargil, the JTA correspondent here, returned Sunday from a first-hand
view of the situation along the Suez Canal area. He reported that, at the point
where the Suez Canal enters the Red Sea, and the site of last week's thunderous Is-
raeli attack against Egypt's oil refinery complex. "we could see clearly the de-
struction wrought by Israel's artillery at Port Ibrahim and Port Suez. where Israel's
guns destroyer 80 per cent of Egypt's oil refining capacity. On the Egyptian side.
we could still see smoke coming from the ruined Egyptian installations and from
Egyptian oil tankers knocked out by the Israelis."
"On the Israeli side," he reported, "soldiers were going about their usual rou-
tine affairs, but with one difference. It was Sukkot, and they had built a sukka
for themselves midst the walls of old, demolished Egyptian warehouses. Even while
the fighting was under way, the Israeli soldiers went to their sukka whenever they
had a few minutes.
A tumultous welcome was given Soviet naval ships that arrived in Port Said.
Diplomatic sources asserted in London that the Soviet Union had supplied Egypt
' with a new type of ground-to-ground missiles to strengthen the Arab position
against Israel.
Meanwhile. in Washington, Rep. Edward J. Derwinski, Illinois Republican, a
member of the House Foregin Affairs Committee. said the Soviet Union may have
caused the sinking of the Israeli destroyer Elath and otherwise escalated tensions
to establish "a second front in the Middle East, to take the heat off North Vietnam."
In a weekend statement, the Congressman charged that Russia might have
used guided missiles against the Elath "as an answer to the increased American
aerial activity in North Vietnam. The sinking rekindled the Arab-Israeli con-
flict and made Egypt more dependent on Soviet forces. There is much more to
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Fisher Gets High Honors in Israel; U.S. Leaders
Resolve to Continue Emergency Drive; Eshkol Rates
UJA and Israel Bonds as Two Major Pillars for State
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
TEL AVIV — Max M. Fisher, on
the occasion of his completion of
a third term as national chairman
of the United Jewish Appeal, was ac-
corded international acclaim here
last weekend in recognition of his
philanthropic services to world
and was presented with 2,500-year-
old glass relics unearthed in recent
excavations.
On Sunday morning, in the pres-
ence of world notables, diplomatic
corps and state officials headed by
President Shneour Zalman Shazar, the
Detroit leader was presented with an
honorary doctor of humane letters
sion includes 550 men and women
from 80 communities including 69
from Detroit. The Detroit delegation
is headed by Walter L. Field and
Max Shave.
Utilizing the occasion for a frank
discussion of existing conditions in
Israel, outlining the existing dangers
and challenges, Premier Eshkol told
the American delegation that the
degree.
Jewry.
The function coincided with a sur- emergencies for Israel have not ended
On October 25, at a testimonial
and that the need remains for con-
dinner in his honor at the Tel Aviv vey tour of Israel by the largest dele- tinued support from world Jewry.
Hilton Hotel, he was warmly acclaim- gation of Americans ever to come
In response, the large delegation
ed by Prime Minister Levi Eshkol here as a single unit. The total mis-
voted unanimously to continue both
the regular United Jewish Appeal
and the Emergency Campaign in 1968.
It was made quite clear by Eshkol
that there was no foretelling whether
extra- support will be needed on a
continual basis in the years to follow.
At the academic convocation of Bar-
Ilan University on Sunday morning
the honorary doctor of humane let-
ters degree was presented to Fisher
by Dr. Joseph H. Lookstein, the chan-
cellor of the university. It was an
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