3-Point Plan of U.S. Policy on
Latest Eslikol-Dayan
Incident i Gruening
•
NEW YORK (JTA)—U.S. Sen- arrive at binding agreements de-
ator Ernest Gruening, Alaska Dem- signed to ensure lasting peace in
Shut- Rafi Votes Mapai Mero-er
• e,
ocrat, urged the United States gov-, the Middle East.
ernment to inaugurate a "three-1
Addressing more than 1,500
JERUSALEM (JTA) — The gen-, insisted that Israel had no desire pronged policy" to bring about I leaders and members of Hadas-
eral secretary of the Israel Work- to dominate
the Arabs or to im- peace in the, Middle East, "not Salt, the women's Zionist organi-
ers Party (Rafi). Shimon Peres•! pose a Jewish way o f life o n only in its own best interests but iation
of America, at the New
officially notified the Mapai Party' Arabs in the occupied territories.' in the interest of peace throughout ' york Hilton Hotel, Sen. Grue-
Monday night of Rail's derision to
Remarkity_; that every aim or the world."
rung said that he did not intend
merge with it and the Abdul Avoda
hail been unrealistic when
The points advocated by Sen. his proposed mutual security
Party to form a tripartite united first formulated Gen.
treaty between the United States
Did
Dayan
said G ruenin g were:
labor party.
that peace, when it comes, must
To enter into a mutual security and Israel "to commit the Unit-
Both Mama and Rafi are an give expression- to the Jewish peo- treaty with Israel.
ed to sending of troops to the
parently disregarding the poli,icat Pte's connection with such historic
To give whatever arms are need- Middle East."
incident created by Defense Min- places as Hebron and Jericho. ed to Israel to even its military de-' Sen. Gruening delivered his ad-
ister Moshe Dayan's statement to which are both in the occupied Cense strength in the light of Sov- dress at Hadassah's event marking
a Rafi party convention last week West Bank. The yearni n g for
Zion iet determination to supply arms to a' life-membership campaign an-
that he would work within a united which. he said. was the basis for the Arab nations "in ever-increas- flounced by Mrs. High Salpeter.
party to replace Prime Minister Israel. included "these stones and ing amounts," and , chairman of that drive.
Eshkol and Finance Minister Sapir. territories."
,1 He received one of Hadassah's
To buttress Israel's determina-
The prime minister's office mean-
Gen. Dayan emphasized that Lion not to give up any territory Myrtle Wreath Awards, along with
while has denied reports that Esh- Israel had not interfered with nocupied by the Six-Day War on Mrs. Charlotte Jacobson, national
kol had intervened to prevent an
Arab life in the West Bank and less and until, "at the very least•" president of Hadassah: Mrs. Sal-
invitation from
Defense Sec-
the Gaza Strip, declaring that a ll
the Arab nations declare "unmis- peter: violinist Isaac Stern: author
retary Robert MacNamara to Gen- Arab mayors were carryi n g on takably" that they are no longer Elie Wiesel; and Dr. Jane Cooke
oral Dayan to visit the United their duties. Out of 4,600 e ni
at war with Israel and are willing Wright. 'associate dean of New
States.
to negotiate directly with Israel to fork Medical College.
ployes in the educational sys-
The latest political incident was tem of the West Bank, he re- ,
considered closed Honda y after ported, only nine were Jews, and
issuance of a cabinet communique similar percentages obtained in
expressing regret that Gen. Dayan health and agriculture services.
He asserted that there had not
had made the statement. The cab-
inet considered the issue for an been any change in the basic goal
hour at its meeting Sunday. of the Arab countries who want
You know the tune. It goes:
to wipe out Israel, and that the
Gen. Dayan explained that his
1. Dial 1.
reference had not been to the only change which had occurred
2.
Dial the Area Code (if
national emergency coalition in was one in tactics to gain time.
different from your own).
Ile said the main problem facing
its present composition, and he
3. ,Dialthenumberyou want.
asserted that his membership in Israel until the gap of Israeli and
Then say hello.
the cabinet meant that he had Arab viewpoints narrowed was
that
of
the
relations
of
Israelis
full confidence in the govern-
ment and in Premier Eshkol. with more than a million Arabs
in occupied territories.
"hello, dialing!"
Michigan Bell
The official cabinet communique
expressing regret that the state-
ment had been made, also in-
cluded a statement by the prime
minister that in view of the
present situation, he had decided
not to invoke consequences
against Gen. Dayan.
A government spokesman (fol-
lowing the cabinet meeting) said
that the Dayan statement had been
raised by several members. lie
said no vote had been taken - on
the question at any stage of the
discussion.
Gen. Dayan himself, the spokes-
man said, read to the meeting the
official record of the Rafi con-
vention to show that his statement
that the national emergency coati-
lion must remain intact imme-
diately followed the- statement of
his intention to seek the replace-
men of EThkol and Sapir.
The final wording of the official •
communique, it was learned. was
the work of a five-man ministerial
Commit tee.
Earlier, former Prime Minister
David Ben-Gurion, founder.
told his party that lie would not
stand in the way of a merger. al-
though he personally could never
join a party headed by Prime Min-
ister Levi Eslikol.
Ben-Gurion's statement was cou-
pled with a bitter personal atta.tk
on ESilk01 NVI10, he charged. was
guilty of gross oversights in se-
curity matters. had contributed to
a "moral collapse" of leadership
prior to the Six Day War, and had
used the portfolio of defense min-
ister, which he held op to last
June. for partisan political pur-
poses.
Ben-Curion also charged that
the Jewish Agency was not cap-
able of carrying out its task of
immigration and absorption
which, he urged, should be trans-
ferred to the government. Ile
called for legislation to reform
present measures for the, ab-
sorption of immigrants from
Western countries, and stressed
the need to increase the Jewish
birth rate in Israel.
Speaking at the Dec. 12 con-
vention of Ben-Gurion's party
said the Arabs wanted with-
drawal of Israeli forces from oc-
cupied territories without peace.
but that Israel must insist on peace
even if the prospects now were
Dayan
said to be unrealistic.
Dayan added that peace with
the Arab countries may not be
any closer now than it was before
the June war. lie declared that.
viewed from the Arab side of the
cease-fire
to be an
Israel must seem
"expansionist" state and
Arabs. But he
a 'threat" to the
what's
Is Told to Hadassah
"Mrs. Salpeter said that the next
year's life-membership drive, seek-
ing 5,500 enrollments, would help
celebrate Hadassah's 55th anniver-
sary. As part of its over-all mem-
bership of 318.000, she said, Ha-
dassah now has 42.000 life mem-
bers. •
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