Israel Orders Limited Air Action to Check Jordanian Barrage Detailed Story on Page 5 THE JEWISH NEWS Investments and Tourism to Aid Israel College Youth Take Adults to Task Editorials Page 4 DET ROIT A Weekly Review 1 N..1 I I-11 of Jewish Events Israel's Historic Links: People and State Immemorially Inseparable Commentary Page 2 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Vol. LII, No. 17 ,E 1Z.Pg30.. .,_ 27 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd., Detroit —VE 8-9364—January 12, 1968 $6.00 Per Year, This Issue 20c `Shalom' Reflected in LBJ-Eshkol Talks Sympathetic Examination of Israel's Military Needs' Pledged by Johnson SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (JTA) — A joint United tinue the traditionally close, friendly and coopera- States-Israel communique issued here late Monday tive ties which link the peoples of Israel and the afternoon by the Texas White House, after two United States." The joint statement added: "Noting the mu- days of talks between President Johnson and Israel's Premier Levi Eshkol, said that "the Presi- tual dedication of their governments and people to the value of peace, resistance to aggression dent agrees to keep Israel's military defense cap- wherever it occurs, individual freedom, human ability under active and sympathetic examination and review. in the light of all relevant factors, in- dignity and the advancement of man through the elimination of poverty, ignorance and disease, the cluding the shipment of military equipment by President and the Prime Minister declared their others to the area." firm determination to make every effort to in- The communique stated that the President crease the broad area of understanding which al- and prime minister "considered the implications ready exists between Israel and the United States. of the pace of rearmament in the Middle East and and agreed that the prime minister's visit advanced the ways and means of coping with this situation." objective." It declared that the two statesmen "restated their this Johnson and Eshkol held several intimate dedication to the establishment of a just and last- talks during the visit at the Texas White House. ing peace in the Middle East, in accordance with They discussed "recent developments in the Mid- the spirit of the Security Council resolution of dle East as well as a number of questions of mu- Nov. 22, 1967. They also noted that the principles tual interest in the bilateral relations between their set forth by President Johnson on June 19, 1967, two countries." constituted an equitable basis of such a settle- Eshkol and his official party departed by ment." air for New York immediately after the com- White House sources said after the commu- nique was issued that a decision to sell Phan- tom jets to Israel would be deferred until such time as the United States determined that Soviet arms shipments had reached a point of imbal- ance, that would undermine the balance of power in the Middle East. The two leaders noted "with satisfaction" that the United Nations special representative to the Middle East, Ambassador Gunnar V. Jarring, "is already engaged in discussions with the govern- ments concerned and affirmed their support of his mission." They said they "reviewed with satisfac- tion developments in the relations between the United States and Israel since their last meeting in 1964, and expressed their firm intention to con- LBJ's 'Shalom' to Levi Eshkol B. John son met Israel's Prime Minister Levi Esh- President Lyndon kol at the Randolph Air Force Base, Tex., and greeted him with "Sha- lom," expressing hope for peace in the Middle East. From there the President and Mr. and Mrs. Eshkol to the LBJ Ranch for 2.2 hours of talks on the existing con- ditions in that war-af- fected area. proceeded munique was issued, flying in President John- son's plane, Airforce I. Contrary to usual pro- tocol. the newsmen who had come here in a spe- cial press plane to cover the Johnson-Eshkol talks were permitted to go back to New York in the President's plane, with Mr. and Mrs. Eshkol. The President drew an analogy between Israelis and Americans in a toast to Prime Minister Eshkol at a private dinner at the LBJ Ranch Sun- day night. Johnson said the two peoples "share many qualities of mind and heart." and declared: "We both rise to challenge. We both admire the courage and resourcefulness of the citizen- soldier. We each draw strength and purpose for today from our heroes of yesterday. We both know the thrill of bringing life from a hard but reward- ing land. But all Americans—and all Israelis—also know that prosperity is not enough—that none of our restless generation can ever live by bredd alone. For we are equally nations in search Of a dream. We share a vision and purpose far brighter than our abilities to make deserts bloom. We have been born and raised to seek and find peace. In that common spirit of our hopes, I respect our hope that a just and lasting peace will prevail between Israel and her neighbors." "This past year has been a busy one for America's peace-makers—in the Middle East, in Cyprus. in Vietnam." Johnson spoke of the dif- ficulty of making peace and stressed that "it de- mands enormous courage. flexibility and imagina- tion. - He added that peace "is ill-served by hasty slogans or half-solutions," and said it was the American intention to pursue and find peace in the Middle East and throughout the world."- He recall- ed that God once promised the children of Israel "I will make a covenant of peace with them. It shall be an everlasting covenant." Using the word "Shalom." the President toasted his guests and the people of Israel. Eshkol returned the toast and expressed appreciation for Johnson's friendship. He com- plimented Texas and said "the broadness of this place is matched by the breadth of your under- standing and the depth of your friendship, and the determination of America which you sym- bolize to buttress peace, to block its disruption by aggression and to enlarge the horizons of man's opportunity." He voiced hope for the realization "of your dream of peace and human dignity." The President personally drove Eshkol across his ranch in an automobile, after a helicopter tour of the region. (Related Story Page 40) Anti-Semitism Denied by De Gaulle: Rebuked by Mendes-France PARIS (JTA) —President Charles de Gaulle reportedly told Grand Rabbi Jacob Kaplan of France on Jan. 1 that he had been surprised by the Jewish reactions to his Nov. 27 press conference comments on Israel and the Jewish people and that it had been far from his intention to promote any anti-Semitic views. Gen. de Gaulle made that statement in a private conversation with Rabbi Kaplan held in connection with a traditional New Year's Day ceremony at which the President received the heads of the major religions in France. De Gaulle reportedly agreed readily with Dr. Kaplan that help given to Israel by French Jewry could not be considered an act of dual allegiance and that to him such aid implied "no problem" of this kind. Former French Premier Pierre Mendes-France said in an exclusive interview pub- lished in Nouvel Observateur that Gen. de Gaulle had proposed a Big Four conference on the Middle East so that he could act as mediator between the U.S. and the USSR in that region. "But the Israelis did not need him to make war, and the Americans did not need him to impose a cease-fire," Mendes-France said. JERUSALEM (JTAl—French President Charles de Gaulle has assured David Ben-Gurion, in a personal letter to the former Israeli Prime Minister, that he meant nothing disparaging when, at his now famous press conference in Paris last Nev. 27, ' he characterized the Jews as a "domineering people" who. through the ages "have created ill will." Gen. de Gaulle wrote to Ben-Gurion that he has only the "warmest friendship" for Israel and the Jewish people. (In Paris it was reported Monday that, in his letter to Ben-Gurion, Gen. de Gaulle also expresSed "deep admiration" for Israel's achievements, but advised that (Commentary, Page 2.) Israel now withdraw its troops from occupied Arab areas.)