New Year and New Hopes JEWISH NEWS * 'Responsive Militancy' versus. Hate Codes A Editorial Page 4 1=:• -r c) -r Weekly Review L of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Vol. LIV, No. 15 27 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd., Detroit—VE 8-9364—December 27, 1968 Expose of Anti-Semitic Trends in Race Relations .. Distorted Study of Role of Small Merchants Commentary Page 2 $7.00 Per Year; This Issue 20c Pope Is Seen Changing Attitude on Jerusalem; Russia's M. E. Role Creates an Increase in Anxieties Nixon's UN Nominee Believed Favoring an Imposed Solution UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. (JTA) — United Nations observers expressed the opinion that the designation of Charles W. Yost as United States repre- sentative to the United Nations would lead to a greater American emphasis on a Middle East solution "from the outside" rather than the encourage. ment of the Arabs and Israelis to work out their differences and reach an agreement on their own. Yost, in an article written before his appointment, appearing in the cur- rent issue of Atlantic Monthly, called for an "outside initiative" operating through the UN to bring about a settlement of the Middle East deadlock on the basis of the Security Council resolution of Nov. 22, 1967. He declared that both the Arabs and the Israelis were so "tightly circumscribed by the political consequences of the myths so long drummed into their people" that they might not "be able to recapture the necessary freedom of movement" to work out a settlement. If that proved to be the case, he declared, "the necessary initiative can come only from the outside." The veteran diplomat summarized the position and demands of both the Israelis and Arabs, and justified the Israeli insistence that the Arabs recog- nize their status and frontiers. If Israel were granted its three major de- mands — recognition of its sovereignty, territorial integrity and political Independence by its Arab neighbors; secure and recognized boundaries with some international guarantee; and freedom of transit through the Suez Canal and the Strait of Tiran—he said, "there is some reason to believe that" Israel might be willing to withdraw from most of the territory it occupied during the June war. He noted that the Israelis "might well require the demilitarization of the Sinai Peninsula and the West Bank of the Jordan. They might seek some form of international administration of the Gaza Strip and some inter- national presence at the Strait of Tiran. They would probably want to negotiate some boundary adjustments with Jordan. They would doubtless hold on to the Golan Heights until Syria is willing to take part in a peaceful settlement." On the question of Jerusalem, he said "it would not be beyond the in- genuity of statesmen to devise a formula which would give unrestricted access to the Holy Places of all three religions, a single administration for (Continued on Page 5) Newest developments affecting the troubled Middle East situation emerged in two spheres . . . the Vatican and the Soviet Union. A possible change in Catholic attitudes on the question of Jerusalem and the mission of Andrei Gromyko to Cairo are creating speculative analyses of oc- currences and great anxieties at a time when pressures are being exerted for peace in the area. (Direct JTA Teletype Wires to The Jewish News) By JULIO DRESNER ROME — Pope Paul VI was seen Tuesday to be modifying his previous stand with regard to the future of Jerusalem. In his Christmas address to the College of Cardinals Monday he spoke of "an internationally guaranteed settlement" of the question of the future of Jerusalem and the Holy Places. Previously, he had spoken more specifically of "internationalization" of the city. The Holy Father devoted a section of his speech to the Middle East situation and pledged his collaboration in finding a solution "in the measure of our possibili- ties" that would be inspired by "esteem and love without distinction for all nations of the region." The Pope expressed his deep concern over the continuing tension. He expressed appreciation for the efforts of Dr. Gunnar V. Jarring, the United Nations special envoy for the Middle East, and he adjured the great powers not to exploit the tragic difficulties of the region to establish their own power and supremacy. He urged them to use all their influence to further peace based on the principles of justice and solidarity. * * JERUSALEM—The Israel government is closely watching political developments which could lead to a triangular discussion involving the United States, the -Soviet Union and Egypt which could be at Israel's expense, a foreign ministry spokesman said here Tuesday. He said that Israel was following developments with "prudent vigilance but not with pessimism." In the Israeli view, now, Foreign Minister Andrei A. Gromyko's sudden visit to Cairo may have been for the purpose of drawing up a joint Soviet-Egyptian position for talks with the United States. The objective would be to present Cairo as moderate but without offering any real concessions. The spokesman stressed that Israel has recently reiterated its position that it will remain on the present cease-fire lines until a peace agreement is signed with an Arab state. (Continued on Page 10) Mounting Obligation to Israel, Increased Local Needs Are Basis for Formula for '69 Campaign - Israel's needs for defense and security, the mounting needs for support of local and national causes and the increasing responsibilities that are taxing this community in areas related to the domestic issues combined to create added burdens that will call for increased alloca- tions to the more than 50 agencies benefiting from the Allied Jewish Campaign. Representatives of all the agencies involved in the eampaign, conferring at the 20th annual budgeting con- ference at the Jewish Community Center, Sunday morning, deferred evolving the usual formula for the /069 campaign, and the general agreement was that a 20 per cent increase in giving during the coming year should assure provision of funds to care for the needed increases. - Basically, as outlined by William Avrunin, executive lice-president of the Jewish Welfare Federation, there Will be need for an increase of at least $200,000 in alloca- dans for the regular overseas, national and local causes, With additional vast sums needed for the extra Israel Emergency Fund which must, again, be conducted this year. Instead of allocations for the regular fund totaling $S950,000—the amount reported for 1968—Avrunin pointed Is requests for urgent increases that will require a 1969 total allocation of $6,150,000. It was emphasized that the extra Israel Emergency Fund, for which $3,607,592 was raised last year, must be immensely increased. Max M. Fisher, who presided at the conference, outlined the serious conditions involved in the urgent demands to back up Israel in the current conditions of crisis. He described the rising costs of assuring the defense of Israel and emphasized that the military costs, being fully covered by Israel, are cutting into the Israeli welfare and educational programs and the provisions for the settlement of new waves of immi- grants into Israel who are escaping from oppression in Moslem countries and from behind the Iron Cur- tain. Maxwell Jospey, chairman of the 1969 Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency F u n d, im- plemented this appeal with a report on progress for the coming drive and on the determination of the many workers not to let Israel down in the present emergency. There were several strong demands for priority for Israel in the present crisis and the Federation executive committee, whose new chairman, Louis Tabashnik, ad- dressed the conference and told of the thorough studies that are being made of the current conditions, was re- quested to formulate a workable formula to protect domestic agencies' status while striving for maximum support for Israel. The vast panorama of local services was outlined by heads of functioning divisions who described the ac- tivities of the numerous educational, health, welfare and recreational agencies and requested increased assistance during the coming year. Lewis S. Grossman, Dr. Peter G. Shifrin, and George M. Zeltzer gave an accounting of the community relations, health -and welfare and educe- tional causes. Irving Rose reported for the capital needs committee and Samuel Cohen, assistant Federation direc- tor, gave a resume of the budgeting figures that were studied at the conference. In behalf of the capital needs committee, Rose said that during the coming five years there will be need for an expenditure of $30,000,000 for new buildings for the schools, Jewish Centers, Home for Aged, Sinai Hopital, the camps and other institutions; and that the capital needs committee will be called upon to spend during that period an additional $750,000 for maintenance and depreciation. He urged that provisions for these funds should be made com- mencing the 1969 drive. In his address outlining the needs to be met dur- ing the coming year by the United Jewish Appeal, the major beneficiary of the Allied Jewish Campaign, Fisher said that the Joint Distribution Committee alone will need an extra $28,000,000 to care for refugees from Czechoslovakia, to provide for needs in Romania and to meet other obligations. He de- scribed the "daily battle for life in Israel" in a strong appeal for generous giving in the coming campaign. In a similar appeal, Jospey reported on advance gifts already received, indicating a 20 per cent increase in giving, and said that the first campaign events will be the women's division function on Jan. 8 and the men's pace setters' meeting on Jan. 23.