"We will act—and there'll be no white-wash- ing," Ben Rose, co-chairman of the Wayne State University board of governors said after the meeting on Feb. 13 at which the board voted to investigate the developing anti-Semitic trends in the college paper. JEWISH NE Distorted Facts Aggravate Relations Here Between Blacks and Whites Editorial Page 4 Vol. LIV, No. 23 "The action was inadequate," Leslie Schmier, former chairman of the Wayne State University Fund, declared in comment upon the WSU board's action. Schmier urges students to assure active participation in the election of the Student-Faculty Council to prevent recurrence of existing con- ditions. 1=) -1- F:2c) -r A Weekly Review More Distortions About Euphrates: Christian Group's Evaluations of Jewry's Title to Land of Israel NA I c of Jewish. Events Commentary Page 2 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle 27 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd., Detroit—VE 8-9364—February 21, 1969 $7.00 Per Year; This Issue 20c Tense International Relations Involve New El Al Attack, Arms Sales, Increased Guerrilla Acts Israel Demands Action- Retaliatory to Attack on. Plane by Terrorists Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News JERUSALEM--High-level government consultations contin- tied 'throughout the day Wednesday to consider the situation following the attack Tuesday on an Israeli passenger airliner at Zurich, Switzerland, by Arab terrorists. The ministerial com- mittee for security affairs held an urgent meeting under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Levi Eshkol. Throughout the night, Deputy Prime Minister Yigal Allon maintained liaison with the foreign ministry and the ministry of transportaton, re- porting developments to Eshkol. The big question facing Israel was whether or not to take deterrent reprisals against the Arab states. An angry Israeli public was demanding swift action, and Israeli newspapers re- flected the demand for reprisals. - Secretary General U Thant of the United Nations, the United States Department of State and the British Foreign Office, all of whomcondemned the Tuesday attack, strongly e retaliatory measures lest the delicate urged Israel not to iak Middle East balance be upset and current peace-making efforts negated. Transport Minister Moshe Carmel warned the Arab states Wednesday that the Tuesday attack could have consequences for - Arab civil aviation as grave as those inflicted on Israeli aviation. He emphasized that "we shall not tolerate a situation (Continued on Page 22) Increased guerrilla attacks on Israel, from Jordan and Syria, with a sprinkling of infil- trations from Lebanon; a renewal of shooting at Israelis by Egyptian forces across the Suez; the terrorist attacks on planes; the outrage perpetrated in Zurich Tuesday; rumors about an impending reopening of the Suez; and conflicting reports about an imposed peace have so com- plicated the Middle East situation that the menace to peace appeared to be growing rapidly. Israeli spokesmen deny there Is a possibility of a war in the very near future, but the rumors have become so widespread that the fears have mounted and Israel has issued warnings that unless there will be an end to infiltrating terrorism it will be necessary for her forces to counteract. While Jordan was reported to have expressed concern over the increase in armed guerrilla warfare, a Beirut report confirmed that there is a massing of guerrilla forces in the moun- tains of southern Lebanon. Israeli tanks struck at saboteur bases in Jordanian territory. But terrorism continues. A bus station in East Jerusalem was wrecked by a bomb, there were bombings in other areas and casualties are mounting. LONDON (JTA)—A motion calling for a ban on British arms sales to Israel was intro- duced in parliament Tuesday by Mrs. Margaret McKay, a Labor MP and anti-Zionist. The motion warned that the sale of British arms or tanks to Israel "would contradict the spirit of Great Britain's sponsorship of the United Nations resolution of Nov. 22, 1967, would be in- jurious to British initiatives toward a Middle East political settlement and catastrophic to those wider United Kingdom-Arab trade interests so vital to Great Britain's economic health." The motion was prompted by reports of an Israel report to buy surplus Centurion tanks. Foreign Secretary Michael Stewart refused say Monday whether such a sale would take place. He had been asked whether it would not prejudiceBritain's "position as arbitrators" in the UN Security Council. Stewart replied that the government favored a general restriction on arms shipments to the Middle East. The Daily Telegraph's military correspondent said Tuesday that Jordan-was believed to have more tanks now than in 1967 when the Six-Day War broke out. He said Jordan has received Centurion tanks since then from Britain as well as from Iraq and Egypt where they have been replaced by Soviet equipment. The correspondent said Israel's request for Centurions was not likely to be rejected since it was compatible with U.S.-British policy to maintain an arms balance in the Middle East. (Detailed Stories on Page 36) WSU Issue Escalates as Board Orders Investigation of Hate Sheet's Actions An assurance by the board of governors of Wayne State University that there will be a thorough investigation the activities of the campus newspaper, South End, and its anti-Semitic campaign, emerged as a sign of an escalating rather than a diminishing issue involving the campus problem. While the hate sheet has been branded as "garbage" by most students who reportedly refuse to pick up the free circulation paper from the tables on which it is offered, the anti-Israel, anti-Zionist and anti-Semitic articles in the have brought many protests, and some have expressed skepticism over the WSU board's decision. sheet Ben Rose, co-chairman with Norman Stockmeyer of the WSU board, expressed confidence that there will be action without whitewashing. But Leslie Schmier, former chairman of the WSU Fund, said the initial action is inadequate.• of On Attorney Arthur Greenstone, who was among those who registered their protests at the WSU board meeting Feb. 13, charges—in an evaluation appended to this report—that there has been a "passing of the buck." Developments in the WSU situation seemed to indicate that the basic factor in the situation revolves on the need assure such action that will lead to the to make students generally become concerned over the situation and a to small minority of race haters on a great Selection of student editors who speak for the students and not for University campus. WSU Board Chairman Rose expressed the view that not more than 200 of the 33,000 students on the WSU are involved in what has been misnamed a "revolt" and that the vast majority of the students—including cahipus the 3,300 blacks and some 3,000 Jews—as well as the many thousands of Catholics and Protestants do not ap- f•ove of what has developed into a hate sheet on, campus. Schmier, one of WSU's most prominent alumni, felt that the resolution that was adopted at the meeting of the WSU board on Feb. 13 was inadequate, that there should have been firm action, that there is reason to believe there was "buck-passing" which should not have been permitted. Schmier, like all other protestors against the anti-Semitic campaign directed by the WSU student editors, (Continued on Page 48) _Pleas Mount for Amity Between Negroes, Jeers CHICAGO (JTA)—One of the nation's leading Negro dailies urged the major national Negro organizations and civil rights groups to issue an unqualified condemnation of anti-Semitism in the black community. The Chicago Daily Defender said in an editorial, "Though anti-Semitism among Negroes is on a minimal scale, we think the NAACP and the National Urban League and other civil rights organizations such as CORE and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (founded by Dr. Martin Luther King) should issue a strong state- ment either collectively or individually, denouncing in no uncertain terms any and all anti-Semitic agitations among black people." The plea by the Defender was made at the conclu- sion of an editorial which praised the Central Conference of American Rabbis (Reform) for its recent call to American Jews not to abandon their traditional support of the Negro struggle for civil rights, despite the anti- Semitism of some black militants. The Defender said, "It should be brought out that such racism is not only injurious to the Negro cause per se, but is equally harmful as an impediment to the whole democratic process. Let's not forget the old Scrip- tural injunction: Re who lives by the sword will perish by the sword." A view that the white community was not adequately informed of the dimensions of black anti-Semitism was presented in a letter published in another major Negro (Continued on Page 6)