Peace" concept. Instead of as-
State wanted to inject. The State
signing the bill to the Interior
Department wanted more inspec-
WASHINGTON—Israelis waiting tion of all Israeli nuclear under- Committee for serious study, the
measure was diverted to Chair-
to drink desalinated water financed takings and agreement to the non-
man J. W. Fulbright's Commit-
by the United States government proliferation treaty.
A different objection came from tee on Foreign Relations.
may find that there is many a slip
Sena t or Fulbright, Arkansas
the U.S. Agency for International
between the cup and the lip.
The major obstacles are now Is- Development (AID). This agency Democrat, has in the past voiced
rael's reluctance to sign the nu- opposed the idea of advancing as hostility to the Israeli cause and
clear non-proliferation treaty, the much as $200,000,000 to subsidize has denounced supporters of Israel.
unresolved boundary issue, and the electricity. AID felt that electricity He ordered the bill filed away until
should pay for itself. It was also Israel signs the non-proliferation
U.S. tight money situation.
Former President Lyndon B. believed that Israel had developed treaty and agrees to such border
Johnson in 1964 envisaged a pro- to a point where U.S. money could settlements as may be pushed by
gram of nuclear desalinatiod for be diverted to areas of lower liv- , United Nations and the Big Four
Israel. Israel would be a labora- ing standards. powers.
This, however, is not the final
The conflicting views of the de-
tory for development, and the tech-
nical findings would be shared with partments were submitted to the word. President Nixon told a press
White House. Johnson asked conference that he considered the
the world.
Israel Premier Levi Eshkol wel- George Woods, former president of old Eisenhower-Strauss desalina-
comed the "LBJ Plan" as it was the World Bank, to make a study. tion plan important to Mideast
called in the 1964 election cam- Woods reported to the White peace. This plan was advanced in
paign. By 1966 and 1967 a series House last November that the U.S. recent years by a Senate resolution
of "feasibility s t u d i e s" were should not finance Israeli electric- pushed by Sen. Howard Baker,
undertaken with considerable fan- ity. The dual purpose plan was Tennessee Republican. It envisaged
fare by both governments. abandoned despite the detailed three huge nuclear desalting units
and Arab-Israel cooperation across
The impression was given prior feasibility studies.
Instead, Woods recommended a borders.
to the June 1967, Six-Day War that
Experts now say that this plan,
the undertaking was found feasible. much smaller plan. This was in-
Then the war came and nothing corporated into the final budget the brainchild of Admiral Lewis
more was heard of the study, tech- submitted to Congress by the Strauss, ex-chairman of the Atomic
nically called the Kaiser-catalytic Johnson administration. Former Energy Commission, is too costly
plan. Secretary of Interior Stewart and impractical because of rising
Now, as the Nixon Administra- Udall wrote Congress on Jan. 17 Arab-Israel tensions. Nevertheless,
tion reassesses desalination in to urge legislation providing for a few voices feel that a start must
Israel, the facts have finally a $40,000,000 desalination plant. R be made. They point out that costs
emerged. The Kaiser-catalytic would not necessarily use nuclear are continuing to rise and that a
program called for a dual-pur- power. nuclear plant ordered from Gen-
raal Electric
n t or
b Westinghouse
delivered for six
The bill proposed by Udall sug- e_y
pose desalting plant. It would
co
not
both water and elec- Bested that the U.S. buy Israel's uld
tricity. The cost was estimated technical findings because this years.
In any event, President Nixon
at between 5200 and $300,000,000. country needs desalination experi-
Israel found support in the U.S. mentation. Israel was described as has now decided to have a new
Department of Interior. But the j an ideal laboratory to test new study made.
Gen. Efraim Ben-Arzi, appoint-
State Department felt that Interior ideas.
But the Senate surprised the ed by Eshkol to head desalting
w as conducting its own foreign
policy oblivious to factors that proponents of the "Water for negotiations, is expected here soon
to confer with the new administra-
tion.
By MILTON FRIEDMAN
(Copyright 1969, JTA Inc.)
Moscow Chief Rabbi Will Celebrate
75th Birthday Sunday; U.S. Rabbi,
Bernard Poupko, Denied a Visa
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
Many prominent rabbis will pay
tribute to Rabbi Yehuda Leib Levin
of Moscow's Central Synagogue on
his 75th birthday Sunday. At least
one rabbi has been denied a visa:
another was still waiting for his.
In Jerusalem, Yitzhak Nissim,
Israel's Sephardic chief rabbi, had
not as yet received a Soviet visa,
for which he applied through the
legation of Finland in Tel Aviv
and the Soviet Embassy in Cyprus.
He planned to leave Thursday in
order to arrive in Moscow well
before the Sabbath. Before accept-
ing, the invitation. tendered by the
head of the synagogue, he consult-
ed with foreign minister Abba
Eban. it was learned. Rabbi Nis-
sim would be the first Israeli rabbi
to visit the Soviet Union, but no
political sicinificance was attached
to the invitation, observers said.
Howe v e r. it was noted that
the visit of the Israeli rabbi could
have a significant effect on the
spirits and morale of the Soviet
Jee community.
Rabbi Bernard A. Poupko of
Pittsburgh, one of the invitees, was
denied a Soviet visa on orders
from Moscow. presumably because
of his anti-Russian writings, he
said Tuesday.
Rabbi Poupko said that an offi-
cial of the Soviet Consular Serv-
ice in Washington advised him
that his application was rejected.
would not tell.me the reason
for the action," he said, "but he
told me that if I wanted to know,
I should contact the authorities in
Moscow."
Rabbi Poupko said he believes
he was the only rabbi invited to
the event Sunday in Moscow's
Central Synagogue who had been
refused a visa. He surmised that
Soviet authorities. opposed his ap-
plication because of some 100 arti-
cles critical of Russia that he has
had published in various news-
papers and magazines in the !
United States and abroad.
The rabbi, who is vice president
of the Religious Zionists of Amer-
ica, was designated by the Rab-
binical Council of America as its
official representative to the Mos-
cow fete after he received an
invitation.
The bid came from Menasha
Michalowitz, chairman of the body
that governs the Central Syna-
gogue.
Rabbi Poupko visited the Soviet
Union in 1964, 1965 and 1967. He
spoke from the Central Synagogue
pulpit.
The news of the visa rejection
came as a shock, he said. Not
having received notification of
it via his travel agent, he put in
a routine call to the Soviet offi-
cials in Washington.
His bags had been packed to
leave Wednesday.
Israel's Ashkenazic chief rabbi,
laser Untermann, also received an
invitation but declined, saying he
was needed in Israel. An invitation
was sent to Dr. Zvi Harcavi, for-
mer librarian of Hechal Shlomo,
Israel's religious center.
American rabbis attending the
event will be Arthur Schneier of
New York, president of the Appeal
of Conscience. Foundation, which is
concerned with religious freedom
in Russia; Pinchas Teitz of Eliza-
beth, N.J., a member of the pre-
sidium of the Union of Orthodox
Rabbis; and Dr. Abraham I.
Katsh, president of Dropsie Col-
lege.
Britain's chief rabbi, Dr. Im-
manuel Jakobovits, and Rabbi A.
M. Rose, secretary to his office,
will attend. Invitations have also
been extended to France's Chief
Rabbi Jacob Kaplan and Chief
Rabbi Emeritus of Britain, Sir
Israel Brodie.
The Rev. C. J. Nasby, editor of
the Jesuit periodical, America,
also will attend the celebration.
Rabbi Jakobovits said Tuesday
that the invitations seemed to indi-
cate a Russian desire "to repair
some of the ruptures of the past.
-Naturally, we are very keen to
respond." .
THE DETROIT
12—Friday, February 21, 1969
Nixon-Backed Desalination Plan Is Under Scrutiny
JEWISH
'4 Powers Won't Force Land Surrender'
HAIFA (ZINS)—Raimond Aron,
the world renowned political anal-
yst for Figaro in Paris, has stated
at a press conference that he
doubts whether the four powers
would actually force Israel to re-
linquish the freed territories.
The 64-year-old historian and
philosopher stressed that a forc-
ed solution to the Israeli-Arab
conflict would be in direct con-
tradiction to the policies of the
United States. Aron believes that
President Nixon will continue
Johnson's foreign policy and that
possible changes, if any, will be
reflected in the manner they will
be conducted, rather than in sub-
stance. The political expert rules
out the possibility of the Soviet'
Union's military intervention,
because of the reaction of the
United States.
Aron does not foresee peace be-
tween Israel and her Arab neigh-
bors. He feels that there is a pos-
sibility for a cease-fire agreement
during the coming 10 or 20 years.
Perhaps, within time, Aron con-
tends, Arab hatred toward Isra
will diminish, and it will be PO
sible to discuss peace with the
To a question of a journa •
Aron replied that Jews do not a
present feel at home in Franc
French society, however, is fre
from anti-Semitism, and Jews ar
actively participating in the goy
ernment and in the Gaullist Party
Indifferent
The worst sin towards our fellow
creatures is not to hate them, but
to be indifferent to them; that's
the essence of inhumanity.—George
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45th Anniversary Celebration
and
CLOSING RALLY
Address by
COL. SHIMON AVIDAN
• Member of the Executive Committee of the General Federation of
Labor, (Histadrut) in Israel
• Former operations officer of the General staff of the Israel Defense
Forces
• Former secretary of the Kibbutz Artzi Federation of the collective
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"The one-man show in a program of humor and songs"
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