THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
10—Friday, February 6, 1970
Broomfield Welcomes Local Delegation
A man ought to read just as
inclination leads him; for what
he reads as a task will do him
little good. --Samuel Johnson
Vetrico ELECTRONIC
GARAGE DOOR
OPENER
Long John Silver
Found Gold In
HIDDEN
RAVINES
Call Evenings Until
Members of the Detroit delegation to the National Emergency Conference on Peace in the Middle
East assemble in the office of Congressman William Broomfield (Oakland County Republican), who
signed a statement calling for direct negotiations between Israel and her Arab neighbors. Shown are
(from left) standing: Hubert Sidlow, George Rubin, Mrs. Morton Barnett, Walter Klein, Zeldon Cohen,
Dr. Elmer Ellias, Mrs. Ellias, Albert Silber, Mrs. William Liberson, Harry Kraft, Mrs. Kraft and Benja-
min Laikin; seated: Mrs. Philip Minkin, Mrs. Emanuel Ravet, Mrs. Allen Berlin, Broomfield, Mrs.
Joseph Maltzer and Rabbi James I. Gordon. Not pictured are Charles Feinberg, Lawrence Gubow, Larry
Magid and Al Portnoy. The delegation was led by Gubow, president of the Jewish Community Council.
Conyers
Cosponsors ME Resolution
•
The secretary of state (William conflicts in the Middle East,
(Continued from Page 1)
senators signed a statement warn- Rogers) was called to task for have been very concerned about
the Nixon administration's policy.
ing against failure to protect making a statement "contrary to
the previous policy of the United "The Dec. 9 speech by Secre-
Israel's security.
Congressman John Conyers Jr., States in the Middle East and to tary Rogers has been a source of
of Detroit's 1st District, was co- the expressed sentiment of approx- particular concern since it seemed
sponsor of a concurrent resolu- imately two-thirds of the Senate to imply a change in the tradi-
tion introduced in the House of and House of Representatives." tional American policy. Hopefully,
Representatives Jan. 21, which Twenty - four other congressmen if enough members of the Congress
urged direct negotiations between cosponsored the resolution, in addi- and concerned Americans through-
Israel and the Arab states. tion to Conyers. out the country stress the need
The resolution, referred to the In explaining his, and the for a consistent and clear American
policy in support of Israel, we
committee on foreign affairs, ex- others' position, on the Middle
might be able to make some
East, Conyers stated that "Many
pressed the concern "aroused by
progress towards achieving peace."
of us in the Congress who have
the statement of the secretary of
-
-
-
supporters
of
active
long
been
the United States of Dec. 9, mak-
Israel in the need for an honor-
ing certain proposals for peace in
able and viable resolution of the
the Middle East."
Kramer Resolution in Legislature
Calls for Direct Arab-Israel Talks
State Rep. Albert A. Kramer, tween the Israel and Arab govern-
who represents the 67th District ments.
of Oakland County, has introduced
The Kramer resolution points
a resolution in the Michigan Legis- out that the peace imposed in 1957
lature urging the President of the was a direct cause of the war that
United States and the State De- occurred 10 years later. One of
partment to refrain from proceed- the clauses states that the only
ing to attempt to impose an out- viable peace that can be achieved
side peace settlement which does in the Middle East is solely
not involve direct negotiations be- through direct face-to-face negotia-
tions among the countries con-
cerned.
"The Arab countries' goal to
achieve withdrawal of the Israeli
troops from their present positions
without recognizing the right of
TEL AVIV (JTA) — A special the state of Israel and its people
committee investigating the cause to exist is not a goal to which the
of the fatal ammunition explosion United States of America can be I
in Eilat two weeks ago, recom- a party, either directly or indi-
mended that several officers should rectly", Kramer stated.
be brought to trial for negligence.
Kramer recently returned from
The death toll meanwhile reached an extended trip to Israel. He has
24 as another three of the blast vic- long-time family Zionist ties, his
tims died of injuries. They were late parents, Mildred and Morris
identified as Abraham Hadidda, of Kramer, were Zionists; his broth-
Kiryat Atta, Moshe Maimon of Tel er, Richard, is past president of
Aviv, and Gershon Kopchik of Bat the Zionist Organization of De-
Yam.
troit; his sister, Mrs. Bessie Ber-
The committee, appointed by ris, was former president of the
Chief of Staff Haim Bar-Lev, found Council of Pioneer Women. All
that the explosion was caused members of his family are active
when a live anti-personnel mine in Jewish affairs.
detonated a truckload of mines
Negligence
Cited
sf,
in Eilat Explosion
being unloaded from an Israeli
naval craft at the military jetty in 2 Workers Dead, 1 Hurt
Eilat. The mines were being re- in Plant Explosion
turned from Shadwan, an Egyptian
TEL AVIV (JTA) — An explo-
island in the Gulf of Suez, which
was occupied by Israeli paratroop- sion rocked a military industrial
ers for 32 hours last week. They plant north of Tel Aviv Sunday
were supposed to have been de- night killing two workers and in-
activated. But the inquiry commit. juring a third. The victims were
tee found that there were a number identified as Nahum Schwartz and
of live mines in the truck, contrary Yerjy Lurie, both age 50, both
to all orders, written and oral. married and each the father of
Gen. Bar-Lev passed the report two children. Defense Minister
Moshe Dayan visited the site Mon-
over to the army prosecutor.
day morning.
A commission of inquiry has
S.C.M., I.B.M., Rem., Victor, Etc.
been appointed to investigate the
OFFICE MACHINES
blast, which was described as acci-
• Calculators
• Typewriters
dental. A spokesman for the plant
• Copiers
• Duplicators
• Adding Machines
said it was caused by a "technical
WHOLESALE
mishap."
The blast rattled windows over
LOWEST RATES
a
wide area. It was heard in Tel
Trade-ins Taken
Aviv,
Herzliah, Kfar Saba and
RENTALS
Petah Tikva. The location of the
ADD n TYPE SHOPS, INC.
plant and the nature of the mater-
Det. • No. Subs. 342.7800
ial it was manufacturing were not
& Troy 751-1111
disclosed.
-
-
9
353-3284
LI 347011
INVENTORY CLEARANCE
30%
to
50%
SAVINGS ON
HANDBAGS
LARGE SELECTION FOR CASUAL, AFTERNOON AND EVENING WEAR.
IMPORTANT VARIETY OF LEATHERS AND COLORS INCLUDING SOME
HAND NEEDLEPOINTS, BEADED, GOLD AND SILVER IMPORTS.
ROBIRSON'S LEATHES SHOP
GREENFIELD CENTER
25250 GREENFIELD RD.
1910
AWED JEWISH CAMPAIGN ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND
—
Pm -campaign. oinnia.
Wednesday, February 11, 1970
Congregation Shaarey Zedek
27375 Bell Road, Southfield
.41(.•• ■•■••■*.
SPECIAL ATTRACTION
First Telstar Transmission
Filmed in Israel
Featuring
PRIME MINISTER GOLDA MEIR
—from Beit She'an Valley
GENERAL MOSHE DAYAN
—from Suez Canal
HONORABLE ABBA EBAN
—from Sharm el Sheikh
441(=== ■■■ =*.
Special Guest
Mrs. Burt J. Siris
1970 Chairman
United Jewish Appeal of Greater New York
.44(mommon........sm=41110.
Black Tie
Reception 6:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Dinner
$25 per couple
$15 single
Minimum Contribution $1,000
Reservations May Be Made By Calling
Jewish Welfare Federation WO 5-3939