Jewry's Rights to Israel: History's Verdict Affirmed THE JEWISH NEWS Conscience of Mankind at Munich • Henrietta Szold and Youth Aliya Waiting for Just Spark From USSR Michigan Weekly Editorials Page 4 Vat. LVI, No. 23 A noted columnist turns back pages of history questioning Jewry's rights to statehood ... Allusion to New Left's antagon- ism to Zionism ... Christian attitudes and Jewish historic rights —Commentary Page 2 analyzed. Review of Jewish News Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle 46 .27 17515 W. 4 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 Join the Protest Against Pompidou's Anti-Israel . Policies . Meet Tuesday in Downtown Demonstration 356-8400 February 20, 1970 $7.00 Per Year; This Issue 20c Detroit, Score of U.S. Cities Join Protest Tuesday Against French Anti-Israel Policies Congressmen Agree to Boycott Pompidou WASHINGTON (JTA) — Rep. Bertram Podell, New York Democrat, announced Thursday that more than one quarter of the members of the House agreed to boycott French President Georges Pompidou's sched- uled address to a joint session of Congress Wednesday. Podell said he expects the number to climb. Podell said that he had affirmative letters and telephone calls from more than 120 of the House's 435 members in answer to his letters asking them to boycott the speech be- cause of France's sale of jet fighters to Libya. Podell charged that the French were "mer- chants of death" in the Middle East and were working at odds with the United States. He pointed out that the honor of addressing a Joint session of Congress was afforded to heads of state very rarely, and only three times in the past eight years. Three other New York Democractic Congressmen, Roman C. Pucin- ski„ Mario Biaggi and Frank Brasco, signed the Podell letters. Four other Congressmen sent letters to House members asking them to ignore Podell's letter and attend the Pompidou speech. Podell plans to provide additional iftzes on the number of boycotting congress- men on Monday. ltnehigan Congressman William Broomfield (ReP.-Oakland County) told President Nixon that members of Congress "must strengthen your hand in impressing upon President Pompidou the extent of the American con- viction and unity" in meeting the problems re- (Continued on Page 8) Detroit Jewry will join with a score of other communities in registering its concern over the French government's sale of arms and aircraft to Libya and its embargo on arms to Israel. The demonstration will take place at 11 a.m. Tuesday in front of the First National Building, whkh houses the French consulate here. A delegation from the Flint Jewish community will join the Detroit protesters in the demonstration here, and wherever there are French consulates, such demonstrations will take place simultaneously. Coordinated by the Jewish Community Council, the demonstration opposite Kennedy Square has been developed by the Council's committee on international concerns, under the chairmanship of Morris Lieber- man. A number of local youth groups are involved in the protest, and Et Gar is coordinating this aspect of the demonstration. The demonstration coincides with the visit of French President Georges Pompidou to the United States, and similar protests have been arranged in other communities. A private delegation of Detroiters met with the French consul-general Wednesday to express the Jew- - ish community's disappointment and concern over the French action, The delegation was led by Avern Cohn, vice president of the Jewish Community Council. More than 70 cities along the Eastern Seaboard have been invited to participate in the massive protest demonstration in Washington on the eve of Pompidou's visit. Several Jewish groups in various cities have chartered buses to bring people to the demonstration. Dem- onstrators will march to Lafayette Park across from the White House, where they will deposit signed peti- tions at the statue of Lafayette, and then march to the Washington Monument for the rally. Similar demonstrations are planned along Pompidou's route in the U. S., particularly in Chicago, San Francisco and New York. NEW YORK—The French-Libyan arms deal is the focal point of political controversy in France to- day and could split the Pompidou regime, a report from the American Jewish Committee's European head- quarters in Paris reveals. The possible split in the government, the report states, has stemmed from a recent address by Michel Poniatowski, general secretary of the Independent Republican Party, one of the groups making up the co- alition cabinet, Poniatowski is also a close confidant of Finance Minister Valery Giscard d'Estaing. In his address, the Republican secretary attacked French foreign policy as "full of paradoxes." He singled out Defense Minister Michel Debre for special condemnation, labeling him an "international arms merchant." In reply, President Pompidou issued a statement urging that parties in the coalition government hold together on major issues. President Minister Jacques Chaban Delmas went even further, stating that it was intolerable to be in coalition with a party, one of whose leaders so flagrantly disavows the gov- ernment's policies. The AJC report adds that newspapers in France have continued strong criticism of the government, including direct accusations of lying. As a countermeasure, the report declares, President Pompidou recent- (Continued on Page 10) Rep. Ford Calls for Strong U.S. Steps to Protect Israel NEW YORK (JTA)—The Republican Party leader in Con- gress declared Sunday night that the United States will "do everything it can in the interest of peace and stability in the Middle East" and "will do more than talk." In a speech at the American-Israel friendship dinner of Bnai Zion, Rep. Gerald Ford, House minority leader and chief administration spokesman in Congress, affirmed that "the United States is prepared to supply the military equipment necessary for friend- ly governments such as Israel, to defend themselves." Stressing the urgency of correct assess- ment by Israel of American intentions in the Middle East crisis and the need for improved communications between Israel and America, Rep. Ford announced that he had proposed "establishment of a telephone hot-line be- tween Washington and Jerusalem" which, he pointed out, "would enable either President Richard Nixon or Prime Minister Golda Meir clarify any misunderstanding." The hot- line, the Republican leader said, "would also be useful if new factors developed that threat- ened a dangerous escalation or spreading Rep. Ford of the conflict. "Israel," he said, "would have the reassurance of instantaneous communication with the President. The President could act instantly, in some un- foreseen crisis, by contacting Mrs. Meir." (In Washington, observers suggested that Rep. Ford would not have made reference to a hot-line proposal without too, Vrevious clearance with the White House. They noted, Mat establishment of such a line would mark an official recognition by the United States of Jerusalem as the official seat of the Israeli government.) (Continued on Page 6) President's Report Emphasizes Support Planned for Israel WASHINGTON (JTA) — Presi- dent Nixon made support of Israel an official part of American for- eign policy for the 1970s, Wednes- day. In his foreign policy report de- livered to Congress, at noon, Nixon said the United States would press for peace with integrity in the Mid- dle East. "In the meantime, how- ever, I now reaffirm our stated in- tention to maintain careful watch on the balance of military forces and to provide arms to friendly states as the need arises. At a press conference before the report was released, Nixon explain- ed that "peace cannot be built by abandoning our allies." The report, entitled "United States Foreign Policy For the 1970s—A New Strategy For Peace," is 119 pages long. Six pages are devoted to the Middle East prob- lem. The report emphasizes the dan- gers of the growing Soviet influ- (Continued on Page 5) Thant Calling Upon Jarring to Resume Peace Mission By VICTOR M. BIENSTOCK UNITED NATIONS (JTA)—Secretary General U Thant confirmed Tuesday that he would seek early reactivization of the peace-seeking mission of Dr. Gunnar V. Jarring, his spe- cial representative for the Middle East. Thant, who was scheduled to meet Ambassador Jarring in Geneva Wednesday, told a UN press conference Tuesday that he would discuss with him whether the time has not come for him to resume his mission. The secretary general said that reactivization of the Jar- ring mission would depend primarily on guidelines being drafted by the Four Powers—United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and France—but he stressed that this was not ex- clusive. He noted, however. that Dr. Jarring would be reluc- tant to return to the Middle East if this merely involved a resumption of his "fruitless" rounds of Jerusalem and the Arab capitals. Thant expressed optimism over the possibilities of Four Power agreement although he resolutely refused to set up a timetable or deadline on their deliberations. He said he had studied the American, Soviet and French proposals and had found "common denominators" in the three proposals which he said could be translated into guidelines. Thant indicated that he was generally in agreement with the French thesis that it was not necessary to have a com- plete set of guidelines for Dr. Jarring to resume his negotia- tions but that he could proceed on the basis of agreement on one or two basic issues. He said, "It is difficult to agree on all the basic issues, but there are some basic issues on which agreement can be reached to formulate guidelines for the Jarring mission." The secretary general again expressed grave concern over (Continued on Page 6)