EDITORIAL: Mankind's Conscience: Surrender to Terror? Mankind's conscience is on trial! For nearly three years, planes have been hijacked, attacked, blown up, innocent men, women and children murdered in a spreading campaign of terror imposed on an international community—and the world was silent! Innocent people were attacked in a Munich airport, and there was silence! Seven aged survivors from Nazism perished in a fire in a German home for the aged—a fire ignited by Arab saboteurs—and the world was silent! A Swissair plane was blown up, 47 innocent people were killed, yet there was hesitancy to act, to make it known to the source of the trouble that these acts will not be tolerated! Responsible newspapers—Detroit's among them— urged a boycott of Arab countries by the world's air- lines until there is an end to the terror imposed upon the international community. Would it be too much for the world's airlines to say that no planes will touch soil when terror emanates, or would that be too much of a gesture of decency to the maligned Israelis? The State Department was quick to condemn Israel for an unfortunate accident in the bombing of a civil- ian plant near Cairo, but there was silence after the destructioh of the Swiss plane. The Pope is quick to con- demn outrages. Why the silence during the last weekend, Your Holiness? Our New Leftists are quick to criticize their kinsmen in Israel. Where are you now, Noam Chomsky and I. F. Stone and your cohorts? The honor of a world put to shame by terrorism is being tested at this very hour. How will mankind react to the horror that has assumed an international aspect of hatred and inhumanity? Russia's Cowed JEWISH NEWS Communications Apparatus Elie Wiesel's Jerusalem Epic An SS Boast Merged With Arab Terror Commentary Page 2 Vol. LVI, No. 24 Michigan Weekly An Eternal SILENCE That Dooms Conscience of Mankind Review of Jewish News Editorial Page 4 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle z7 1751 5 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 356-8400 February 27, 1970 $7.00 Per Year; This Issure 20c Terrorism Challenges World Public Opinion Israel Condemns International 'Capitulation to Intimidation' Pilots Fail to Get Action in the UN LONDON (JTA)—British ground crews at London airport who halted their work stoppage against El Al and eight Arab airlines on Wednesday resumed servicing the liners. The crews had stopped work on the planes for "security reasons" after the destruction by a bomb of a Swiss airliner bound for Tel Aviv last Saturday with the loss of 47 lives and the attempted bomb destruction of another Tel Aviv-bound airliner. The ground crews are employed by British Overseas Airways Corp. Their services to El Al planes have been restricted to "push and start" with El Al technicians doing all the necessary servicing. The Arab lines, how- ever, have been dependent on the British Judeo-Christian crews for full service. An El Al spokesman said Wednesday afternoon that all El Al flights were leav- ing London on schedule. The executive board of the Interna- tional Federation of Airline Pilots Asso- ciations met in London Wednesday to con- sider what action the pilots could take to prevent attacks on civilian aircraft. They beard a report from their president, Capt. Ola Forsberg, on his unsuccessful efforts to obtain United Nations action. Capt. Forsberg flew to New York for a 50-min- ute meeting Tuesday with UN Under-sec- retary General Ralph Bunche. He reported after the meeting that he saw little hope Of UN action. Capt. Forsberg said the pilots would consider a strike unless there was consider- able improvement in the security situation. His board, meeting in secret here, was ex- pected to reach a decision on action by the federation's 46,000 members Thursday. In the Middle East must include a solution to the problem of the Palestinian Arab refugees and a renunciation of force by Israel and her Arab neighbors. "Who does not understand that there is no assured future for Israel outside a entente with the world which surrounds it," Pompidou told the senators and The entente, he — SOUTH ORANGE, N.J. (JTA)—The Institute Of Judeo-Christian Studies at Seton Hall University responded to the explosion of the Swiss jet airliner by condemning the Arab terrorists for their "das- tardly conduct" and called upon "all welfare organizations that sup- port Arab refugee camps to withdraw support unless firm guarantees are given that the camps will not be used for training in hatred and violence." In a statement issued by Monsignor John Oesterreicher, director of the institute, Father John Flannery, co-director, and the entire staff of the institute, expressed "pain and horror in our hearts" at the "brutal deeds of Arab terrorists against civilians in no way involved in the Arab-Israel conflict." The statement continued: "The fact that one terrorist organiza- tion first claimed credit for the blowing up of a Swiss airliner and then denied it, shows the irresponsibility of this so-called liberation movement. In our opinion, the dastardly conduct of the terrorists has disproved their cause of any claim to justice and, thus, to serious consideration. Arab governments that harbor the terrorist organiza- tions must be held responsible for all loss of life." The statement con- cluded by "imploring all Christians to come to Israel's defense" in the face of mounting terrorism. WASHINGTON—President Georges Pompidou of France was welcomed to Con- gress with a standing ovation, as is customary for visiting heads of state, but many Congressmen were missing from the chamber and there was silence when Pompidou commented on the situation in the Middle East. It was estimated that almost half of the House and 40 per cent of the Senate boycotted Pompidou's speech Wednesday, but Rep. Lester Wolff of New York was the only one to leave during the actual course of the French president's speech. Rep. Bertram Podell, his colleague from New York, described Wolff's behavior as "dis- Courteous" although Podell has been vocal in his opposition to Pompidou's policy. Pompidou said France reaffirms "the right of the state of Israel not only to exist but also to security" from the Arab nations. He emphasized that a peace settlement Rouse members. gate to the International Civil Air Organization ICAO an agency of the United Nations, to seek an urgent meeting of the organization's committee on unlawful interference. Earlier, a State Department spokesman had stress- ed that the Arab governments had an obligation to control the terrorists responsible for the attacks on aircraft.) Institute Demands Withdrawal of Support for Refugee Camps Until Terrorism Terminates Congress Cool to Pompidou's Remarks on M.E.; Admits Israel's `Right to Exist' tasting A spokesman for the International Air Transport Association (IATA) demanded that governments take stern action against politically motivated attacks on civilian aircraft. He said that in countries where the death pen- alty existed, it should be imposed for such attacks. (In Washington, the United States government instructed is dele- said "implies renunciation of military conquest." This, along (Continued on Page 18) — The work stoppage on Tuesday was a development in the mounting air transport crisis stemming from Saturday's crash. An Austrian airliner, carrying mail to Israel, was ripped by an explosion in mid- air at the same time but landed safely. Both planes were presumed to have been the victims of Arab terrorists. The British Airline Pilots Association retorted sharply to Israeli charges that air- lines were giving in to Arab blackmail by refusing to carry cargo and mail to Israel. About a dozen international airlines imposed a ban on freight and mail service to Israel after the Swissair crash. A num- ber have since removed the restrictions. But others, including the main British car- riers, BOAC and British European Air- ways (BEA) continue the ban. Gordon Hurley, a spokesman for the British pilots association, disputed the (Continued on Pages 10, 48) Detroit Community Turns Out to Protest French Governments Role in Middle East Housewives in fun furs and high school students wearing levis and peace buttons rubbed elbows with rabbis and attorneys between court cases—in all, almost 1,000 strong at the peak—to express Detroit Jewry's dismay at the French government's sale of arms and jets to Libya and her irresponsible role in the Middle East. While President Georges Pompidou was visiting with President Nixon in Wash- ington, the demonstration was staged here Tuesday morning in front of the French Consolate, at the corner of Cadillac Square and Woodward. The consul himself wasn't there, but the message got across. At the height of the protest, around noon, marchers covered the entire long block and around the corner. Fewer than half of the participants were young people, representing high school and college organizations which support Israel. But it was generally agreed that their songs and high spirits gave the extra oomph to a march that drew a cross-section of Detroit Jewry. The Jewish Community Council, which coordinated the demonstration, credited (Continued on Page 18)