Differing Congressional Sentiments About Israel
By SAM LIPSKI
(Copyright 19:0 JTA.Iric - )
What do Senators Barry Gold-
water, Republican of Arizona and
George McGovern, Democrat of
South Dakota have in common?
For one thing .
they both believe •
Soviet interven-
tion in the Mid-
dle East threat-
ens American
strategic interests
and that the Nix-
on administration
should provide Lipski
Israel with urgently needed air-
craft.
That may well be the only-sig-
nificant issue which unites many
of e 76 Senators who sent the
letter to Secretary of State William
I'. Rogers urging the strengthen-
ing of Israel's military posture as
the best guarantee against a ma-
jor war between the Arabs and
Israel.
Some of the support for the
move came from expected quar-
ters: Senators with large Jewish
electoral or financial backing. cr
traditional friends of Israel. But
much of it came from senators
who are not politically susceptible
to Jewish support but are pro-
Israel for a whole range of rea-
sons. This time, however. some of
the signatures which appeared on
the letter were as revealing and
interesting as some of the missing
names.
The first thing which must be
noted is that it does not neces-
sarily follow that all the 24 sena-
tors who failed to sign oppose
the letter's sentiments. Some
senators never sign such letters
as a matter of principle, because
they are wary of joining blocs,
because they are inveterate
fence-sitters, because they have
genuine doubts, or because their
leadership position inhibits them
from influencing others on a
critical issue.
In this case a number of Re-
publican senators who are in
favor of selling pianes to Israel
felt that it would embarrass
President Nixon if the Senate
exerted pressure on the admin-
istration at a time of great strain
over the Indochina war.
They took this view despite word
from the White House to some of
the letter's sponsors, that it would
not embarrass the President at all.
In at least one case a non-signer,
Senator Harry Bellmon, Repub-
lican of Oklahoma, expressed his
public disagreement with the let-
ter.
Two Democratic senators who
had signed previous round-robins
of support for Israel, Albert Gore .
of Tennessee and Eugene Mc-
Carthy of Minnesota, declined to
sign without giving reasons to the
letter's sponsors. Senator William
Fulbright, a consistent critic of
Israeli policies, surprised nobody
by not adding his name.
But perhaps more interesting
than the non-signers were the first-
time signers.
The first-timers were Howard
Raker (Rep. Tenn.), Jennings
Randolph (Dem. W.Va.), John
Stennis (Dem. Miss.), Robert
Packwood (Rep. Oregan), Roman
Ilruska (Rep. Nebraska), Her-
man Talmadge (Dem. Ga.) and
Richard Russell (Dem. Ga.) who
did not actually sign the original
letter but associated himself with
it in a separate one to Secretary
Rogers.
The unprecedented range of sup-
port from the conservative side
of the Senate is due to a number
Columbus Center Votes
of reasons. First there is the
acknowledged threat to American
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COLUMBUS (JTA) The Ohio interests from a Communist power
which has aroused the traditional
Jewish Chronicle has appealed to anti-Communists. Second, some of
its readers to express their views these senators are concerned that
on a hotly-disputed decision by the the Soviets might misinterpret the
board of the Jewish center to open divisions in the Senate over Indo-
the center's outdoor swimming fa- china as a sign of national weak-
cilities on Saturday afternoons ness and wanted to make the letter
during the summer. Because of as bipartisan as possible.
the sharp divisions, David Roth, ,
president, said he had taken "exec-
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
utive action" to delay the Saturday
opening. The resolution was adopt- 10 — Friday, June 19, 1970
ed at an open meeting of the center =-
board. It proyided that the swim
facilities be made available on
Saturday afternoons but that the
main building remain closed for
the Sabbath except for facilities
needed for use of the outdoor pool.
Use of money was banned under
the resolution and the snack bar
remained closed.
Members of the Columbus Board
of Rabbis. and some members of
the hoard and of the center op-
posed the Saturday opening as a
desecration of the Sabbath. Other
board members and other center
members argued for the resolu-
tion. The resolution was finally
approved by a vote of 25 for and
15 against.
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