THE JEWISH NEWS _ S-777:-*r_e-r. - .7-r IlLerr,*;:= Es‘risr..7.rs•zt. A.mr•-ems A_vsr,rar.or t - ^:s Fre:7 tn lr r F P,4 Fain, ore: :— - • • !-• 2: . :re:71 Na=c3i:A: Asoc•trpla 4bt't rname 51-Lats 5=• RS. Cr1A.RLOTTE DUBIN ce-r Eons, 51.1)144.7Yrri CA.1t*4.: La•Smess 10-astaire- ► smilwre- • is a tioath S r-M ut-al S6e - etatics •.• 7: ••• F,L1 "! > oL. LIta. Nrrae 47,25 July :1. Pap:, I- ow Nixon Policies Augur Firmness - That much - bouridar- :. Vi--odd miles vest of the S-::ez Canal--rnarkir.g. the area fret of Sk-liet missiles—uas at- tually Laid dour- in wash- ing:ton. State l'epartnient elperts dreu the lint and gale it to Soviet Arnbassador Tr.e. Russians hale strupulously ot•y.-i- Yed it—and hale taken athantage of eery inch in I:nosing their weapons toward the el:sr:al. - -- st.--a-tenists e•ecerede they misca1e-m- :atet the erten: tic ACE.iti :ilk Soviet Uriut non1d ewer. i the Arkb- se. vas licris,-::. ttp;oitint Uniut IL Maid genera: tr_-_-muE it -Mt IltLitie.os East U F.... planners nun i.23 their intelligence re-- punt everirm that it Jahr.nry the Soviet Union made—ant tasithisen—ts fr_ndamerth' decision to ph: i•vile-: pilots ant Sovier.xx.nntv-t missiles IMO Erypt.'s nefemm-s. - This meats- these surrces ilex, assert. that_ the the Ribil-em" on stvie: Unttm Er:tn.:Ia:: ins o'rtemert "Mit Ernihr the United Sta:es tt, r'-strait Israel Was: the Unht-t Sates hytx ?..±.-*-1, as Mvscow t_rfo1d. tants at ntannunneet visit to Presitien: Nasser. 1✓ _ran - IJ fat: it the sinnesterethi: months. s is a rt. rs- F ae_ - a 4r e i _ t.on ra .:". a:: staffs. that 1--r.-.-J.dent _..ten and the: DeLart.rnent of EJ•a- the he-Jr ler.sa and the ?entagor. will be de:ter -7 . :et Israel elthe- by the v-ay - J:de s . -ffer losses 7. 'J, 7. " '" • '*-'"C- 18 ent:reJv too spe.. :n r.ewspaper editrials and corn- ntat ,..,rs arid cf PreF;r.1 ,.-.r.'. to star.d s. Israel echoed the ..arious eva:ua- tions the- There e•:dent•ake.ning to the realities of the East situation_ Joseph Alsop described' Murrev Marder. in a series. of articles in the Washington Post Pointed to the air buildup as a disguised ap- proach in which the U. S misjudged the Rus- sian Mid East plans and stated: The Nixon administration suddenly escalated its warnings about the risk of a Middle East -col- lision" with the Soviet Union to try to correct mis- calculations on both sides, authoritative U. S. sources contend. ire Ara.Ps - - .7_ • ,, "it -:ved S z Israel's verb existence is nos; in imme- diate danger: for Israel's existence clear!} depends. at present. on Israel's control of the air user Suez_ Without air superiority on Israel's side. the thin line of Israeli de- fenses along the Suez Canal must even- tually- become untenable. Without the Suez Canal as an anti-tank diteh. Israel will have no fall-back position that can he defended indefinitely - and cheaply against the enormous weight of tanks and artillery- the Soviets have given the Egyptians. If the Suez line is ever breached. therefore. Israel must mobilize. And if Israel ever mobilizes. Israel must make uar without delay. and without re- gard to the Russian troops in combat roles in Egypt. Itr:JJ:- .d. to reason that. Is:ae: is not • ' s ons or: the Suez banks. And it can be as med that the U. S. will not con- done aband=ent of Israel's role in defense of the der - .racies and as a preventative of Pc_:ssia's supremacy in the Middle Ea.st. The =,:t•_:atori is quite clear. Israel's very exist-a:J.10- is at stake. and the U. S. friendship serve to prevent calamity in the Middle East At the same time there is a traditional Arner:-_an role in the Mideast to be defended. The State Department and the President are abandc,:-..na- that policy. Neither are they abandon::_ Israel. Neither is Israel submit- ting by yielding to unrealistic plans that are :rade br antagonistic elements. This the rests—and it is not with- hope The Nixon administration keeps a“ - -ing sentiments of friendship for Israel and a desire to assure Israel's existence. We have confidence in the sincerity of these assertions- . Hijacking as a Terrorists' Sport Hijacking has become a favorite sport for terrorists for the simple reason that the airlines have dealt all-too-reluctantly with proposals made chiefly by Israel for firm action against the fright injected by black- mailers. Unless steps are taken to deal firmly with the criminals, instead of permitting them to assume roles of heroes, air travel will suffer and the injected panic will spread to many other areas. The issue has already assumed an inter- national character. While some of the threats are directed at Israel, and Israel's enemies in the ranks of the murderous terrorist gangs are chiefly responsible for the most and Zurich airports—the threats to innocent people everywhere affects every corner of the globe. Not only air traffic but also the security of officials and employees in govern- ment offices everywhere has been affected by the panic created by potential murderers who pose as fighters for liberty. Responsibility for the safety of people at public thoroughfares and in government quarters devolves upon a united world com- munity. The United Nations. if it were not so impotent and so tragically' controlled by the Arab-Soviet bloc. could do so much to solve the problem ! Other means must be found to avert further crises in the air and on land, and Israel's experiences could serve as guides towards assuring a solution to a problem serious aerial tragedies-,tboso at t'-ie Atbepa_. th ~ t_has _goon putrageously., Jewish Attitudes in Civil War Era Related in New JPS Volume In a sense, the Jewish Publication Society has departed from, established traditions with its latest book. - The Kidnaped and the Ransomed - in a work of general and not specifically Jewish content. It is the reprint of a classical reference to a slave's flight from his ...aster_. But in a larger sense it belongs on the JPS list—because the reasoning. the manumition. was made possible by a Jew. And for an even more important reason: because the editor of the volume for its presentation again in this vital era of extended action for genuine civil rights, the able Jewish author and historian. Maxwell Whiteman. has added to the impressive book an introduction in which is outlined the position of Jews in the movement against slavery in pre- and post-Civil War years. '-The Kidnaped and the Ransomed" was first published in 1856. It is the story of Peter Still, his abduction, his having been held in slavery for more than 40 years. in Alabama and Kentucky. his ransoming by a Jew, Joseph Friedman. It is a full account of Still's untiring efforts to redeem his wife and children, how he raised S5.000 for the ransoming. The Stills' story is one of the most dramatic in the history of the struggle for emancipation, the reissuance of this volume is a major service to libertarianism. It appears in the JPS volume in its entirety. as originally published. with reproductions of the original tile page and related pages from volumes of that era. Here we have the full account of the Stills' reunion after Peter. who had been listed as Peter Friedman Still, had secured the S5.090 for ransom. Shortly thereafter his book was published. The history of the anti-slavery movement, the Jewish involve- ments. the roles played by the noted rabbis and laymen of that time, are thoroughly defined by Whiteman. His essay is a distinct contribu- tion to research in the field of civil rights and at this time it is especially noteworthy for its analysis of the Jewish attitude. While reviewing the historical facts Whiteman exposes some canards, chief among them the uncomplimentary references to "Jew- Germans" who were charged with shady dealings by Frederick Law Olmsted. A legal historian and authority on slave law, George Mc- Dowell Stroud, showed how Olmstead was misled and is quoted by Whiteman. Whiteman also shows how a report of the Foreign Anti - Slavery Society, in 1953, was wrong in its accusation that Jews had never taken any steps with regard to slavery. Among the leaders pointed to in the anti-slavery movement was Ernestine Rose who gained acclaim from the libertarian William Lloyd Garrison. But the later's feud with Major Mordecai M. Noah also is recorded in Whiteman's essay. Three Jews are mentioned as having been of help to John Brown —August Bondi, Theodore Weiner and Jacob Benjamin. Another important name in the anti-slavery ranks is that of Sabato Morals, Italian-born minister of Mikveh Israel, Philadelphia's oldest syna- gogue. He was opposed by Henry M. Phillips, the second Jew to be elected to Congress from Philadelphia, but he had the support of Henry Hart and others. Morais' pro Union sermons soon were matched by those of David of- Chicago. But there were those like Rabbi Morris J. Raphall of New York who upheld slavery. He met with strong opposition, especially from a layman, Michael Heilprin, and soon he was attacked by Gustav Gottheil in London (before Dr. Gottheil had come to Temple Emanu,El - Einhorn of Baltimore and Bernard Felsenthal in New York), by Moses Mielziner and others. Whiteman shows how a latent anti Semitism may have developed - during the Civil War as a result of the charges that were leveled at Jews. Whiteman comments that if the limited role of Jews in the anti-slavery movement is to be understood "the professional historian interested in the tragedy of American slavery must carefully examine the manner in which Christian attitudes toward Jews affected Jewish attitudes toward.ktir eanti-slavery conflict."