The Jewish News Dedicates This issue to .. . Allied Jewish Campaign as a Volunteer in Allied Jewish Drive: WO 5-3939 V91. LIX. No. 2 and to National Council of Jewish Women whose 700 delegates as- semble here this weekend for important delibera- tions on issues relating to America and world Jewry JEWISH NEWS Enroll NOW CALL whose humanitarian ob- jectives obligate our com- munity to be especially generous in this Year of Crisis . Michigan Weekly Review of Jewish News AMMO •• ■■ =1" Israel's Right to Be Master of Its Own Destiny Commentary Page 2 Editorial Page 4 Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper — Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle Per Year; This Issue 25c 17515 W. 9 Mile Rd., Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075, 356 8400 $8.00 March 26, 1971 - Israel Territorial Clarification Expected; State Dept. Denies Withholding Delivery of Arms Capitulation to Arabs Rescinded by Mobil Oil The Mobil Oil Corporation has rescinded all in structions to its tanker fleet suppliers which had the effect of capitulating to the Arab economic boy- cott of Israel. In an exchange of correspondence . between Herman J. Schmidt, executive vice president of Mobil Oil, and Arnold Forster, chairman of the anti boycott committee of the Conference of Presi dents of Major American Jewish Organizations, e_.company declared that "effective immediately" considerations in supplying prod u c ts ucts to our ships are that these products meet our traditionally high requirements of quality, avail ability and reasonableness of cost." In other words, the company told Forster, its ships' chandlers are authorized to purchase Israeli or "Jewish" products. The anti boycott committee held a series of meeting's with Mobil representatives to protest a pro- company directive to ships chandlers which pro- hibited "any products of Israeli origin or seeming to have Israeli or Jewish connections." heMobil directive under question cited the " T M Libyan government's intention to fine and black- list vessels carrying- "illegal" products and cited 15 so .considered by the Arab country. The prod- ucts listed included fruit juices and produce from Israel and also such items as Swedish matches and empty Brazil beer bottles, both of which carry six- pointed stars as trademarks, and Trinidad Orange Juice which uses a six-pointed leaf on its wrapper. The six:pointed Star of David, the symbol used in Israel's flag, is not limited to Israel. Tile new instructions, Forster said, have been sent to all Mobil suppliersand the company is taking ads in some 100 Jewish newspapers, explain- ing that "There is no Mobil 'boycott.' " The adver- tisement appears on Page 14 in this issue. - - - - - - 0 JERUSALEM (JTA) — The government has deceided to comply with an American request for a more detailed statement of its territorial claims than has been forthcoming up to now, the JTA learned his from reliable political sources. The American request was put to Foreign Minister Abba Eban at Af- State William P. Rogers and White House National Security meetings last week with Secretary of fairs Adviser Dr. Henry Kissinger. Eban is expected to convey a statement'on territorial principles to Rogers when he returns to JTA learned. He was reportedly empowered Washington from his current visit to Latin America, the to the American request after consulting with to do so by Premier Golda Meir, who decided to accede inform the U.S. that its territorial demands as her closest advisers. Political sources said Israel will be guided exclusively by strategic considerations far as future borders with Egypt are concerned will considera- but no such undertaking will be given with regardto borders with Jordan where "historical tions are much more profound." Political circles here said the U.S. has become entangled in conflicting promises to Israel and Egypt from which President Nixon must now extricate it. They said the President will have no choice but to tell President Anwar Sadat of Egypt that the U.S. is neither able nor willing to force Israel to commit itself to total withdrawal from the occupied territories without prior negotiations be- .. tween the two parties. These circles discount the view that Israel's refusal to make such commitments have increased the pressure on Sadat from his military leaders. They contend that Sadat now has has a freer hand than before because he is no longer bound to a cease fire expiration date. However, they concede that pressure may be applied by the Egyptian military as June 5, the fourth anniversary of the on Six-Day Page 43) (Continued war, approaches. N.Y.C. East Side Synagogue ire Damaged by Vanda s NEW YORK (JTA)—An historic 78-year-old Orthodox synagogue in the Lower East Side, serving mainly elderly ffered an estimated with limited incomes, suffered congregants wi $50,000 damage last weekend when vandals ransacked the congregation and left in their wake three fire-scorched rooms.. According to Irwin Goldman, president of Cong. Beth Haknesses, the vandals were apparently dissatisfied with the damage they had wrecked on the large, brick sync- gogue. They returned again Monday night to destroy and abuse the prayerbooks, taleisim and other religious articles which had been preserved from the fire. Goldman told the JTA that the most distressing ele- ment of the entire incident was that many of the 60 daily (Continued on Page 5) eci Communst i Congress May Dde Fate of Emigration Pleaders; • Report Georgian Jews Harassed TEL AVIV (JTA)—Soviet Jews arriving here Monday night told newsmen that the future of Jewish emigration from Russia depends on the outcome o the Communist which opens in Moscow at f the end of this month. Only after the congress will it be possible to ascertain what the Soviet attitude toward Jewish emigra- tion will be, they said. The number of new arrivals was not disclosed. But it was apparently a large group coming from Moscow, Odes- (Continued on Page 14) Council of Jewish Women's Enlist Volunteers Comb Community to 3,000 29th National Convention 30,000 Contributors to Allied Jewish Campaign A campaign that is certain to break all records for generosity in the Detroit Jewish community will commence next Thursday evening when the Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel Emergency Fund drive will be launched at the dinner meeting at Cong. Shaarey Zedek. Martin Agronsky, noted TV and radio commentator, will be guest speaker. With more than $9,000,000 already subscribed in pre-campaign activities, the an- ticipated new measures of giving are expected to boost the total far above the $12,000,000 mark of last year's drive. Requesting double giving, national leaders are pleading for vast sums to assure support for Israel's needs and in defense of the nation that is confronted by newly menacing war threats. The volunteer workers' aim is to enroll at least 30,000 contributors to the drive and they will strive to enlist at least 5,000 more donors who did not contribute last year. Volunteer workers still are being enrolled and those desiring either to contribute without waiting for the soliciting volunteers to contact them or who wish to work for the drive are asked to call WO. 5-3939. Meyer Fishman and Max Shaye. as co-chairmen of the current campaign, appealed for community cooperation in. raising the standards of giving and in assuring the widest support from workers and givers and expressed confidence that Detroit's role again will be one of leadership for the entire country. Opens Here Sunday Evening With approximately '700 delegates registering this morning for the sessions of the 29th biennial convention of the National Council of Jewish Women, many of the country's most prominent leaders and the outstanding Jewish women leaders will be here for delibera- tions on major issues of importance to the United States, Israel and world Jewry. This is the first time that a NCJW biennial will be held in De- troit since 1932. The sessions will mark the retirement from the presidency of Mrs. Leonard H. Weiner who has held the major office in the organ- ization since 1967. Mrs. Weiner will preside at the opening session of the conven- tion Sunday evening at Hotel Statler. A reception honoring Mrs. Weiner will follow the evening's program. Guest speaker at the opening session will be Sol M. Linowitz, U. S. ambassador to the Organization of 'American States, currently chairman of the Urban Coalition. All sessions will be held at the Detroit Hilton Hotel, and plenaries (Continued on Page 29)