• White House and State Dept. Assure 'No Pressures' on Israel; Tensions Mingled With Puzzlement in Capital By Detroit Jewish News Special Correspondent WASHINGTON, D. C.—There is as much puzzlement as there is tension over the Middle East situ- ation both in governmental ranks as well as in the media of commun- ications. All sorts of .speculative reports emanate from the nation's capital, yet there is no certainty about the devel- oping situations affecting Israel. Israel Foreign Ministerba Eban had met one day_last week , with -• more than 40,U. S. Senators in a Senate chamber. He reportedly left a deep impression with his an- alysis of the situation. Immediately Secretary of State William P. Rogers took the initiative to con- vene with the Senate—in the first meeting of its kind between the secretary of state and the Senate in nearly 40 years—to present his viewpoint. Out of it all there has emerged a feeling of confidence in pro-Is- rael ranks that not all is bad, that most reports of threats to Israel, of pressures from this Icountry unless Israel withdraws from occupied territories, are exaggerations. continuation of the present state of affairs—the continuation of even the undeclared cease fire as a re- sult of which, for eight months, there has been no shooting across the Suez. At a meeting last Friday with a delegation from the Conference of Presidents' Major American Jewish Organizations, Secretary of State Rogers again stated that there will be no military or eco- nomic pressure upon Israel to comply with American demands. The delegation included Max M. Fisher of Detroit. 90-minute session, which folloWed by a day Rogers' meeting with 67 U. S. senators, provided an opportuni- ty for a "comprehensive review" of the Middle East issues. Rogers has issued a 617-page re- port of his stewardship of two years. It has been noted that there is no mention in it of a possibility of an emergence of a Palestinian entity. In his report Rogers sug- gested that "Jerusalem should be a unified city," that "Israel and Jordan should both have roles in its civic, economic and religious life." An attack on Eban by Senator J. William Fulbright has evoked considerable discussion and his views may continue to have a neg- ative effect on Israel's position. At the meeting of the American Zion- ist Federation on Sunday, Jacques Torczyner was very critical of Fulbright. Albert Schlossberg of Milton, Maas., national commander of the Jewish War Veterans of the USA, has issued a statement criticizing Fulbright's views and rejecting his "veiled threats" implying that U. S. support of Israel would be dissipated unless Israel 'bends." Schlossberg warned against a "Munich type pact" to harm Israel. A resolution was introduced last week by Congressman Joshua Eilberg of Pennsylvania calling on the administration to support Is- rael's border position. WIN SALEM'S VACATION IN ISRAEL SWEEPSTAKES HELP YOUR COUNTRY AS 'YOU HELP YOURSELF SIGN UP FOR C114 U. S. SAVINGS BONDS, FREEDOM SHARES To get top value for your travel dollar be sure to call 54 1.7040 and ask for information about our New Spring and Summer TRIPS TO ISRAEL MAKE THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Knesset Passes Law That Extends Rabbis' Term officials. They brought with them a statement by the Synagogue Council of America, representing the Reform, Conservative and Or- thodox branches of America Juda- ism, which appealed to the Soviet Communist Party Congress to elim- inate "the cruel vestiges of Stalin's rule" against the more than 3,000,000 Soviet Jews. The Soviet officials, Igor Bubnov, political counselor of the embassy, and Alexander Yefstafyev, press coun- selor, refused to receive the peti- tion on grounds that the embassy does not accept such documents as a matter of policy. But they spoke at length with the two visitors. An Israeli and two American Jewish youths were arrested on the green facing the White House March 22 for demonstrating after their permit had expired. They were later freed on $10 bond. One of them was Yosef Schneider, a Russian Jew who emigrated to Is- rael in 1969. The other two were identified as Israel Danziger and Chaim Gewirtz. Danziger was be- lieved to be a JDL member. Schneider began a hunger strike on the site last week, incarcerating himself in a simulated "prisoners' cage." The other two joined him and had handcuffed themselves to the "cage" when they were arrest- ed by park police. Permit expired Sunday. Every State Department spokes- man, all words from the White House, are to the effect that all the U. S. asks is an assurance from Israel that there will be a with- drawal, and there are qualifications to indicate that it is not expected that Israel will withdraw from all the occupied territory. And there seems to be confi- dence that Anwar el-Sadat is more rational than Gamal Abdel Nasser ever was, that he wishes to negoti- ate, that Egyptians in the main hope for peace. Immediately, one hears_,,,, other voices: Dr. Gunnar V. Tarring presses for withdrawal, he has given up ,his negotiating mission President Nixon's role was and his return to his ambassadorial highly commended by Torczyner, post in Russia to represent his na- and in Israeli ranks there is a tive land, Sweden, is proof that feeling that -Abe President ad- there is a deadlock. There may be heres to his policy of assuring a deadlock, yet the situation is less . security for Israel. grave than it appears and all who The need to press for just rights are involved in the Middle East struggle continue to hope for a for Russian Jewry remains a factor of major consideration here. The demonstration that was conducted "NEXT YEAR IN two weeks ago by the Jewish De- fense League was so orderly that JERUSALEM" it is being commended in many quarters. Rep. James H. Scheuer of New York, introduced a concurrent res- olution in the House protesting the treatment of Soviet Jews. A rabbi and a Christian clergy- man visited the Soviet Embassy here Monday to deliver an appeal on behalf of Soviet Jews. Rabbi Richard G. Hirsch, director of the religious action center of the Union of American Hebrew Congrega- 25 ADDITIONAL PRIZ tions, and the Rev. 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