Purely Commentary_
By Philip
Slomovitz
A Salute to Max M. Fisher, Ambassador
or as a Piiwate- in the President's Ranks ...
Kissinger and•the Speculative News Analysts
Max M. Fisher, the President, Recognition of Ability and Friendship
The Kissinger Role in American Politics
Newsweek speculated again and, in its current issue, discussing probable ambassadorships, stated
Let's diagnose without speculating—and let's take a look at the
that Max Fisher, "one of Mr. Nixon's close friends and financial supporters, is reported in line for an
role of Dr. Henry Kissinger on the American political scene.
The refugee from Germany, whose Bar Mitzva was observed in- embassy."
If true, the report will be welcomed by Mr. Fisher's many friends and co-workers in Jewish causes.
Germany before his family escaped from the Hitler terror, is no longer
Newsweek's "rumored" report takes us back to the 1968 presidential campaign and Richard M. Nixon's
a legendary figure: he is a realistic factor in our lives, books have
been written about him and columnists are testing him and the Presi- election. On the first page of the Nov. 8, 1968, issue of The Jewish News, appended to the salute to the
newly-elected President, was a story under the heading "Max M. Fisher Believed
dent who has chosen him for one of the most influential tasks in our
Slated for Cabinet Post." We, too, speculated. We might have tried it again after
history.
the 1972 election, and we first consulted friend Fisher at the sessions of the Council
In the current issue of Newsweek, George Ball, an undersecretary
of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds in Toronto, some days before the appearance
of state in the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, suggests:
"Just as a change in style altered the substance of our policy,
so a reversion to earlier policy will mean a return to the more open
Ind professional style of our traditional diplomacy. To facilitate that
change, the President would do well to appoint Henry Kissinger
secretary of state. Such a move has much to recommend it. Not
only would it make the architect of our foreign strategy accessible
to the Congress and the people; it would preserve Dr. Kissinger's
extraordinary talents to serve a policy consistent with our democratic
conditioning. Finally, It would provide what may well be our last
chance to rebuild and reanimate the Department of State, to restore
its self-respect and vitality by returning it to the mainstream before
it totally atrophies and all the good men leave. The skill and experi-
ence of a great foreign office are not a commodity we can afford
to waste. We shall need all the brains and judgment we can mobilize
to preserve the values we cherish in the -uncertain years ahead."
This is especially interesting in view of earlier abuses that were
hurled at Dr. Kissinger. On Aug. 2, 1972, the Christian Science Monitor's
noted news analyst, Joseph C. Harsch, wrote about "Kissinger and
Connally," and referred to Kissinger as having "employed unorthodox
methods and offended many in the process." He added: "He never does
quietly what can be done flamboyantly. In the process he has ignored
the State Department and outraged many a member of the Congress."
And Harsch concluded, after reviewing the roles of both Henry Kis-
singer and John Connally of Texas: "All of which means—don't be
surprised if William Rogers leaves State and Henry Kissinger leaves
the White House later this year and President Nixon hands foreign policy
entirely over to Mr. Connally."
That's how guess-work leads to confusions. Kissinger is now being
spoken about as a possible head of the' Rockefeller Foundation, and
while Connally is mentioned to head the State Department, all remains
in the dark, awaiting the President's decisions.
Regarding Kissinger: Could he possibly be named secretary of
state? In the order of ,succession, in the event both the President and
vice president should die. the Chief Executive post would go first to
the speaker of the House of Representatives, then to the president
pro-tem of the senate and thereafter to members of the Cabinet in
the following rotation: secretary of state, secretary of the treasury,
secretary of defense, et cetera, et cetera, down the line.
If Kissinger were to be named secretary of state, and in the event
—Providence forbid'—of a calamity, he would have to be skipped over
for the presidency because he is foreign born.
If Harsch can spe..:ulate—and he seems to have been so wrong—
why can't we ruminate?
Benjamin Wilk's Pioneering Tasks in Technion
Benjamin Wilk has earned the honors to be accorded him Sunday
evening by Technion when a scholarship fund will be set up in his
name at the dinner of the local chapter for the Israel Institute of
Technology in Haifa.
An interesting history marks Detroit's role in Technion. Work for it
began here when the late Shmarya Levin came to enlist support for
the great technological school during World War I. Fred M. Butzel
and Leo M. Franklin were among the first to respond and to assist in
this effort. Butzel was already the Zionist, Dr. Franklin—Ben Wilk's
rabbi—was an opponent of the political efforts to restore Jewish
nationhood. But the Technion's role was understood and appreciated.
Some of us who were in the ranks in the earliest days, and con-
tinued our devotion to Technion, have seen a number of distinguished
men in our ranks. Ben Wilk was a leader in these efforts from the
very beginning. That's why the community honors him with a deep
appreciation for his devotion to Technion and the worthiest of our
Causes.
of the Newsweek issue with the unconfirmed report. Mr. Fisher informed us that
before one guesses about jobs he might be offered he should be asked if he desires
the jobs. But his emphasis was in another direction.
He was emphatic in his assertion that his activities were motivated by his
friendship for Richard M. Nixon and his political role should be judged by his interests:
his desire to be of help to Israel, and to the Jewish people and to assist in every and
Fisher all means available to him to contribute toward improvement of economic, social and
educational conditions in this country for people of all faiths.
He worked hard in the recent campaign, and he earned his spurs. We'd love to see him in the
Presidential Cabinet, and if he gets an ambassadorial job it will be merited. He has the ability, and he has
proven it in his posts he has held in high-ranking Jewish movements and he still holds the top Jewish post
in the world—the chairmanship of the executive committee of the internationally-formed Jewish Agency for
Israel.
So—this commentator is not speculating, he is merely expressing the hope that he'll have an oppor-
tunity to congratulate Mr. Fisher if he is named to President Nixon's new team of American administrators.
Alton: For Sake of Peace, Israel Is
Ready to Accept Weaker Borders
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Yigal
Alton, Israel's deputy premier and
minister of education, told a group
of Arab village teachers that Israel
was prepared for the sake of peace
"to give, up most of the present
armistice lines and accept weaker
borders."
Alton told the teachers at a meet-
ing in Urn el Fahm village that
Israel would not agree to return to
the pre-1967 frontiers but would
insist only on such boundary ad-
justments as were absolutely nec-
essary for its security.
He stressed, however, that with-
out peace negotiations "we shall
not move an inch." He said that
within the framework of a peace
agreement "every problem can be
solved including that of the Pales-
tinians," and described his own
"plan" as a compromise between
Israel's security needs and the
national aspirations of the Arabs.
Under the "Allon Plan," pro-
posed by him several years ago but
never explicitly endorsed by the
Israeli government, Israel would
evacuate the Arab populated areas
of the West Bank but would retain
a string of security settlements
along the Jordan River.
Allon's remarks to the Arab
teachers indicated a considerably
greater degree of compromise over
territories than has been enunci-
ated by other top level government
leaders in recent months. At a
meeting last week of the Labor
Party Secretariat, Anon sharply
Israel Votes for Anti-Apartheid Measures
UNITED NATIONS (JTA) —
Israel voted in favor of four resolu•
[ions containing implicit criticism
of South Africa's apartheid policies
in the General Assembly last week
but abstained on another resolution
that condemned apartheid outright.
All five resolutions were adopted
by overwhelming majorities.
The resolutions called on South
Africa to end immediately the
physical and mental torture of
opponents of apartheid and to pun
ish those committing such acts;
appealed for generous contributions
to aid those "persecuted under re-
pressive and discriminatory legis-
lation in South Africa, Namibia
(South-West Africa) and Southern
Rhodesia"; and authorized con-
sultations with experts and repre-
sentatives of "the oppressed people
of South Africa" and with African
liberation movements to seek ways
to intensify anti-apartheid action.
The fourth resolution asked Sec-
retary General Kurt Waldheim to
disseminate information on apar•
theid.
2—Friday, Nov. 24, 1972
In voting for the four drafts,
Israel found itself in rare concert
with the Soviet Union, which voted
for all five. But Israel was among
the 21 abstainers, including France,
Italy and Japan, on the resolution
reaffirming "the legitimacy of the
struggle of the oppressed people
of South Africa to eradicate apar-
theid and racial-discrimination by
all available means."
The resolution, adopted by a vote
of 1004, called for renewed opposi-
tion to arms shipments to South
Africa and an end to international
cooperation with that nation. The
negative votes were cast by United
States. Britain, Portugal and South
Africa.
Earlier, Israel was aligned with
the Soviet Union and the Arab bloc
as the General Assembly's fourth
committee approved a draft resolu-
tion on African liberation by a vote
of 104.5, with 11 abstentions.
The United States was on the
losing side, with Brazil, Britain,
Costa Rica and Spain.
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
The committee, which considers
matters pertaining to trust and
non -self governing territories,
asked the assembly to "deem !lit
imperative" that negotiations be-
gin soon between Portugal and
liberation movements in its admin-
istered African territories with a
view to speeding up decolonization.
Israeli delegate Avigdor Dagan
cited his "serious reservations"
over the paragraph endorsing just
treatment as prisoners of war of
freedom fighters captured in those
African territories. Dagan said this
language conflicted with the Gen-
eva Convention on protection of
civilians in time of war and said
he would have abstained from vot-
ing on that paragraph had para-
graphs been voted on separately.
(Separate paragraph voting was
defeated, 79-26, with 15 absten-
tions.)
But Dagan, however, reluctantly,
voted for the over-all draft. The
abstainers included the Dominican
Republic, Pa n a m a, Paraguay,
Portugal, Saudi Arabia and South
Africa.
criticized Defense Minister Moshe
Dayan's stated view that Israel
would have to govern indefinitely
the administered territories.
Foreign Minister Abba Eban de-
clared here that the Gaza Strip
would not be separated from Israel
but that in a peace agreement, it
might be possible for Israel to
share the Strip's port with Jordan.
Addressing the Economic Club of
Kiryat Gat, Eban said that there
was no deal between Israel and
Jordan on the future of the Strip,
which he said would be decided on
in an over-all Israeli-Arab settle-
ment.
Noting that the Strip has never
been part of Egypt's Nile Valley,
Eban called the Egyptian presence
in the Strip between 1948 and 1967
"artificial."
Hebrew Corner
Tours by Jeep
in Judean Desert
Beginning next month,
guided tours by jeep will be
organized to places of desert
scenery in the Judean Des-
ert. The tours will enable
tourists and the Israeli pub-
lic to get acquainted with the
unknown scenery of the Ju-
dean Desert. The trips will
be made in seven-seat jeeps.
which will have special ar-
rangements for traveling on
difficult roads. The opening
of the tourist routes through
the Judean Desert will make
it possible to tour for three
days in places where hither-
to it was impossible to visit.
The visitors will see beauti-
ful scenery of cliffs, canyons,
hidden caves, and the trip
will give the participants an
unforgettable experience.
The decision to establish a
center for sport tourism by
jeeps is an outcome of ex-
perience gained last year by
the organization of desert
tours for members of the
Mediterranean Club. These
tours were very successful.
About 400 members of the
club enjoyed them. Finally,
together with the Egged
Touring Company, it was de-
cided to broaden the course
of the trips and make it pos-
sible for residents of the
country to participate.
In addition to the tours by
jeeps, trips on camels will
also be organized through
places where cars cannot
pass.
Translation of Hebrew Corner
published by Brlth IvrIth Ola-
ml th, Jerusalem.
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