Hussein Asks U.S. for More Help in M.E.
Friday, Jena 1Z 1973-13
William Rosenberg Heads State I THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Commission Overseeing Utilities Mali, Niger Join Other African
WASHINGTON—King Hus- tween the two Germanies
seen of Jordan asked the U.S. and the Vietnam peace talks
to take new positive action as taking greater preference
toward ending the Arab-Is- over affairs in the Mid East.
Gov. Milliken has appoint-
raeli conflict in the Mid East.
"L don't know just what ed attorney William G. Ro-
In an interview in the cur- the U.S. is prepared to do senberg, director of Michi-
rent issue of U.S. News and specifically," Hussein said, gan's housing agency, as
World Report, Hussein cited "but I am rather hopeful chairman of the State Public
President Nixon's trips to Pe- that within the near future Service Commission.
king and Moscow, the moves the U.S. will show a greater
Rosenberg, 32, took over
made to ease relations be- interest,"
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man
ing authority. He is credited
with bringing that agency to
life.
the post Tuesday. His three-
man commission will oversee
rates and policies of electric,
gas, telephone and other util-
ity firms. Milliken termed
the job one of the most chal-
lenging in state government.
lie further cited Rosen-
berg's "Impressive back-
ground in law, finance and
public service. lie brings a
reputation for innovation,
and toughness and objectiv-
ity."
WILLIAM ROSENBERG
As State Housing Develop.
ment Authority director, Ro-
senberg succeeded in devel-
oping a $600,000,000 housing
program to serve .125,000
people. The new job, drawing
a $27,650 salary, is a pay
cut from his former $31,000
post, but he said the chat.
lenge of the PSC chairman-
ship was worth the financial
loss.
Israeli Armaments
Cost Over $2 Billion
TEL AVIV, (JTA) — Fi-
nance Minister Pinhas Sapir
said that Israel has acquired
$2,000,000,000 in modern arm-
aments during the past two
years, part of which has still
to be delivered.
He told a Histadrut meet-
ing at Beth Tabori that Israel
spent IL 25 billion ($6,250,-
000,000) for defense in the
last six years. He said the
sum includes $3,500,000,000.
He said that roads built in
the Sinai and the Bar Lev
line along the Suez Canal
cost IL 1 billion ($250,000,000)
A graduate of Syracuse
University, Rosenberg also
has graduate degrees in law
and business administration
inC.
1 . Northland rfr. 3. Oakland Mall
2 Eestgete Ctr. d Man, St., Rochester
from Columbia University.
He joined the law firm of
Honigman, Miller, Schwartz
and Cohn following gradua-
tion. Milliken named him as-
sistant director of the de-
partment of commerce in
alone.
Never marry but for love;
March 1969, and later that but see that thou lovest what
year he moved to the hous- is lovely.—William Penn.
My Favorite Girl"
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How od it is
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Is- chances of reaching an ac-
raeli officials have asked the cord with Libya's federation
press to refrain from sp•cu- partner, Egypt.
Wing over which African
In general, Eban said, Is
state might be next
to
break
-
rail must
expect
"casual-
diplomatic relations With Is- ties" in its diplomatic cam
rael. paigns just as it expects them
Last Friday, Mali became in its military campaigns.
the fifth African nation to "It does not mean we has e
sever ties with Israel this to turn tail and run," he said
year and the third to do so Eban's remarks summed up
in a single week. lsrael's official attitude.
Officials claim that press While some circles here be-
speculation on future ruptures lieve that Israel should phase
is relayed to Africa and can out its efforts to maintain
be harmful there. friendly ties with the African
But Israeli newspapers have states on grounds that they
carried stories on strained have yielded poor results,
relations with Togo, Senegal the majority view is that Is-
and Sierra Leone. rael must not retreat al-
The foreign ministry's re-
action to Mali's move was
that "there was nothing in
the bilateral relations be-
tween Israel and Mali which
would justify or explain the
break."
This was the same formula
that was stated when Braze-
ville-Congo and then Niger
announced that they were
breaking diplomatic ties with
Israel.
It was the same after Chad
announced a break last month
and was also the official re-
though it should prudently
lower its profi'e in these
countries where relations
seem threatened.
As one veteran Israeli dip-
lomat with experience in
Africa remarked last week,
"Our investment in Africa
has paid much higher divi-
dend* than anyone could have
expected. There is no reason
for us to give up now."
The foreign ministry an-
nounced two weeks ago that
Israel had decided to down-
grade its representation in
action when President Idi Niger and the resident am-
Amin of Uganda suddenly bassador, Yehoshua Rash,
expelled 700 Israeli diplomats was transferred to neighbor-
ing Togo.
and experts last March.
Reliable sources said at
But Israeli sources had
acknowledged earlier that re- the time that the move was
intended
to avert a complete
lations with Mali were un-
easy because of that coun- break by lowering Israel's
try's Moslem majority and profile in Niger and mini-
"radical" regime. Mali had mizing Arab pressure there-
no diplomatic representative by.
Eban noted that Israel will
in Israel, and Israel's repre-
sentation in Mali consisted soon open new legations in
Lesoto
and Swaziland. Ehud
only of Ambassador Asher
Hakeny and an assistant who Avriel, a veteran diplomat
and
former
ambassador to
is an expert working for the
, Italy, went to Zaire (former-
United Nations.
Congo) last week
There are several Mall] o °n Belgian
There
a mission to cement ties
students in Israel. Several
with that country and pos-
months ago 20 Mali students
sibly enlarge Israel's trade
completed a course in corn- there.
rnunity development here,
Israel officials said Israel
and their performance when
was inclined to take the ad-
they returned home earned
vice of one of its best friends
high praise for Israel from
in Africa, President Hot,-
the Mall government.
phoet-Boigy of Ivory Coast,
Israeli officials believe that who recently told an Israel
outside pressure from Arab envoy: "Times are bad for
states, especially Libya, Was you, bad for Africa and bad
responsible for Mali's action for the whole free world
and, in greater or lesser de. But things change. Above all,
gree, for the breaks with the don't fold up your flag and
other African states. With the pull out of Africa."
exception of Uganda, the - -
African states that have
split with Israel are all for
mer French colonies.
Foreign Minister Abba
Eban said on a radio inter-
view that Col. Muammar el-
Qadaffi, the leader of Libya's
ruling military junta was re-
sponsible for Israel's recent
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Beirut Releases
American Protester
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States Severing Ties With Israel
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BEIRUT — The Lebanese
government suspended the
deportation of an American
academic who has opposed
U.S. policies in the Middle
East and Vietnam.
Kenneth F. Meyercord,
graduate student and teach-
ing assistant at the American
University here, is the editor
of a Mid East newsletter for
an organization that is critic-
al of U S support for Israel
and seeks to promote sym-
pathy in the U S. for the
Palestinian position. The or- ,
ganization is called Ameri-
cans for Justice in the
Middle East.
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