THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, November 9, 1973-9

Children Beg
Nixon to Press
Pow Exchange

NEW YORK — Almost
10,000 children attending Jew-
ish schools in greater New
York signed their names to
two appeals to President
Nixon, calling for an im-
mediate prisoner of war ex-
change in the Middle East.
The children, whose ads ap-
peared in the New York
Times, made voluntary con-
;ibutions to cover the cost
printing, and their effort
was arranged through the
Board of Jewish Education.
The fact that Egypt and
Syria refuse to release the
Israeli POWs, or provide
lists of their names, "means
thousands of children in the
brave and embattled Jewish
state — children just like us
— are suffering the pain and
sorrow of not knowing
whether their fathers, broth-
ers, cousins and uncles are
alive or dead," the first ad
read.
"We urge you to help
these innocent victims of a
war they did not start.
Please, please insist that the
prisoners be exchanged at
once," it concluded.
The second advertisement,
appearing the following Mon-
day, again appealed to the
President and the U.S. "not
to allow human rights to be
flouted by the Arabs and
their protectors."
The ad noted that the chil-
dren would join thousands of
adults in a demonstration
Monday to protest Egypt and
Syria's "flagrant violation of
the third Geneva Convention
Treaty" and to demand im-
mediate prisoner exchange.
The statement referred to
reports of atrocities com-
mitted against Israeli POWs
in Syria and Egypt and ask-
ed for their immediate re-
lease "before more atroci-
ties are committed."

JCCouncil Sends
Backgrounders on
the Middle East

The first in a series of Mid-
east background reports has
been issued to member or-
ganizations of the Jewish
Community Council, along
with the request for letters
to be sent to the President
and to UN Secretary General
Kurt Waldheim urging im-
mediate action to facilitate
the exchange of prisoners of
war.
The background report in-
cluded a paper on the "Legal
"i.spects of the Current
_ i:1,ri8.is," by Julius Stone, pro-
fessor of law at the Univer-
sity of California. A second
background paper discussed
the POW question in the
Middle East.
• Another report sent out
this week is an interpreta-
tion of the Oct. 21 Security
Council cease-fire resolution
calling for immediate nego-
tiations.
Still another paper will re-
late the Soviet involvement
in the Middle East.
At the same time the Jew-
ish Community Council urged
congressional support for the
Emergency Security Assist-
ance Act which would _pro-
vide up to $2,200,000,000 in
material aid to Israel.

All WE ask is that
you fEEI JEwish.

BECaUSE thEn you

will do what onE JEW
dOES whEn anothEr
JEW is in troublE.
You will hElp."

We must continue to help build new lives.

GIVE TO THE ISRAEL EMERGENCY FUND *

1974 Allied Jewish Campaign — Israel Emergency Fund

William M. Davidson

Chairmen

163 Madison Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48226 • WO 5-3939

*Contributions to the Israel Emergency Fund insure the continuation of great humanitarian programs. The Fund makes possible
care and assistance for hundreds of thousands of immigrants we helped bring to Israel, including tens of thousands of Soviet Jews,

the aged, handicapped and unabsorbed newcomers.

The eyes of other people
are the eyes that ruin us.
—Benjamin Franklin

Lewis S. Grossman