Rafi Supports Meir Govt., Asks Dayan, Peres to Stay

JERUSALEM (JTA)—The Party's central committee at
Labor Party's Rafi faction a meeting here considerably
decided Tuesday to support improved Mrs. Meir's pros-
Premier Golda Meir's new pects for setting up a stable
government and called on its minority government.
leaders,. Defense Minister
Mrs. Meir, meanwhile, in-
Moshe Dayan and Transport dicated that she would post-
Minister Shimon Peres, to_re- pone for a day or two the
verse their decisions not to presentation of her new cab-
serve in the new cabinet.
inet slate to President
The move by the ex-Rafi Ephraim Katzir. She had
members of the Labor planned to do this Wednes-
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day. So me sources inter-
preted her delay as a sign
of renewed hope that Dayan
and Peres would agree to
serve. But the visit of U.S.
Feb. 23—To Dr. and Mrs. Secretary of State Henry
Barry D. Brummer (Linda Kissinger also may have had
K. Steinberger), 29111 Frank- something to do with the
lin Hills, Southfield, a daugh- delay.
It was not immediately
ter, Kimberly Jill.
clear whether Day an and
Peres would heed their Rafi
Feb. 21—To Mr. and Mrs.
colleagues' call to serve, or
Edwin Sitron (Rita Keller),
the appeal of Foreign Min-
14410 LaBelle, Oak Park, a ister Abba Eban who urged
daughter, Shari Beth.
them, in a public statement
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Tuesday, to reconsider their
Feb. 20—To 'Mr. and Mrs. withdrawal stand. Eban said
James B. Lolas (Judi Weitz), Israel's internal and external
17251 Lee, Southfield, a n e e ds required that both
daughter, Tamera Kristin.
ministers remain in office.
Tuesday's Rafi action re-
Feb. 14—To Mr. and Mrs. moved mounting apprehen-
Mark A. Gordon (Judith sion that Mrs. Meir would
Gotlib of Flint), 1806 Dor- have to call for new elections
chester, Troy, a daughter, before she could establish a
new government. She would
Julie
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have been forced to take such
Feb. 14—To Mr. and Mrs.
Richard Goldberg (Elyse
Gilbert), 31010 North Park,
Farmington Hills, a daugh-
NEW YORK (JTA)—David
ter, Alison Beth.
Rockefeller, chairman of
Chase Manhattan Bank, said
Feb. 14—To Mr. and Mrs.
here that the bank's decision
Mark Cooperman, (Harriet to open branch offices in
Yollick), 13441 Irvine, Oak Egypt and to make an $80,-
Park, a daughter, Heather 000,000 loan to help build an
Beth.
Egyptian oil pipeline was
good for Israel and that the
Feb. 13—To Mr. and Mrs. Israel government recognized
Barry Goudsmit (Marlene it.
Katzman of Windsor), 24711
Manistee, Oak Park, a daugh-
Argentina-Israel
ter, Jennifer Lynne.
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Feb. 10—To Mr. and Mrs. Pact Threatened by
Leslie Friedenberg, 21650 Libyan Overtures ?
Gardner, Oak Park, a son,
BUENOS AIRES (JTA)—
Ian Martin.
An Argentine delegation
which.visited Libya reported
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cluding guarantees of oil
from Libya, which observers
said might affect the tradi-
tionally friendly ties of Ar-
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creation of a "House of Lib-
yan Culture" in Buenos Aires
and the opening of embassies
in the two countries.
The official communique on
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"above and beyond the eco-
nomic, financial and cultural
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action had the Rafi faction
agreed to the demands of
some of its militants to vote
against the new government
when it is presented to the
Knesset, probably Monday.
Meanwhile, t h e National
Religious Party was reported
to be giving serious consider-
ation to a new proposal of-
fered by the Labor Alignment
Tuesday that would circum-
vent the "who is a Jew" dis-
pute for one year.
Labor proposed a special
law abolishing the nationality
and religion rubric in the
identification cards issued to
new immigrants for one year
so as to avoid conflicting
interpretations as to which
of them is a Jew. During that
period, both parties would
try to find a mutually ac-
ceptable solution of the Who
Is a Jew problem.
The NRP was reported to
be split - over the new pro-
posal, with such leaders as
Interior Minister Yosef Burg
and MKs Michael Hazani and
Yitzhak Rafael inclined to
accept it and party secretary
Zvi Bernstein and the NRP's
militant "Young Guard" op-
posed.
The ultra-Orthodox Agula
Bloc sought to influence the
NRP against the compromise
when it issued a statement

Bank to Open Egypt Branch

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Rockefeller said this was so
because the more President
Anwar Sadat uses foreign
investment to build his econ-
omy the less likely is he to
go to war against Israel. He
said, "No doubt the Israelis
recognize that Sadat is chang-
ing the face of Egypt in a
very significant way, a way
that is bound to be beneficial
to them in the long run."
Rockefeller, who recently
visited Egypt and Israel, said
that one way to encourage
investment is free trade
zones, and that the bank's
•function in them was "to act
as the bellwether, encourag-
ing. others."
He said he wanted to test
the reactions in Israel
"where we have close ties."
He added that Chase Manhat-
tan has no branches in Israel
but that Israel has not
sought them.
Rockefeller added that Sa-
dat "really wants peace and
wants to be the person who
will have brought Egypt back
as a strong economic entity."
Reporters noted that high-
Placed Egyptian officials
have warned that if negotia-
tions with Israel bog down,
Egypt will not hesitate to re-
new the fighting, and that
during the 1969-70 war of at-
trition and during the Yom
Kippur War, Egypt did not
hesitate to fight despite the
destruction of its investment
in the canal-side commercial
centers.
Rockefeller said that "ob-
viously, there is always that
kind of a risk but I think the
point the Israelis were mak-
ing was that if the Egyptians
start rebuilding the cities
along the canal, and they es-
timate this will cost $7,000,-
000,000, it seems unlikely that
they are going to risk again
that being destroyed."

claiming that the proposal
would seriously endanger the
differentiation between Je'.v
and Gentile.
By continuing to extend an
olive branch to the NRP,
Mrs. Meir is running into
difficulties with the Indepen-
dent Liberal Party and is
foregoing a chance to estab-
lish a majority government,
albeit one with the very slim
majority .
That would be possible if
the premier agreed to the
ILP's urging that she invite
Mrs. Shulamit Aloni to add
her three-seat Civil Rights
List to the government coal-
ition, raising the govern-
ment's 58 Knesset votes to
61, a majority of one.
- Mrs. Meir has refused -;o
far, contending that to in-
clude the vehemently secular
Mrs. Aloni in her cabinet
would foreclose any chances
of the NRP joining. Political
observers are quick to point
out that Mrs. Meir also har-
bors an intense personal dis-
like for the outspoken Mrs.
Aloni.
The premier also has re-
sisted ILP demands that its
second cabinet portfolio, al-
most certain to go to Gideon
Hausner, the Eichmann pros-
ecutor, be the vacant justice
ministry. She insists that the
ILP accept a ministry with-
out portfolio in order to re-
serve three cabinet posts for
the NRP. The justice minis-
try is expected to go to
Laborite Haim Zadok, chair-
man of the Knesset Foreign
Affairs and Defense commit-
tee.
At the Labor Party Central
Committee meeting Feb. 24
the premier had some harsh
words against the alleged in
tervention of the Lubavitcher
Rebbe in Israel's current do-
mestic troubles.
According to press reports,
t h e Brooklyn-based Rebbe,
who is spiritual leader of Is-
rael's large community of
Habad hasidim, said "This
is the time to get 'rid of the
Socialist regime in Israel."
Said Mrs. Meir, "We have
reached a stage when instruc-
tions are received from
Brooklyn to get rid of Social-
ism. He (the Rebbe) should
not give such instructions to
his Habad people or to the
NRP.
It is a catastrophe and I do
not know how they will over-
come .it." Mrs. Meir added
that it appeared that the
NRP saw its natural place in
alliance with Likud.
Britain's Chief Rabbi Im-
manuel Jakobovits issued a
statement Monday sharply
critical of the NRP for refus-
ing to join a coalition govern-
ment over the "Who is a
Jew" issue. He said it
"cannot but gravely weaken
Israel's leadership and unity
when these are indispensable
assets for the security and
survival of the Jewish state."
R a b b i Jakobovits' state-
ment could also be taken as
implied criticism of Israel's
chief rabbiniate which for-
bade the NRP from joining a
government that refused to
amend the Law of Return
according to Orthodox de-
mands.

"Let me glimpse the face
As sand mixed in bread
injures the teeth, so those of truth. Tell me what the
who persecute Israel suffer face of truth looks like."
for it — Pesikta Rabbati.
—Jack London

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44—Friday, March 1, 1974

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

U.S. Dollar Stable; Embargo Responsible

GENEVA (ZINS) — The
value of the American dollar
in relation to other curren-
cies has been stabilized due
to the dumping of billions of
U.S. dollars on international
money markets by European
banks in a move to slow
down the dollar's steady
climb.
By week's end, the dollar
was buying 3.37 Swiss francs
or 2.774 German marks.
Swiss financial experts are
saying that the U.S. dollar is
once again at the top. The
main reason for this turn-
about, they say, is the err-
orgy crisis which has affect-
ed America least in compari-
son with the rest of the world.
.Despite scarcities of fuel,
American obtains 90 per cent
of her energy needs from
domestic sources, while
Europe and Japan rely on
foreign sources for most of

their energy requirements,
and are heavily dependent on -
Arab oil imports.

The soaring cost of petrol-
eum has radically altered
production costs for all other
industrialized nations, who
will no longer have an easy
time competing with Ameri-
can industry.

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