Arab Potentates Torpedo M.E. Peace Hopes (Continued from Page 1) they propose is that all Jews who came to the country be- fore 1917 can stay and all those who came after 1917 must leave," he said. Peres ruled out any talks with the PLO for establish- ment of an independent Arab state because "it would bring Soviet missiles to the gates of Jerusalem." King Hussan of Morocco delivered an ultimatum to Is- rael and the U.S. on the issue Wednesday, which was an- swered by an Israeli Navy attack on a Palestinian ref- ugee camp in Lebanon, nine miles from Israel's border. Hussan said Israel and the U.S. must bow to the Arab summit decision on the PLO or risk a new war backed by billions of Arab oil dollars. Reports from Beirut say that four extremist terrorists groups have renounced the Rabat dtcision. recognizing the PLO. The groups are the Popular Front for the Libera- tion of Palestine, headed by George Habash; the Iraqi- b a c k e d Arab Liberation Front; the Popular Front for Liberation of Palestine-Gen- eral Command and the Pop- ular Struggle Front. These groups reject any negotia- tions with Israel and say they will agree only to a secular Palestinian state embracing the pre-1948 borders. In Washington, Tuesday, President Gerald Ford said the United States is uncer- tain of what impact the Arab states' recognition of the Palestinian people would have on U.S. efforts to pro- mote a peace settlement in the Middle East. He made the statement during an unscheduled press conference at the Whit e House. "I can only say I think it is cif .maximum importance that continued movement to- ward peace on a justifiable basis in the Middle East is vital to that area of the world and probably to the world as a whole," the President said. But an official transcript of Ford's statement revealed a possible change in U.S. pol- icy when Ford linked Jordan and the PLO: "We of course feel that there must be movement to- ward settlement of the prob- lems between I s r a el and Egypt on the one hand, be- tween Israel and Syria in the other category." For Custom Drapery Cleaning, Call DRAPERY CLEANERS "All That The Name Implies" We Also Wash & Finish Drip Dry Curtains Professionally WE DO ALL THE WORK REMOVE AND INSTALL 891.1818 Suburban Call Coiled Reverse Charges The White House issued several denials that this in- dicated a change in U.S. pol- icy to not recognize the PLO, but observers believe the re- mark indicates a change in U.S. policy. Initial Israeli reaction to the Arab summit conference was uniformly gloomy. Sources say the Rabat meeting may have effective- ly destroyed prospects for a peace settlement between Is- rael and its neighbors. An observer suggested that "Likud will have a field day," referring to the opposi- tion party's campaign against any territorial concessions by Israel on the West Bank. The Rabin government, like its predecessor headed by Golda Meir, is on record that it will never negotiate with the PLO under any cir- cumstances. One source re- marked that it was difficult to see how Israel could ne- gotiate a settlement on the West Bank now even with King Hussein, because the Arab ceders meeting in Ra- bat have declared in advance that any territory restored by Israel would be put under the control of the PLO. T h e declaration unani- mously adopted by the Arab summit conference Monday, with the concprence of Jor- dan's King Hussein who was obviously under severe pres- sure to go along with it, re- affirmed "the rights of the Palestinian people to set up an independent national auth- ority under the leadership of the Palestine Liberation Or- ganization as the sole legiti- mate representative of the Palestinian people on any Palestinian land that is lib erated. "Arab countries must sup- port this authority when it is established in all fields at all levels," the declaration add- ed. The advance recognition of a PLO controlled state on the West Bank of the Jordan River, without plebicite or referendum by the inhabi- tants of that region, repre- sented a stunning victory for PLO and El Fatah chieftain Yassir Arafat. It was a severe blow to the prestige of King Hussein and the future of his Hashemite state because it forces him to relinquish any claims to the West Bank which, before 1967 comprised about one- fifth of his small kingdom. The implications for Israel and for the peace moves of U.S. Secretary of State Hen- ry A. Kissinger are grave. The Israeli position has been that it would negotiate a West Bank settlement when the time is ripe only with Jordan, though it had no ob- jections if Palestinian repre- sentatives were included in the Jordanian delegation. The Rabat decision appar- ently has removed Jordan as a potential negotiating part- ner and substituted the PLO which Israel regards as a gang of killers and sabo- teurs. 'It also frustrates Kiss- inger's strategy of a step-by- step approach to a Middle East settlement which rele- gated the Palestinian issue to a later stage, possibly after further agreements between Israel and Egypt. Meanwhile the possibility looms that the PLO will 'soon set up a government in exile. The head of the PLO's infor- mation office, Majed Abu Sharar, said in Beirut Tues- day that the Rabat declara- tion clearly gave it the right to do so. He said such a gov- ernment would be established "at the proper time." The general impression of the Arab summit's results in Israel is of an important suc- cess for President Sadat and for his royal ally from Saudi Arabia. The Israelis say the Egyp- tians, even more than the PLO, got what they wanted: • Enough room for them to enter into another round of bilateral talks with Israel, through the help of Dr. Kis- singer, for what Sadat calls further "forward movement" in Sinai. • An impressive agree- ment on 2.3 billion petrol dol- lars in military aid for the confrontation states: • A temporary suspension of the Arab drive for a quick resumption of the Geneva peace conference; • And a Palestinian ar- rangement which keeps both Science says things are; morality says some things are better than other things; and religion says . . . that the best things are the more eternal things . . .—William James IBM Selectric Factory Sealed 8 368 88 Add 'n Type Egyptian leader took tied to Sadat. These were the home with him from the principal achievements that Moroccan capital. rivals, Hussein and Arafat, the 12—Friday, November 1, 1974 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS NORMAN STOCKMEYER 399-8333 342-7800 DR.FRANK WALKER _ z BOARD OF GOVERNORS WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY Here are 2 outstanding citizens — both WSU graduates — who bring experienced, intelligent leadership to Michigan's 3rd largest university. STOCKMEYER has been on WSU's board for 11 years. chairman 4 years, and received Wayne's Dis- tinguished Alumni Award. WALKER received Wayne School of Medicine's Distin- guished Alumni Award. Both men serve without pay. Both men are vitally'needed to help Wayne's growth as one of our nation's finest schools of higher education. ENDORSED BY PROMINENT REPUBLICANS. DEMOCRATS, AND INDEPENDENTS Committees to Elect Stockmeyer and Walker ............ ........... ......... 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