THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

6 Friday, October 22, 1976

Jewish Newsmen, Ford, Exchange Views at White House

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"I am proud of the
fact that during my two
years as President some-
thing like 40 percent of
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economic aid that has
gone to the government
of Israel has come during
my term of office from the
time the government of
Israel was established to
the present time.
"So, I think if the people
raise any questions about
my dedication to the sec-
urity and integrity of Is-
rael, they can look at the
fact, not at any prom-
ises."
The President went
into considerable detail,
in the course of the press
interview, in elaborating
upon the positive at-
titudes he has affirmed as
President towards Israel,
in relationship to Prime
Minister Yitzhak Rabin
who was mentioned by
name, in the form of
economic and military as-
sistance. He showed,
quoting figures, that dur-
ing his brief administra-
tion Israel had been ac-
corded more aid by the

United States than dur- was known to have advo-
ing the entire 27-year cated the recognition of
preceding period.
Jerusalem's status as the
Off-the-record state- seat of the Israel gov-
ments in Washington offi- ernment. During his con-
cial circles were quick to . gressional career he had
indicate that Jimmy Car- urged the recognition of
ter had made pledges simi- Israel's status as claimed
lar to those elaborated by by the government of Is-
the President. There was a rael. In his response to
negative aspect in asser- the question relating to
tions that "direct negotia- Jerusalem he said at the
tions" may not be pragma- Oct. 14 press conference:
tic, that it is always possi-
"Let me at the outset
ble for the United States to associate myself with the
be interjected in what statements of the first
might appear as negotia- four Presidents. I thirk
tions between Israel and that is a statement that
the Arab states and that many Presidents ought to
even the Soviet Union may endorse. But, secondly,
not be permanently when I was Minority
excluded from peace talks
Leader of the House of
if and when they may
Representatives, I made
materialize.
a speech before a Jewish
But the President's group that annually came
meeting with the Jewish down to Washington. I
editors had an even more . don't recall the precise
vital factor of interest,
name of it at the present
the one relating to
time, but at that time I
Jerusalem's status as the
•
suggested it might be a
capital of Israel. Mr. Ford
very good idea for the Un-
ited States to move its
embassy.
"I think at the meeting
— was it Monday — a
somewhat similar ques-
tion was asked when I
spoke before the group of
rabbis in New York and I
said it would be my feel-
ing that in the overall set-
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tlement of the situation
in the Middle East, this
ought to be a matter that
would be a part of any
such settlement.
"To do it unilaterally, I
think, would be a mistake
at the present time. But as
a part of an overall settle-
ment, I think it is a matter
DECENCY DIGNITY COMPETENCE
that could and should be
considered. It is a distinct
possibility of such a set-
pd. pol. adv.
tlement."

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President Ford could
not recall before which
Jewish group he had
made that statement. It
could have been at a
meeting of the American
Israel Public Affairs
Committee in
Washington. He also reit-
erated that statement at
a convention of the
Zionist Organization of
America. This also may
have been a
Washington-based an-
nual convention. In any
case, the President reaf-
firmed that he had
nourished the stand at-
tributed to him with re-
gard to Jerusalem.
A plank for the recogni-
tion of Jerusalem as Is-
rael's capital is in the 1976
Democratic Party Plat-
form. However, Democra-
tic Presidential Candidate
Carter, in an address to a
Jewish group in New York
early in September re-
fused to go on record on
whether he would move
the U. S. embassy from Tel
Aviv to Jerusalem if he
was elected President. He
acknowledged that the
plank was in his party's
political platform. He said
he would like to reserve
his decision based on con-
ditions that will exist when
he is in the- White House.
Detroiter Max M.
Fisher, who plays a lead-
ing role in President
Ford's campaign for the
Presidency, introduced
the President to the
Jewish editors. He and a
member of the American
Jewish Press Association
assumed in their state-
ments to the gathering
that it was the first time
that a President had met

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with Jewish newsmen.
The fact is that President
Harry S. Truman, in 1949,
was host to a group of
editors who represented
the association which was
then known as American
Association of English-
Jewish Newspapers. It
was an event to mark the
100th anniversary of t'
first English-Jew
weekly newspaper to be
in this country
and replica of that news-
paper which was pre-
sented by this reporter to
Truman is now in the
Truman Library in Inde-
pendence, Mo.
Then there was a ses-
sion with President Lyn-
don B. Johnson in the
White House in 1967
when Johnson delivered a
prepared policy state-
ment on Israel and par-
ticipated in a question
and answer period.
Noteworthy about the
Jewish editors' W-hite
House meeting on Oct. 14
was the leadership of Max
Fisher that was so much
in evidence, the partici-
pation of,Gordon Zacks of
Cleveland, a nationally
prominent young Jewish
leader who was responsi-
ble for the adoption of the
Institute for Jewish Life
program by the Council of
Jewish Federations and
Welfare Funds, and the
active participation of
David Lissy,the associate
coordinator of the White
House Domestic Council.
Anxiety in the ranks
both of Ford and Carter
for a Jewish understand-
ing of the issues and the
commitments of the candi-
dates is understandable.
If, as expected, it is to be a
close vote, then the Jewish
response could be deci-
sive. In a close vote the
electorates of states like
New York, California,
Florida, New Jersy,
Pennsylvania; Illinois,
Michigan and Mas-
sachusetts could be deci-
sive.
- Therefore, the leader-
ship of Fisher is of great
importance. That is why
Carter treats with so
much respect the partici-
pation in his campaign of
Morris Abram, Paul Zuc-
kerman and Edward
Sanders.

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Jewish Personnel
Active for Ford

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TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY 7:30 TO 6 PM

Harvey Rosenfeld,
rector of communicati,,
for Jewish affairs of the
President Ford Commit-
tee, listed for this repor-
ter a number of names of
Jews prominent in the
Ford for President cam-
paign, including Jacques
Torczyner.
Other Ford supporters
include: Irwin Ackerman,
Rena Button, Benita Co-
hen, Harry A. DeMell,
Wallace Flax, David Gold,
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