The Nazi Crime in Modern Garb: Expose of Distortions by Hitler's Defenders THE JEWISH NEWS A Weekly Review Editorial Page 4 of Jewish Events VOL. LXX, No. 24.-S.7.19.- 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 - $10.00 Per Year; This Issue 30 4 Help for Soviet Jewish Emigres: Outline of U.S. Role Edelman's Analysis on Page 56 February 18, 1977 M.E. Peace-nik at Quaker Meeting Insists Terrorists 'Accept' Israel Ex-Detroiter Heads UJA Walk-A-Thon WASHINGTON (JTA) — Retired Israeli Maj. Gen. lVtatityahu (Matti) Peled, insisting that the Palestine -Liberation Organization has made clear "without ambiguity" its readiness to accept Israel, on Sunday called onthe United States to introduce a resolution in the UNSecurity Council to include the PLO as a participant in Middle East peace negotiations on the basis of Resolutions 242 and 338. Pelediwas the featured 'speaker on the third day of a four-day conference on "The New Imperative for Israeli-Palestinian Peace" organized by the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC). One of the stated aims of the conference is to launch a campaign to change the attitude of the Carter Administration and the U.S. Congress toward the PLO. Peled spoke to a receptive audience of some 400 persons inside the 4-H Center in Chevy Chase, Md. while outside more than 300 members of Zionist organizations in Washington and Baltimore demonstrated. About 100 carried placards, some of which read, "What Arab Leader Is Ready for Peace?"; "Israel Cannot Deal With Murderers of Their Children"; and "Peled — Remember Maalot." Peled, a leader of the Council for Israel-Palestinian Peace, an, organization that includes several other prominent Israelis, said "The expressions of recognition of Israel by the PLO have been made clearly, without ambiguity, and I- have no difficulty accepting these as de facto acceptance of Israel." But he accused the Arab states and, also, by implication, the United States, of failing to encourage the PLO on that course. He admitted that the PLO expressions of readiness to recognize "Israel as a Zionist state" have been made "in a somewhat indirect manner." But, he said, under the circumstances" the PLO cannot go further" because "for the PLO to make a statement more explicit and (with) no indication such an explicit statement will bring a favorable expression from Israel" would be "an empty gesture." In connection with Secretary of State Cyrus -R. Vance's trip to the Middle East, Peled ex- pressed hope that all parties to the conflict would resume talks at Geneva with the PLO participat- ing "as an independent delegation." Although the AFSC conference was described by its organizers as "even-handed," two long tables_ in the conference area were laden with pro-PLO, anti-Israel pamphlets, brochures and books, some labeled "free literature" and others for sale. Irwin S. Field, shown left, discusses the United Jewish Appeal Walk A Thon with. UJA General Chair man Frank R. Lautenberg. • * * * NEW YORK Irwin S. Field of Los Angeles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Walter (Leah) Field of Huntington Woods, Mich., has been appointed chairman of the first United Jewish Appeal National Walk A Thon: The event will be held on May 15 in more than 100 Ameri- can communities as the final public event of the UJA's • 1977 campaign. Field said he hoped the march would involve more than 500,000 Jews in a nation-Wide demonstration of American Jewish unity and support for Israel. WASHINGTON (JTA) — There Field, a UJA national chairman, has been active in were strong indications Tuesday that the Jewish community both on the national and local an announcement by President Car- levels for more than 15 years. He currently serves on ter on whether to sell concussion UJA's executive committee and is a trustee of the bombs to Israel would be delayed until United Israel Appeal. A member of the board of direc- Secretary of State Cyrus Vance left tors of the Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Israel Thursday and possibly not be- Funds, he is a former associate chairman of the UJA fore he returns from his Middle East Young Leadership Cabinet. - tour next week. He has served the Jewish Federation-Council of Carter had been scheduled to an- Greater Los Angeles in many capacities, most currently flounce his decision this week. as vice president of its board of directors, a member of The_ Administration was charac- its executive committee and chairman of its finance terized by sources at the State De- committee. partment, which is strongly opposed As general chairman for many years of its United to the sale, as being earnest about re- Jewish Welfare Fund, he instituted a number of in- ducing arms sales and that it would go novative programs,. including a model resident- it alone if the other world suppliers of solicitor project bringing prominent Israeli per- sonalities into Los Angeles for extended periods as arms refuse to curtail their deliveries. primary campaign information resources. (Continued on Page 5) - - - — - - Administration Set to' Ban Bomb Sale (Continued on Page 13) UN's Rights Agency Censures Israel GENEVA (JTA) — The United Nations Human Rights ComMission voted 23-3 Tuesday to accept a multi-count indictment of Israel charging it with all manner of violations of human rights Allihe occupied Arab territories. The document called on all states, international organizations W specialized agencies not to recognize changes carried out by Israel in- the territories and requested the UN Secretary General to bring the indictment resolution to the attention of all governments, UN organizations and agencies. Only the United States, Canada and Costa Rica voted against the resolution: Six countries abstained, including Britain and the other Western European nations. The chief U.S. delegate, Allard Lowenstein, said the resolution was based on unproven allegations and that its text seemed to question Israel's right to exist by referring to Palestine as part of the occupied territoires.' , Israel's observer at the Human Rights Commission conference; Ambassador Theodor Mer6ii, denounced the resolution as "a shameful document, a structure of lies and half-truths." The resolution was presented to the 32-member Human Rights Commission by-eight member states, none of which has diplomatic relations with Israel. Among the accusations leveled against Israel were the torture and ill-treatment of persons under detention and the violation of the relevant proviskins of the Geneva Conventions; the confiscation and expropriation of Arab property by Israeli authorities and individuals; the exploi- tation of human and natural resources; the denial to the population of the occupied Arab ter- ritories of their rights to national education and cultural life; interference with religious freedom (Continued on Page 5) -. - Local organizations and synagogues are planning a number of events in conjunction with the national Jewish Music Festival which will be announced in The Jewish News in the coming weeks.