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The Untermeyer
Poetic Saga:
Noted Poet's
Credo as Message
for Generations

Commentary, Page 2

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THE WI SH EWS

A WeekiN Review -

[ of Jewish Events

Historic Precedent:
Frankfurter,
Feisal Letters
as Steps
Towards Present
Labors for Peace

Editorial, Page 4

L. LXXI 1, No.17 17515 W. Nine Mile, Suite 865, Southfield, Mich. 48075 424-8833 $12.00 Per Year: This Issue 30° December 30,1977

Begin Wins Knesset Endorsement
for 26 Point M.E. Peace Formula

Sinai Research Effort
Aids Denture Wearers

Detroit's Sinai Hospital has become nationally known
for developing an operation to correct a painful functional
problem frequently suffered by long-time denture wearers.
Movement of dentures over the course of many years
can erode the lower jawbone. The dentures eventually
become loose, and the patient doesn't have enough
jawbone left to hold a new set. Oral surgeons tried to
correct the problem by bone grafts or by lowering the
, cheek and lip muscle to expose more bone. Both
procedures were painful and only moderately successful.
Now, thanks to an oral surgeon on the staff of Sinai, a
member agency of the Jewish Welfare Federation
supported by the Allied Jewish Campaign-Israel
Emergency Fund, a far more successful method of
treating "mandibular atrophy" (erosion of the jawbone) is
available.
Dr. Irwin A. Small, a member of the Sinai staff since
1955, has developed an orthopedic bone plate, called a
"mandibular staple," which is surgically placed in the
patient's lower jaw to rebuild the bone and to hold
dentures in place.
The staple, made of lightweight titanium, has two long
threaded pins on the ends. Between them are five or
seven shorter pins, which hold the device to the jaw. The
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JERUSALEM (JTA)—"At Ismailia the Israel government made its move... we have made our contribution. Now it is
the turn of the other side." Premier Menahem Begin issued this challenge to Egypt at the end of a Knesset statement
Wednesday in which he proclaimed for the first time publicly all the details of his peace plan.
The Premier spoke out repeatedly against hardliners in the Egyptian government establishment who, he said, wrongly
believed they could invoke international pressure upon Israel to still'further soften its position. He termed these people
"the men thinking hackneyed thoughts in the Egyptian Foreign Ministry."
Aides to the Premier told newsmen that Sadat at Ismailia had been hamstrung by such Foreign Ministry hardliners as
Esmat Abdul Meguid (who led Egypt's delegation to the peace talks). Had it not been for them, one source ventured,
Sadat and Begin would have arrived at a joint statement of principles, as had been hoped. Other sources in Jerusalem
tended, however, to doubt this analysis.

In his speech, Begin stoutly defended himself from hardline opposition within his own camp. "If it is decreed
upon me to battle against my own best friends—I will accept the decree with love," he declared. "There is 'no way
out...I must accept the heavy responsibility, for it is clear to me that I am proceeding along the right course...My
way is indeed the only way in which to advance towards peace." The Premier was referring to opponents of his
peace plan within his own Herut Party and among other right-wing groupings and settlers' movements.

Israeli Arabs, Jews
Planning Cairo Visit

JERUSALEM (JTA)—Jamil Shalhub, an Arab lawyer in
Haifa, is organizing a delegation of Israeli Arabs and
Jews to go to Cairo to express support for Egyptian
President Anwar Sadat's peace initiative. Shalhub toga the
Jewish Telegraphic Agency that he has 200 names on his
list of participants so far and "the telephone doe's not stop
ringing."
He has filed a request with the Prime Minister's Office
for permission to go to Egypt and says the Egyptian
authorities have indicated they would welcome such a
delegation. If it materializes it will be the first group of
Israeli citizens to visit Egypt apart from diplomats
engaged in negotiations and the officials and journalists
accompanying them. Groups of Arabs from the West Bank
and Gaza Strip went to Egypt on good will missions
earlier this month with the encouragement of the Israeli
authorities. But they were not citizens of Israel.

The debate began at 10 a.m. and concluded in the
evening with the Premier securing a comfortable
majority. Labor opposition leader Shimon Peres an-
nounced that his.party was recommending to its
members to abstain, but was leaving the final deci-
sion to each individual member. Peres himself
praised the Premier, though he attacked some as-
pects of Begin's plan. The final vote was 64 in favor,
eight opposed an.d 40 abstentions.
Begin's peace plan proposes immediate "self-rule"
for the West Bank and Gaza, with a "review" after
five years. The plan's 26 provisions provide for:
• The abolition of the Israeli military government.
• "Administrative autonomy of the residents, by
and for them."
• Election of an "administrative council" of 11
members.
• The vote to all residents aged 18 and over.
• Anyone 25 and over eligible to be elected.
• Direct secret ballot.
• Council to hold office for four years.

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Bookstore Deplored Holocaust Studies Asked

Representatives of five organizations issued a statement at a press conference Wednesday morning, deploring the opening of a
Nazi bookstore in Detroit and calling for more intensive Holocaust studies in Detroit-area schools. The five representatives and their
organizations were: John H. Shepherd, president, Jewish Community Council of Metropolitan Detroit; Charles H. Benham, executive
director, Greater Detroit Round Table of the National Conference of Christians and Jews; Fr. Alex Brunett, director of ecumenism and
inter-religious affairs for the Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit; Lawrence Washington, president of the Detroit chapter of the National
Association for the Advancement of Colored People; and the Rev. Edward B. Willingham Jr., executive director, Christian Communi-
cation Council of Metropolitan Detroit.
Their statement said:
"We, the undersigned note with deep concern the establishment of a Nazi bookstore in Detroit, prominently displaying swastikas,
(the Nazi emblem) and materials which advocate racial superiority of the white race and racial inferiority of Jews and Blacks among
others.
"Over 30 years have passed since America and her allies militarily destroyed the most murderous machine man has ever created.
However, even today, the repercussions of that period (1933-1945) known as the Holocaust are still being felt; by survivors and their
families who still bear deep psychological scars; by those who stood idly by while millions were being murdered and by those who
would also have been their victims, had the Nazis been able to carry out their diabolical plans.

In the top photograph, Dr. Irwin A. Small, right, and
Dr. John Helfrick, examine a model of the mandibular
staple. In the bottom photograph, a model of the lower
jaw shows how the mandibular staple works. The metal
device is inserted under the chin. Two long pins at the
ends hold a gold dental bridge. A denture plate (rear)
can then be clipped onto the bridge.

"The Nazis overran the European continent and in the process murdered 11 million non-combatants including six million Jews.
These murders were committed by the most ghastly means ever perpetrated on humanity, on people whose only crimes were
their religion, ethnicity, or political viewpoints. As we have in the past, we continue to deplore the racist materials and theories
offered by the Nazi followers of today. They have no place in our community.

Therefore, the establishment of a bookstore in our community propounding Nazi beliefs is a cause of concern for all freedom-
loving people regardless of their racial, religious or ethnic background.
We call on the school systems of Metropolitan Detroit to develop curricula which will give our children the background necessary
for them to understand the horrors of what the Nazis did to humanity in this century and to learn that lesson for the future. For if we
do not remember the past, we are doomed to repeat it."

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