II M. I LI MON I Mii IBM U.S. Pressure on Israel Increasing, AZF's Rabbi Miller Says GROSSINGER, N.Y. ment to accept peace terms (JTA) — Rabbi Israel Mil- with Egypt that would be ler, retiring chairman of the detrimental to the long- American Zionist Federa- range security and growth tion, said he has "no doubt of the Jewish homeland." that a peace treaty will be signed" between Israel and `U.S. Jews Will Egypt. But, he added, "Is- rael is rightfully apprehen- Try to Avoid a sive that it must not corn- Carter' Clash promise Israel's future de- SAN FRANCISCO (JTA) velopment." Miller, in the opening ad- — Theodore Mann, chair- dress to the AZF's fifth bi- man of the Conference of ennial convention, told the Presidents of Major Ameri- 500 delegates that there can Jewish Organization, * ms to be "a growing pres- said the Jewish community e on Israel from both the "will avoid confrontation if -- . and the State Depart- possible but not at all costs" with the Carter Adminis- tration over the Adminis- tration's Middle East inten- tions. "My purpose," he said here, "is to help guide the American Jewish commu- WASHINGTON (JTA) — nity in a way that will A new Israeli-American in- facilitate peace in the Mid- come tax treaty was ini- dle East with as little fric- tialed during the fourth an- tion possible with the Ad- nual meeting of the U.S.- ministration" and "with lit- . Israel Joint Committee for tle or no friction with our brothers and sisters in Is- Investment and Trade. Treasury Secretary W. rael" but with "as much fric- Michael Blumenthal and tion as may be necessary to Israeli Finance Minister achieve that goal." Mann addressed the Simha Ehrlich initialed the agreement which revises American Jewish Press the 1975 agreement. A joint Association's mid-year con- statement issued by the two ference at the San Francisco leaders said the new treaty Press Club. Responding to a ques- takes into account tax law changes in both countries tion on the Jewish com- since 1975 and "to encour- munity's "leverage," on age mutually beneficial the U.S. policy, Mann re- plied "we have much trade and investment." The treaty must now be more leverage than our approved by both govern- meager population im- plies" but "much less ments. Erlich delivered to Blu- than some" in the United menthal a special States and in Israel memorandum on economic "think.we have." He as- assistance proposals that serted that it would be were understood to deal "dangerous to overesti- with U.S. aid related to Is- mate our leverage and rael's withdrawal from stupid to underestimate Sinai. Israel reportedly is it." But, he added, "We are seeking a U.S. loan of more than $3 billion to help. cover very far from being all- the costs of new airfields in powerful. We shouldn't kid the Negev and related proj- ourselves, or Wahington, or ects, and the resettlement of Israel. We can't always de- liver." He cited as an exam- Jewish settlers in Sinai. The statement said the ple of the limitation of two governments also "in- Jewish influence the Ad- tend to negotiate an agree- ministration's victory in ment providing for the ex- getting Congress to approve change of information and its war planes deal with future collaboration in the Saudi Arabia and Egypt energy field" and will estab- last spring. Speaking of President lish a joint energy council to advise the government of Carter, Mann said he is "a friend of Israel who prob- Israel on energy matters. The joint statement noted ably more than anything "accelerated examination of else wants to bring peace to possible solutions" will be the Middle East and wanted undertaken at the technical to do that from the moment level regarding "difficul- he became President." ties" that have arisen in connection with possible Teachers Strike u chases of Israeli items for Higher Wages the U.S. Department of TEL AVIV (JTA) — fense and its suppliers. There were no classes Sun- day for nearly 400,000 high school students as teachers Memphis Aids went on strike to support Jewish Elderly demands for a wage in- MEMPHIS, Tenn. (JTA) crease. — Officials of the Memphis The high school teachers Jewish Federation have re- rejected -an appeal by Edu- ported that the Memphis cation Minister Zevulun city council has given ap- Hammer to postpone their proval to the Memphis action for ten days. But Jewish Housing Develop- elementary and kindergar- ment corporation to proceed ten teachers complied, with an 11-story apartment' creating a split in teacher project for the elderly. It ranks. will be located next to the Memphis Jewish Commu- The tears of repentance nity Center. are not shed in vain. According to Miller, "there is a real challenge ahead for American Jewry and particularly the AZF, to rally to the support of Is- rael." This should include "rallying gentiles as well as Jews to the support of a peace treaty that will be more than mere words, im- portant as they may be." 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