Disiffstaillited Christian Friends Needed in War. of Words By CHARLOTTE JACOBSON Chairman American Section, World Zionist Orgnaization ► NEW YORK — Lewis Carroll could not have had the United Nations in mind when he wrote "Through the 'Looking Glass," but what Humpty Dumpty said then about the meaning of words applies to that august body today: "When I use a word," he said, "it means just what I choose it to mean — neither more nor less." It was just over three years ago that the UN chose to have the word "Zionism" mean "racism," and ever since then, in the Humpty Dumpty world of what passes for diplomacy on the banks of the East River, the consequences of that choice are being spelled out. It was Leonard Garment, speaking for the United States who said that "Under the guise of a program to eliminate racism, the United Nations is . . . offi- ► cially endorsing_ atti- Semitism, one of the oldest and most virulent forms of • racism known to human ► history," -and labeled it "an obscene act." Unfortunately, the obscenity did not stop • with the redefinition of Zionism. It included the establishment of a ► "Committee on the Exer- cise of the Inalienable Rights of the 'Palestinian People," which the com- mittee itself chooses to mean an instrument to undermine the very existence of the state of Israel - and 'deny its legitimacy. It is not necessary to re- view the history of UN dis- crimination against Israel, or of the role played by the Palestine Liberation Organization (a misnomer, a la Humpty Dumpty, if there ever was one!) in the deliberations and decisions of both the committee and of the General Assembly it- self, even to the establish- ment of the anniversary of the UN vote for partition — 0 and hence for a Jewish (and an Arab) state — as the first annual Day of Solidarity ► with the Palestinian People — a day of mourning over the establishment of the Jewish state! The PLO has become a political fixture within the UN, given the right to par- ticipate in all General As- sembly deliberations. Most recently, it was agreed that as an aid to the Palesti- nians, the United Nations Development Program would be required to "con- sult and cooperate" with the PLO. The Assembly also agreed to expand a UN staff unit that was given a budget of $400,000 last year for a pub- lic relations campaign promoting the cause of the Palestinians, and also ex- ► tended the life of the com- mittee that provides one of the best forums for the PLO. The cost for both activities, according to one observer, approaches $1 million. I I • fa Officially, the U.S. re- mains opposed to any dealings with the PLO until it accepts Israel's right to exist. However, there are indications ap- lenty that the State De- partment seems more open to consideration of new strategies that could lead to talks with the PLO — at the obvious expense of Israel. All of which — and much more, such as the swing towards a more pro- Egyptian and less pro-Israel stance of the American pub- lic — leads me to suggest that it is time for Israel's Christian friends to realign themselves publicly with Zionism. I am suggesting, in fact, that the old "American Christian Palestine Com- mittee" be rejuvenated — not to take a stand on the Israel-Egypt negotiations, but to counter the evil statements and positions on Zionism — to counter at- tacks in which the enemies of Israel force words to mean just what they choose them to mean, with no re- buttal from Israel's friends. The American Christian Palestine Committee meant Christian Zionists, and in- cluded a long list of distin- guished Americans. On the political scene they in- cluded Senators William H. King of Utah, Charles Mc- Nary of Oregon, Robert F. Wagner of New York and Robert A. Taft of Ohio, and grew to include more than two-thirds of the Senate and hundreds of members of the House of Representatives. Supporters among lead- ing Christian clergymen were John Haynes Holmes, Reinhold Neibuhr, S. Ralph Harlow, Daniel A. Poling, Paul Tillich and Carl Her- mann Yoss, and among the. many other leaders in pub- lic life were William F. Al- bright of Johns Hopkins University, commentator Raymond Gram Swing, soil. expert Walter Clay' Low- dermilk, columnist Edgar Ansel Mowrer and essayist and critic Lewis Mumford — over 15,000 in its heyday. Since the ACPC ceased operations there has been a vacuum on the American scene. From time to time ad hoc groups of Christian friends react to the more heinous attacks on Zionism, but with the Zionism- means-racism resolution on the books of the UN, serving Senility Cure? CHICAGO — Dr. Edward Levine of Edgewater Hospi- tal is treating 200 patients who are judged acutely senile with high levels of oxygen administered under pressure. He reports an 83 percent success rate for the patients, many of whom were unable to walk, talk or write their names. A recent study sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, however, has been unable to confirm, the results. as a focal point for anti- Zionist, anti-Semitic ac- tivity, more is needed than an occasional letter-to-the- editor from a few friends. As the late Justice Louis D. Brandeis said then, "It is time for every Christian Zionist to stand up and be counted." Surely there are those who are prepared to do just that; prepared to stand up and be counted among those who will not permit the racists to make words mean what they choose them to mean; who will give Zionism the support it merits as one of the ear- liest liberation move- ments in history — the Liberation Movement of the Jewish People. It is time for a new American Christian Com- mittee. 4i0 11111110,. , After a pregnant woman smokes only two cigarettes, her unborn baby shows sharply reduced breathing motions, according to a re- cent study. 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