THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Moderation Fades After Young Resigns
(Continued from Page_ I)
Wednesday's meeting
culminated a week of ses-
sions, statements and de-
teriorating relations be-
tween black and Jewish
leaders following the res-
ignation of Young. Young
resigned after it was dis-
closed that he met with a
_Palestine Liberation
Organization official ear-
lier.this year.
After that meeting was
made public, Young gave
'-'--e U.S. State Department
false version of the meet-
ing. Black leaders have ac-
cused Jewish leaders of forc-
ing Young's ouster and
asked why U.S. Ambas-
sador Milton Wolf was not
fired for meeting three
times with PLO `representa-
tives in Vienna.
Time magazine this week
pointed out that Wolf gave
detailed reports of the meet-
ings to the State Depart-
ment, and the magazine
asked how the Carter Ad-
ministration could keep
Young after just having
sacked several members of
the Cabinet for bucking
White House authority.
Young's "resignation"
was deplored by SCLC
President Joseph Lowrey
and the Rev. Jesse Jackson,
who was vehement in lash-
ing Jewish leadership in
several statements this
week, including his corn-
mencement address at the
University of Michigan.
After a two-hour
luncheon meeting be-
tween seven black lead-
ers and the. PLO repre-
sentative at the United
Nations on Monday, Dr.
Lowery said that the
delegation he headed
"expressed our support
of the human rights of all
Palestinians, the right of
self-determination, in-
volving, among other
things, their homeland."
-
In a press conference at
the UN Church Center,
Lowery described the meet-
ing with Zehadi Labib
Terzi, the PLO observer, as
"very interesting and com-
municative" and said it
helped the black leaders to
understand the position of
the PLO. He said that his
delegation urged Terzi to
convey to PLO chief Yasir
Arafat a message that the
PLO consider the recogni-
tion of the state of Israel and
negotiate with it.
Lowery said the black
leaders stressed their belief
in non-violence to Terzi. He
said the black leaders
undeftook this "mission of
peace" because Andrew
Young, who resigned last
week as U.S. Ambassador to
the UN, "was cut on his mis-
sion of peace." He stressed
that the SCLC's support for
the "human rights of the
Palestinians does not mean
it opposes Israel."
Asked about the possibil-
ity that black leaders will go
to the Middle East, Lowery
said "I would not rule out
such a possibility." As to the
possible clash between Jews
and blacks in the U.S. as a
result of Young's resigna-
tion, Lowery said that
"there are no problems be-
tween Jewish and black
leadership that cannot be
worked out." He explained
that the black community
has a vital stake in the Mid-
dle East peace.
Lowery asserted that if
"material," apparently
referring to oil, from the
Mideast does not arrive
in the U.S. it will have a
"devastating-.affect on
the United States and a
fateful affect on black
America."
Yehuda Blum, Israel's
ambassador to the UN, later
told the black leaders that
any encouragement to the
PLO "could only discourage
the peace process" currently
taking place in the Middle
East. Blum said he "ex-
pressed regret that Lowery
made the statement before
listening to both sides."
Blum said that he explained
to the black leaders Israel's
position that Israel is
negotiating with Egypt,
Jordan and the Palestinians
in Judea and Samaria and
that the PLO is not a part-
ner for negotiations.
As to the issue that
brought the involvement of
the black leadership with
the Middle East question,
namely, the resignation of
Andrew Young, the Israeli
envoy said that he ex-
plained to the black leaders
that Israel is concerned
about a shift in U.S. policy
and that the issue is not one
of a personality or race.
Blum added, in response
to a question, that Israel
protested other contacts by
U.S. diplomats with PLO of-
ficials, such as the meetings
between Ambassador Mil-
ton Wolf in Vienna but
these protests, Blum main-
tained, "were submerged
because of the Young furor."
During the meeting,
Blum said, the black
leaders broUght up the
question of Israel's dip-
lomatic and economic
ties with South Africa.
Blum said he told the
leaders that the issue was
blown out of proportion,
noting that Israel trade
with South Africa
amounted to only two-
fifths of one percent of
South Africa's total
foreign trade and that
many black African
countries trade with
South Africa on a much
larger scale than Israel.
In a separate press con-
ference, Lowery said that
his delegation communi-
cated "the concern of black
Americans about Israel's re-
Jewish Leaders Walk Out
of Black Meeting in Detroit
Representatives of the
Jewish Community Council
of Metropolitan Detroit
walked out of a news confer-
ence last Friday called by
the Detroit Office of the
Southern Christian Leader-
ship Conference to discuss
Black-Jewish relations.
This followed the SCLC's
presiding officer reading
lmments calling for "hu-
.an rights for the PLO," re-
ferring to the PLO as a
state, and asking that Israel
talk with the PLO.
The reason given for cal-
ling the news conference by
the SCLC, as reported by
Alvin L. Kushner, execu-
tive director of the Jewish
Community Council, was to
discuss ongoing mutual
areas of black-Jewish con-
cern. "We were invited to
attend such a press confer-
ence by the SCLC and
readily agreed to what we
were told was to be a re-
affirmation of black Jewish
continued good relations,"
according to Kushner.
Kushner, Stanley Win-
kelman, Mrs. Marian Shif- Duncan said he understood,
man, president of the coun- yet he read his prepared
cil and Rabbi Israel Hal- statement as originally
pern, president of the coun- written. It was then that the
cil's Rabbinical Commis- Jewish delegation walked
sion, found Abdeen Jabara, out of the room.
a leading PLO advocate, at
When asked by report-
the press conference.
Prior to the arrival of ers if the walk-out sig-
the press, the director of nified any change in
the local SCLC branch, black-Jewish relations,
Rev. Carl Duncan, asked Mrs. Shifman replied,
the Jewish representa- "Not from our point of
fives to endorse his open-. view. The Jewish Corn-
ing statement. 'they re- munity Council will con-
fused due to his com- tinue to work with the
ments regarding the black community on is-
sues of mutual concern
PLO.
Winston Lang, the execu- such as housing, welfare
tive director of the local reform and redlining.
branch of the NAACP This was the stated intent
agreed with the Jewish of the press conference as
representatives refusal -to we understood it. Jab-
endorse the statement and ara's presence and Rev.
he too refused to endorse it. Duncan's statement
Kushner reminded Rev. came as a complete sur-
Duncan of the purpose of the prise to us."
press conference and told
Subsequently,
Mrs.
him that if the sections of Shifman received a written
the statement dealing with apology from Dr. Claud R.
the PLO were not omitted, Young, president of the
the Jewish delegation Michigan Branch of the
would have to leave. Rev. SCLC (See Page 1).
lations with South Africa."
When confronted with
Blum's assertion that Is-
rael's trade with South Af-
rica was only marginal, and
that many African coun-
tries traded with South Af-
rica, Lowery said that "it is
irrelevant what other black
countries do" with South
Africa because while the
survival of these African
countries is dependent on
their trade with South Af-
rica, Israel's survival is not.
Lowery also said that the
black delegation stressed to
Blum that its belief in non-
violence as the means of
achieving peace in the Mid-
dle East. Blum, in his press
conference, said that his r; -
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