20 Friday, May 6, 1983 THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS UN Liaison Claims Falashas Receive Equal Treatment NEW YORK -- In a letter were being mistreated by to the editor of the New that country's government. York Times, Girma Haile The letter was in reply to Giorgis, second secretary of an April 23 article in the Ethiopia's permanent mis- Times by Simcha Jacobovici sion to the United Nations, - which claimed that the denied charges that the Ethiopian government had Falashas (Ethiopian Jews) concocted schemes to "force Jewish children into state FOR THE FINEST schools" and to "entice the landless Jews into the Communist fold." T OR A nH0 P WEDDINGS PH T "Ethiopians of the Judaic faith have benefited measurably from the Ethio- pian revolution," Giorgis contends. "The policies of the Ethiopian government . . . will be uniformly applied to all Ethiopians, ir- respective of their religion, class or nationality." BAR MITZVAS BERNIE WINER and ASSOCIATES 357-1010 Readers Forum Materials submitted to the Readers Forum must be brief. The writer's name will be withheld from publication upon request. No unsigned letters will be published. Materials will not be returned unless a stamped, self-addressed envelope is enclosed. Former U.S. Congressman Hamilton Fish Proposes Solution for the Palestinians in Letter to Reagan Editor, The Jewish News: I have written a letter to the President on the Middle East issue which concerns me closely as the author of the Joint Palestine Resolu- tion of the American Con- gress of 1922, which is still United States law and helped to create the state of Israel. While I am not at lib- erty to release a copy of the letter, I feel that its contents should be known to the media generally and to the Jewish press. I am glad that the President sent Secretary Shultz to the area in order to reach an agreement in the Lebanese-Israeli negotia- tions, and I hope that other issues will be discussed also during the Secretary-'s visit to the different Middle East capitals. I have proposed that Secretary Shultz, if he finds it to be within his save at core relax in s I 5 PC. PATIO SET WITH GLASS-TOP TABLE THE DEAUVILLE GROUP offers distinctive, gracefully tapered styling, outstanding quality and durability--at a very affordable price! Heavy, welded frames are coated with thick, baked-on plastic to seal out weather. Diagonally-woven 5/8" vinyl webbing defies fading, stays resiliant. Table and Four Chairs! A $595 VALUE . Matching Chaise Lounge Available. Rolling _ PORTA-SERVER $25 $ Value One 099 7 Week WEATHER PROOF ! Only Comes with two . lift-out ice buckets, and easy- rolling casters. Assembles without tools. Use it out- doors or indoors! 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This should be financed by $1 billion to be raised in equal parts from the United States, Saudi Arabia and other Arab oil producers, Is- rael and its financial sup- porters and, finally, by the Europeans and Japanese. The Arab part of the refu- gee problem produced by the Palestine conflict has now festered for 35 years, the Jewish refugees from Arab countries having been absorbed during this period by Israel. Is it not time to try to get some cooperation from the Arab nations who have vast lands, which could be developed? Whatever the future of the West Bank issue and of the Gaza Strip, these ter- ritories, altogether less than 2,000 square miles, could not absorb the refu- gees, even if the political conditions were more favor- able than they are. These conditions will hardly change, for Israel cannot be expected to support any plans that would involve its own destruction. The time is past when the Arab thought that the suf- fering of their own people, if sufficiently prolonged, would pay political divi- dends. In the name of com- mon sense, then, and in the name of humanity, it may be worthwhile to launch this new initiative that I suggest. I am well aware of the difficulties of such a project, but publicity might help to convince the Arab nations that they must consider cooperating henceforth in solving the tragic situation, in which hundreds of thousands of their own people find themselves. 855-5777 537-2422 937-9700 892-1122 383-8003 573-8020 363-3003 SHOP DAILY 10 to 9 • Sat. 10 to 6 • Closed Sunday Editor, The Jewish News: We would like to thank the Jewish community of metropolitan Detroit for the warm welcome they gave us. All our our families (the Nelsons, the Woronoffs, the Harts, and the Sugarmans) have done more than was necessary. The people who drove us to and from the schools and community groups were friendly and showed us around the community fil- ling in with Detroit's Jewish history as they drove. This Jewish commu- nity made us feel really at home. We know that we have made many friends. We also must thank the people who are responsi- ble for this, the Jewish Community Council, and the two chairpersons, Fred Goldenberg and Judy Naftaly, who ar- ranged all of these plans for us. It is hard for us to express how much we appreciated all that was done for us, including your article in last week's Jewish News. Among the many things we have learned, the one that stands out, and that the Detroit Jewish community emphasized, is that we are all one big family. Israeli Students Ranny Bar Sella, Chava Erlich, Roni Azouly, Nava Hassin * * * Aid to Israel Editor, The Jewish News: Recently, the House Mid- dle East Subcommittee, on which I serve as the ranking majority member, increased military and economic grant aid to Israel by $365 million over the amount re- quested by the Administra- tion. There was a strange sense of irony as the subcommit- tee took this action, because the same week President Reagan pledged to an emotion-filled meeting of 10,000 Holocaust survivors that the security of Israel "will never be comprised." But the Administration's actions are far different from its words. Despite its pledges, the Administration has suspended most sophis- ticated arms sales to Israel, while offering the full spec- trum of sophisticated weaponry to her enemies. Despite its pledges, the Administration proposed a $200 million cut in aid to Israel. The meaning of our subcommittee action, which was taken at my in- itiative, is to put sub- stance and muscle be- hind Administration statements of concern for Israel's safety and well being. I am more convinced than ever that our aid to Israel is the most cost-effective method of advancing United States interests in the crucial Middle East. Rep. Tom Lantos Second Prize JERUSALEM (JTA) — Israel's entry in the annual Eurovision song contest won second place, behind Luxembourg. The audience in Munich, where the con- test was held last week applauded boisterously as Ofra Haza sang "Chai" (Life).,