NATIONALISM IN THE MIDDLE EAST See editorial page C, r Lwt 43afl 4n'A44WOV iy CLOUDY Hligh-84 Low-70 Cloudy, warm, chance of showers Seventy-Six Years of Editorial Freedom VOL. LXXVII, No. 23S ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN, TUESDAY, JUNE 6, 1967 SEVEN CENTS FOUR PAC Israelis, Arabs Of Middle East Claim War; Vic UN tory in Seeks First Da Sease-Fire $900,000: UN Council Ford Foundation Fails To Set Cease-Fire China Studies Center Meets Again Today; Dispute Flares Over Withdrawal of Troops By JILL CRABTREE The F o r d Foundation has granted $900,000 to the Univer- sity's Center for Chinese Studies to investigate the "increasingly important enigma of present-day China," officials of the Center said yesterday. The grant becomes of- ficial today. The Center plans to focus on historical, social, economic and political studies which will aid a nation-wide move to develop a group of specialists on China. According to Center Director Albert Feuerwerker, the grant, to be paid on an. installment basis for the next five years, will pro- vide partial salaries for five new faculty members in five different 7"1 i _0 fields-political science, economy, modern history, literature, and sociology or anthropology - who are specialists on China. These professors will teach in their own departments, but will receive fi- nancial support from the Center where most of their research will be conducted, Feuerwerker said. Three Projects The gr.ant also provides for three broad research projects to be un- dertaken by the Center, as well as seminars, conferences, and the addition of new library facilities. The grant was part of a total of $5 million awarded by the Ford Foundation to the University, the University of California at Berke- ley, and Columbia, Cornell, and Detroit Jews dhow Support for Israel- Harvard universities. Berkeley was awarded $900,000. Harvard will By The Associated Press receive $1.5 million and Columbia, UNITED NATIONS-While war $1.2 million. raged between Israel and the "For years Harvard, Columbia Arabs, the U.N. Security Council and Berkeley have been known as failed last night in prolonged ne- the finest Chinese centers in gfaiatnitgin proluedn America," Prof. Alexander Eck- gotiations to agree on a resolution stein, director of the Center as of asking for a cease-fire. July 1, noted. "The Ford Founda- A new attempt will be made tion grant now recognizes Mich-- this morning at 11:30 a.m. EDT. igan's entry into this front rank The U.N. Security Council was in a relatively brief span of years." bogged down in disagreement last The Center was established in night on the wording of a resolu- 1961 with Ford Foundation funds. tion asking for a cease-fire, but Currently about 20 faculty mem- the general consensus favored a bers and researchers are associat- halt in the fighting. ed with it. Last year nearly 60 The chief sticking point was graduate students were specializ- whether to include a demand for ing in Chinese studies and nearly troop withdrawals in the cease- 700 students were enrolled in fire appeal. The pro-Arab coun- courses dealing with China. tries including the Soviet Union Feuerwerker indicated new ac- wanted a demand for withdrawals tivities planned by the Center in- to positions before the hostilities elude a regular conference, pos- flared. sibly to be held every two years, This was unacceptable to the on the current state of China. He United States, Britain and others said results of the conference will on the ground that it would solid- be published. ify the positions held by Egyptian The three research projects to troops controlling the Gulf of be financed by the grant will deal Aqaba. with economic retardation and Ambassador Hans R. Tabor of growth in the past 100 years, po- Denmark reconvened the 15-na- litical behavior and attitudes in tion council at 10:20 p.m. last Communist and pre-Communist night. China, and contemporary ideology and education.Tabor,_the council president for The economic study will con- June, weary from a work day that tinue work done by geography started shortly after 3 a.m., said it Prof. Rhoades Murphey, Feuer- was the wish of the council to ad- werker and Eckstein. In part, it journ until morning. will deal with the current eco- He asked that council members nomic development and its pre- be prepared to enter into a new Communist roots, and the influ- round of negotiations about an ence of the West on Chinese eco- hour before the council recon- nomic transformation. vened. The study of political behavior Then, without objection from will expand work done by political the council members, he adjourn- science Prof. Richard H. Solomon, ed the meeting at 10:23 p.m. who has interviewed Chinese rear- U.S. sources said they were ed in imperial, republican and hopeful that agreement would be Communist eras in China. worked out today. . J ' i S 7 ! . E t I i a l -Associated Press ISRAELI TANKS MOVE into Jerusalem. At one time Israeli troops entered the buffer zone between Israeli and Jordanian sectors and occupied U.N. Truce Commission headquarters there after Jor- danian troops which had surrounded the buildin g withdrew. Troops Fight Over Egypt's Sinai Region Israel Reports Air Superiority; Capture Of Seacoast Town By The Associated Press Israeli armor smashed into Egypt's Sinai Peninsula yester- day on the historic invasion route to Suez and the Israeli high com- mand claimed a 45-mile advance by midnight of the first day of the Middle East war. Israel also claimed air superior- ity over the entire area of the new conflict with the destruction of 374 Arab planes. In its sweep into Sinai, the Is- raelis announced the capture of the vital seacoast town of El Arish. Egypt announced a thtust of its own into Israeli territory after "savage battles" on the Sinai Pen- insula, historic Arab-Israeli bat- tleground. The Arabs claimed 161 Israeli planes down on all fronts. The Israeli command also an- nounced three assaults into Jordan territory, the most important against Jenin, 30 miles southeast of Haifa, from where Jordanian artillery and air .attacks had been launched. In a night session, Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol told his parliament the Israelis had inflicted a "severe beating" on the 4 U.S. Takes Neutral Role In Middle East Confjvlict By ELEANOR BRAUN Special To The Daily DETROIT,- It was like one of those old-time centennial celebra- tions-little kids walking around with cans of pop in their hands, parade music blaring over loud- speakers, lots of veterans wearing those little hats. If you listened to them talk, you knew it wasn't a centennial, and that they weren't celebrating. They talked about commitment, about money - but mostly about Israel. Their purpose was to show the solidarity of the Jewish com- munity of greater Detroit in the present Israeli crisis. They were there, at the Detroit Jewish Com- munity Center, to speak words that people in high places would hear. "We are here to speak out for peace, and to demand justice. The Jewish community is united in its determination for Israel to sur- vive." Those were the formal words from the platform, defin- ing the rally's purpose. Informally, the words were somewhat differ- ent, although the idea was the same. "I just want to show that I stand behind Israel and yes, I'm prepared to go if I'm needed . .. "I'll Uuy bonds, send money; no, I don't think I'd object if my son decided to go and fight." Speakers varied only in kind. There was the president of De- troit's Zionist Council; State Rep. Daniel Cooper; the president of the Detroit Council of Churches; Leonard Woodcock, vice-president of the United Auto Workers. And the man behind the rally, Philip Slomovitz, editor and publisher of the Detroit Jewish News. Their speeches were in essence the same, and a few phrases stood out. Like "pledge our unwavering support," and "feel a vibrant identity" and "cause of free peo- ple everywhere." There was some nose-thumbing; like "made a bar- ren desert bloom" and "Israel- dthe only democracy in the Middle East." Statements were read from vari- ous public figures,, from Rep. Marvin Esch to Pope Paul. These too showed solidarity in their words of support and encourage- ment for the 5,000 people, who listened silently and burst out with intermittent applause. Finally, after about two hours, the speakers were finished, and the podium was turned over to a local rabbi; all that remained by, that time were the words of bless- ing and invocation. Slowly the crowd began to move out in a mass attempt to escape the heat. By The Associated Press the military conflict, stop im-1 The United States yesterday pro- mediately and unconditionally its claimed its neutrality in the Mid- military actions . .. and pull back dle East war and called upon "all its troops beyond the truce line." parties" to support the United Na- Britain ordered its armed forces tions Security Council in bringing yesterday to stay clear of the abou animmdiat cese-ire fighting in the Middle East. It While Britain and France join- joined the U.S. in proclaiming a ed the U.S. in proclaiming neu- policy of neutrality in the Arab-' trality, Russia put itself firmly Israeli war and launched moves on the side of the Arab govern- aimed at bringing peace. ments and accused Israel of ag- Foreign Secretary George Brown gression. called on the Soviet Union to join' In Washington there was offi- in talks with the U.S., Britain and -rests jointly with the Americans and Russians. In other developments the State Department has received frag- mentary reports of anti-American demonstrations in more than a half-dozen Middle East nations. U.S. embassies and consulates were reported damaged in some instances. McCloskey said anti-American demonstrators assaulted some U.S. airmen in Tripoli, Libya, where the United States operates giant Wheelus air base. He also reported demonstrations and damage to U.S. embassies or consulates in Tripoli and Ben- ghazi, Libya, and Baghdad and Basra, Iraq; damage to U.$. In- formation Agency facilities ini Benghazi, Libya, and Damascus, Syria; and other demonstrations in Khartoum, Sudan, Sanaa, Yemen, and Tunis, Tunisia. I i b 5 1 S C 1 , S , Z. . Crisis Arouses Mixed Reaction Among Local Students, Faculty i k I 7 3 1 1 t cial confusion as to the degree of U.S. neutrality. State Department spokesman Robert McCloskey told newsmen yesterday afternoon that "Our position is neutral in i thought, word and deed." Yet a few hours later, White House press secretary George Christian refused to either affirm or disavow that statement. Earlier Statement He referred reporters to earlier presidential statements which in effect oppose the destruction by force of any Mideastern state. He did not use the word "neu- trality" and appeared to be avoid- ing it. In a later expansion of his remarks, Christian said that in the context of McCloskey's replies to questions the State Depart- ment's statement "is not a formal declaration of neutrality." But then Christian said "in a conflict you are either a belliger- ent or a neutral" - adding the United States certainly is not a b"P 'l t France at the United Nations in New York as quickly as possible. Brown summoned Soviet, U.S. and French envoys to separate meetings and presented them with this three-point approach towards a settlement: -All the big powers should keep out of the fighting. -All the big powers should quit delivering arms to the combatants pending a peace parley. -All the big powers should back a U.N. Securuty Council resolu- tion ordering the warring sides to cease firing, Ambassador Mikhail Smirnovsky l of Russia gave Brown no imre- diate indication of how Moscow will react to the peace-making plan. The Soviets are the main suppliers for arms for Egypt. j A more positive reaction is ex- pected from the French, who al- ready have said they mean to re- main neutral. Moreover, British officials mentioned that President Charles de Gaulle himself has { By ROB SALTZSTEIN acts, such as the upcoming one- and WALTER SHAPIRO sided Israeli rally planned for Thursday, which are very dishon- The outbreak of war in the est in their appeal for peace." M; .dle East yesterday produced Israel 'Victimized' mixed faculty and student opinion The director of the campus both in Ann Arbor and around the Hillel Foundation, Herman Jacobs, nation. claimed that Israel had been "vic- Imad Khadduri, Grad, president timized by the Arab world" and of the Arab Student Organization, that Israel "must be given what claimed, "The Arabs do not want a state is entitled to-the right to war for the sake of war. We want develop its resources to economic' peace, but we also want our right, capacity." capable of waging a long full scale war." He explained that if Israel is to win "it must be short-run war" and if 'the Arab states are to win "it will be a long term struggle." At Princeton, Manfred Halpern, professor of Near Eastern studies, said, "If, as reports now indi- cate, the UAR has suffered a ma- jor military defeat, there are two possible results. Either Arabs cld closetheSuezCanlad which the West has constantly failed to recognize. For many years in this country, I have wit- nessed the systematic Zionist sup- pression of the Arab point of view." "Our teach-in was an effort," he continued, "to correct these . NEWS WIRE Jacobs said that approximately cut off oil to any country sup- No Conflict come out in favor of Big Four 25 University students have volun- porting Israel. Or Egyptian offi- American officials claim that talks as a precondition for effec- teered their services to help meet cers may feel that they have fail- this view is not in conflict with tive UN peacemaking. the Israeli labor shortage caused ed to receive appropriate Soviet commitments to defend the inde- Ministers in the top echelons by the military mobilization, support and that they have been pendence and territorial integrity of the British government were One f te stdens, Eic ox-led on by false Russian promises." of all Middle Eastern nationscovneththekyopae man, '69, said that he wished to This, he predicted, could lead to against aggression. , in the Middle East-and the world go to Israel because "win or lose,. Nasser's ultimate downfall. They added it is not yet clearj the crops must be harvested." An Arab view of the situation who is the aggressor in the Arab- MxdFclyOiin was expressed by Abrahim. Abu Israeli eruption. This, they said, s Lug-Hod, professor of government makes it impossible at this point Local faculty opinion was mixed a mt olg.H eivdta ofxaybaeo otk n as rofssos tiedto nalze hethe current crisis was rooted in stance other than neutrality. chao inthe Middle East. George C.Cmrn himno h era basic shift in Israeli foreign The Soviet government, mean- :.:,;. . ,_;:,:::,::::":; Eatrhagugen iertr oiy in the summer of 1966. whle>dmndd ha.Isae so department said that he feared a Redirect Attention mltr cinucniinly posbeand tragic outcome of the "Israel believed that her m a- ThofialSvenwsgnc crisis would be "the demise of the j or problems have not been . as adthsemn asmd Unitd Naion." *tivly daltwithandthatthein a published statement tha Thisvie wascoutere byonly way to yeach an agreement stressed the Soviet government's t 3 Thisview ws cou"resolutenlysupport" for Egypt and Po.RP.Mthloftehsoywas to redirect attention to the: . deprtmnt ho aidtha th UNMiddle East. They attemptedto thrAasae. ResortPac will not collapse because 'the need do this by a deliberate policy of IThstemnsad ThSo for te Unied Ntionsis graterincreasing border tensionis," h x than any particular cr'isis which it plained. ve oenetrsre h ih to take all the steps that may be >. . mig'm Iselht fail to surmount." A former Irei Prof. Nazbaz ncsiaebyteiuton." It heProf. J. David Singer of the p -..ano.h.hsoy