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No. 45
LONDON (JTA) — Abba
Eban, Foreign Minister of Israel,
denounced the “levity and im
pudence” with which the United
Nations Security Council dis
cussed Israel’s "approaching
doom” in the tense days before
the Six-Day War last June. He
declared that, in view of Israel’s
experiences, “never again shall
we allow ourselves to be put in
such a situation of danger and
vulnerability.”
The Israeli diplomat, speaking
at a special Balfour Day cele
bration of the Zionist Federation
of Great Britain, reiterated that
Israel can depend only upon her
Ex-Chancellor
Of W. Germany
Gets Welcome
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Dr? Lud
wig Erhard, former Chancellor
of West Germany and his wife
received a warm welcome on
their arrival at Lod Airport for
a 10-day visit to Israel as the
guest of Prime Minister Levi
Eshkol who was on hand to
greet them.
The West German leader, who
came in a private capacity, was
pleased with the friendly crowd
at the airport and expressed
surprise that there were “no
anti-Erhard demonstrators” on
hand.
He spoke of increasing pro-
Israel sentiment in West Ger-
m a n y and sympathy with
Israel’s “struggle for a lasting
peace.” The Erhard tour began
with visits to the Yad Vashem,
a shrine of Jewish martyrs of
the Nazi holocaust and to the
holy places in Jerusalem. He
was guest of honor at a dinner
given by Premier Eshkol.
own strength and ability be
cause, in times of test, “all ex
ternal elements of our security
turned out to be fragile or il
lusory.” Mr. Eban arrived here
from New York where he is
heading the Israeli delegation at
the United Nations. He is sched
uled to meet with Prime Min
ister Harold Wilson to discuss the
Middle East crisis.
Noting that, during the tense
days of last May and June, just
before the Six-Day War, inter
national commitments, maritime
promises, United Nations re
sponsibility, and hope of mod
eration from certain Arab states
“all melted away," Mr. Eban
warned that “those who did no
thing and attempted little to
prevent war should be scrupul
ously careful to avoid obstruct
ing peace.”
Mr. Eban stressed that “a
peace structure in the Middle
East must grow up from within
the region. It cannot be imposed
from outside.” He said that
Israel’s consistent policy, since
hostilities broke out, sought “a
directly negotiated settlement
culminating in peace treaties in
which we shall seek to define
conditions of mutual co-exist
ence between Israel and her
neighbors, and not only formal
peace but intensive regional co
operation within the Middle
Eastern community of sovereign
-states.”
A similar note was Sounded
by another speaker at the Bal
four Day rally, Richard Cross-
man, Britain’s Lord President of
the Council, who said he was
convinced that “there is now
really a chance of peace if only
the great powers working
through the United Nations can
be content not to intervene and
impose their own peace but to
create conditions whereby Arahs
and Jews can freely negotiate
their own settlement.”
Hussein Showfc moderation’
Of a Sort in Talk to Rusk
Editor, Publisher Presents Award
To News Agency in N. Y.
Representatives of ten weekly
Jewish newspapers attended the
recent fiftieth anniversary cele
bration in New York of the Jew
ish Telegraphic Agency last week
when Adolph Rosenberg, presi
dent of the American Jewish
Press Association, made at, award
to their news gathering agency.
Jewish weekly newspapers rep
resented for the occasion includ
ed staffers from 'Die Southern
Israelite of Atlanta; Jewish
Chronicle at Pittsburgh, Jewish
Standard of Newark, N. J.; Ex
ponent of Philadelphia, Jewish
News of Jersey; City; London
Jewish Chronicle, Jewish News
of Cleveland, Civic Leader of
Worcester, Mass.; Jewish Record
of Atlantic City, Jewish Times of
Baltimore, and Jewish World of
Minneapolis.
Among the Jewish newspaper
visitors present for the occasion
was Areah Zimuki, at Jerusalem,
chief political editor tor Yedioth
Acharonoth, who is currently
touring Europe and the Americas
in behalf of the forthcoming con
ference of the World Bureau of
Jewish Journalists, of which he
is the president.
The New York anniversary
event celebrated growth of the
JTA since it was (founded in
1917 in The Hague by the late
Jacob Landau.
At a luncheon in the Americana
Hotel, guests heard speeches by
three leaders of the American
Jewish community: Louis J. Fox,
president at the Council of Jew
ish Federations and Welfare
Funds; J. D. Weiler, notional
chairman of the United Jewish
Appeal, and Mrs. Rase L. Halprin,
chairman of the Jewish Agency-
American Section.
Robert H. A mow, president of
JTA, stressed the vital nature of
and the importance of developing
an alert end informed American
Jewish community.
Other speakers were Mr. Ros
enberg, editor and publisher of
The Southern Israelite, who pre
sented the award to JTA tor the
agency’s contribution to Jewish
journalism; Eleazar Lipsky,
chairman of the JTA board,
Charles Frost and Rabbi Edward
Sand row, members of (he board;
and Joel Schenker, managing di
rector of the Theatre Guild.
Mr. Amow, JTA president, read
a message from Vice President
Hubert H. Humphrey, who
praised the JTA and the Jewish
press for services to the Jewish
people and to mankind.
There also were messages of
congratulations from President
Zalman Shazar and Prime Min
ister Levi Eshkol of Israel.
WASHINGTON (JTA)— King
Hussein of Jordan indicated to
newsmen, following a lengthy
luncheon meeting with Secretary
of State Dean Rusk, that Israeli
troops must be withdrawn before
intermediaries oould discuss an
Arab-Israel settlement. Hussein
seemingly ruled out direct nego
tiations, and referred to “inter
mediaries” seeking a solution aft
er Israeli troop withdrawal.
The King said that Jordan
would recognize the right at
every state to exist. It was
phrased in such manner as to
suggest that Israel was included.
He revealed that his visit might
include negotiations jointly for
himself and the Nasser regime.
He stressed that he was in “ex
tremely close touch” with the
current position of Egypt on Is
rael, and referred to the Arab
Summit conference at Khartoum
as a “turning point.” He pointed
out that the Soviet Union was in
terested in Jordanian efforts at
the United Nations!
Hussein declined to comment
directly on his talks with Mr.
Rusk. He stated only that he was
afforded an opportunity to pre
sent the Arab position. While re
ferring repeatedly to “chances
for a just peace,” Hussein made
clear that he thought in terms of
Israeli troop withdrawal and ne
gotiations through intermediaries,
rather than direct negotiations.
Asked poinfblank if Jordan
would enter direct talks with Is
rael, Hussein said “at the mom
ent, and for the time being, the
position is that we will not.”
When asked Whether he was
Soviet Press
Misinterprets
Jewish News
WASHINGTON (JTA)—The of
ficial Soviet overseas propaganda
news agency conceded that great
numbers of young Moscow Jews
had participated in the dancing
and singing that marked the end
of Simchat Torah but asserted
that they came out, not in ob
servance of religious practices,
but as participants in a folk cus
tom.
The Novosti Press Agency, in
a dispatch signed by Samuel
Rosin, a Novosti correspondent,
distributed here by the Soviet
Embassy, said that large crowds
had danced in the Moscow streets
but “nobody prayed” and the
Jewish community was looking
forward to the celebration of the
50th anniversary of the Russian
Revolution.
A Soviet official denied, at a
Moscow press conference, reports
from the West that the Soviet
Union has failed to provide ade
quate synagogue and other re
ligious facilities for Soviet Jews.
Yustaa Patetskis, chairman of
one of the two chambers of the
Supreme Soviet, told the press
that Jews In Russia “have every
opportunity to nave an appropri
ate number at synagogues.”
The spokesman asserted that
the church is separated from state
in the USSR “and manages its
own affairs.’’ He sought to de
bunk as western propaganda re
cent charges that Soviet Jews lack
not only synagogue but also fac-
ililties for training rabbis. How
ever, the only Jewish theological
seminary in the Soviet Union, that
under the direction of Moscow
Chief Rabbi Yehuda Left Levin,
has no students at the present
time.
simultaneously speaking for Nas
ser, Hussein said that “at the
moment we are very close.” He
added “there are no differences”
between himself and Nasser. He
said the Arab ease was “an ex
tremely reasonable one” and
would gain acceptance. While he
oould not discuss details of the
Arab willingness to compromise,
he said, he could state that “we
are willing to give a great deal."
Hussein said the Israel prob
lem was “bom” in the United
Nations and that that is where
discussions would be held and—
he hoped—a solution acceptable
to the Arabs would be found.
An unusually large crowd
greeted the Jordanian king as lie
oame to the State Dep>artment for
his meeting with Mr. Rusk. The
greeters, in the Department build
ing diplomatic lobby, inducted di
plomats and departmental desk
officers, as well as secretaries
and other Government employ
ees.
United States offcials said after
the Hussedn-Rusk talks that the
Administration was encouraged
by Hussein’s “moderation.”
King Hussedn said on the TV
show “Face the Nation,” that he
was prepared to “recognize the
right of all to live in peace and
security in the Middle East area
and this represent* a very vast
and tremendous change from
earlier positions.” Asked If he
meant all states” in the region,
USSR Press Speeds
Drive Against Jews
NEW YORK (JTA)—The bitter
anti-Israel campaign which had
been stepped up in the Soviet
press right after last June’s Six-
Day War is not aba ting but, in fact,
growing more virulent and taking
on unmistakable tones of racial
anti-Semitism, with the approval
if not the outright collusion of the
highest Soviet authorities.
This was the consensus of vari
ous organizations and groups here
which have made a detailed study
of the Soviet Government-con
trolled press. They expressed par
ticular alarm over a recent spate
of articles which app>ear to be
nothing less than an up-dating
of the long discredited Protocols
of the Elders of Zion, a notorious
forgery that originated in Czar-
ish Russia. The Protocals alleged
a global Jewish conspiracy for
world domination.
Knesset Holds
Dual Celebration
Of Anniversaries
JERUSALEM (JTA)—The 70th
anniversary of the First Zionist
Congress and the 50th anniver
sary of the Balfour Declaration
were marked in an extraordin
ary three-hour jubilee session of
the Knesset.
The chamber was packed with
dignitaries from Israel and abroad
and deputies of all factions ex
cept the splinter New Communist
party which boycotted the event
Unex plainedly absent as well was
Israel’s elder statesman, former
Prime Minister David Ben Gur-
ion.
Among those present were
President and Mrs. Zalman Sba
zar, Prime Minister Levi Eshkol
and hie cabinet, the two chief
rabbis, British Postmaster-General
Edward Short, head of a special
Balfour Day delegation sent by
the British Government, and
some 100 members of the British
Joint Palestine Appeal -ffclegaUoci
here on a special study mission.
Hussein replied "all who Mvb in
it. And I think that if w* do
manage to find thfe right formula
then it would tttean dll states.”
He did not mention Israel by
name in this context. After the
broadcast he told newsmen that
Israel’s right to exist in peace
and security would depend on the
boundaries Israel negotiated with
her Arab neighbors. •'
UN Told Jordan
Backs Marauders ,.
UNITED NATIONS — (JTA)
—Israel has accused Jordan of
encouraging incidents against
Israel “perpetrated by persons .
coming from Jordan.” In a letter
to this month’s President of the
Security Council, M. B. Kahte,
of Mali, Ambassador Gideon
Rafael listed eight incidents
which took place between Octo
ber 24 and last week.
“These incidents indicate be
yond doubt that the Govern
ment of Jordan is going further
and is giving active support and
succor to armed marauders us
ing its territory as their base of
operations,” Mr. Rafael said.
“The Government of Israel
views with grave concern the
continuation of the encourage
ment and assistance given by the
Jordanian authorities to the per
petrators of these armed attacks.
This is a flagrant violation of
obligations Jordan has under
taken by accepting cease-fire
resolutions.” Mr. Rafael reiter
ated, in the letter, the policy of
Israel “to observe the cease-fire
resolutions on the basis of com
plete reciprocity.”
Klutznick Calls
For Jewish Unity
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A dis
tinguished audience represent
ing some of the leading Jewish
service and cultural organizations
of Europe and the western hem
isphere heard a call here for Is
raelis and outside-Israel Jewry
to strive to strengthen and pre
serve the "spirit of oneness” that
prevailed during the trying per
iod at crisis last May and June,
when Israel faced a threat to her
existence.
The speaker was Philip M.
Klutznick, former international
president of B’nai B’rith and U.S.
delegate to the United Nations.
He addressed the opening of the
second annual meting of the He
brew University’s Institute of
Contemporary Jewry, a body
which he helped found a year
ago in London. Among die or
ganizations represented were the
American Jewish Committee, the
Jewish Publication Society of
America, Fonds Social Juif Unifie
of France, the Institute of Jew
ish Affaire of Britain, the Amer
ican Jewish Historical Society,
B’nai B’rith, American Jewish
Joint Distribution Committee and
the Federation de Communidades
Israelites of Argentina.
British Leaders
And Eban Confer
LONDON (JTA)—Abba Eban,
Israel’s Foreign Minister, said
here at a press conference after
talks with Prime Minister
Harold Wilson and Foreign
Secretary George Brown, that
he had received the “impres
sion” that Britain wants “a new
peace structure and not the old
structure” which existed in the
Middle East before the June