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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Established 1925
Vol. XLIII Atlanta, Georgia, May 17, 1968 No. 20
British Jews Stage March
Over Polish Anti-Semitism
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Washington Post Says Israel
May Build Own Jet Warplanes
LONDON (JTA) — An esti
mated 4,000 representatives of
British Jewry marched in silence
from Hyde Park to the Polish
Embassy here to present to the
Polish envoy a letter condemning
the Polish Government’s repress
ion of the surviving remnant of
Poland’s Jews and its anti-Semi
tic campaign.
The document was taken to the
Embassy by a deputation con
sisting of Chief Rabbi Immanuel
Jakobovits of the British Com
monwealth, Michael Fidler, pres
ident of the Board of Deputies of
British Jews, Sir Barnett Janner,
MP., chairman of the board’s for
eign affairs department, Sir
Samuel Fisher, board vice-pres
ident, and Simon Frisner, chair -
Israel, Egypt
Envoys Meet
With Thant
UNITED NATIONS, N. Y.
(JTA) — Secretary General U
Thant met here in separate con
ference* with Ambassador Yosef
Yekoah otf Israel and Ambassa
dor Mubammed El-Kony of
Egypt, and reportedly discussed
with them the plan he announced
three weeks ago to send a spec
ial emissary to the Middle East
to investigate the situation of the
civilian populations in Egypt,
Syria and Israel.
The Secretary General had ask
ed for the meetings, a rare atop
sinoe usually conferences of this
type are held at the request of
the respective ambassadors. A
spokesman for Mr. Thant had
said earlier that the talks would
involve “the question of the Mid
dle East in general.”
It was undersood also that the
Secretary General also raised
the subject of the steps being
taken toward possible Middle
East peace by has special repre
sentative, Dr. Gunnar Jarring.
man of the Polish-Jewish Ex-
Servicemen’s Association.
The silent march, which
stretched for half a mile, was or
ganized by the Board of Deputies
in conjunction with some 20 oth
er Jewish bodies representing the
entire Anglo-Jewish community.
The marchers carried hundreds
of banners with statements pro
testing the campaign of the Com
munist Polish regime against
Polish Jews. Their letter declar
ed that “we are shocked that the
Jews of Poland, numbering
about 20,000, many of whom are
aged and infirm, should be sin
gled out as scapegoats and blam
ed for Poland’s internal difficul
ties.”
It demanded, “in the name of
humanity” the “immediate de
nunciation” by the Warsaw re
gime of ail incitement to hatred
against Jews, cessation of all dis
criminatory treatment, threats
and oppression, the restoration to
their posts of those dismissed be
cause of their Jewish origins and
freedom for Polish Jews to live
in dignity in accordance with the
Universal Declaration of Human
Rights adopted by the United
Nations 20 years ago.
Strong Defense
Is Eshkol’s Hope
TEL AVIV (JTA) — Premier
Levi Eshkol expressed the hope,
during a weekend tour of newly-
established defense settlements
in the occupied Syrian Golan
Heights, that the “defense wall
being built here will be both
green and strong.**
Speaking at a Nahal outpost,
the Premier declared that those
who “remember the 20 years of
suffering by settlements in the
valley below the Golan Heights
can appreciate our position here
as a defense wall against all
kinds of evil."
Jewish settlements were regu
larly shelled by Syrians from
1948, when the War of Inde-
dence ended, to last June when
Israel seized the Golan Heights.
Soviets Seek
To Maneuver
Arms Delay
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Th*
Soviet Union has initiated efforts
to create an impression that So
viet-A merioan arms control talks
may be in the offing, a maneuver
apparently timed to deter U. S.
sale of Phantom jet aircraft to
Israel.
The Phantoms would balance
the massive Soviet arms build-up
in the Arab states since last June.
State Department officials said
they had no firm information
about any such talks and were
skeptical.
But other sources within the
department indicated that a Rus
sian approach would definitely be
welcomed because Washington
wants to avoid an arms race in
the Middle East.
The Soviet maneuver seems
calculated to coincide with a spe
cific period, from now until the
November election, when the Ad
ministration is deliberating action
on the sale of the Phantoms to
Israel. Huge quantities of sophis
ticated Russian arms, accom
panied by Soviet technicians and
advisers,. Have been poured info
the Arab states.
Time is now required for the
Arabs to absorb the new arms
and for the Soviet advisory teams
to train personnel. During this in
terval, the Russians obviously
would like to stall off balancing
U. S. shipments to Israel—using
the bait of possible ‘‘talks” — a
promise that might prove illus
ory.
Rabbi, Minister
Get Joint Praise
LEWISBURG, Pa. (WUP) — A
Rabbi and a Minister, who for
many years have shared a joint
sanctuary in New York’s Green
wich Village, were selected by
Bueknell University as the recipi
ents of the noted institution’s
“Award of Merit for 1968” at a
special ceremony marking the
opening of the University's Con
vocation of Individual Responsi
bility in a Free Society earlier
this month.
President Dr. Charles H. Watts
II declared in his citation to both
spiritual leaders: “Bueknell Uni
versity is proud to present this
Award of Merit for Service to
the congregations of the Brother
hood Synagogue and the Village
Presbyterian Church, through
Rabbi Block and the Rev. Dr.
Stitt.
“Heralds of the ecumenical
spirit, a Christian and a Hebrew
congregation have joined not
only to worship in the same phy
sical setting, but to demonstrate
that religious truths are more
universal than their traditional
definitions.”
Will Pay Tribute
To Morris B. Abram
NEW YORK (WUP)—Nation
al leaders in many fields will pay
tribute to Morris B. Abram, pres
ident of the American Jewish
Committee who will become
President of Bnandeis University
in September, at the Committee’s
62nd Annual Dinner to be held
Thursday night. May 23, at the
Americana Hotel here.
Ambassador Itzak Rabin is
scheduled to address the final
luncheon session of the conven
tion on Sunday, May 26.
WASHINGTON (JTA)—Israel
is considering building her own
jet fighter aircraft because of
lack of confidence in the United
States as a trustworthy source,
Alfred Friendly reported in a
dispatch from Jerusalem to the
Washington Post.
The report said that “a non
specific, nonpublic promise from
a lame-duck President may be
insufficient for a nation that sees
its survival at stake. Thus the
current debate, still under wraps,
over whether to build planes
here.”
Notice was taken of the French
termination'of jet sales and the
urgent need for supersonic jets
to balance the Soviet buildup in
the surrounding Arab states. It
appeared to Friendly that the
United States “has refused for
the moment to plug the gap, ar
guing that as of now Israel is
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Diplo
matic sources have discounted
reports disseminated from Arab
quarters that the Arab-Israeli
deadlock would soon be broken
as a result otf Arab agreement to
“indirect” talks at United Na
tions headquarters in New York.
Although Israel has also
agreed to talks in New York,
there have been no new develop
ments and the Arab-inspired
“optimism” is part otf their prop
aganda warfare intended to make
the Arabs appear more reasonable
before international opinion, these
sources said.
Thev stressed that as long as
Arab spokesmen continued to re
ject Israel's basic requirement —
acceptance of the Nov. 22, 1967
Security Council resolution for a
just and lasting peace In secure
and recognized borders — there
can be little hope that direct
peace talks will get started. As
long as the word “peace” is
missing from Arab statements,
those statements amount to little
more than “eyewash,” the diplo
matic sources stated.
(A Christian Science Monitor
dispatch from the United Nations
quoted reports from Cairo to the
effect that “President Nasser has
apparently come to the conclusion
militarily secure and that if cir
cumstances change, it will take
another look at what has to be
done.”
The report noted Israel’s dem
onstrated skills, including the
manufacture of jet engines and
small nonmilitary jets. “It should
not be beyond their ability to
duplicate the Mirage and keep
modifying it to stay abreast of
modernization require
ments” But the expense would be
tremendous, Friendly reported.
According to the Post “Israel
is known to be ready to produce
its own tanks. Its prowess in
electronic equipment manufac
ture is evidenced by the fact that
it not only produced its own for
the Patton tanks it bought from
the United States, but recently
sold $7 million of the same
equipment for Argentina's Pat
ton tanks.”
that a solution in the Middle East
must be sought in diplomacy, not
war.” The dispatch said that Am
bassador Arthur J. Goldberg
would not have spoken as force
fully as he did last week when
he called on the Security Coun
cil to give explicit expression of
its support for the Jarring mis
sion “had not Washington been
convinced that cireumstanoes in
the Middle East now are favor
able” An editorial in the Chris
tian Science monitor warned of
tie dangers in failure to negoti
ate an Arab-Israeli understanding
now in the light otf the Russian
involvement at Egypt’s side. The
editorial said this was “reported
ly now down to the squad level"
and It asked: “What happens, for
example, if Russians start getting
'killed?”
(The London Evening Standard
reported that the Soviet Union
was beefing up Egypt’s subma
rine fleet to the point where
Egypt may enjoy maritime con
trol of the Eastern Mediterranean.
The paper said that Russia had
supplied 16 submarines to Egypt,
eight minesweepers, eight sub
chasers, 18 missile craft, 44 tor-
pedoboats, six rocket assault ves
sels, 18 landing craft and six
tugs.)
Cartoon prepared by Jewish Telegraphic Agency Artist “Bee” In
honor of the 25th Anniversary Convention next week of the Ameri
can Jewish Press Association In Chicago. National President Adolph
Rosenberg, editor and publisher of The Southern Israelite, will guide
the convention, to be held In conjunction with National Jewish
Press Week.
Israelis Skeptical of Reports
On Arab Change of Heart