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Presidenty Mrs. Ford Issue ‘Warmest Greetings' For 5736 WASHINGTON, (JTA) — President and Mrs. Ford issued Aug. 27 their “warmest greetings to our fellow Americans of the Jewish faith as you observe the High Holy Days.” Continuing, the greeting stated: ‘This year adds a special dimension to the meaning of your observance. These solemn days are marked by a traditional exhortation to prayer and self-examination. They mirror in a unique way the general mood in our country as we approach the celebration of our National Bicentennial. On the eve of the two hundredth year of our independence as a nation, we are joined as Americans in a spirit of reflection, renewal and reaffirmation. This same spirit has united the Jewish people for centuries in the obser vance of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur. “Each of you can take deep pride in the profound and positive influence of the Judaic heritage on our national life. The principles that guide you in your religious worship have also inspired countless and enduring contributions of the Jewish people to humanity and social justice. Your values are a great component of our quest for the brotherhood of man un der the Fatherhood of God. The inspired leadership and special sensitivity of Judaism in areas of humanitarian concern fill many brilliant chapters of America’s history . . Presidents Conference, AJCCommittee Hope Pact Will Lead To Lasting Peace NEW YORK (JTA) — The Conference of Presidents of Ma jor American Jewish Organizations and the American Jewish Committee expressed hope this week that the new Israeli-Egyptian interim agree ment initialed in Jerusalem and Alexandria Monday would lead to a just and lasting peace in the Middle East. Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg, ac ting chairman of the Presidents Conference, declared in a state ment issued September 1: “Israel has taken the risks for peace that President Ford and Secretary Kissinger have said were essential to progress toward ending the conflict in the Middle East. We can afford no il lusions about this or any other agreement; no arrangement is better than the intentions and performance of the parties. “If it is to work, the agreement requires that the Administra tion and the Congress comply wholeheartedly with the assurances of continued support offered by our representatives and relied upon by the govern ment of Israel. Above all, if there is to be continued peace in the area, there can be no retreat from the recognition that Israel must be demonstrably able to resist agression by its neighbors. If this agreement is faithfully carried out by all the parties, there is the hope that it may become the preamble toward a just and lasting peace in the Middle East.” Elmer L. Winter, president of AJCommittee, said the AJCom- A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry. NeHpAper Assoofatfori - fouodW 199$ Established 1925 VOL. LI One Section, 28 Pages Atlanta, Georgia, Friday, September 5, 1975 NO. 36 Israel and Egypt, In Separate Ceremonies, Sign Accord by YITZHAK SHARGIL mittee welcomes the Israel- Egypt pact “for the promise it holds for the complete and lasting peace that has eluded the area these many years. We are gratified that our country under the leadership of President Ford and Secretary Kissinger and with the overwhelming backing of the American people and Congress has played such an ac tive role in the pursuit of the Middle East peace. Certainly it will continue to be in America’s national interest to provide the necessary underpinnings — economic and political — to en sure peace in the area and the viability of the democratic State of Israel.” JERUSALEM (JTA) - The government issued a com munique Monday stating that it has approved the agreement reached through the negotiations between the Israeli negotiating team and Secretary of State Henry A. Kissinger for an interim pact with Egypt in Sinai. The communique a fated that the ym'ernment would initial the agreement and bring it before the Knesset for approval. According to the communique, the agreement includes an Israeli-Egyptian agreement urith an annex and a map and an un derstanding which concerns the presence of American personnel in the buffer zone. The communique was broad cast after a Cabinet session that lasted more than eight hours. The agreement was approved by a vote of 18-0 with one absten tion. Police Minister Shlomo Hillel apparently was the only minister who did not vote for the agreement, but abstained in stead of voting outright against it. A ceremonial initialing of the agreement by Cabinet members took place at Premier Yitzhak Rabin’s residence Monday night in the presence of Kissinger. The Secretary left immediately afterwards for Alexandria where he witnessed a formal in itialing of the pact by Egyptian officials. During the ceremony at Rabin’s residence, Chief of Staff Gen. Mordechai Gur, and General Director of the Ministry for Foreign .Affairs, Avraham Kidron initialed the interim ac cord for Israel. Kissinger countersigned as a witness. The government communique said the Premier would decide who will initial the agreement and will decide later, after Knesset approval expected on Wednesday, who will sign the pact for Israel at Geneva. Accor ding to some sources the formal signing will take place in Geneva Thursday following the initial ing by both sides. The govern ment communique expressed ap preciation to President Ford for his efforts and help and to Secretary Kissinger and his team for their efforts in bringing about the agreement. The Cabinet convened Sunday night after a prolonged and final session between Kissinger and the Israeli negotiating team comprising Rabin, Foreign Minister Yigal Allon and Defense Minister Shimon Peres. During that session the final outstanding points of the agree ment were settled and the Israeli team decided to recommend that the Cabinet accept the pact. It was close to 6 a.m. local time Sept. 2 when Kissinger and Allon emerged from the con ference room to announce to reporters that “We have made it. The agreement is ready.” Kissinger observed, “I think we have substantially concluded our negotiations.” According to informed sources, the agreement contains four parts: A public Israeli- Egyptian agreement covering new lines in Sinai and political pledges; an appendix containing maps and guidelines for negotiators in Geneva who will work out the exact new troop positions that will follow a further Israeli pullback eastward in Sinai; a document covering the stationing of American civilian technicians in the buffer zone between Israeli and Egyptian troops; and an un derstanding between the United States and Israel containing 26 paragraphs which will be made public. The two sides reportedly ay mil that there would be two manned American monitoring stations and four un-manned stations in the buffer zone to detect ciolations of the cease-fire over the next three years. The agreement will not be effective until Egypt and Israel have negotiated technical protocols to the agreement and the U. S. Congress approves the employ ment of American civilian technicians to man the monitor ing stations. Reportedly they will not number more than 200. The understanding between Israel and the U. S. will be given to the relevant committees of the House and Senate but will not be announced to the public, an official here said. He said the amount of increased U. S. aid to Israel called for under the agree ment has not bet'n determined. Israel reportedly has requested more than $2 billion. Non-Aligned Confab Condemns Israel; Ouster Move Collapses LIMA, (JTA) The con ference of 82 non-aligned nations ended by urging the Security Council “to take all necessary measures” to force Israel to com- ply with United Nations resolutions on the Middle East and to withdraw from territory occupied since 1967. But as ex pected, the conference did not urge the UN General Assembly to expel or suspend Israel. An Arab move for this action collapsed last week when Egypt, Yugoslavia and some Black African and Latin American countries campaigned against calling for Israel’s ouster. The statements on Israel was contained in the. ‘‘Lima Declaration" which dealt with the problems of the un derdeveloped world and called for ways to close the gap between industrialized and non industrial nations. The declara tion was adopted Saturday as the conference closed a day behind schedule because of the maneuverings on the Mideast and the coup in Peru which changed presidents in the host country. The conference condemned Israel as the aggressor in the Mideast and attacked the United States for aiding Israel. It ac cused the U.S. “and other im perialist powers" of seeking "to make Israel a base of colonialism and imperialism within the third world." The non-aligned coun tries, which earlier had given the Palestine Liberation Organiza tion full membership, also ex pressed its “satisfaction” that the General Assembly had recognized the PLO “as the sole representative of the Palestine people” and welcomed (he observer status given the PLO by the UN.