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The Augusta News-Review - November 15, 1973 -
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BLACK NATIONS OF AFRICA HAVE DESERTED ISRAEL IN
THESE AGONIZING TIMES WHEN WAR HAS REDUCED HER
EUROPEAN FRIENDS AS WELL AS HER RESOURCES. THE
TINY NATION HAS STRAINED ITS STOCKPILE OF
MATERIAL AND MANPOWER INSPITE OF THE
BRAGGING FRONT. EUROPEANS MOVE CLOSER TO
ARABS.
The smoke from the current Mideast war is casting many trying
diplomatic ramifications for American global interest. The basic
reason for this condition at the time the United States should be
carrying out an even-hand policy, it is intensifying its military
support of Israel. Because of this partisan stance Western
European nations are subtly abandoning their old previous
pro-lsrael positions.
These nations have adopted what they term an “even-handed
policy” of using an old cliche, “curse on both houses’. This
position places Western Europe outside of American’s circle of
supporters, and relatively on the side of the Soviet-backed Arabs.
This new line-up is crystal clear to the Israelis, and was stated by
Deputy Prime Minister Yigal Allon in these words: “As things get
rough, our real friends are revealed while others desert us.” He
was referring to those European countries that suddenly put
embargoes on all war making goods even on equipment that had
been paid for and in fact already belonged to Israel.
AFRICAN BLACKS TURNING TO ARABS -The spreading
hostility to Israel among its former friends to the south, also
having America watching closely, because that could bring on bad
feelings between African nations and the United States. At the
same time Russia would jump to capitalize on any bad feelings
between Black Africa and America.
President Idi Amin of Uganda, who rejoices in bugging
President Nixon made another of his wild statements that he was
ready to lead millions of his people into war against Israel; most
likely that is idle talk, but it has a potentially serious diplomatic
effect. This trend toward Arab sympathy is damaging the Western
Alliance. Petroleum is behind all of these cautious moves, if the
hot or cold war continues between Israel and the Arab countries
the dilemma will spread. For fear of offending the Arabs, Europe
will find it more difficult to favor America. Yet Europe doesn’t
want to alienate the United States with Russia parading her great
naval hardware up and down the Mediterranean.
AMERICA, THE PETULANCE- The United States may act
like a petulant child, and tell Western Europe if you don’t play
like I want you to, I’ll take my toys and go home. A much greater
threat to Europe’s ultimate security against the “Big Bad Russian
Bear” is that the situation could induce a withdrawal of American
troops based in Europe. The Jewish economic control over
Congress might force our policy-makers to come to the
conclusion that if Europe won’t help us defend our friend, why
should we protect it? It wouldn’t take many more Senate votes
than have already been rounded up by Senator Mike Mansfield
v:ho has long been seeking a reduction of American troops.
However, Western European nations are stressing both at home
and abroad, that their political displeasure with Israel is at least as
big a factor as their urgent need for Arab oil. It seems to be about
a 50-50 ratio between the two reasons. Great Britan insist that
Israel's defiant clinging to land won from the Arabs in the 1967
war is a much bigger factor than oil. The British reasoning is
shared widely with other European nations, and is stated bluntly
by the prestigious London Times. In a recent editorial the Times
stated: “that Russia won’t let the Arabs threaten Israel’s
existence and noted that “the war so far is being fought not on
Israeli but on Arab soil.” France is much more pro-Arab than
other Western European governments, certainly, but even
Germany is no longer solidly pro-lsrael. The Germans are getting
over their guilt feelings, about their World War 11 slaughter of six
million Jews.
IN REGARD TO THE ARAB-ISRAELIS STRUGGLE
AMERICAN BLACKS ARE BETWEEN THE DEVIL AND THE
GREAT BLUE SEA
Blacks in the U.S. extend their heart-felt sentiment to the
pathetic Palestinians, putting themselves squarely against the
Israelis’s interest. But however Blacks can not completely forsake
their old and tried friends, American Jewry. Many Blacks in this
country burdened down with injustices aplenty. There is a
common history of oppression and suffering that bound Jews and
Blacks in America. They are linked by a legacy of religous hope
and faith, and by the commonly shared belief of “One God”.
Israel could become a subjective force in the Mideast, if ever
there can be found a sound base for peace. The Jews at present
are running counter to their esoteric tradition, at times they act
and talk like Hitler, their nemesis. It is customary for Jews to
stand for human rights for all people. Inspite of this reactionary
stance, they have stood by Blacks in this country
In Reconstruction times, when the Republican Party turned its
back on the newly freed slaves, Jews were mindful and gave
assistance to the Black struggle The South was determined to
press their “Big Lie” that the Blacks were sub-human. The
Rosenwald family established schools in the deep South; these
schools started Black kids on the roads to modern knowledge and
ultimate citizenship.
Also Jewish liberals such as those great Semitic souls, Joel and
Arthur Spingarn, that launched a program which gave to the
nation the greatest organization that was ever produced to
strengthen the Judeo-Christian doctrine in the new world. Dr.
Martin Luther King’s great success could not have been possible
without the moral and financial support of many concerned Jews.
Then there were those two gallant Jewish youths, Michael
Schwemer and Andrew Goodman, along with a Black, James
Chaney who sacrificed their young lives for human freedom and
dignity, all in the cause of Black people, in the ungodly
backwoods of sadistic Mississippi.
Bayard Rustin. the moderate Civil Righter made this moving
appeal to arouse Black Americans out of their lackadaisical
apathy toward their traditional friends. “The renewal of the
Middle East War, with its fearful human cost has driven a knife
wound deep into the soul of a world which longs for peace. Its
reverberations, spreading like an exploding mortar shell around
the globe by all who value justice and humanity. Most horrible is
the waste of young lives -- the best and bravest of the warring
nations.” Mr. Rustin with his wealth of beautiful rhetorical
excellency can do no less than make Blacks take a second thought
about friends who have stood tall down through the years. He
further states: “This is why our fates, and, the fates of Jews as
embodied in the State of Israel, and the fate of Black people as
reflected in their struggle for equality and dignity inseparable.
Blacks must support Israel in her hour of need.
P.S. THE SPINGARNS WERE DIFINITELY INSTRUMENTAL
IN THE ORGANDNG OF THE NAACP.
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BY VERNON E. JORDAN, JR. K
NO SUBSTITUTE FOR COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH PLAN
This country has been dragging itself, step after painful step, to
the point that it just might be ready to accept what other nations
have long had -a full comprehensive health care plan.
By almost any standard of national health, the United States
falls far short of what might be expected from the world’s richest
nation. Part of the reason is the virtual absence of preventive
medicine; the mis-allocation of health resources that concentrates
doctors and treatment in areas that can afford them with little
left over for the poor and for working people. The success of
programs like Medicare that brought federal health insurance to
the elderly has led to widespread demands for a system of
national health insurance.
Now it is beginning to look as if the long road to a
comprehensive national health insurance plan is going to be
side-tracked. Support is beginning to focus on a plan for federal
catastrophic health insurance that would insure people against the
kind of crushing doctor and hospital bills that can bankrupt a
family.
It’s a good idea, but not good enough. It deals with a part of
the problem and not with the whole problem itself. It represents
another step on the circuitous road to a national health system
instead of jumping directly to that goal now.
Tinkering with a few elements of the financial aspects of health
care will do nothing to make our people healthier. Insurance
against health catastrophe helps protect against disaster, but does
nothing to change the disastrous lack of health care available to
large portions of our population.
Right now the system that is supposed to deliver health care is
so inefficient understaffed and haphazard, a proposal dealing only
with financing will create a demand for often absent services. This
will become exaggerated as federal and state funds are funneled
into insurance coverage and away from necessary support of
public health facilities and their expansion.
It promises a lot more than it delivers too. Insurance against
castrophe will take a big bite out of people’s salaries, but by the
time they satisfy the large deductible costs and the insurance
starts paying off, they’ve already had to cripple themselves
economically.
And since catastrophe insurance is supposed to mesh with
existing private hospitals insurance schemes, what happens to the
one out of three families in he $5-10,000 range who do not now
have hospital coverage?
There are those who say, “let’s be realistic, we can’t have a
complete national health insurance system now, so why not make
what changes we can.” This is the kind of view that wins the
battle and loses the war.
Each small change that satisfies some small segment of
concerned people makes it that much harder to marshal support
for a broad, comprehensive plan. And since each small change
blacks'reticence to seize the initiative to organize their
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LETTERS TO EDITOR
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I Dear Editor:
► “American as apple pie.”
“American as a Sousa march.”
“American as the Fourth of
k July.” All these are typical of
F our country and its traditions,
b but none, we believe represent
L the American spirit of home,
* family, and good will more
than Thanksgiving.
It is for this reason that
every year at this time, Fort
Gordon calls upon its
neighbors in the CSRA in an
effort to solicit home
hospitality for the students
from foreign lands who are
attending service schools here.
These students rarely view the
home side of American life.
They are taken on sight-seeing
tours, to cultural events and
various other activities to give
them a feeling for the people
and tempo of the United
States, but we feel that nothing
gives them more of an insight
into our citizens than a day
with an American family on
Thanksgiving
Is there room in your home
for another place or two? The
benefits of offering your
hospitality are many. Over the
years we’ve received comments
takes about five years or so to come about, the entire process of
comprehensive change is delayed. Why put off a national health
system for fifty years when we can have it in two or three?
Tinkering with financing alone results in higher costs and
continued inefficient services. Dealing with one aspect of a
problem to the exclusion of the totality results in a patchwork
reform that only makes the total picture worse.
Short-cuts may seem appealing, but they often wind up
covering a longer, rougher road than necessary. With massive
support still building for a national health system it would be a
shame to waste energies in a futile effort to add another band-aid
to the American medical system.
The alternative to the bits and pieces approach? A national
health system that stresses an adequate supply of trained health
workers and facilities, equal access to high quality health care for
all, and a health insurance program that finances the system
equitably. The goal has to be better health for everybody, not
higher profit margins, the icon of “fee-for-service” medicine, or
other concerns that are marginal for the average working man
who is not getting his fair share of health care.
ranging from “educational”,
enlightening”, and enjoyable”,
to just plain “fun”!
We have students at Fort
Gordon this year from
Australia, Chile, Republic of
China, Ghana, Indonesia,
Khmer Republic, Laos,
Malaysia, Nigeria, Philippines,
Singapore, Spain, Switzerland,
Zaire, and others. Some are
alone, some are accompanied
by their wives or other
relatives.
If you and your family are
interested in offering
Thanksgiving home hospitality
to our foreign students, please
contact the Community
Relations Section, Information
Office, telephone 791-2419 or
791-3532 for details and
coordination.
Incidentally, the Fort
Gordon Chaplain is planning an
ecumenical Thanksgiving
Service at Alexander Hall at
10:30 a.m., Thanksgiving
morning. If you are coming to
Fort Gordon to pick up your
guests, you might like to
attend. Even if you are not
planning to offer home
hospitality, we’d like to invite
you to join us, and let us give
thanks together.
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