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The Augusta News-Review - November 15, 1973 - ■Walking lli E With ' M ■Dignity I I by Al Irbv J 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. yore Page 4 TO BE I I 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 COMMUNITIES" SAID DOUGLAS G. GLASGOW, DEAN OF HOWARD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK, ISA MAJOR FACTOR AND .jV AN IMPORTANT FACTOR CONTRIBUTING TO OUR COMMUNITIES' . UNDEVELOPED STATUS' 1 POLITICAN BUSINESSMAN /wWiMI doctors LAWYERS \ ARTISTS TEACHERS MINISTERS WORKERS ' JKMIaHHr COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS 'ilßr SOCIAL WORKERS FRATERNAL GROUPS FINANCE 77 COMPUTER SCIENCE INSTITUTION ADMINISTRATION ENGINEERING PLANNING JBUI Wr ARCHITECTURE sfi BLACK PRESS THE BLACK COMMUNITY HAS THE TOOLS TO DO THE JOB B e BB " , "" , "" Ba 111 B- GIFT I THE y EWS-REVIEW t is the gift that is remembered week ft is and family. IB ft City State Zip w W From: Your Name ft g 6 Months $2.50 ( ) 1 Year ( ) $5.00 & g No additional cost to servicemen. fi £ AUGUSTA NEWS-REVIEW £ P.0.80x 953 ft W Augusta, Georgia 30902 JE eiMlWPPPeewetewcwwtwee********** LETTERS TO EDITOR > 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. A MINI IS ATHNNBLE THINS TH WASTE. WANTED NEWS BOYS Good Play CALL Newa-Review Office 722-4555 Cherokee Pawn Shop We carry all brands of guns. Jewelry, Stereo Equip. 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