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VOL. 53 NO. 6
FEBRUARY 6, 1975 - SHEVAT 25
The World's Week
PARIS-WNG) ■ Ticatelent Anwar Sadat of Egypt
jMjdeaa threeday state visit to France with an¬
nouncement of agreements for a vast new arsenal of
French-made combat aircraft. Sadat told a press .
conference before leaving that Egypt had purchased
French-made Mirage jets and other types of military
equipment but refused to reveal the quantities and
types of planes; A Franco-Egyptian communique said
me military equipment was "to compensate" Egypt
for. part of its losses in the Yom Kippur War. The
communique also mentioned several joint economic
projects, including the construction of a Cairo sub¬
way, railway .material, a sugar refinery, an
automobile plant and.the development of the Suez
Canal zone. '
WASHINGTON (WNS) -Sen. Harrison A. Williams
(D. NJ) has introduced legislation aimed at barring
investments detrimental to the American, economy,
notably by the. wealthy Arab oil-producing states. The
measure would require disclosure of all substantial
foreign holdings in American firms ahd would
authorize the President to prohibit foreign investments
that could harm the economy of U:S. foreign policy.
While acknowledging that some foreign capital in¬
vestment is needed, Williams said,;"we must ask
ourselves whether permitting .foreign investment
without any government oversight is consistent with
the national interest. In my opinion the absence of a
watchman at the door exposes us to dangers which we
have no reason to accept. However in San Francisco,
Rep. Paul N.McCloskey Jr. (R. Cal.) told a meeting of
the South Peninsula Committee of the Jewish Com¬
munity Relations Council that with an expected $40
billion federal deficit, internal borrowing would be a
.drag on the economy .and "the only other capital
available in the world today is Arab money." But he
said the impact of Arab money could be controlled by
limiting the investments by the Arabs in any country'.
McCloskey also told the group that "as a reality, Israel
must negotiate with the Palestine Liberation
Organization" or risk another war. "If the PLO does
negotiate with Israel, that in itself is recognition of
Israel's existence."
Kissinger Pjanning Trip To Middle East
To Assess Possibilities Of A Solution
WASHINGTON (WNS) -
Secretary of State Henry A,
Kissinger has announced
that he will go to the|Middle
East at the request of "all
the parties" in the region to -
have "first hand talks with
all the major participants"
in the Arab-Israeli conflict to
see "what the" real
possibilities of a solution will
be." He said his trip "is pot
designed to settle anything
or generate shuttle
diplomacy" but "I am
hopeful progress can be
made and I am going. with
, that attitude." Kissinger
said the chief issues now are
the return to Egypt of "some
territories" arid Israel's
desire for .."some progress
toward peace (which) can be .
reconciled." He said tlie,
alternative "will be serious;
for all parties concerned."
Asked whether the Arabs are
./
Urges Israel To Shun Kissinger's Diplomacy
By Tuvia Mendelson
JERUSALEM, (JTA) -
Dr. Nahum Goldmann
suggested Jan. 28 that Israel
eschew the step-by-step
diplomacy of Secretary of
State Henry A. Kissinger
and press for total peace
negotiations with moderate
Arab leaders while the time
is ripe. He mentioned ■ as
modeates King Faisal of
Saudi Arabia, President
Anwar Sadat of Egypt and
President Hafez Assad of
Syria who he thought are
ready and prepared to reach
peace agreements with
Israel. These - three- -Arab
leaders are anti-Communist
and want to get closer to the
United States, he noted. But
time is an important factor
for Israel since Faisal is sick
and Sadat is not very strong
Percy's Statements Under Criticism
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WASHINGTON (WNS) -
Sen. Charles H. Percy (R.
111.), who has just returned
from a visit to 12 Middle
East countries, including
Israel has come under sharp
criticism from Jewish leader,
in his home state of Illinois
for his remarks on Israel.
Percy, long considered a
staunch friend of Israel, told
newsmen here that Israel
was intransigent, that
Palestine Liberation
[Organization leader Yasir
Arafat was "relatively
speaking a moderate" and
that Israel could not count on
American support if it was
responsible for launching a
new war in the Mideast. His
remarks  were  similar  to
'•;   ones made while in Israel.
.,  Percy told the Washington
newsmen    that,    Israeli
leaders were "unrealistic" if. •
Athey thought they could
■(wold' contact with the PL(j>.
He said Israel had missed a
chance  to  negotiate   with
- King Hussein of Jordan and
was mistaken in refusing to
deal   with   Arafat.    He
, reportedly indicated that
Israel would have to with¬
draw "essentially" to the
pre-Slx Day W«r lines, but
said  the. U.S.  must  do
everything possible to insure
Israel's independence.
In Chicago, Maynard I.
Wishner, chairman of the
public Affairs committee of
the Jewish United Fund, said
Jewish leaders were
''shocked arid dismayed" by
Percy's "shocking change of
policy" toward Israel; The
JUF said if could not un¬
derstand Percy calling
Arafat a "moderate" after
"Arafat's appearance at the
United Nations calling for
the destruction of A .Israel
with a holster at his hip."
The JUF said it wondered
"what has happened to
Senator Percy's sense of
perspective and even-
handedness when he refers
to Israel's 'intransigence''
when none of the other
parties are asked to take any
steps toward normalizing
relationships leading to
peace in exchange for
territory." Rep. Sidney
Yates, (D. 111.) dean of the
Jewish Congressional!
delegation, said Percy
should "come down from the
cloud of propaganda and
look at the hard facts."
Yates said that Percy, a
member of the Senate
Foreign Relations  Com-.
mittee,       by       making
provocative and ill-advised
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in Egypt, at the moment, Dr.
Goldmann told, a press
conference, here. Dr.
Goldmann, who is president
of the v World Jewish
Congress which will hold Its
Sixth Plenary Assembly
;here Feb; 3-10, repeated his
sharp criticism of Kissinger
whose step-by^tep methods,
he said, might work under
normal conditions but not
under the present conditions
of tension, crisis ahd war
danger that pervade the
Middle East. He said it was
objectively impossible for
Kissinger to bring peace to
the region by, himself
because "the Russians will
never .accept. ,a .Pax-
Americana in the Middle
East."
The WJC leader said that
Israel would have to go back
to the Geneva peace con¬
ference in order to achieve a
settlement but conceded that
there was no point in going to
Geneva until after the
superpowers reached a basic
agreement on the Middle
East. He didnlt think that
would be too difficult to
achieve; He thought it would
be more difficult for the
government of Premier
Yitzhak Rabin to go to
Geneva, because'the present
Israeli Cabinet does not
■command a sufficient
majority Z to take sucha':
decision. Dr. Goldmann
suggested that the govern¬
ment call a new election on
that issue, even at the.slight
risk of the opposition headed
by Likud leader Menachem
. Beigin gaining a majority.
Even if Beigin were to win,
he could offer no solution and
the Israeli public would soon
realize that there was no
alternative to the Labor - led
coalition,   Goldmann   said.
Radio Show Host Will
Speak At Ahavas Sholom
On Sunday evening,
February 9, in the social hall
of Congregation Ahavas
Sholom (2568 E. Broad
Street) Henry C. Romberg,
M.D., will speak on the topic
of Bringing Jews Back To
Judaism. ,
Dr. Romberg is very
active in the Lubavitch
movement in Cleveland, a
Chasidic group that has been
successful in working with
estranged Jews throughout
the world. Among his ac¬
tivities in this work, Dr.
Romberg hosts a weekly 1%
hour radio show on WERE-
AM in Cleveland called "The
World of Chabad." He is also
Secretary of the CSiabad
House of Cleveland. In his
talk, Dr. .: Romberg willy
describe programs that have
been > successful lir getting
non-identifying   Jews   to
reconsider their religion and
return to Judaism. The title
ofJ)r. Romberg's speech will
be "Jewish Outreach
Today,..The Fifth Son." Who
is the fifth son? Dr. Romberg
says: "He is1,' the one who
does not even show up at the
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ready to accept Israel's
existence, Kissinger replied
that "my1 impression is that
there is ' increasing
willingness, to accept the,
existence of Israel as part of
the process of peace."
Kissinger indicated he would
visit Israel and all of the
Arab countries he went to on
his last Mideast trip, Egypt,
Syria and Jordan. However,
he is not expected to leave
for the Mideast until after
Soviet Foreign Minister
Andrei Gromyko goes to
Cairo Feb. 3- and then
possibly Damascus and
Baghdad.
.' Meanwhile in Paris,
French President Valery
Giscard d'Estaing and
visiting Egyptian President
Anwar Sadat agreed to give
Kissinger's step-by-step
negotiations process in the
Mideast another chance. But
at the same time they also
agreed on the necessity to
reconvene the Geneva peace
conference before the end of
the  year.   Before  leaving
(CONTINUED ON PAGE 16)
Left to right; Andy Blazar, Mrs. Alan Lee, Mr. Alan
Lee, Kenny Lee, Steve Ellman.
Front row: Brian Lee..
Doug Lee Memorial Dedicated
Dr. HenTy Romberg
Over one hundred^and fifty
participants and spectators
gathered at the Jewish
Center gymnasium for the
formal dedication ,of the
glass basketball backboards
which were installed in
memory of Doug Lee. Their
installation was made
possible due to the many
contributions made by the
Jewish Community
following the fatal accident
which took Doug L«e's life.
The Teen Age Board was an
instrumental factor in both
the contribution process and
the dedication ceremony.
The evening began with
teenage chapters of AZA
participating in short games
which    exemplified, the
essence of Jewish Center
goals — that of having fun iff
a relaxed atmosphere.
Following the games, Mike
Talis, Co-chairman, of the
Physical Education Com¬
mittee opened the dedication
ceremony by introducing
Andy Blazar, teen-age
representative of TAB. Andy
made a brief comment
concerning the plaque and
presented it to Mr. and Mrs.
Alan Lee. The plaque was
mounted in the gymnasium
following the ceremony and
appropriately so, - the
mounting was. followed with
an inter-Center basketball
game between the Columbus
All-Stars and Cleveland.