Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-12-22
Letters to The Star
Mr.. Zif Replies to Letter o.
Arab Spokesman

Mr.. Zif Replies to Letter of
Arab Spokesman
| To the Editor Of The Star:
I have noted in your columns letter
signed by K. Khairy Of the Arab propa-
ganda office in Washingtons
This statement, unfortunately, is
filled with inaccuracies and contains in
addition certain vicious inferences
which are typical of organized Nazi
propaganda.
point out Mr.. Khairy's contention
that the Arabs are determined to save
Palestine from falling into the political
grip of the zionists, for "in doing SO,
they believe they would ultimately save
the whole Arab world from economic
enslavement by Jewish capital mo-
nopoly."
Now just what does Mr.. Khairy mean
by this statement? He is not talking
about the Arabs in Palestine but about
all the Arabs of the world, presumably
stretching all the way from the Persian
Gulf to the Atlantic, and under q
dozen different sovereignties. Is not
Mr.. Khairy mounting the same type
of Nazi absurdity which ultimately was
responsible for Sthe brutal murder OF
more than 5000, 900 Jews in Europe, and
perhaps for the present misery of that
afflicted continent?
The present cry has arisen since 1t
is now clear that the previous ale
cations about Palestine's absorptive Ca
pacity were pure inventions, and that
Palestine could absorb all the returning
Jews who wished to 60 there. Now 1t
appears necessary to build up great
Jewish DOGGY and show that the Elders
of Zion" are on the march again.
If this is not what Mr.. Khairy means,
what does he mean?
1t also seems fair to ask: Who is
putting up the money to keep this Arab
propaganda office going, and who is
pulling the strings?
The answer it appears to me is i'm
plicit in the control of these Arab gov
ernments by Great Britain. The chain
of cause and effect seems clear enough.
The statement made by me. together
with Louis Bromfeld, Representative
Bertrand w. Gearhart, Ben Hecht, Emil
Lengyel. Karlin Michaelis, Will Rogers,
jr.; Harry l.. Selden and Representative
Andrew L. Somers was the result of
careful study. Our opinion was that
the true struggle is not between the
Arabs and the Jews, but between the
unfortunate refugees seeking to return
to Palestine and the British bureau
Gratis seeking to keep them out. What
Britain is afraid Of is the question of
Jewish mercantile capacity. In short.
they do not wish the competition of
Jewish manufacturers in the Holy Land
for trade in the Middle East and North
Africa, and would prefer to have these
countries remain in the hands Of primi-
tive tribes.
1t also is of interest to point again to
the fact that every one of the regimes
to which Mr.. Khairy refers is an abso-
lutist monarchy. The standard of nv-
ing among Arabs is the lowest in the
world, except in Palestine near the
| Jewish settlements In such a country
as Saudi Arabia there is absolutely no
liberty whatever. II anything, the re-
| gime is Infinitely more tyrannous and
cruel than that of Hitler in Germany.
In Saudi Arabia, no Christian may live,
and in all of the Arab states Christians
as we'll as Jews have been massacred at
one time or another. The last mas
sacre of Christians took place in Iraq
in this generation and resulted In the
virtual humiliation Of the Assyrian ma
ton there.
The rest of the arguments given by
Mr.. Khairy are so much rubbish. Mr..
Khairy refers. for instance, to the very
heavy sacrifices in blood" made by the
Arabs to liberate their countries from
foreign domination. The only foreign
domination they suffered previous to
the present English rule, was that of
the Turks. In World War I, only a
handful of Arabs. who were paid heav-
lily in gold by Lawrence. fought on the
side of the Allies. The rest were in the
Turkish armies and were about as good
Christian haters as one is likely to find
anywhere.
In World War II few Arabs fought
| on our side. AS contrasted to the He
brews in Palestine who at one time
constituted more than 40 per cent of
Alexander's electives, the total num-
Der of Arabs who served in the Allied
armies was 5000, and most of these
were acknowledgements. Moreover, Iraq
revolted and joined the Germans, and
had to be retaken by British colonials
and Palestine Jews. Despite the SUBJ
sides granted them by Britain, the
other Arab states, as the witticism goes
were strictly neutral on the side Of
the Nazis." WILLIAM B. EFF.
Asks About Investors Rights
To the Editor OF The Star:
I have been reading in the papers
lately that the Fact Finding Board
appointed by the President to deter
mine the ability of corporations to pay
higher salaries to organized labor in.
tends to base its decisions on the earn
ings of the corporations. But I, ano
many other investors with whom have
spoken, are wondering whether this
board will take into consideration the
fact that investors should receive 9
fair return on their investment ane
that the corporations should put enough
into their reserve funds to protect the
investors, the solvency of the com.
panies and also to insure jobs to labol
in times of depression.
From statistical information that
have gathered it is my understanding
that there are greater number o,