The Phoenix Jewish news., 1958-11-07
PuIIiam And Marquard+
VOL. XII, No. s

II ssspeeot at the monthly luncheon meeting of the
Phoenix Chamber of Commerce, Eugene Pulliam, pub
Usher of both Phoenix daily newspapers, expressed
himself somewhat moderately on the question OF
Israel than he did in his dispatches he wrote for his
papers during tour of the Middle East. He did not
reiterate his charges that Israel begerent He did
not again echo the Arab propaganda llne-as he did
in one of his newspaper arcles-that Israel refuses
to make peace to keep money coming in from
U. S. Jews. And he acknowledged that Israel is here
to stay.
But from that point on Pulliam dished out the
one-sided hokum before, prime item of which was
his proposal that Israel limit its immigration basis
for peace This of course straight out of the Arab
book How absurd that Arab nations with aggregate
population of A million should demand, condition
of making peace, that Israel, with a population OF
about million, close its gates to any more. How alb
surd too that an American publisher should indorse
such demand. He would be the frst-and rightfully
so-to express indignation at Russian proposal that
America limit immigration prerequisite to settle
ment of the cold war Yet he would impose such dis
ciplne Israel And this the tiny country which has
thrilled free people everywhere by keeping it's doors
firmly open to prosecuted and helpless Jews of all
nations whatever the burden to her own economy.
A few days after Pulliams speech delivered,
and duly spashed the top of page OF the Ari-
zona Republic something else appeared in the paper
which sent tremor through the Jewish people of
Phoenix. That letter which in the ettersto
the-editor column and was signed by Norman H. Jen-
kns of Los Angeles The last line of the letter read like
this: f the American people discover what the
Zionists have wrought in this once great and free
country, what happened in Germany would be school
picnic in comparison"
We have yet to read more outrageous and provoca-
tive statement This is the sort of thing would ex
pect to see in Conde Mckinley Gerald L. K. Smith
hate sheet-certanly not in a daily newspaper of at
least prma face respectablity Such hatemongerng in
the South has reaped inevitable harvest of bomb
ings of Jewish buildings. Is the thing to happen
here?
We are most emphaticaly not saying that this in
fammatory statement reflects the opinion of Eugene
Puiam his newspaper 1t reflects the opinion of
of his readers, and, ferventy hope, more than
one. Still the editors of the Arizona Republic have
clear obligation to prevent such ncendiary material
from being published, whether in the form of a letter
to the editor any other FORM The Republic
its letters printing but not all that it receives and
closely editing those that does Harry Breverman
secretary of the Phoenix Brandeis Zionist District
acutely that this policy prevails at the Republic.
He wrote letter to the paper criticzing the Pulams
for their Slanted reporting Israel and the Middle
East But the paper refused to print his letter any
part of it, although he was given to understand by
Frederic S. Marquard editor of the Republic that
if he wrote letter the subject of Puiams propos-
al for ban on Israel immigration it would be pub
lished In other words, if Mr.. Breverman wrote on
subject of the Republics choosing he could get into
print
It is obvious therefore, that the Repubc-to put it
mildyexercises discrimination in the choice of
letters which it publishes If that is So why did it not
exercise the same discrimination in the Of the
Jenkins letter and at least excise that portion of the
letter which is so clearly nfammatory?
It is true-and we hereby make due and proper
acknowledgement of the fact-that the Republic and
Gazette have published letters which pro-Zonist
rtiZ Zionict hot ic not tho icoun
The issue whether the columns of the daily press
to be given to expressions of hatred and incte
ment To do this is to be irresponsible in the extreme
and to mperi the peace of the community.