The Phoenix Jewish news., 1959-09-18
decentralization And Suez

N0TIOndIIzdI1OII NIIO OOOA
When an individual harbors feeling he knows to
be wrong what does he do? He looks under rocks TO
find excuses, naturalization which turns olack lnto
white.
That is why many nonJews embrace the view
point of the American Council for Judaism Ihls IS a
Qroup which is so antZonst that has become Wnat
It claims it is no-anti Israel 1t picks on Israel policies
both foreign and domestic and picks on groups the
United States who send aid to needy Jews IN lsraei.
1t is natural that individuals with ant-JeWlsn 1eec
nps find it so easy to sympatze with the syoglsms Oh
the American Council for JUDAISM
But one source of naturalization for wrongful hate
of religion and its followers isn't adequate Ii TWO OF
three or four can be found The more excuses an no
vidual can find for his wrongdolng the easier II
is for him to blot out his guilt feelings
That is why antiJewish officials in the United states
Department of State scurried to congratulate Cnar
man j. W. Fulbright of the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee for his speech laudng the United AraD
Republic for its operation OF the Suez Canal
The Jewish Telegraphc Agency reported that the
Fulbright speech seen as counterWelgnt 70 plo
Israel efforts to block pending World Bank loan TO
the UAR to improve the canal supporters OF lsa f
maritime rights maintained that such loan was noI
indicated at time when the UAR eHplolIs lie o"
as a blockade against Israel
The Fulbrght view which warmed the cookies OF
several hearts in the State Department, was qulte
singular Everybody ese-except the AraDs Oh course
seems to think it quite improper to finance inter-
national outlawTy
When President Eisenhower and his late secretary OF
state John Foster Dulles hauled bantam rooster srae
off the back of reluctant dragon Egypt IN 1900 l
said that freedom of Suez usage shoud pc gwen 9vSy
nation as originally intended and that the United Ma
tions should act forcetully any natloh ris'S IL '
Suez violated.
Well the Danish ship Inge Toft with Danish crew
and Israel cargo has been hung more than lOO days
now in Egypt's Port Said-n direct VIOLATION Oh tne
Eisenhower edict. The seizure was part OIL al fi"o
economic boycott of Israel.
Not onlv has no one taken forceful action against
Egypt but Senator Fulbrlght has come TO DlctaCo1
Nassers defense by asserting that Nasser has operaeo
the canal wondrously well and therefore has entlteo
himself to $40 OOO,OOO WOrld bank loan W "iuoA o
canal
Fortunately not everyone in position TO be nearu
on this subject has been able to stomach this outrage
Thirteen of the 3O-member House Banking and Cur-
roncv Committee-seven Democrates and six Repub-
icans-Wrote Aug &c to the World Bank presloen1I;
eve believe that the international community snoulo
not provide assistance to the UAR Tor the canaI !n
rrovement lest it appear to cOndOne clear VlOlauo
of international decision intolerable aggression Dy
one nation against neighbor We do insist tnat IU
mony be used to finance international artery une
it is recognized as such without hm1aton Oh reS'lt
ton"
Said the New York Times editorially on Aug. ~
sIt should be made condition of any loan that the
Suez Canal be truly international thorough1are Will
out limitations or RESTRICTIONS
AS far back as June 13, the London Economist de-
clarede r
s'The pressure on Cairo would be much greater II
the World Bank insisted before granting its loan tnaC
Egypt should honestly and in full carry out its oDhga-
tions.'
The Economist statement came about the same ume
25 senators telegraphed President Eisenhower IN pro-
test against the Nasser blockade The senators
assurance from Assistant Secretary OF State Wlah
Macomber Jr that the World Bank is cOnversant Will
our longstanding policy IN support OF lreeuom -
transit "
The state department has done nothing to Implement
this ongstanding policy It's officials have been care
full to seal themselves against the sounds OF tne OUT
ragged, lest they suffer represslons.
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