The Arizona post., 1960-03-04
The Arizona Post
World Report
"A Digest Of jewish World News

U.S. Navy Drops Disput ed Clause
The U.S. Navy has cancelled contract clause
in it's shipping contracts which has been widely cri-
czed as abettng the Arab boycott of Israel. The
clause contained options to protect Navy cargoes car
red by shippers if the Arabs refused to accommodate
their ships for having done business with Israel.
Meanwhile it was also revealed that the U.S. State
Dept has "weeded out" Jews from among U.S. per-
sonnel assigned to Pakistan The deputy undersecre
tary of state for administration says he will personally
investigate the Pakistan policy. President Eisen
hover has rejected any idea of selling arms to Israel
even though he acknowledged that Sovet-bloc arms
are being shipped to Arab states He also Indicated
dismissal of the idea of possible Amercan-Israel
mutual security pact
The University of Washington is investigating
anti-Semitic actions on campus. When Bruce Oster-
man of San Francisco was elected president of the
freshman class unidentified students threw fecrack
ers at Osterman and painted swastkas on the truck
he was riding. The youth responded with obscene
gesture university officials said, and was suspended
from his class presidency AS result of the incident
the university president has ordered the dean of stu
dents investigate the extent of bgotry the cam
pus. In Norwalk, Conn.,, pair of 22 year old
youths were arrested charges of defacng the Beth
Israel Synagogue Two 15yearold boys were arrested
in Levittown Ii for smearing swastikas on school
and on Roman Catholic Church and on headstones
of Baptist cemetery -.
Israel Appealing to UN
Israel has warned the United Nations Security
Council to act promptly against the United Arab Re-
publics campaign of open incitement to war" The
warning came in letter in which Israel said that the
UAR is ntensifying its policy of hostility In Paris
Moshe Dayan former Israel Chief of Staff denied
charges by President Nasser that Israel is mobizing
its troops Gen. Dayan made a flat denial of the
charge Several leaders of a small ultra nationalist
'Nasser is our Ben Gurion were detained and their
publication suspended after extensive agitation this
week. A motion of non-confidence in Ben Gurion's
coalition government defeated by the KnesSet by
vote of 5816 with 13 absentiOns All of the 16 votes
by Herut deputies. Sharp tax hikes in Israel
will boost prices for housing, electric appliances and
other consumer goods. Hundreds of Orthodox
Jews wearing prayer-shawls prayed for rain this
week. Unseasonaby dry weather has caused nearly
10 million pounds in drought damage to Isra el
crops
The Union of American Hebrew Congregations
has appealed to governors of Al states to end capital
punishment The National Council of Churches
has come out with strong opposition to temptations
to make of the school church and of the classroom
an evangelistic hail." -. A Detroit girl, Murie
Greenspon has won the $500 Detroit Grand Opera
Grinnel scholarship. A real estate agent who had
advertised land for sale adjacent to exclusive
Jewish golf club publicly apoogized. The ad indicated
membership was restricted to Jewish applicants.