OBSERVATIONS ON SOUTH VIETNAM

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'Tie ignorance that tempts men
Who cannot foresee our fate,
Since Statesmen have become Politicians,
And Party is placed before State.
Some criticize the Supreme Court,
And believe them to be out of line
For they think the Court's decisions
Often make it easier for crime.
When the criminal cannot be confined
Within the so-called "Pen,"
But soon gets back to his old "gang"
To do the same-or worse,-again.
Now if occasion should arise
To appoint another man,
Please find one who is just and faithful
To do the best-under God-that he can.
To wipe out crime is a fine thing,
And this is no time to laugh;
But 'twould take half of our citizens
To police the other half.
To clean this all up is much needed,
For it certainly has a big start;
And like the nice red apple
There's a worm in its very heart.
There's a Communist infiltration
And enemies, galore,
Jealous of American prosperity,
And anxious to take us o'er.
But this same infiltration
Has been apparent so long,
One can scarcely trust his neighbor,
As together we travel along.
The "Commies" threaten to "bury us"
With no apology,
But we know they would rather have us
Accept their ideology.
They've taken Cuba under their wing-
Only 90 miles away,
And we cannot trust Castro
Today nor any day.
Let us keep up a watchful waiting
On things as they are down there,
As they receive their help from overseas
We should drop to our knees in prayer.
We live in the "post Christian era,"
Is what the newspapers say;
We would do well to confess our guilt
And start over again, today.
For world conditions now
Are causing much concern,
And the best of men are puzzled
With causes they cannot discern.
Not long ago, a preacher friend,
Honest and staunch and true,
Was speaking on world conditions
And what they may lead into;
He said we must turn to God for strength-
Then, working together, must try
To help to find the way through
And not "watch a nation die."
Now when Congress makes the new laws-
The cure for all our ills-
There will be nothing left for the taxpayer
But hard work to pay the bills.
Then we'll never more so proudly
"The Star-Spangled Banner" wave-
For Americans will not be "free" men,
Nor live "in the home of the brave."
OBSERVATIONS ON SOUTH
VIETNAM
Mr. ERVIN. Mr. President, I receive
many communications from people who
assert that the United States ought not
to have become involved in the fighting
in South Vietnam, and that it ought to
withdraw its military forces forthwith
from that unhappy land.
Ever since I came to the Senate, I have
opposed the policies of the National Gov-
ernment which are based on the proposi-
tion that the United States should shoul-
der all the burdens of the earth. For
this reason, and also because of the lo-
gistic problems which its terrain and un-
developed state create, I have never
favored the stationing of our military
forces in South Vietnam.
We cannot solve the South Vietnam
problem, however, by asserting that we
should not have stationed our military
forces there or become involved in the
fight of its Government and a substantial
segment of its people against the Viet-
cong, even though it pleases some com-
mentators to call that fight a civil war
rather than a war for independence.
Ostriches may bury their heads in the
sand when danger appears. But we
must live as men, and not as ostriches.
Consequently, we must face stern re-
alities in attempting to reach a conclu-
sion concerning South Vietnam and our
connection with it. These stern realities
are as follows:
First. Communism has not yet for-
saken its purpose of world subjugation.
Proof of this statement is found in the
fact that both Russia and China are
furnishing weapons to the Vietcong.
Second. North Vietnam, a Communist
controlled country, is using its weapons
to arm the Vietcong forces, which-are
composed in substantial part of trained
men from North Vietnam and are
directed by officers placed in their com-
mand by North Vietnam.
Third. The question of whether or not
the United States should be engaged in
war in South Vietnam is an academic
one. As Grover Cleveland would say, we
are confronted by a condition and not a
theory. We are already engaged in such
war and our servicemen are being killed
and wounded daily.
Fourth. There are only three courses
of action open to the United States. The
first is to settle the war by negotiation;
the second is to fight the war with a will
to win it; and the third is to withdraw
our forces from South Vietnam and thus
surrender southeast Asia to the Vietcong
who are simply Communist agents.
The President has attempted to reach
a settlement by negotiation. Despite
the entreaties of virtually the entire
civilized world, the only nations which
can negotiate a settlement; that is, North
Vietnam and China, have contemptu-
ously rejected the President's offer to
negotiate.
This being true, the hope that the war
might be settled by negotiation seems
to have degenerated for the time being
into an empty dream.
As a consequence, it is obvious that
the United States must either fight or
withdraw. Neither our love of peace nor
intellectual sophistry can disguise the
truth that our withdrawal would con-
stitute a surrender to the Communists,
who are bent on extinguishing the lights
of liberty throughout the earth.
Even though the executive department
of the Federal Government may have
erred in stationing our military forces
in South Vietnam, the United States
cannot afford to withdraw them as long
as the Government of South Vietnam or
a substantial segment of its people wish
them to remain there.
The stakes involved are too high. If
we withdraw under existing circum-
stances, we shall lose the confidence of
the free world to which we have pledged
our aid against Communist aggression.
Moreover, all of southeast Asia, and pos-
sibly India and Pakistan, will immedi-
ately fall under Red Chinese domination.
One hesitates to think what this would
portend for the freedom of Malasia, the
Philippines, Australia, and New Zealand,
and even for that of the United States
itself.
On some occasions I receive requests
from well-meaning persons that I arise
upon the Senate floor and denounce our
presence and conduct in South Vietnam
as illegal and outrageous.
Even if I were sure that these persons
had complete possession of all the truth
on the subject, I would be reluctant to
do this for one reason and incapable of
doing it for another.
While I am always ready to participate
in efforts to persuade our National Gov-
ernment to pursue wise policies or
abandon foolish ones, I am ever reluc-
tant to denounce my country in respect
to its contests with foreign foes. This
is true because I was nurtured on the
brand of patriotism which prompted
Senator Crittenden to make this state-
ment while the Mexican War was raging:
I hope to find my country in the right;
however, I will stand by her, right or wrong.
My incapability to stand upon the
Senate floor and denounce the United
States for its presence and conduct in
South Vietnam arises out of this consid-
eration: My action in so doing would
lend aid and comfort to Ho Chi Minh
and his Vietcong because it would tend
to engender in them the belief that
America's will to fight is weak and that
they will be masters of South Vietnam if
they prolong the war and slay more
Americans. -
I have seen war, and I hate war. Not-
withstanding, I believe that the only
course reasonably open to it under exist-
ing circumstances in South Vietnam is
for the United States to fight with a will
to win and to strike the enemy such
blows as may be necessary to bring
North Vietnam to the conference table
or defeat with the least delay.
After all, war is sometimes the only
road which leads to ultimate peace and
safety.
ESTABLISHMENT OF 12-MILE FISH-
ERY ZONE
Mr. MAGNUSON. Mr. President, the
Norwegian Commercial Club of Seattle,
Wash., has gone on record in support of
legislation I have introduced (S. 2218)
along with other Senators, to establish a
12-mile fishery zone off our coast to pro-
tect our domestic fishery resources. The
text of the resolution passed by the Nor-
wegian Commercial Club points out the
threat of foreign fishing operations and
provides a very thoughtful statement in
support of our extended fishery jurisdic-
tion. I ask unanimous consent that a
copy of this resolution be printed in the
RECORD.
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There being no objection, the resolu-
tion was ordered to be printed in the REC-
ORD, as follows:
RESOLUTION RELATING TO THE FISHING INDUS-
TRY, PASSED BY THE MEMBERSHIP OF THE
NORWEGIAN COMMERCIAL CLUB, SEATTLE,
WASH., AT ITS REGULAR MEETING HELD. ON
JANUARY 27, 1966
Whereas the fishing industry of the Pa-
cific Northwest is one of our major indus-
tries and makes a great contribution to the
economic strength not only of the Pacific
coast, but of the entire United States; and
Whereas the Pacific Northwest fishing in-
dustry is now threatened by a large foreign
fishery operation which includes a huge fleet
of foreign vessels which are fishing in the
Northwest area without any regard to the ac-
cepted conservation practices that have been
established by the United States and Can-
ada; and
Whereas the huge foreign fishing opera-
tion has but one objective, that of exploiting
our fisheries and cannot help but break down
the conservative practices now employed by
the North American fishermen, with the re-
sulting destruction of stocks of fish upon
which, fishermen of the. United States and
Canada must depend for future employment
in the Pacific Northwest fishing industry;
and
Whereas the conditions now existing with
the invasion of the foreign fishing fleets in
the Pacific Northwest have not been given
adequate consideration by the various de-
partments of the U.S. Government looking
toward the protection of the fishermen of the
Pacific Northwest fishing industry; and
Whereas one of the principal means of giv-
ing some measure of protection to the Pacific
Northwest fishing industry is by the exten-
sion of the U.S. territorial limits from the 3-
mile limit to a 12-mile limit: Now, therefore,
be it
Resolved, That the Norwegian Commercial
Club of Seattle, Wash., through this resolu-
tion, urges and requests the U.S. Government
and its various agencies to extend immedi-
ately the limit of U.S. fisheries jurisdiction
from 3 miles to 12 miles with the establish-
ment of appropriate baselines from which
these limits are determined, and after this
is done, that the U.S. Government agencies
be requested to seek further international
agreements either to allow sufficient exten-
sion beyond the 12-mile limit, or other ap-
propriate measures to adequately protect the
stocks of fish which owe their existence
solely to the conservation efforts and pro-
grams established by the North American
fishermen; and to protect from depletion
other stocks of fish existing in the Pacific
Ocean and Alaskan waters, the exploitation
of which stocks by foreign vessels is of rela-
tive recent origin and upon which stocks the
fishermen of the Pacific Northwest will de-
pend in the future for their livelihood and to
which our country will look for part of its
food supply in the future; and be it further
Resolved, That copies of this resolution be
sent to the President of the United States;
the Members of the U.S. Senate and the U.S.
Congress from the State of Washington; the
Governor of the State of Washington; and
with the fishing industry.
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WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN IN VIET-
NAM
Mr. FANNIN. Mr.. President, some
Americans undoubtedly are confused by
the number of contradictory statements
and articles about the war in Vietnam.
One of those who is not confused is the
editor of the Arizona Daily Star in Tuc-
son, Mr. William R. Mathews. On April
24, he published an editorial entitled
"What It Takes To Win in Vietnam"
which I commend to all Members of the
Senate and ask unanimous consent for
it to be printed in the RECORD.
. There being no objection, the editorial
was ordered to be printed in the RECORD,
as follows:
WHAT IT TAKES To WIN IN VIETNAM
(By William R. Mathews)
If there were anything easy to predict, it
would be to forecast that the troubled
domestic political situation in Vietnam
amounts to a continuation of what has gone
on in the past, and will continue in the fu-
ture. There will be elections within 5
months, probably. Once the tallies,are made
public, there will be losers and victors. The
losers will cry about fraud.
If a civilian government is established, the
chances are that it will last not many
months, and possibly only weeks. Another
civilian government will succeed it, and it
will go through much the same process.
Finally another dictatorship, probably a
military one, will take over. It, too, will last
only some months, unless Washington gets
tough with the religious and political leaders
of the country, which will include some gen-
erals.
There are some good reasons to justify
this forecast. One of the most powerful is
war weariness, which generates religious and
patriotic passions, and divides a country into
warring political fragments. Because South
Vietnam is a country of fragmented political
parties, civilian life will continue in a state
of anarchy and thus weaken the military
effort.
Amid all of this development, America
will continue to wage war against the Viet-
cong as best it can. The South Vietnam
Army obviously will be weakened, and will
be unable to carry its share of the wax load.
Our bombing will continue and will have to
be enlarged against basic targets, like oil
storage farms in North Vietnam. It should
be realized that North Vietnam has trucks,
and that they run supplies and men south,
using gasoline or diesel fuel which we per-
mit North Vietnam to import, store, and use.
If we finally hit those oil installations, the
trucks would lack fuel. The supply line
would be weakened at the source of its
strength.
Thus the situation we American find our-
selves in will continue probably for years-
certainly until we get tired of it, or get
tough with the leaders of the numerous
religious and political factions. If enough
of them do not agree to unify and create
a war government with militant leadership,
that will not tolerate any organized opposi-
tion during the period of the war, we should
pull out. Unite and fight must be our policy,
and we should mean it and not apologize
for it. Our patience is no longer a virtue, be-
cause it is taken as a sign of weakness.
That is obviously has encouraged the
leaders of North Vietnam is proven by their
scorn of our failure to develop a unified war
effort in South Vietnam. Until we do that,
and add to it the extension of our bombing
against military targets in all of North Viet-
nam, the leaders of North Vietnam will re-
main firm in their unwillingness to talk.
We have to break the will of their political
and military leaders to resist. No war is won
or even stalemated, until the will of such
leaders is impaired or broken. Our Civil
War was not won until the will of Gen. Rob-
ert E. Lee was broken. World War I was
not won until the will of Von Hindenburg
was broken sufficiently to have him demand
that his Kaiser abdicate.
In. World War II, the Germans were denied
victory in their invasion of the Soviet Union.
by the will of Stalin to unite the efforts of
his people in "the great patriotic war." The
war was not won until the will of Hitler was
broken by his own suicide.
The Korean war was not won by us be-
cause we did not have the will to win it.
The persistency of the Chinese. led by Mao.
endured long enough to win P. compromise
from us.
The war in -Vietnam will not be won until
we and South Vietnam unite with the de-
termination to win it. For us to imagine
that North Vietnam will talk to us as long
as anarchy prevails in South Vietnam, and
our political leaders openly proclaim our
reasonableness, is wishful thinking.
The leaders of North Vietnam will not
talk reasonably until the political govern-
ment of South Vietnam unites with our
Army, Air Force, and Navy to wage war with
a unity that can win and can hurt North
Vietnam.
Consequently, if we are going to pet and
pamper the political leaders of South Viet-
nam, and meticulously stand aside and
thereby encourage anarchy and disunity, we
will be stuck in Vietnam with an ever-
increasing cost in American lives and wealth.
That could become a devastating political
issue by 1968 at least, and possibly in 1966.
Our intensified bombing of North Vietnam
could be decisive If It were backed by a uni-
fied and competent government of South
Vietnam, whose armies would unite with ours
In sea, land, and air operations that would
drive the invaders from the country. The
Vietcong will not give up, until they see that
they are licked, and neither will North Viet-
nam.
Speeches by Ambassador Goldberg, Senator
MANSFIELD and Secretary Rusk during the
past week have been most unfortunate.
These expressions of reasonableness will
cause the Vietcong and the political leaders
of Hanoi to be more adamant than ever.
They see them as proof of our political weak-
ness and our lack of will to wage war.
In such circumstances, the conclusion in
Vietnam will continue; our soldiers out there
will be snore confused; so will many Senators
and Congressmen. This confusion will grow
among the people of the United States.
No wonder the Chinese people speak of us
as a paper tiger.
THE THIRD HOUSE
Mr. BYRD of West Virginia. Mr.
President, complaints against the! Rules
Committee of the House of Represent-
atives have been long, loud, and legion,
but not always legitimate. Although it
has proved at times to be a formidable
roadblock for good legislation-depend-
ing, of course, upon one's own viewpoint,
just as "beauty is altogether in the eye
of the beholder"-the committee' has also
been known to provide decent but timely
burial for legislative measures the pas-
sage of which would have been not only
embarrassing to the authors thereof but
also inimical to the welfare of the coun-
try. Thus, the committee has been, at
one and the same time, a good scape-
goat and a scapegoat good for respon-
sible government.
For, what may appear as the devil's
handmaiden to the political scientist in
the ivory tower of the college classroom
may in reality be a blessing in disguise
to the scientific politician in the very real
arena of the legislative process.
The House Rules Committee, like the
traffic policeman on the street, often finds
Itself the target of vituperation. from
those whom it serves.
It cannot be gainsaid that the com-
mittee has been authoritarian, despotic,
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The village chief is always present at such
wasn't being born. Shortly after one of his penetrating and important article about functions and American representatives are
radio broadcasts he went to the prosecutor the Vietnam war. In it, he points out careful to see that such aid is never a
with what was almost an accusation, and the fact that in this troubled land our project greater than what the Saigon gov-
there was nothing for the prosecutor to do pacification work is going ahead on a Pr'- ernment will be able to furnish after the
but send the detectives over to the clinic to
equal _a____ efforts.
trap
s
see what was going on"
trips to South Vietnam confirm for me civic action can range from singing classes
In the course of appealing the case from
the lower courts, where he and Mrs. Griswold that Mr. Schieffer is correct. to rebuilding burnt-out schools.
were fined $100 each and released on $250 I commend him on his apt analysis The Korean soldiers often instituted an-
bond, Dr. Buxton wrote to experts at every and congratulate the Star-Telegram for other twist. Tra Quan Do, the Korean
medical college in the country, asking for providing its readers such professional combination of karate and judo.
The Korean soldiers often stage shows to
written support. He got it, even from many and talented observers. display their prowess in the deadly art.
Catholic medical schools. Finally, on June In order that other Senators may share They will break planks over their heads and
7, 1965, the U.S. Supreme Court handed down
its historic 7-to-2 decision. Justice Mr. Schieffer's thoughts, I ask Uriaril- shatter bricks with their bare hands.
William ow strong 0. Douglas, in n writing g the the majority y opinion, mows consent that the article be printed "We Youl don't villagerhave to Sebee of the
declared the case concerned "a relationship in the RECORD. aranymore, we'll show you how you
lying within the zone of privacy created by There being no objection, the article strong we'll show Mao Gen.
several fundamental constitutional guaran- was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, can Vietcong n Chae be this Shin, boss of the Raj Tien. Myung
tees" and said the Connecticut law "in for- as follows: Division.
bidding the use of contraceptives rather than COCKED WEAPONS AND TIP OF HELMET: KILL- "We have 700 high school age "boys We've
their manufacture or sale, seeks ING, PACIFYING Go HAND IN HAND IN VIET rolled in the classes," Chae said. "We've
to achieve its goals by means having a maxi- WAR really been encouraged."
mum destructive impact upon that relation- (EDITOR'S NoTE.-Soldiers in Vietnam often The projects are not always encouraging.
ship. find themselves engaged in civic as well as
the "We Bill of deal with a Rights-right older r than privacy our older than political military action, writes Bob Schaeffer, who Advisers once built a small village a well
only to return later and find it being used
parties, older than our school system," he recently returned after 4 months in Vietnam, as a community latrine.
concluded. "Marriage is a coming together Why and how the servicemen wage a war of and
for better or worse, hopefully enduring and pacification is told in this article, the fifth Foodstuffs later found in are Vietcong sometiometimees s dist discribuaretete.d
and is having
intimate to the degree of being sacred." of a series.)
The two dissenting Justices, Stewart and (By Bob Schaeffer) But the program continues at least some effect.
Black, both thought the Connecticut law On Monday a marine private might be organ of the Communist
Party in Phone, V organ
offensive but constitutional. pinned down by enemy rifle fire as his com- Tien
reported e the u it
Within days after the Supreme Court deci- pany advances on a Vietcong controlled vil-
sion the New York Legislature modified its lage. Scan buildup and pacification, practically
84-year-old Comstock law to remove all re- By Tuesday afternoon he might be help- speaking, had forced the Vietcong to extract
strictions on the dissemination of birth-con- ing one of the villagers to build a pigsty or higher taxes from the peasant and increase
trol information and to permit sale of con- military conscription.
showing a small boy how to put medicine The Communist magazine counseled the
traceptives lthough the to laaw w had had everyone
not over been the age enforced d of 16. for on ' a Every leech mbite.arine is a civic action officer," comrades not to forget the political side of
Altho
A
years, it had been resurrected by the Catholic Maj. Paul Melcher, who heads the Marine the war.
Welfare Conference in an effort to stop birth- civic action program, explained one day. They admit they are being hurt by the
control activities by the State board of so- "You might say we go into a village with pacification programs. They also admit, like
cial welfare. weapons cocked but we still tip our helmets." politicians in other countries, that raising
Later in the summer the Massachusetts "Civic action" or "pacification" as it is taxes and increasing the draft are not the
Legislature defeated a similar repeal move, sometimes called is one of the biggest efforts easiest ways to make friends.
but this was the one exception to last year's in the war against the Vietcong.
general easing of legal and administrative re- In short, pacification is a program to build
straints. Ohio and Minnesota joined New the loyalty, confidence and respect of the EIGHTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF
York in clearing away restrictions from their peasants in Vietnam's farfiung rural ham- STATE OF ISRAEL
statutes. Seven States-California, Colorado, lets for the Central Government.
Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, and Ne- There is a saying in Vietnam that "the Mr. MONDALE. Mr. President, last
vade-adopted positive legislation to author- Emperor's power does not extend beyond week, together with a number of other
ize or encourage public family planning the palace gate." Members of this body, and Members of
services. And according to a Planned Parent- Vietnam no longer has an Emperor, but a the other House, I had the privilege of
hood survey more than 40 States have made succession of Saigon governments has found attending a luncheon sponsored by the
administrative decisions favorable to such it difficult to extend much influence beyond American Israel Public Affairs sponsored by the
Commit-
programs over the past 4 or 5 years. the streets of the capital city.
The long and bitter political battle in Sometimes when friendly forces drive the tee. It was a part of the Seventh An-
Chicago and Illinois ended last June when Vietcong out of a village they find themselves nual National Policy Conference of the
the State legislature passed a resolution au- unwelcome. committee, and coincided with the
thorizing State agencies to provide birth- "You can't blame them for being suspi- 18th birthday of the State of Israel.
control services. And the Chicago Board of cious," said an Army captain. "They ex- I understand that the Hebrew word
Health, under the adroit persuasion of its pect the worst because that's all they've "Choi" which also means "life."
president, Dr. Eric Oldberg, a prominent ever had." for A 18-is icularly significant birthday, I
neurosurgeon, cautiously began family plan- That is why such emphasis, government
ning services in 9 of its 39 city health centers. officials say, is placed on pacification. should think, for a state which has given
His viewpoint conflicts sharply with that of The soldiers attempt to show the villagers dignity and opportunity to so many lives
Dr. Karl A. Meyer, 79-year-old medical super- that their government can offer them a bet- and which has in fact been responsible
intendant of the huge Cook County Hospital, ter life. for saving the lives of a considerable
which still has no birth-control clinics even Schools are rebuilt, committees are or- part of its populace. To oppressed and
though its annual delivery of 18,000 babies is ganized for food distribution and public hJews throughout the world,
the largest of any hospital in the country. health and other services which more so- homeless om in lands
where freedom ie a myth
"Birth control," Meyer has remarked, "is a phisticated societies expect in return for living
and tolerance a vice, the word "life" myth and
socioeconomic problem, not a medical one." their taxes.
However you define it, birth-control infor- Care is exercised and tight controls are the word "Israel" can also be synony-
mation has been denied to the many women used in the civic reforms. mous.
who have sought it at Cook County. In an "If a person needs pills to cure an illness," In the spirit of celebration of Israel's
interview on CBS-TV, one woman said she says Maj. Mike Styles, a marine based at 18th birthday, and in recognition of the
asked a doctor at Cook County if he could Da Nang, "he is given only one pill and told close and continuing ties of friendship
help her stop having children. "He told me to come back the next day for his next between our two democracies, I ask
no, I was too young," she said, "and was good dose, unanimous consent to have printed in
for 20 more." iV] "That way the Vietcong are not liable to
V get hold of a large supply of medical sup- the RECORD the text of the address de-
plies. livered last week by Dr. Phillip S. Bern-
CIVIC ACTION" IN VIETNAM stein, chairman of the American Israel
"Also we feel that this gives a person a public Affairs Committee, and the policy
Mr. TOWER. Mr. President, Reporter' chance to maintain more frequent contact
Bob Schieffer of the Fort Worth Star- with his government, especially the village statement adopted by the committee at
Telegram has recently written a most chief." the conference.
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There being no objection, the address existence which again promises a moral mes- acquisitions, our Government has recognized
and statement were ordered to be n.rin+o,i sage to mankind
auyyay weapons to Israe.t in order
in the RECORD, as follows: But problems continue. The Arab States, to enable her to maintain her deterrent
TEXT of ADDRESS By RA88I PSltip S. BERN- and especially the United Arab Republic un- strength. Our Government has emphasized
STEIN, ADDRESAN OF THE E destruction of Israel. Can we not express sales of arms to the area" and has assisted
the hope that the United States will use its other nations whose regimes are threatened
According to an ancient Jewish practice great influence, its strength, its firm states- by President Nasser's Soviet-equipped forces.
there are prescribed readings from the manship, toward bringing Arabs and Jews The Arab States may be induced to make
Scriptures in each Sabbath service. Last together at a peace table? The mood seems peace if they come to realize that Israel is
Saturday morning we read from II Kings, to be changing somewhat in the Arab coun- fortified-both by her own strength arid by the
chapter 5. It told of Naaman, the Aramean tries. Can we not by a firm clear position commitment of the international community
general, who was stricken with leprosy. throw all our weight behind efforts to to preserve the peace.
Learning of a healing prophet in Israel achieve peace? Israel desperately wants it. There is no alternative to direct Arab-
named Elisha he sought him out for advice. The Arabs desperately need it. Israel peace negotiations. The call for peace
The prophet said, "Bathe seven times in the However, until that consummation is must be raised constantly by the United
river Jordan." Naaman was furious. Were reached and while the U.S.S.R. pours bil- States and all the great powers-firmly and
there not rivers in Syria larger and greater lions in arms into the Arab lands, our Gov- without conditions.
than the little Jordan? But he was per- ernment must help Israel to maintain deter-
suaded and he was healed. III. U.S. AID
rent strength. We know it is such strength
The Jordan is a little river. Palestine is that has kept Nasser from attacking Israel In recent years, American policy has clearly
a small country. Israel is no larger than in the past and we know that it will be a de- reflected our Government's determination to
New Jersey. But that little place has terrent factor in the future. By such aid as preserve the independence of the peoples of
brought healing and light and hope to man- needed we are in effect saying to the peoples the Nepr gnat.
kind. Out of it have come the three great of the area that an arms race is futile, waste_ Its Programs of economic. assistance to
religions of the Western World F th
r
om e
Holy Land emerged moral guidance, the
blueprint for the good life, the messianic
goals of God's kingdom.
This has been understood in the Western
World, and the special relationship of the
Jewish people to its ancestral home has been
recognized.
Especially has this been true in America.
Every American President since Woodrow
Wilson endorsed the Zionist objective. Pres-
ident Harry Truman gave official recognition
to the State of Israel within minutes after
its establishment. For decades now the
Congress of the United States has indicated
its approval and support by official action
and practical aid. The American people on
the whole have been sympathetic and help-
ful. Without this sympathy and aid Israel.
might not have come into existence, and it
would have faced the greatest difficulty in
surviving. For this Israel and its friends
are profoundly grateful.
However, I want to point out on this oc-
casion that this has been a reciprocal process.
Israel has made very important contribu-
tions. It was one of the first free states to
emerge after World War II. It became a pilot
plant for small aspiring democracies.
Israel has given technical aid, guidance and
assistance to more than 60 countries in Asia,
Africa, and, more recently, in Latin America,
Israel is committed to democracy by its
deepest instincts and by Its most urgent
r
victory to one or the other, and the sooner tained, and employed people, and promoted
it can be ended the better for all the peoples better utilization of human and material
resources.
of the area
.
We express then on this significant anni-
versary gratitude and hope. We pray that
United States-Israel friendship will deepen
and grow in the interests of. peace for all.
AMERICAN ISRAEL PUBLIC AFFAIRS COMMITTEE
STATEMENT OF POLICY, APRIL 24, 1966
The American Israel Public Affairs Com-
mittee is a national organization of Ameri-
can Jews established in 1954 which sup-
ports day-to-day action in Washington to
strengthen U.S. policy in the Near East in
order to guarantee stability, raise living
standards, and promote an Arab-Israel peace
settlement.
Israel this year celebrates her 18th birth-
day. In these 18 years, Israel has redeemed
land and people, provided a home
for refugees from persecution, restored an
ancient spiritual and cultural homeland,
translated the precepts of democracy into
action to promote cooperation and freedom
throughout the world,
But Israel Is still a besieged land. She
must remain on constant alert to defend
herself from neighbors who refuse to make
peace and who accumulate planes, tanks,
ships, missiles and other lethal weapons in
preparation for another attack.
Both the administration and Congress have
adopted discriminating criteria in the allo-
cation of economic aid, setting conditions to
discourage recipients from misusing it-to
the detriment of their economies and to the
danger of their neighbors.
We welcome United States-Israel coopera-
tion to develop a desalting program and we
urge our Government to assist in the financ-
ing of such projects, which will open similar
development In many lands.
IV. REFUGEES
- needs. It does not wish to be a pawn In the
East-West struggle, but a whole constellation
of factors have made it the one trustworthy
bastion of democracy in that part of the
world.
Israel Is steadily becoming economically
stronger. It still needs help from the West
`because of its heavy burdens of defense, be-
cause of the cessation of German reparations
and because of its large-scale immigration.
However, it has been pointed out that U.S.
commercial sales to Israel have climbed from
about $70 million in 1960 to more than $125
million in 1964. The desalinization program
for which we hope there will be adequate as-
sistance by the United States is not entirely
altruistic, but will be through Israel's tech-
nological competence of great assistance to
our country as well. There is hardly an im-
portant level of life in which there cannot
be a mutually fructifying exchange of ideas
and personnel. -
This Is Israel's 18th birthday. The He-
brew word is "chat," which means life, It is
wonderful after the Nazi holocaust-and re-
We call for a realistic and constructive
solution of the Arab refugee problem to serve
the best interests of the refugees themselves.
For almost two decades they have been kept
as pawns In a propaganda and political war
against Israel. They have been exploited by
a demagogic leadership, which has refused
all attempts to facilitate their resettlement
and absorption and which now seeks to
create an artificial nation in exile.
The Palestine Liberation Organization now
seeks to enlist these refugees in an army and
it is indefensible that funds of the United
Nations Relief and Works Administration
(UNRWA) should be squandered for rations
which subsidize the mobilization and train-
ing of that army.
The rolls of UNRWA h
b
een inflated
1. THE NEED FOR PEACE NEGOTIATIONS ave
and should be purged of those no longer eli-
The continuing Arab threat to destroy gible because of death, employment, and
Israel, reinforced by the arms escalation, resettlement.
menaces all the peoples of the Near East and The Arab States responsible for the dis-
challenges the great powers to take positive placement of the Arab refugees must begin
action looking toward peace. to assume responsibility for their rehabilita-
We call upon our Government to exercise tion and resettlement, and our aid program
the full weight of American influence to should be geared to serve.those objectives.
bring the Arab States and Israel to the peace
table.
V. THE BOYCOTT
We commend the Congress of the United
The policies of the Egyptian Government boycott which the Arab States have employed
gravely menace the peace of the area. In to harass American businessmen who deal
1955, Egypt opened the Near East to Soviet with Israel and to involve Americans in the
penetration when President Nasser acquired Arab war against Israel. We urge the admin-
large quantities of Soviet arms. Since then, istration to strengthen the regulations which
there has been a constant flow of Russian implement that legislation.
military equipment, economic assistance and We also commend the Congress of the
technical personnel to Egypt, Syria, Iraq, and United States for its strong opposition to the
Yemen. To fulfill his design to encircle policies of the Arab States which discrimi-
Israel by an Egyptian-led and Egyptian- hate against American Jews on the ground
armed unified Arab command, Nasser has that they are Jews. We urge the adminis-
pressured other Arab States to increase their tration to intensify Its efforts to put an end
armaments, with funds contributed by the to these intolerable practices.
aLILVILU Luai, the Ouez
member at just this time 23 years ago the We are opposed to an arms race in the Canal is still closed, illegally, to Israel
Nazis were engaged in destroying the embat- Near East or any other place, but we are shipping.
tied Jews of the Warsaw ghetto-that chil- also opposed to an arms Imbalance which - vs. SUMMARY
dren in Israel sing "Am Yisrael Chat," the favors the nation bent on destroying its We urge our Government:
Jewish people lives. It's wonderful that a neighbor. To insist that the Arab governments ne-
strong viable democratic state has come Into As long as Egypt continues these military gotiate a peace settlement with Israel which
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