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TEH MEDF0R3 (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Thursday. Much 21, 1937 Fuzzy Diplomatic Gobbiedegook at Root Of Current American-Israel Differences :dltnr note: The I niltd AUteg and Israel have been hotly debating the Mtiiation in the Gaza Strip tn Mvpt. Israel sncgetta this country has broken a promiie to keep K(ypt out of Gaza. "Hi neer promised." replies the C.S. I'nlted Press. Diplomatic Correspond ent Donald i. Gonzaies shows. In thej following aispaicn. now ine nsc o fuzzy" language has sparked tne cur rent row between the two countries. When Israel insisted Egypt I moves were pushed in the Unit-) Mrs. Meir and carefully checked must "never return to the Gaza Strip the United States said it "hoped" the United Nations would stay there. But it said oil Egypt had the legal right to gov ern the strip if it wished. As the deadlock persisted, Br DONALD J. GONZALES Unildd Press Correspondent Washington U.Pj One of the chief causes of the current row between Israel and the United States is their use of fuzzy dip lomatic language. Such language can, and in this case does, con ceal sharp differences of view point. This blurring of national in tentions can lead to serious re sults when the inevitable show down reveals a country's real hand. A review of the U.S.-Israel dispute shows the word trap these two nations got themselves into. Two weeks ago Israel with drew iU armed forces from Egypt on the basis of its widely' publicized "assumptions and ex pecUtioM" that things would be better in Gaza, Suez and the Gulf of Aqaba than they were before Israel jVaded Egypt. Not Unreasonable The United States, during Is rael's Wihdrtwal, .said its "hopes and expectations" were (1) "not iin.Teeft'inable" m Ambassador O Ilenr CVjot Lodge Jr. put it. or 2 "'onfjbJt'' as President EiWnftoelr later put it. Th9 sfiQlomstic gobbledcgo&k i1 tt tfta en of current Ameri- can-ijrli liff trtnces. It promote Im-ffli J"oreifn Minis ter Gold Mair to fly to Wash ington in March of new defini tioris, gntf cO0 to break them uv "Ufcfrel, it ganaral. elaims the United Stitas before Israel's 6Bri,thdra'l lave "promises," "ondormete" anal "moral com mitments" eYAaflt ncrw atomand U.. fjctis. 9ot d, tto United States. (Secretary o mate John Foster ull$ di'V pive Mrs. Meir the definitions vate4 to hear. He ?Aid only, "TWe Uaited States stands firm the hopes and expectioaas" iv previously voiced. Wrong I .fnHJ How Ud all thia taisinsss of n hopes assumptions expecta tions coma about? 'Why didn't the two countries ue the lan guage of "tj.rf.ements," "under standings" or "Guarantees?" israei man T, .-nt to give up all the military gains of Its October-November attack on Egypt. It said Vithdra.al from, Gaza would maaa aaw Sgyptian guer rilla attacks and renewal of Egypt's bar to Israeli ships in the Gulf of Aqatft. The Unitad ftates.with an eye on its relations with oil-rich Arab states id t Israel in ef fect, "You committed aggression you hav no right to hold ter ritory ffiinetl that way! ' Czech Offer for Syria Refinery Wins Over U.S. Washington (U.R) Syria has rejected a bid from an American firm to build an oil refinery in Syria in favor of an offer from Communist Czechoslovakia, in formed sources said today. The decision went against strong advice from the United States government. However, American officials were not too surprised Syria paid little heed to U.S. advice. In recent years Syria has been doing an increasing volume of business with Soviet-bloc na tions. Dependent on Lebanon Syria, which is now depend ent on neighboring Lebanon for its refined petroleum products, called last fall for bids on con struction of a refinery in Syria. Several American firms were interested as well as outfits in Britain, France and Czechoslo vakia. Procon, Inc., a New York con struction firm, was apparently the most interested of the Ameri can companies. The firm was re ported to have spent between $50,000 and $60,000 on planning in connection with submitting a bid. Last Saturday, Syria awarded the contract to Czechoslovakia. U.S. officials said Syria claimed it chose Czechoslocakia over the American firm "because it could get more for its money. Ameri can authorities think political reasons actually were the prin cipal factor. Bepaymeat Terms Unknown Czechoslovakia is reported to have agreed to build the refin ery for about $15.4 million. Terms of repayment are not known here but are reported "favorable." The oil to be run through the refinery comes from Saudia AraDia and Iraq in three pipe lines which run across Syrian territory. Syria is entitled to a share of the oil shipped through these lines. The Syrian refinery is de signed chiefly to produce oil for Syrian domestic use. However officials said some refined pro ducts may be left over for ex port presumably to the Soviet bloc. ed Nations to invoke punitive ac tion (sanctions) against Israel. The United States did not want this. It also believed Israel might be persuaded to withdraw with a little urging. Through French intervention, the Israelis then began talking in terms of "assumptions and ex pectations" as a way out. This sounded okay to the United States- which studiously had avoided "guarantees" or similar language that might commit this country farther than it was will ing to be bound. But this wasn't the end of the I their formulation." But Dulles told his news con ference March 5 that Mrs. Meir. in her UN speech, had talked "primarily in terms of expecta tions and not necessarily of as sumptions." Regarding Mr. Eisenhower's letter to Ben Gurion. Dulles said it "referred generally to the hopes and expectations for a bet ter future for the area, and should not be interpretd as ne cessarily an endorsement of every detail of everything that everybody said One key point arose during D l .7 .... r'.-., "uithe long American-Israeli talks. wora struggle, mra. meir a t. . ; 1r,j,v-, b a uiiut taut v 1 statement in the UN, in which she announced Israe''s with drawal intentions and spelled out her "assumptions and expecta tions was shown in advance to the State Department and the U.S. delegation to the Unfted Nations. Officials admit the United States made "certain sugges tions." Israel, during the March 1 de bate in the UN, was startled to hear Lodge say the United States regarded Israel's "hopes and expectations" as "not un reasonable." Israel didn't like the negative sound "not unreasonable." A crisis arose. There was talk March 2 of Israel reneging on its withdrawal announcement. Is raeli Ambassador Abba Eban flew to Washington for another talk with Dulles mostly about words. This led to a letter from Mr. Eisenhower to Israeli Prime Min ister David Ben Gurion which took Lodge's statement and turned it around. Mr. Eisen hower said he believed it was "reasonable" for Israel "to enter tain such hopes and expecta tions" as those voiced by Mrs. Meir. Because Dulles took a look at Mrs. Meir's proposed statement and made "suggestions," Israel now is saying: "The secretary of state, in per suading Israel to withdraw from Gaza, endorsed the March 1 as sumptions on Gaza outlined by f ' "r-'---- - 5 v -ji assraasa - aiM . r.imum IS argument. Mrs. Meir on March 1 said "Is rael would reserve its freedom to act to defend its rights" if conditions "deteriorate" in Gaza. The United States has not en dorsed any Israeli "assumption" that it has the right to go to war again to put the Egyptians out of Gaza. American policy, already on the record, is that any new hos tilities in the area "would create a situation for United Nations consideration." All this helps explain the shouting betweer the United States and Israel in sandlot lan guage: "You did: I did not!" Those are words anyone can understand. FLYING to New York, Is rael's Foreign Minister Golda Meir meets press before con ferring with Secretary of State Dulles on Gaza situa tion. (International) Halt of Projects Seen Budget Help Quotes From the News By UNITED PRESS Jerusalem Israeli Premier David Ben-Gurion, disclosing he withdrew Israeli troops from Egyptian territory because of fears that United Nations sanctions would cut off his country's arms supplies: "Even Israel's old and true friends, Canada and France, would have been unable to sell us modern aircraft if powerful- nations such as the United States allowed sanctions to be imposed." Tel Aviv, Israel Jacob Farhi, spokesman for the Israeli De velopment Commission, on the first ship (an Israeli-chartered freighter) to pass through the Straits of Tiran since Israeli troops withdrew from Sharm El Sheikh: "We have given these people a thousand guarantees, but you never know. The captain may head north and return to base." Hollywood Actress Sheila Stewart Renour, Marilyn Mon roe's girl friend, describing the "wrong door" raid on a nearby apartment: "We heard a terrible noise. Marilyn was tired from working and I was preparing dinner. She was sitting and listening to some records when all the commotion broke loose." San Francisco Artist Charles Modecke, a member of a "jury" which has banned the works of a finger-painting chim panzee in a Berkeley art show: "It's bad enough to have them say 'My kid could do better' without inviting ignorant comparisons to the play of animals in a zoo. Dr. Stevenson to Speak At Empire Friday . Ashland Dr. Elmo N. Stev enson, president of Southern Oregon college, and Hugh G. Simpson, director of information will speak at a meeting of the Gamma chapter of the SOC Al umni association at the Charles ton grade school, Empire, March 22, at 6:30 p.m. The evening will feature a crab feed and entertainment for all Coos county alumni and a contingent of Alpha chapter members from the Eugene Springfield area headed by Miss Elayne Leach, Alumni associa tion president. President of the Gamma chapter is Al Reiner, Coquille school administrator. Wendel Austin, Springfield, is president of Alpha chapter. Seattle Firm Bid Low On Klamath Air Base Seattle U.R A combination of two Seattle firms was the ap parent low bidder here yesterday for construction of additional fa cilities at the Navy Air Base at is.lamath Falls. Hall-Atwater Inc.. and O. A White Construction co. submit ted a bid of $2,893,000. Washington (U.R) Rep. John Taber, ranking Republican on the House Appropriations Com mittee, has thrown his support behind a move to cut President Eisenhower's $71.8 billion spend ing budget to $65 billion. Appointments Being Taken for CAA Jobs The Civil Aeronautics admin istration announced today that career civil service appoint ments are now being offered to people qualifying as electronic maintenance technicians at start ing salaries ranging from $4,080 to $5,440. To qualify applicants must have a minimum of 3 years ex perience in technical maintain- ance, development or installa tion of electronics equipment such as radar, radio transmitters or instrument landing systems. Career appointments are also being offered to qualified radio communicators and air traffic controllers who will be assigned to CAA facilities throughout the 11 western states. Applicants qualifying for the positions must have experience in communica tions, air traffic control, flight operations or 250 to 350 solo flying hours. Starting salaries for the positions are $3,670 far communicators and $4,080 for traffic controllers, with approx imately a $900 increase upon completion of a six-month train ing program. Persons interested in the pos itions should contact Everett I -"her. airways technical dist rict supervisor, Medford airport. Mailing address is post office box 832, Medford. Washington W.R) A House Appropriations subcommittee said today the only way to cut the budget is to stop setting up new federal projects. It rejected administration and j Hoover Commission proposals to j give Congress a over spending as merely "magic devices" that won't work. 1 The subcommittee called on would-be budget-cutters to face the "facts." "Each year new programs and projects are authorized and old programs and projects are ex panded." it said. "In contrast, seldom are exist-1 ing programs and artivities de authorized. The cumulative ef fect is increasing demands on the federal treasury." The economy - minded House Wednesday passed its fourth "trimmed" appropriations bill of the current session. The law makers chopped more than a half billion dollars from a $5.9 billion request for operating 18 government agencies including the Civil Defense and Veterans administrations New York Singer Sophie Tucker, disclosing plans to do rock roll in England: i "It's going to be rock 'n' roll Tucker style, not Presley style." CHARLES D. HOLBROOK , TAX SERVICE Jackson Hotel Building PHONE 2-5969 Evenings by Appointment Phone 2-8840 Eves. Young Adult Group on proposals to n j- i . if tighter controij Being rormeci at i flavor harmony OO O WALLA WALLA ASPARAGUS TOPPED WITH A happy combination that will be a family favorite first time on the tabid Walla Walla Asparagus Spears, tender, juicy plump, with garden-goodness sealed in . . . Nalley's Tang, not too tart, not too mild, with a special zip of its own. Serve them together two ways chilled as a salad ... or top the hot spears with heated Tang for a delicious luncheon plate or dinner vegetable. Tasty 2 ways, a salad or a hot luncheon plate First meeting of the Medford YMCA youne adult group, for unmarried people between the ! ages of 20 and 30, will be held at 7:30 p.m., Monday, March 25, at the YMCA. The session will begin with a planning meeting, followed by j a volleyball game in the gym. Purpose of the organization is I to provide a social and intellec- j tual program for young people j in the area, according to YMCA officials. Activities suggested for the group include physical edu cation and corecreation includ ing volleyball, badminton, swim ming, gym Olympics and skill in struction in these sports, discus sion groups, parties and Sunday school outings. Everyone interested has been invited to attend the Monday night meeting, YMCA officials said. 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