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
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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."
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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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