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" , " I , . , , , " " ,- , " Page, ThreEr ,. " , Thursday, August~,~, THE ,J£WISH, POST Thursday, August II, 1962 , , THE JEWllijB PQS'l' ~ Pap Two 'Mcmtreal Dateline M;:k~t. Mr. Markiss' position that Vatican Version Can U.S. Justify Aid to Nasser? Israel's trade possibilities with a Rome (JCNS) _ "Dr. Haim Vardi Washington (JTA) - Seeking to UAR has substantial development of the Jewish Chronicle '\'-, From the Desk country like Canada, surely must justify increased American assist- and cUlTent payment!! resources I", My has never had any contact with I lEWlsRPDST depend to a considerable extent on ance to the United Ar.ab Republic" with the Soviet bloc, mainly be- THE CASE AGAINST DR. SOBLEN two factors', heardCardinal his Bea'sname forSecretariat. the first timeWe Assistant Secretary of State Fred-! cause the bloc provides the market would be concerned with "Trotskyite groups." The Oldest Anglo-Jewish Week~iI in Westem Canada View ,1. The ability of Israel to pro- h erick G. Dutton said this week that I for 'large quantities of the UAR's ! By ,RlCflARD YAFFEE (Issued wE:ekly in the interests of J e~i.sh JJoP1munit~ aet~vities w en reading the newspapers .. His I : Dr. Soblen's attorney tried again and' again in .Winnipeg and Western Canada) By CHARLES i.LAZARU;; duce mercluindise competitively, "aid to the UAR in fiscal year 1962, principal export commodity"coUon, ' both. in terms of price mid quality., so-called appointment to follow the was about $5,50 per capita and to which cannot be sold in the free Much, has been written, and said, in recent to learn from Soble in what specific acts of espion Member of tlie Jewish Telegraphic Agency Ecumenical Council conference oc- It is unfortunate' that our con 2. The ability of Israel's poten- Israel about $34 per capita." world at reasonable prices." , weeks about the "convicted Spy'" Dr. Robert age his client had engaged, particularly in connec • cUlTed without our being informed, Soblen and his "espionage for the Sovie;t Union." tion with'America's defence, but without success. Published every Thursday by tacts with Israeli diplomats is too tial customers and distributors of and ,without our consent. We know The State Department official He explained that the U.S, ,aid " Little, if any, reference has' been made to the Soble, replied: "If national defence consists" of EMPIRE PRINTERS, LTD.' often .restricted to those whose , her products, to recognize that her' that the Arab 'States were surprised advanced this argument in a letter pro g r. a m, including stabilizati~n details'of the trial which resulted in his receiving atomic bombs and H .. bombs and the many mod": Printers and Publishers majQl' functions are either cere trade positiq,n can onlybe as good at the announcement of Dr. Vardi's to Senator Ke.nnelh B. Keating, New loans, were designed to meet Presi-' ',RUPERT SHRIAR,Ph;D: LEO J. LEZACK 'as the confidence shown in her " " . York Republican' who had raised d tN' "te 't' 1 :a sentence of life iinpr~sonment. ' " ,,' " 'ern weapons this count:t:y ,created, ypu 'are:very Editor ., AdvertUiing J'!1anager" 'mon1al. or in the' field of public " ," apPQmtment, but we . have nothing, '. " .,'.' , en asser s , mporary, cn lC~ relations. ' future. " to do with the' entire matter.'" a ,.qu~stlon abo~t t~e proprIety, of shortage, of convertible currencies," I , It is just a year ago that Soblen went on trial, far from the truth, beCause.1 never had anything, Head ,Office: <1244 Main St~, Winnipeg 4, Canada ,~, r At the' Israeli on Mc- "What, this means in simple ., ' , ' '. Amerlcan finanCial ald to the Uruted Three-quarters of, American, aid" befo,re Judge William B. Herlands charged with to do with these things." , Subscription: "$4.00, per annum co~sulate \ conspiracy to commit espio~age on, behalf of the The attorney, Mr. Joseph Brill, pressed Soble: Gregor Street;, for example, Yechiel terms," Mr. Narkiss told me, "is ~s was the ~eplY of ~n ~uthorl,- Arab Republic, in view of Nasser's $221,300,000 in 'commodity. ship- I Phone JU 9-7331' Eve. Phone HU 9-2989 Narkiss occupies an office' with that we hllVe 'reached a point of tatlve member of -Ca~dmal s Bea s purchases of Soviet jet bombers 'd nl' Soviet Union- the conspiracy being to obtain "You don't consider that (was) national defence, Authorized as second class mail by th'e Post Offic't;!: Department. S ta . t t th JCNS ' ' ments, crepresente 0 y surplus r Ottawa. and fa,r payment of poetan in cash ' , sheves, 1 a 1most b endin g und er the so, phistication in our trade i:eiatio~' ecre na .0 e ,correspond- fighter planes and other modern f-~"" 'd ' material relating to national defence during the what yQu did?" Soble replied: "Work against, . ht f Is' Ii d ts dis ent h . d bo t th . d uuu, Sal Mr, Dutton. welg 0 rae pro UC • on _ with Canada that oUr produc41 are w 0 enqwre a u e reporte munitions" , Second World War and' af,ter. .,,' the Trotskyites,' MensIteviksand work atnong lay and hi d k lit all . ' cancellation of Dr. Vardi's appom't- He justified the Egyptian-Soviet . ':.' , ,s es er , y m\Ul- passing' the 'test of quality, and " "The State' Department's studies t d b th h ' , , 'He was the sple defendant in the trial, which the Zionists .•.. I don't consider it as national ous efforts to persuade the new African States P "·th documents d f' t ment as an "observer" to the con- arms' , ra e y , saying at t ere was, based on an indictment naming eighteen defence of this 'country. I am very happy that, to regard Israel as an enemy. Were this policy dated WI an ac' now it is up to, the indiVl'dual dis- feren~'e. ' ' " show there IS" no sl'gru'ficant corre'1' a- was ,no ma,rket ,in the' West for s h eets symb olizing the manner,' in tribu ttlor 0 ,00 k a t WlU--co JU• d ge 'lla tion,' b etween' " United States aid and , alleged,co-conspirator'h s, including Lavrentil' Beria, I did not steal any national defence things from'to be judged by pronouncemen't s 0 f b 0 d'les l'kI e ,the late head of t e Soviet secret po Ice. ' this country ...." " the Afro-'Asian Peoples' Solidarity Conference and which the new state is taking her products fairly," to see . where he ,Jewish and Catholic sources, here UAR's arms purchases," Mr. 'Dutton Egyptian "cotton "at reasonable The main witl)ess' against Soblen was his 'Mr~ Brill:, "In other words, you feel th!l.t the Casablanca ",bloc's" communiques, they would place m., the, world' of trade and can get the best buy." agree on the, following version of said. ''The UAR's international pay- pric.es"imd that "were the U,S. brother, Jack Soble, who had been arrested in you are serving a prison sentence without being appear to have succeeded. But the Israeli Presi commerce, The pornt of the matter _ and, the the controversy: When Dr, Gold- 'nients' problem!; are found in its now to. cease aid, ,the UAR's abi4ty January; 1957, together with his wife and friend, guilty of any crimes, don't you?" , dent's tour and the recent visits to Israel by a , , It might well be' worth men- appointments set up for me by Mr. mann came to Rome last June he lack 'of sufficient free, world con- to purchase 8rms would not be I Jack Albam, and charged with espionage. The Soble: "What do you mean I did not commit number of African heads of State are a sign that. tioning, at this point,' that' Mr. Narkiss in Israel, confirmed this _ say Cardinal Bea and asked whether vertible currencies, In contrast, the Isubstantially affected." three pleaded not guilty., Soon afterwards Soble any crimes in this country? What are you trying Nasser has failed. Thes,e, new States have now Nl!rkiss, with the_,nominal title of is that the young country no longer the W,J.C. could appoint a repre- ,',' had a mental breakdown and attempted to com- to do?' I committed' a 'crime because I lied to this demonstrate, d' that' they accept. Israel's' "bonna' "~onsul of ~srael". whose func~' is content to depend '~n emotional sentative to' follow the CO\Ulcil's ftJi iJEMHI ...£=-"ft mit'suicide in his cell. He subsequent1 y spent.t Government. I came on the visa, having falsified fides," that they regard her as a ffIend and that , tions are baSically m the area of appeal, to sell its products. work, Cardinal Bea agreed, on the "If' liff " BY HENRY,' ,LEONARD' seve~al weeks in the 'psych iatric ward of a CI y 'myquestionnaite;. and not ,having answered if 'the are ",ell able to withstand Arab pressure. trade and commerce, very recent- ~, What h- -- ha' ' .i ' th t assumption that both the meeting _____-' _-~-:--:;' K.:-::~:i~;:;--:::-:-~"':-' ..iv'en tIt'e' very specI'al title . a. S ppe, ne, IS a, and the authorl'zatl'on' "'ould b' L./, . '1 ,h?Spital, -. followed by another attempt to take I. was a Commumst or not. 'What do ~o~ call ,We;tern Governments and lioeral opposition cir Iy was M '. , I 'f ''T "d" C .." trade DllSSlOns from and to Can- ,kept, off the record. W ' e eSSlaU ,Com,es, 0 '0 ' ' , hIS own h~e. ' . lies and, what do you call truth, ~r.