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The The of of (Not printed at Government e.'tpense) Middle East ; living presence. It was Thy love that OF TEXAS and !rom other countries throughout the sustained them, Thy promise which pre­ Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Presi­ world; and served them through every trial and dent, on behalf of myself and the distin­ Whereas by Its achievements during the tribulation, and brought them, creative guished minority leader (Mr. KNow­ period of Its existence as an Independent and faithful, to this momentous hour. LAND], I submit a. resolution for which I state, Israel has developed democratic In­ Be with them now as, risen from the request immedir.te consideration. In stitutions In the Nea.r East, and has played ashes of persecution and slaughter, they order to permit other Members to become a constructive role In the !amlly of nations; stand erect, strong and free in their an­ aud cosponsors of the resolution, I ask unani­ Whereas the 24th day of Aprll cestral homeland. They that sowed i.n mous consent that it be .held at the desk is the lOth tears have come home with joy, bearing anniversary, according to the Hebrew cal­ until5 o'clock this afternoon. endar, of the establishment of Israel as an their sheaves. Guide Thou their way, The VICE PRESIDENT. Is there ob­ Independent state: Now, therefore, be that out of Zion shall come forth It the jection to the request of the Senator from Resolved, That the greetings of the Senate law, Thy law of justice for all mankind. Texas? Without objection, it is so ot the United States a.re hereby cordially and Thy word of light, healing, and ordered. extended to the State of Israel upon the hope for all Thy troubled children, from Mr. JOHNSON of Texas. Mr. Presi­ occasion of the lOth a.nniversary of Its estab­ Jerusalem. Help them and their neigh­ lishment as an Independent nation; and be dent, the resolution speaks for itself. It further bors, who are bound together by their It expresses the feelings of the American common humanity and need of Thee, to Resolved, That the Secretary of the Senate people who have watched the steady Is directed turn their swords into plowshares, their growth of Israel for to trans.mJt a. copy of these spears Into pruning hooks, and to learn a decade. resolutions, through the Department of Americans have been deeply im­ State, to the President of Israel. war no more. pressed by the courage, the tenacity, As we pray !or the peace of Jerusalem, and the determination we thank Thee for this sweet land of with which the Israelis have built their country. It is REMARKS liberty which is our home. We thank a heart-warming demonstration of what Thee for its opulent bounties, Thy gift, OF for Its manifold beauties bursting from can be done by determined men and the earth these lovely spring days, for women against great-and sometimes HON. WILLIAM F. KNOWLAND its inhe1itance overwhelming-odds. OF CALIFORNIA of freedom and its prom­ We wish ise of brotherhood. We are grateful for Israel well. We hope it con­ Mr. KNOWLAND. Mr. President, I the kinship of spirit which has linked tinues to flourish and prosper in dedi­ desire to joi.n the distinguished majority cation to the ideals of freedom and in­ this ba~tion ot democracy in the New leader in urging the adoption of the world to that beachhead of freedom in ternational cooperation, a.nd that it will t·esolution. Israel has played an im­ the Old World. We are grateful for the serve as a force to contribute to peace portant part in the family of nations. aid and' understanding here generously in the Middle East a.nd In the world. Israel is an Independent nation which given, and for the commitment to the Mr. President, I send the resolution has made contributions at the United free world there solemnly pledged. Help to the desk, and ask that it be read. Nations and elsewhere. I am glad to us to build and strengthen these bridges The VICE PRESIDENT. The resolu· endorse the resolution and to w·ge that of mutual aid and shared knowledge, tion will be read. it be adopted by the Senate. 46963()-66767 2 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 3 in the been possible on a pragmatic basts. certainly. man group this Is with all its :Callings and or deadwood, and a new business being built gave recognition to the State ot ISI·ael with­ REMARKS mutual security program in 1951, the establishment of a state solved the Indi­ by In minutes of Its formation. 1952, Imperfections, but as Dr. Welzmann once a family, perhaps new to the community, For this he OJ' and 1953, has come true. I srael vidual problems of Innumerable Jews who said, I love them. Jews are bright and ln which everybody works hls head off and wUl always be honored by Jewish history has been worth more than her weight were not wanted where they were and were eager and Independent. They have more in­ everybody has to produce. Consequently, and, I believe, by the human conscience. HON. JACOB K. JAVITS in gold in terms of reliability, and of unwanted elsewhere. But there would not tellectual curiosity, a greater critical fac­ Israel is producing everything. From cop­ The United States has been generous with OF NEW YORK value to the interests of the free na­ have been this un1lagglng devotion, this ulty, more freedom of the mind per square per to phosphates, from transistors to con­ Its aid tbrough the years and thl.s year the Mr. JAVITS. Mr. Pl·esldent, tions in a strife- torn part of the world. fierce determination, this sacrl:ficial valor inch than any group I know. They are crete plpes, from fruit to nuts, from the economic aid and loans wlll surpass any I, too, without the religious Impulse at Its heart and would Uke to join my colleagues in the I think the Senate has a 1·1ght to sensitive to suffering and Injustice. They last word In fashions to the newest idea In year since 1949. center. The most precious associations in are capable or combining the purest Ideal­ America and Israel have much In common. sponsorship of the resolution and in urg­ adopt the resolution with a deep con­ furniture. fidence that we shall be doing one of the Judaism and in Jewish history were with that Ism with the crassest materialism. They Thls has been helpful to Israel In its rela­ Both were formed by pioneers. Both wel­ ing its adoption. little strip of land along the Mediterranean. produce more violinists, more chess geniuses, tions with new states. Israel actually has comed peoples from many lands. Both have I have fpoken many times on this greatest humanitarian acts which man­ l t was promised to the descendants of Abra­ ~ub ­ kind has ever known, and also doing an more top level physicists than any other a point 4 program for countries like Burma been democratic, freedom loving, emphaslZ­ ject ham. It brought about the emancipation It I.ng Individual liberty and dignity. This on the floor of the Senate. affirmative act in the interest of the free group. They can drive you crazy but I and Ghana. is helping them to bring I desire from Egypt and the return to Canaan. It love them. backward countries forward. It is sharing kinshJp has reflected Itself on the one hand to make one brief point today, world, and in aiding the national secu­ which I believe is vital and important to drove David to build Jerusalem and his son to And thls is the people that Is settling the its advances In scientific technology. It is in American sympathy and aid and on the rity of our own cow1try. all of us: In the minds of the harassed construct the Holy Temple. It was the goal Jewish state and butldlng lt. I have heard Introducing new methods or production and other in Israel's commitment to the West, Mr. President, I ask unanimous con­ of prophetic thought, the enduring basis for as the only trustworthy bastion o! de­ and persecuted people who repaired to Israelis express the wish that God had led distribution. And this ls not only helpful sent to have printed in the Appendix of Hebrew prophecy. It was the dream of the Moses in another direction toward a more to them but promising !or Israel because mocracy In that part of the world. I srael, there have been hours of great the RECORD a sermon on the subject exiles who said tha.t their hands would Jose fertile land, and I have beard Israeli leaders it is developing !rlends and trade with the Finally, let me speak ot the United Na­ agony and doubt as to the survival and Israel Confronts Tomorrow, which was their cunning and their tongues cleave to the express the wish that God had given them great continents or Asia and Africa, whJch tlon.s as an asset. It was the United Nations roofs of their mouths if they endurance of their state. Now that 10 delivered on April 19 by Rabbi Philip forgot Jerusa­ an easter people to deal with, but all these probably hold the key to the future. which created the State ot Israel, that might years have gone by, and now that the lem. It was the final hope of the Messianic qualities of On tho subject o! economic not otherwise have come Into existence. Bernstein, chairman of the which I have spoken and many assets, one State of Israel is more secure, viable, and American dream tor building God's kingdom, not In more are now simmering and seething in the must mention German reparations, and bav­ World opinion agreed to the !ormation or Zionist Committee for Public Affairs, independent than ever, I think heaven, but here on earth In Zion, from pressure cooker that is Israel. To use an­ tng something to do with Initiating this pro­ a Third Jewish Commonwealth. The United it fair to who delivered the prayer at the com­ which would come forth the law, and say that Israel Is now established the other simile It's as If suddenly the lld were gram, I take personal satisfaction in Its re­ Nations brought together Russian and per­ mencement of today•s word of God from J erusalem, to teach men American support ot the establishment of manently in the tl.rmament of nations. session of the taken off a bolllng pot. All that has been sults. In a period o! 10 years over $800 to beat their swords Into ploughshares a.nd suppressed and repressed In Jews for cen­ mllllon wlll go into Israel from Germany, the Jewish state. The United Nations has The session of the Senate today was Senate. T here being no objection, the sermon learn war no more. turies Is now bursting out. Nowhere in the chiefly ln the form of efficient German prod­ officially acted on the assumption that It Is opened by prayer by the distinguished A second asset is what the Israelis was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, call the world Is there such intense vitality, tre­ ucts-housing, machinery, motors, ships, commit ted to the preservation of this state. rabbi who heads the American Zionist phllosophy of no alternative. And, of mendous creativity as one encounters on buses, etc. This can never compensate for It has at least taken an official position committee for Public Affairs, wh:ch is as follows: course, they are right. It sounded pretty every level in Israel. This ls a people ln a the slaughtered 6 million Jews nor will It against aggression toward Israel. It helped concerned with the work of those who IsRAEL CONFRONTS TOMORROW, TExT 01' A for some American Jews to proclaim that hurry. A sand dune today, a new city to­ ever tree Germany from Its moral guilt be­ bring about the truce In the violence that are interested In Israel. He has spoken SERMON DELIVERED ON APRIL 19, 1958, BY our persecuted brethren should stay where morrow. A wilderness this month, the next, fore the bar or history, but at least it means erupted along Israel's borders. Its troops RABBI PHILIP S. BERNSTEIN 01' TEMPLE they were and fight the battle for democ­ with many of us on many other occa­ an oasis. And newspapers and orchestras, that the survivors will be aided by these now keep peace In Gaza and Aqaba and en­ B'RITH KODESH, ROCHESTER, N. Y., IN OB­ racy. It wasn't so hard to say this from the physicists and chemistry, the fastest com­ former Jewish assets rather than the mur­ able the Isracll settlers to relax thelr vigil­ sions. Echoing his prayer, let me say SERVANCE OF lsRAEI.'S 10TH ANNIVERSARY fleshpots ot New York or Philadelphia or mercial airlines in the world. Some of the derers. ance. that I believe we have the right to hope The lOth anniversary o! the founding ot Rochester. But this made no sense to Jews quickest and best trained jet pilots. The Prime Minister Ben-Gurlon In bl.s lOth The final asset Implicit in much of what and expect that even those whose hearts the State of Israel is a source of the pro­ of Poland who saw their loved ones done human factor, the Jewish factor, is a tre­ anniversary message points up another asset. has already been said, and the result perhaps are torn with adverse feelings with re­ foundest gratlficatlon to the Jewish people, to death by pogromlsts, nor to Jews in mendous asset in Israel. He reminds us that when all nations and o! all other assets, Is Israeli strength. A spect to the establishment of this state, as well as for me personally. I became a Germany, the stones of whose streets cried This, I must add, is one of their problems. the United Nations !ailed to come to Israel's handful, they successfully resiSted the In­ must now recognize that it is Zionist when as a young boy In Rochester, out with the blood of their slaughtered par­ The whole Middle East has been somnolent aid when the Arabs lnvRded the new state vasion of the armies o! 6 Arab countries with tl.xed in ents and chlldren. This had little meaning the tl.rmament I joined the first Young Judea Club here. and backward. Suddenly, Into Its midst established by the United Nations, the Is­ a total population ot over 40 millions. of nations, to make its to the Jews of Morocco who had been op­ from contribution From ·that day to this I have been deeply without has been projected a dynamic raelis had one ally and that was the J ews Through 10 years o! unremitting hostility as its destiny may allow, Involved in the problems. needs, hopes and pressed !or centuries and saw, under even a western community. It is understandable ot the world. They sent and that money and arms they have steadily built and defended what it should be permitted to do so aspirations or the Jewish people. I winced more enlightened regime. no basic change in that this should be regarded with suspicion and fighters. The Jewish defenders Included they built. When It became clear that Nas­ in peace, for these people, who occupy with every manifestation of anti-Semitism. their position or any. real hope for a better and with resentment and with envy as both people who had come !rom 60 different coun­ ser with the aid or Russian arms was In the this small amount of land, have suffered I suJfered personal agonies with every cruelty future. a challenge and a threat. tries or the world to help the infant state process of attempting to destroy them, they and endured unbelievably for centuries of nazism. The Zionist answer to the JewiSh This Is not a matter or the past. Khrush­ Even within Israel this constitutes some­ survive. The United J ewish Appeal has rep­ struck, swiftly and successfully and as a re­ upon centuries. Their sufferir.gs were problem always seemed logical, democratic chev recently restated his anti-Semitism. I thing of a problem. There the 20th and lOth resented the most generous giving of any sult the Fedayeen rald.s stopped, there was and nece~sary. I stm hold to that view. view with profound misgiving the future of centuries meet, and there have been many known phJlanthropy. This does not mean quiet along the borders, the Gulf o! Aqaba summed up In the torment of the holo­ those Jews who remain under his domina­ caust which Hitler let loose upon Eu­ To me, Zionism is a word or honor, not o! tensions ln this juxtaposition. But I have that all giving is generous. There are many is open to Israeli shipping, and the Arab disparagement as some anti-Semltes, Includ­ tion. There was a very serious trial In Ger­ the feeling that this too wUJ prove to be an Jews who ought to have bad consciences, rope, with the death of six million of many during the past week states know t hey will get badly hurt It they ing Jewish anti-Semites, have attempted to of a high school asset. There Is cross-fertilization, and all but the United J ewish Appeal Is commonly really try to make trouble. their coreligionists in that holocaust. make it. It was the Zionists who steadfastly teacher who said publicly and taught In his sorts of new and interesting developments accepted as a sacred respon.siblllty of the The world is too prone to forget so classes that Hitler did not kill enough Jews, are coming out of lt. This ls another I for one, and I know there arc many lllte clung to the Idea of rebuilding a Jewish source American Jewish community and there Is, me, both In Israel and In the United States, deep a tragedy. The very least that men commonwealth In Palestine, over every con­ and who was cheered by the men and kissed of vitality and creativity. In many quarters, perhaps most, really sacri­ by the women even when convicted of vio­ do not exult In this kind of armed strength. can do-and this includes men of good ceivable opposition. They saw It through, The frontier is a hazard turned Into an ficial giving. I do not want to see any building up o! mili­ will who are in the Arab they fought It through. They sustained the lating German Jaw. In the united States asset. All Israel ls a frontier and that Is The bond drive has proved to be a tre­ states, which there has peen the bombing of synagogues tarism which Is a real danger In this situation have a tremendous tradition of humani­ morale of the world Jewish community both a situation hard to Jive with. It means that mendous asset. The United Jewish Appeal and no one can predict the Impact on group at any moment an enemy can dart across I:C the present condition continues !or many tarianism-is to let Israel at long last en­ against anti-Semitism and against assimila­ provides for human needs but every penny years. r. would like to see Israel concentrate tion. They brought about the renascence ot relations of a deepening r ecession, whJch the border, or shoot across the border and must bo spent on resettlement, medical care, joy this little bit of pea<:e and security might become a depression. on its peaceful objectives and not have to de­ the Hebrew language. They built Jewish kill. You can never relax. I must add Im­ social welfare, etc. How shall the Ist·aelt vote so much of Its energy and means to in their own land. pride and world respect. My Zionism, there­ This does not mean that tn every case mediately that the atmosphere in Israel Is economy sustain thls growing population? Let defense. But, ringed round by Arab steel me point out that In these 10 fore, has always been and continues to be a where Jews are problems they must think not tense. Even during the Sinal campaign, This can be done only through large scale supplied by Russia, they now have no alter­ years the fears that there would be an badge of honor. Immediately ot fleeing to Israel. In the I am told people went about their ordinary economic projects, the deepening of harbors native. They must be strong In order to overexpansion in Israel, because of the And as I suJfered with the sufferings ot United States I believe in light and when business In the ordinary way. But they have and rivers, hydroelectrlftcatlon, heavy in­ survive, and they are strong. And I must pressw·e of immigration, have come to my people, I have rejoiced In their joys. necessary, fight, rather than ftlght. Educa­ had to remain strong and prepared, always dustry, large housing projects, and this is say that I do take real satisfaction from the naught. There has been no such pres­ The establiShment or the State or Israel 10 tion can serve and does serve a very useful ready to defend themselves and to shoot accomplished through Investment in Israel knowledge that Jews can no longer be kUled purpose sw·e on the borders of the state. years ago gave me a sense o! personal ex­ here. Flagrant anti-Semitism should back, If necessary. bonds. I urge you, this year particularly, with Impunity. It was 15 years ago to­ On be resisted. But we are in a singularly for­ the contrary, there has been shown a altation and fulfillment. I knew the people On the other hand this very frontier char­ to buy bonds as you have never bought be­ morrow that that tiny band o! pathetic sur­ who were going there, as I knew the people tunate position. Tonight, if I were in Mo­ acteristic Is a source of strength. Frederick fore. That ls one way of showing you ap­ vlvors provided the world with an heroic but tremendous capab111ty for living within who were the leaders there. rocco, or even Tunis, or Germany, or Poland, J ackson Turner promulgated a famous the­ preciate the meaning ot the lOth anniver­ those borders and for absorbing every­ pathetic example of resistance In the Warsaw Out of thJs background of personal ex­ or Russia I wouldn't hesitate a minute ory In which he stated that the frontier was so.ry. ghetto, and what t hey did was more note­ one who wished to come to Israel. That perience and deep personal feeling I speak to about getting out if I could. And !or those the greatest single Influence ln shaping Amer­ Thus far the assets have been essentially worthy because it was so exceptional. Most capability exists in great enough meas­ you tonight about the meaning or the lOth who would get out Israel remains, as It has Ican character and history. I1 true, It also Jewish ln character. But they go beyond Jews went like sheep to the slaughter. It ure to assure that in the decades ahead anniversary and I call my message Israel been tor the past 10 years, the one sure applies in large measure to Israel. The peo­ JewiSh sources ot strength and help. The was only 10 years ago that British troops there will be no pressure to move out Confronts Tomorrow. I Intend to draw a answer. ple live a hard, austere life. It keeps them United States has played a very Important, were bashing in the heads or Jews with no from Israel's borders. balance sheet of assets and llab!lltles, ot Thus when an Israeli ls confronted with vigorous, alert, vital. Their boys and girls yes, even a crucial role. Every American ot11er place to go, who were trying to get are not Also, there has been a viability strengths and weaknesses, as the 10-year­ the problem he really has no alternative. softened by luxury as ours are here. President slnce Woodrow Wilson, some be­ 1~.to Palestine. It was hardly 10 years ago in the They are able to take care or themselves Government of Israel. The Arab minor­ old Jewish state faces the future. This will When a man knows that he must either in fore him, displayed sympathy toward Zionist that the Arabs announced that they would be my philosophy, and also my resist Nasser or be thrown into the sea, the emergencies whJch they take for granted. ity have enjoyed the privilege of tl.rst­ program. aspirations. Unite!! States Congressmen, drive the Jews Into the sea and promised the Let me begin, In the category of assets, with that he must work on the land and the This Is also true ln the economic frontier. governors and State legislators, the press Arabs llvlng among J ews that It they would class citizenship. A standard of living the religious impulse. A miracle has been roads or perish, that he must tighten his In an older society there Is a kind of harden­ and clergy, the rank and ftle of the Ameri­ join them In the war agaiODt the Jews soon has been established in Israel that is a achieved. This broken decimated people, belt or starve, he has a very powerful mo­ ing or the arteries. Less experimentation, can people have displayed good will toward they would have their own property and get model and a showcase for the free coun­ staggering under the lethal assaults ot naz­ tive !or working and building and defend­ more acceptance of limitations. But in a thJs undertaking o! Jews to rehabllitate that of the Jews as well. So without exalt­ tries in that area of the world. Israel ism, rose to Its feet, established a state, de­ ing himself. And thJs motive becomes a new society, the fact that something hasn't themselves and to establish through their ing militarism, I, tor one, am grateful and has been a true ally of every institution fended itself against murderous attacks, and very Important asset. been done before Is a challenge rather than own efforts a democratic state. President proud that Jews ln our generation, after all of the free world In that part of the made It strong, democratic, free and viable. Another of the major assets Is the J ews. a handicap. It's a little like the competi­ Truman, with wbom I wm be participating their humiliation and degradation, have globe. Everything that was said by There ts nothing like It tn history. And I I am aware of Jewish faults. One who lives tion between business, those long-estab­ In the lOth anniversary ceremony in Phila­ shown again they are ca.pable of Maccabean lished In !amll1es for generations with plenty those of us who pleaded for aid for Israel say to you tonight that it would not have In J ewish life all his life knows what a hu- delphia at Independence Hall on TI1ursday, courage and have said to the world, "We, too, 469630-66767 469630-66767 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 5 4 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD Egypt just a few days after you said you ous, why didn't they also broadcast In Arable If an American Jew refused to contribute must be treated with dignity and respect ." Beyond this both Israel and the United cendiary part of the world, are extremely would never start a war. "How can you ne­ so that thelr own people would bear it? to Israel, would you consider hlin a bad Jew? Would that one could end this address on S tates should do all In thelr power to reach important to us. gotiate with a =n like that?" he added. Going back to Nasser's complaint, do you A good Jew, a bad Jew-these are rather this note. But a balance sheet requ~res that through to the masses In the Arab countries, Doesn't Nasser have a good point there? now regret launching the Sinal campaign­ subjective terms. As far as I'm concerned, to show them the way to emancipation and What Mr. Ben-Gm·ion's interview re­ we look at the other side of the pictu1·e. veals is that Israel understands and is Nasser talks as If he were the one who or would you strike again the way you did an American Jew can do what he likes. If Once again, we have learned that nothing to seek out progressive forces, the potential wants to negotiate. Two years ago, an im­ If you felt threatened by another military he doesn't want to support lsrael, that's h is worth while comes easy. Neither men nor democratic forces In each la.nd. We should able to put before the world clearly and portant intermedlary-I can't tell you who-­ buildup in Egypt? I don't regret It at all. business. nations achieve emancipation without sacri· not ally ourselves with decadent, backward exactly what she sees her future to be. came to me and then went to Nasser in an Why should I ? I do know there are Ameri­ Is Judaism a nationality or a religion? fice, usually through blood, sweat, and tears. feudalism, destined to disintegrate and dis· I t is dominated by three characteristics: effort to bring us together. I was willing, cans-some very responsible ones- who now Judaism is a peoplehood and. a religion. The major problem continually confront· appear. first, the development of free institu­ but Nasser refused. He even refused to stop regret their negative attitudes toward us at The J ews are one people, with a common !ng Israel is Arab hostility. No one really The second major problem that confronts tions, free ideas, and higher sta.ndards the shooting along the border. the time. As to the second par t of your ques­ historical heritage and, in a way, a com­ knows how deep rooted nor widespread this Israel is economic. This need not be so. If of living. That is the great and hal­ Nasser Is convinced that you and the tion, It is hypothetical, so I would rather not mon destiny. A Jew is, of cour.se, a citizen is. In the vast Illiteracy of the deserts of the Israelis were to close their borders, they lowed tradition of our own constitutional F1·ench were out to overthrow him. Is that answer it. of the country where he lives, with all duties Saudi Arabia or the upper Nile peasantry of could probably soon be self-sustaining. But true? We have no treaty with France, and and rights of a citizen. The Jewish religion Egypt, perhaps they have never even heard they have already taken In over 1 mlllton freedom of government. But wasn't your Sinal excursion a failure? I wUI not-I cannot-speak for the French. After all, didn't Nasser come out of it with is quite different from Christianity. Chris­ of Israel. The ordina1·y Impoverished Arab Jews and many more are yet to come. No Second, no expansion and no aggres­ As for us, what would we accomplish by tianity has nothing to do with peoplehood. probably Is much more concerned with his one knows when the doors in North Africa sion against others, with an adequate his prestige Intact, and aren't the Arabs overthrowing him? That would not solve more suspicious of you than ever? A failure? But a rellgious Jew must believe that God daily bread than with Zionism. But the will open and close. No one knows when the understanding of the amplitude of room any problems. made a covenant with Abraham: "To you articulate Arab leadership remains violently satellite countries wm permit or stop Jewish Just look at some of the consequences: Until within theil· own country for looking Just 3 years ago this rooming, you por­ the Sinal campaign, the Arab refugees really and to your descendants I give this coun­ hostile. By a strange paradox the spoken immigration. No one knows whether or after the harassed and persecuted Jews sonally ordered a military ra.ld on Gaza In try." Moreover, all our religious holidays when Russia will allow some of her .Jews to believed that they would soon ret\un to Israel hostility is more violent among so-called who might come from anywhere, to which 38 Egyptians were kUled and 33 and get everything there is in it. But now, celebrate events In our history as a people. United States friends in the area than with depart. But what we do know Is that we wounded. C. L. Sulzberger recently wrote Doesn't that introduce an element of na­ its problem children. Perhaps just because must be ready and this means preserving whom Israel's door is always open. I am told by a u. N. refugee administrator, in the New York Times that this brutal as­ they are disillusioned. They no longer be­ tionality? I believe there Is a certain they feel they may be accused of pro-West and strengthening the Institutions of Amer­ Third, a deep understanding of the sault Is what caused Nasser to revise his poli­ fact that they are in the Near East, that lieve what they are told by the Arab leaders. Identity of destiny between all Jews In the and pro-Zionist sympathies, the leaders In ican Jewry such as the United Jewish Appeal cies and make his arms deal with Russia. Do world. If a Jew is persecuted in Germany, Iraq and Jordan have said uglier things about and the bond organization, and on the local they belong there, that they want to be They want to be resettled elsewhere. Second, you agree? Have you heard of the fedayeen? Egypt, Jordan and Syria had a miUtary al· It a.ffects a Jew in America. If a J ew makes Israel than has Nasser. After one makes levels, the welfare fund. It means the on­ a part of that region, that they want These people, trained and armed by Nasser, a great scientific discovery, other Jews are due allowa.nce both for Arab hyperboles of going readiness for generous ald. It means llance aimed at us. It doesn't exist any peace and concord and stability with were crossing the border, killing 9ur farmers more. We proved It was just a paper pact. proud. That Is why, here in Israel, we are speech and for Arab politicians' necessity for substantially Increased investments in Israel. their neighbors, and that under all cir­ working in their fields, kllllng our children trying to make a highly clv111zed country saying things in order to survive, the fact I t means the tncreasecl use of American tech­ Third- and this Is Important-they won't cumstances they hold out the hand of going to school. There were just three things be thinking of attacking us for some time at that wUl give Jews, wherever they m ay be, still remains that the1·e Is no known break nology, and Americans ready to contribute we could do: We could let them go on kill­ a sense of pride. In t he wall of Arab hostility. What shall thel.r know-how. peaceful cooperation to their neigh­ ing-but not even Gandhi would have ac­ least-unless, of course, they get volunteers The third problem is splr!tnal. I refer in bors, notwithstanding the fulminations from a foreign power. So now we can get In America, Judaism is divided Into three be done? cepted that. We could retaliate In the same large branches-reform, conservat ive, and The Huleh drainage Issue indicates one the first place to the unresolved chu.rch-state against them. way-but why should we kUI other innocent on with our work, knowing we are more or problem l.n Israel. • • • Israel did not come less safe. Fourth, we have asserted our right orthodox. Why can't a reform or conserva• problem. Is1·ael has an abundance of water These are major and significant bases people? Or we could destroy the fedayeen ttve Jew find a temple of his persuasion in wate~ into existence to become another Balkan to freedom of navigation, recognized by in the north and no In the south. of statecraft. They demonstrate to us bases. This we did-this was the purpose Israel? Send me 10,000 reform Jews, a.nd I Therefore, it drains swamps In the north State. Harassed by enemies, it had no alter­ of our action. And we w111 do It again If many maritime powers, and the Gulf of why there is such a closeness and affinity Aqaba Is now open. There are many other can promise you they will have their own to make land cultivable, and channels the native but to become st rong and to defend it­ of ideals and relations between the people the fedayeen resume thelr raids. waters to the south that It may become fer­ self. But the ultimate purpose of the Jewish Isn't It true that the fedayeen raids started reasons- such as the disappearance of the synagogues and l'abbis. Let them try. of the United States and the people of fedayeen. These are the main things that They wm see that we have freedom of re­ tUe. This does not harm anyone and brings commonwealth Is spiritual. Israelis intended only after you made your attack on Gaza? ligion here. benefits to all. But the Syrians don't !Ike to be the fulfillment of Hebrew prophecy. It Israel. No. I was In a border village ca.lled Patlsh made tile Sinal campaign worth while. it. They can't use these waters; they don't has all·eady redeemed over a mlllion Jews. and Mr. President, as we celebrate this lOth where people had been killed. They did not Do you think the United States bas .been In 1953, you wrote, "When a Jew In need them, but they don't want Israel to that is a heroic achievement, not only of the anniversary of Israel's statehood and feel safe any more. That was when we de­ wrong In sending arms to Iraq, Jordan and America speaks of 'our government' to h is progress. So they make difficulties and shoot Jews but of the human sph·it. It should lift Israel's relations with the United States, cided to take action. Saudi Arabia? You are twice wrong-for fellow Jews, be usually means the Govern­ from across the frontiers which are nearby. the hearts of oppressed men everywhere. I hope very much that many of our col­ You said recently that you were worried sending arms to them and for not sending ment ot Israel, while the Jewish public In Israel doesn't want trouble. It needs a But we dare hope also for the redemption of leagues will read with great care this about the new Egypt-Syria and Iraq-Jordan arms to us. various countries view the Israeli Ambas­ }lerlod of tranquillity, but it cannot perma­ their souls. We dare hope for a return to federations because these countries were all How do you feel about the Soviet proposal sadors as their own representatives." Do nently hold up progress because of ongoing the Torah as the guiding principle of their interview. aggressive m111tary dictatorships. Yet Is­ to ban all arms shipments to the Middle East? you stU! bel1eve that American Jews are Arab opposition. lives, freely given and accepted, not under E XHIBIT A rael, a democracy, bas been condemned four The trouble with this proposal is that there Is Israelis first and Americans second? In Nasser ' \as become the leader and the compulsion. We dare to hope for new BEN- GUaiON TALKS- HE REVEALS FRANKLY times in the past 5 years by the U. N. Secu­ no arms balance today. A ban would leave this quotation, I was merely repeating what symbol of rising Arab nationalism to most of Torah. The Jewish soul has not had its last WHAT H.E THINKS ABOUT NASSEr:-AllOUT rity Council or General Assembly for m111- the Arabs With a tremendous superiority. some foreign teachers of Hebrew once told the Arab world. • • • Regardless of credit insight, nor has the Jewish voice spoken Its AMERICAN JEWS AND THEIR RELATIONS tnry aggression against Egypt, Syria, and Instead, we would prefer to go further. We me in Jerusalem. I suppose it was natural or blame the fact is that Nasser emerged last immemorial word. I hope for light and WITH ISRAEL-ABOUT GERMANS, ARAES, Jordan. Don't they-with no such record­ would agree to complete disarmament of Is­ for them to talk as they did while they from this crisis with greater prestige and healing from that sacred soil and I da1·e hope WAR, AND PEACE have more reason to be worried about Israel? rael and all the nations of the Middle East­ were In Israel. But I never said that Amer­ strength than before. He confiscated the that Israel may become a bridge between Israel will be 10 years old next month. First of all, we are worried because it Is ob­ except for Turkey, which is in a special situ­ ican Jews are Israells first or last. Only assets of the Suez Canal and holds on to East and West. Its prime minister, David Ben.-Gurion, is 71. vious Nasser must t ry to take over Jordan­ ation. Do you think we want to go on Jews living In Israel are Israelis. Of course, them. He gets Russian aid and uses It for This Is not a light task, nor for small· Yet the two have much In common. Both and perhaps Iraq too. Otherwise, his United spending money for arms? We would much there Is a Jewish community til the world, bargaining power with the West. He has minded men. I dare hope that this genera­ are small, cocky, energetic, loaded wtth Arab Republic is very disunited Indeed. This rather spend it on education and develop­ and It Is inevitable that a.n American Jew taken over Syria and Yemen. His cohorts tion of Jews, aided by friends outside their brains--and likable. It Is hard to lmagtne could mean violence or, anyway, trouble. As ment. Of com·se, to make general disarma­ should feel a kinship with Israel in the same and supporters are powerful and dangerous own group, will have the vision and the the one without the other. The nation Is to the U. N. condemnations, the reason the ment effective, we would need a very good sys• way that other Americans feel a kinship in every Arab country. courage and the determination and the the fulfillment of Ben-Gurlon's lifelong Arabs have not also been condemned Is that tern of inspection. But that's up to the with the Irish or the Italla,ns or whatever And now the1·e Is a rising sentiment In the statesmanship to r ise to the challenge, not dream; and he is, .has been, and will prob­ one of the big powers has the power of veto. Arabs; we are ready to cooperate. people they are descended !rom. West for some rapprochement with Egypt's of this hour but of t he centuries. ably always be Mr. Is1·ael. So there are two standards-one !or us, one You are spending more than $100 m11lion a Do you still regard the 10 million Jews dictator. He Is no t rustworthy friend of • That is why I flew over 13,000 miles to talk for the Arabs--and we are usually discrimi­ year on defense. Where are you getting your who live outside Israel as "exlles," a.nd is the West. At the very moment he is nego· with him. We talked for m ore than 2 hours nated against. But we are used to It: we are m111tary equipment? People are buying it­ Israel's primary mission still the "ingather­ tiating for United States aid, his controlled Thursday, April17, 1958 on February 28 In his unpretentious office In pa,tient. As to their being afraid of us-look where, I can't tell you. I am not doing the ing of the exiles?" Yes, though I would press and radio have denounced United Mr. JAVITS. Mr. President, I ask the Defense Ministry at Tel Aviv. As I at the figures: 40 million against fewer than buying myself, and my associates are quite not use the term "exiles." I prefer "dl­ States leaders as criminals. If we strengthen unanimous consent to have printed as a listened to him, I realized why the Arabs 2 million; an ru:ea 60 times bigger than ours; secretive. But it is not coming from Amer• aspora." Of course, I am not so naive as to Nasser we are building up Soviet influence have found him such a formidable oppo­ at least 4 times as many weapons, and of lea, I am sorry to say. think that America's 5 million Jews are and power l.n the Middle East. Let him pa.rt of my remarks the text of a very nent. This Polish-born pioneer farmer, far better quality. Some of them get arms going to fiock over here-though I do wish unusual, revealing, and interesting in­ During the past 10 years, Israel bas been learn the hard way, that Russia does not combat soldier, classical scholar, and veteran from the greatest power in the East, and some receiving the equivalent of about $500,000 a that more would come, young ones espe­ keep all its promises, that he cannot re­ terview with Mr. Ben-Gurion, Prime politician is as shrewd as they come-and from t he greatest power in the West as well. day from American sources. Do you believe cially. I realize that an Arnerica,n Jew en­ pudiate his commitments and defy the West Minister of Israel, published in Look as hard as a nut. He knows what he wants It the Arabs have any self-respect, how can our lavish support of Israel has helped or joying full equality feels more comfortable and expect it to rescue him from his diffi­ magazine for April 15, 1958. for Israel. I could understand how an Is­ they be afraid of us? burt America In the Middle East? What Is where be Is-With his car and television set culties. The PRESIDENT pro tempm·e. With­ raeli, after 10 years of independence, would You also said, "If Iraqi troops approach America's basic Interest In the Middle East? and other things we are short of over here­ It we give him this type of aid we wlll out objection, it is so ordered. feel good just knowing that "B-G" is still the Jordan River, we wlll have to reserve our It is not oil-you have plenty of oil. It is but I still don't believe it is possible to alienate our own tested friends In the Middle ltNNESOTA Eastern peoples provide, ln my judgment, a for centuries has known only dictator­ birthday. We also take this occasion to sources of food supply largely cut baste approach. The emphasis must be ship and repression, Israel has shown Mr. SALTONSTALL. Mr. President, renew our C:~te1·mination that we and steady influx of immigrants and refugees, Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, shifted from the differences which divide graphically what a free people can ac­ today marks the lOth anniversary of the other nations will continue to search for most of them with little or no agricul­ tomorrow, April 24, will ma1·k a memo­ these peoples to the common interests whlch complish in the face of enormous natural establishment of the free State of Israel. means of alleviating the tensions and tural experience, little industry, hostile rable occasion-the lOth anniversary of should unite them-and I mean all of them, obstacles and hostile neighbors. Just 10 years ago tr.e community of free difficulties which confront Israel and the neighbors on virtually every side-little the founding ot the State of Israel. At Including the people of Israel. Gathered from all parts of the world, peoples was strengthened by the creation states adjacent to it, to the end that wonder that some thought Israel would this time, it would be appropriate tore­ Capital and credit must be provided tor the people of Israel are pioneers in the of a democratic nation. peace and prosperity will be the blessing not long survive. But Israel had one a.tfiJ:m our confidence in Ist·ael's future programs to raise the living standards of the priceless asset--a people firmly deter­ Middle Eastern peoples, and to make pos­ true sense of the word. Like the early In one short decade we have witnessed of every country in the Middle East. and pleasw·e In her magnificent achieve­ sible Individual ful1Ulment and social Justice settlers of the West, they are full of cour­ the remarkable progress of the Israeli mined to build a strong and enduring ments. I ask unanimous consent to have for all. age and determination. They are fron­ state. Its heritage, its culture, its dedi­ nation, in which each could make a useful a copy of the letter which I sent to Prime Let the Soviet Union be challenged, cation to human freedom and human REMARKS life. Minister David Ben-Gurion printed in tier people, and if the theory of the cele­ OF publ1cly and persistently, to Join with us brated University of Wisconsin historian, dignity have enabled it to become a stal­ Indeed, the very precariousness of the RECORD. In such economic undertakl.ngs aimed not Frederick Jacltson Turner, that our wart ally among the free nations of the those early years, the hardships and dan­ There being no objection, the letter at securing influence In the area, but at HON. J. GLENN BEALL gers that were a part of daily life, stimu­ furthering the cause of pence. American frontiers have had a major in­ world. OF MA.RYLA.ND was ordered to be printed In the RECORD, fluence on our lives, is correct, then un­ We in America seek peace and freedom lated efforts that were truly prodigious. as follows: Let the Soviet Union be challenged to Mr. President, today the y long join with us and other powers In sponsor­ questionably the frontiers of Israel have for all men. F'or this reason the pres­ Mr. BEALL. In 10 years Israel has come a ver His Excellency DAVm BEN-OURION, Ing a pilot dlsarmClment program In this been a major influence in shaping the de­ ervation of the free and independent Senate of the United States is honoring way. Primary emphasis has, of course, Prime Minister Of I srael, area. In the Middle East, disarmament can velopment of that people. State of Israel has been, and will re­ the State of Israel which will celebrate been put on the development of agricul­ Tel Aviv, I srael. STER: On the OCCasion be made elfectlve. Inspection is no great Israel has rendered a great humani­ main, a fundamental t enet of American its lOth anniversary tomorrow. ture. This has meant investment in ir­ DEAR MR. PRIME MINI problem. foreign policy. Ten years ago a new nation was rigation, agricultural equipment, fer­ of the lOth anniversary ot the State of Israel. Pending agreement on S\lCh programs de­ tarian service in providing more than formed, the state of Israel, founded on tilizers, and training programs. Israel is I wanted to send you my personal congratu­ 900,000 homeless men, women, and chil­ On this lOth anniversary of Israel's lations and warmest good wishes. This Is signed to relax dangers and tensions, the restoration, I join the millions of friends principles similar to those on which our not yet self-sufficient in all foods, but the United States, and tho other Western Pow­ dren from the concentration camps of own country was founded. of strict rationing, of barely skirting an occasion !or rejoicing among friends of ers, should reiterate, In unmistakable terms, Europe, and from the ghettos of Africa of Israel all over the world in paying days Israel all over the world. Probably no na­ thelr guaranty of the security of Israel and and Asia, with a chance to regain their tribute to the heroic people of this na­ In 10 short years this vigorous young the threat of starvation, are behind, for­ tion in history has accomplished so much In of her territorial Integrity within her pres­ self-respect and to live normal productive tion-to the progress which they have nation has withstood aggression, turned ever behind, we hope. Even though wis­ so short a time. ent borders. made in furthering their democratic in­ the desert into fertile farmland, begun dom and necessity dictated giving agri­ This splendid record ot achievement and lives. They have done this at great cost to the dedication, the Tilts guaranty should also apply to the to their national economy and at con­ stitutions-and to the ambition which an ambitious industrial proJram, and cultw·al development first place, indus­ progress Is a tribute security and Integrity of the neighboring gained the respect of the world. trial growth has also proceeded at a rapid sacrifice, and the faith of the people of siderable personal sacrifice, but at the they share with us to achieve dignity Your great leadership during these Arab States. and brotherhood for all men. Israel has shown the ..-:orld how a rate. Over an 8-year period, Israel has Israel. This Is the way to make the Eisenhower same time they have defended their lib­ managed to achieve a fivefold increase trying days of Israel's freedom and Independ­ doctrine meaningful In the Middle East. erty and strengthened the institutions of people with ideals based on the prin­ ence has been a source of Inspiration, not ciples of freedom, sacrificing mutually, in exports and to meet her financial ob­ only to your own people, but to tree men I timuy believe that during the next 10 democracy. ligations at home and abroad. Overall years, Israel will continue to make progress. America can be proud of the fi.nanclal REMARKS and pulling together, can form a great everywhere. I firmly believe that In so doing, Israel OP and free nation. imports stUl exceed exports, but the I w1ll long remember our visit about a will contribute to the peace and stab1!1ty help it has given Israel during Its first young economy has demonstrated a vital­ year ago. I shall be ever grateful to you and decade. America can be proud that it In these days of man-made satellites or the Middle East. HON. H. ALEXANDER SMITH the earth, of atomic power, of ity and capacity for growth that is from your countrymen for the hospitality and I firmly believe that the Arab States will has helped to strengthen this young circling friendly welcome that was extended to me OP NEW JERSEY intercontinental missiles, and of talk any objective point of view, very remark­ come, sooner or later- and I hope It will nation, and it is no exaggeration to say able. and my associates during our visit to Israel. be sooner-to accept Israel as n friendly that the friendship of the American peo­ Mr. SMITH of New Jersey. Mr. Presi­ about interplanetary travel, we are liable I am sure you know that we were very favor­ neighbor from whom they can profit much to lose sight of the one thing that makes In all of this, Israel has been greatly ably Impressed with the many accomplish­ ple continues to be one of the most Im­ dent, I desh·e to identify myself fully helped by the assistance-technical, fi· and to whose welfare they can contribute portant pillars of Israel's strength. The with the resolution offered by the ma­ us a strong nation: The determination ments that were so evident everywhere. much. jority leader, concurred in by the mi­ in our hearts to remain free. It follows, nancial, and economic-extended by Before many months go by, I hope that Israel Is n nation based on a positive cause of democracy and the free world other nations and by millions of indi­ we may meet again and this time In the has gained immeasurably because there nority leader and other Senators, with then, that we are a nation where the peo­ Idea-the Idea or love and dc.wotlon, not ple govern through free elections. This viduals, not only in the United states, United States. only to the State o! Israel, but to all man­ is a strong, independent Israel in the respect to the lOth anniversary of the but all over the world, to whom the es­ I have deemed It an honor and a prlvUege kind. Middle East today. In the world conflict founding of the State of Israel. idea of freedom has become a part of to participate In some ot the programs and the lives of our people, and for this we tablishment of Israel was the triumphant I belleve, with all my heart, that the between East and West, which is now Mr. President, tomorrow, April 24, will vindication of basic principles of human­ efforts which have been undertaken here In force of Jove Is stronger than the force of making the Middle East its battleground, be the lOth anniversary of the inde~ are known throughout the world. Thus, the United States, designed to be of assist­ hate. Love r enews Itself, while hate ex­ our country has been a sheltet· for the ity and justice. To see the good use to ance to the people o! Israel. Permit me to we are fortunate to be able to point to a pendence of Israel. We, in America, are has been put, the hausts Itself. The force of love Is fertile and land on the persecuted of the world, a sanctuary which outside help join my fellow Americans In saluting you and productive, while the force of hate Is barren country where democracy and freedom happy to salute this gallant manifold return it has so quickly the State of Israel on the occasion of the are proving so successful. occasion of the celebration of its first where liberty, justice, and equality are and destructive. the accepted rule. It is significant that brought, provides a rare satisfaction. lOth anniversary. We wish you and your The people of Israel have burst tl1e ordi­ The people of Israel have also demon­ decade as a memoer of the nations of Important though outside assistance country the blessings of freedom, peace, and nary Jtmlts of possibilities In the progress strated their ability to defend themselves the world. these very ideals are those on which continued progress. All or these you rlcbly the State of Israel was founded. And has been, and will continue to be for some deserve. they have made because they are Inspired when thei:- security has been threatened. Israel's career has been stormy and ingredient in with a sense of mission which extends be· diffi.cult, but It enters upon its second Israel has grown in stature to a great time, the indispensable With admiration and best wishes, I remain. yond their own Immediate Interests. At the same time they have repeatedly and respected nation. Israel's progress remains her people. Respectfully yours, extended the hand of peace to all their decade with a vigorous, democratic so­ a people with a high degree of Tonight, we congratulate Israel on her developing economy which As a repre.sentative of the people of Only HUBI!:RT H. HUMPHREY. sense of mission and on the contributions neighbors, with a sincerity that cannot ciety, and a. social responsibility, with the ability to is expanding both agriculturally and in­ Maryland, I extend to the people of the • • • • • which have come from It durl.ng the past be doubted. Israel wants peace. Only organize themselves effectively and make Wednesday, June 11, 1958 10 years. this week her Prime Minister, David dustrially at a healthy rate. The east­ State of Israel our sincere congratula­ the most of meager resources, could We In America need to recapture this Ben-Gurion, in a television interview, ern shore of the Mediterranean is be­ tions on the lOth anniversary of the achieve a standard of living which al­ Mr. HUMPHREY. Mr. President, on sense of mission, too. We have had this offered to disarm his country If his ginning to bloom again in a manner not founding of their nation. ready contrasts so favorably with that of Ma.y 11, 1958, I had the honor to deliver sense In the past. Let us conceive It agaln. seen for centuries. an address at the celebration in the Our mission Is to lead the world In ways neighbors would do likewise. In its de­ many of her neighbors, including those sire for peace and economic development, It has seemed to · me in the second Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Dl., of Israel's of peace, Justice, security, and freedom. decade of the life of this courageous REMARKS endowed with great natural resources. Our mission Is to pierce the curtains of in its love of freedom and devotion to OF Much ot the hardest part is behind lOth anniversary. My address was en­ darkness which now press In upon us and democracy, in its tradition of humani­ little country tha.t it can well dedicate titled "Israel-Bastion of Freedom." itself to the challenge of peace in the them. But new and no less challenging to move toward the dawn of a. new age of tarian service and in its provision of HON. CLIFFORD P. CASE problems lie ahead. Domestically most I ask unanimous consent that the text peace, Justice, and understanding among area in which it thrives. It can show be this point in homes for the homeless, Israel reflects OF :NEW .TEIISEY important is that of helping many of the of my talk printed at ourselves and among all the nations ot men. to the other nations of the area and the the RECORD, also the interests of the United States. Mr. of New Jersey. Mr. Presi­ new immigrants coming from tradition­ For our part, we can aid in the achieve­ free world that the eternal spiritual CASE There being no obJection, the address truths on which its whole history has dent, 10 years ago the new State of Israel al, almost feudal backgrounds of Middle REMARKS ment of peace in the Middle East by Minutes after the dec­ Eastern countries, to take theh· places in was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, making it clear that we will not tolerate been founded are the possession not was proclaimed. as follows: OF only of Israel alone, but also the posses­ laration. of a new independent nation, a modern dynamic society shaped by and any aggression against Israel. Only States announced formal dedicated to western ideals. I have no ISRAEL--BASTION OF FREEDOM sion of the entire world. the Uruted (Address by Senator HUBERT H. HUMJ>HRET, HON. WILLIAM E. PROXMIRE when Israel's neighbors understand that Israel and the Middle East area is the recognition of its government, the lone fear of the outcome. OF WISCONSIN their own best interests to coop­ Democrat, Minnesota, at Independence it is in birthplace of many of the world's great democracy in the ancient lands of the A people who have demonstrated the Festival celebrating Israel's lOth anniver­ Mr. PROXMIRE. I am happy to join erate with each other and with Israel l"ellglons. Leadership in the establish­ Middle East. courage and skill which has brought sary, Chicago Stadium, Chicago, May 11, with my colleagues in honoring Israel on for the development of the entire region, ment of these spiritual values could well The years since then have brought Israel through this fl.t·st decade cannot 1958) the occasion of the lOth a.nnlversary of will peace come. All our efforts should be the proud objective of these coura­ development at a pace unmatched by fall to meet the new challenges which lie We are gathered here to commemorl\te the its independence. This country's first be devoted toward that goal. geous people. any other nation in modern times. Cer- ahead. lOth anniversary ot the founding o! the State 46963()-66767 46963()-66767 10 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 11 e:oMoshe Dayan, formerly Chief of the Army, dicaps and h eartaches In tive In calling It up tor discussion before the several years ago my wife and I 1·ode these first years of Yes; American food can be a positive force tive. Never must the objective be renounced not long ago relinquished his command to United Nations. Independence. Yes, not one, but a hundred continue his study along a wilderness path high above the In our foreign policy. It can be the life-sav­ In favor of the obstacles." of humanit ies at Hebrew Such a11 Inspection system over the border challenges h ave h ad to be met and mas­ Ing ingredient of a political and economic In other words, the people of Israel just University. The most revered people in rushing Lochsa Fork of the Clearwater tered-and all of them at tho same time. areas of Israel, the United Arab Republic, policy designed to assist newborn n ations. reC\tse to be licked- they will not take no J ewish society have traditionally been Jordan and Saudi Ar River in Idaho. We were following the for an answer. I like scholars and abia could be a pilot Israel has had to establish a modern free The shortage of food is a common denomi­ that kind of spirit. teachers. So 1 t Is no wonder project of Inestimable value for the cause westbound trail of the first Americans to government, create a strong defensive force, nator throughout many areas of the world. WORLD ROLE that the country's educational standards are o! world disa cross the continent, Met·lwether Lewis build an Independent economy, and revive rmamen t . Therefore, our abundance of food Is an as­ Not only has Israel made giant strides In very high. The Inauguration by the major powers of and William Clark. We were only 150 and renew a whole culture. THEFVTVRE set. This asset, wisely used, can create new developing her own resources In 10 short "open skies Inspection" In such vital areas years behind them. Our vast country She has succeeded In doing so not by the friendships a nd contribute to the building years, but she has also steadily solldlfted Rarely, If ever be!ore, has so much been ac­ as the Arctic or Europe could be a major step was crossed for the flrst time but a cen­ brutal efficiency of a totalitarian machine. or peace and freedom. No American should her position among the family of nations. compllshed In so short a time. But Israel toward a relaxation o! tension between the but through a democratic process which has ever say that our surplus of food Is a prob­ tury and a half ago, America is that She has formulated 17 trade agreements and has not yet reached the goals she seeks and two great power blocs. But thus far action new. respected, a nd promoted the rights of the lem. It Is, indeed, rather a privilege and one has established diplomatic relations with wants. As Israel faces her second decade. the has been blocked by Soviet obstruction and Individual. to be shared generously and constructively. 50 countries, 11 o! them In A!rlca and Asia. determination of her people was recently ex­ the veto. New nations still rise, new national his­ H 'Ol\IAN RIGHTS Some of the latest, most advanced farm­ In !net, Israel has her own point 4 program pressed by Premier Ben Gurlon, that sturdy The people o! the Middle East, who have tories still have their beginnings, as the For instance. today In Israel every child, ing techniques are now being used by Israel's for Burma and Ghana. 20th century pioneer of pioneers: already shown their aspirations for peace 2 ¥.! billion of us who share the earth Arab and J ewish, Is entitled to a free edu­ farmers. Agricultural and mining settle­ Israel ls a living example to all under­ "Israel Is determined to strengthen her by accepting new forms of peacekeeping ma­ seek for workable Institutions in which cation and medical care. Arabs are repre­ ments have sprung up in wastes that bad developed countries of what determination military preparedness and persevere In her chinery such as the United Nations Emer­ to govern ourselves and live according to sented in Israel's parliament, both as mem­ been desolate and uninhabited for centuries. and energy can accomplish. Israel's very work of rebuilding and redemption; to bring gency Force, could make another significant About 500 new agricultural settlements have In Jews !rom the lands of oppression and mis­ our diverse cultures and 1n peace with our bers of J ewish parties, and as the representa­ existence ls a major stumbling block to the contribution to world peace, I! they would neighbors. This tives of Arab parties. It has always seemed been established. Communist penetration of the Middle East ery; to conquer the desert and make It be the first to adopt, lu their own region, century will be marked, wonderfully symbolic to me that the rights The next great planned development for and Africa. Hard-pressed herself, Israel Is fiourlsh by the power of science and pioneer­ the principle or Inspection against surprise in the long sweep of human history, as ot the Arab minority In Israel hnve been Israel Is the conquering or the Negev, the offering a helping and sympathetic hand to Ing spirit; and to transform the country Into attack. That many o! the Middle Eastern one in which the drive for nationhood safeguarded even while the state Itself has great desert in t he southern areas of Israel. other&-and all the time providing a 11\•lng a bastion of democracy, Uberty, and univer­ governments favor tills principle was demon­ reached its climax, and 1n which more been under siege from hostile neighbors. The Negev possesses a tremendous challenge example that democracy works in practice­ sal cultural values based on the tea.ching or strated ln 1955 when they supported a United peoples assumed that status than at any to the determination, Imagination, and tech­ Israel's prophets and the achievements of DEFENSE even In tlmes of trial and difficulty. Nations resolution on the "open skies plan" other time. nical competenoe of the Israelis. The Gov­ Israel's youth, Israel's stabl11ty, and Is­ modern science." and again a week or two ago when they con ­ Yes. on the very day of Israel's birth as a ernment of Israel and its people are deter­ We in American can be proud of the role Today we herald a nation whose mod­ nation, her land frontiers were under attack rael's aclllevements are Inspiring other new tinued their support or the concept in the mined that the Negev shall be made fruitful. states in Asia and Africa to develop greater our country and our people have played In Arctic debate In the United Nations. These ern history commenced only a decade and her ports were blocknded. The land Is rich and fertile lf the blessing Israel's first 10 years. But there Is more that ago-the Republic of Israel. To the The new state's baptism confidenoe In their ablllty to improve t heir same governments could now assist in re­ of ftre was costly, of nourishing water can be brought to it. own economies we must do. We must continue to provide duction of tensions youngsters in Israel-and to young men but it established her right to llve and she and societies. She leads by In their own area by water can be made available-the land Is example and by doing. aid and assistance to help Israel develop her agreeing to a "pllot Inspection system" to be and women studying history In schools 11ves vigorously. T11e people o! Israel have there to be tilled and planted. Thousands economy and extend her trade. We must re­ HEALTH, EDUCATION, AND W ELFARE conducted by themselves or by outside in Indonesia, Ghana, Sudan, learned to llve dangerously. They h ave of people await the opportunity to build sist diplomatic maneuvers to undermine Is­ Tunisia, learned to brace tl1emselves tor t he difficult The real measure of the parties as agreed upon. and a.ll the other new nations-the new homes in freedom and security In this spirit and pm·pose rael's bard won stability. We should m ake But what the Middle East should aim at task of rebuilding their hard-won country, great expanse of Israeli territory. To de­ ot Is1·ael and her people Is to be found in our alms In the Middle East so clear that United States today must appear as one and making It a. haven tor refugees fleeing the emphasis placed upo above nll else, Is a lasting settlem ent of the velop tile Negev, however, will call for great n health, education, everyone wm understand that an Arab-Israel state of war which still exists between Israel of the oldest, most permanent of States from other lands. Today Israel stands as t he invest ments or capital, labor, engineering, and welfare. This Is within the great Jewish pence Is a primary objective of United States in the world-powerful, almost lavishly most powerful nation ln the Middle East, ex­ tradition of the highest and the Arab states, and a ret urn or the area and planning. respect for Individual policy. Israel will not be sacrlll.ced. to a normally peaceful condition. Wit h such rich, and correspondingly conservative ; chtslve of TUrkey-a strong ally, wlthottt a Prime Minister B ~n-Gur lon told me that dignity and the belle! In the brotherhood of While this Is our primary objective, there a bit tired and, alas, leary of new Ideas. formal t1·eaty of alliance. man. Modern Israel a settlement the burden of arms now t he Negev wlll be developed. This was not Is setting an example nre other measures that should be adopted as weighing heavlly on J ew and Arab alllte could For these nations stand today where we REFVOEES just an idle promise; It was a declm·atlon In these Important areas of human endeavor soon as possible to alleviate the t ension on that serve to challenge new nation be lightened and more resources could be de­ stood 150 years ago, on the threshold of In the past 10 years. Israel bas performed of purpose. It will be developed, because states thn borders with the Arab c ount ries. What voted to the betterment o! life tor au. Israel needs lt. It is, in truth, Israel's un­ throughout the world. national history, Impatiently contem­ the monumental task of receiving, rehabili­ Is n eeded, above all, is for all friendly powers The Middle East needs a period o! tran­ plating such vast established emph·es as tating, and resett ling more thlln 900,000 Im­ derdeveloped area that awaits the magic The people and Governmen t of Israel do to make an unqualified statement or de­ quillity-it needs stab11lty of borders and migrants-from displaced persons camps ln touch of modern science and technology, in­ not merely pay lip service to human dig­ termination to r esist, under the United Na­ an opport unity. too, for the more construc­ those of Great Britain and France. Germany, Austria, I taly, from countries In spired by the strength and determination nity and welfare. They act to protect and tions Charter , any forceful attempt to over­ tive forces within the area to gain the as­ Yet Israel's case Is different. and it is North A!rlca and the Middle East. from be­ o! a people who refute to Incorporate In Insure lt. With thousands of immigrants, throw the sovereignty or destroy the Inde­ cendancy. The Middle East needs economic unique. Located In the very cradle of hind the Iron curtain, as well as from other their vocabulary the word "Impossible." many uneducated and untrained, sick and pendence of Israel or Its neighbors. development--regional economic develop­ western history, it represents to its peo­ parts of the world. Today the Jewish popu­ lND'OST1!Y weary, the State of Israel has launched a Such a declaration would Introduce an ele­ ment. program of education, health, and welfare ple, not the opening or a virgin continent lation numbers almost 2 million. Month We know that the country's Industrial ment of stabUity into the Middle East that It needs the guiding band of the United but the renascence of a national commu­ after month, Israel continues to receive the that encompasses every citizen and every would t hen permit other pacifying factors to Natlon&-a hand that Insists upon peaceful progress has also been phenomenal. A look nrea. In the field of education, Israel today nity whose origins antedate European homeless and pen:ecuted in truly stRgger­ at the production and export figures tells exercise a healing lnfiuence. pursuits and curbs violence and aggression. ing numbers. is known for Its great technical schools, its A numbe.r of Important peacekeeping de­ The Middle East needs Israel with her mod­ history, even those of Greece and Rome. the story. research laboratories, and the great Hebrew It Is to Israel's everlasting credit that ev­ Israel's industry represents an investment vices have already been established In the ern science and technology, with her genius The pioneers and settlers of the mod­ University. In the field of health, the new Middle East to help calm relations between at government and social organization. Is­ ery one of the hundreds o! thousands who or more than $700 million. Old, establlshed Hadassah ern Israel did not vanquish physical ele­ came to make a new home--and a new life­ plants hospital and clinic is one of the the Arabs and the Israelis. The armistice r ael needs her neighbors. have been expanded and reequipped ftnest medical Institutions in the world. ments-the heat and cold, the ftoods and each was and Is provided with enougl1 t o and new ones have been built. Through self­ committees, the demilitarized zones, and the Again and again, the statesmen of the the drought, the wilderness of an unex­ get started on the road to self-sufficiency. sacrifice, careful planning, loans, and repara­ Yes. Israel places a high priority upon United Nations Emergency Force, are some world need to remind the peoples of the health and education for the people. E\·ery Middle East that war and violence in plored continent. In a century when The new lmmlgro.nts are not only pro­ tions, Israel has greatly enlarged her pro­ o! the chief measures that have been accepted that man has long mastered his physical ductive capacity. The most modern kind of citizen Is entitled by right of law to com­ by t he countries In the area ln an elfort to area, as elsewhere, settles nothing but could en­ vided with the basic necessities o! life upon plete healt h and hospital protection and vironment, their stru their arrival, machinery capable of producing high quality care. halt bloodshed and restore tranqutlllty. well destroy everything. A war In the Middle ggle was against but are Integrated into the Every Is community. Many are ret rained tor jobs products. Is now being used. child given the opportunity of edu­ Thanks to the cooperation of the Israelis East can spread to the Middle west. What human obstacles-against prejudice and New roads and harbors have been bullt, cation. Every family can look forward to and their neighbors wit h United Nations Is needed Is patience and a period of stablllt y poverty, against ignorance and intoler- In Industry. An even larger 1mmber are occupancy of modern housing. moved to agricultural settlements. But all railways have been extended and modern­ 46963o-66767 are given work-yes, gainful work-designed ized, and new power stations and telephone These great accomplishments in the field to provide not only an Income, but to en­ installations are In use-progress-growth ot health, education, and welfare serve n ot rich and develop the State of Israel. Israel everywhere. only to strengthen Israel, but by precept and 469630-66767 RECORD 13 12 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD CONGRESSIONAL experiences, ~tnd the herit­ it J erusalem where now stands the tomb of K ing I n the short time that Israel has existed ns The problems, nnce, against hate and organized, Inhu­ the peacemall9, some 470 villages and rural settle­ journey to Cairo and hash out problems confronts to accommodate these first decade. It Is a challenge to our own HON. FREDERICK G. PAYNE gredient In Israel's achievements has been ments were establl.shed with President Nasser, If such an Invitation From the hills of Galilee to the sands or new citizens who were soon contributing is made to him in good conscience. Mean­ Nation which for historic and natural rea­ Aqaba, !rom the waters of the Dead Sea to OF MAJNE her people. The enttre world can look to sons found ald, sympathy and strength them for Inspiration as we attempt to solve their share to the steady progress of the while, there has also been a "constancy of the shores of the Mediterranean, a myriad Monday, May 12, 1958 economy. purpose" In the efforts or Arab leaders to among freedom lovers abroad In our own of blue-and-white fiags will be ftylng proudly our complex problems. Their initiative, thwart any possibilities Of peace negotiations struggle for liberation. Israel asks no more. today In celebration of the lOth anniversary Mr. PAYNE. Mr. President, all Ameri­ courage, and Industry have already written I know of no finer tribute to the character In order to feast on the fruits of appease­ Perhaps these have been much too solemn ot the Independence of the State of Israel. cans join in extending best wishes to the 10 years of history which will be recorded of the new State and Its people than this we, the free West, appear to offer words to usher In a birthday. But we must Conceived In Idealism and born In lire, In the annals of human progress as among effort to carry out to the !\illest the declara­ ment which people of Israel on the l Oth anniversary tiOn contained In the proclamation of Inde­ them by our own lack of constancy and the be realists in this solemn era of history. We Israel has already accomplished the impos­ of the establishment of the Republic o! the most productive ever before experienced purposelessness it creates. celebrate the lOth anniversary of modern sible. It has established Itself as a free by a community of peoples. These 10 years, pendence: In view of past performances-the char­ Israel with a recognition of the past, Its democracy on an ancient, rocky soli that Israel. however, represent only the beglnnl'ng of a "The State of Israel will be open for Jewish acter of their Inconsistencies and the con- agonies and its glories; with a review of the had not known freedom for centuries. It I ask unanimous consent that a. copy future which will undoubtedly witness ever lmmJgratlon and for the Ingathering of the to the salute greater contributions. exiles; (and) wm foster the development o! 469630--66767 of a message which I sent 46963Q-66767 22 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD CONGRESSIONAL RECORD 23 the country for the benefit of all Inhabit­ vitality and capacity for growth that ls those who would like to banish Israel ment of u tmost signltlcance in this 20t h cate a Middle Eastern Development Authority I n spite of tremendous hand,lcaps, Israel ants." solidly reassuring for the future. from the map. century of worldwide rising expectations. which might build up the possibilities of not only has survived through the decade Agricultural development bas had, of These are only some of the accomplish­ All too often, I think when we Americans peace by combatting poverty and hopeless­ Just past, but It has steadily gained In eco­ But the people of that valiant country speak of our relations with other Minister, course, first priority in building the new ments of the first decade. There are many have demonstrated that determination think or ness. When the Israeli Foreign nomic and Industrial strength, in Its popu­ State. And Israel's achievement In this field more-In education, In health, In science, in countries, we tend to concentrate on what we Mrs. Golda Meir, spoke in the United Nations lation and in Its cultural and mllltary re­ Ia, so far as I know, unprecedented, and one housing, in transport, and communication. and the desire for freedom can overcome think we can do for them. That's necessary, last year, on the Sinal withdrawal, she turned sources. For centuries a cherished dream from which many other nations can benefit. And all of them have been achieved despite any obstacles. or course, but In the case of Israel there's an to the Arab delegates present and asked: has been a Jewish homeland. In a measure In this first decade the area of land under recurring border tension and clashes and Recently Hon. Philip A. Hart, Lieuten­ lmperntlve lesson we can learn. Despite the "Can we, from now on-all of us--turn a almost beyond belief, courage and resource­ cultivation bas more than doubled and pro­ while maintaining a defense program bu11t ant Governor of Michigan, spoke at De­ t act that Israel Is In constant, Immediate new leaf, and Instead ot fighting with each fulness have made this dream a. reality. duction has risen to the point where well around an army that Is generally regarded troit's celebration of Israel's lOth anni­ danger from without, the whole range of edu­ otber, can we all, united, fight poverty and Israel has had more than Its share ot tra­ over hal! of the country's food needs are as one of the finest fighting forces 1n the versary. His remarks were given in his cational and social welfa,re programs In disease and Illiteracy? Ia It possible for us vail. To build a refuge for Immigrants, to now met by Its own farmers. The days of world. capacity as acting Governor. Israel have been receiving the unstinting to put all our efforts and all our energy Into maintain a fum economic status and to hold strict rationing, of barely skirting the threat In all of this, Israel has been greatly helped s upport of the Ist·aeli Government. The one single purpose, the betterment and prog­ off antagonistic neighbors who woUld throt­ ial, and I ask unanimous consent that the text success of those programs contributes Im­ ress and development of all our lands and all of st arvlltlon, are behind-forever behind, by the assistance-technical, financ Appen­ tle the nation, If they coUld, bas been a tre­ we hope. Indeed, we are told that by 1960 economic-extended by other nations and by of his remarks be printed in the portan tly to the willlngness of the people of our peoples?" mendous task. expects to reach complete mllllons of Individuals not only In the United dix Of the RECORD. Israel to defend their country. Yet here 1n Let us pray that Mrs. Melr's question will the Government despite A cardinal tenet of Israeli policy has been agricultural self-sufficiency. Behind this Stat es, but all over the world, to whom the There being no objection, the address th is country we hear suggestions that yet be answered In the aJ!Irmatlve-and let peacefUl relations with Its neighbors. The growth Ues an Intensive program of water establishment of Israel was the trlumpb.ant was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, our country's unequalled wealth we some­ us do all we can to make It so. Israel Government has never stopped trying development to provide the Irrigation that la vindication of basic principles of humanity as follows: how can't afford both an adequate defense to negotiate a peace settlement with the Arab and justice. To see the good use to which lind sclentltlc effort and a reaUstlc program know cooperation be­ absolutely essential in so much of the REMARKS BY THE HONORABLE PBlLIP A. HART, and States because they outside help has been put, the manlfold re­ to deal witb our educational, health, tween them and the Arabs would be the best country. ACTING GOVERNOR, STATE OP MICHIGAN, AT welfare needs. We should learn from Israel The projects undertaken and planned turn It bas so quickly brought, provides a DETROIT'S CEL'&8RATION OF ISRAEL'S lOTH REMARKS thing for evcl'yone In the Middle East. But It stir the Imagination. rare satisfaction. that what's spent on education, health, and their offers of amity continue to be repulsed, under this program ANNIVERSARY, APRIL 27, 1958 strengthens a democratic society OJ' Approximately one-half of the annual de­ Important though outside assistance has wel!are they will not give ttp what they have. been, and will continue to be for some time, There are many reasons for the warm In­ every b!t as much as what's spent on mis­ velopment budget Is devoted to water de­ illions of Amer­ HON. STYLES BRIDGES The conruct between the Arabs and Israel The aim is to provide 2.4 billion the Indispensable Ingredient In Israel's prog­ terest and affinity which m siles and munitions. velopment. lcallS feel tor the democratic State of Israel. And finally, I hope that we Americans will OF NEW HAMPSHIRE 18 of long standing. It started from the cubic meters of water a year for agricultural ress remains her people. Only a people with moment tile United Nations endorsed an In­ a high degree of social responsibility, with The1·e are, of course, thousands of Amer­ llave the good sense to develop a working use-enough to Irrigate more than 1 mllllo11 Icans who have close relatives In Israel, and Israel in promoting rising Wednesday, M ay14, 1958 dependent Israeli State In Palestine, together land and support 4 million people. the abUity to organize themselves effectively partnership with acres ot mllllons of Jews and Christians who feel a standards of living throughout Asia and with a separate Arab State. The Arabs re­ The plan Is well on Its way to achievement, and make the most of meager resources, Mr. BRIDGES. Mr. President, I ask fused to accept the United Nations decree, could achieve a standard of living which al­ strong religious tie with the Holy Land. But Africa. Israel Is in a potentlaily effective unanimous consent to have printed in the the first ot the two pipelines to the Negev even beyond those obvious and strong links, bridge between the and they set out to nUllify it with arms in operation and a second ready contrasts so favorably with that or position to serve as a Appendix of the RECORD an editorial being already Americans and their Israeli friends have complex and developed economies of before the I sraelis could form the state scheduled !or completion this year. many of her neighbors, Including those en­ highly which was published In one of New allowed them by the UnJted Nations parti­ dowed with great natural resources. many added sound reasons for their friend­ the West and the underdeveloped economies Water from tbe bllls of GalUee and the ship and for the cooperation which we all of the Asian and African countries. When Hampshire's leading dally newspapers, tion plan. Arab armies spilled into Pales­ Kisbon River w1ll soon add their nourish­ These accompllshments are a dranll\tic the Concord Daily Monitor, on Saturday, tine from all directions in a frantic elJort to demonstration that should give heart to hope will continue to grow between Israel Asian and African leaders visit the United ment to the Jezreel Valley and the plain and America. States and other western nations, they're apt April 26. This fine editorial, entitled drive tbe Israeli defenders into the sea. of Haifa. every underdeveloped nation which has the north (a) Both Israel and America are melting to tind our economies too advanced and com­ "Israel's 10 Years," relates to the lOth That these and subsequent attacks have Already a major land reclamation and will and the sell-discipline to carry through been repulsed Is a tribute to the ab111ty of an effective program of economic develop­ pots drawing upon the strengths of many plex to have much Immediate bearing on anniversary of the State of Israel. water conservation project In the Lake Huleh their own problems. Western progress needs Israel to hold Its own against repeated raids area has been completed, making 16,000 ment. nationalities. Like the United States, Israel There being no objection, the editorial has drawn the largest group of Its Immi­ translating Into terms which will be mean­ across Its boundary. There is still an armed acres of what was once swamp available tor It Is an encouraging augury that other was ordered to be printed in the RECORD, truce facing Israel. There Is still the haunt­ newly established nations In Asia and Africa grants from Europe, but others have come Ingful In Asia and Africa, and Israel can farming. help us do the job. It's encouraging to read as follows: ing problem of what to do with Arab refu­ In the lace ot the demonstrated benefits are now turning to Israel for technical assist­ from throughout Asia, Africa, and the West­ ern Hemisphere. So the Internationalism that Israel Is already expanding Its trade and IsRAEL'S 10 YEARS gees. of such developments, It Is sad Indeed that ance of various kinds. It Is also encouraging srael can point to progress of trade relations be­ which characterizes the outlook or both Is­ diplomatic ties with other newly Independent A tiny new state entered the family of Looking back, I the Jordan Valley development p1·ogram bas to note the expansion nations In Asia and Africa, and ls now run­ under great stress. Looking al1ead, Israel been unable to get underway. Proposed by tween Israel and these and other nations. raelis and Americans bas its roots In per­ sovereign nations in the spring of 1948 in the from the tar ning Its own point 4 program ot tech­ can be hopeful that tensions will ease, that the United States, the program would divide For more than material accomplishments sonal experience with people midst of crasHing turmoil and beleaguer­ corners of the world. nJcal aid to Burma and to Ghana, in west the economic situation will be even brighter the waters of the Jordan River between and economic benefits are Involved. The ment by hostile armies. Since that time Israel and the United States were Africa. and that It wm be able to maintain Its Israel, Jordan, Syria, and Lebanon, and proclamation of Independence promised that (b) Both Israel bas had to ftght for survival from the position as a stronghold of democracy In on the prin­ born In batt le-and having fought hard tor Specltlcally, in the Middle East, I believe would provide for storage and regulated use Its government "will be based the United States and Israel should advo- moment of Its birth. the Middle East. ot the river flow for Irrigation and power ciples or liberty, justice, and peace as con­ freedom and self-government, value them development in all four countries. That It ceived by the prophets of Israel; will uphold highly. Our common political Ideals h ave 46963Q-66767 has not been possible to secure Syrian the full social and political equality of all Its a religious basis--the Judeo-Christlan con­ agreement to the plan is especially regret­ citizens, without distinction of religion, race, viction that human personaUty Is the su­ table In view ot the undoubted, and much or sex; will guarantee freedom of religion, preme value. The Mideast conflict ls be­ needed, benefits that country, like the conscience, education, and culture; will safe­ tween those who believe in the power of others, would receive. One wonders how guard the holy places ot all religions; and freedom and prophecy and those who don't. long the leaders of that country can persist will loyally uphold the principles of the (c) Third, I would mention the spll·lt 1n denying their poverty-strlclcen people the United Nations Charter." of neighborliness and of cooperation towa1·d opportunity to Improve their standard of So long as these wo1·ds h old true, democ­ great goals, which has characterized the peo­ living which the development program racy has an outpost whose example may yet ple of Israel and the people of our own coun­ would mean. prove more compelling than all the feudal try, The present-day cooperative farms In Although Israel bas of necessity given first traditions which hold the Middle East gen­ Israel-the kibbutzim and the others--have place to agricultural development, Industrial erally in sway-an outpost on whom the their parallel In the barn ralslngs and the development has been no less spectacular. whole free world can rely. corn husklngs and the town halls ot our What was an almost completely agrarian American t radition. I think we Americans community in 1948 ls now the most indus­ share with the IsraeUs a youthfUl spirit, a trialized economy in the Middle East. REMARKS kind of divine discontent--an Impatience to Where In 1948 exports were negligible, today OP move on to better things. Tbls spirit of Israel's crops and products sold abroad bring progress ls nowhere better exemplified than In well over $100 million a year. More than HON. PAT McNAMARA in the trade-union movements of our two $900 million, the greater part from foreign countries--among the most democratic and sources, have been Invested 1n Industry, and OP MICHIGAN the most effective In the world, and forever the value of Industrial production jumped Monday, May 12, 1958 seeking ways ot Improving the lot ot the to $700 million In 1956-a 45 percent Increase working people who have made our two 1n 2 years. Mr. McNAMARA. Mr. President, in countries what they are. ' Supporting and making possible the recent days, many Members of the Sen­ For all these reasons, them and many growth of Industry is the complex structure ate have joined in commemorating the more, Americans applaud the great strides of a modern economy-roads, power, trans­ lOth anniversary of the founding of the Israel has made In these first 10 years. I portation, and port facUlties, physical plant, State of Israel. won't make any attempt to summarize that and an Increasing variety of goods and This is, indeed, a significant occasion. progress, for I know our able speaker, Yo­ services. In 1948, there were many who were cer­ hanan Mero:z; will get the facts right. I sim­ Although Israel still has an unfavorable tain that the fledgling nation would not ply want to say that for a country about balance of trade, she has, with the assist­ honors on its lOth one-seventh tbe size of Michigan, I think ance of foreign loans and grants, the sale of survive to receive Israel's progress Is-to use a misused word­ bonds and other external sources of income, birthday. amaZing. More than doubling Its popula­ managed to meet her financial obligation There were many times during this tion In a decade was certainly unprece­ and to achieve a steady rise In national In­ decade when the existence of Israel was dented, but nearly doubling the per capita come. Her economy has demonstrated a threatened, and even today there are income during those 10 years is an achieve- 46963Q-66767 Minnesota Historical Society

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