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Page Two Pharoah's Minister To Washington Would Still Restrain Israelites EY MURRAY FRANK Mr M .77'; ed by to* Independent Jewish Pr*3* Sendee to intorvi*'*- the Egyptian Minster to toe Ur.;tod State* oc problems of par amcunt interest to to* Jew* and to ail who comprehend to* sgr.ifcSMt of to* Near Ear _r. to* pectur*. K_» Excellency Mar.rr.oud Ha?- ear. Bey M.r.artor of Egypt to to* Ur: tod States i» abort, a frail- car. :r. :.j la to ftoe* For to* past six years re has rep resented hi* gwerr.rrer.t ;r Wash ington ar.d. prior to that. was its represent**..v* ;r Europear cap itals for aoo*Jt fifteen years H* is thoroughly Westemized ir dr*23 manner *peecr ar.d general appearar. c *—but rot to. tberight Tire object of our toterv.ew was to ascerta-r. the M.r._?tor* a tod* or Jewsh Palestine. We were aware of course of the d*- oiared opposition of Egypt i Prime Minster Nahas Pasta. to a Jewish Comm or. veal to. rut we had hoped to obtain frorr. to..* in terview with Ins d-t lona tic repre sentative to the Ur.tod States ar. inkling of toe thought processes of to;* declared foes of Jewish p>‘ty* ; p The M.'toer re gar with a flow of rrehfluoua language regarding Eg*."pt'?. des.res for peaoef .1 rela tions arr.org the peoples of tn.s troubled world. We *■■ utohed tre interview to someth.rg a r.*. more concrete. “In view of a reported trade a greerrer.t between Egypt ar.d Pal estine we asked ‘"what are yo -r Exoeiier.cv’s news of tre r'-ssibii it.es of economic cooperation be tween the two countries ? K. 3 reply was that, to his knowledge, r.o such agreement had beer, signed, out Egypt ar.d Palestine being neighbors he be lie*. ed that ar exchange of pro (Jjjf/j. tlift tv/o count riff* was a natural ar.d logical step. The Sore Spot From here we turned to the crux of tre problem: does the Minister feel that Jew.sh immi gration into Palestine would af fect Egypt favorably, since it would provide new markets for Egyptian pi >: /.U ar.d at the t ... <r Passover Greetings KELLER ;■ The Florist Yr 2835 Liberty Street _ Phone 5-2911 t c. A. “Connie” HARTLEY \ ► Candidate for 4 l Clerk of Civil and Criminal Courts * ► Democratic Primaries May 2 and 23 l i l WILL APPRECIATE YOUR < ► VOTE AND SUPPORT J l (Paid by a Friend) i kAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA 1 A VETERAN KNOWS] ■ WHAT WAR MEAHS This war farmer-bual- GOVERNOR (Paid Political Adr.) - same time develop industry to; ' Palestine to to* extort where the latter could supply Egypt with necessary prodocta that are now imported from, overseas' Would ! it not be ir. the spirit of good “neighbors mentioned a moment : ago by H-s Excellency ? Egypt s position on to* matter is well known. W* are opposed ( to Jewish rm_migra*_or. into Pal estine in any form or for any pur pose Egypt produces practically the same prod.ito as does Pal.es t.r.e. so that the two countries l r ;/v\ild r.ot v~rv >*<-11 conipl^Tr.^r.t pv.h othtr t r.wL®. F'u* to.ermor*. Egypt has also built up in recent v^ars we are attempting seriously to de velop our country industrially. Egypt has no need for industrial products manufactured to Pales tine. and I fail to see how it car. be beneficial to my country.” Some tim.e aso your Prime M.:uster proposed to mediate be * the J^v/h Ices Tour Evcelier.cy think that, in the event such negotiations materialize, the question of a Jew ish State in Palestine would be placed on the agenda''' Abhors Jewish Persecutions. Etc. “You may quote me or. this di rectly Egypt views with grave concern the establishment of a Jewish Homeland in Palestine. Egypt makes a distinction be tween the Jewish question and political Zionism. We abhor the ' persecutions against Jews in Eu rope and elsewhere. Nevertheless, we think it ar. injustice against the people of Palestine, composed of Jews, Christians ar.d Moham medans, to establish a State ir. their land exclusively for one peo ple. Palestine belongs to the people who live there. I do not know whether the negotiations you speak of will really material ize, and even if they do, the ques tion of a Jewish Home in Pales tine ” The sentence remained unfinish ed. The answer, however, was i clear from the shrug of his shoulders and the skeptical ex pression on his face. It was just one definite, unmistakable: “NO!” j “Would Your Excellency care to express an opinion on the THE SOUTHERN JEWISH MONTHLY White Paper of IPSSV My answer to this is brief. The Arab-speak-'.g people look upon toe White Paper as a com promise nothing more But let :t he understood that we are not approving its contents, we are merelv accepting it provisionally. That s as far as we can go The answers to the remaining questions were r.ct unexpected. They were else short and snappy. "How dees Your Excellency view Jewish immigration into Pa.- estme at the er.d of toe present war'" W* are opposed to it,” “What do you to.uk of a Feder stiot* of S*-3.t*rs with a .Jewish Palest-r.e included as a member of such a Federa tion ?" We do not for a moment admit the establishment of a Jewish State in Palestine ■ Would Your Excellency like to comment or. the 1&33-3& riots?" It .s better not to speak of riots when we all hope and lock for peace. “Any comments on toe Mufti and his followers' To* Mufti is not an Egyptian X ‘hirr^fure -dr.r./. riirr. for fc-5 t.t’.v g 5 the ar.d cultural contributions of the Jews in Palestine, particularly Jewish colonization, to the general wel fare of the entire Near East. His answer was: “I am not acquainted with the scope of the so-called contribu tions. I do not know what you mean by contributions. Besides. I have been away for so many years that I am. not in a position to judge the effects on the gen eral welfare of the near East." Tr.e thirty minutes allotted for the interview were nearly over. As I was leaving, the Minister added: “Let me make this clear. We distinguish between Jews ar.d Zionists. We have no quarrel with the Jews. There are about 80.000 Jews living in Egypt today. They enjoy all liberties extended to the rest of the population. There is no discrimination against them — certainly less than in some of the western democratic countries. These Jews living in Egypt are not Zionists, because as far as I know not a single Jew left Egypt to settle in Palestine —and you know how near Egypt is to Pales tine. For their own benefit, Jews should not create friction with The Editor ;. wßm W. F. (Charlie) WILSON Candidate For Justice of the Peace 10th District Wards 1-A, 1-C, 2-A. 2-B, 2-C, 3-A, 3-B, 3-C, 3-D, 5-A, 5-B, 6-A, 11-A, 118, 11-C Subject to Democratic Primaries I Will Appreciate Your Vote and Support (Paid Political Adv.) leading orthodox rabbis bake MATZO SHMURa Rabbis in prayer just before the be king of Matzo schtnurah. NE WYOPvK— It is an annual custom for leading orthodox rab bis from all sections of the coun trv to come to Jersey City before Passover, to bake their matzo shmur&h at the famous Mani scfcewitz Matzo Bakery, but this • ear. that traditional ceremony took or. special significance when the baking of matzo shmurah cul minated in a spontaneous demon stration for spiritual awakening ar.d a call to rail;.’ to the aid of the millions of Jews in war-tom Europe. Meeting in a special assemfclv convened in the Mani scr.ewitz Matzo Bakery, the rab bis rresert. representing a cross sect: r. of the nation’s orthodox spiritual leadership, climaxed the meeting bv deciding to hold a special convention during the month of S’lvar. to plan concrete action on the question of immed the Arabs, it cannot do them much good.” In Summary The Minister abfcorr*d the Jew ish persecutions in Europe, but isapproved of admitting the Jews into Palestine. Establishment of a Jewish State is to him an injus tice to the people of Palestine, including the Jews residing there. Barring Jewish immigration into Palestine, as the White Paper does, is to him only a “compro mise. nothing more.” While he. ar. Egyptian, discusses Palestine freely, he cannot discuss the Mufti because “the Mufti is not ar. Egyptian.” Greetings On Passover To Our Many Friends SAFETY CABS, Inc. 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