OLDEST ~ ~························································· ... HE L P T HE P. I. L • Did your football career end to soon? Here's a chance to play again. All men 18 through 25 are asked . . : to sign up to play a charity game to raise i . . : money for the P. I. L. ! . The game will be played like a reg-! . . ~ ular football game. Every.young man is . . . :asked to report at the Albina Art Center th. You are asked to leave your name- ! the desk. Also, any honors you recieved ; while playing. Your cooperation is needed and ap- . ! predated. • =··············································~···········-'-·-- Remedial Training Not Enough To Aid Dropouts Eve~y~ody.knows that the boy or girl who drops out of school befo~e f1n1ns~1ng ele~entary and high school has a special handi- ~ao.1n compet1ng for JObs. The handicap can be remedied only if 1t 1s off-set by remedial training. The problem here lies in the fact that so m~ny of th?se who drop out do not have the desire to be further.tra1ned. Th1s takes us back to motivation again. If a boy or g1rl has no aim or desere to be somebody, you are licked from the start. . Even th?ugh.t~e prop?rtion.of young people graduating from h1gh school 1s r1s1ng rap1dly, 1n 1963 three million or 45 per cent of the 16 to 21 year old youth, out of school had not completed high school according to a recent release from the Labor Department. When it comes to the Negro the situation is always worse. ~f the non-w~ite out-of-school-youth, 3, out of every 5 lacked h1gh school d1plomas. Worse still, nearly a fourth of the dropouts had not gone beyond the 8 the grade and 2 out of 3 had left school before finishi~g ~he lOth grade. The Labor reports show further that over 1 m1ll1on of the 3 million just referred to dropped out before they were 16 and some 4000,000 quite school be~ore they were 14; the problem remains how many of these will st1ck long.eno~gh to learn a skill? After they learn a skill, how long w1ll 1t be before the skill they learned is out of date? . The rea~ons for the fropping out do not seem to help much in cur1ng the d1sease. The reasons given are many: poor academic. ~erformance, ad~erse social climate in the school, and his family , The tree - maJor reasons advanced, often operate together. On th: college level, most students drop out because they are not do1ng well. They are running from failure. The Labor Department r:ports that 45 per cent of the dropouts in the survey were perform1ng poorly in their studies. If students are doing well •. they ar~ more than likely to continue. Another cause oT dr?pp~ng out ~s poverty. A high per cent leave school to work. Th1s 1~ certa1nly true of the boys. Studies show that all too m~ny g1rls drop out because of marriage and pregnancy. The News D1gest of the U.S. De~artment of Labor (April 25, 1966) points out that among non-wh1tes, 50 per cent drop out for economic reas~ns ~here on~y 26 per cent among the whites. It is clear that th1s d~ff~rent1al is due in part to the fact that it is still mo:e d1ff1cult for a Negro boy to find a job than it is for his wh1te counterpart. NEGRO PUBLISHER I N THE NORTHWEST DIS Harry Bergman, one of Portland's leading women clothiers and owner of Jacquelines store~, downtown and lloyds, introduced Miss Tan Tan Portland, JoAnn Tw1tty, to the fall fashions that will be extra-popular this year. ror th~ very latest in fall wear, gowns, dresses, suits, and coat -s go 1n to Jacquelines, lloyds or downtown at 1008, Park & Morrison. WITH THE· FOR FULL STORY ON THE MID-WEST CRISIS, TURN TO BACK PAGE• ************************************ SPECIAL PICTURE FAG E OF IRVING PARK INCIDENTS PAGE 3, P AY ·~GROU WAS NEGRO WOMAN TURNCOAT-RESPONSIBLE FOR RACIAL DISTURBANCES? Th~ hundreds of conservative-right-wing-facist organizations operatmg openly and without molestation, in the United States today, flaunt the acceptable banner "Conservative" and present a fa~ad~ of "Communism", and enjoy tacit approval from the public. W1th 1ts monetary affluence, American fascism has become "colLege-bred," has the blessings of the nation's news media and . ' LS .successfully buying a few "Named Negroes" whose principles, pnd.e and souls may be had for a price. Can you imagine a Negro sellmg out to the John Birch Society? Namely Lola Belle Holmes, George Schuyler, Manning Johnson and etc. Lola Belle Holmes , a former Communist now being paid more money by the fascist John Birch Society, to go around the country instigating and encouraging racial disturbance. Miss Holmes came into the "City of Roses" Saturday as a speaker for Gerald Belford 1s T. A. c. T. a John Birch front Organization. Belford, an air line pilot and a recently arrived Bircher, started T. A. c. T. in Aprill966o Lola Belle stated that the Negro did not need Civil Rights, training programs, because jobs are going begging. Miss Holmes is full of damn lies and she knows it. Any one being so low as to sell out their race will do anything to make them self s look good. That goes as far as having outsiders and embryo goons to make their predictions come true by inflaming the Negro plight of poor houses. The slums are no jobs. Holmes said this disturbance would happen before it did. How did she know? Miss Holmes's boring "statistical" speech-at Glencoe school Monday night in which she clumsily evaded questions regarding her opinion on Negroes, Civil Rights and etc. was positively disgusting. Lola Belle Holmes, seemed out of place and out of turn with sane thinking. Under the juice of fighting Communism, she accused Martin Luther King, the NAACP and the entire Civil Rights movement of being Communist inspired and direcst movement of being Communist inspired and directed, saying that Negro s do not need Civil Rights, nor do they deserve it. The Negro turn-coat and her imbelic waifs caused three days of unrest and vandalism, 140 arrested, 6 injured persons, and imparable damage. Inspector Frank Springer- Here is your Outside agitator.
,. [K§)[KJ DEFENDER L~ n: Walters-----------------Publisher Jimmy 11Bang-Bang" Walker----Editor Telephone--------2 8 4 - 1289 2742 N. Williams Ave. Portland, Oregon News deadline: Tueday 12 Noon CIRCULATION Z by MAIL * N E W S B 0 Y S '~ B U S I N E S S THE INSANITY OF IMMORALITY r Morality is a good word. It connotes a high, noble, and pleasant situation in which human beings strive to exemplify the principles of the Golden Rule. Flagrant violation of the moral code by present day Americans is so general that it is almost accepted as ethical. Among the many Biblical admonitions, we find, "Thou shalt not covet,'' yet the great struggle of life is to "get something," get it by any mer~ns, without regard for the rights of others even though he is the owner of the object we desire. Getting so~ething· for nothing, and the "skin-em-if you can" theme of present-day· Americans, are the underlying causes of much of inequities, and misery with which our lives are fraught. The erosion of morality is everywhere apparent in the machinations of our business and social intercourse, to the extent that an aura of fear is created in the minds of the little businessman when dealing with big business, in the mind of the work-aday class, when dealint with the silk and fur-clad, and diamondbe-decked gentry. Many instances of the decadence of our ethics, our morality, passin-review, each day, with only minimal attention and comment, because someone else is immediately affected. Perhaps a small business is collapsed from sanctions imposed by a big and powerful combine. The workmen so displaced, seek employment elsewhere, 'or join the ranks of the unemployed. The owners and their families are compelled to start anew. This take-over often meets with tacit approval in business circles, being considered astute maneuvering. A glib-tongued salesman sells an unsuspecting housewife a "good deal" that places a heavy penalty on the family budget - the whole family suffers, we say "what a pity," because we know the family. Recently a home was burglarized in a 'nice' east side district, the thugs taking television, radio, tapes and player, several suits of clothing and other items, literally dispossessing the owner. In this instance, neighbors exhibited appreciable interest, but often the Police ask the owner "did you see them take it?" and their interest seems to stop there. These cited examples of our eroded morality may seem at a glance to be insignificant and irrelevant, but they bring into sharp focus how·we abrogate the basic standard of right and feel but little recrimination. When we are the immediate recipient of an unprincipled ~eal, the full-blown import of the moral wrong is readily apparent. Let us now look at a factual picture; then mentally multiply it a few million times, and this is what we see. A child born to restlessness, into a family that lives by the credo that acquisition justifies the means, •any means, is taught by living example that only "other people" need adhere to the principles of morality, and we have today's young "hipsters" hoodlums, graduates of homes of paternal and economic uncertainty, on the streets of American cities, boasting of their hustli~g prowess in crime, and who presently overcrowd our penal institutions. His respect for the rights of others - the moral code of ethics, simply does not exist. He is our next genera~ion. It is authoritively stated that there are many more people who should be in mental institutions than are actually confined. Inability of the nation to curb· the ever-increasing crime rate, inability or unwillingness to respect the rights of others, by the citizenry, the assumed role of peacemaker of the world, by the U.S. indicates that the immorality of these pursuits is insane. It is a refreshingly good omen that Americans in high and low places are decrying our role in the non-white countries internal' affairs. Here immorality is in full flower. Some citizens express a doubt that these South American and Asian countries really want the U.S. "foreigners with guns" killing their people, under the guise of helping them and 'keeping the peace,' while these soldiers do what U.S. soldiers have always done in every country they have invaded. Immorality so perfected at home, just might be expor~ed to these bastions! In our definition of MORALITY is correct, that is Ethical, Virtuous, Righteous and conforming to the Standard of what i~ right and good, then the Church is not blameless. The Church has not adhered to the religious, nor moral standards it 'so ferveqtly' asks its members to follow. How often has .a 'brother' of color felt the need of spiritual sustenance, and was forced by the (im) moral ethics of the Church to seek out a COLORED Church before he could satiate his spiritual appetite? How many thousands of times has the church been used as a forerunner of conquesting armies, subjugating the people? It has made a gesture toward morality, lately, but many souls have been turned away. Today, as during the last three hundred years, the American man of color is denied the right and privilege to exercise his talents in the pursuit of a good life for his family, in these great, rich, freedom-loving United States. We, singly and collectively, must surely recognize and respect the efficacy of adhering to the moral philosophy of right in our daily intercourse with each other. How else can we preserve our conscience? A life of disorder leads to insanity, and mass insanity leads to national disaster. Immorality is insane! CLARlON D£FENOER ~~..:;;r,,"r"·""_;;:,m"'!'J:~ .cc'&'710%t"'L'D'!Ri><1:::K.GC':;v:: .:~,~~-:;;,;,;;; ·::: .. T.:·.~_iS:d'S.U'.::.i,;.)c~;.,":<.::~''M''t1 f j THE LOST TRINITY ~ MY DREAMi The BASIS of all civilizations is the family: fath~r, mother 'and child, and in ANY society where this great TRINITY 1s broken, grief trouble and disorganization are always present. There is no SUBSTITUTE for this trinity wh~ch we call the family and without which there can be no such th1ng as a HOME. By MARTIN LUTHER KING, Jr. t' Peace: God's Man's Business Some of my friends of both races and others \\'ho do not tonsider themse]\'es mr friend:-; have expres::;ed disapproval- becau::;e r have been voicing contern over the war in Viet ~am. Jn newspaper tolumns and editorials, both in the ~ eJ;ro am\ general press. it has been imlirated that Martin .Kin![, Jr., is· "getting out of his dP.pth." I have been rhided. even by fellow civil rights leader::;. members of Congress and hrothers of the cloth for "not sticking to the business of civil rights.'' :-J'ormaiJ~·, I do not seek to an:-~wer <Titil'ism merely as an ego-justifying exerci,.;e. If 1 were to cuntinu;tl\y a1:<l pel'sistcn l\y add to my numerous activities the luxury of defensive debate about' m~· personal ('ollvictions, I wou hl find litt.le time left for my \l·ork. However. hccausc I believe that many of those who have ~pol\en and written in opposi· tion to my rry for peace are men of good will who really do not understand my motivation. I would like to pose here 1-l;ree overriding reasons why I see it as my ·responsibility. tJer:-;onal and public. to sue for a war-lcs,.; world. First and forcmo~t. l am a minister of the Cospel. As a ~:lergyman, in the prophetic J udeo- Christian 1 raclition, I would be \eRS than l;tonest if I did not say, with all the force at my command. and at every opportunity whi<:h presents it- ,-;e\f. that I belie\'e that war is One of the "'har)!cs m:v· critics register is t haL [ ha\'e no right t0 acldres::; myself to the Viet- !\am question because ram not an "expert.'' On surfaec, this is a true indictment. Yet. at hottom. I am expert in recognition of a simt,IY eloquent truth. That truth is that it is sinful for .any of God's <·hildren to brutalize and of God'~ other children, no matter frnm what side the brutalization comes. r believe there are legions or people throughout · thi::; worhl who recognize that and, who. like m~·self, are unwilling to leave the conflict!> of the world in the hands of the experts. Recently, it was written that the late President Kennedy had paced the White· House office floor the day after the disaster of the Bay of Pigf', murmuring that he never· should have listened to the experts. As a minister. T cannot advocate racial peace and non-violence for blaek men alone, nor white men alone. nor for .vellow men alone. Men, bas;; black and treble white. are of equal importante of God's keyboard. If a man of God fails to see this; if he fails to seek to help bring about peace on earth as well as good will among mankind, he isn't much of a spokes· man for the Christ who predicted. centuries ago. that he who lives by the sword shall perish by the sword. There is a second reason why T must involve myself in the long-fought effort to <'hange the jangling discords of war into meaningful and measured rhythms of negotiation and reason - and ultimately to fuse a marvellous symphony of peace. I am an American. Despite the shortcomings of this imperfect democracy, I love America. I love her because she belongs as much to me as to any other American, with the possible exception of the disinherited American Indian. This land i,; my land ....:.... a legacy earned by the blood, swellt, toil and !iacrifice of black ancestors who tiled the earth and enriched e,.;tates and shaped bridges and mansions and made Cotton I\ ing. I do n{)t want to see my nation destroyed. War is obsolete. No nation wins a war. I am as concerned about the expansion of Godless Communism as any other man. Yet. I believe that our guns and hombs do not prove that we love democracy, They prove that we still believe that might makes right, despite the fac't that common sense and bitter experience tell us there has never been a true conqueror. The third reason I seek world peace is one which seems to me to contain its own retort to thMe who insist that I "stick t<J the civil rights business." Of them I ask, with the late president Kennedy: "Is not peace, in the last analysis, a matter of human rights'!" If I could ad- \·orate non-violence in Montgo111CI'y, Alabart1a; in Birmingham and Albany, Georgia and in the seethin~ dties of the North how can I not be con~istent and fail to say that violence is as IITOng- in Hanoi as it is in Harlem? The Negro must not allow himself to become a victim of the self-serving philosophy· of those who manufacture war 1hat the survival of the world is the white man's business alone. He must not permit those antiquated "white only" signs which once adorned southern out houses. to now be displayed on the oaken doors of the conferenre rooms where interna· tional policy is fashioned. What shall it profit the Negro to avail himself of an integrated sandwich or a quality education or a good job or a desegregated home - in the midst of horrible death and falling bombs? The historian, Arnold Tonynbee, once suggested that it mav be the Negro who will g-ive the new spiritual dynamic to Western civilization that it ~o desperately needs to :-nrvivc. That same idealism, that same non·violent spirit and cou· rage whkh brought embattled men to the conference table in the Montgomeries of the South might well achieve indentieal victory with Moscow. It is a victory which must be won. For, there is no longer a question of violen,ce or. non-via- . lence in the world. The grand decision now is between nonviolence and non - existence. That is the practical point. The moral point is that the plea for peace is God's business. Therefore, it is yours and mine. 'y0u can have a FINE apartment with all of the AMENITIES of good living but unless there is a FAMILY, complete and together, you are si~ply nowhere, and LESS fortunate than the most BENIGHT~D tribe in the jungle. . . INQUENCY When you look around for the ~auses of J~ve~1le D~L in the Negro communities, the DROP~OUTS, the 1nd~fference to learning, and lack of ambition, which seem GREATEST 1n these urban areas you find them in the harsh fact that 22 per cent of all Ne~ro children are born OUT of we~lock, as against 2.5 per cent of wh1te children. In one of our great Northern cities 37.~ p~r cent of Negro children born there are ILLEGITIMATE, and th1s 1s said to be a regular pattern· with mothers setting up COMMON-LAW hPuseholds after the REAL f~thers have run off, leaving "new" husbands to take their places, and most of them likely to DEPA~T shortly .. This places a heavy BURDEN upon the women-mothers, 1n ONE-. FOURTH of the 13,000 Negro families are headed by women, as aga1nst one in ten of white families. These are the lost trinities: lo~t becaus~ of the IRRESPONSIBILITY of Negro men who will MAKE bab1es but w1ll not SUPPORT them or help to rear and INSTRUCT them. This is a SHAMEFUL circumstance, and no amount of loud talking and alibi-making can expunge the recor~; and, ~ven worse, we cannot excuse Negro ieadership for not mak1n~ mass1ve e~for~s to alleviate it- rather than running away from 1t and blam1ng 1t on racial prejudice. Jackie Robinson says: More Than One Way To Solve a Problem Some of the ooponents of civil rights demonstrations shout about that what we need is production-not protest. They get a lot of "amens" by striking the ~ttitude of the demagogue and saying, "I don't want to beg the wh1te man to serve me a cup of coffee in his restaurant. I want the restaurant and the land it stands on." This is well and good. What these people-do not understand or do not wish to admit that they understand is that there is no one road to solution of the racial problem. There must be several approaches and all of them contribute to success. The other day, the Chicken Delight restaurant chain held a grand opening for the press. William Bailey, who_happens ~o_be a Negro, is the first person to receive a Small B11qnP.ss AdmHnstration loan under the Department of Commerce Task Force Program for Equal Opportunities. Bailey, 35- a bachelor, saved $8,000 over a five year period while he did odd jobs - painting, carpPntrv, ~indow washing and waxing floors. The Government loaned him $7, 500, and Freedom National Bank, in Harlem, came through with a $2, !500 loan. This enabled him to establish a Chicken Delight franchised carry - out restaurant at l6lst St. and Amsterdam Ave. If the Negro is to mature into the role he deserves to enact in this society, it will have to be done and not only through protest but also through production. Mr. Bailey, the Chicken Delight people and the Government are all to be congratulated on this forward step. · It is to be hoped that as many people as possible will encourage this ambitious man who worked as much as 18 hours a day and skimped, spending only for the bare necessities for five years, to achie~e a glorious dream. 'We Draw Attention .To the Rights Cause, Man' -Hesse in the St. Louis Globe-Democrat ......... ·.·· ................................................... .--. ........................ . . Call Call Mark Lee, one of Portlands most controve~sial talk show moderators. The timL to call is from 12:30 to 2:00. Monday through Friday, on any subject, you name it! : . . , •••••...•••.••••.•..••••••.......•....•..•...............••........••........••••••••••
Here vie go 'round the Mulberry Bush. BLACK L"'" 'POWER r-OR PRESJ Do you think it'll win '68? Resting during the calm. Will you give us a job? CLARION DEFENDER ~ ······· · ···························· · ······ · ··· · ········ ···· ·· · ·· · ···· · · ·· ········ · ······-: Mayor Terry Schrunk in the eyes of young Negroes of Portlands • Albina district "has missed the real reasons" of disturbances Sun- • . day and Monday night. • . Beverly Williams, a 20 year old, who was one of about 20 Neg- : • roes youths who met with Schrunk at City Hall late Tuesday said '' The reason should be clear by now that the Portland Negroes are not content." · The delegat ion asked tha t t he Mayor help them to get 300 jobs and improve various conditions. Before meeting with Schrunk the delegation had already met with several Negro Clergy men. Schrunk told them that he couldn't promise anything but he'd do his best to influence and help. According to Miss Williams the group left him feeling more frustrated and bitter. : Several members of the delegation \vere intervie\..red at the . . : "Operation Contact" center at 3928 N. I.Jilliams. The center helps . • provide jobs. The delegation, apparently led by spokesman Beverly Williams • had much to say about the "too efficient" police in the area sta- • . : ted by Oliver O' Ferrall, 20, of 5406 N. Hissouri Ave. "They . • han~ aroun(· Irvin? Park on Sunday afternoons. Do they han'g around other city parks? They cause tension and I think they provoke many of the incidents that happen" O'?errall said. Donald Lathon, l7, of 3272 NE 8th Ave. said. "The City should • improve the "rat infested fire traps and eye sore buildings. Oth- . . . er subjects such as history books, school courses, swimming pools, teenage night clubs, joq training courses and the Irving Park Staff was discussed." . . • • . • . . . . . . • . . . . • . . . . . . . : .....•..•...•.••....•....•••..••••••••••.................. .........................•..••...•.. 0 IT YOU Thousands of Negro Kids need jobs. How about it Mayor Schrunk. The race is on. Does it really take this many troops Kids wondering what to do next.
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The city presented two witnesses who testified that Parker was one of three or four youths heading an unruly 60-to-80 person mobl heading east on NE Fremont ·Street between Union and 7th Avenues Monday evening. Parker presented no wit· nesses. He told the court that he was not part of the mob but was on his way home from a swimming pool when he was arrested. Municipal Court Judge Phil· lip T. Abraham imposed the sentence, considered "standard fare" for riot · connect· ed cases. Joe Cornelius West, 19, of NE 12th Ave., ai!eged to be the youth who beat and rob· bed Irving Park attendant Ira G. Williamson Sunday, was granted a Friday prelim· inary hearing and given a court · appointed lawyer to de· fend him against a charge of robbery by force and violence. West, also known as "Little Joe", is a former amateur boxer who won the state Gold· en Gloves lightweight title in 1964. FOUND GUILTY of disorderly conduct was Themous Woods, 19, of 4817 NE Gar· field St. A presentence investigation was ordered. Trial of Clarence Hamick, 19, of 20 N. Shaver St.. on charges of disorderly conduct was reset for Friday after he withdrew a guilty plea made Tuesday. He informed Judge Abraham he had not understood the charges made against him at the time of hi's earlier appearance in court. Scheduled for trial Aug. 8 on charges of disorderly con· duct is McKinley Harper Jr., 18, of 5707 N. Haight Ave. Judge Abraham also set Aug. 8 as the date for prelim· inary hearings fo: Andrew. Ray Lawson, IS, of 2616 NE: 12th Ave., Larry Bradley, 18. ; of 70 NE Fargo St., and Roy: James White, 18, 9201 N. Se-' ward Ave. All are charged with u n I a w f u I assembly. Charges of possession of a fire bomb and carrying a concealed weapon against all three were dismissed. A COURT appearance was scheduled Aug. 9 for Lawrence Ellgene McCallister. 18, of 4126 NE Garfield Ave.. charg· ed with resisting arrest. Larry Earl Jackson, 18, of 3522 N. Michigan Ave., Roger Pete Sanders. 18, of 517 NE Knott St., and Harold Eman· uel White, 19, of 3964 N. Mass·- achusetts Ave., all pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct charges and their trial · was set for Aug. 10. Char~es of possession of a fire bomb and carrying a concealed weapon against White were -dismissed. A trial date of Aug. 16 was~ set for Anthony Perz's, 27, of' 606 N. Fargo St., charged with disorderly conduct. Employed Youth Shun Trouble Only 4 of 430 youths enrolled in the in-school Neighborhood. Youth Corps were arrested during the recent civil disturb-' ances in Albina, the coordina· lor of the program said Wednesday. "I think this proves the worth of the program, and that these kids will work and stay out of trouble if they're given the opportunity," the coordinator, Joel Sappenfield, added. The in•school Neighborhood Youth Corps, a part of the war on poverty, gives part· time and summer employment to youths from low-in· come families to enable them to continue their education. Sappenfield said U1e youths are working in dozens of jobs, including a special nur.>ing education program at the University of Portland and the, computer ·department at Port-, land r.olice headquarters. Assault Nets 6-YearTerm Archie Lewis, 29-year-old t r a n s i e n t, was sentenced Wednesday to six years in Oregon State Prison. by Circuit Court Judge Dean Bryson after pleading guilty to charges of ·assault with a dan· gerous weapon. Lewis was accused of threatening Mrs·. Rosie Mae Johnson, 20, of 406 N. Beach St., with a loaded pistol in a garage on N. Williams Avenue Jast Feb. 20. He was giver. credit fflr time served in the Multnomah County Jail since his arrest. ·-
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In the presence of a 'reporter, two policemen kicked a bleeding and handcuffed prisoner being dragged to a jail. ~· In front of another reporter the police punched a wounded prisoner in the groin. w fleer SIMID Btcl::-s:;::w "~1011 . DENTI$1: They ripped up homes of the innocent in search of the non-existent weapons and they forced women to stand up against walls to be searched. Hovrs..Ja30 AM. to Spc) PM-SATURDAY 8:30 AM. to 1 :00 PM PHARMACY JID NE. UNif)ll AY£-I'IJATLAN" ~NON£ OI-J961 PAESCRI PTIONS The national guardsmen were even wilder. At one time there were 8,000 of them in the city, running around in tanks, armored cars and trucks. carrying machineguns, shotguns, tear gas and rifles. There were also helicopters and National Guard jet planes overhead. TANK ATTACKS There was indeed sniper fire; one reporter was caught up in it several times. 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Tiny ~srael, ~ardly. more .than a speck of sand in our vast universe, proJected Itself mto h1story once again in 1967 - just as the Israelis have been doing for centuries. This half-desert, half-fertile country, smaller than the state of Vermont, rallied its two-and-a-half million people together for a battle of survival, winning a fantastic war over 100 million hostile Arabs in less than one week. The Arabs had vowed to push the Israelis into the sea and thus destroy them as a nation once and for all. In Arab eyes, Israel will always remain an alien cancer cell, implanted by the West, that must be removed. Although Israel won this latest major conflict in record time, the long-range threat of annihilation of Israel has not been lifted. The Arabs have now lost three wars, but they can keep on living and growing. Israel, if it lost just one war, could be exterminated. It seems, perhaps, as if the war had been decided by God, rather than the Israelis themselves - for it is written in the Holy Book that God's chosen people shall return to their homeland. It was Abraham who, two thousand years ,before the birth of Christ, led a tribe of nomadic shepherds from Mesopotamia to the land of Canaan on the west side of the Jordan. It was with Abraham that God first made a covenant, promising him and his descendants "all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession," in return for their obedience to Him. Moses was the Israelites' greatest spiritual leader, leading them back from their bondage in Egypt in the Thirteenth Century B.C. Three hundred years later, the Israelites reached the peak of their national power under three remarkable kings - Saul, David and Solomon. Then came the decline. But in all of history, no nation or nations have been able to enslave the Hebrew people successfully or exterminate them. From the Bible: "I say then, hath God cast away his people? God forbid. P.or I also.am an Israelite, of the seed of Abraham, of the tribe of Benjamin. God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew ... And so all Israel shall be saved: as it is written ... For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be Glory for ever." War is nothing Rew along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean where this narrow strip of land has served as the bridge linking the civilizations of Asia, North Africa and Europe. Its history has been a restless one as armies surged across the land first from one direction, then another. The soldiers of Babylon, Assyria, Egypt, Persia, Greece and Rome tramped its sandy soil. And later still, Arab horsemen, Turks and Crusaders battled here. Napoleon, attempting to extend his .empire eastward, was defeated on the age-old battle ground of Annageddon. And in 1918, the British were victorious over the Turks on that same bloody plain. The value of this small territory is not in the· land itself, but in its strategic position as a bridge to richer empires beyond. And this war-torn Holy Land today is sacred to members of three great religions - Judaism, Christianity and Mohammedanism. Arabs and Israelis have fought three wars in the past 19 years, since the area formerly known as Palestine was divided in 1948 between the new state of Israel and the Hashimite Kingdom of Jordan. The boundary dividing the Holy Land between Jordan and Israel cut right through the city of Jerusalem, leaving many of the most sacred shrines behind the barbed-wire barrier in the Arab section. No wonder a wave of emotion swept through the troops when word came that the Israelis had captured the Old City of Jerusalem in Jordan. The city is the site of Solomon's Temple, where the W~iling Wall is one of the most revered places for those of Jewish faith. Prime Minister Levi Eshkol and two chief rabbis hurried to the old temple wall to pray. The Prime Minister was the first leader of the Israeli government to visit the shrine, which was taken from the Jews, 1,897 years ago. "The Israelis used what any well-led heavy armor units >hould use - surprise, firepower, shock action " said one :Jfficer. "They applied the German blitzkrieg military tactic to desert warfare. It was a textbook war, in a sense." lsra~li tanks were sent rolling furiously along two main fronts w1th other tank and infantry units being used to mop up remnants of the Egyptian atrny scattered behind the lines. American. ~~perts applauded also the use of paratroopers to make 1mhal contact at the key Egyptian fortress of Sham el Sheikh on the Gulf of Aqaba. . . The intangible asset of leadership never was more graphtcally demonstrated than in this war, which pitted Israel's 70,000 standing troops and 230,000 reservists against 400,000 army regulars in the Arab states surrounding it. It was no accident the Israelis were ready. For years General Dayart has drummed these facts of military life into his men: (1) You are fighting both for your personal and national survival. (2) Your country is so small that it can afford nothing short of total victory. (3) Victory can be achieved only by hitting faster and harder than the enemy. It was ~.classic warfare, won by skill and daring strategy. The dec1s1on made was to fight with no holds barred. The element of surprise was achieved to its greatest degree against an enemy supposedly on full war alert. . The Israelis moved swiftly on the ground _ taking the guns and shoes of Arab warriors and sending them back toward home. A man is reluctant ~o fight without shoes or guns. Truce found the Israelis in control of a vast sweep of Arab territory from the Suez Canal and the Red Sea to the west bank of the River Jordan. All Jerusalem was in Israeli hands. The blockade of the Gulf of Aqaba was lifted. . Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Iraq were.humiliated in battle. E1ght ot~•;r Arab nations, vowing to fight, never got a chance. Russ1a may have be'en the big loser of the war. Disaster for the Arabs spelled a major defeat for Russia's strategy of attacks that never reached Israel. It seemed as if every Jew had a precise job to do and he did it. Each man and each woman knew where to go and what to do. Women left their homes to drive men to the front. Autos were taken by the government, with ownel'9 being issued receipts for the return of the car after the war. Children filled sandbags. The Israelis struck back swiftly and deadly. When the men left to serve, the children pitched in and began making mail and milk deliveries. Women, too, went to the front _ they serve in the army just as men do. "I drove my daughter to the front today," a proud mother was heard to say. Neigh~ors would call to say: "111 be by to pick you u in m car and we ll go to the front." p y With such spirit, how could they lose? But it was more than spirit. .The Israelis won their powering victory by simply following their battle plan of over1956, CLARION DEFENDER Tiny Israel whips whole Arab world. After 1.,897 years., Israel has successfully regained its land ••··•••••·································································· : ·····•••••••··········••• . . THE WINNER WITH THE ISRAEtiS :J Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban gives victory smile after attending U.N. Security Council meetings in New York City. He was enroute home. Every man., woman and child had a precise job to do and they struck swiftly and deadly It was no accident that Israelis were ready for battle. Defense Minister, Moshe Dayan, drummed military facts into his men for years. ;·····················································································~·-····· ····· merely updating it gradually over the years. It was a good plan ,to start with, and the Egyptians demonstrated that they hadn t learned a thing in the past 10 years about fighting a war. Israel was able to call up 120,000 reserves and have them ready for combat in a matter of days. Israelis are well-trained, well-disciplined, highly dedicated fighting men, led by real professionals. · The Arabs, on the other hand, are emotional and excitabl~, a~d they do not take to training or discipline; do not. mamtam their weapons and equipment; have never made good soldiers. The key to Israel's lightning victory was the audacious use. of air power and surprise. In a single, thoroughly coo~dmated attack at dawn against Egyptian airfields, the Israeli Arr Force destroyed or immobilized nfore than haH of the enemy air force. It was a surprisingly brief war. History may record it as a t~ee.~day, f?~~-~~y or five-day conflict - depending upon whJC~ ceasefrre h1st~~ians prefer to select. It was a unique war m these days of continual conflicts" which go on year after year. . Perhaps the Arabs were anticipating a lengthy war, count· mg on Russia for long-range support. When Russia backed away,choosing to void deep world crises, the rug was pulled from under Nasser and the Arabs. . The entire Sinai desert now separates populated territories of Isr.ael from Egypt. Jews in Jerusalem no longer look down the rifle barrels of Arab Legionnaires stationed in the Old City. T~e nearest Jordanian soldier now is miles away acr~ss the R1ver Jordan, which provides a natural barrier. Israel s northern valleys, were fields before the war were plowed with armored tractors, are now well out of .range of Syrian guns. But Israel's otd problems have been exchanged for a new set. Now Israel probably has over a million Arabs under its jur~sdiction .in the lands it has occupied. So, the Arab population now ts about half that of the Israeli. Like we said, it's harder to make peace than war. \ Egypt's Nasser offt>rcd his resignation as Head of State after his warriors were whipped before they even got started good. 'Nobody Wants Us' Egyptian fighter planes failed to get off the ground in sufficient number to present a challenge to the Israeli raiders. Egypt also had 20 batteries of highly sophisticated, Russianmade SA-2 surface-to-air missiles - they failed to open fire. Actually, the .~ab nations combined had a three-to-one advantage in the air over Israel - including 500 Russian-made planes in the Egyptian Air Force. Surprise was the big advantage, although the war crisis had been building up for two weeks. With control of the air, Israel's Anny was able to achieve quick victories on the ground against the Egyptians and Jordanians. Estimates put Arab war losses at more than 115,000 killed, wounded and captured. Israeli casualties were listed as 3,342 dead and wounded. "Those who sought to destroy us are defeated but have not accepted us," Dayan said in a victory celebration at the Wailing Wall. "Put your swords back in the scabbards, but keep them shal"f- ~nd ready.H The Jews never have been accepted, anywhere. The ones living in poverty are described as bums. The rich ones draw only hatred from other people. "Nobody wants us," said one man of the Jewish faith. 'We work 16 hours a day to develop something, while others are content to work eight hours. Then they hate us for what we have." The big loser in this war was President Carnal ,A.bdel Nasser of Egypt. Nasser was defeated by Israel in both 1953 and 1967. This time he resigned - probably to save his neck from his own disenchanted followers. Russia was stunoed by the swiftness of defeat. Russia lost an investment running into billions of dollars and 10 y~ars in time when the Arabs folded their tents and ran back home in defeat. The Soviet Union had been the military backANOTHER LOSER Jordan's King Hussein admitted that his country suffered tremendous losses and said it was dtie to Israel's superiority on land and also in the air. Russia's Premier Kosygin flew to the United States with his entourage to speak before the U.N. to try to recoup losses of Russia and the Arabs. er and supplier of the Egyptians and Syrians, so the Russians not only saw their side lose, but they also lost Arab good will by not providing more help. When things began going poorly, Russia threw all of its cunning into the United Nations picture in an attempt to confuse the world and salvage a little something from the hopeless situation. Russia began to demand that Israel go back to the boundary lines set up in 1949. Perhaps someone should call the Russian bluff and demand that the Soviet Union go back to its original boundaries - giving up all its satellite countries. Israel would be foolish to go back to its old lines. Prime Minister Eshkol declared that Israel would never retreat to her prewar frontiers and that Israel demanded the Arabs to make peace with her after 19 years of war. Israel wants to keep all of Jerusalem, much of the west bank of the river Jordan, a piece of the Gaza Strip, a realignment of her border with Syria, and free passage through the Strait of Tiran to the Red Sea. Of course, international borders in the Near East must be fixed, agreed on, guaranteed and lived up to, and Israel must not annex automatically all the Arab territory it has just taken by conquest. I 'Best Army in the World' Jerusalem might well be made an international city and Israel must have assured passage in and out of the Gulf of Aqaba, its southern lifeline. There is no reason why the Suez Canal, also an international waterway, should continue to be denied Israel. However, as everyone has seen in the last 50 years, it is more difficult making peace than making war. 1 Although they won this war, the Israelis cannot feel safely independent while they live in fear that someday the Arabs finally will acquire the arms and the skill to finish them off. The Arabs are doomed to live in frustration, with hatred consuming their time as they plot the destruction of a nation determined to stay alive. Israeli Foreign Minister Abba Eban put it this way: "There never will be a Middle East without an independent and sovereign state of Israel in its midst." Indeed, much of the world today looks upon Israel in a different light. Israelis proved to the world that they are not afraid to live, and certainly not afraid to die. And they be-· lieve God is with them. And don't forget spirit. While the Arabs were running around in their usual aimless circle, Jews all over the world were joining hands in a united effort. Millions of dollars poured into Israel from everywhere. The Israeli army is being called the 'best in the world: It doubtless is the best desert fighting group ever assembled. The Israelismade mincemeat of the Arabs. They captured Arab (Russian built) tanks, turned them around, painted the Star of David on the side, and used the tanks against the Arabs. Both reserve and regular Israeli officers serve three to five-year terms with rigorous selection and highly competitive promotion. One recent U.S. Anny study of the Israeli fighting troops noted significantly that "There is little evidence of development of a military caste or of differentiation of status between reserve and professional officers." Pentagon officers, asked what factors they believe led to the quick Israeli victory, repeatedly turned to the army's unity and its superior officer corps. It was noted that in most Arabian armies an officer's lot is regarded as a privileged one and loyalty and spirit are rarely encountered among the foot soldiers. -Sepia
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