Secretary of State Dean Acheson was accused last night by Daniel Frisch, president of the Zionist Organization of America, of “invoking British treaties to justify British arms shipments to Arab states.” Mr. Frisch, who was scheduled to address a dinner tendered in his honor at the Hotel Waldorf-Astoria by Bnai Zion, was urable to appear because of illness. His address was read for him by Mendel Fisher, executive director of the Jewish National Fund.
“If the State Department is so firmly convinced of the peaceful intentions of the Arab states,” Mr. Frisch declared, “why not have the United States guarantee the security of Israel against any attack? The shipment of arms to the Arab states in the midst of this inflammable situation in the Middle East is clearly pouring oil on the fire of war against Israel, treaty or no treaty,” he added.
Aubrey S. Eban, Israel delegate to the United Nations who was also scheduled to address the dinner, revealed in a message that he was “summoned to Jerusalem for urgent consultations.” Mr. Eban stated that “were the authority of the government of Israel to be removed from Jerusalem today, the life and civilization of the city would fall, operate in anarchy and ruin.”
Other speakers included Louis Lipsky, chairman of the American Zionist Council; Prof. Selig Boodetsky, president of the Hebrew University who is now visiting the U.S.; and Harry A. Pine, president of Bnai Zion.
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