Western Powers Appease Arabs at Israel’s Expense, Browdy Says

The charge that “the Western powers are appeasing the Arabs at Israel’s expense” was made here by Benjamin G. Browdy, president of the Zionist Organization of America, at an all-day meeting of the national executive of the Z.O.A.

Mr. Browdy warned the Big Powers against relying “on the ruling cliques in the Arab countries.” He emphasized that “the only dependable factor in the whole of the Near East in time of national emergency is the State of Israel which alone has the will and the power to stand up to aggression, be it from without or within.”

At the same time, the Zionist leader voiced pleasure that the United Nations Assembly in Paris, under strong pressure mainly from the United States, had reversed the decision of the Political Committee both on the Arab refugees and the Palestine Conciliation Commission, accepting a formulation that was found satisfactory to Israel.

The Z.O.A. president revealed that he has personal knowledge-he was in Washington twice during the last two weeks-that it was President Truman’s personal insistence in fairness to Israel on both those matters-the Palestine Commission and Arab refugees-that was mainly responsible for the new turn in the Assembly.

Turning to the internal situation in Israel, Mr. Browdy dwelled upon the deepening economic crisis there. “We are fast approaching a period in the life of Israel that will test the heart of every Jew in the world and his devotion to the Jewish homeland,” he said. He pledged that American Zionists will stand by Israel under all conditions.