U.s, Seeks to Mobilize U.N. Support of Its Offer to Israel

While the center of negotiations toward possible solution of the Israel-United Nations impasse has shifted to Washington and Jerusalem, vigorous activities were under way here today to prepare the ground for UN action in support of the new moves by Secretary of State Dulles.

Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., American delegate to the UN, conferred with Egyptian Foreign Minister Dr. Mahmoud Fawzi yesterday, and saw members of the Afro-Asian bloc today. Last night’s meeting of the Afro-Asian group, called to consider once more the possibility of proposing a resolution calling for sanctions against Israel, was postponed at the request of India’s V. K. Krishna Menon.

A spokesman for the British delegation here declared that Britain hopes that Mr. Dulles’ initiative may result in breaking the deadlock. “It is our view,” he said, “that the present situation can best be settled by the kind of negotiations taking place at present. The American initiative seems to be directed toward that end and is very much in accord with our efforts to seek a solution.”

Franco-Israeli unity was meanwhile, demonstrated here today when Israel’s representative in the General Assembly’s Political and Security Committee spoke in the debate on the Algerian question, fully supporting France’s Foreign Minister Christian Pineau. The Israeli delegate, Emile Najar, was subjected to one of the worst hecklings ever witnessed here, when representatives of Egypt, Iraq and Syria tried to silence him with “points of order.” However, Mr. Najar finished his statement, fully supporting France’s position against any resolution that would try to superimpose a UN settlement of the Algerian problem.

Mr. Najar started his address by retorting to attacks dragged into the Algerian debate last week by speakers for Egypt, Syria, Iraq and Saudi Arabia, who had accused Israel of aggression in the Sinai campaign. Despite the efforts of Peru’s Victor A. Belaunde, chairman of the committee, to maintain order, one Arab spokesman after another got up to interrupt Mr. Najar. The latter disposed of the Arab attacks with biting sarcasm, then proceeded to voice his country’s full endorsement of France’s position as stated by M. Pineau.