European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday october 16, 1977 William f. Buckley the stars and stripes King of the Hill Page 15 or. Carter s initiative for peace in Mideast the near hysterical disapproval of or. Carter s most recent move on the Mideast was symbolized by the rather graceless act of Edward Koch who re turned president Carter s proffered hand shake with what looked on television like a subpoena. It was of course a letter protest ing or. Carter s alleged infidelity to Israel. What was wrong about it All was the spectacle. Koch is one congressman run Ning for High municipal office far re moved from the world of foreign policy. It was a breach of form to take a Public ceremonial occasion in order to press his Point of View on foreign affairs on the  like that Singer whoever she was who stepped Forward from the chorus line at the White House to deliver a lecture to Lyndon Johnson on the Vietnam , non new yorkers who Are Dis posed to believe that Koch is unique will perhaps be relieved to be reminded that where Israel is concerned no niceties of distinction Are observed in new York City. Mayor Wagner refused to provide Ameni ties of the City to Ibn Saud. His successor mayor Lindsay snubbed Charles de Gaulle though it is questionable whether de Galle noticed it. If one were to say in new Yorkshat Israel was being unfair to goldfish one would need to retire from Public  fact of it is that or. Carter s Initia Tive was utterly deplorable. Not because it was in any conclusive sense anti israeli or. James Reston is Correct in saying that in fact the United states government is coming closer and closer to guaranteeing Israel s nationhood but because of the surrealistic Coop tation of the soviet Union As our formal partner in search of peace in the Middle  is True that the soviet Union and the United states Are the joint sponsors of the Geneva conference at which the problems of the Mideast Are supposed to be trans acted. But that is a diplomatic formality that hardly justifies the impression that the two Powers Are in fact interested in the same  arabs Over the years have been resentful Over United states partiality to Israel. But no Arab state believes that it is United states policy to encourage israeli imperialism. The israelis have Over the years chafed at anything less than total partiality by the United states in favor of Israel primarily because they see them selves quite correctly As surrounded by hostile Powers until very recently heavily financed by the soviet Union. Along comes or. Carter not Only asking the opinions expressed in the columns and cartoons on this Page represent those of the authors and Are in no Way to be considered As representing the views of the stars and stripes or the United states government. Israel to accede to representation in Geneva of the Palestine refugees represented at the moment by the Plout asking Israel to do so under the joint auspices of the soviet Union and the United states. It is difficult to see How any Intelli gent israeli could be moved by such an initiative under such  israelis have Learned something about the soviet Union we appear doomed never to learn. It is this that the soviet appetite for Dominion of the world from sea to shining sea is the nearest thing to a con Stant in International  whereas for a generation after the War the soviet appetite in the Mideast was merely the Normal appetite of a disruptive imperialist Power that interest became ravenous upon seeing in the flesh in 1973, an exhibition of the Power of the Oil producing states of the Middle East Over the entire Industrial world. Control of the per Sian Gulf and a leverage Over the policies of the Mideast is surely More important to the soviet Union than its routine disruptions in Africa in the Caribbean in latin America in Asia even. There is a virtuoso think tank in the White House Zbigniew Brzezinski in whose head flashbulbs explode at the rate of about 30 per hour who no doubt supplied president Carter with a grand schematic showing How if we encourage the russians Here Over there linkage will deliver the soviet Union into our hands. The israelis looking Over the proposition say it s spin Ach and the hell with it. They Are right. And this has nothing to do with the intrinsic Merit of the proposals. The israelis cannot Trust an initiative for warded to them under such auspices. C Washington Star Roy Wilkins for. Economies is key word for Blacks from time to time new pro Grams for racial advancement of Blackshare been unveiled with emphasis on this or that  resulting confusion of the Public has been understandable what with Blacks hurting in so Many different places. No one has Ever done this before at tempt to raise a whole race that includes Farmers Shoeshine boys roustabout teachers Cabinet workers carpenters preachers , and labourers. It is bound to be confusing. Now we hear Calls for economic Prog Ress. Car your fire puce make us Ops Lar the last time it came from Martin Luther King jr., who is reported to have said after one of his marches Well we got them in but now we have to get them some Money so they can buy a hamburger and a piece of pie we Don t think any criticism had been expressed about the Progress to Date except for some grumbling from the youngsters about How Long it had taken to go such a Short Way Down the Long Long Road. In 1909 there were about two or three lynchings a week. That meant that two or three people did not even have a trial. We could have gone on about our Busi Ness letting the victims cry aloud for life itself and offer their families meat and , a few of us adopted a moral tone reminded them of their own Constitution where it says All the Fine words. We wanted to build sentiment so that every one Black or White gets a fairer  Luther King jr., showed that he understood in that one Brief Flash How Complex the race problem is in America. No other race was Ever dumped with out help. No other race four million or More human beings was told to sink or  James h. Dowdy president of the Harlem Commonwealth Council has issued the latest Call to put economic strength if not first at least higher up than it has been before in the struggle for the Equality for citizenship. He is one of a growing number of Black men and women concentrating on building economic strength in their communities in jobs and Job training programs. The foundation always has been owned and controlled by outsiders or. Dowdy said. Our program is an attempt to keep these resources in and controlled by the  other men involved in economic uplift programs with dowdy Are Franklin a. Thomas an attorney and former head of Bedford Stuyvesant restoration corp columns comments ration and Rev. Calvin o. Persley executive director of opportunities industrialization Center. The Council and corporation have received Grants of $93 million for the development of their  industrialization headed nationally by Rev. Leon Sullivan is financed by the Federal government. The change in the objectives of Blacks with heavy emphasis on economics May be a Good thing for the advancement of civil rights. Job training with a Job for trainees at completion of the training and simulations of intercity business could indeed be another Road toward destroying the barriers created by race. C Register and Tribune Syndicate