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VOLUME XII — NO. 22_THURSDAY, MAY 29, 1958 12 Pages — 15c Per Copy
Gurion Calls Nehru’s Hand
On Diplomat Postponement
JERUSALEM (J I"A) — Prime Minister David Hen Guroin politely
but firmly declared in Knesset this week that the action of Indian
Prime Minister Nehru in postponing establishment of full diplomatic
Jaw Tours Israel—
Copyright-1958 Texas Jewish Post
Jimmy Wisch, Texas Jewish Post Ed-
itor-Publisher, returned fr^m Israel
recently. This is the 21st in a series en-
titled, “NINE DAYS IN ISRAEL.”
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‘Pajama Game’ In Tel Aviv
Mr. Chaplin’s Abdication
Dr. Jas. G. Heller
To Be Speaker
At Waco Rally
Dr. James G. Heller, eminent
Saturday nighit in Tel Aviv.....
This comopolitan city on the Mediterranean is the Paris of the Mid-
dle East with a sprinkling of Vienna, Rome, London and New York
thrown in for good measure.
“Allenby Road,” soft drink stands, candy stores, sidewalk cafes,
small open air shops selling Roman made “Expresso” coffee, smart
shopping districts, Austrian type restaurants all combine to give Tel-
Aviv flair. A pulsating verve that makes one project the future of
Israel by watching the tremendous growth in its largest city.
And the strollers! The streets were jammed with people walking,
talking animatedly. Smiling, happy people, well dressed, oblivious to
the ring of death that surrounds them via the Arab’s oft-repeated
promise, backed by Soviet conniving, to “drive the Isralies into the
Mediterranean.”
In the lobby of the Dan Hotel, Tel Aviv’s largest and most modern,
the desk clerk was engaged in conversation with two visitors from
the United States.
The man and woman were in their mid-fifties and had evidently
been married a long time because their faces bad the same frustrating
expression. The tell-tale wrinkles asking the great ‘Why of life’ were
in the same places. Her bleached blonde hair curled under her hat
and her mink coat was held carelessly under an arm. Mr. Husband
had a fisful of change clenched in his hand. He opened his palm and
offered, it to the clerk. “Here take what you want. I’ve been here
two weeks and I still can’t figure out the difference between a pound
and a pruta.”
The clerk obliged and took the coins needed and gave the man a
few post cards. “Tell me,” said Mrs. Blonde, eyeing a poster of Doris
Day in ‘Pajama Game,’ where is that movie playing?”
The clerk explained the location and said, “I’m s'orry though. This
is Saturday night in Tel Aviv and it is impossible to get seats for the
cinema on Saturday night. People start buying the Saturday night
sets on Tuesday and Wednesday and by Thursday they’re always
sold out. See, we don’t have television in Israel and everybody goes
to the cinema. Maye you can go some other night. Yes?”
Imagine!” said Mrs. Minkcoat, “Come all the way from Peoria and
go on a world tour and wind up in Israel and I can’t get to see ‘Pa-
jama Game!’ And Doris Day yet! That’s the limit! I tell you what,”
she continued addressing her husband who now had several beads of
perspiration trickling down his face into a stream which he started
dabbing, “You can check me out of this Hotel and check me out of
Israel. If I can’t see a movie when I want to, what’s the use of staying
any longer!”
The clerk tried to mediate.
“No. Guess the wife’s right. We had enough of this chasing around.
Imagine! Saturday night and we can’t see a movie. And to think that
we missed Doris Day in the states, too! Tell your room clerk to pre-
pare our bill. We’ll be leaving tomorrow.”
American Jewish leader, will be
the guest of honor at a “Night
For Israel” at Agudath Jacob
Synagogue in Waco on Wednes-.
day evening June 11, at 8 p.m.
Dr. Heller, who will be making
his first appearance in Waco, is
N a t i onal Community Relations
Chairman for the State of Israel
Bond Organization.
The Waco Israel Bond Com-
mittee is sponsoring the program,
which will also feature entertain-
ment and refreshments. Dr. Hel-
ler’s visit will climax the current
Waco Israel Bond Campaign which
has been endorsed by the Jewish
Community Council. A committee
is now being recruited from Wa-
co’s community leaders.
Dr. James G. Heller
The hotel announcement board also showed a poster of Charie
Chaplin playing in “The King of New York.” This movie was not
shown in the United States because of various difficulties Mr. Chap-
lin has had with the United States government, political and economic.
Since we were to meet Inga and Mike Behr for dinner, we decided
to try to see the movie later.
An outstanding leader in civic
and rbligious affairs, Dr. Heller
was formerly National Chairman
of the United Jewish Appeal,
Chairman of the United Palestine
Inga and Mike reiterated the warning, “You can never see a movie Appeal, and Chairman of the Ad-
on Saturday night if you haven’t purchased your ticket long in ad- ministjrative Council and Vice-
vance.” Nevertheless, after dinner we went to the movie house and j President of the zionist Qrgani-
ajter a short talk with the manager, who once was m New York, 1
he agreed to set up three seats in the aisle for us so that we cofuld | za^ on America. He was a so
see the movie. “There’s one thing I want to caution you about,” he . President of the Labor Zionist Or-
advised, “don’t watch the movie with the average American super-! ganization.
iority.”
We promised that we’d be completely objective and that we wanted
to see a great comic in action.
What we did see was what might well be called a lemon iri the
artistic sense.
Continued To Page 11
There will be no admission
charge for the program. Reserva-
tions may be made at the office
of the Community Council, 610
Liberty Bhilding, Waco.
relations with Israel was “connected with tactics not principles.” He
called on Nehru to “ultimately fulfill his promise" to establish such
relations with Israel.
The Prime Minister made the statement in reply to a question fjTom
a member of Knesset who asked for comment on Nehru’s recent re-
mark that there were “ominous sounds” and “precipitate action”
coming from Israel during the Egyptian-Syrian merger talks. While
there has been a mutual exchange of diplomatic recognition, Israel
maintains only a consulate in India and India has no representative
in Israel.
“I read with regret and concern the surprising statement of the
Indian Premier for which there is no foundation whatsoever,” Ben
Gurion said. “No ominous sounds, no action precipitate or deliberate
has been jor is about to be taken by Israel in connection with the
Egyptian-Syrian merger, about which a question may be raised as
to whether it is actually a merger or annexation of Syria by Egypt.
“Israel is not in the habit of interfering in the internal affairs in
countries near or far,” the Prime Minister continued. “Maybe the
distinguished Indian Premier received inaccurate infarmaton frPm
the Egyptian Embassy in India. More than once he has promised our
representatives who visited India that he Would establish diplomatic
relations between our two countries. I note with satisfaction the
number of Indian papers which have editorially asked the source of
Indian information in Israel.”
The Prime Minister said that he had “no intention of setting
myself as a judge” in the Indian leader’s statement. “His standing as
the illustrious leader of a mighty nation is assured and I hope that the
g^reat Indian statesman will ultimately fulfill his promise,” Mr. Ben
durion stated. “I am glad also to note the existence of close con-
tacts between a number of leading Indian intellectuals and their
colleagues in Israel and the fact that Indian scholars visiting Israel
have expressed regret that India does not maintain a legtion here.”
“It may be assumed that Nehru has his own reastons for this at-
titude,” said the Premier, “but it is clear that these are connected
with tactics, not principles and I hope they are only temporary.”
Dan Dailey, Ricky Lane To Star
At Friends Of Jewish Hospital Dinner
J. L. Latimer, Chairman of the I
th’rd annual Dinner of the Dallas j
Friends of the National Jewish
Hospital at Denver, anounced to-
day that two top-flight stars of
stage, screen, TV and nightclubs,
would be guest performers at this
year’s Dinner, which is being held
Thursday evening, June 5 in the
Crystal Ballroom of the Baker
Hotel. Dan Dailey, long one of
Hollywood’s best loved song and
dance men will appear with his
entire troupe fresh from a smash
appearance at Las Vegas, and
Ricky Lane with his famous dum-
my Velvel, wWo won meteoric
fame after a series of appear-
ances on the Ed Sullivan hour
will entertain the guests on what
has always been one of the mem-
orable events of the Dallas social
season. Guest speaker that even-
ing is William A. Blakely, former
U.S. Senator from Texas.
Both performers are well ac-
quainted with the outstanding
work of the Hospital, and Ricky
Lane has been to Denver, where
he entertained patients with his
mirth-provoking little wooden oc-
companist, Velvel. The coopera-
tion of both performers who said !
that because of the fijojspital’s
Dan Dailey
world-famous motto: “None May
Enter Who Can Pay, None Can
Pay Who Enter,” they will donate
their services gratis, was secured
through the combined eforts of
Raymond Willie, executive of In-
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U.S. Not Looking For Troop Pretext
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles this week cited a so-called “Mansfield Amendment”
to the Eisenhower Doctrine as a meaningful declaration in
connection with the Lebanese crisis. But he insisted that
the United States was not anxious for a pretext to intro-
duce U.S. military forces into Lebanon.
Nixon’s Plan To Visit Israel Was Nixed!
CAPITAL SPOTLIGHT - -
WASHINGTON —
Vice President Richard M. Nixon, whose travels in
South America recently provided news, almost visited
Israel last month in connection with the 10th Anniver-
sary celebration.
Nixon would have liked to have attended the Israeli
festivities as personal representative of President Eisen-
hower. The Government of Israel very much wanted him
to come. Nixon believed his appearance would have
further cemented Israel-American friendship and grati-
fied American Jewry.
But the State Department advised the White House
that the idea should be rejected. The State Department,
according to reliable sources within the government,
thought Nixon’s presence in Israel would antagonize
the Arab States and be exploited by Communist pro-
pagandists.
Apart from the question of Nixon’s participation in
the 10th anniversary festivities, the State Department
made a general policy decision to minimize official
American recognition of the anniversary.
By Milton Friedman
As a member of the “team,” the Vice-President quickly
heeded the Department’s advice. Subsequently, a lesser
Republican political personality sought to go but even
he was told to forget it.
Had the State Department encouraged the idea it is
almost certain that Nixon would have greeted Israelis
throughout Israel last month. And he certainly would
have received a far different reception than he got in
South America. The Israelis would have greeted him
with great courtesy and warmth.
Nixon’s rise as a leading contender for the 1960 Re-
publican Presidential nomination is widely acknowledg-
ed. A contender for the Democratic nomination is Mass-
achusetts Senator John F. Kennedy.
Sen. Kennedy, an important member of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee, recently differed sharply
with anti-Israel theories. He urged: “Let us dispel for
once and for all the myth that without Israel there
would somehow be a natural harmony throughout the
Middle East and the Arab world.
He pointed out that “we have not, as many charged,
mortgaged our policy in the Middle East to Israel. We
have rather taken the prudent course on this position
of strength,, internal stability, and democratic outlook.”
Sen Kennedy held that “it twists reality to suggest
that i.t is the democratic tendency of Israel which has in-
jected discord and dissension” into the region. Even by
the “coldest calculations,” said Kennedy, “the removal
of Israel would not alter the basic crisis in the area.”
Sen Hubert H. Humphrey, Minnesota Democrat, is
chairman of the Near East subcommittee of the Senate
Foreign Relations Committee. He has sought to persuade
the State Department to take a position aga-^ist the
Arabs’ anti-Jewish blockade and boycott practices. The
Senator has stressed to the State Department that these
practices hit American Jewish citizens as well as Israeli
nationals.
The State Department continues to stumble along
from crisis to crisis. In one aspect it is consistent-in its
failures. The Department’s policies have failed as con-
sistently on other continents as they have in Asia—
especially the Near Eastern area of Asia.
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