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VOLUME XII—NO. 2
IN OUR TWELFTH YEAR
THURSDAY, JANUARY 9, 1958
12 Pages — 15c Per Copy
jess jawin
NINE DAYS IN ISRAEL
Jimmy Wiach, publisher of the Texas Jewish Post, returned froxr
Israel last night. The following is a continuation of his experiences.
We watched Tel Aviv below us. This was the last night of Chanukah
and the beginning of Christmas. It was 8:30 P.M. and we would soon
bbuch the soil of the Land of Our 'Fathers.
We wondered about that as the plane made an angled turn reveal-
ing Tel Aviv in a myriad of sparkling brightness.
Inside the plane people were getting ready to disembark. The
stewardess suggested in several different languages that passengers
have their passports and immigration cards filled out.
One lady in front, who had pa d $35.00 extra weight in New York
to bring several pounds of apples to Israel was anxiously looking fox
the precious fruit, saying, ‘Oy, vey, where are my apples?”
Soon the wheels of the plane touched ground and there was a feel-
ing of exhiliration in the plane.
Israel would soon be fact.
We pondered about the facts of Israel. Here was a tiny strip of
land, much smaller than the state of New Jersey, rung with enemies
pledged to drive its people into the Mediterannean. Settled consis-
tently since the turn of the century, the Land of Zion, also called
Palestine, had held hopes for Jews in this great modern world.
The hope was that Jews Would be able to live in Peace, unmolested,
and be allowed to develop a land of Freedom where persecution would
not exist.
And the sufferings the people bore to establish the Homeland. Be-
fore Herzl came on the scene Jews had been trying to work the desert
sands into a garden of Eden. Jews knew this was the land of the Fer-
tile Crescent and that with proper care it would once more blossom
into a Paradise.
Then came the purchases of land through hard earned money that
was dropped in little pushkes, savings boxes, the world over. From
Harbin, China to Mulberry Street—from Galveston to Capetown
Jews sacrificed and gave their extra coins to reclaim the land, to build
a dream of hundreds of years into reality. Finally the Balfour Declara-
tion. It seemed that statehood was always lingering beyond the hori-
zon.
But the hoi-izon itself was marked with blood. After the Jewish
Agencies purchased land from the feudal Arab landlords, the former
landowners would send gangs of terrorists in tJo try to take it away
from them.
That’s the way it had been. Everyone knew the Jew was a pacifist at
heart. They thought he wouldn’t fight. Pacifist always. Coward never.
The Jew had to shoulder arms though he prayed nightly that the
weapons could be beaten lonce and for all into implements of progress
. . . for peace and health for all.
Such was not the case. The mauraudings continued. Through the
1920’s . . . the 1930’s. Every drop of desert had to be watered by
pailful under the scorching sun in the daytime and defended during
the mystery of night against infiltration. This became the standard
operating procedure.
The British mandate tried to stiffle the surge for independence at
evlery turn. But it could not prevent it because this was an historical
process. Like a river an historical process flows and may be diverted
for a while but it can not be stopped indefinitely.
Then came the Second World War. The Arabs siding with the Axis.
Deals made with feudal princes over the precious oil while Jews
burned in the crematoriums of Hitler’s New Disorder.
And the Jews of Palestine fought and won.
Th’si was their land . . . their very own they were defending . . .
this was a beacon of hope they were erecting for all mankind to
observe.
Soon after World War II ended, in May, 1948, came the famous
decision for independence. Not unlike a proclamation made by another
tiny nation across the Atlantic a century and a half ago.
The bombings and attack by the Arabs was instantaneous. They
came determined to drive the Palestinians into the Sea. And they
failed. Some say they failed because they didn’t have the military
strength. Seven nations backed by great powers against tiny Pale-
stine? That sounds foolhardy. Some say they failed because their
timing, etc, was wrong. And some say they failed because God didn’t
want them tlo win. God was on the side of peace.
And so Israel was born ....
And Israel prospered.
Shd took in the tired, the homeless, the depressed, the sick.
She opened her heart and her soil soon heard the hap^py beat of that
heart.
Tractors gtoing. Hospitals rising. Houses sheltering victims of fasc-
ism and communism.
We thought of all these things as we entered the customs building
attached to the administration building at Lydda Airport. The build-
ing was about the size of the administration building at Meacham
Field in Fort Worth.
People were milling around the customs officers, explaining bag-
gage. We saw some of our travel companions and recognized Leon
Aaron full of bundles he was bringing to his father and brother whom
he hadn’t seen in over 30 years.
Every time the large white djoors opened to the street we could see
anxious faces peer into the customs building looking for a lost relation.
We knew that Aaron’s story must have been multiplied at least a
dozen times.
We finally made it to the bus gong to Tel Aviv which was waiting
for the rest lof the passengers. The lady who was looking for her
apples got on the bus with a middle-aged man. “Imagine,” she said, “I
told them I lived here 25 years and they couldn’t do that to me!”
“IPs nothing. Just a trifle. Forget it and calm yourself,” said the
man in a soft voice.
“But the idea! I paid $35 in extra weight to bring those applies
over here. And now I can’t get them in because of some agricultural
law. Who cares about laws. I want my apples!” Then she noticed us
and said, “Tell him. You tell h‘m what a hard job I had getting those
apples over here.”
“Please, darling,” said the man. “Please.”
Suddenly we heard a crescendo of weird screeming and crying. On
See Jess Jawin — Page Four
Leon Brachman
Named Ft. Worth
Man Of The Year
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Gurion Trims Security Conditions;
L’klihood Of Same Parties Increased
JERUSALEM, (JTA) — Prime Minister David Ben Gurion this
week drastically trimmed his demands on the question of coalition
party responsibility for the security of Cabinet decisions, thus paving
the way for a new Government made up of exactly the same parties
as the one he dissolved on that issue.
The response of Achdut Avoda, the left-wing party whose disclosure
of a secret Cabinet decision to send an emissary on an arms-buying
miss on to West Germany touched off the current crisis, was one of
ntodified optimism. This view was shared by Mapam, the other left-
wing party which had threatened to leave the old Cabinet if Ben
Gurion had succeeded in his effort to force out the two Achdut Avoda
Ministers.
According to reliable sources, the Prime Minister had dropped his
proposal that a Cabinet majority should have the right to force the
resignation of any Minister found guilty of acting contrary to a
Cabinet decision. Another proposal to punish Ministers who leaked
such decisions to the press was also dropped.
The Prime Minister, however, suggested prison terms of up to
three years for editors publishing such disclosures. This proposal was
understood to have evfoked strong opposition from the Progressive
party which has consistently fought measures restricting freedom of
the press.
Another version of the changed proposals was that a law be passed
by Knesset, imposing sanctions against both Miniters and the press
for* violating the rule of Cabinet secrecy. The significance of this
proposed change would be that the rule of Cabinet secrecy would be
imposed not by the Prime Minister, as Ben Gurion had previously
suggested but by a law of the Knesset.
Anti-Semitism Affected 3,000,000 Jews
In 1957 World Jewish Congress Declares
Leon Brachman
More than three hundred per-
sons hailed the selection of Leon
Brachman as the high honor of
“Man of The Year,” was accord-
ed him by the L. F. Shanblum
Lodge of B’nai B’rith at the An-
nual Installation and Award
Banquet, Sunday evening at A-
havath Sholom Center.
A standing ovation was accord-
ed Mr. Brachman, prominent Fort
Worth businessman and commu-
nity leader. Chosen by a secret
committee for “the fine philan-
thropic, communal spirit and ef-
fort Bhe has always shown,” his
list of services to his community j fessions and homes,
and fellowman are great in num-1 Egyptian repnesbrf atives and
ber. Recently re-elected president I emissaries have also taken the lead
of the Fort Worth Jewish Federa-1 in Arab agitation against the Jews
NEW YORK (JTA) While there
has been a marked diminution of
anti-Semitism in many parts of
the glqbe, about one-quarter of
the nearly 12 million Jews
throughout the world felt its ef-
fects in one form or another in
1957, according to a year-end sur-
vey by the World Jewish Congress
in New York published today.
Egypt had the blackest record
during the year so fax as anti-
Semitism owas concerned. More
(than 22,000 of that country’s
45,000 Jews were compelled to
Poland was also the scene of
anti-Semitic agitation and out-
breaks in 1957. But in contrast
to the Egyptians, the Gomulka re-
gime exerted itself to denounce
and prosecute the anti-semitic
agitators, and repeatedly express-
ed its resolve to bring the anti-
Semitic ag'tatiion to an end. At
the same time, the regime recog-
nized the human rights of Po-
land’s 45,000 Jews and facilitated
the emigration of those who de-
sired to leave. It is estimated that
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leave as a result of the relentless 29,000 Polish Jews_ em. grtftecj,
pressures exercised on them fol-
lowing orders and decrees seques-
questrating Jewish businesses and
properties and result'ng from the
ouster of Jews from jobs, pro-
tion, he is a board member of
Cong. Ahavath Sholom as well as
its past president; Chairman of
its Hebrew School Committee, di-
rector of the M. Shanblum En-
dowment Fund, board member of
All Saints Hospital, director of
the Fort Worth Camp Fire Girls
and a regional board member and
officer of the Zionist Organiza-
t'on of America. During his ad
ministration as president of Cong.
Ahavath Sholom, the new syna-
gogue was built.
New officers of the Lodge, in-
stalled by Harry Friedman of
Texarkana, president of District
7 Grand Lodge include Buddy
Rosen, president; Ben Coplin, Sid-
ney Raimey and Max Shapiro,
vice-presidents; Max Kaye, Trea-
surer; R. D. Moses, secretary; Irv
Lerner, warden and Leon Gach-
man, retiring president, chaplain.
New officers of the youth or-
ganizat:ons, Elinor Walinsky,
BBG president and Ronnie Gold-
man, AZA president, and their
assisting officers were installed
by Jerry Wolens, B’nai B’rith
Texas State president.
Ben Coplin was chairman of the
dinner and Sam Schwartz served
as toastmaster for the evening.
throughout Latin America, but
these efforts have failed to de-
stroy the tradit’onally good rela-
tions between Jews and Arabs in
the commercial life of the great
urban centers, and the attempt
to promote a boycott of the Jews
and of Israel in Latin America
has been a total failure, the Con-
gress reported.
mainly to Israel, while the com-
munity welcomed back to Poland
some 10.000 repatriates from Sov-
iet Russia in 1957.
An area of major concern is
Soviet Jewry, which is estimated
to number up to 3,000,000 per-
sons. While permission was grant-
ed to the Jews of Moscow to es-
tablish for the first time a small
theological seminary. Soviet Jew-
ry continues to suffer a corpor-
ate body the restraints and re-
strictions to which it has been
subjected since 1948. JewTs of
Russ:a, the World Congress sur-
vey reported, remain deprived of
all organizational links with the
rest of the Jews of the world.
Dulles Seeks Information On Arab - Israel
Developments From Secretary Hammarskjold
WASHINGTON (JTA) Secre- that had been dealt with at the re-
tary of State John Foster Dulles, cent General Assembly. But the
returning from his holiday told presence of James W. Barco,
reporters at National Airport this counselor of the delegation and
week that he discussed the Arab- j a specialist in Arab-Israeli affairs,
Israel situation and other aspects ’ suggested that more than a gener
of the Middle East situation in
New York with United Nations
Secretary General Dag Hammar-
skjold.
The two-hour session took place
shortly after the UN chief’s re-
turn from a visit to the Gaza
al exchange of views took place.
Ambassador Lodge was the only
other person present.
A State Department spokesman
said the United States expects no
change in its decision to stay out
of the Baghdad Pact. Press officer
Strip and talks with Egyptian Joseph Reap said he did not ex-
President Nasser. A U.S. spokes-1 pect the forthcoming trip of Sec-
man would only say that the meet- retary Dulles to the Baghdad Pact
ing, which took place in the Wal-
dorf Astoria apartment of Am-
bassador Lodge, covered subjects
Council meeting at Ankara,- Tur-
key, would change this bas e at-
titude.
Hammarskjold Reports On Mid-East Talk With Dulles
UNITED NATIONS (JTA) —
Secretary General Dag Hammar-
skjold said this week that he dis-
cussed the problem of security in
the Middle East during the high
level conferences he has held in
the last few weeks. He made the
statement at a press conference
here in answer to: a question
which touched by implication on
his talks earlier this week with
Secretary of State John Foster
Dulles, as well as with the high-
est government officials in Paris
and Cairo.
Mr. Hammarskjold stated in re-
ply to other questions that while
in Cairo he discussed with Egyp-
tian officials the matter of the
Israeli tsawler Doron which was
seized by the Egyptians on the
high seas late last September.
That issue was among many oth-
ers he d scussed with officials in
Cairo. However, he declined to i
make any specific comment about
the vessel or its crew of five Is-
raelis and one Italian who have
been in an Egyptian jail since
September.
In reply to a query whether he
had any official word about the
reputed plans of some govern-
ments to reinvoke the 1947 UN
partition plan, he asid: “I have
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point. I only read about it. in the
newspapers. The stand lof the par-
ties on this agreement is well
known and it is legitimate to note
these stands as background in con-
sideration of this problem.”
Mr. Hammarskjold who visited
troops of the UN Emergency
Force in the Gaza Strip on Christ-
mas Day, said that he had found
the morale of the troops very
good and that UNEF “works very
well.”
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