The Sower

As the -Editor

Views the News

Israel Consulate: Newest
Diplomats' Row Tenant

...

By CONRAD WOLFSON

The Weizmann Dinner

(Copyright, 1949, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)

Dr. Chaim Weizman.n, first President of
"Diplomat's row" in New York between Fifth
Israel, again is the guest of the Jews of
and Sixth Avenue on East Seventieth Street, has
America. The dinner arranged in his honor,
an "old-new" tenant. Standing next to the Asia-
at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, New York, on
n for-
merly owned by the Vanderbilt-Smith family
April 23, has been arranged to raise additional
which harbors these young ancients. The number
sums for the, advancement of the Weizmann
is 11 E. 70th St. The occunants' names, graven on
Institute of Science in Rehoboth.
a bronze plaque, are "The Israeli Consulate
General and Israeli Mission to the United
Dr. Weizmann's Autobiography, currently
Nations." The plaque is fixed to the wall by rivets
appearing in The Jewish News, re'.ates the
in the shape of Mogen Dovids.
Israeli President's devotion • to two great
While the traditions of the people whose
efforts: The Zionist cause and his research .
affairs the Consulate handles in the City of New
ork in chemistry. In spite of his travels
airs
are far from ancient in age or outlook. The
,,nroughout the world in the interests of Jew-
attractive blonde receptionist personifies the
ish national .redemption' and his Zionist ac-
youth and warmth of the . new Jewish state in
tivities which taxed all his energies, Dr.
her greeting to corners, who are received with
a e,
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Weizmann found time for his scientific work.
His creative ability is a matter of record
One unused to hearing Hebrew spoken
and he would have remained one of the
fluently outside of a synagogue would be first
world's greatest personalities in recognition
startled, then amazed, then curious to hear
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of his contributions to chemistry even if he
a telephone answered or a call made in that
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at the Israeli Consulate - uses in hunClig down
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those in whom callers are interested. It is
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even more curious to see her write notes on
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Israel's • great achievements in agricul-
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what is being said over the phone in' II .brew ,
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ture and industry are due in large measure
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in both _the ancient Hebrew script and mod-
to the research work conducted _ by Dr.
. ern English characters.
Weizmann and his staff of brilliant chemists
at the Rehoboth Institute ,of Science. This
The calm air of the receptionist belies tlie
Israel i s
Institute, which began modestly, already
tense activity going on in the other pal'sof the
Israeli
Consulate. There is always an air of tense
ranks among the five outstanding chemical '
• agencies
The United Palestine Appeal, one of the major
excitement in a place being newly set up. And
research institutions in the - entire world. of the United' Jewish Appeal Whose contributions in Detroit
the hand-printed temporary signs on doors saying
Israel's industrial future is linked with the
English show
-
are provided by the Allied Jewish Campaign, has made known , "push" or "pull" in Hebrew and
that things are not yet completely set.
work of this Institute, and its expansion con-
some interesting facts regarding Israel's financial problems.
tinues to be the responsibility of Jews every-
we learn that while there were dangers of rising inflationary • ,
The bright red carpeting on the marble wind-
where. -- '
trends • during the emergency created by the war, "Israel's • ing staircase heightens the effect of excitement.
The Weizmann dinner on April 23 must, money. market remained in a state of high liquidity despite . The first floor-just above the basement housing
the supply room and the now unused luxurious
therefore, receive the encouragement of Jew- the many strains to which it was exposed."
kitchen of the former occupants-bustles with
ish communities throughout the United
people seeking to delve d
The Jewish State has found it necessary to impose a high
deeper into
it the cause . of
States. Detroit should be represented by a
this excitement-the state of Israel. Some 'want.
income tax upon its population. The UPA reports that in
delegation whose presence at the dinner Israeli Pounds (IL) , the Jewish State collected approximately - to go to Israel. And this first floor is the one - with
the office where they must apply for visas to the
should signify the uninterrupted interest of $8004,000 (IL2,000,000.) in the first half of 1948. There were
new state. They are immigrants, businessmen,
.our community in Dr. Weizmann's scientific 45,000
,
adventurers, and curiosity seekers.
Jewish taxpayers, each of whom will average about
activities and in the Institute- . bearing his IL90 in income taxes for the past year.
Mounting the red-carpeted marble stairs to
name. Louis Berry, who represents Detroit
the second floor, one arrives at the offic:s• of the
A comparison of Israeli and American income taxes
on the "Salute to the President of Israel Com-
central figures in this house of hustle and bustle.
should prove of special interest to the tens of thousands of
mittee," has a number of seats available for
On this floor are the offices of probably the two
the Detroit contributors to the
th Allied Jewish Campaign who
most important representatives of Israel in the
Detroiters at the dinner. His preoccupancy
Jewish
should
know
that
Israel
is
paying
for
the
operations
of
the
United States---LArthur Lourie, Consul General
with the chairmanship of the Allied -
and director of the Israeli UN office, and Aubrey
our contributions are used for the
new
Government
and
that
Campaign makes it necessary that interested
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people should call him-at CAdillac 8369-for settlement of the hundreds of thousands of immigrants and
word "Mission" will be replaced by 'Delegation"'
This
s
economy
of
the
Jewish
State.
their integration into the
when Israel has taken her rightful place among
reservations. It is urgent thatDetroit should
table shows how much more an Israeli family pays for the . the member nations of the world organization.
play its part in honoring Dr. Weizmann on
upkeep of its state than we pay to our government: _
- The third floor of the Consulate leads to the
•
April, 23 and that as large a group as pos-
Income lax -in
research , department which serves those of the
sible 'make reservations at once and plan to
Israel
is
higher
than
Amount of Income Tax
2,000,000 Jews of New York City whO are inter-
attend the dinner.
ested in the fate and fortunes of the new state.
in the U.S. by

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Financial Obligations

Diplomatic Triumphs

Income•.
in Dollars
3,000

4,500

in Dollars
In the U.S.
In Israel
$ 49.80
$ 165

540

273.90

Dollars Percentage
$ 115.20 • 69.8%

266.10

49.0

The research department is an adjunct of the
office of the Director of -Information.

The official in charge is I. L. Kenen,

59.0
717.00
498.00
1,215
6,000
Completion of armistice agreements be-
Canadian-born former journalist, and, like
67.3
1,508.24
731.76
1,215
7,500
tween Israel and her Arab neighbors repro-
the majority of those at the Consulate, for-
70.3
2,351.88
993.12
3,3 - 45
9,000
71.8
merly with the Jewish. Agency. He is assisted
4,019.32
sents one of the greatest diplomatic triumphs
1,575.68
5,595
12,000
71.1
5,582.92
2,262.08
7,845
-and he admits "She practically runs the
of our time. The accomplishments of the past
15,000
52.5
23,630.00
21,370.00*
45,000*
60,000
place"-by pert Miss Rita Grossman. "Prac-
few months are a tribute to the statesman-
28,790.00 _ 40.2
38,710.00*
67,500*
90,000
tically runs the place" is an understatement.
ship of the Israeli spokesmen and to the quid-
29.9
33,700.00
78,800.00*
112,500*
150,000
She is a fountainhead of information about
ance of the United Nations' mediator, Dr. *Approximately.
the Consulate, both official and informal.
Ralph Bunche..
In addition to paying so much More in income taxes than
Hostilities have ended, and Syria alone we do, the citizens in Israel are large contributors to the
Miss Grossman is known to all and knows
ev,_.; -ii,: i:. 1..., ,,,,ts -a,a,e. iierr aLtituue toward
remains to be dealt with. Egypt, Lebanon, Jewish National Fund, to numerous other important causes,
the place and her work is typical of that of the
Iraq and Transjordania have reached agree- for internal educational and. relief purposes and are partici-
entire staff of youthful "diplomats" who handle
ments with Israel and the Jewish State is pating in internal loans to the Israel government.
Israel's international and public relations in New
now an established fact.
We quote these figures in order to show that what we . York. The staff, from the lowest to the highest,
are imbued with the importance of their task.
In spite of the happy conclusions reached are doing ; through our record-breaking fund-raising cam-
To them these are not jobs - they are fighting
on the Island of Rhodes, Israeli leaders rec- paigns, is to help solve the problem of the homeless and that
for a cause.
ognize the possibility of recurring troubles. the people in Israel are liberally aiding the same causes while
The entire office staff is proud of the designa-
Frequent private attacks on Jewish colonies, paying heavy taxes for the upkeep of a new state. The corn-
tion given it by Foreign Minister Moshe Sharet
thefts and threats indicate that for a long
parison should indicate to those who are shedding tears over
at the time of the fight for partition in the
time Israel will have to keep an armed force
had all
"bad times" that conditions are so much to the good here
of 'in
a 'partit
ucc e - s s --s:
u-1Y. ion.
i'leY vote was
ready to defend her positions. But the foun- that we ought to be grateful for the historic occurrences which worked
s s uccess
aW the '''li-r-
i-leead l\zu n
assured. . was 1 a.m. Tile Foreign Min-seer came
dation has been laid for peace which undoubt- are leading to the liquidation of the Jewish problem in Europe.
upon the staff - tired and exhausted. but still
- edly will be followed by negotiations for The better our response this year, the quicker the solution.
excitedly discussing the vote. He said: "When
economic cooperation between Jews and their
the history of the Jewish state is written you will
Arab neighbors.
be called 'the stokers of the furnace of Israel."

THE JEWISH NEWS

Defense of Israel i s Supporters

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These are youthful stokers. The oldest is
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Dr. Jacob Robinson, who heads the legal
department of the Consulate and Mission on
the fifth floor. He is in his middle 50's. Mr.
Eban is 34, the youngest UN delegate, and
the other officials are between 30 and 50.

Confident that "no conspiracy existed," defenders of eight
persons now under indictment by a Federal Grand Jury in
Los Angeles on charges of having violated U. S. law in con-
nection with the shipment of arms to Israel are determined
to bring to light the facts which motivated the fight for jus-
Shelves in most of the departments are still
tice for Jews in Palestine.
largely bare. It was enthusiasm from outside the
Consulate which provided these shelves. The
The defending attorneys-Bartley Crum, Isaac Pacht and
PHILIP SLOMOVITZ, Editor
cases which hold them and all of the furniture
William Strong-have shown that the Jewish community in
in the Consulate was donated by those interested
the
world
and
was
April
15,
1949
with
Palestine
sought
to
live
at
peace
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in the success of the new state. All of the fur-
prepared, in accordance with the UN decision, to welcome
nishings were provided through the generosity
of American Jev. ry. As I\,_:r. Kenen remarked while
Sabbath Hol Hamoed Passover Scriptural
the survivors of Hitler's - savagery. "This tiny community,"
admiring his desk: "Do you think the Jewish
Selections
statement points out, "was attacked suddenly by the
state could afford a desk like this?
Pentateuchal portions-Ex. 33:12-34:26; Num.
military might of six Arab states, backed by the rulers of
28:19-25. -
The eyes of staff members light up when
British empire policy . . . The Jews fought and won a war
Prophetical portion-Ezek. 36:37-37:14.
they talk about what people think of the Consu-
for
independence
.
.
.
These
defendants
believed
in
the
jus-
Hol Hamoed Passover Selections
late. The luxurious voluntarily-donated furnish-
tice of this cause; they sought neither profit nor glory."
ings are one tangible sign of how highly out-
Sunday, Ex. 13:1-16, Num. 28:19-25; Monday,
side•s regard the Consulate and its work.
Ex. 22:24-23:19, Num. 28:19-25; Tuesday, Num.
The statement proceeds logically • to show that the de-
9:1 - 14, 28:19 - 25.
pro- Other examples are the little stories of visitors
with
established
American
fendants
acted
in
accordance
Selections for Concluding Days of Passover.
who stop and stare at the building from outside.
Israel policy. It is regrettable that it should be necessary
Pentateuchal portions: Wednesday, Ex. 13:17-
Or those who come in to ask for Israel stamps.
15-26, Num. 28:19-25; Thursday, Deut. 15:19-16:17,
to fight a battle of defense in our courts on this score. But
Or the rabbi who begged permission for his pre-
Num. 28:19-25. , ..
the
Israeli defenders have a good case-and a just one-and
r ,, Mitzvah class to "look at where Mr. E baia-
sB it as.
Prophetical portion: Wednesday, II Sam. 22;
. we are confident that the cause of justice will be upheld.
Thursday, Is. 10:32 - 12:6.
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