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VOLUME 26—No. 9

Weekly Review

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hlcrease.' - Reported in Spread of
Hate . Litetaitute in Washington

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WASHINGTON—The Jewish Community Council of

fsraers Am,bassador to Great Britain Exposes
Dangers to World Peace in Arming Arabs

Greater Washington reported Tuesday that "there appears
to have been an increase in the amount and varieties of hate
literature coming into the area."
This Development occured during the last few months
with some pieces distributed through the mails while other
matter has been circulated by individuals.
(In the past few months, the White House is reported
to have been flooded with anti-Semitic literature. Maxwell
Rabb, secretary to the President and to the Cabinet, in
an address at the orthodox rabbis' convention in- Detroit,
told of the increase in the amount of hate literature that
is flooding Washington.
(Members of Congress also report that an unpre-
cedented amount of anti-Semitic propaganda reaches their
desks. Public officials in communities throughout the land
have reported that their names have been placed on the
mailing lists of anti-Semitic _organizations).

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LONDON—Israel Ambassador Eliahu Elath on Tuesday welcomed the British government's
initiative in offering its good offices to improve the Middle East situation, but pointedly noted
that 6he western powers have left Israel isolated among its hostile neighbors while at the same
time concluding treaties with these neighbors and supplying them with arms.
Speaking at a dinner of the Anglo-Israel Association at which British Defense Minister
Harold MacMillan was present, Ambassador Elath pointed out that Israel's anxieties over the
current situation could not be dismissed as "unfounded or even exaggerated" because the "bal-
ance of power in the Middle East is being tilted against us."
Israel does not doubt the good faith of the signatories of the Tripartite Declaration of
195o, the ambassador said, but he stressed:
"Let us not for one moment forget that the declaration gives no assurance direct or in-
direct of automatic support of Israel if she is attacked. All it actually provides for is "consulta-
tions," and unfortunately our experiences in 1948 taught us that consultations of this kind often
mean that action, if it comes at all, comes too little and too late.'
"Some of the Arab states have guarantees incorporated into their treaties with this
-country and all of them are bound to one another by a mutual defense pact. Israel is thus alone
in a highly bellicose environment—entirely isolated and left to its own devices.
"In this situation it is essential to prevent the development of an arms race to the Arab
Middle East such as will inevitably be fomented by further supplies of arms to the Arab
states, as long as they refuse to make peace with Israel or even conclude non-aggression pacts
With her. By preventing anything in the nature of an arms race, the West might most effective-
ly deter our neighbors from further aggressive adventures. This is not in Israel's interests alone,
since the peace of the entire area—and perhaps even the peace of the world at large—is also
involved.

W. Berlin Forces Resignation
Of Indemnification Saboteur

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BERLIN—Dr. Walter Conrad, Deputy Mayor of West Berlin
who last creek was condemned by his fellow Council men for
discriminating in refusing to grant a license to a Jewish pharma-
cist, resigned Tuesday from membership in the Council and
--,from leadership of the Free Democratic Party.
Fur - the moment at least, this ends the public career of the
first Geri-nan official for many years who was called to account
for barejtaced sabotage of indemnification to Jews or other vic-
tims of? the Nazis. Dr. Conrad, who was also head of the city's
health department, not only discriminated against the Jewish
pharmacist but lied about the case in a report to the Council.
Carl-Hubert Schwennicke, chairman of the FDP in Berlin,
Tuesday told the party's executive that the party had "no
sympathy" with Dr. Conrad's attitude. The Conrad case had
aroused considerable interest in Berlin and thousands of Ber-
liners had protested Dr, Conrad's action.

Unique Funeral Marks Burial
Of Burned Torahs in Jerusalem

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English Version of Dybbuk: S.

—An AJP Photo

Ansky's Classic,

"The Dyb-

buk," presented in English at the 4th Street Theatre in the heart of New York's East
side last week, has been acclaimed by the leading drama critics of New York. The New
York Times called it "A wonderful play" and the English rendition "A Blessing." Com-
menting on the "beautiful third act in which Rabbi Azrael casts out the soul of a dead
suitor from the body of a maiden," The Times critic said: All the wonder, faith, piety
and terror of the story are woven into this last act as if it were a religious tapestry."
The 4th Street Theatre, formerly a synagogue, makes a perfect setting f o r "The Dyb-
buk." The above scenes show (left) : Robert Dowdell, who protrays the Cabalist student
Channon, and Rachel Armour, who plays Leah with whom his soul is knit; (right) : Lud-
wig Donath at right, who distinguishes himself as Rabbi Azrael, is seen with David Ross
as Rabbi Samson and two others washing their hands after having cast out the evil spell
of the Dybbuk from Leah.

JERUSALEM—A unique funeral took place here Tues-
day when three scrolls which accidentally caught fire dur-
ing the recent celebrations of Simhat Torah were buried;
A crowd of thousands followed the three earthenware
urns in which were the remnants of the scrollt. A weeping
the crowd chanted Psalms dur-
Rabbi spoke the eulogy a
ing the services. Orthodo Jerusalem shopowners closed
down their stores during the funeral.

Bonds Bring Power:

Mission to Dulles

:_ In the delegation of Jewish leaders who conferred
with Secretary of State John Foster Dulles last week were representatives of 16 national
Jewish organizations, with Philip M. Klutznick, president of Bnai Brith, acting as spokesman.
The delegation submitted a meMu -andum to Secretary Dulles which called for peace in the
Middle East and urged the United Statics - riot to arm - the Arab states without first obtaining
positive guarantees leading to peace. in the delegation, left to right, were: Maurice Bisgyer,
Bnai Brith; Julian Freeman, Council of Jewish Federations and Welfare Funds; Dr. Herman
Seidel, Labor Zionist Organization of America; Louis Lipsky, American Zionist Committee
for Public. Affairs; Rabbi Irving Miller, American Zionist Council; Rabbi Mordecai Kirsh-
blum, Mizrachi Organization of America ; Mrs. Herman Shulman, Hadassah ; Philip M.
Klutznick; Rabbi. Maurice Eisendrath, Union of American Hebrew Congregations; Dr. Israel
G oldstein, American Jewish Congress: Joseph Barr, Jewish War Veterans: Mortimer May,
Zionist Organization of America; Charles Rosengarten, United Synagogue of America; and

Ai, L. Kellen, American Zionist Committee for Public Affairs.

This is

one of the

huge electric generating centers of Israel which has been
constructed with the assistance of funds derived from the
Israel bond issue. Located in Jerusalem, the center supplies

power to hundreds of industrial enterprises in the area. Other
generating equipment throughout the nation, purchased with
Israel bond aid, is helping Israel's industrial firms to produce
more commodities, thus increasing the export potential and
bringing more employment to the growing corps of skilled
workers. As a result of this increased electric power, Israel,
since 1948, has been able to raise the number of productive
factories and workshops from 6,000 to more than 20,000.
During the same period, the number of factory workers has

grown from 72,000 to 120,000. The annual use of electric
power for industrial purposes has risen f rom 70,888,000
kilowatt-hours to more than 193,000,000 kilowatt-hours
Total industrial production has increased from $450,000,000

to $850,000,000,