Oil Discovery Expected to Revolutionize Israel
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NEW YORK—The belief that the discovery of oil "w o -ul d revolutionize Israel's
economy, hastening immeasurably its achievements of a self-supporting status", was
expressed here by Levi Eshkol, Israeli Minister of Finance. In a statement issued at
the Israel Consulate before his return to Israel, Mr. shkol said that the oil search in
his country has moved from the preliminary stage of purely exploratory geological and
geophysical work to actual test drilling.
"Cheap oil power could enhance the successful exploitation of the Dead Sea chemical
treasures, would enlarge the irrigable area of the country and would lay the foundation
for a petro-chemical industry," Mr. Eshkol declared. He pointed out that Israel's oil
legislation and regulations are patterned of ter the oil laws of the United States.
Acting upon the report of the late Max W. Ball, one of the deans of American
petroleum geology, which stated that Israel h a d distinct oil possibilities, t h e Israel
government adopted a series of laws dividing the country into four prospecting dis-
tricts, each of which was subdivided into a number of zones. Mr. Eshkol further stated
that according to Mr. Ball each of the eight geologic provinces, into which the country
is divided by structural differences, has oil possibilities differing in character and de-
gree. At present Mr. Eshkol said, test wells are being drilled by a number of private
companies, including Lapidoth Pan Israel Oil Company, Inc., Israel Mediterranean Pe-
troleum, Inc., Israel American Oil Co. and Israel Continental Oil Co.
The quest for oil in Israel is not a new phenomenon, Mr. Eshkol explained. Be-
fore the outbreak of the Israel-Arab hostilities, a wholly owned subsidiary of Iraq
petroleum constructed a $500,000 road to proposed drilling sites in what is now south-
ern Israel.
Egypt Accused of Killing Spy'
Trial Defendant By Torture
(Copyright, 1954, JTA, Inc.)
NEW YORK, (JTA) — World
public opinion was stirred by the
alleged suicide in an Egyptian
prison of Max Bennett, one of
the 13 Jews arrested and brought
to trial in Egypt as "Zionist
spies."
According to the Egyptian
version, Bennett,. an employe of
the Anglo-Egyptian Motor Com-
pany, had committed suicide by
slashing his wrists and had left
a letter for his widow! admitting
his guilt. The Egyptians assert-
ed that Bennett had previously
been unsuccessful in other sui-
cide attempts.
Israel newspapers charged
that Bennett had not commit-
ted suicide, as asserted by the
Egyptian police, but had been
Judge Polier Cool
To House Report
NEW YORK, (JTA)—The re-
port of the House Committee on
Un-American Activities c o n
- demning anti-Semitic. groups in
this country was given a cool
reception by the American Jew-1
ish Congress at a meeting of its
women's division.
Judge Justine Wise Polier, ad-
dressing the meeting, said:
"To what extent the report is
a 3013 thrown to decent Ameri-
cans who were revolted by the
previous slanders against lead-
ers of the Protestant and Jewish
clergy, I do not know. But I
know that no loyal American
can derive any satisfaction from
condemnation by a Congression-
al committee which has contin-
ued to deny fair hearings and I
fair procedures to men or groups
who have been attacked."
"As a Jew and as president of
the women's division of the
American Jewish Congress,"1
Judge Polier asserted, "I state
that we are as concerned with
having the principles of freedom
and fair procedure applied to
anti-Semitic groups, as well as
to the great leaders of the Jew-
ish people whom this committee
has defamed."
Lown Succeeds Starr
As President of AAJE
tortured to death in an at-
tempt to extract a full con-
fession of his alleged espion-
age and terrorist crimes.
One of the defendants in
the trial had previously• an-
nounced in open court that a
confession she had signed
prior to the trial had been
wrung from her by torture.
An unsuccessful effort to in-
tervene for the Jewish defend-
ants was made at the United
Nations this week when the del-
egation heads of the 20 Latin
American states, acting as in-
dividuals, interceded with the
Egyptian delegate, Dr. Abdel Me-
guid Remadan. The Latin Amer-
ican spokesman, Dr. Jose Vicente
Trujillo, of Ecuador, president
of the caucus of Latin American
delegates, was told by the Egyp-
tian envoy that the accused
Jews were "receiving every right
under Egyptian law."
Dr. Trujillo said he had told
Dr. Remadan "of our hope that
in the spirit of Christmas and
in the spirit of conciliation and
moderation shown so frequently
in the General Assembly's ninth
session," Egypt would see to it
that "justice prevails" in this
case.
In London, Dr. Israel Brodie,
Chief Rabbi of the British Em-
pire, urged all Jewish congrega-
tions to recite special prayers
for the safety of "our brethren
in Egypt who are on trial." He
declared that "we are seized with
fear and trepidation at the tid-
ings of their perilous plight."
Here and abroad, newspapers
this week condemned the Egyp-
tian action in staging the so-
called espionage trial.
The Washington Post and
Times-Herald charged in an edi-
torial that the trial of the 13
Jews was a trumped-up device
to divert Arab attention from
the Egyptian government's re-
pression of the powerful Mos-
lem Brotherhood.
Urging release of the Israel
freighter held by Egypt since
September 28, the newspaper
said that the United Nations Se-
curity Council "should refuse to
abet Egypt's theatrics and its
downright defiance of the inter-1
national community."
Composer Penning Cantata
In Honor of Tercentenary
Harold Shapero, noted Ameri-
can Jewish composer and fac-
ulty member of Brandeis Uni-
versity, is completing a cantata
in honor of the Tercentenary,
entitled "Until Day and Night
Shall Cease," based on a text
by Yehuda Lalevi, Harry C. Op-
! penheimer, chairman of the na-
tional Tercentenary music com-
mittee, announced.
The 47th annual convention of the University of Michigan Den-
Alpha Omega fraternity, the tal School; Dr. S. G. Applegate,
largest in the history of this executive secretary of Delta Sig-
ma Delta, largest dental fra-
Jewish dental group, opened on ternity in the world; Dr. Moshe
Tuesday, at the Sheraton Cadil- Prywes, assistant dean of the
lac Hotel. The parley will run Hadassah Medical School of He-
brew University in Jerusalem;
through Saturday.
Over 1,000 dentists and their and Dr. Isaac Schour, associate
dean of postgraduate studies at
wives who are attending began the University of Illinois and a
the convention proceedings with director of the Federation for
a tour of the Parke-Davis phar- . the Israeli Dental School.
maceutical plant on Tuesday.
Alpha Omega is presently com-
One of the de-
pleting plans to raise $300,000
vices on exhibit:
for the establishment of a dental
was the new su-k
school in Israel. Under the
personic d r i 11?
chairmanship of Dr. Bernard
made by Cavi-
Bruber, of New York, this goal
tron Corp.
has nearly been attained.
Rabbis from
Other activities of Alpha Ome-
many syna-_
ga include assistance to Israeli
gogues in the; Y
dentists, plans for sending a
area participat-
Dental Faculty Training Mis-
ed in the annual
sion in March, 1955 to begin a
memorial snerevs :
training program in the Jewish
ice on Wednes-
Dr. Galin
state and sending funds and
day, at which Dr. Leonard Sid- equipment to Israel during the
low spoke on the American past few years.
Jewish Tercent enary.
The convention climaxes ove:
Thursday's session featured a 1 18 months of planning by more
talk by Dr. Myron S. Aisenberg, than 300 workers of the fra-
dean of the University of Mary- ternity's Detroit Alumni Chap-
! land Dental School, oldest in the ter and undergraduate chapters
country. Dr. Aisenberg, at this at the University of Detroit and
time, received the fraternity's University of Michigan.
achievement medal.
1 Convention marshal is Dr.
I • Present to witness the award Fred Stein, who is assisted by
were Dr. Rene Rochon, dean of Dr. Abe Pearlman, sgt-at-arms.
, the University of Detroit Dental National president is Dr. Louis
I School; Dr. A. Jeserich, dean of I. Galin, also of Detroit.
Heading the various conven-
tion committees are:
Drs. Bernard Schmidt, recep-
tion and reservations . ; Dave Sil-
ver, children's bureau; Sam
Krohn, escort bureau; Jack Law-
son, pre-convention day; Philip
Sherman, hospitality; Harold
Maxmen and Samuel Stulberg,
memorial services; Burton Simon
and Phillip Hertz, award night;
Seymour Swartz, decorations;
Ralph Weiss and Edwin Schneid-
er, circus night; Herbert Bloom
and Joseph Cabot, scientific pro-
gram; Gerald Freedman, journal
editor; George Leib, business
manager; Alex Kaplan, New
Year's chairman; Simon Berent,
gifts and prizes; Al Altman and
Henry Green. award luncheon;
Gerald Aptekar, signs; Joseph
Gruber, Bennett Sidenburg,
Samuel Gerendasy and Louis
Galin, advisory.
Auxiliary members aiding con-
Reisman and Edwin Schneider. vention planning are Mesdames
Dr. Murray Banks, nationally- Eunice Beal, president; Doris
vice-president; Ger-
known psychologist, will be pre- Feldman,
trude Silver, children's bureau;
sented another afternoon, with Edna Green, Malverne Reise-
Mesdames Gerald Aptekar; Hen- man, Jane Aptekar, Maryon
ry Green and Jack Kutnick in Schneider, Ann Kutnick and
charge of arrangements.
Ethel Maxmen, ladies luncheons.
Alpha Omega Women Join Husbands
In Preparing Convention Activities
Co - chairmen
for one of the
festive programs
planned by the
Alpha Omega
Women's Auxili-
ary for wives of
members of Al-
pha Omega
Dental fraterni-
ty are from the
1 e f t, Mesdames
HAROLD MAXI
MEN, EDWIN
SCHNEIDER
and FRANK
REISMAN,
During the 47th annual con-
vention being held by Alpha.
Omega Dental fraternity
through Saturday, at the Shera-
ton Cadillac Hotel, wives of
members who comprise the
Detroit Women of Alpha Omega
have planned numerous pro-
grams of their own.
Mrs. Louis Galin, wife of the
national president, is official
convention hostess, while co-
ordinator of the ladies' affairs
is Mrs. Irving Beal president of
the Detroit Women of Alpha
Omega.
Professional entertainment will
be featured at two luncheons
planned for nearly 500 women
who have come here to accom-
pany their husbands. Co-chair-
men of these events are Mes-
dames Harold Maxmen, Frank
Concluding Museum Tercentenary
Event Jan. 23; Committee of 300
To Mark Event with Report Rally-
,
20—DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Friday, December 31, 1954
THE TERCENTENARY STORY
Copyright, 1954, by American Jewish Press
NEW YORK, (JTA)—Phil W.
Lown, of West Newton, Mass.,
was elected president of the
American Association for Jewish
Education at its annual meeting
at the Commodore Hotel here.
He succeeds Harry Starr, of New
York, who served as president
of the AAJE for three years.
Lown, who recently was
awarded the honorary degree of
Doctor of Laws by the University
of Maine, is also chairman of
the Friends of Hillel. The Am.er-
lean Association for Jewish Edu-
cation was organized • in 1939,
and is a national service agency
for coordination, promotion. and
research in American Jewish
education.
Alpha Omega Dental Parley
Here Is Largest on Record
The impressive five-month American Jewish Ter-
centenary exhibition, at the Detroit Historical Museum,
will conclude on Sunday, Jan. 23.
To mark the event, the Detroit Tercentenary Com-
mittee of 300 will meet at 2 p.m. that. day. It will be
a report meeting and committee chairmen will outline
their activities. Plans will be announced for the two
forthcoming affairs—the pageant of the League of Jew-
ish Women's Organizations, on Feb. 14, and the music
festival on Feb. 20.
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