UJA Broadcast
Thursday, Over WWJ
'Afloat Lest They Die'
Pessimism on Israel Perilous
Says Wall St. Journal Man
NEW YORK, (JTA)—A Wall island in a sea of hostile Arab
Street Journal reporter who has states, and that this may be due
traveled to four continents to the circumstance that people
frankly admitted that he has who have thrown off British
never been so "confounded" as rule, successfully fought a war
he has been in Israel. In a re- against all the Arab states and
port in the Journal on his im- survived Nazi concentration
pressions of Israel, He n r y. camps, might well have decided
Gemmill asserts that the variety that they will never get excited
of things he has seen in the about anything again." He also
Jewish • State "confounds pre- notes their confidence is even-
conceptions—and makes pessi- tually becoming self-supporting
"by putting everything to work
mistic predictions perilous."
Israel, he notes is in Asia — twice." On the latter point, he
but only on the map, .since its notes that "you are almost per-
tempo belies that geographical suaded" by the example of the
accident. On the other hand, he fact that the army is also a
notes, it isn't quite Europe or school, that settlements are also
America either. It has a "social- military posts.
Th Journal report also noted
istic" government, but Ameri-
KENT SMITH, co-star of
cans sometimes complain of too that Israelis do not discuss — the Broadway hit "Bus Stop,"
they
argue.
But,despite
the
fact
little planning rather than too
. will be featured in "Season of
much. In fact, he notes "the that "democracy is carried al- Freedom," a special Passover
successful procreation, side-by- most to the French extreme" radio presentation of the
side, and often in partnership of the result "is not paralysis, but
United Jewish Appeal , in co-
capitalism, labor - capitalism, action." The reporter suggests operation with the National
state-capitalism and a simple that it is a kind of unity found Broadcasting Co. The program,
by strangers cast adrift in a to be heard at 9:05 p.m.,
form of communism."
The report also noted that boat—"They have decided, in Thursday, over radio station
Israelis are calm in the face high good humor, to keep afloat
WWJ, tells the story of an
of the fact that they are a tiny lest they die."
American engineer working in
Israel who discovers, during
the Passover ceremony, the
deep influence of Israel's age-
old struggle for freedom on
the growth of democracy
everywhere.
never
tried.
BONN (JTA) — The Foreign
Office appointed Dr. Heinrich
Some months ago, a Berlin Israel Opens Consulate At
Lingemann, a retired Dusseldorf publishing house issued a docu- Atlanta To Serve South
judge, to head an investigation mentary work on "The Third
ATLANTA, Ga. (JTA)—A
of Dr. .Ottro Braeutigam, who Reich and the Jews," the
has been suspended as head of authors of which are two well- consulate to serve nine south-
eastern states is being estab-
the East European desk in the known Jewish historians, Leon'
Foreign Office because of Poliakov and Joseph Wulf. One lished here by the State of Is-
rael, it was announced today.
charges dealing with his role in of .the documents reprinted in
The consul will be Nahum As-
the extermination of Latvian the book is an official letter in tar, who is being transferred
which Dr. Braeutigam, 15 from Chicago.
JeWry.
During the war, Dr. Braeuti- years before, remonstrated ka
Detroit Jewish News-3
gam was a top official in the subordinate for obstructing the
Reich Ministry for the Occu- extermination of the Jews in the
Friday, March 16, 1956
pied Eastern Territories. Alfred Latvian city of Lib* and in
Rosenberg, notorious Nazi lead- structed him that "economic as-
er who was later hati.ged at Nu- pects should be left out of con-
FOR THE BEST
remberg, testified before the In- sideration in the settlement of
this
problem."
ternational Military Tribunal
DEAL YET . . .
Although this communication
that Dr. Braetigam was fully fa-
miliar with the program to li- is pu,blished in the printed rec-
ON THE BEST
quidate the Jews in Eastern. ords of the International Mili-
Europe. In 1950, a German pro- tary Tribunal, which refer to
BUICK YET
secutor indicted Dr. Braeutigam Dr. Braeutigam more than a
as an "accessory to murder in dozen times, he rose to head of
numerous cases," but , he was the East European section of the
See
Bonn Foreign Qffice. When a
CHARLES
WEJNSTOCK
Social Democratic Bundestag
IF YOU TURN THE
deputy spotted the letter in the
at
Poliakov-Wulf book, he brought
sv as un
it to the attention of Foreign
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