Friday, June 22, 1956—THE DETROIT JEWIS H N EWS-32 Ambassador Comay to Address Bnai Brith Speaks at Banquet Slated to Close District Parley Here , A record number of delegates from eight • Midwestern states and four Canadian provinces will be welcomed by Detroit Bnai Brith men and women at the annual conventions of Dis- trict Grand Lodge No. 6. The conventions, to be held simultaneously from June 30 to July 3, at the Sheraton-Cadillac MICHAEL S. COMAY Hotel,- will be the 88th for the men and the 24th for the women. Highlighting the list of guest speakers will be Michael Saul Comay, Ambassador Extraordi- nary and Minister Plenipoten- tiary of Israel to Canada. Mr. Comay will be principal speaker at the convention ban- quet on July 3, at which both men's and women's groups will be presented. Comay, born in Capetown, South Africa, holds BA and BL degrees from the Univer- sity of Capetown, and, until World War II, was a practic- ing attorney in South Africa. He served with South Af- rican forces during the war, advancing to the rank of ma- jor and winning two citations for gallantry in action. Joining the Political Depart- ment of the Jewish Agency after settling in Palestine in 1946, Comay also served in Jerusalem, the United Nations, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. When Israel was established in 1948, he was appointed direc- tor of the British Common- wealth Division of the Foreign Wisconsin Chronicle Scores Political Slur on Wiley, Israel Bonds MILWAUKEE, (JTA) — Rep. Glenn R. Davis has been ac- cused by the Wisconsin Jewish Chronicle here of having aimed a "foul blow" at Sen. Alexander Wiley when he charged the Senator with having solicited the sale of bonds for a "foreign country." An editorial in the current issue of the Chronicle said that it was obviously a reference to Sen. Wiley's speeches at Israel bond rallies and added that F, 2p. Davis "should not by in- nuendo, in attacking. his op- ponent, impugn the reputation of Jews in the United States, nor sully the character of Israel in the same snide remark." Rep. Davis' remark came in the course of a reply to a charge by Sen. Wiley that "kingmaker" backers in the Re- publican Party had obtained the party's endorsement for Davis and that the entire episode "smelled of oil." In his reply Rep. Davis denied having received "oil or gas money" and added, "I don't have the proceeds of honorariums amounting to hundreds of dol- lars for speaking at rallies on behalf of the sale of bonds of any foreign country at a time when our own government was soliciting American citizens to purchase bonds of the United States government." Ministry. He became assistant Ministry director in 1952. _ He has served in Canada since 1953, first as minister, and since 1954 as Ambassador when the status of the legation at Ottawa was raised to an embassy. Other dignitaries present to address the men's sessions will be Benjamin I. Morris, Chicago, vice-president of the Supreme Lodge, who will speak at the July 2 luncheon on "The State of the Order"; and Sidney J. Karbel, Detroit, president of District 6, who will give the an- nual report at Sunday's first report luncheon. Harry Yudkoff, a past District president, will be singled out for honors at a presentation ceremony to be part of Tues- day's Past Presidents' Honor Luncheon. Appearing at the women's convention as speakers will be Mesdames Louis L. Perlman, Supreme Council president; Ar- thur Laufman, national women's activities director; Louis Harri- son, president, Leo N. Levi Hos- pital; Fannie McLaughlin, di- rector of the Levi Hospital; Dr. Fritz Mayer, psychiatrist at . Cleveland's Bellefaire Children's Home; Mr. Abbott Rosen, ADL representative; and Mrs. Ber- nard C. Bolotin, executive sec- retary of the Women's District Lodge. Mrs. F. Solomon, Chicago, president of the District, will preside at the convention pro- ceeding's. Mrs. Alfred E. Lakin is district chairman, and Mes- dames Harry Tarlov and Albert M. Kaplan, both of Chicago, are registration and reservations chairmen. Registration of delegates will take place from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m., June 30, and from 8:30 a.m. to 12 noon, July 1. A reception is planned Saturday evening for all delegates, their families and guests. Sunday afternoon will be de- voted to convention committee meetings, and will precede the 9 p.m. Honor Awards program, to be followed by a cabaret night, with Mickey Woolf as master of ceremonies. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m., July 2, when Dr. Max Kapustin, dircetor of Bnai Brith Hillel Foundation at Wayne University, delivers the sermon. Cantor Nicholas Fenakel, of Adas Shalom, will chant the liturgy, and Ben Z. Glass, executive secretary of District 6, will read the nec- rology. During the past week,' local convention committees met reg- ularly to complete assignments, under general chairman, Dr. Lawrence. I. Yaffa. Women's committees working on the convention include: Mes- dames Lewis Manning, ar- rangements; Seymour Weisman, seating sessions; David Gros- berg, decorations; Philip Fealk, hostesses; Samuel Gutterman, souvenirs; Jack Hartstein, sec- retaries; Irving Lipson a n d George Karabenick, bulletin; Bernard Goodman and Samuel Aaron, publicity; Joseph Radkin, registration; Hy Burnstein, Sid- ney Eidelman and Leon Drey- linger, gift shop; Henry Onrich; Bernard Bliefield, Philip Edel- Tieit, Saul Bloom and Jack Ke- tai, Council reception; Arthur Monson and David Holtzman, choral group. Louis E. Barden, president of the Detroit Council, will lead the local delegation represent- ing 23 lodges, to the parley. With the contingent will be District committeemen Milton M. Weinstein and Melvin Weisz and past District presidents Aaron Droack, Harry Yudkoff and Samuel W. Leib. Special entertainment and hospitality for wives of delegates who are not delegates to the women's convention is planned. Ben-Gurion, Pledges Peace Knesset Debates 7 Hours on Sharett's Resignation (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News) JERUSALEM — Premier David Ben-Gurion of Israel on Tuesday pledged his country to a policy of peace and observ- ance of the Armistice agree- ments, as far as they are re- spected by their Arab signa- tories. His pledge came in course of a seven-hour, foreign affairs de- bate in the Knesset, following The party's leader, Pinhas Rosen, Minister of Justice, was absent from the' debate, and party spokesmen in the debate said that the Progres- sives had found it impossible to justify the manner of Shar- ett's removal from office and thus would abstain from vot- ing. Political observers ex- pressed the belief that this may result in a new cabinet and the resignation of Rosen. The Knesset debate was opened by Menache Beigi n, leader of Herut, who accused the Premier of withholding the real reason for S harett's resign- ation, and called for the re- signation of the entire cabinet. In his reply, Premier Ben- Gurion reaffirmed the policy of the government, and said Sharett's resignation did not re- sult from any policy changes. He reiterated opposition to "pre- ventive war," which he char- acter4ed as "sheer madness," but made it clear that he would not hesitate to rally all of the country's forces against any Arab aggressor. He assailed opposition de- mands for action against Jor- dan, which, he pointed out, would mean war against Britain and against the Great Powers. He advised it would be "sheer- est folly." The Premier said that re- cently the situation had become so grave, and dangers in for- eign affairs had become such as to demand complete identity of views between the Defense Minister and Foreign Ministry. He said he had recognized a need for a change in leadership of the Foreign Ministry as the most useful to the government, but insisted that this did not mean a change in security policy or foreign. affairs. Ben-Gurion indicated that the decision to make a change in the Foreign Ministry was cry- stallized after recent sessions of the United Nations Security Council. He stressed that Israel's policy after that meeting was that the armistice agreements would be respected to the de- gree that Arabs respected them. He left little doubt that Israel would not permit persistent . MOSHE SHARETT cabinet changes which saw the replacement of Moshe Sharett as Foreign Minister by Mrs. Golda Myerson. Two non-confidence motions calling for the resignation of the entire cabinet, introduced by the Herut and General Zionist parties, were defeated by votes by 65 to 24 with six abstentions. A government motion draft- ing Mordechai Namir as Min- ister of Labor to fill Mrs. Myer- son's former post was carried by '65 to 24 with six absentions. Progressive Party members of the government coalition had previously notified Ben-Gurion that their party had decided to refrain from support of cabinet changes. The Premier reminded the party of a previous decision obligating coalition partners to "actively support" majority cab- Met decisions and of the prin- ciple of collective responsibility. He urged the party to recon- sider. Nobel Prize Winner, Judge Levinthal Awarded Degrees by Dropsie College Chief Justice Horace Stern, of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, chairman of the board of governors of Dropsie College (right), and Dr. Abraham A. Neuman, president of Dropsie College (second from right), congratulate Prof. I. I. Rabi (second from left) and Judge Louis E. Levinthal (left), on their receiving honorary degrees from Dropsie College, Philadelphia. Dr. Rabi, Nobel Prize winner in physics, Prof. in physics at Columbia University and chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the Atomic Energy Commission, re- ceived the degree in recognition of his "efforts in behalf of peace and conciliation among the family of nations." Judge Levinthal was honored for his "life-long devotion to the educa- tion and well being of the Jewish people throughout the world, and his zealous service for the cause of Jewish publications." border violations to go unchal- lenged. The Premier described the attitude of the Great Powers in the Security Council as "strange behavior," and ac- cused them of submitting to "terrorization" by the Arabs in agreeing to delete the "peace phrase" from the Brit- ish Draft Resolution. He warned that this surrender had impaired the moral status of the Security Council. He also voiced criticism of Security General Dag Ham- marskjold for his failure to in- clude in his report to the Se- curity Council on his Middle East pacification mission, Israel's declared intention to observe the letter and spirit of the armistice agreements only so long as the other side equally observed them. He warned the Knesset against attempts to dictate a settlement which might affect the territorial integrity of Israel, and pointed out that "we will need great determination to say 'no' to the most powerful powers." A spokesman for Achdut Avodah, a member of the gov- ernment coalition said S.harett's resignation was not a confes- sion of the failure of his minis- try but a protest. He declared that a more forceful foreign policy as demanded by Premier Ben-Gurion did not mean nec- essarily force of arms or vio- lence. He agreed that the for- eign ministry had required a shakeup. A Mapam Party speaker urged an active defense policy for Israel, but rejected a mere show of force. He stressed the promise of difficulties ahead, and expressed hope that the change in policy, if it comes, would break vicious circles in which foreign affairs hitherto went. A spokesman for the Poale Agudah Party complained of the government's failure in the public relations sphere. He said the government had failed to exploit many channels to present its case, and, among other things, had failed to em- phasize that Israel had absorbed half a million refugees from Arab countries. In those coun- tries, he said, millions of acres lay waste, crying for develop- ment, while so-called Palestine refugees languished in camps. A Hapoel Mizrachi speaker blamed Sharett's resignation on the bitter disappointment which followed the let-down by Western Powers of his con- tinuous moderate policy, which he hoped would justify Israel's right to defensive arms. • The resignation, he said, should serve as a vigorous pro- test of a peace-loving states- man who felt betrayed by the Great Powers. Meir Argov, head of the se- curity and foreign affairs com- mittee, speaking for the domin- ant Mapai Party, said Sharett's resignation was a protest to those who should have respond- ed to Israel's request for defen- sive arms. The London Times, report- Mg Ben-Gurion's statement and the Knesset debate says it's pos- sible that Ben-Gurion's inter- pretation of the armistice agree- ments was one of the main spheres of difference between himself and Sharett. Quoting Ben-Gurion's views, that although he believed Is- rael's stand is just and logical, it might be difficult to maintain and may bring Israel into con- flict with important powers. "Avoidance of such a conflict was one of Sharett's chief aims," the Times comments.