Happy Reunion

Israel Theater Group Creates
Sensation at Paris Drama Festival

- (Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News)

WASHINGTON—President Eisenhower on Tuesday. nom-
inated William M. Rountree as Assistant Secretary of State for
near Eastern affairs to replace George V. Allen, who was named
Ambassador to Greece. Rountree served as administrative officer
of the Anglo-American Commission of Inquiry on Palestine in
1946. He served as an official at the Middle East Supply Center
in Cairo during World War II. Following a long record of service
in the State Department Near Eastern Division, Rountree became
Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs
under Allen.

ZOA Explains Reasons for Setting
Oct. 4-7 as Dates for Convention

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

NEW YORK—The 59th an-
nual convention of the Zionist
Organization of America, orig-
inally set for Aug. 23-27 has
been postponed and will con-
vene instead Oct. 4-7, at the
Mayflower Hotel, Washington.
Approval of the new date was
by a vote of 1437 to 9 in a
mail poll of all members of the
Z 0 A Administrative Council,
the ruling body of • the or-
ganization between conventions.
Announcing the new date of
the convention, Dr. Harris J.
Levine, chairman of the Na-
tional Administrative Council,
declared that in the weeks- that
followed the original decision
of the council to hold the ZOA
convention in August "insuper-
able difficulties were encoun-
tered in connection with this
date which would seriously
affect the success of the con-
vention." He further revealed
that "we have been advised by
important leaders in public
affairs that the proximity of
our convention date in August
to those of the Democratic and
Republican national conven-
tions made it necessary to hold
the ZOA convention at a later
date. This obviously also in-
volved a postponement until
after the High Holy Days.
Moreover, it has been pointed
out to us that such a change
would be in the best interests,
of the Zionist movement as a

whole.
"After engaging in the most
determined efforts to overcome
the aforementioned obstacles so
that the convention could take
place on the original date, the
president of our organization,
Mortimer May, in consultation
with -fellow officers who con-
curred with him, came to the
conclusion that the problem is
indeed 'insoluble and urged
most strongly that action be
taken to change the convention
date," Dr. Levine said.
Since the proposed postpone-
ment was subject to approval
by the National Administrative
Council all members of the
council were polled through the
mail inasmuch as it was impos-
sible to call together the meet-
ing of the council on short
notice at this time of the year.

Pretty, 14-year-old Sheindel
Hershberg embraces her dad,
Nathan, whom she had not
seen for over ten years, upon
her arrival in New York re-
cently. Her immigration was
effected with the assistance of
United Hias Service, the Jew-
ish international migration
agency. While the Hershbergs
were living in a DP camp in
1946 Sheindel was sent to an
aunt in • Israel where she
would have a better chance
for proper development and
care. Her father, who finally
emigrated here in 1949, ac-
cording to Hias officials, tried
since then to bring his daugh-
ter here, and with Hias , aid,
this was finally accomplished.
Sheindel will live with her
father in Brooklyn, N. Y.

PARIS, (JTA) — Israel's
Chamber Theater, which was
given the honor of closing the
third International Drama res-
tival here, opened with a per-
formance hailed by a first-night
audience of Parisian diplomatic,
political and society leaders as
"brilliant."
They saw a contemporary Is-
raeli play, Moshe Shamir's "He
Went Through the Fields," and
called the players back for eight
curtain calls.
The entire company was ac-
cldimed, and several singing and
dancing scenes in the course of
the performance were inter-
rupted b3) loud applause.
The Chamber •eater's visit

here has produced a number of
interesting statistics:
1. Despite the tremendous in-
terest exhibited here in the
work of playwright Berthold
Brecht, there were eight times
as many reservations requested
for the native Israeli play as
there were for the second at-
traction — Brecht's "The Good
Woman of Tzetzuan."
The house was completely
sold out for all performances of
both plays.
3. The priests of Paris have
been given special permission
by their Cardinal to attend the
Israeli. group offerings, the only
troupe to gain that distinction.
this year.

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Lafayette College Votes
to Ban ,Fraternity Bias

EASTON, Pa. (JTA) — The
faculty of Lafayette College has
voted to discontinue official rec-
ognition of fraternities whose
national charters force them to
discriminate in accepting new
members.
The faculty pledged to sup-
port any Lafayette fraternity
which becomes involved in• a
dispute with its national asso-
ciation over the college require-
ment to drop bars on member-
ship based on race, religion or
color. •
Some local fraternities al-
-ready have adopted such
changes, but others have been
unable to make changes with-
out breaking with their nation-
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5—THE DETRO IT JEWISH NEWS—Friday, July 27, 1956

Win. M. Rountree Named Assistant
Sec. of State for Near East Affairs