December 7, 1956 — THE DETROIT JEW ISH NEWS-6 Father of Slain Israeli Eases Pain of His Country's Leader By RINNA GROSSMAN (An AJP Feature) JERUSALEM—Something has already been written of the temper of the times in Israel. One day, perhaps, these descrip- tions will be gathered together; heightened and condensed, they may make the stuff of literature as already they form the raw material of history. But now and then there are things said by one man to an- other, or written, which cannot wait f or the conscientious chronicler of the . future. Such a letter was written the other day by a middle-aged stricken Is- raeli to his Prime- Minister and it tells . more of the mood of the people than could a sheaf of newsprint. The letter is a simple one. It is filled with love of country, love of child and love of man. It was written to express only these simple emotions and it will be read and remembered for many years long after the writer and the recipient and even the event which called for it have entered totally into his- tory itself. Let me quote from it: "I am one of the 150 fathers who lost their sons in the recent incidents. My only son, Yair, fell in the battle for Rafah on Nov. 1. He was only 20. I would like to tell you this. Despite all the pain in my heart . . not one murmur of complaint • , embitters my deep anguish • . • if my son had known in advance the -fate awaiting him, he would not have hesitated an instant before going and fight- ing the way he did. "It is your lot to bear the heavy responsibility f o r our people and, to decide matters which determine the lives of our sons: and your heart is grieved by every young hope which is struck down. Perhaps you need condolence and en- couragement no less than each of us, the bereaved mothers and fathers. I would be satisfied if my words would lighten some- what your heavy head and give you strength and courage." The letter was signed simply: "In friendship, Moshe Omer, Mishmar Ha'emek." David Ben-Gurion answered it at once—and just as simply: "I was deeply moved to read your words. I don't know that many fathers in other countries would write as you did. It is fitting that your letter should be kept in the archives of our nation as a supreme expression of moral courage and the high- est devotion to the homeland. I have no words to express my appreciation for your message. May your like multiply in Is- rael." He signed it, with honesty 'a n d humility, "Respectfully, David Ben-Gurion." NEW YORK, (JTA)—Efforts by news commentator Chet Huntley, "to supply the whole record" in reporting the Middle East situation brought com- plaints to the National Broad- casting Company, .Huntley re- vealed. The co-editor of NBC News wrote in the New York Herald Tribune that some view- ers_ were convinced that "our efforts to tell 'the whole truth' represented a shocking piece of editorial license." The commentator noted that simply reporting the facts in the Israeli, British, French at- tacks on Egypt "would have represented, it seems to me, only part of the whole truth.' The why of the attacks became most important; otherwise we ran the calculated risk of mak- ing Nasser of Egypt appear as the innocent and heroic victim of brutal aggression. By HAROLD U. RIBALOW . the Israelis play it after coach- (Copyright, 1956. Jewish Telegraphic ing by Nat Holman and Elmer Agency, Inc.) Ripley? We shall see. The impressive showing of Is- Kosher Food at Melbourne rael's soccer players, plus . the Lots have been written about withdrawal of Israel's basket- ball team from the Olympic the Olympics, but few have Games has resulted in the ex- commented on the fact that citing prospect of America's see- Jewish athletes were able to ing Israel's national 1 asketball observe kashrut, if they wanted team beginning in January. The to. A special kitchen under the team was trained by Elmer Rip- religious supervision of the Mel- ley, whose comments about Is- bourne Beth Din was installed rael and the hoop game in the at Heidelberg village, where the Jewish Republic have gained teams lived during the competi- national attention. It is a good tion. The Olympic Housing and squad, notable for slick ball- Catering Committee cooperated handling, if not spectacular fully in seing to it that kosher shooting by overlarge men. The food was made available to the team will play in New York, athletes. Not a major story, opening at Madison Square true; but a heartening one and Garden, in Boston, in Baltimore, indicative of the thoughtfulness in Detroit, in Pittsburgh and in of the men who organized the St. Louis, Chicago and San Fran- games. Delayed Match cisco. The stars will play a America's most brilliant ex- total of ten games in five weeks. Basketball once was an Amer- ponent of the art of chess, stu- jean sport, invented by an dious and pious Sammy Reshev- American. It has caught on all sky, will not get a chance to Over the world. How well do show his talents in Moscow in December, after all. Fresh frotn a victory in the Lessing J. Rosenwald chess tournament, Sammy discovered that "unset- tled conditions" have cancelled his match with David Bron- stein. The decision was made by Reshevsky's manager, Alex- ander Bisno, who spoke for the American Chess Foundation, Nrr by sevhql %NOY which backed the trip of the mamma Ow Rost maw American chess team to Russia last year. R.eshevsky is being item WINN blocked from revealing his su- Alt • ME INN MAK III AUSIMIICIS periority over any and all chal- lengers who doubt his status as ng No. 1 challenger to Mikhail Bot- vinnik's title. Andy Cohen, whose baseball career is remembered by old- timers and sports historians, has come into the forefront of the sports news again. Hank Green- berg, general manager of the 1K4.1. Cleveland Indians, has named Andy as manager of the Cleve- Between et.. and.ltinWood land farm club in Indianapolis S liS Direct JTA Teletype Wire To The Jewish News LONDON, (JTA)—A British government spokesman gave credit where credit was due. He told the House of Commons that the Egyptian Army had been thoroughly beaten by Is- rael forces in the field before the British and French forces intervened in the Suez Canal area. A Conservative MP asked the Foreign Office about the "un- true propaganda" being put 'out by the Cairo Radio and what steps were being taken to coun- teract this and "to make it known throughout the Arab world that the Egyptian Army had been completely defeated by the Israeli Army before Britain and France had inter- vened." H. D. Ormsby-Gore, the For- eign Under-Secretary, replied that he was aware of the "pre- posterous claims made by the Cairo Radio and of the distorted account of fighting in the Sinai Desert." He declared that "all evidence available indicated that the performance of the JERUSALEM—The Jewish Agency has instructed all in- ternational airlines to trans- port to Israel at the Agency's expense any expelled Egyp- tian Jew who asks to go there, it was revealed here at a meeting of the agency ex- ecutive. Contacts have been estab- lished with various interna- tional organizations to 'coope- rate in the transportation and absorption of the deported Jews, Zalman Shazar, acting chairman of the Executive, told the meeting. Top prior- ity will be given to the ab- sorption of the expellees. The permanent Agency — Israel government immigra- tion coordination committee will meet Sunday to make plans for the reception of an anticipated large scale immi- gration of Egyptian Jews. Radio Analysis of Facts on . Nasser Brings Complaints Israel Quintet to Be in Detroit Now Did We Get to he America's Largest Dealer? Israelis Defeated Egyptian Army Before Suez Attack, Briton Says Agency to Pay Bill For Israel Migrants "Therefore," Huntley ex- plained, "our reports on the Egyptian crisis have contained frequent references to Nasser's record: his hundreds of viola- tions of Israel's borders; his or- ganization of the Fedayeen at- tackers; the consistent asser- tions of Egyptian radio and press that Israel must be wiped off the map; Nasser's attempted blackmail against us on the Aswan Dam project; his inflam- matory propaganda and guns di- rected at Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia; his underwriting of vi- olence in Jordan, Bahrein, Ku- wait, and Aden; his disrespect for treaties and international agreements; his ambition to lead. the Arab world; and his reck- less and dangerotis opening of the whole Middle East to the Soviet Union. "The Nasser record was con- tained in a number of broad- casts not to justify the Israeli- British-French attacks nor to pass judgment but to supply the whole record." . Egyptian armed forces was ex- tremely poor and they proved. themselves extremely incompe- tent." He added that "steps had been taken to ensure that the facts were heard throughout the Middle East. Meanwhile, a Laborite, H. C. Usborne, and a Conservative, I. J. Pitman, offered a motion in Commons ca _ lling on the United Nations to purchase or lease the Sinai Peninsula with control of the islands of Tiran and Zan- afir to be used as an assembly point and the first base for a permanent UN world constabu- lary. The joint motion also sug- gested changes in the UN Char- ter to permit the UN to equip its policemen. 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