Histadrut, Mapai Leaders Demand Official Gag on Dayan Criticism JERUSALEM, (JTA)—Pinhas Lavon, Secretary General of the Histadrut, served an ultimatum on Prime Minister David Ben- Gurion to order former Army Chief of Staff Moshe Dayan to stop making political speeches which have enraged labor offi- cials and left-wing parties in the coalition government. The demand was made at a six-hour- meeting of top Mapai leaders in Ben-Gurion's office. Lavon reportedly told the meet- ing that if Gen. Dayan con- tinued to advocate publicly a wage freeze and "efficiency dismissals" in the government and in Hisadrut, it would be necessary to postpone the sched- uled Histadrut elections. Mapam and Achdut, Mapai's two left wing partners in the coalition, oppose both propos- als. While most Mapai leaders agree in principle with Gen. Dayan's ideas, they were un- derstood to consider it unwise Pasternak Defenders Appear in Jewish Ranks DR. NELSON GLUECK * * Two Publishers Issue Glueck's `Rivers -in Desert' Farrar, Straus & Cudahy and the Jewish Publication Society of America again have under- taken a joint venture, by pub- lishing "Rivers in the Desert: A History of the Negev," by Dr. Nelson Glueck, president of Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion. This book, in popular fashion, shows the tremendous impor- tance of the Negev as a passage way between confinc.7.t.;. the Patriarchs, commencing with Abraham, knew it well, and the Israelites of the Exodus exper- ienced bitter defeat in their at- tempt to enter the Promised Land directly through it from Sinai. In the Negev the author's archaeological survey expedi- tions have located about 400 an- cient sites. Evidence is present- ed that shows there have been no major, permanent climatic changes in the Negev during the last 10,000 years; that not weather, but wars and protract- ed economic catastrophes have been responsible for the destruc- tion and disappearance of - a whole series of civilizations in the Negev. In addition to earlier settlements, the author found, in the three main parts of the Negev, Judean kingdom villages and fortresses dating from the time of King Solomon in the tenth century B.C. down to the beginning of the sixth century B.C. when Judah was destroyed by the- Babylonians. A full review of "Rivers in the Desert" will appear in a later issue of The Jewish News. NEW YORK (AJP) — Solo- like them or not . .. One can- mon Dingoll, editor of the Yid- not read Doctor Zhivago and dish Day-Journal has come out not feel great respect for the in defense of Boris Pasternak author who went through many labyrinths in search of the about whom, he says, "We are truth. He is plagued by such committing an injustice." Din- thoughts as: What is the world? goll had this to say in a recent What is God? What is the aim column: of life? As all writers, particu- "I am pained by a feeling larly the Russian classicists, he that we are committing an needs an answer to these ques- injustice against an original tions . . ." Jewish writer who has refused From another quarter, Wil- to conform wtih the Jews, as liam Zuckerman's "J e w is h he refused to conform with Newsletter" of Dec. 15 also the Communists . . . I want to supports Pasternak, but for dif- say a word for Pasternak the ferent reasons. Zuckerman is free artist, and his right to ex- known to stand with anti-Israel press his thoughts, whether we forces. to say so publicly. The anger of Mapai veterans reached a climax when Gen. Dayan publicly criticized "those who for 20 years had been sit- ting on the fifth floor," a refer- ence to the site of the execu- tive's offices at Histadrut head- quarters. It was reported that Gen. Dayan promised that he would avoid making such deprecatory remarks. He insisted, however, that he would continue to dis- cuss publicly all controversial issues even if that proved to be unpleasant for Mapai. Mapai branches all over the country have protested against Dayan's attitude. In at least one instance, at the Mapai branch of Ramat Gan, a bitter dispute broke out among the younger members and the veterans, necessitating intervention by the Mapai Party's own control department. Histadrut's daily newspaper, Davar, printed cartoon show- ing Dayan as a small boy throw- ing stones against the windows of the Histadrut. The cartoon labelled him "naughty boy." See America's Leading Salesman for America's Leading Car The All New For '59 HARRY ABRAM deals that Satisfy SHORE CHEVROLET !filmed. Delivery on all models 12240 Jos. Campo u I'm as near as your phone TW 1-0600 Res. 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