Hadassah Establishes
$10,000 Eban Award
NEW YORK (JTA)—The
establishment by the Hadassah
organization of a $10,000 Abba
Eban Medical Fellowship Fund
for the retraining of immigrant
Romanian physicians in Israel
was announced at a farewell
luncheon given by Hadassah
for Ambassador Eban who is
returning to Israel next month
to enter political life there.
More than 350 persons at-
tended the function which took
place at the Waldorf Astoria
Hotel.
Edward B. Lawson, retiring
U. S. Ambassador to Israel,
who was one of the principal
speakers at the luncheon, paid
tribute to Mr. Eban whom he
characterized "as a most elo-
quent and effective advocate of
his country's interests." Law-
son asserted that "the out-
standing feature of Israeli life"
is the belief of the people of
Israel "that the state must be
built through vigorous and con-
tinuous hard work and that
they are building for absolute
permanency of nation and
people."
Men's Clubs' Conclave
The 30th annual convention
of the National Federation of
Jewish Men's Clubs has been
set for May 17-20 at Grossin-
ger's, New York.
Hebrew Corner
The Arka Company
(Translation of Hebrew column.
Published by Brit Ivrit Olamit.)
A few weeks ago I decided to
Visit Elath, the southern harbor
town of Israel. once again. But this
time I did not want to travel in
a motor-car. It is true Israel is not
a large country, but the journey
from Safad or Tiberias to Elath
takes twelve hours. And even from
Tel Aviv the journey to Elath takes
six hours.
I decided. accordingly, to fly in
the plane of the Arkia Company.
and in one hour and ten minutes I
had reached Elath from Tel Aviv.
In the offices of the Company I
found out that Arkia has a flight
from Tel Aviv to Rosh Pinah in
Galilee also. The number of passen-
gers in Arkia planes has risen from
year to year. In the month of April
1958 eight thousand passengers flew
on the Tel Aviv-Elath route, twice
as many as in the month of April
1957. And it should be happily noted
that Arkia has not had a single
accident in the ten years of its
existence.
The Arkia Company has many
plans for the future, among which
are a flight route to Jerusalem and
a helicopter service.
If one of the signs of a modern
state today is the development of
all forms of transport, there is no
doubt that Israel has registered
(reached) important achievements in
this field.
Strictly Confidential
by PHINEAS J. BIRON
The Middle East Muddle:
Even the experts are baffled
. . . And there are reasons
for their bewilderment . . .
The p r e s e•n t contradictory
trends in the Middle East have
no logic, no political validity
and above all defy all prece-
dents . . . Sure, Syria, Iraq
and Egypt have domestic
troubles but a strange quiet
reigns over the entire Middle
East . . . Political alignments
have shifted . . . Nasser and
Moscow are insulting each
other . . . Nobody knows
whether this public feud is for
real or just a diplomatic game
. The Arab bloc at the
United Nations snubs Israel
while at the same time the
Arab League is reported as
desirous of •a conference with
Israel under United Nations
auspices . . . There is much
speculations whether Washing-
ton's Middle East policy is
changing now that Nasser is
making noises like a rabid
anti-Communist . . . Besides,
has the new Secretary Herter
any individual ideas about
Israel and the entire Middle
East problems? . . . Will the
November elections in Israel
leave Ben-Gurion's party in
power? . . . Will the new Am-
bassador from Israel to Wash-
ington (and incidentally no-
body knows for sure who it is
going to be—but we have ,an
idea) be able to pick up where
Eban left off? . . . In this
connection we heard an inter-
esting possibility. . . . We are
told by a usually reliable
source, that Mrs. Golda Meir
will come to Washington as
Israel's Ambassador and that
Eban will replace the lady as
foreign
Minister of Foreign Affairs
. . . Not such a bad idea . . .
Well, in any case, as you see
there are many, many ques-
tions that remain unanswered
and the situation in the Middle
East warrants watching . . .
Some insist that peace in the
Middle East is near and that
an understanding between Is-
rael and her neighbors is not
far away . . . Anyhow here is
a lot of food for thought, gen-
tlemen and ladies .
* * *
This and That
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itor . . . His daughter's post
mortem fame earned a good
deal of money and is still
bringing in a lot of loot . . .
Frank, in a conversation with
a journalist, made some vague
reference to a Foundation he
was setting up, a Foundation
for youngsters which is to be
located in Amsterdam . . . He
did not specify, but we gained
the impresssion from what we
heard, second hand, of course,
that most of the royalties from
Anna's book, the play and the
movie are going into Papa
Frank's private bank account
. . . We hope we're wrong but
we think that Frank owes the
public a clear-cut financial
statement as to what is hap-
pening to the huge amounts
of money that he received .. .
It is, of course, his right to
keep it for his own private
purposes but the public is en-
titled to know . . .
We have in the past called
attention to the important role
of the Theodor Herzl Institute
headed by Dr. Emanuel Neu-
mann . . . The other day ad-
ditional evidence of its signifi-
cance was given when it an-
nounced the publication of
"The Zionist Idea" edited by
Rabbi Arthur Hertzberg and
published under the joint au-
spices of The Herzl Press and
Doubleday . . . The book is an
anthology of Zionist writing
which traces the Zionist idea
from the very beginning in its
various ideological phases . . .
It is a really important con-
tribution not only to Zionist
history but to human history
as a whole . . . It also comes
as a timely reminder that Is-
rael is a creation of Zionism
and that modern Jewish na-
tionalism did not start in 1948
when Ben-Gurion declared the
Jewish state . . . Much intelli-
gent planning goes into the
activities of the Herzl Founda-
tion headed by Dr. Neumann
. . . "The Zionist Idea" is a
splendid example of it.
Sharett, Lavon Urge Labor
to Unite for Election Drive
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—Former
Prime Minister and ex-Foreign
Minister Moshe Sharett, and
Pinhag Lavon, secretary general
of the Israel Federation of
Labor, called for unity among
all of Israel's labor parties, as
the - election campaign for
choosing Federation officers
got into full swing throughout
the country.
Two of Israel's labor parties,
the centrist Achdut Avoda and
the left-wing Mapam, at their
annual conventions, criticized
the dominant Mapai Party. All
three labor parties are com-
peting for supremacy inside the
labor federation.
No Slur Intended
to S. African Jews
JOHANNESBURG (JTA)—A
resolution adopted last week by
the Northern Transvaal Re-'
gional Synod of the Dutch Re-
formed Church, calling upon
members to support "candidates
of Christian character" for elec-
tion to public office, was not
intended as a slur against Jews.
This assurance was given to
E. J. Horwitz, president of the
South African Jewish Board of
Deputies, in a letter from the
leadership of the Dutch Re-
formed Church.
The Southern Transvaal Re-
gional Synod had already adopt-
ed such a resolution, and Hor-
witz protested, L-eceiving the
same assurance. In the letter,
the Jewish leader was again
told that the wording was not
intended to discriminate against
"the Jewish community, whom
the church holds in high
esteem."
The Synod informed Horwitz
it was only trying to emphasize
its concern for the election of
"persons of high qualities,
character, and religious convic-
tion." The Synod expressed re-
gret at anyone's misunderstand-
ing of its resolution.
Herzog, Rabin Replace
`False Alarm' Brigadier
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Col.
Chaim Herzog, former Israeli
military attache at the Em-
bassy in Washington was ap-
pointed chief of military intel-
ligence to succeed Brig. Jehoso-
phat Harkavy, one of the two
high Army officers disciplined
for the "false alarm" army re-
serve call-up, broadcast by the
Israel radio on April 1. Col.
Herzog has been head of the
Army's southern command
headquarters.
The commander of the north-
ern headquarters, Col. Itzhak
Rabin, was appointed to the
second vacancy resulting from
that "false alarm" broadcast,
replacing Brig. Meir Zorea.
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