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Fulbright Questions Nomination
of Reid as Ambassador to Israel
Unprecedented honors for
Abba than in 'Washington
UN. Other U.S. Functions
By PHILIP SLOMOVITZ
WASHINGTON, D. C. — Unprecedented honors
were accorded here to one of the most distinguished
foreign diplomats—Israel's retiring Ambassador, Abba
Eban—at impressive events in which scores of states-
men representing many nations and leaders in our own
Government participated.
The major event here took place Wednesday
evening, at the Sheraton Park Hotel. It was the annual
dinner of the American-Israel Society of which former
Maryland Governor Theodore R. McKeldin is president.
It was preceded by a number of major events,
the first of which also marked Israel's 11th anniversary.
versary.
On Monday evening, a dinner was given in
Ambassador Eban's honor at the United Nations.
More than 500 prominent leaders participated, and
for the first time a strictly kosher dinner was served
Prior to Secretary of State Christian Herter's
departure for the meeting of the major powers on the
West Berlin issue, Ambassador Eban paid a formal
farewell call on the Secretary of State.
On May 8, the State Department gave a farewell
luncheon to the Ambassador at Blair House, and Wil-
liam Rountree, Assistant Secretary of State for Near
Eastern Affairs, was the host. •
The Israel Bond Organization honored Ambassador
Eban with a farewell breakfast on May 7.
The more than 1,100 guests who attended the
dinner at Washington's Sheraton-Park Hotel, drank a
toast not only to the Ebans, but also to the state of
Israel in honor of its 11th anniversary. Among the dis-
tinguished guests were Chief Justice Earl Warren and
U.S. Attorney General William Rogers and their wives;
Loy Henderson and William Roundtree, Assistant Sec-
retaries of State and their wives, and scores of diplo-
mats and members of Congress. The Michigan delega-
tion to Congress was represented by Rep. John D.
Dingell and his wife.
In a major address at the dinner, Herve Althand,
French Ambassador to the United States, paid hom-
age "to a colleague and friend and the most remark-
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(Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News)
WASHINGTON—Chairman J. W. Fulbright on Tuesday served notice at
meeting of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that he intends to question
the qualifications of Ogden Reid, who has been nominated as Ambassador to Israel.
The Reid nomination came before the committee with a developing ques-
tion as to whether the committee will vote to confirm the nomination of the 30-
year old New Yorker. '
Senator Fulbright, Arkansas Democrat, raised a question of whether it is
in the national interest of the U. S. to assign "ama-
teur diplomats" abroad, especially in a tense area
like the Near East.
After a statement by the chairman indicating
a vigorous inquiry into Reid's qualifications, the
committee adjourned. It will resume hearings on the
matter next Tuesday.
Sen. Fulbright said he wished to point out a
view that "our policy of making political appoint-
ments to high State Department posts during the
past . . . did not turn out to be in the interests of
the United States."
He said his position has been that the appoint-
ment of persons "who have had no qualifications for
such assignments, seems to be a justification for
calling for a new policy."
Fulbright said he recently questioned the
wisdom of confirmation of the appointment of Am-
bassador Gluck, who he characterized as "utterly
unfit" for assignment as Ambassador to Ceylon. He
said Gluck's retirement after brief service suggested
"another distressing aspect of this question of ama-
teur diplomacy."
SEN. J. W. FULBRIGHT
The Senator called for appointment of career diplomats with demonstrated
fluency in foreign affairs. He said the Near East was "an especially troublesome
area, more given to shifting political passions and outright violence than any
other." He cited Iraq as a current example, and recalled the Suez attack of 1956.
He expressed conviction that "Our diplomats in the field must have greater
voice in the formation of Middle East policy. BUt they must obviously be men
whose qualifications are adequate to the responsibility."
He told Reid the purpose of the committee was to determine "whether you
possess such qualifications.'
The Senator informed Reid: "I would be less than frank if I failed to state
my conviction that our interests in the Middle East would best be served by Am-
bassadors who have been 'carefully chosen from the career service, as they have
been chosen in Southeast Asia."
Reid was introduced to the committee by Republican Sens. Jacob K. Javits
and Kenneth Keating, of New York. Javits said the nomination of Reid was well-
received in Israel. He said Reid's background qualified him for the pOst.
Keating also urged approval of the Reid nomination, stating that both Reid
and Mrs. Reid were studying the Hebrew language and that the nominee was
otherwise qualified. Reid expressed appreciation to the two Republican Senators.
Center Dedication Dinner
Wednesday: Art Exhibition,
Other Events on Program
Israel's Contrasts on 12th Year:These
Israeli
scenes provide interesting urban and rural contrast as the people of Israel marked
the state's 11th anniversary of independence this week. In the photo at left,
a calf is welcomed to a farm settlement by a young woman and a lad who are
themselves new arrivals in Israel. The photo at right gives an indication of the rush
of construction work to house new immigrants, as well as earlier arrivals, many of
whom still are living in huts and shacks of the maabarot. The many-sided programs
are being financed by the United Jewish Appeal ; major beneficiary of the Detroit
Allied Jewish Campaign, whose cash collection drive has just been inaugurated to
assure that funds will be available for uninterrupted activities in Israel's behalf,
A score of important events will mark the dedica-
tion of the new main building of the Jewish Community
Center, 18100 Meyers, at Curtis.
The dedication dinner will be held for Center
board and committee members, community leaders and
officers of community agencies at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.
The guest speaker will be Irving Edison, international
president of YMHAs and Jewish Community Centers.
Commencing the dedication, an art exhibit will
open on May 20 and will continue through June 11,
with daily exhibitions from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Formal dedication of the Center will be at 2:30
p.m. Sunday, May 24, with Governor Williams and
Mayor Miriani heading a list of participating notables.
A public affairs institute for older adults will be
held from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. next Thursday. Dr. Wilma
Donahue, chairman of the division of gerontology, Uni-
versity of Michigan, and international figure in the field,
will be the principal speaker at the noon luncheon
session. Five discussion workshops will take place in
the afternoon. They are: Housing, led by Mrs. H. Esther
Appelman; health, led by Dr. Jack Rom; recreation and
informal education, led by Abraham Kastenbaum; fam-
ily relations, led by Sheldon Siegel; economics and
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