Bialik's Tribute to Habimah Recalled on Theater's 40th Anniversary Commentary Page 2 JEWIS A Weekly Review I E I !--1 NEWS Jeev ~ . Evens Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle VOLUME XXXV—No. 1 1 looZ initAcionn Slop Jewish Center's Important Historic Aspects er, Current Observance of Michigan Week Editorials Page 4 17100 W. 7 Mile Rd.—VE 8-9364—Detroit 35, May 15, 195: $5.00 Per Year; Single Copy 15c 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- (Continued on Page 3) (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 (Continued on Page 5)