Mapai Retains Leading Position in Israel Great Victory for David Ben-Gurion Mapai, the Labor Party, retained the leading role in Israel, in Israel's fourth national election since statehood, on Tuesday. As a result of his party's retention of the top position in the country's political framework, David Ben-Gurion again will be called upon to organize the government and to form another coalition Cabinet. The smashing victory for Mapai, resulting from its gain of at least six and possibly nine additional seats in the Knesset, is interpreted as a great personal victory for Ben- Gurion and as a rejection of Herut's extremism. The National Religious . Party retains its status quo, - Center Sym- JE ie WISH NEWS phony's Note- worthy Accom- pishments . Macabre Monu- ment to Nazi Inhumanity at Dachau Camp Editorials Page 4 Vol. David Ben-Gurion while the Arab and Communist parties have suffered defeats. The most serious loss was suffered by the General Zionists. A holiday spirit prevailed through- out Israel on election day. :It is estimated that more than a million of the 1,200,000 eligible voters cast their ballots. The new Cabinet may be composed of _ Mapai, Achdut Avodah, Mapam and Progressives, it was indicated in Jerusalem. Mapai also scored victories in municipal elections, but the new Mayor of Jerusalem to succeed Gershon Agron may be a member of the National Religious Party. Detailed Story on Page 40 w way IE of Jewish Events Michigan's Only English-Jewish Newspaper—Incorporating The Detroit Jewish Chronicle XXXVI, No. 10 gonn Sialop 100P%rinIt 17100 W. 7 Mile Phenomenal Success of Investment Projects in Israel Commentary Page 2 8-9364—Detroit 35, November 6, 1959—$5.00 Per Year; Single Copy 15c Israel M. E. Arms Reduction Proposal urned by Arabs Center Committee to Make New Study of Sabbath Issue At its meeting on Wednesday night, the board of directors of the Jewish Community Center unanimously voted to set up a special citizens' committee to review the entire matter re- lating to the decision for the opening of the Center's facilities on Saturdays. The new committee will be asked to clarify the issue and to submit a report to the board for its future consideration. Pending the action of the special committee, the facilities of the Centers will remain closed on Saturdays. The board acted on a recommendation submitted to it by its executive committee which had voted for the new approach 11 to 1. The adopted resolution expresses appreciation of the opinions on the subject submitted to the board by interested individuals and groups in the city, but it deplores "erroneous impressions" that were created by the Center's decision for Sabbath programming. UNITED NATIONS, N.Y., (JTA)—Israel told the United Nations that, while the General Assembly was discussing general and complete disarmament on a world-wide scale, it should also consider "regional schemes for renunciation of war," and pledges by members to abstain from active hostility of all kinds. "Israel holds itself ready, as it has done in the past," stated Ambassador Arthur Lourie, chairman of Israel's delegation, "to cooperate to the full in any discussions of this kind, with a view to working out .a solution for reducing and, if possible, eliminating the crushing burden of armaments which continue to bear so hard on our entire region." _ . • Lourie spoke before the Political Committee of the General Assembly, where a disarmament resolution sponsored by everyone of the 82 members of the UN, including Israel, was under discussion. The resolution provides that all dis- armament proposals made at the current Assembly, .including the "declarations" made by Soviet Premier Khrushchev and by Britain's' Foreign Secretary Selwyn Lloyd be forwarded for negotiation by a _ten-power committee to meet soon in Geneva. Israel's co-sponsorship of the 82-member - resolution came close to being negated by the refusal of the Arab states_ to lend their names as sponsors, unless Israel's name was removed. But the So :viet and Atherican delegations persuaded the Arab delegations to go alorig as • co-sponsors, pointing out that Continued on Page 9 Si?cit Jo.itints World Jewry , A Jewish community in India, which , for 2,000 years had sought and struggled to retain its-, separate identity, will officially become part of the world Jewish community at the World Council of Synagogue, which will be held Nov. 15 to 19, at. the Concord Hotel, Kiamesha Lake, N.Y., concurrently with the biennial convention of the United Synagogue of America. . Bene Israel, .numbering some 21;000 mein6ers who trace their ancient community to the destruction of the First Temple in Jerusaleni, will be represented at the Council by Baruch B. Benjamin, Under-Secretary of 'C.ommerce and Industry in the Indian government. While contributing to . the general welfare of India, Bene Israel has also built synagogues and. schools, translated the prayerbook to the M.arathi language, spoken on the West Coast of India, and Carried out 'such rituals as abstention from work on the sabbath, circumcision, kashrut and holiday observance. - Today, however, the Bene Israel is weakened and in need of guidance and leadership. It seeks affiliation -with world Jewry and the assistance of a rabbi. Bene Israel eagerly awaits affiliation with the World Council of Synagogues. At the meetings, of the World Council of Synagogues,_ repre- sentatives of 18 communities, including Bene Israel, will adopt a constitution and by-laws, af- filiating. themselves with the Conservative movement. (Pictured at •the left is Jacob Suga-Uker, a Bene Israel farmer, who now re- sides in Israel. At the right is Esther Gershone, of Ka- rachi, the first Indiaii girl to. enroll at the Jewish Theo- logic al . Seminary 'where she studied from 1948 to 1953. The founder and principal Of the Hebrew school in Karachi and a graduate of the Univer- sity of Bombay, Miss Ger- shone is a member of one of the leading Bene Israel 1 .1 Konrad Adenauer Assures . `Uncomoromising Battle' on Anti-Semitism in Germany Special to The Jewish News WASHINGTON, D. C. H "An uncompromising" battle against anti-Semitism. is being waged by West Germany and its allied states 'through their "adminis- tration, courts, _press, ratlio and private association," Chancellor Konrad Adenauer assured the American Jewish Committee. His statement was made public here last week at the meetings of the AJC executive com- mittee in the Shoreham Hotel. Dr. Adenauer affirmed anew that the re-establish- ment of friendly relations between Germany and the free nations "would be endangered unless democracy is firmly anchored in the conscience of German citi- zens," and while admitting that "anti-Semitic, anti- democratic phenomena have come to the surface in Germany," he declared that "they should not be over- estimated." The Adenauer statement was made public by Irving M. Engel, who met with Adenauer in Bonn recently, Engel, in his address to the AJC, said that "education of German youth for citizenship" is a major area of concern and that "Germany's undigested past if not faced and dealt with could represent a grave danger to the future of Germany's democracy." He warned that Germany is faced with the challenge "to bring up a German post-war generation devoted to the basic tenets of democracy." Herbert B. Ehrmann, of Boston, president of the AJCommittee, in his address to the executive com- mittee, urged the • U.S. Government "to refuse to countenance the tactic of ntilfrino the -n MA+