Fascinating Flight from the Start Ben-Gurion Ill, Still Makes Progress in Forming New Coalition Cabinet Direct JTA Teletype Wire to The Jewish News JERUSALEM — Substantial progress was made in negotia- tions n a new Coalition gov- ernment which brought expecta- tions Wednesday that Prime Minister designate David Ben- Gur4 on will present a new Coali- tion Cabinet to the Knesset next Monday. The negotiations took place at the bedside of Ben-Gurion, who is confined with a fever at his home. - Map a i leaders met at his home with officials of Mapam and Achdut Avodah, the two left-wing partners of Mapai in the last coalition. The indications were that if Ben-Gurion is able to com- plete negotiations with the Progressive Party and the Na- tional Religious Party he would present a complete cabinet of parties identical to those in the old coalition. If those talks remain un- finished he would still be able to present a three-party coali- Actor Jeff Chandler is ob- viously fascinated by makeup processing engineered by El Al stewardess, Nitza Gordon at Idlewild Airport, New York, where he was about to board an El Al Israel Air- lines jet-powered Britannia. Having just completed a film in Hollywood, Chandler was off for a two-week visit to Israel before returning home to Hollywood. Blaustein in Talks With Hammarskjold on Refugees UNITED NATIONS, N. Y., (JTA)—Jacob Blaustein, noted Jewish leader, conferred with United Nations Secretary Gen- eral Dag Hammarskjold regard- ing various matters concerning the Middle East, including the seizure by Egypt of Israeli car- goes passing through the Suez and the Arab refugee problem. Equality for All Religions Asked in Italian Plea ROME (JTA)—A memoran- dum of the Italian- Evangelical Churches, urging revision of the Italian Penal Code to place all religions on an equal level in matters of offenses against re- ligious activity, has been sub- mitted to the Italian Ministry ' Classified ads bring fast results! of Justice. The memorandum, prepared by the federal council of the Evangelical churches, submitted to the Special Parliamentary Committee for the Reform of the Italian Penal Code, stated that the suggestions and re- quests "aim at harmonizing the new code with constitutional This principles and with the renewed Hanukah Italian conscience." The mem- orandum was concerned with The paragraphs of the 1930 Penal Code, issued during Mussolini's Most Wonderful regime, which deal with punish- Gift of Them All— ments for offenses chiefly against "the religion of the state," meaning Catholicism. The memorandum urged that the articles, which establish prison terms of one to three years for offenses against "the religion of the state," should be changed to provide equal punishment to "whoever pre- vents or disturbs public re- THOSE YOU LOVE ligious f,....ctions or offends HONOR YOUR LOVED those professing a religion, and also if the offenses are aimed ONES — ADD REAL against a religious cult other SIGNIFICANCE TO than the Catholic." EVERY OCCASION The memorandum urged ab- rogation of Article 406 which Candle Give Light provides that such offenses, if Trees Give Life non-Catholic religions are in- volved, are punishable "but For Hanukah with lighter sentences, a dis- You Give tinction which constitutes an A TREE offense and an injury to the equal social dignity of all CERTIFICATE Italian citizens, as established "For He Who Plants by Article 3 of the Constitu- tion." Trees Plants the Another revision urged by Future . . . the memorandum concerned Article '724 which provides fines for public abuse of "the Divin- ity, the symbols and the per- sons venerated by the religion of the State." Extension to cover all religious adherents in Italy was proposed. The memorandum also pro- posed that the ban on "reli- gious faiths in contrast with public order," now under con- YOUR LIVING LINK sideration for inclusion in the WITH ISRAEL new code, be changed to the prohibition of "rites which are against public morality." This proposal was motivated by the JEWISH fact that local police ban or NATIONAL suspend religious ceremonies of non-Catholics on grounds FUND 18414 WYOMING AVENUE that these disturb public order ALL CONTRIBUTIONS TO JNF and offend the feelings of the ARE TAX DEDUCTIBLE Catholic majority. TREES IN ISRAEL HONORING Phone UN 4-2767 TREES . tion of Mapai and the two left- wing parties, which would have slender majority in the Fourth Knesset. Three portfolios would be held open for the Progressives and the Religious Party in the second situation. It was reported also that new Mapai candidates for ministries would be Moshe Dayan, former Army Chief of Staff as Minister Agriculture, replacing Kaddish Luz, who has become Knesset speaker; Mapai Secretary Gen- eral Giora Josepthal as Minis- ter of Labor, replacing Mor- decai Namir, who has become Mayor of Tel Aviv, and Abba Eban, former Israel Ambassador to the United Stattes as Min- ister without Portfolio, replac- ing Peretz Naphtali, who is retiring for health reasons. Earlier, the Agudath Israel told the President that they were forbidden to participate in the government by their rab- binical advisors, the Gdeloei Hatorah, because their mini- mum demands on religious mat- ters had been opposed by the Mapai. Since the General Zionists previously h a d indicated un- readiness to join the projected government, all indications pointed to a renewal of the pre- vious coalition as it was con- stituted before the defection of the National Religious Party on the "who is a Jew" controversy. It was reported that an agree- ment with the Religious Party was imminent, and that the two leftist parties, Mapam and Ach- dut Avodah, were prepared to agree to regislation on collective cabinet responsibility. It was the refusal of the two- left-wing parties to accept this doctrine in their fight against the Israel sale of arms to Ger- many last summer which caused Ben-Gui-ion to resign and end the coalition. The remaining holdout from the last coalition was the Pro- gressive Part y, which is de- Plymouth Be Solo NEW CAR! USED CAR or SERVICE! 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