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THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS Friday, June 17, 1960 —
French Splendor Greets Ben-Gurion
at Luncheon Meeting with de Gaulle
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Later, the Prime Minister addressed 18 local Jewish leaders, calling on them to
encourage Jewish settlement, particularly of their youth, in Israel. He also urged
them to foster an increase in the teaching of Hebrew in France. With the estab-
lishment of the very close relations which had been achieved between Israel and
France he said he hoped to find French Jewry even closer to Israel.
The. Prime Minister was scheduled to meet later Wednesday with the French
Minister for the Armies, M. Messtner.
The Prime Minister and his party attended dinner in his honor Tuesday night.
It was given by French Prime Minister Michel Debre who praised Ben-Gurion and
stressed the close ties linking Israel and France.
It was reported that during a meeting of the two Prime Ministers they touched
on the possibility of a link between Israel and the six-nation European common
market.
13-G, de Gaulle, de Murville Conduct Important Conferences
PARIS, .— In- a setting of ceremonial splendor, President Charles De Gaulle
of France tendered an official luncheon Tuesday to Israel's Prime Minister David
Ben-Gurion.
The Prime Minister went to the courtyard of President De Gaulle's official
residence, the Palais D'Elysee, for the luncheon, after a 90-minute meeting with
French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville. Gen de Gaulle arrived 15 min-
utes before the other guests, so that he could have a 15 minute introductory meet-
ing with the Israel Prime Minister, in advance of the start of the luncheon.
- The courtyard was surrounded by French troops of the Grade Republican pre-
senting arms. Along the steps to the entrance of the palace, mounted troops of
the President's Guard were stationed, dressed in plumed shining steel helmets,
black jackets, white breeches and long black boots.
The President and the Prime Minister met in the President's private draw-
ing room and from there proceeded to join the 40 other guests in the huge
Elysee dining room.
The two leaders sat facing each other across an oval table. Madame de
Gaulle sat at Ben-Gurion's right and Mrs. Ben-Gurion sat at President de Gaulle's
right. The palace dining room is one of the most sumptuous halls in the building,
decorated in red brocade and gobelin tapestry.
The Ben-Gurion-de Murville talk was longer than had been scheduled, at the
French Foreign Office. The Prime Minister said at the end of the meeting that
he and the French Foreign Minister had discussed common problems and the Mid-
dle East without special reference. to Israel. The Prime Minister said he had found
in the French Foreign Minister's views an attitude toward many problems similar
to that of Israel.
Ben-Gurion told President de Gaulle Tuesday that there was a strong pos-
sibility that Russian Jewry would migrate to Israel some day.
The Prime Minister said that an increased immigration was expected from
North Africa, in reply to a question about future immigration to Israel. The ex-
change took place after the formal luncheon tendered by the French president.
After the luncheon, the two leaders retired to the palace gardens for coffee.
They were joined by Premier Michel Debre, Foreign Minister de Murville, former
Premier Guy Mollet, Deputy Israel Defense Minister Shimon Peres and Ben- Gur-
ion's private secretary, Itzhak Navon.
In the warm summer day, the assembled personalities discussed a variety of
topics, such as the future of the underdeveloped countries and more specifically
Israeli topics.
De Gaulle asked a number of pertinent questions about Israel and the Jew-
ish people, one of them concerning immigration. He also asked Ben-Gurion for an
explanation of Israel's rapid agricultural expansion. The Prime Minister replied:
"When we emigrated to Israel we had three goals in mind: "The return to the
land, the return to the homeland and the return to labor."
The Prime Minister also commented at length on the significance of the
Bible as a factor in uniting Jews outside of Israel and in uniting the totality of
the Jewish people.
De Gaulle, citing his visits to<t'
Palestine in 1931 with the spiritual aspirations."
French forces in Syria, and one
The two leaders had a 90-
during the war years, lauded minute private conversation at
the great advances made by the which only an interpreter was
Jews in Israel and the prosper- present. While the subjects diS-
ity they were bringing to the cussed were not revealed,
once-barren land. Those re- sources close to both delega-
marks led the Prime Minister tions said that the atmosphere
to ask the French leader of the talks was "very cordial
whether he had any plans to and friendly."
visit Israel. The General re-
Jaunty and in obviously good
plied: "I can't rule this out, spirits, his grey hair waving in
but it seems unlikely for the a soft breeze, the Israeli leader
present."
debarked at the airport from
The French president, pro- the blue-white El Al Brittania
posing a toast to Ben-Gurion turboprop that had brought him
at the luncheon, told the 40
nonstop from Israel. A military
guests: "I want to pay tribute
band played the French and
to Ben-Gurion, who personi-
Israeli national anthems, while
fies the State of Israel. I
the standards of both states
want to express my confi- fluttered from the flagpoles.
dence, my sympathy and ad-
The Prime Minister walked
miration."
briskly toward a guard of
On a more personal note, the honor drawn up in front of
French leader added that he the landing strip, taking the
also wanted to pay tribute to
salute of four companies of
the Prime Minister's "rich
French air guards in full
humor," which, he said, per-
dress, while the general in
sisted despite his "hard work
command of the Second
and multiple worries."
Aerial Division, M. Duval,
Responding, Ben-Gurion re- stood at attention. On behalf
called France's humanitarian
of President de Gaulle, Ben-
traditions and constant friend-
Gurion was greeted officially
ship for Israel. He said "al- by French Cabinet Minister
though we are only a small Roger Frey.
nation, France will always find
"I am very happy to find my-
us a faithful and constant self in France which I know
friend, not only because of our a little and love very much,"
common interests, but also be- the Prime Minister told re-
cause of our common ties and porters at the airport. "The
Desert Sheikhs Taste Ship Comforts
Understandably a bit self-conscious, for it was their
first visit aboard an ocean liner (and their first experience
with n photographer), this group of Bedouin sheikhs from.
the Negev desert have a snack in the first class lounge of
the S/S Israel in Haifa port. The tribal leaders, who are
much more familiar with the classic four-legged "ship-of-the7
desert," were guests of the Zim Lines recently aboard the
luxury liner.
NY Rabbi Here for Hillel School's
Founder's Day Dinner, June 28
Rabbi Harry E. Halpern,
former president of the Rabbini-
cal Assembly of America, will
be guest speaker at a Founder's
Day dinner meeting of the Hillel
Day School at 8:30 p.m., June
28, at Holiday Manor. •
• Rabbi Halpern is spiritual
leader of East Midwood Jewish
Center, Brooklyn, N.Y., which
conducts one of the recognized
outstanding Conservative d a y
schools in the country.
Murray Frumin and Wilbur S.
Hebrew Corner
The New Town of
Beth Shemesh
One day I visited Beth Shemesh,
the new town in the Hartuv district.
Beth Shemesh is not very far from
Jerusalem and it is near places
which are mentioned in the Bible
in the tale about Samson. The ce-
ment factory in the vicinity is called
"Samson".
The Chairman of the -Local Coun-
cil, Mr. Menachem Neuman, told me
that nine years ago there was still
a large maabarah (transitional work
camp) on the site with a hundred
and ten families from Rumania.
Afterwards another three hundreds
families came from Iraq, and after
them immigrants from North Africa,
Egypt, Poland and Persia.
I looked around and noticed that
there were no longer any huts of
tin and that the houses are built of
stone and that every house has its
garden. I also saw here one of the
finest Louth Centres in-Israel, built
out of a contribution by the philan-
thropist, the well-known American
actress Sophie Tucker. •I was told
(they told me) that now she is col-
lecting money to build a hospital in
the town (place). The inhabitants
have a cinema, a municipal park
and an amphitheater and last but
not least, four schools. Incidentally
I was told that here - every month
ninety children are born — so may
they multiply.
Translation of Hebrew column.
Stein are chairmen of the din-
ner, which marks the comple-
tion of two
full school
years since the
opening of the
Hillel school
in September,
1958, with a
kindergarten
and first
grade.. The
school has
added a sec-
ond grade.
A s s ociated
with the Con- -
servative Rabbi Halpern
movement in Judaism and the
Zionist movement in orienta-
tion, Hillel emphasizes Modern
Hebrew language and religious
studies along With a complete
program of secular studies ap-
proved by the Detroit Board of
Education.
Meeting presently at the Hay-
im Greenberg Center, the school
will move ill September to
larger quarters in the ,Esther
Berman Bldg. of the United
Hebreiv School. A third . grade
will be added at that time.
Application interviews a r e
now being arranged by the
school for the coming year. For
information, call Mrs. Theda
Levy, s c h o ol secretary, DI.
1-8260.
The annual meeting of Hillel
Day School will take place at
8:30 p.m., Wednesday, in the
Hayim Greenberg Center; 19161
Schaefer, when reports and elec-
tion of officers and directors
are planned.
ties of friendship which unite
Israel to France are many,
deep, and, I am sure, unshake- Published by the Brit Ivrit Olamit.
able. Israel has faith in the
destiny of France. I am . espe-
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to meet and to have talks with
a number of members of the
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"It is an honor and privi-
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one of the worst tyrannies
which the world has even seen.
I am certain that these per-
sonal contacts will contribute
toward strengthening the many
ties which exist between our
two countries."
From France, Premier and
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Belgium. Thence, they will go
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rael on June 24.
During Ben-GtHon's absence
from his country, Finance Min-
ister Levi Eshkol is Israel's act-
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