Progress of Zarchin Desalination Conquest of Idealism Over Materialism
Process. Told at Technion Dinner; Described in Morris' Master of Desert'
$85,000 Gifts for Kay Memorial Bldg. Predicts 2,000,000 in Negev by 1985

While "Masters of the Desert" quest of idealism over material- struction of desert towns are
Gordon R. Anderson, execu- pla_nned in tribute to the late
by Yaakov Morris, the Irish-born ism, of the manner in which the part of the miraculous story
tive vice president of the Fair- Leon B. Kay.
Dr. Jacob E. Goldman was Israeli diplomat who presently is Dead Sea is transformed into a outlined in Morris' book.
banks Mors,e Co., Chicago, in
The historical analyses are
a lecture illustrated by a film, toastmaster at the dinner. He his country's Consul in New York, life-giving element in a revived
supplemented by outlines of the
told the more than 200 people said that "only with know-how is primarily a review of "6,000 Jewish State.
at the annual dinner of the De- could Israel lift itself up as years in the desert," it must be
Morris sums up his story of modern return and a hopeful
troit Technion Society, at the it did by its bootstraps, to ad- viewed as a valuable history of the Negev by quoting from vision of the future. Morris be-
Sheraton Cadillac Hotel, Dec. vance her own industries and Jewish migra-
Ezekiel 37—"The Vision of the lieves:
"A conservative timetable of
21, that the desalination proc- to assist so many other small tory aims and
Dry Bones" — "And I shall
technical de-
ess, developed in Israel by Dr. nations."
establish you upon your soil future population growth, given
The dinner program was velopments in
Alexander Zarchin, is certain
. . . and you shall live." And freedom of movement of Jews
"to open up a brighter new opened with an address by Mur- the undevelop-
he concludes an interesting from various parts of the world,
era for all mankind and for ray Altman, who spoke of the ed areas of
Epilogue with the assertion: would be: by 1965 an all-Israel
Technion as "the cornerstone Israel.
peace for the entire world."
"Judeans have begun to return. total of 3,000,000, with 300,000
This master-
Anderson, who substituted- for. and keystone of Israel's develop-
History, and the end. of Exile, _in the Negev; by 1975, a national
total of 4,000,000, with 500,000
fully construct-
David Karr, president of Fair- ment."
continue!"
Jules Lev, president of the ed story of the
banks Whitney Corp., who was
A five:page introductory essay in the Negev; by 1985, around
to have been the main speaker society, in an address welcom- desolated part
by Israel's Prime Minister David 5,000,000, with 2,000,000 in the
but who was unable to meet his ing the gathering, reported on of the Jewish
Ben-Gurion adds strength to Negev. These figures can be
obligation here, said he was the growing list of notables State that is Y. Morris
Morris' book. It fortifies the achi • stment
ari-
convinced that with the aid of who have joined the ranks of again emerging as a restored his- thesis. Ben-Gurion asserts: "Wi
e, industry and
in,,
American industry the Zarchin Technion and urged those not torical portion of the Holy Land out the settlement of the
rise in international trade,\ and
plan will surely help in the de- yet affiliated with Technion to describes the struggle for life, and the Negev this co
simultaneous advance in livin
join the membership ranks.
the devotion of pioneer frontiers- not be secure . .
salting of the ocean."
standards. They are con vativ
Rabbi Milton Arm gave the men, the dedication of leaders pioneering will ena e us
Describing the Israeli scien-
and as
who have undertaken what ap- form this miracle."
tist's formula for the conversion invocation.
thin
Among the guests at the din- peared as an impossible task but
of sea water to fresh water, An-
The Prime Minister
Im
derson said "the Zarchin dream ner was Prof. Dudley Newton, which is again developing as part that "the whole of ou
a
ctorral s
head of the civil engineering of Israel's glorious rebirth.
already is a hard reality."
ment-.in- this country
ment this valuable
"Masters of the Desert," pub- the wonders of history,,
Within four months, An- department at Wayne State Uni-
versity, Prof. Yehudah Klausner lished by G. P. Putnam's Sons added:
derson said, the machinery
"By virtue of this miracle o
his corporation is building to of Israel, now a member of the (200 Madison, N. Y. 16) is a
put the Zarchin plan into Wayne State University faculty, remarkable analysis of the har- halutziut we resisted the habits
nessing of the desert, of the - con- acquired in the Diaspora and up-
operation will begin opera- and Mrs. Klausner.
Refinishing . Restoring
rooted them; we resisted political
tions in Eilat. He said he and
difficulties and overcame them;
Furniture
his associates hi the Fair-
Repaired 8,
we resisted the incitement and
banks Morse corporation "are
Refinished in
hostility of our neighbors and
Any Color of
proud to be a part of the
Your Choice.
gained the victory; we fought
team to help solve Israel's
Antiques Old
against the poverty and ruination
Furniture Made
water problem."
NEW YORK, (JTA) — The at the age of 72.
Like New. Ciq-
of our country—and rebuilt its
PIANO
He reported that his, corpora- late Loula D. Lasker, former
arette Burns Re-
The bulk of the art legacies
REFINISHING
paired. All work
OUR ::SPECIALTY
tion had made a contract with vice-president of Hadassah, be- will go to the Bezalel Museum ruined places."
2.1C0ioRSTOCHOOSE guaranteed.
The regional settlement of
the Haifa Technion to make queathed more than $1,000,000 in JeruSalem, which will receive
City-Wide and
Lachish,
the
provisions
to
bring
compressors that will increase_ worth of paintings, sculptures the art works through the
Suburban
Larry Paul
Free Estimates
production and that these com- and other art objects to a num- America-Israel Cultural Foun- water to Israel's parched areas,
Dr.
Alexander
Zarchin's
desali-
pressors are now under con- mer of museums, plus- cash dation. Bezalel will receive
nation discoveries, the devel-
struction at the Technion..
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legacies to the City of New paintings by Dufy, Monet, Ren- o ment of Eilat and the con-
The "gaining of new lever- York, the Federation of Jewish oir, Dali and Utrillo as
age" at the Technion was de-
Philanthropies of New - York, drawings,
scribed. by the other guest
speaker, Gordon Sherman, pres- Brandeis University and other painti
ident of the Midas Corporation, beneficiaries, to taling more
atisse, Chagall,
also of Chicago. In a poetic than $1,300,000, according to
egas and Rodin.
dissertation, Sherman spoke of the contents of her will mad
One pal in.- will cl
the use of technology and the public here by her attorne
Art Muse
wisdom of new methods of com- Miss Lasker died last Jan
h
others
munication among the nations.
n w
o her 1
He appealed for higher kinds of Bulgaria Converts
Our Service Dept. is open to midnight!
York•, Wash gton, Lo
implementation than those lead-
s,
Houston
and
D
An
ing to destruction and empha- Lone Synagogue in
ssar College an
to
sized that "we cannot postpone
•
niv
peace." For that purpose, he Sofia Into Museum
charities
VIENNA, (JTA) — The only
said, of all the nations in the
18045 LIVERNOIS
world none is so well endowed remaining synagogue in Sofia will receive $472,000. A $300,-
000
trust
fund
was
set
up
in
the
has been converted into a mu-
as little Israel.
Announcement was made at seum, it was reliably reported will for scholarships in the field
of urban redevelopment and
the dinner by Benjamin Wilk, here.
The move was foreshadowed housing. New York City's be-
a former president of the De-
troit Chapter of the American earlier this year when the Bul- quest, amounting to $600,000,
Technion" Society, that 'the garian government asked Chief is for a swimming pool and
sum of $25,000 had been Rabbi Asher Hananel to peti- skating rink, to' be matched by
pledged by the Leon Kay tion the government to close a New York City appropriation.
Foundation as a gift towards the synagogue because of al-
the Leon B. Kay Memorial leged poor attendance at serv- Brown
iamson
Building on the Technion ices.
campus in Haifa, to be part
porting
Rabbi Hananel, who refused Is Ao-
of the Food Radiology Center the government's request, has
ettes
to
Israel
at the Technion. This gift since been arrested for alleged
. M. Edelen, vice president
boosts the total already se- dealings in gold and for&
of the Brown & Willia o
cured, in addition to .a num- currency and is - in ,a priso
YES—to the Jewish National Fund
Tobacco Corpo tion, h
ber of gifts made at the din- pital suffering from cl .
turne • m I ae e.
ner, to more than $85,000 His alleged accomplice
J.N.F. land supports the whole
com he
towards the $250,000 memorial dentist, who was de
Israel economy — it grows
•ort
a
sale
making teeth from
Israel's food — on it stand
that ountry.
bran
supposedly
provide
Discuss Problems
Israel's religious, educational,
An T eement was rece
Hananel, has sinc
of Jewish Education
leased.
made • tween Israeli
and welfare institutions.
mson
•
A move is afoot,
eanwhile, ties and Brown &
NEW YORK, (JTA) — Im-
and advice in strict
For
information
of all
portant problems facing Jewish to rally church leade and dis- for the sale
r which the
confidence apply to Bequest Department,
e rep- cigarette br
education and the Jewish educa- tinguished clerics to
xport rights.
'an corn
tion profession will be discussed resentations to the B
en reports that Brown &
this weekend at the semi-annual government on behalf of the
conference of the National Coun- year-old Chief Rabbi who, for Williamson shipments were al-
UN 4-2767
cil for Jewish Education, the the past four months, has been ready on their way to Israel
18415 Wyoming Ave.
over-all organization of Jewish detained incommunicado and before his return to the United
without trial or formal charges. States last week.
educators.

$1,300,000 in Cash, Art Bequeathed
by Loula Lasker, to Charity, Israel

':

UN.4-8440

JOHNNY LEBOW

JEWISH NATIONAL FUND

rthodox Rabbis and Merkaz

24th Annual Dinner of C

— 6 p.m. Young lsra

ITRON dor flif

ERNEST L.
airman
General

For informal°

RABBI ISAAC STOLLMAN
President
Vaad Harabonin

ron, WO 3-8640 or Rabbi Chaskel Grubner, TU 3-1441

