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Israel Pays Tribute to 12,000 Who Died
for Nation at Independence Celebration

Javits Urges `Fresh Look' at U.S. -
Policy Toward Middle East Nations

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in Israel and our primary and
i supreme task will not have been
JERUSALEM — One minute ' ach ieved. "
blasts of sirens and of ship, i
factory and train whistles ; Members of the diplomatic
sounded throughout Israel at ;cops,
-. r United Nations represen-
sundown Tuesday to mark the I , tatives and heads of foreign
start of services for Israel's . , missions called on President
'Ben-Zvi. The dean of the diplo-
war dead.
matic corps, Soviet Ambassador
The Memorial Day commemo- Mikhail .Bodrov, felicitated the
rates the 12.000 servicemen and President, the government and
women who were killed or lost the people on behalf of his col-
as missing in action in Israel's leagues who had assembled for
War of Independence 14 years a reception by President and
ago.
Mrs. Ben-Zvi.
The memorial actually began
A parade
veterans of
the
Monday night when memorial Hagan*,
the of pre-State
Jew-

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other areas, particularly in the
NEW
YORK — Sen. Jacob K. justified in regarding negotia-
economic field. He said that
Britiih industrialists and finan- Javits, New York Republican, tions" for a "massive United
ciers were showing a growing told an Israel Independence Day States aid program" to Egypt
interest in investment in Israel rally here Tuesday night that the "with a good deal of concern."
which was leading to important time had arrived for "a fresh
He said: "The time has come
achievements in this area. look at the Middle East and the for the Kennedy administration
development of United States to compare its promises on the
The envoy also appeared
at another Independence Day policy toward the countries in Middle East with its actions so
that area."
far." He reiterated that the
celebration, the annual din-
Javits spoke at a celebration of United States "should persist
net of the Mizrachi Feder*- Israel's 14th anniversary spon- through the United Nations and
at which he said he was sored at the Brooklyn Jewish in direct diplomacy to bring the
convinced
convinced that without Jew- Center by the Brooklyn Region nations of the Middle East
to-
ish tradition, there could not
of the Zionist Organization of gether."
have been a re-birth of Israel.
America
and
the
Brooklyn
Jewish
Dr. Solomon Gaon proposed
candles were lit in synagogues ish underground army, was a toast to Mizrachi's 60th an- Community Council.
Javits contended that in the
everywhere in Israel.
reviewed by President Ben- niversary and said that the Miz- light of the past history of the
In his Independence Day
rachi ideal of a Jewish State
Zvi
shortly
before
the
sirens
b r o a d c a s t, Prime Minister
sounded. Countrywide traffic for the 'Jewish people, in ac-
Refinishing - Restoring
David Ben-Gurion said Tues-
came to a halt, workers in the cord with the Torah, was still Israel Expects Record
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day night that the Independ-
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a valid conception and should Revenue from Taxes
field
and
factories
and
of-
Refinished in
ence Day was Israel's "great-
fices honored Israel's war be pursued. Aside from its
Any Color of
est landmark since the people
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dead by observing two min- political contributions, Mizrachi
Antiques . . Old
became one in the days of
ord
revenue
of
445,000,000
had created many Jewish acad-
utes of silence.
Furniture Made
Saul and David." He said
($148,333,333)
in
income
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envies and Bar-Ilan University, ,
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that while 2,500 years ago
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TEL AVIV — A half-million as well as many other contra. fiscal
some 50,000 exiles returned
year,
compared
with
380,-
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guaranteed.
butions of real historical value,
from Babylon, 26 times that rain-soaked viewers, including he said.
000,000 pounds ($123,000,000) in
City-Wide and
000 tourists, watched Is
settled in modern
Suburban
Chief Rabbi Israel Brodie told 1962, Treasury officials indi- Tree
' annual Independence Day
Estimates
Larry Paul
Israel not from one country ; rael's
the dinner guests that the "in- cated.
Wednesday.
but from nearly one hundred.
but
gathering of the exiles" had
age UN 4-8440
"This is the first ingather-
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The first downpour ever to ; meant an intellectual ingather-
ing of the exiles in our his- , hit the parade forced cancella- ing into Israel, including "the
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Ile said Israel's economy was The Israel Prizes, awarded . A new approach to occupa-
not yet self-supporting, that annually in connection with
tional adjustment of the blind
Israel "has not yet guaranteed Independence Day, valued at
in Israel is expected to yield ex-
to the whole younger genera- 2,000 pounds, $666 each, went ' perience that can be used to
Lion the educational and social this year to Joseph Bent- make jobs for unsighted per-
standards required to continue wich, Dr. Zvi Saliteini k,
sons in the U.S. as well. The
the maintenance of the spiritual Danoch Yallon, Arya Sharon,
program is being organized as
and moral advantage which is Prof. Zev Lev and Yitzhak
a joint activity of the Office of
our only secret weapon both K a n n e n for outstanding
Vocational Rehebilitation of the
on the international scene and achievement i n education,
U.S. Department of Health,
for military tests that may yet medicine, Judaica, architec-
Education
and Welfare, the
he in store."
Lure, exact sciences, social
Israel Ministry of Social Wel-
The Prime Minister cited
science and law.
fare and ORT, the Organization
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the new economic policy set
f o r Rehabilitation Through
in motion with devaluation
WEST BERLIN — The Zion- Training.
of the pound on Feb. 9 and ist Organization of Berlin spon-
The at
experiment
will be con
warned that essential eco- sored an Israel Independence ducted
the ORT Textile
In-
reed reforms could not suc- Day celebration at the Jewish stitute at Ramat Gan, Israel, it
reed without the planned Community House in West Ber-
concerted efforts of all con- lin. M. Passweg of the Israel was announced by the American
cerned, including workers, Mission at Cologne, was the ORT Federation.
employers. managers. experts principal guest speaker. Dr.
Major part of the cost is be-
and professionals as well as Heinz Galinski. chairmin. of the ing defrayed out of U.S. Gov-
J.N.F. land supports the whole
Israel banks. local author- West Berlin Jewish Community, ernment counterpart funds in
Israel economy — it grows
ities and the national govern- also spoke.
Israel. A training center for
Israel's food — on it stands Is-
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ment. He appealed for all-out
blind persons will be estab-
rael's religious, educational,
cooperation to cut costs and
LONDON — The course of lished at the institute for the
and welfare institutions
improve productivity of Is- British-Israel relations from the purpose of conducting re-
rael's industry.
"lowest ebb" after the Israel search in effective methods of
For information and advice
Ile said that while Israel's War of Independence to the instruction in textile skills to
in strict confidence apply to
population had more than dou- piesent British appreciation of people so handicapped and to
Bequest Department.
bled in the 14 years of state- "Israel's work and international conduct actual courses to pre-
hood, there were still millions standing" was traced Wednes- pare the blind to handle ma-
of Jews in other countries who day in an Independence Day chines and carry out normal
JEWISH NATIONAL FUND
were doomed to spiritual ex- message by Israeli Ambassador . work. operations in Israel's tex-
tinction if their longing to Arthur Lourie on the BBC He- tilep lants.
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filled. Ile added that "as long
The envoy said that improved
120 bands will play in the Na-
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as we have not brought these political understanding between tional Marching Band Festival in
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