GEN. MIDI BAR-LENT
his country's military opera-
tions, and Theodore Roosevelt
McKeldin, Mayor-elect of Balti-
more.
David Safran, honorary chair-
man and past chairman of the
Detroit Israel Bond Committee
and president of the United
Hebrew Schools, will be the din-
ner chairman. Rabbi Jacob E.
Segal will introduce Gen. Bar-
Lev.
The affair will be a double
celebration, according to Tom
Borman, general chairman of
the Detroit Israel Bond Com-
mittee. The dinner will mark
the 15th anniversary of Israel's
independence and the redemp-
tion of the first Israel Bonds.
Gen. Bar-Lev began his mili-
tary career with Palmach, the
striking force of the Haganah.
He joined up as a private and
in less than a year rose to Bat-
talion Commander. During
Israel's War of Liberation, he
was the commander of the fam-
ous battalion in the Negev re-
gion known as the "Beasts of
the Negev," which won some of
Israel's most impressive vic-
tories.
In 1949 he was appointed
Brigade Commander and Chief
of Staff of the Northern Com-
mand under Gen. Moshe Dayan,
and served in these capacities
until 1954.
Prior to the Sinai Campaign
in 1956, he was the head of the
Israel Armed Forces Training
Command. During the Sinai
Campaign, he led an Armored
Brigade which captured Rafa
and El Arish and moved on to
the Suez Canal.
In 1957, he was appointed
Chief of Staff of the Israel
Armed Forces Armored Corn-
mand with the rank of Briga-
dier General, succeeding Gen.
Haim Laskov.
Bar-Lev was born in Yugo-
slavia in 1924. He came to Pales-
tine at the age of 15.
McKeldin, eloquent champion
of Israel, is a former three-
term governor of Maryland and
was the first president of the
American-Israel Friendship So-
ciety.
For reservations to the din-
ner call the Israel Bond office,
DI 1-5707.
Cleveland Appeal
Raises $5,831,216
CLEVELAND, ( J T A ) — The
1963 Jewish Welfare Fund Ap-
peal closed its campaign with a
total of $5,831,216 pledged by
30,025 contributors. The previ-
ous high was set last year when
the campaign realized $5,828,487.
ful toward Israel and has put Israelis." He charged that this
the Israeli issue "in the ice- was "the contingency you had
box" according to tesetimony of last time." Hays said he hoped
a high State Department offi- Israel would move to the West
cial published this week by the bank of the Jordan if King
House Committee on Foreign Hussein fell
Affairs„
"If there is anybody that
As- I can lay my finger on that
James P. Grant.
sistant Secretary of State for advises we do anything about
Near Eastern Affairs, told the it (Irael's move) I would do
Committee that he does not be- my best to have him im-
lieve Egypt intends to use its peached," Hays told Grant.
forces against Israel "as of this "I don't care who it is, be-
time." He added that, in his cause I don't think they would
opinion. one of the accomplish- be serving the best interests
ments of the last several years of the United States in the
in the case of Egypt has been long run by promoting a fel-
that "actions have increasingly low like Nasser and • his
become a matter of words henchmen, who have no soli-
against Israel, and not so much citude about the average
Arab."
action."
Hays also raised a question
This testimony drew a
heated response from Rep. about Israel's defense, saying
Leonard Farbstein, New York that he had never seen. "any
Democrat, who wanted to clear-cut statement" to deter
know if Nasser's hiring of Arab aggression. Grant ad-
ex-Nazi rocket scientists in- mitted there was no "explicit,
dicated peaceful intentions. formal" undertaking. Hays also
Grant replied that "the Egyp- charged that the Hawk anti-
tians maintain their armed aircraft missiles to be shipped
forces for a variety of rea- to Israel were actually "obso-
sons." He also stated that a lete."
balance of power existed in
the Arab-Israel situation, and
the State Department did not I
expect aggression.
Grant points out that "if one
looks ahead to the future, where
we see missile development
going ahead on both sides, one
can see a situation some years
ahead that would be far more
worrisome than today." He also
made known that the State De-
partment had a "contingency
plan" for use against Israel, if
King Hussein of Jordan were
overthrown and Israeli forces
moved to the Jordan River
banks.
Rep. Wayne L. Hays, Ohio
Democrat, asked Grant if the
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Preparations are being com-
pleted for an outstanding pro-
gram at the Israel Bonds anni-
versary dinner next Thursday,
7 p.m. at the Sheraton Cadillac
Hotel.
Heading the program at the
highlight of the 1963 Detroit
Israel Bond campaign are Gen.
Chaim Bar-Lev, chief of Israel's
Armored Forces, who played a
major role in the success of
The Universit - of Michigan
was the first U.S. university to
establish a professorship in zoo).-
BUENOS AIRES, (JTA)—A I ogy and botany, in 1842.
new spirit and dynamism are
needed in the General Zionist
Murry
movement, and "a straightfor-
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Koblin
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taken against resurgent Nazi-
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ism. Herzl Gesang, president of
Top s
the Latin American Confedera-
..just ask him!
tion of General Zionists, declar-
ed here. He delivered the presi-
dential address at the fifth an
nual convention of the Con-
federation, which opened here.
Dr. Isaac Goldenberg, presi-
dent of DAIA, told the conven-
tion "we are now in a perma-
nent fighting front" against neo-
Nazism.
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Brandeis University
Announces Winners of
Revson Fellowships
WALTHA1VI, Mass.—Brandeis
University announced the first
annual recipients of its newly
created Charles H. Revson Fel-
lowships, designed to provide
outstanding college graduates
with an entire science education
through the Ph.D. degree. The
three-year g r ants, totalling
more than $150,000, will be
awarded to 12 young men and
women from the U.S. and
abroad.
Awarded Fellowships were
Daniel Amit of Tel Aviv, Israel,
chief programmer f or the
Israeli Air Force; David Bark-
er, Pasadena, Calif., of the Cali-
fornia Institute of Technology;
Emanuel Buchwald, Chevy
Chase, Mr., of Brandeis Univer-
sity; Richard H. Craig, Mt. Car-
roll, Ill., a teaching interne at
Shimer College, Mt. Carroll;
Arthur L. Dana, Colorado
Springs, Colo., of Colorado Col-
lege; Madeleine PP. Fischer,
New York City, of Brandeis;
Ivan J. Hansen, Luverne, Minn.;
Victor J. Katz, PPhiladelphia,
Pa., of Princeton University;
Harriet Lipschitz, New York
City, of Brandeis; Lucinda S.
Parrish, Arlington, Va., of the
College of William and Mary;
Mrs. Marie Luisetti Sacks, Bos-
ton, Mass.; and Leonard S. Sil-
ver, Bridgeport, Conn., of Bran-
deis.
TEXAS, NEW JERSEY BANKS
BUY STATE OF ISRAEL
BONDS
Two banks in the city of Mc-
Allen, Tex., purchased $10,000
each in State of Israel Bonds in
recognition of the economic pro-
gress which Israel Bonds have
helped make possible. They are
the First National Bank of Mc-
Allen and the McAllen State
Bank.
The First National Iron Bank
of Morristown. N. J., purchased
$5,000 in Israel Bonds.
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5 -- THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS — Frid ay, M ay 31 , 1963
McKeldin and Reveal U.S. Has `Contingency Plan'
Bar-Lev Address to Check. Israel Move to Jordan
WASHINGTON, (JTA) — State Department did not actu-
Bond Fete June 6 Egypt
is currently more peace- ally plan "to slap down the