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Allegro's 'Copper Scroll Treasure'
Now Out in Paperback 2nd Edition

ZOA Leader Recalls Herbert Hoover
Supporting a Jewish Homeland

Joining in the universal tribute to U.S. Congress for a Jewish home- as well as to the goodwill of the
parties concerped. However, I
the memory of the late President land in Palestine.
In his statement, Dr. Nussbaum, submit it, and it does offer a
Herbert Hoover, Dr. Max Nuss-
baum, president of the Zionist Or- who is chairman of the American method of settlement with both
ganization of America, recalled a Zionist Council, coordinating body honor and wisdom."
plan which the late President in of all Zionist organizations, re-
Mr. Hoover concluded that
November 1945 proposed for what waled that the former President
"the Arab population of Pale-
he termed "settling the Palestine Hoover's proposals which he pub-
stine would be the gainer from
question and providing ample licized on Nov. 19, 1945, in reply
better lands in exchange for
Jewish refuge."
to an inquiry addressed to him by their present holdings."
The plan was submitted by the the New York World Telegram,
Dr. Nussbaum further disclosed
former President at a time when provided for a great land develop- that soon after Mr. Hoover's plan
public opinion in the United States ment in Iraq "on the consideration was announced the resolution
was deeply agitated with the open- that it be made the scene of re- sponsored by the late Senators
ing of the doors of Palestine, then settlement of Arabs from Pale- Wagner and Taft was adopted by
under the British Mandate, to stine."
the Senate on Dec. 17, 1945,
Jewish survivors from the Hitler
and by the House on December
Mr.* Hoover in his proposals
holocaust. The Zionist movement
w
o
u
l
d
clear
asserted: "This
19, 1945. .The resolution com-
at that time speadheaded a nation-
for
a
large
completely
mended
President Truman for his
Palestine
wide campaign to arouse public
attempts to secure the admission
Jewish emigration and coloniza-
opinion in support of the resolu-
of greater numbers of Jews into
tion. A suggestion of transfer
tion by the late SenatorS Robert F.
Palestine. It recommended that
of the Arab people of Palestine
Wagner and Robert A. Taft in the
the U.S. use its good offices with
was made by the British Labor
Great Britain "to the end that
Party in December 1944 but no
adequate plan was proposed as
Palestine shall be opened for free
Hebrew Corner
entry of Jews to the maximum of
to where or how they are to go."
"There is room," Mr. Hoover' its agricultural and economic po-
continued, "for many more Arabs tentialities, and that there shall
The city of Safed is on a hill 350
in such a development in Iraq he full opportunity for coloniza-
meters above sea level. The scenery
around is most beautiful. This made it
than the total of Arabs in Pales- tion and development, so that they
into a vacation center and tourist at-
traction in the Galilee.
tine. The soil is more fertile, they may freely proceed with the up-
building of Palestine as the Jew-
In the Sixteenth Century Sated was would be among their own race,
the center of the great rabbis that
which is Arab speaking and Mo- ish national home."
studied Cabala (mysticism). Their leader
was the ARI (Rabbi Isaac Luriya).
Two years later, on Nov. 29,
hammedan."
Rabbi Joseph Karo compiled the "Shut-
han Aruch" in Safed which is the code
In his proposals the former 1947, the United Nations adopted
of law of the believing Jew. here too
the resolution for the establish-
President further declared:
was built the first printing house in
men of a Jewish State in
Asia. To the west of Safed is the old
"The Arab population of Pales-
historical graveyard in which rabbis are
Palestine.
buried.
tine would be the gainer from bet-
During the War of Liberation Safed
ter lands in exchange for their
had only a small Jewish community of
present holdings. Iraq would be
1200 amongst an Arab population of over
12,000. The Jews suffered immensely
the gainer, for it badly needs agri-
from gun fire and bombardment.
cultural population.
On the fir,t, of May. 1948, the Israel
Today millions of people
Defence Army took the iiltrab villages
near Sated. The Arab i habitants of
are being moved from one land to
Sated fled and it became a Jewish city.
Meyer "Mike" Warshawsky, Re-
another. If the lands were organ-
This is considered one of the great
victories in the War of Liberation.
ized and homes provided, this par- publican candidate for attorney
After the War of Liberation Safed
ticular movement could be made general. stated this week that if
developed very much. New modern hous-
ing projects were built. However fami-
the model migration of history. It elected he will exert all his efforts
lies that their ancestors came here nine
would be a solution by engineer- to assure the enforcement of the
generations ago can still be f ound in
civil rights law.
ing instead of by conflict.
Safad.
In Safed there is an "Artist Village."
".
.
.
I
realize
that
the
plan
"The surest deterrent to civil
Artists live in this neighbor food, organ-
offers a challenge both to the disorder is a system of just laws,
izing exhibitions and selling pieces of
art in their private homes.
statesmanship of the Great Powers impartially administered," War-
The beautiful scenery of Safad draws
-
-
shawsky said.
many tourists. Safed offers them enter-

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24—Friday, October 30, 1964

Eastern studies in Jordan, offering
an opportunity for "men and wo-
men from all parts of the world to
train and study with their Arab
friends in all aspects of Near East-
ern history and culture, entirely
free from political and religious

pressures."
One wonders how he could ac-
complish it in Jordan where at
least one section of mankind—

Jewry, including Israelis — would
be barred. That at once negates his
proposaL

Allegro fails to mention the chal-

legnes to his findings by Prof. Solo-
mon Zeitlin. Here, too, one wond-
ers whether the historicity—the
antiquity—of the scrolls can be
established without taking into

cities where events related to the
story occurred.
There is a proposal in the Allegro
account for the establishment of consideration the views of
an advanced institute for Near who challenge such claims.

those

Support the Rule of Law
Protect the Public Interest
Keep Experience and Integrity

Warshawsky Pledges
tttorts
Efforts to
to Enforce
Enforce
Civil Rights Rules

"...

tainment. excursions and picnics and
even bathing in the Lake of Galilee
v...., is near by. All of this makes
Safed an interesting city with a
specialty.
--Translation of Hebrew column.
Published by itrith Ivrith
Olamith. Jerusalem.

In a completely revised second
edition. "The Treasure of the Cop-
per Scroll" has been issued as a
Doubleday Anchor Book.
This paperback, which contains
many photographs of the scroll
and of the personalities who figur-
ed in unrolling and deciphering
as well as maps of the Holy Land
areas where the Essenes purported-
ly labored and produced the manu-
script, is a thorough archeological
report.
The author devotes much of his
account of the Essenes and the
Qumran community and describes

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