Truman's Exhibit Loaned to Israel Pavilion at Fair

Former President Harry S. Tru-
man is lending the American
Israel Pavilion at the World's Fair
an historic Torah and a unique
document which signaled Ameri-
can recognition of Israel three
hours after it became a state.
The United States, under Mr.
Truman's administration, dramat-
ically recognized Israel's statehood
almost at the instant that the
declaration of existence reached
the White House. A search was

Eshkol Pleased
at London Visit

made by the American Israel Pa-

vilion to find the formal document
of recognition. There was none.
It finally became apparent that
the instrument of recognition was
an unsigned press release which
Mr. Truman had issued. The orig-
inal release is now in the Truman
Library in Independence, Mo. Mr.
Truman has had a photo copy of
this made and he has signed it.
It is this, the only signed copy,
which will be displayed at the
Fair.
This document along with a

Torah, presented to the then presi-
dent by the late first President of
Israel, Chaim Weitzman, will be

unveiled on May 14, marking the
17th anniversary of U.S. recogni-
tion. The Torah was a gift of

Israel, presented in 1949, and it
is contained in a magnificent silver
case.
Mr. Truman authorized the loan
after Nathan Straus, III, chairman
of the Pavilion's advisory board,
and Bechariahu Sitchin, president
of the Pavilion, visited him in
Independence, Mo.

JERUSALEM ( J T A ) — Prime
Minister Levi Eshkol, who return-
ed home Sunday from an absence
of almost two weeks, during which
he conferred with Britain's Prime
Minister Harold Wilson and other
leaders of the London government,
told the Israeli Cabinet here that
his visit to Britain "achieved its
purpose, strengthened the ties of
friendship and deepened under-
standing between the two coun-
tries."
Eshkol told newsmen at the air-
port, when he arrived after a short
vacation in France, that his talks
with the British leaders proved the
"identity of views between the
two governments on various mat-
ters." The London meetings, he de-
clared,, were "good." The talks, he
said, covered worldwide problems
as well as regional, Israeli and
British probems. Actually, he said,
his own predictions regarding his
trip to Britain, voiced when he left
for London, "came true."
The Premier, however, refused to
comment on the reports from Lon-
don which quoted Wilson as say-
ing that Britain opposes Israel's
use of force in connection with the
Arab plans to divert the head-
waters of the Jordan River.
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Backing Urged for Bill on Jews in U.S. Employ

NEW YORK (JTA)—All Ameri-
cans were urged by Agudath Israel
of America, national Orthodox or-
ganization, to rally to the support
of a bill introduced in Congress to
enable Sabbath observers to work
for the federal government with-
out prejudice to their employment
by reason of their religious faith.
The legislation was introduced
last week by Rep. Jonathan Bing-
ham, New York Democrat. Rabbi
Morris Sher e r , executive vice
president of Agudath Israel, de-
clared the bill "will enable the

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Sabbath observer in government
employ to fulfill his religious be-
liefs as a matter or right and not
on sufferance."

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DeCaulle, Wilson Vow
Close Contact on M. E.

LONDON (JTA)—A joint Anglo-
French communique issued here
and in Paris pledged the two coun-
tries to remain in close contact on
problems concerning Africa and
the Middle East.
The communique, which came as
a result of the Paris talks between
Prime Minister Harold Wilson and
President de Gaulle, stated that the
two nations would consider these
problems in the light of their com-
mon desire to contribute to the
stability and economic develop-
ment of the regions, with full re-
spect for the independence and in-
tegrity of the countries concerned.
Dispatches from Cairo reported
the belief that the "Palestine Ques-
tion" was one of the subjects dis-
cussed at the meeting between
Chinese Premier Chou En Lai and
Egyptian President Gamma! Abdel
Nassar. During his Cairo visit,
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Victim's Brother Reports
Over 500 Jewish Soldiers
Killed in Katyn Massacre

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GENEVA — Between 500 and
1,000 Jewish officers and troops
were among the victims of the
Katyn Forest massacre in Poland
25 years ago, Dr. Samuel Scheps
of Geneva, a brother of one of
the victims, declared here Wednes-
day. A total of 5,000 Poles were
murdered in Katyn, near Smo-
lensk.
Dr. Scheps, who was in constant
correspondence with his brother
and other Jewish prisoners of war
in the Kozielesk Concentration
Camp near Minsk, has published a
book in Paris dedicated to "Joseph
Scheps, a physician and officer of
the Polish army, murdered with
thousands of other Polish officers
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