10—Friday, September 30, 1966
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Israel Bids B-G a Happy Birthday; So Does Mapai
4 Co-Sponsoring Groups Plan
Levenson Lecture for Oct. 13
An invitation is being extended
to the entire community to attend
the lecture to be given at Rackham
Auditorium 8:30 p.m., Oct. 13, by
Sam Levenson, noted humorist,
educator and author.
Co-sponsored by the Zionist Or-
ganization of Detroit, Wayne State
University's Professor John M.
Dorsey, Hadassah and the
METTIE BARON GOLUB
TEL AVIV (JTA)—The nation-
wide celebrations observing the
80th birthday of David Ben-Gurion,
which occurs this year on Saturday,
were formally inaugurated Mon-
day when the greetings of the Is-
raeli government were presented
to the former premier by Interior
Minister Moshe Shapiro and Police
Minister Behor Shitreet,1 who jour-
neyed to Sde Boker, Ben-Gurion's
Negev retreat, for the event.
The cabinet members presented
Ben-Gurion with a scroll On which
was inscribed the proclamation of
the cabinet marking the occasion.
The proclamation declared:
"The Israel government notes
with appreciation the historic
services to Israel's resurgence,
its security, well-being and in-
gathering of exiles rendered by
David Ben-Gurion."
The former premier thanked the
visiting ministers, and the three
Mass Grave of Nazi Victims Found
at Latvian Excavation Site — Tass
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
LONDON — A mass grave, con-
taining the skulls and bones of
men, women and children shot by
the Nazis during the Second World
War in the Latvian town of Dau-
gavpils, 120 miles east of Riga,
was accidentally discovered by
DR. JOHN M. DORSEY
excavators while digging in a
J. L. Hudson Co., the lecture is moat of a fortress in the town,
open to all and admission is free. Tass, Soviet news agency, reported
There will be no solicitations. After Wednesday in Moscow.
the lecture, Levenson will auto-
(Following the usual practice
graph his newest book, "Every- of the Soviet press agency, the
thing But Money," which was re- report failed to mention the fact
viewed in The Jewish News on that the victims were Jews.)
Sept. 16.
The report said that the fore-
Carmi M. Slomovitz, president
of the ZOD; Mrs. Jack W. Perl-
man, president of Hadassah, -Dr.
Dorsey, and Mettie Baron Golub
of the J. L. Hudson Co. book de-
partment, will speak briefly pre-
ceding the Levenson lecture.
ZOD Announces
Local Delegation
to NY Conclave
Curbs on Statements
by Israel Army VIPs
Ordered by Eshkol
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM — Premier Levi
Eshkol has issued an order in his
capacity as defense minister for-
bidding senior army commanders
from making public statements of
a political military nature.
The order reportedly was issued
after adverse comments provoked
by recent statements of a number
of generals, including Chief of
Staff Yitzhak Rabin. dealing with
the Syrian situation.
The statements evoked protests
from the Mapam Party, a member
of Premier Eshkol's coalition, and
other political groups, and from
most Israeli newspapers.
The order, which was issued
several days ago. was seen in
political circles as a continuation
of a policy followed by David Ben-
Gurion and Pinhas Lavon when
they served as defense ministers.
The order means that senior army
officers will have to present pro-
posed speeches and interviews, be-
fore they are released, to the
army spokesman or other com-
petent authorities for review.
Anti-Semitic Activity
Exposed by Italian Aide
(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)
ROME—Interior Minister Paolo
Emilio Taviani charged Wednes-
day that terrorists operating from
across the Austrian border in the
Italian province of South Tyrol
were linked with notorious, Aus-
trian anti-Semites and neo-Nazi
groups.
Speaking in the Senate, Taviani
disclosed a long list of names of
persons and organizations whose
relations with the terrorists had
been established by the Italian
authorities. Among them are such
known anti-Semites as Kuno Scher-
iff, the notorious desecrator of
the Vienna Jewish cemetery, as
well as the European Social MoVe-
ment.
Problems facing the world Zion-
ist movement, the international sit-
uation in relation to Israel and
the Middle East, aliya (settlement
in Israel) and youth, will be among
the major items to be discussed
and acted upon at the 69th annual
convention of the Zionist Organiza-
tion of America, Oct. 20 through
Oct. 23, at the Statler Hilton Hotel
in New York. More than 1,200 dele-
gates from all parts of the country
representing a national member-
ship of 100,000 will attend the four-
day sessions.
The Detroit delegation will in-
clude Mr. and Mrs. Carmi M.
Slomovitz, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Lewis,
Norma Hudosh, Dr. and Mrs. Alex
S. Friedlaender, Mr. and Mrs. Reu_
ben Young and Mr. and Mrs. Phil-
ip Slomovitz.
Devoted to the over-all theme
"ZOA—A Bridge to a Greater To-
morrow" the proceedings will high-
light addresses by world Zionist
and Israeli leaders and prominent
figures in all walks of American
life.
According to the tentative agen-
da made public by Joseph W.
Greenleaf of Scarsdale, N.Y., na-
tional chairman of the convention
committee, the opening session will
feature as principal speakers Moshe
Kol, Israel Minister of Develop-
ment and Tourism, who will extend
greetings in behalf of the World
Union of General Zionists, and
Governor Nelson A. Rockefeller
of New York.
Jacques Torczyner, president of
the Zionist Organization of Amer-
ica, will deliver the presidential
address and Rabbi Irving Miller,
former president of the ZOA, will
preside.
Dr. Nahum Goldmann, presi-
dent of the World Zionist Organ-
ization, will be the principal
speaker at the session Oct. 22
devoted to World Zionist issues.
This session will be presided
over by Dr. Emanuel Neumann,
member of the American sec-
tion of the Jewish Agency.
"What Does Zionism Mean to
the Young American Jew?" will be
the subject of a symposium at the
Friday evening Oneg Shabat ses-
sion, with young intellectuals and
professionals as participants.
heads of the skulls of the children
were pierced by bullets. Also
found in a bottle in the grave
was a well-preserved note on
which was written "Abe Tevis-
Zelikson, age 16, died 7/11/41."
The fortress had been used as
a concentration camp during the
German occupation of Latvia.
The Tass report noted that a
commission investigating Nazi
crimes in Daugavpils immediately
after the liberation of the town
in 1944, established that about
30,000 people, mainly women, chil-
dren and old men, were shot in
the summer of 1943 in a forest
several miles from the fort, but
nothing was known before about
executions in the fort itself.
Israel Economic Crisis
Termed Psychological
TEL AVIV (ZINS) — The crisis
in Israel' is more psychological at
present than economic. This is the
view of economic experts who
point out that unemployment has
not yet hit the more established
communities in the city and on the
farms. It is true that an under-
current of uneasiness is to be
sensed here too, but this sterns
more from a fear of future unem-
ployment than from any present
condition. However, it is to be
admitted that there is a founda-
tion for this lack of confidence.
then retired to Ben-Gurion's home
for an hour-long talk.
Today, President Zalman Shazar
will bring the greetings of the na-
tion to Ben-Gurion at Sde Boker,
where he will arrive by helicopter
accompanied by two prominent Is-
raeli writers, S. Y. Agnon and
Haim Hazaz.
Six mass meetings will be held
to mark Ben-Gurion's birthday —
one each in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv,
Haifa, Ramat Gan, Sde Boker and
at an other agricultural settlement.
The former premier will later visit
the United States, England and
France, where celebrations will be
held under the auspices of specially
formed committees.
Leaders of Premier Levi Esh-
kol's Mapai Party attended
Wednesday a meeting of the
party's central committee to hon-
or Ben-Gurion.
Ben-Gurion was not present. The
absence of the guest of honor, who
split last year with his long-time
party colleagues, was commented
on by Mrs. Golda Meir, who served
in many Ben-Gurion cabinets. She
said the situation was "illogical"
and hard to understand.
She and other speakers ex-
pressed the hope that some "mir-
acle" would occur and that Ben-
Gurion would "find his way back"
to Mapai and let "bygones be by-
gones."
However, a veteran party lead-
er, Shaul Avigur, put the matter
in another perspective. He said
that "we all esteem Ben-Gurion,
and no one can forget what he did
for Israel and for its security. But
his way now is no longer our way."
He and Mrs. Meir hailed their
absent comrade's leadership in the
creation of Israel and in serving
it and wished him many more
years.
At the same time, the public
committee organizing celebrations
of the birthday, headed by Presi-
dent Zalman Shazar as honorary
chairman, announced it would issue
bronze, silver and gold medals in
connection with the celebrations.
The David Ben-Gurion medals are
being issued in two types, each in
bronze and silver.
In New York, Dr. Emanuel
Neumann, president of the World
Union of General Zionists, cabled
greetings Wednesday to Ben-
Gurion.
Dr. Neumann declared "All Zion-
ists the world over, regardless of
party and shades of opinion, join
the government and people of Is-
rael in tribute to your manifold
historic achievements which have
inscribed your name imperishably
among our immortals. God grant
you continued health. vigor and
fruitful achievements for many
years to come."
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