Poll Reactions
on Israelis'
Reprisal Raid
By ELIAIIU SALPETER
Chief JTA Correspondent in Israel
(Copyright, 1966, JTA, Inc.)
JERUSALEM — Two days after
Israel's mid-November raid on
the Jordanian village of Samua,
which served as one of the main
bases of murderous terrorist at-
tacks against Israeli military and
civilian vehicles, Haaretz, Israel's
largest morning paper, conducted
a random public opinion poll by
telephone. The poll showed that 56
percent of those questioned ex-
pressed full support of the Israel
action. Only 4.6 percent were defi-
nitely against it. Almost 30 percent
favored action but thought it
should have been directed against
Syria, which instigates and directs
those attacks. Over 11 percent de-
clined to answer, saying they had
not made up their minds.
Two weeks later, after the UN
Security Coimcil condemned Is-
rael's raid. Haaretz repeated the
poll—and got startlingly different
results. Those unconditionally in
favor dropped to about 26 percent,
while those opposed rose to over
11 percent: those conditionally in
favor dropped to 14 percent, while
those who this time preferred not
to express an opinion rose to al-
most half of the total questioned.
The censure by the Security
Council, however, had less to do
Israel's Budget to Show
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
if Austerity Is Working
An Anti-Nazi Children's Author
Produces Delightful Work
(Direct JTA Telegraph Wire
to The Jewish News)
JERUSALEM--- Treasury sources
said here Tuesday that the draft
budget for the fiscal year starting
April 1967 will probably provide
indications as to the progress of
the country's current austerity pro-
gram.
The budget will be submitted to
parliament Tuesday by Finance
Minister Pinhas Sapir.
There is special merit to "The ner, his antiques and tricks make
Little Man," the story for young him a delight in every act .
readers about a miniature circus
So numerous are the adventures
hero, by Erich Kaestner, with pic- of Maxie, so manifold the circus
tures by Rick Schreiter, published acts, so intriguing the tricks, that
by Knopf.
"The Little Man" emerges as a
In the .first place, there is the big entertainer and the stories
story itself—about two-inch tall about him become immensely fas-
Maxie Pichelsteiner and his cir- cinating.
cus exploits.
1 Of the many valuable new chil-
Then there are the interesting dren's books issued for the gift-
facts about the author, Eric Kaest- giving period by Knopf, The Lit-
ner, whose "The Little Man" was tle Man" is among the most im-
translated from the German b Pressive and best suited And the
James Kirkup, was born in Ger- ' young readers who possess it will
many in 1899, has the distinction ' cherish it and will return to por-
of -having had his books banned tions of the book for repeated
and burned on Hitler's orders. He reading. The chapters are short,
declared himself a pacifist, was each is an episode in itself, and
considered anti-Nazi and was ar- the delights thus provided are un-
rested in 1934 and 1937. He over- ending.
came the hardships he suffered
Puerto-Rico Girl-Boy Team
and continued to write.
From Knopf comes another de-
"The Little Man" is one of lightful children's book— "Maria
his gayest books. The story is and Ramon—A Girl and Boy of
filled with so much charm, it has Puerto Rico," text and photos by
such a delightful plot, that the G. Warren Schloat, Jr.
young readers will value the
The splendid photographs illus-
book as a real source of enter- trate the story of the boy-girl
tainment.
team's life in Puerto Rico. Taking
Not only is Maxie Pichelsteiner the young readers to the American
almost invisible—he is announced territory which is becoming such
in the circus as "The Biggest-Lit- a great attraction as a vacation
tlest Artist in the Circus Fir- spot, the author offers a story with
mament, With HoKus Von PoKus, educational merit. It is informa-
Prof. and Past Master of Applied tive, well writen, wholesome, and
Magic"—but the fantastic acts in leads to proper understanding of
which he is the hero, his roles in- people who are our fellow-Ameri-
vented for him by author Kaest- cans.
The budget, which serves as
an over-all blueprint of Israel's
economy, is meant to be the first
indication of the nation's re-
cuperation from the present
economic slowdown, the sources
said.
It will contain forecasts of pro-
gress toward defined economic
targets, they added.
The goals of the austerity pro-
gram include a shift of produc-
tion toward export industries,
greater worker productivity, stable
wages and prices and cuts in
domestic consumption.
Shazar to Visit Expo
JERUSALEM (JTA) — Presi-
dent Zalman Shazar will represent
Israel at the Canadian celebration
of the 100th anniversary of the
founding of the Canadian Federa-
tion, next May, it was announced
here. It was learned also that
President Shazar will participate
in the Israel Day observance at
the Expo '67 fair at Montreal at
the end of April.
with the drastic change of Israel
public opinion than the concern
over the fate of King Hussein.
There were some editorials in
the Israel press which belatedly
what's
came out with the theory that
the attack on Samua might have
actually saved Hussein. Their
argument was that those work-
ing to topple Hussein jumped on
the opportunity of the Israel
attack and initiated the rioting
before they were really ready to
move against the King effective.
ly. Thus they showed their hand
too early and therefore Hussein
could act against them in the
nick of time.
When E'hkol succeeded Ben-
Gurion, the public hoped for a
lessening in Moscow's unfriendly
attitude toward Israel. After some
promising beginnings, Moscow
again began slamming the doors
which had been quietly and cau-
tiously orwried an inch or two. As
former Minister of Finance. Esh-
kol was also widely expected to
bring economic know-how to the
Premiership. something Ben-1
Gurion never claimed to possess
or have great interest in. How-
ever, after the (artificial, as it
turned out) boom of 1965 and the
first half of 1966, Israel is now
facing a recession and a growth
of unemployment. Unavoidable as
this may be, from the objective
point of view, the public lays the
blame at Eshkol's policy of "eco-
nomic restraints" originally aimed
at putting Israel's economy on a
healthier basis.
What remained untouched was
the belief in Eshkol's ability to
handle Israel's Arab relations
without recourse to the methods
of reprisal attacks (and conse-
quent exacerbation of relations
also with friendly Western powers)
associated with Ben-Gurion's tough
line. What happened at Samua and
after seems seriously to have dam-
aged this belief.
Israel Envoy in Vienna
Cites Rescuer of Jews
VIENNA (JTA) — The estab-
lishment of a Robert Stolz Wood
in Israel in honor of the famous
Austrian composer was an-
nounced here in ceremonies in
which Stolz was presented with a
citation marking the occasion by
Israel Ambassador Michael Simon.
The citation noted that Stolz,
who is not Jewish, helped many
of his Jewish friends save their
lives during the Nazi regime in
Austria. Stolz, who visited Israel
after the war, composed a song
entitled "Toward the Sun, , To-
ward Israel."
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TEL AVIV (JTA)—Israel's 28,-
000 university students called off
an 11-day strike against higher
tuition fees Dec. 8 and planned to
return to classes Sunday after the
llanuka vacation.
A student committee adopted the
decision to end the strike by a vote
of 14 to 12 with four abstentions
after the students became con-
vinced they would gain nothing by
their walkout. The leader of the
student organization resigned after
the vote.
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