$30,150,000 Israel Bond Purchases Honor 80th Birthday of Ben-Gurion MIAMI—David Ben-Gurion, was hailed by 3,000 Jewish leaders from the United States and Cana- da, who filled the grand ballroom of the Fontainbleau Hotel to over- flowing at a celebration of his 80th birthday. In honor of the illustrious founder of the State of Israel the dinner guests at the closing session of the three-day International Inaugural Conference of Israel Bonds each purchased $1,000 or more in Israel Bonds. In Miami and in scores of communities throughout North America local Bond-selling drives were geared to the Ben-Gurion birthday in the first phase of the 1967 campaign for Israel Bonds, resulting in a total initial sale of S30,150,000. This was described by Samuel Rothberg, national cam- paign chairman, as the largest amount ever realized at any inau- gural conference in the 16-year history of the Israel Bond Organi- zation. The goal for this year is $115,000,000. The overflow audience was deeply moved as Dr. Joseph J. Schwartz, vice president of the Israel Bond Organization, hailed Ben-Gurion as "the man who erased the word 'homelessness' from the vocabulary of Jewish experience." Ben-Gurion called on American Jews to preserve their Jewishness through wider study of the Bible and to advance Israel's economic growth through increased invest- ment in Israel Bonds for the ex- pansion of its industry and export trade. He stressed the importance of the settlement and development of the Negev. The white-haired octogenarian father of the Israel Bond program, declared that the "Negev must not remain a desert." Israel will not achieve its fullest potential of eco- nomic growth unless the Negev is made a center of new industry, he said. Former President Truman sent a congratulatory message to the dinner in which he said that Ben- Gurion's "historic role in leading and guiding the gallant people of Israel to their independence and security will live in the memories of generations to come." He ex- pressed the hope that "the estab- lishment of the Center for the Ad- vancement of Peace in the city of Jerusalem will help to direct mankind to the ways of peace and free the world from the hor- rors of war." In Philadelphia, a speech at the inaugural dinner of the Federation of Jewish Agencies 1967 Allied Jewish Appeal climaxed Ben-Gur- ion's visit to Philadelphia. The appeal dinner raised $2,876,580, the second largest amount raised in 20 years. Earlier in the day, Ben-Gurion took time out from his busy schedule to lay a wreath at the Monument to the 6,000,000 Jewish Martyrs on Benjamin Franklin Parkway as a huge crowd looked on. Later he was tendered a recep- tion by the city of Philadelphia in the mayor's reception room to which leaders of the Jewish com- munity and members of the city council were invited. At the appeal meeting, he spoke of Israel's position in the world and referred particularly to Red China as "a threat." He indicated that it was regrettable because China "is a great nation with high culture." He deplored the fact that China was an enemy of Israel. "Of course," he said, "it is obviously because of China's desire to win over the Arab states . . ." This, he said, is not only a political danger 5 6 40,,,•66 7 but a military one since there is always the possibility that China might give the atomic bomb to the Arabs. During Ben-Gurion's address, a small group of Arabs picketed the Warwick Hotel, carrying anti-Israel placards. The picketing lasted one hour and attracted no attention. Pledges made in response to the former Prime Minister's plea for maximum support of UJA's immi- grant absorption programs in Is- rael were called the most impres- sive in a decade by Philadelphia leaders. Effective absorption, es- pecially through improvement of social and economic conditions and expansion of educational oppor- tunities in development towns, is the key to the future, Ben-Gurion asserted. He called on American Jews throughout the country, in mak- ing their 1967 UJA gifts, to match the spirit and level of giv- ing for education which he had encountered in New York and Miami where close to $1,000,000 was pledged to the UJA's Israel Education Fund for construction of a high school and for teacher training scholarships in Sde Boker. (In New York, it was announced at a dinner tendered in his honor by the Israel Education Fund of the United Jewish Appeal that the fund will build a high school at the regional educational center in the Negev founded by Ben-Gurion. (The planned high school will provide a continuing regional stu- dent base for the Negev institu- tions of special study and higher education, which include a teacher's seminary, an archaeological survey unit, a school of Negev field studies, a museum devoted to flora and fauna and a library. It will be a dormitory school, housing children from towns, villages and settlements scattered over the en- tire region. most of them from immigrant families originating in the Moslem countries of North Africa and Asia. (Earlier in the day, Ben-Gurion was honored at a reception on the occasion of the appearance here of "Days of David Ben-Gurion," a 160- page pictorial biography published by Grossman Publishers, Inc.) Ben-Gurion was presented with a replica of the Liberty Bell by Philadelphia Mayor James Tate, who said that the inscrip- tion on the bell "Proclaim Liber- ty throughout the land to all the inhabitants thereof" came from the Book of Leviticus in the Bible. He said the bell was a symbol of the friendship of the people of Philadelphia for the people of Israel and expressed the hope that Israel would be able to live in peace with its Arab neighbors. In an address in Hebrew at Gratz College Sunday night, Ben- Gurion linked past and future by pointing to the great achievements of Jewish history, based on unity and moral strength, as a model for Israel's efforts in the coming de- cades. "Israel needs diaspora and diaspora needs Israel," he said. "If only 5 per cent of idealistic Ameri- can Jewish youth would come, it would be tremendous encourage- ment to others. This is a question of life and death for the future of Jews in Israel and America." Ben-Gurion refused firmly to deviate from the pledge he made prior to leaving Israel to avoid any discussion about Israel's present government or policies. In Miami, he appeared on a coast-to-coast National Broadcasting Co. televi- sion program, "Meet the Press." Lawrence Spivak, who conducts that program, tried in a half-dozen different ways to get Ben-Gurion to discuss "Israel today." But Is- rael's eldest statesman refused even to tell the reasons why he would not enter into such a discus- sion. Three local newspapermen who made up the panel of questioners on the program met the same fate when they attempted to involve Ben-Gurion in answering questions concerning Israel's current econo- mic or internal political situation. Ben-Gurion discussed other mat- ters, however. He said he believes the world has nothing to fear from signs of a resurgence of Nazism in Germany. Election gains by neo- Nazi elements there are no cause for concern, he said, adding "Ger- many cannot again succeed" as a Nazi party. He admitted that Israel is be- ginning to feel the effects of emi- gration but said that if Russia were to open her doors and allow the Jews to leave, it would provide a source of new immigrants. The loss of skilled Israelis is "most severe in the Negev," he said. A full day in Chicago devoted to Bible study is on Ben-Gurion's schedule Sunday. The founding conference of the American section of the World Jewish Bible Society Foundation will be held at the Palmer House. A large delegation of Detroiters will meet with Ben-Gurion in Chi- cago Sunday at a national leader- ship luncheon of the American Technion Society, at the Palmer House. THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 12—Friday, March 10, 1967 Anti-Semitism Inquiry to Start in Los Angeles LOS ANGELES (JTA) — A Los Angeles City Council inquiry into the extent of anti-Semitic activity in the predominantly Jewish Fair- fax neighborhood will begin here March 22. The council's police, fire and civil defense committee asked for * the investigation after testimony by witnesses to an egg-throwing and swastika-painting demonstra- tion staged in the Fairfax area last Nov: 22 by members of the Misfits of New York, a gang of Nazi-uni- formed motorcyclists. The Pico Democratic Club also demanded a probe. Four members of the "Misfits" California Survey Shows were arrested after the near-riot Country Club Prejudice and served 82-day jail terms. For- LOS ANGELES (JTA) — A mer Police Chief Thad Brown has charge that "virtually every private denied that the incident was part country and city club" in Southern of any anti-Semitic "conspiracy." California bars membership to per- sons on religious or racial grounds For Some was made by Bruce I. Nochman, regional executive commit t e e of the chairman of the Antl-Defamation best buys League of Bnai Brith. on new Nochman made that charge after reporting that a survey has shown Pontiacs that 2,6 country and city clubs and have a quota system for the ad- Tempests mission of Jews to membership. Of the total of 59 clubs examined in ASK the survey, he said, 27 reported that they have no religious bars FOR regarding membership. SAUL BERGH KARATE CLASSES Black Belt Instructor Tues. and Thurs., 7:30.9:30 p.m. Sunday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Self Defense and Exercise for All Ages AT Packer Pontiac 18650 LIVERNOIS 25020 TELEGRAPH at 10 MILE 356-3019 1 block South of 7 UN 3-9300 P.G.A.S.P. (Adas Shalom Young Adults) Announces A Gala Pre- PURIM DANCE MUSIC. BY THE MARTIN DAVID ORCHESTRA SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1967 AT 8:30 P.M. ADAS SHALOM SYNAGOGUE Social Hall Door Prizes Refreshments Admission $1.00 — Members $2.00 — Non-Members Stag or Drag For Information Sid Pearlstein. 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