A Significant Work: 'Thoreau -A Man for Our Time'
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This Thoreau stamp will be
issued in Concord, Mass., on
July 12, on the 50th anniversary
of the birth of the eminent
essayist.
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in preparation for the observ-
ance of the 150th anniversary of
the birth of the distinguished 19th
century essayist, Henry David
Thoreau. many articles are being
published, books are scheduled and
a special stamp will be issued on
the date of his birthday, July 12, in
Concord.
A noteworthy book for younger
readers has just been issued by
Viking Junior Books. Selections
from Thoreau's works and drawings
by James Daugherty, in a Viking
hook entitled "Henry David Thor-
eau—A Man For Our Time," in-
troduces the rebel essayist in the
many aspects of his life, the quoted
essays portraying the idealist-writ-
er who fought against slavery, who
was a strict adherent to the strict-
est codes of justice, who loved the
outdoor life, the animals. nature.
Daugherty, who gained fame
as a painter, has drawn illus-
trations for this most charming
work that attest to his skill. And
his ability as a writer is mani-
fested in the valuable introduc-
tion that provides the young
reader with an excellent under-
standing of the rebel essayist
who must today be regarded
among the truly great in the his-
tory of American literature.
There is reference in the Daugh-
erty story to an interesting incident
in the life of Thoreau, Daugherty
writes:
"Though Thoreau was not a
party Abolitionist, he denounced
the State of Massachusetts for ob-
ligingly returning runaway slaves
to their Southern owners and off-
ered comfort and help to exhausted
slaves who came to his door on
their way to freedom in Canada.
"One day, while he was living at
Walden Pond, Thoreau went to town
to have a shoe repaired and was
arrested for not paying his annual
poll tax of S1.50. In fact, he had
not paid it for four years, as a
protest against slavery. Although
'a veiled lady' paid the tax for
him, he chose to spend the night in
the town jail. He wrote in his essay
on 'Civil Disobedience': 'Under a
government which imprisons any
; unjustly, the true place for a just
man is also a prison.' "
In the more than 60 selections
collected by Daugherty for Thoreau
as "A Man for Our Time" are
included truly philosophical evalu-
ations of life, serving as guides for
our time, as implied in the title of
the book. Genius, Chastity, Busi-
ness, Government, Laughter, Soli-
, tude and a score of other titles pro-
vide fascinating reading for the
teenagers—and their elders will do
well to read these selections. They
comprise a work of charm and in-
' spiration.
Is There an Israel Vietnam Policy?
By CARL ALPERT
HAIFA — Does Israel have a ,
clear-cut policy on the Vietnam '
situation? One who seeks expres-
sion of such national policy will
be disappointed. A diligent search
of official Government pronounce-
ments, as well as editorial stands
of the various newspapers fails to
reveal anything resembling a clear
and unequivocal attitude.
To be sure, everyone who speaks
or writes on the subject comes out
squarely in favor of peace. But
that is not a policy, in the sense
of a firm opinion with respect to
Canada Veterans Ask
the justification of America's in-
Govt. Bar Hate
volvement in Vietnam.
During a radio panel discussion
TORONTO (JTA)—The district
council of the Royal Canadian Le- in Jerusalem not long ago an ob-
gion (equivalent to the American viously committed member of the
Legion in the United States) adopt- studio audience asked a direct
ed a resolution calling on the fed- question: "Why doesn't Israel
eral government to bar the dissem- speak out against the atrocities in
illation of "scurrildus and treason- Vietnam?" To this an adroit mem-
ous utterances and publications." her of the panel replied: "Which
The council, representing 12,000 atrocities, those of the Vietcong
members in 72 branches, acted or those of the United States?"
after receiving word that National The answer neatly summed up the
Socialist pamphlets were being cir- general . reaction here.
culled in London, Ont., where the
The editorial stand of the more
municipality's city council had than twenty daily newspapers runs
failed to pass a proposed ordinance the expected gamut of their res-
banning hate literature. The Lon- pective political affiliations. The
don City Council argued that it paper which fulminates frequent-
had no authority to adopt such leg- ly about "the filthy war of the
islation unle6.s the distribution was American imperialists against the
performed for business purposes.
Vietnamese people" is of course
Kol Ha-Am, the Communist organ.
The
London situation has
aroused concern here because
Also on the extreme left, the
Nazi leaflets have been distrib-
Mapam paper, Al Hamishmar holds
uted there a number of times in
the American authorities respon-
the last few weeks by John Beat-
sible for postponing peace because
tie, the national leader of the
of the bombing of North Vietnam-
Canadian National Socialists, and
ese civilians.
a local man, Martin Weiche, a
The country's most influential
German-born, naturalized citizen
and most respected paper, the po-
of Canada. Word was received
litically independent Haaretz, has
here from Ottawa, Canada's cap- called upon Hanoi to give some
ital, to the effect that federal indication of its willingness to corn-
authorities find themselves pow- promise, as the U.S. was prepared
erless to act against hate mate- to hold off the bombings of Hanoi,
rial distributors. and was disappointed that there
Distribution of the Nazi pam- was not even a token gesture in
phlets was continued in London return. Beyond that, Haaretz re-
al the very time the city council tains 'an impartial objectivity.
there was discussing the possibility
The widely circulated afternoon
of passing an ordinance forbidding paper, Maariv, feels that the bomb-
such activity.
ings escalate the conflict. Many ,
At the same time, eight swan- other papers are unwilling to coin-
tikas and the word "Jew" were mit themselves.
When Israel finds itself - involv-
found smeared. on a local Moslem
niosque. The small Moslem house ed in aspects of the problem, the
of worship has members who are opinions are more outspoken.
Albanian. Turkish, lraqui and Per- Prime Minister Levy Eshkol view-
sian, but has no links with Arab ed with gravity reports in the
natiOnalism or anti-Israel agita- press that a Vietcong delegation
tion.
had come to the Arab world to
train guerilla gangs of Shukeiry's
Israel's Development
Palestine army.
The right wing Hayom sees in
israel's development budget for
the coming year will be 29 percent this a threat to Israel's security.
higher than for the past year, even Hatzofeh, mouthpiece of the Na-
though other budgetary items are tional Religious Party, uses the
news to beat Israel's leftists over
bein4 kept at the same level. The
Israel Bond drive. whose proceeds the head. Israel's radicals sympa-
thize with North Vietnam, the
go into the Development Budget, is
see'rsin4 to raise $115 million this paper says. and the latter helps
.ear. representing approximately make war against us. Why does the
the same percentage of increase
. Vietcong seek to turn terrorism
er the • S90.9.. million . in. Israel against distant -Israel as . it does
,`against South Vietnam?
Bonds* sold last year.
Kol Ha-Am retorts hotly: There
is no truth to the news. It's Ameri-
can propaganda. The Democratic
Government of Vietnam has given
neither help nor recognition to
Shukeiry. The report is just a
ruse to help prepare Israel public
opinion for recognition of the Sai-
gon Government.
Davar, which generally reflects
official policy, is mum.
Foreign Minister Abba Eban has
made Several statements on Viet-
nam. They are eloquent, moving
and objective appeals for peace—
as soon as possible. When he
speaks of Israel's distress at the
"continuing massive destruction
and tribulations which the Viet-
namese are enduring" he sounds
like the radio panel speaker. And
he perhaps echoed everybody's
view when he said not long ago:
"It is hard to avoid the impres-
sion that several appropriate mo-
ments for the opening of nego-
tiations in the past were allowed
to go by."
Most recently a medical officer
in the Israel army proclaimed his
willingness to head a medical dele-
gation to minister to the sick and
wounded in Vietnam. Public con-
census was that though he made
no reference to either side, such a
mission could be misinterpreted.
In any event, the Army said he
had no authority to make such an
offer.
Dr. Silver's Works
Will Be Published
in Four Volumes
The late Rabbi Abha Hillel Sil-
ver. the respected scholar, world-
renowned spiritual leader, who was
a major force in the Zionist move-
ment. left an intellectual and spir-
itual legacy preserved in "There-
fore Choose Life," a collection of
his sermons, public speeches, and
writings. This first in a series of
four proposed volumes of Dr. Sil-
ver's oral and written works will
be issued May 20 by World Pub-
lishing Company. The series is
under the general editorship of
Herbert Weiner. rabbi of Temple
Israel of the Oranges and Maple-
wood, N.J.
The full scope of Dr. Silver's
words will be published in three
subsequent volumes over the next
few years. Rabbi Silver's gift for
illuminating Biblical themes and
characters will be the focus of the
next book in the series. 'A collec-
tion of addresses delivered on the
high moments of the religious and
civic calendar will follow, A final
volume will present his statements
and addresses as spokesman and
leader in the - broader community
—as citizen, statesman and Zionist
16—Friday, May 12, 1967
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Senate Banking Committee Urged
to Hold Hearing on Boycott Pressure
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Chair-
man John Sparkman of the Senate
Committee on Banking and Cur-
rency was urged Sunday by Sena-
tors Jacob K. Javits (R.-N.Y.) and
Harrison A. Williams, Jr. (D.-N.J.),
to hold hearings on the effective-
ness of the present anti-boycott law
because of the desire of many
American business interests to
testify against the continuation of
Arab boycott tactics. The commit-
tee was asked to consider steps to
deal more effectively with the boy-
cott.
The Senators sent the committee
chairman a partial list of prospec-
tive witnesses who desire to sub-
mit testimony to the Senate on
current Arab intrusions into
American commercial freedom.
The list included the Cali-
fornia Chamber of International
Trade and Zenith Radio. Sen.
Javits and Sen. Williams said
that in addition to witnesses from
the U.S. business community, the
Department of Commerce would
supply "such information as the
committee might desire."
The two Senators, co-sponsors of
anti-boycott legislation that was
watered down by Administration
pressures, on Feb. 1 introduced a
Senate resolution to authorize a
study by the Senate committee
into the effectiveness of the pres-
ent law.
Since that time, the Senators
found "a great deal of interest has
been expressed in the study" and
a large number of firms and in-
dividuals have indicated desire to
provide testimony and new facts
for the committee's consideration.
Sen. Sparkman (D.-Ala.) was re-
quested to undertake "a study of
the effectiveness of present law in
protecting United States trade and
business practices or boycotts fos-
tered or imposed by foreign coun-
tries friendly to the United States
(such as Israel) and shall make
such recommendations as it may
deem necessary to protect U.S.
business and trade against the ad-
verse effects of such boycotts or
restrictive trade practices."
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