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Jewish Self-Hat e Revealed
A Review by
Paul Masserman
"Other People's Money," Jerome
Weidman's latest novel, covers the
period from before the First World
War through the end of World War
II and is a portrait of New York
in the first half of the Twentieth
Century. It is the story of two men
—Philip Brandwine, a journalist
and the "hero" Victor Smith, who
becomes a precocious financial
genius. Philip is unscrupulous in
his inordinate ambition for fame
and recognition.
"Other People's Money" pub-
lished by Random House, is Weid-
man's 15th novel. Weidman, who
became famous with his best-
seller, "I Can Get It for You Whole-
sale" has spent thirty years in
what Hemingway called "the dif-
ficult trade of novel writing."
Weidman is proficient at his
craft and his latest work is absorb.
ing and brilliantly paced, with an
enormous gallery of characters ex-
cellently delineated and including
call girls and soldiers, secretaries
and school boys, maidservants and
businessmen, British propagandists
and stock market tipsters and also
the elite of the financial and social
world.
It begins with the death of Vic-
tor Smith's parents in the sinking
of the Lusitania and his adoption
by the wealthy Walter Welds of
the Weld Enterprises, which had
employed his father, a talented
chemist. Several years later, Philip
Brandwine, comes to live in the
Weld home on Stuyvesant Square
.
Hebrew Corner
Arkia Company
A few weeks ago I decided to visit
Eilat, the southern harbor town of
Israel, once again. But this time I did
not want to travel in a motorcar. It is
true Israel is not a large country, but
the Journey from Salad or Tiberias to
Eilat takes 12 hours. And even from Tel
Aviv the journey to Eilat takes six
hours.
I decided, accordingly, to fly in the
plane of the Arkia Company, and in
one hour and ten minutes I had
reached Ellat from Tel Aviv.
In the offices of the company I
found out that Arkia has a flight from
Tel Aviv to Rosh Pinah in Galilee also.
The number of passengers in Arkia
planes has risen from year to year.
In the month of April 1958 eight thou-
sand passengers flew on the Tel
Aviv-Eilat route, twice as many as in
the month of April 1957. And it should
happily be noted that Arkia has not
had a single accident in the 10 years of
its existence.
The Arkia Company has many plans
for the future, among which are a
flight route to Jerusalem and a heli-
copter service.
If one of the signs of a modern state
today is the development of all forms
of transport, there is no doubt that
Israel has registered (reached) import-
ant achievements in this field.
Translation of Itebrew column.
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Weidman Novel
in New York, after he is orphaned.
The Welds and the Brandwines are
partners in business. And both boys
grow up with Harriet Weld, the
girl around whom the drama of
their totally different ambitions is
to be played out. Philip, a bright
boy and natural born leader, wants
fame above everything and Victor
seeks wealth.
Mrs. Weld plays a crucial role
in Victor's life and turns him from
a career in literature to' one in
finance. The boys are sent to a
private school where they are
greatly influenced by Mr. Tetlow,
the schoolmaster who teaches Vic-
tor about truth. After Victor runs
away from the Weld home at 18,
to escape from Mrs. Weld's con-
trol, and manipulations, he meets
Imray Montargis, the courtly but
larcenous Hungarian who changes
the course of Victor's life. Then
there is Benjamin Bryan Beckwith,
the lecture agent and Nat Haley,
who becomes Victor's partner in
his financial deals.
Nine years after he had fled the
Weld home, Victor returns. Al-
though only 27, he is a wealthy
man, who owns 14,000 shares of
Weld stock. It is at this reunion
that Mrs. Weld confesses to him
that she foiled his efforts to gain
a Harvard scholarship and that
she had tried to make him enter
a school for business administra-
tion so that he could be trained to
take over Weld Enterprises. It is
his birthday and he and Mrs. Weld
drink a toast and then, as he cuts
the birthday cake, he admits to her
that his greatest wish is to find
and marry Harriet Weld. Victor
gets the surprise of his life when
Mrs. Weld blurts out: "I could
never allow my daughter to marry
a Jew."
Mrs. Weld goes on to relate that
she intentionally concealed his
Jewishness, so that he could be
brought up without the "handi-
cap" of his ancestry, although his
father's final instructions to Victor
had been "never to forget that
you're a Jew." Mrs. Weld tells
him: "I did you a service. You are
not a Jew. I have saved you from
that. You are not Victor Schmidt,
a member of a discriminated-
against minority. You're Victor
Smith, an American, with all the
advantages of being an American."
When Victor tells his partner,
"I've just discovered I am a Jew."
Haley says quietly, "Welcome to
just like you. The only difference.
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point is this, kid. Unless you're
going to be a rabbi or go into' the
business of baking matzos, a Jew
in this country is a member of the
minority group" and minority
groups, he explains, get a dirty
deal.
It is a far cry from the attitude
that prevailed against Jews just
20 years ago in contrast to what it
is today. The author is a master
at depicting Jewish self-hate and
it is this self-hate that leads to
tragedy.
"Other People's Money is reward-
reading and proves Ernest Hem-
ingway's praise of Weidman and
his statement that Weidman
"writes just a little bit better than
anybody else that's around."
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Permanent Secretariat Established at Economic
Advisory Conference in Israel; Fisher Attends
JERUSALEM (JTA) — A per rael, the conferees were assured
manent secretariat for the Inter- by Robert Nathan. an American
national Economic Advisory Con- economist now here as a consul-
ference to the Israel government,' tant to the government, that Is-
in which some 60 of the world's rael's government "must play a
leading Jewish financiers and in-; key role in the creation of a favor-
dustrialists participated here last able economic atmosphere."
week, was established Sunday. The
immediate task of the secretariat
the Lord Hates
is to start preliminary work to-
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ward a much larger world confer.
Six things the LORD hates,
ence, to be held here next April. Seven are an abomination to him:
with several hundred Jews from Haughty eyes, a lying tongue,
all five continents in attendance.
And hands that shed innocent
Among the American partici-
blood;
pants was Detroiter Max M. A mind that plots mischievous
Fisher. Other participants were
schemes,
Philip Klutznick, Jack D. Weiler, Feet that are quick to run after
Louis H. Boyar and William Ro- evil;
senwald. European delegates in- A false witness who utters lies;
clude Baron Edmond de Rothschild And he who sows discord among
of France, Lord Sieff and Charles
brothers.
Clore of Britain and Israel Klabin
of Brazil.
In a resolution adopted at their
concluding session, the 60 partici-
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pants of the conference pledged
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themselves to cooperate with the
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FRANK PAUL
government of Israel in actively
stimulating and mobilizing direct
investments in Israel and to or-
ganize assistance for Israel's in-
dustrial, financial and commercial
management and marketing.
The 60 leaders emphasized what
they called the Israel government's
"final commitment" to provide at-
tractive incentives to Israeli and
foreign investors. Many of the con-
ferees, who had themselves in-
vested heavily in Israel, told the
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rael's "bureaucracy."
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Secretary of Commerce, it was
stated in Washington this week.
the club, kid."
"I don't understand," Victor said.
"What's there to understand,"
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third grade when a tough little
Mick called me a dirty little kike
and hit me a shot in the mouth. The
lesson stuck, I picked up others
along the way. By the time I had
kids of my own nobody had to tell
me it was better they should be
called Haley instead of Horowitz
and they should be raised in a
place where you can send them to
Sunday School with the rest of the
Methodists without anybody stop-
ping them at the door and asking
them to show their credentials.
Haley shows Victor many who
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ART WEINENGER
"I want to be the best," said 17-
year-old Mark Spitz at the Pan-
American Games. "I want to win
in Mexico City and maybe again
in 1972." Spitz was the best at
Winnipeg. He garnered five Pan-
American Games gold medals as
he won the 100 and 200 meter but-
terfly strokes and set world rec-
ords in both with clockings of 56.3
and 2:06.4. His other gold medals
came as a member of three U. S.
relay teams.
Earlier, at the Santa Clara In-
vitational, Spitz had bettered the
listed world record in the 400
meter freestyle with a 4:08.8 clock-
ing, and topped the 100 meter but-
terfly world time, which had stood
for five years. with a 56.3 mark.
"Sure, I'd like to duplicate Don
Schollander's four gold medals in
the Olympics and go him one bet-
ter if I could," said Spitz after one
of his record performances. "I
feel certain I'll try for four at
Mexico City and, if the schedule
permits, I could go for six.
"I'll swim 100 to 200 meter but-
terfly and perhaps three relays. I
could possibly throw in a freestyle
event, if the altitude doesn't prove
too tough."
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