Eshkol Visit Stirs Interest in Israel's Status

RANDOLPH AIRBASE, Tex. sought by Israel since ancient days,
(JTA) — President Johnson and and asserted he hoped that peace
Israel's Prime Minister Levi Esh- would be achieved. He said he
kol mutually pledged - Shalom,"j knew "how much the United States
peace, to each other's countries was doing to aid the quest for
and to the rest of the world, as peace."
Eshkol arrived here Sunday for
The prime minister was greet.
22 hours of private conversations
ed at an impressive ceremony at
with the American leader at the
the military airfield. Among
latter's ranch, near here.
those, in addition to President
Johnson and White House offici-
As many hundreds of persons—
als who were present, were
Jews and non-Jews—cheered loud-
Mayor W. W. MacAllister of San
ly as they shivered in the sub-zero,
Antonio, U.S. Congressmen Hen-
windy weather, following Eshkol's
ry Gonzales and Abraham Ka-
arrival in a special presidential
zen,
both Texas Democrats, Gen.
plane from New York, President
Frank Madsen, commanding of-
Johnson averred "this is a cold
ficer of Randolph Field; Mrs.
day, but a warm .greeting." He
Harold Vexler, president of the
thanked the Texans for turning out
Jewish Social Service Federation
en masse for the welcoming cere-
who represented the Texas Jew-
monies.
ish community; and a number of
Among the greeters were chil-
other public officials. A pretty
dren representing the nearby
young girl, Anita Rachman, pre-
San Antonio Jewish community,
sented Mr. and Mrs. Eshkol with
carrying welcoming banners in
a corsage of flowers as they
Hebrew and waving small flags
stepped from the plane.
embellished with the Star of ;
Mr. and Mrs. Eshkol presented
David. A military guard of honor
gifts of special interest to Presi-
presented arms as a U.S. Air
dent and Mrs. Johnson reflecting
Force band played military airs.
ancient and modern Israel. To the
The President and Eshkol left
President the Eshkols presented a
immediately for the President's
case made of Polisander wood,
LBJ Ranch in Johnson's private
containing velvet-lined drawers in
Star jet plane.
which there was a collection of
Among the U.S. officials partici- Israeli coins dating back from the
pating in the Johnson-Eshkol talks Maccabaean period through modern
at the ranch were Secretary of times. The President also was giv-
State Dean Rusk: Lucius Battle, en a 17th Century volume of itiner-
assistant secretary of state for aria to the Holy Land, compiled by
Near Eastern affairs: and Walt a European pilgrim. Fuller. re-
W. Rostow. the President's chief plete with maps and illuminations.
adviser on international affairs.
Mrs. Johnson was presented
Greeting the visitor, President with a set of ancient cosmetic ves-
Johnson said that peace would be sels and ornaments. consisting of
the main objective of the "hopeful three flasks for ointment and per-
days" of discussion between him- fume. dating about 200 BCE: three
self and the Israeli leader.
gold rings, a head necklace. a cos-
metic scraper for the removal of
"Shalom," said President
oil and ointments, dating from 200
Johnson. "The traditional greet-
BCE to the 1st century of the
ing of Israel has special meaning
Christian Era; and a modern
for us all today. We meet in
We
hand-wrought set of silver jewelry.
peace. We will talk of peace.
consisting of a necklace, bracelet
will try to extend peace that is
and earrin gs of original I sraeli de-
in our hearts to all men willing
sign and craftsmanship made of
to share our partnership of good
sea-glass pebbles set in silver.
faith and good purpose. We will
be together for only two short
Mr. and Mrs. Eshkol brought for
days. But they will be long with
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Robb. the
the friendship our nations share
President's new son-in-law and
and full with the warmth of our
daughter, a pair of hand-wrought
happiness that you are here.
silver candlesticks, Israeli de-
Above all, they will be hopeful
signed, set in a black leather box
days. This Texas land was born r l lined with white velvet. The I'resi-
in that spirit—of promise, oppor-
den's grandson. Patrick Lyndon
tunity and of neighbors working
Nugent, received a gift of a Noah's
hand in hand for the common
Ark and animals, hand carved by
good."
an Israeli craftsman.
Eshkol was accompanied on his
The President added. "welcome
to this land. Mr. Prime Minister. visit to the U.S. not only by Mrs.
I hope its spirit refreshes you after Eshkol but by Dr. Jacob Herzog. di-
your long journey. I know its hos- rector-general of the prime minis-
pitality will lift your heart and ter's office: Moshe Bitan. deputy
help you to find that peace which director-general of the Israeli For- I
all Americans are proud to seek eign Ministry and head of the
ministry's American desk; and his
with you."
Responding. Eshkol told the personal aides.
At a crowded news conference
President that. since he had first
met him in 1964, he had enjo: -ed at Kennedy International Airport
the "fond memories" of the Pres- immediately after he landed in
ident's hospitality. His "central con- the U.S., Eshkol read a statement
cern" he said, was peace not only in which he said that recent events
for the Middle Eest area "but for in the Middle East had opened pos-
the entire world." He emphasized sibilities for peace but had also
that the dream of peace had been "created the danger of a new war."

Clergymen Who Accused Israel
of Atrocities Called Liars by Pastor

TORONTO (JTA) — A Protest- near our home. What kind of war
ant minister who was an eyewit- is that?" he asked. Rev. Young
ness to Arab-Israeli hostilities in said that "throughout, the Arabs
Jerusalem during last June's war, used anti-personnel and fragmen-
said here that clergymen and tation bombs to cause maximum
others who circulated stories of al- pain and death to human beings."
leged Israeli atrocities and dese- He attributed much of the criticism
cration of churches were, in effect, of Israel to "leftist" churchmen in
Canada and the U.S. "because
"liars."
"I would hate to say that such Israel is the only obstacle to Rus-
nice people were liars, but there sian expansionism in the Middle
you are." the Rev. B. Douglas East."
The Nova Scotia-born cleric,
Young. president of the Institute
of Holy Land Studies, told the an- who has a doctorate from Dropsie
nual meeting of the Evangelical College. Philadelphia, has taught
Theological Society at Toronto in Jerbsalem since 1963. He said
Bible College. "I saw many Arab reports circulated by some Can-
cruelties but none by Israelis. The adian and American clergymen
very first shells from Jordan fell that Israelis desecrated churches
on the Hadassah Medical Center, were "absolute nonsense."

40—Fritter, joinery 42, 1968

• THE DETROIT 'JEWISH NEWS

About 500 persons greeted him
when he visited the International
Synagogue at the airport, where
he said that Israel was grateful for
American Jewry's aid to Israel
"during the days of peril." Rabbi
Hershel Schachter, chairman of the
Conference of Presidents of Amer-
ican Jewish Organizations, replied
for the conference's 21 member
organizations with a total member-
ship of more than 4,000,000 Jews.
He expressed confidence that the
United States would provide Israel
with military help "to deter any
new assault" which the huge new
Soviet weapon supply might "tempt
the Arab nations to undertake."
Saturday, Eshkol attended Sab-
bath services at New York's
prestigious Orthodox Fifth Ave-
nue Synagogue, conducted by
Rabbi Emanuel Hackman. There,
he was honored by being called
to the Tora.
Friday, the Israeli leader was
tendered a kosher luncheon at
United Nations headquarters in
New York by Secretary-General
Thant, after a 45-minute confer-
ence with Thant. After the lunch-
eon, he told newsmen that it was
on his suggestion that Egypt
was plannning to release the 15
foreign ships marooned in the
Great Bitter Lake area of the
Suez Canal. He voiced Pc
that a solution to the problem
would be worked out, adding
"maybe this will be a beginning
of something."
It was disclosed at the UN that
Eshkol had invited Thant to visit
Israel, and that the secretary-gen-
eral had accepted the invitation
"in principle."
Eshkol said after the meeting
with Thant: "It is my hope, and
that of all the people of Israel,
that the present diplomatic talks
now in progress, following the Se-
curity Council resolution looking
forward to a more peaceful region,
will indeed lead to direct negotia-
tions between the parties with the
direct objective of bringing lasting
peace and security to all the peo-
ples of the Middle East.
"The principles of international
peace and cooperation set forth in
the L'N Charter echo the i nsp i red
teachings of the prophets of Israel.
T he State of Israel is 1 g
strive for the attainment of these
ideals in our own lifetime in order,
as the charter puts it, "to save

Hebrew Corner

Housing for
Workingmen

Hundreds of thousands of people in
or
isw r u t rpo housing
se rio f u
o r .
Il t i i :., .. s S=s es. of FIsrael

companies and institutions ;were set
up which satisfy the desire of the in-
habitants for an apartment of their own.
The largest public housing company
in the slate is the lievrat Shikun Ovdica.
The company performed a pioneer task
in building vast housing projects, among
them housing for old settlers, popular
housing, some of the immigrant hous-
ing. housing for newly married couples,
for soldiers, etc.
The housing projects of the com-
pany comprise more than 75.000 apart-
over
digtt s s.
' Nee d li bbirtzi:iv
na5Vitt
are excluded from the total; It m
be s sva
a id
more
cent of
working p
Population in 3 th r Ita
lives in Shikun Ovdim houses, part of
which were built in conjunction with
the government program for coopera-
tive housing projects.
Shikun. Ovdim projects are spread
throughout the country, among them
eleven garden cities for workingmen
and one hundred large workers' neigh-
borhoods.
The company does not content itself
with just building the apartments. It
also assists the tenant occupying an
apartment
art—en to
ownership
1.•
obtain money
In order
for the apartment. a Housing Mortgage
Bank was established by the Hevrat
HaOvdim (Workers' Association) in
partnership with the Bank HaPoalim.
the second largest bank of its kind
in the country.
The composition of the tenants is
60 per cent workingmen and artisans. 32
per cent clerks and service personnel.
and 8per cent workers in the liberal
professions. These figures prove that
the Hevrat Shikun Ovdim serves the
entire working population of the coun-
try and assists it In its aim and need
for housing—a first requisite for in-
tegration and taking root In the coun-
try.
Published by the Brit Ivrit Olamit
with the assistance of the .Memorial
Foundation for Jewish Culture.
Material In vowelized, easy Hebrew
can be obtained through local Hebrew
•orgonizations; •or by writing to- Brit
!welt Olalnit, P.• 0. 'Hoz. 711.1,•Yerusaiem,

succeeding generations from the
scourge of war'. It is our abiding
hope that peace will come to our
area, and that all the countries of
the Middle East can work together
for the economic and social devel-
opment of the region as a whole,
in peaceful cooperation."
Mrs. Gideon Rafael, wife of
the Israeli ambassador to the
UN, gave a luncheon for Mrs.
Eshkol.
(In Jerusalem it was said
Eshkol had to be back no later
than Jan. 21, to attend the first
convention of Israel's united la-
bor party, created by the merg-
er of the Mapai Party, Ahdut
Avoda and Rafi, the Israel
Workers Party. It was an-
nounced officially that Eshkol
will visit London Jan. 17 and 18,
and will confer with both Prime
Minister Harold Wilson and For-
eign Secretary George Brown.)

Wednesday morning Eshkol re-
ceived the degree of doctor of

Hebrew letters in ceremonies at
the New York Branch of the He-
brew Union College-Jewish Insti-
ture of Religion. Later he deliv-
ered a major address at a
luncheon at Overseas Press
Club, and then met members of
the Council on Foreign Relations
in a closed conference.
Thursday morning, Eshkol was
visited in his New York hotel suite
by Gov. Rockefeller, and then the
Jewish Theological Seminary of
America. At noon, he was given a
reception on the steps of City Hall
by Mayor Lindsay and, later, met
with New York members of the
Jewish Agency executive and with
the American Zionist Council.
Morris B. Abram, president of
the AJC, headed the delegation in
an off-the-record meeting with Esh-
kol. In the delegation were: Philip
E. Hoffman. chairman of executive
board; Richard Maass. foreign
affairs committee chairman: Ger-
, and Weinstock, Israel committee
co-chairman; Bertram II. Gold,
executive director: Dr. Simon Se-
gal, head of foreign affairs de-
partment; George Gruen, Middle
East specialist: and Jerry Good-
man, European specialist.

He will depart from the J. F.
Kennedy International Airport this
afternoon for Canada, where he
will visit Toronto, Montreal and
Ottawa. He is scheduled to leave
Canada Wednesday.

Robbery Suspect Foiled,
Shot in Incident on Floor
Below Eshkol Hotel Suite
NEW YORK (JTA) = A robbery

suspect and a security guard
wounded each other in a gun and
knife duel in a suite of Manhat-
tan's posh Plaza Hotel, just one
floor below the suite o c cupied
by Israeli Prime Minister and Mrs.
Eshkol, late Saturday afternoon.
The guard, Aaron Greenberg, was

stabbed just below the heart. The
suspect, Spencer Sands, received a
bullet wound in the stomach.
The scuffle occurred in the suite

of Manuel Espinosa Yglesias, presi-
dent of the Banco de Commercio in
Mexico City. The suspect forced his
way in and held the banker's wife
at knife-point in what was believed
to be an attempt at burglary. Se-
curity measures were tightened
outside of Prime Minister Eshkol's
suite after the incident, although
there was no indication that the
intruder was aware of Eshkol's
presence in the hotel.
Canada Sets Program
for Greeting Eshkol;
to See Pearson Monday
TORONTO (JTA)—Prime Minis-
ter John Robarts of Ontario and
Mayor William Dennison of Toron-
to will greet Israel Prime Minister
Levi Eshkol when he arrives with
his entourage today, on a visit to
Canada. Eshkol is scheduled to
meet with Prime Minister Lester
B. Pearson, of Canada, on Monday,
in Ottowa.
While in Toronto. the Israeli
leader will attend a public meeting
Saturday evening, at Beth Tzedec
Synagogue. The meeting will be
sponsored by the Canadian Jewish
Congress, the Federated Zionist
Organization of Canada and the
United Jewish Welfare Fund of
Toronto. Eshkol is scheduled to
leave for Montreal on Sunday, and
is expected to appear at the Hadas-
sah-WIZO conference taking place
there that day.

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