19th Century Club' Holds Top Jobs
in the Young Democracy of Israel

JFK Apprentice Center Dedicated in Jerusalem

(Direct JTA Teletype Wire
to The Jewish News)

BY ELIAHU SALPETER

agency's youth and halutz de-
I partment, Eliahu Dobkin, and
JERUSALEM-Israelis are still others.
very happy when somebody calls
There is nothing intrinsically
their country "the youngest de-
mocracy" or even "one of the wrong if the president of a state
youngest democracies." But whose main functions are cere-
younger Israelis now say that their monial is over 70. One can also
country is becoming one of the argue that it is no major handicap
oldest democracies in point of the for the head of the nation's bank
or the president of the World Zion-
age of most of its leaders.
The issue is not new. It goes ist Organization to be advanced in
back to David Ben-Gurion, whom years. It is a little absurd, how-
most Israelis affectionately called ever, when the minister of educa-
"the Old Man" for the past 20 Lion or the head of a "youth de-
years. The same nickname is Partment" is too old to remember
automatically applied to any Is- I when he was of school age.
Eshkol's age poses a problem.
raeli leader with the aura of being
"young." Eshkol, who succeeded One can point to Ben-Gurion or the
Ben-Gurion in the premiership, is Tate Konrad Adenauer of West
only a few years younger than Germany, as examples of aged
B-G. But he became head of the leaders who were nevertheless ef-
government at a much more ad-1 fective in office. But they were
vanced age than Ben-Gurion 20 exceptions. Old age by and large,
reduces one's stamina for the sus-
years ago.
One commentator here SUM-
tamed effort required by long ar-
gested recently half in jest, that duous hours of work. It is not con-
Israel's top leaders could estab- ducive to firm resolution (as apart
lish a distinguished "Nineteenth from stubbornness) or to producing
Century Club." Eshkol would be new, original ideas.
a charter member of that club
The refusal of old men to relin-

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which might include President quish public office is only part of
Zalman Shazar; Speaker of the
the problem. While they cling to
Knesset Kadish Luz; Dr. Nahum power they prevent potential suc-
Goldmann, president of the World cessors from taking office while
Zionist Organization; Minister of still in the prime of life.
Education Zalman Arrane; Da-
vid Horowitz, director of the
Bank of Israel; and Mrs- Golda
Meir, secretary general of the
Israel Labor Party. Other candi-
dates are S. Z. Shragai, head of
the Jewish Agency's immigration
department; and the head of the

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Israel.
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Monroe Rosenthal, president of
Women's American ORT, who will
present it to Mrs. Jacqueline Ken-
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