14 Friday, October 3, 1969
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
All' Smuggled Out of Libya by Yank
f Jew
Mrs. Meir Seeks Peace for
—
The Arabs and sonic 30 support- glamorous ever given by the sec-
PARIS—T he Libyan gov$rnment banks in Libya were frozen Sept.
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ers burned 34 flags, explaining retary general to the visiting head has demanded the extradition of 23 by order of Dr. Mahmoud Soli-
Mrs. Meir told the television
an
unknown Jewish resident who man al-Maghrabi, prime minister
that they were for the 34 American of a government. There were
audience that the question of terri-
sailors killed aboard the USS guests, none of them above the was smuggled out of the country and finance minister. He also or-
tory was not relevant, asserting
Liberty during an Israeli attack rank of deputy permanent repro to Malta by an American teacher. dered that no new accounts be
that the issue hinged u ion Arab
acceptance of Israel': right to on the ship off the Sinai coast dur- sentative• • ! The official Libyan news agency opened, and the banks are to ren-
ing the Six-Day War. The Israelis Ambassador Yaakov Malik of reported that the U.S. ambassador der statements of recent withdraw-
exist.
had apologized for the mistaken Ru ss ia, president of the Security to Malta. Joseph Palmer, met For- als with reasons.
Questioned after t e TV inter- attack—the ship was thought to be Council, was invited to the lunch- eign Minister Salch Bouseir in Tri-
Many a man's profanityhas
%icy: about her ev allot: of her
to express his regret at the
Egyptian -- and have reimbursed eon.
.
visit to New York. ,Irs. Meir said
saved him from a nervous
On
Sunday,
before
cliceOng
incident.
her reception was "overwhelming."
down.—Henry S. Haskins. -
According to the Libyan ac-
The dinner audience was so thousands jammed into City Ilan ;
She said: "I have no words to de- families.
and hundreds of notables, Mayor i count, the teacher, Daniel de
scribe it—it is beyond anything I
.
large that it could not be accost-
: John
V. Lindsay presented the key Carlo, concealed the Jew in a
ever dreamed of.•'
modated
in the Waldorf
Astoria 's to the city to the guest from Israel sealed box Sept. 23 and arranged
grand
ballroom
and overflowed
Mrs. Meir met later Tuesday
and gave her the Gold Medal of the for it to be put aboard a U.S.
with New York Congressional lead-
into two adjoining foyers.
I military plane in Mallaha. Pal-
City its highest award'
erg, the editors of Time, Life and
' ' making the presentation, ! flier claimed that neither the
Mrs. Meir implored the Ameri-
In
Fortune: the editorial board of the can-Canadian audience "not to for-
ayor
Lindsay
declared
that
"Is-
'
embassy nor the base authorities
Mayor
New York Times; the Conference
opera-
about the opera-
Six' Million Jews killed by flit
of Presidents of Major American ler. "No brute, no matter how rael has conquered thei desert and ' knew anything
lion.
-
Jewish Organizations; and she
, can break us," she said. . defeated it, but toda • a single
strong
Among the many nations repre- woman conquered the heart of : Malta police reportedly arrested
spoke to thousands of Jewish
sented at the cocktail party pre- New York. New York is yours," de Carlo and are searching for the
youth.
he told Mrs. Meir. "Sholem Alei- stowaway, still believed to be in
The latest developments along
,
,
ceding the dinner were the United
' Malta.
i.
the cease-fire lines are being com-
States, Great Britain, France. c u edn ' "
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municated directly to Mrs. Meir.
Mrs. Meir's visit to New York
Yaacov Herzog. director general of Iran, Liberia, Uganda, Trinidad. began with a tremendous welcome 1
between Southfield 8, Telegraph
and S en
Switzerland,
Cambodia
an
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fiction, poetry, technical, scholarly
ter's visit.
Speakers at the dinner included of them children, sang, "Haveinu
and religious works, etc. New
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Mrs. Meir told a festive dinner
Detroit's Max M. Fishier, president Sholem Aleichem," as she alighted ' authors welcomed. Send for FREE
given in her honor by 55 Jewish
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from
the
plane
to
be
greeted
by
of
the
United
Israel
Appeal.
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organizations Monday night that
Fishcr cited the Jewish tradi- Mayor Lindsay as "a gallant worn-
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Israel requires "real understanding
Jew who can is an and % gallant leader." He
—not words, phrases. illusions— tion that "Each th
rs " He said hailed her as the representative of
li d to het
that are heard here and there in
"the men, wom-
corridors when diplomats some- that "no one observes this tradi- the Israeli people-=
tion with more meaning and more en, and children of brave, beleag-
times meet."
Under the Distinguished Patronage of
Explaining to the enthusiastic, sacrifice than the people of Israel ucred Israel."
Mrs. Mei, replied with a tri-
overflow audience of 2,700 why themselves. No one can begin to
Her Excellency GOLDA MEIR
Israel needs more than mere ver- measure what the Jews of Israel bute to New York as "a haven of
bal assurances, Mrs. Meir said themselves have done to receive, refuge" for the Jews from "the
Prime Minister of Israel
her country was "determined to to welcome and to make a part of , tears, fears, humiliation, degrada-
remain alive" and therefore in- , the country the 1,500,000 refugees tion and death that was the share
sisted on real peace. Mrs. Meir who have come in since the state of Jews in Eastern Europe." She
was near tears when the crowd
His Excellency
said Israel wanted to tell the Arabs , was born."
that Israel wishes to meet wit4,1 Mrs. Meir spent an hour and 20 , broke into "Hatikva."
General ITZHAK RABIN
them as "equals," does not wish minutes Monday in conference'
Intense security precautions
to humiliate them and continuous with Thant-45 minutes longer than were in evidence at the airport
the Ambassador of Israel
"wants an honorable peace for had been scheduled—following the and later, at City Hall and the
everybody concerned." She added luncheon he gave in her honor. other functions on Mrs. Meir's
that the Israelis will remain on the Thant's spokesman said later that crowded schedule. A heavy po-
cease-fire lines until "a solution the discussion had involved Middle lice escort accompanied the
Rally Hirsch Presents, in Co-operation with
East problems, but Mrs. Meir motorcade that sped her from
is reached."
Even if negotiations were to go similarly declined to answer any the airport to City Hall. At the
America-Israel Cultural Foundation
on for Israel and the Arabs for a questions when she left the UN. United Nations, where Mrs.
long time, "the very fact that we Mrs. Meir was accompanied Meir was the luncheon guest of
Direct from U.S.S.R. and Israel
(would) sit down together would during the meeting with Thant by Thant, security precautions were
he a victory for both of us," she Abba Eban, Yosef Tekoah and Dr.
so strict that the correspondents
Where She Was Received
said. Shabtai Rosenne, the deputy per- accompanfying Mrs. Meir's party
As she spoke, two men were manent UN representative. Thant
With Stormy Enthusiasm
were not admitted to the UN
arrested and charged with dis- was accompanied by Assistant Headquarters Building.
TOUR IN THE FREE WORLD
FIRST
orderly conduct: One was idea- Secretary General Ralph Bunche
The major welcoming ceremony
tilled as Dr. Mohammed T. and his staff aide, Bryan Urquart. was held at City Hall. There be-
Mehdi, a well known Arab pro-
The luncheon that preceded the fore the cheering thousands, city
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pagandist.
conference was one of the least and state notables and leaders of
-
-
Jewish Organizations, Mrs. Meir
received the tribute of an admiring
Cleveland Federation Underwritei Program
city and voiced her thanks, The
I premier announced that she
to End Executive Bias in Major Companies
brought greetings to New York
CLEVELAND — The Cleveland ish Community Federation of
from "United Jerusalem." To
Jewish Community Federation and Cleveland marks the first time
Mayor Lindsay, she presented a
the Cleveland Foundation arc that a local coordinating group for
medallion commemorating the re-
underwriting a $60,000 three-year Jewish philanthropy has made a
, unification and liberation of Jeru-
program designed to help major major financial contribution to at:
SOUL OF FOUISSIAINI JAWRY
salem.
industrial companies in the Cleve- action project having to do with
Mrs. Meir recalled her early as-
land area recruit, retain and pro- executive suite discrimination.
mote qualified Jews in managerial
The project' is a direct result of ; sociations with New York after her
positions.
a research study conducted under father, a carpenter, had earned
Robert Flexter, chairman of the the auspices of the American Jew- enough money to bring his family
ish Committee by the Survey Rc- here from Czarist Russia. "The
committee on executive suite dis-
search Center of the University of first lesson of what democracy
crimination of the Cleveland chap-
Michigan's institute for social rc- really means, I learned here," she
ter, American Jewish Committee,
said. She spoke feelingly of the
search.
said the project has two goals: to ,
great opportunities America had
•
eliminate discriminatory practices
offered and stressed that she had
that still exist in the hiring and Israel Investments Urged left America for Palestine in 1921
promoting patterns of major indus-
Manufacturer Official neither because she did not like
tries in the Cleveland area; and by
NEW YORK (JTA) — American the country nor because of anti-
"A small figure, for the first time, stands on the stage in Israel.
Semitism. It was because she had
to
young Jews to apply businessmen were urged to invest accepted Zionism and wanted to
A figure which sings songs, plain and wonderful — songs of the
for encourage
executive positions.
in Israel because such invest- bring to Palestine " all I learned
Jewish people—songs of joy—songs of a people in whom burns a Will
Stated Hexter: "the Jewish!, ments would be "highly profitable" in this wonderful country." .
to live — songs of longing and songs or resistance."
executive has been bypassed by' and secure, despite the fact that
Reminiscing about her land-
discriminatory policies that exist Israel is presently fighting an un- ily's arrival here as refugees,
among middle-level executives de- declared war for survival along its
IN A PROGRAM Of YIDDISH, HEBREW,
Mrs.
Meir noted proudly that
spite top management's desire to borders.
since the establishment of the
ENGLISH AND RUSSIAN SONGS
pursue an open-door policy. It is
Mark Moshevitch, president of state of Israel 20 years ago, "for
also a fact that young Jews have the Israel Manufacturers Associa-
the first time, Jews need not beg
felt excluded from major corn- tion, addressed 100 American busi-
anyone to let them in."
Tickets and Mail orders: $6.50, $5.50, $4.50, $3.50
panics because of the Anglo- ' nessmen and financiers at a
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller call-
Saxon image
at Masonic Auditorium, J. L. Hudson's, & Grinnell's
merican- ed on Mrs. Meir in her suite at the
these
companies
;
luncheon
given
by
th
have built up over the years."
Groups Information: Mrs. E. Hoffman
Israel Chamber of Co merce and Waldorf-Astoria Sunday afternoon
The new program will be Industry.
Telephone (313) 546-9488
before the diplomatic reception.
administered jointly by the
Mrs. Meir told a nationwide
He told the group that many
Cleveland chapter of the AJC American companies and individ- television audience Sunday on
a sr d
u reer Ti
s I rsi tcuHa T zp, I e O
e L
r H A th A
and the Cleveland Jewish Voca- uals have invested in Israel "and "Meet the Press" that Israel
ing
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NEHAMA
tional Service, a recruiting and are doing it, continuously and suc- disagreed with the United States
mediately.
employment advisory agency cessfully. Israel did not fall and it over the U.S.-Soviet and Big Four
For NEHAMA LIFSCHITZ'S only oetroit
and an affiliate of the national will not fall. An investment in Is- talks aimed at a Middle East
concert Wed., Oct. 22 at 8:20 p.m. Masonic
Jewish Occupational Council.
Aud.
rael will be one which no one will peace settlement. She also said
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The $12,000 grant from the Jew- i ever regret."
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