Golda Finds Friendship in America

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Nixon thanking him and
Mrs. Nixon for the hospitality they
showed her. "The impressions and
expressions of friendship I carry
with me and above all my meet-
ings with you combine to make
my visit truly one of the high-
lights of my life," Mrs. Meir's
message said.
At her airport press conference
here Mrs. Meir expressed high
praise for the American Jewish
community. She said she found
no signs of division bet wee n
Israel and American Jews over
Israel's problems. Of her meetings
with American writers, commen-
tators and other molders of pub-
lic opinion, the Israeli premier
said there seemed to be an under-
standing among them of the jus-
tice of Israel's point of view.
Mrs. Meir had bitter words fur
Egyptian Foreign Minister Mah-
moud Riad who, she said, failed
in his attempt to torpedo her
Washington • talks by falsely as-
serting t hat Egypt would be
amenable to "Rhodes style" ne-
gotiations with Israel. The Medi-
island of Rhodes was
the scene of t he 194 9 armistice
agreement between Israel and
Egypt. Mrs. Meir said everyone
was convinced of Israel's readi-
ness to meet with the Arabs any-
where at any time.
Mrs. Meir, long a friend of
American labor, postponed her
return home to address the annual
meeting of the AFL-CIO in At- •
lantic City Monday. Mrs. Meir
expressed her gratitude to the
American trade union movement
for its moral, political and finan-.:;
cial support to Histadrut,
labor federation, and for speaking
out on "Israel's desire to achieve
a permanent peace in the Middle,.
East " She has been a top official
of Histradrut and addressed labor
meetings in this country when she
was Israel's minister of labor.

to Mr.

Commenting on military a i d curity Council can find a way of
Today the pupils are all Negro.
compromising between life and
They greeted Mrs. Meir by singing sought by Israel, Mrs. Meir said
Israel's national anthem, "Hatik- that no "concrete promises were death."
made"
by
President
Richard
M.
Mrs. Meir said that she has
va." The houses where Mrs. Meir
lived as a girl have long been Nixon, but that reassurances were been asked by many people, "how
given that there would be no long can you hold out?" She said
demolished.
change in the present U.S. policy that the war of attrition could
The Israeli premier was greeted
on support to Israel. She said she last a long time, adding, "Friends.
at the airport by 500 children from
regarded this as reflecting under- as long as you can hold out, so
local Hebrew schools waving Is-
standing and indicated that she can we."
raeli flags. Later she addressed
expected that "sympathetic con-
Mrs. Meir was lauded by Gov.
a capacity crowd in the New Per-
sideration" would be given to Is- Ronald Reagan, who addressed the
forming Arts Center and was given
rael's arms needs.
meeting, and by Sen. George Mur-
an enthusiastic welcome inside.
(In Jerusalem, Finance Minister phy (California Republican), who
But outside pickets who identified
themselves as members of the Zeev Sharef confirmed Tuesday also spoke. Both voiced strong
Arab-American Committee a n d that Mrs. Meir had asked Presi- support of Israel.
Mrs. Meir arrived to a welcome
the Committee to Support Middle dent Nixon for a loan of $1,000,-
from Mayor Samuel Yorty and the
East Liberation carried signs and 000,000. -
j (Ile confirmed reports—which the Jewish community. She was pre-
chanted "Golda go borne."
sented by Mayor Yorty with a key
In Los Angeles. Mrs. Meir re- government had earlier denied—
to the city and gave him a medal-
sponded to assertions by Riad that of the requested sum which Israel
lion from Jerusalem. Yorty said,
Egypt did not want to destroy Is- needs to offset heavy military ex-
"Jerusalem must never be divided
penditures
during
the
next
five
rael by declaring the President
i again." A U.S. Army band and
Nasser - wants to give us the same years.
(However, Sharef said, "The color guard accorded honors to
status as the Jews in jail • in
check is not in our pocket yet." the premier.
Egypt."
Noting children in the audience
Sharef
just returned from Wash- I
Mrs. Meir was questioned by
and U.S. and Israeli flags, Mrs.
newsmen about Riad's interview ington where he attended the In-1
Meir
said both flags "represented
on the NBC "Today" television ternational Monetary Fund confer- i
freedom a n d democray." Ad-
(The American Labor move- program. She told a press confer- ence and had a meeting with Sec-
dressing
herself to the children,
ment. as represented by the 15.- ence she did not accept an ex- retary of the Treasury David M.
she asked them "to remember
000 000 member AFL-CIO, went change of comments with Riad on Kennedy.)
those who fought for the U.S. and
on record Monday in favor of ex- television on different days as a
In referring to various forms gave their lives so that this great
tensive U.S. military aid to Israel. i substitute for direct face-to-face pe
Sa.c\ r negotiation might take, land can remain free."
A resolution to that effect was peace negotiations. She stressed Mrs.
no
eir said that it made
I
The El Al airliner that took Mrs.
unanimously adopted by delegates again that only through direct ne- differ ce whether a meeting was
Meir to Los Angeles was nick-
to the union's biennial convention gotiations without pre-conditions held in Cairo, Jerusalem. Geneva
named by the crew "Golda a Go-
here after they gave a prolonged could Israeli visualize a real peace. or Rhodes but that such meetings
She asserted that no pressures would have to be "face to face." ' Go."
ovation to Mrs. Meir. Other reso-
I Jack Benny, presiding at the
lutions called for direct Arab- had been brought on Israel to They could be organized under
withdraw
from occupied territories United Nations envoy Gunnar V. , star-studded dinner in Mrs. Meir's
Israeli negotiations and demanded
honor. said he was toastmaster
that Syria immediately release two .prior to an .agreement on "secure Jarring or some other UN struc- .
"only because Bob Hope is a
Israeli nationals held captive in and lasting peace." She added.. ture but must be direct, she said.
gentile."
however,
that
she
was
aware
that
Damascus since ttheir TWA air-
Mrs. Meir told a large Jewish :
there were some who insisted that • audience that Israel would not
liner was hijacked Aug. 29.)
On Friday. Mrs. Meir stopped the Arabs could not be asked to accept a "peace for mula that
in Milwaukee. the city where she meet with Israel in one room be- means nothing." She cited in this
was brought up. went to college cause it was too humiliating to connection suggestions that Israel
and later taught. It was a hectec the Arabs. She also said that if I should renounce its demands for
three-hour visit made obviouslyfor Israel is to live. with the Arabs. d irect face-to-face negotiations
sentimental reasons. She visited it was necessary for the two with the Arabs. She said that the
the elementary school where she peoples to be able first to meet Soviet role in the Middle East
began her education 63 years ago.' and talk with each other.
was such that if there were 14
Jewish states instead of 14 Arab
states "the Soviet Union would be
a friend of the Jews."
Of the Arabs she said, "they
want us dead but we have decided
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Local.Market Owner Sorrows at Theft of Raskin Painting

A local chain store owner whc
likes to hang paintings for the en-
joyment of customers, is hoping
that someone will have a change
of heart and return a Saul Raskin
watercolor that - meant more to
me than any other painting in my

collection."

Sidney Hiller, co-owner of the
Shopping Centr Markets, has of-
fered a 5150 reward for informa-
tion leading to the return of th(2.
painting, "The Chess Players.
that was hanging in his 10 Mile-
Greenfield store for the past 21/2
weeks.

It was taken some time Sunday

afternoon, or Monday.
Hiller described the painting as

2E—Friday, October 10, 1969

"wistful and sweet: five or six old of the painting, only in its return.
Jewish people playing chess in He added that "The Chess Play-
Central Park." Painted in 1959 by ers" is registerd with insurance
the renowned artist, the work has companies and art dealers, so it
been in Hiller's extensive art col- cannot be sold. He will turn over
lection for "quite a few years," he the reward "with no questions
r asked," said Hiller, if the paint-
said.
ing is returned unharmed. He can
He explained that he likes to
he reached at 444-1530.
include paintings from his own

collection among those on dis-
play near the checkout counter
of the 10 Mile market. "After
the article on Saul Raskin in
The Jewish News a few weeks
back, I thought my customers
might like to see a Raskin paint-
ing. I had many comments about
it,"
Hiller said he is not interested
in apprehending the "borrower"

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"I met Saul Raskin once," said
Hiller. "He was such a gentle,
sweet person, the finest scholar I
ever met. The painting means far
more to me than money. How can
someone hang it on his wall know-
ing it belongs to someone else?"

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