Friday, October 24, 1969-5 Israeli Sailboat Brainchild of 11-111 Graduate THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS I Abraham Menes, Scholar, Bundist; YIVO Founder • Sweeps Interitatimuil Cl tainpionship — Abraham Europe of YIVO, the Jewish • Contest, NEW YORK (JTA) and • author Scientific Institute. , On Aug. 10 at Sandhamm, Swe- den, Israel won its first world championship in any sporting event. A "420" Class sailboat, manu- factured by Snapir Sailing Craft. Ltd. of Haifa and manned by two young sailors from Bat Yam, a suburb of Tel Aviv, won first prize in both the singles and doubles events. By carrying these two events. they swept the first prizes for the competition. So important was this event considered in terms of Israel's world image that the re- turning sailors were met by the prime minister herself, Golda Mein Snapir Sailing Craft, Ltd. is a young company. In research and development for the past three years, it has only started manu- facturing boats during the last nine months, yet, in addition to taking the international champion- ship in Sandhamm, it has con- sistently been winning races all over the world. In April,. it won the Israeli National Championship at Haifa. In June, two sailboats were sent to the National Regatta at Rye, N.Y. There, they took first and sixth places, and the craft was declared American champion. , Walter ;Ind Fannie Rabinowitz of Tracy Ave.: Adele A. Bayer, Ed- able to attain to date. A model was proven at the test tank at the University of Michigan and on Whitmore Lake, near Ann Arbor. Presently, a full-scale craft is being developed at the Ilaifa ward A. and Tami Bayer, Charles S. Bayer. Gerald E. Bayer and Irene Shirley Bayer, all of Bir- min:di:du: and Mrs. Eva Cherow, a former Detroiter and now re- sides in Jerusalem. Other family members in other cities also have ontributed. The outlook for the company is 11,-; reputation has been established internationally and (br- iers are pouring in from all over t the world. The future of Snapir Sailing Craft, ltd. ,not only is in the field of sailing boats, but is in various projects with the Israel Defense Department. Also, it has spread into other than boating ap- plications of its haste technology. While at U-M, Steinberg built and proved the practical possibility of a hydrofoil sailboat that would sail at far greater speeds than any sailing craft has ever been excellent. , 1 plant and will be ready for in- troduction to the sailing world within the next few years. Ber- nard Cantor of the law firm of Cullen, Sloman and Cantor of Detroit, was the attorney in- volved with the development of the patent rights in the United States. Through his guidance, patent rights have been obtained in all the major countries of the world. Menes, 72, a scholar of studies relating socialism to the Prophets, died here Saturday. Interment will be in Israel. Menes, a member of the staff of the Jewish Daily Forward since 1947, was a graduate of the Mircr and Grodno yeshivas in Poland and was active in the pre-war Jewish community in Grodno. He was an active member of the Bund, the Jewish Socialist Part y. SIe settled i ❑ Paris after the rise of Hiller and, with his family, was brought here by the Jewish Labor Committee in 1940. 1 z,.. 1 He was - one of the founders in' The long-run potential for this Israel company will be the sale of sailboats to Europe and the United States. Snapir Sailing Craft, Ltd. has proven its ability to com- pete in price and technology with boats manufactured in the United States. iNo Peace in Middle East Foreseen in "Suez: the Twiee-Fought War' University of Michigan. While taking the U-M naval' architecture and marine engineer- ing course, Steinberg took all honors that could be given to him. Consistently on full scholarships throughout his years at Ann Ar- bor (1961-1966), he was constantly in demand to work with his pro- fessois as a consultant to the American shipbuilding industry. Among the "companies" where he acted as consultant was the. United States Navy. When he obtained his master's In naval architecture and marine engineering in 1966 at the Uni- versity of Michigan, Steinberg re- 1 ceived many lucrative offers from all over the country, urging him to remain in the United States. He refused all of these offers from both consultant and shipbuilding firms, and he returned—out of pa- triotism—to Israel. Incidentally. his name, translated, means "my country is supreme." While at the University of Michi- gan, Steinberg decided to use his developing skills in Israel and establish a boat manufacturing company. His improvements in sailing craft that had been worked out at the university were put into practice in his plant on the docks of Haifa. Since then, his boats have taken all honors in its class throughout the world. Haim Sharett, son of the for- mer prime minister, Moshe Sharett, excited by the young inventor's vision, left the em- ploy of Kibutz Hamadia to join Steinberg in establishing the first location for the factory in Jaffa. After a short stay in a small development shop, a very modern plant was finally estab- lished in Haifa. Steinberg's family in the Unitcd States, under the leadership of Harmon S. Bayer, president of Bayer and McElrath, Inc., man- agement consultants, have poured substantial sums into the develop- ment of the company. Other local members of the family who have inv e sted in this company and who are supporting It are Philmore Leemon, president Of Guardian Loan and Savings; al White House mission to Nasser resident correspondent for the and Ben-Gurion in the winter of 1955-1956 which is still top-secret. East and Times in the Middle London from 1953 to 1959, has un- Robert B. Anderson was sent to covered a number of diplomatic the Middle East to link an Ameri- secrets that cast new light on the can offer of aid for Egypt's High policies of great powers as well Dam at Aswan with a peace settle- as of the antagonists in the Middle ment between Egypt and Israel. East itself. Using the Suez wars of 1956 and 1967 as the focus of a study of the explosive Arab-Israeli enmity, the author draws the conclusion that there is no foreseeable peace in! the Middle East. President ' Eisenhower's prom- ise of help to Nasser was de- livered by Ambassador Ray- mond flare on Nov. 2, 1956, Love reports, in response to a desper- ate appeal from the Egyptian leader. Eisenhower said the United States would not inter- vene with military force, which disappointed Nasser at the time, -hut he pledged that this country would exert its diplomatic power through the United Nations to halt the attack on Egypt. The fact that Britain and France were the major North Atlantic Treaty Organization allies of the United States was cited by Eisen- hower in his refusal to use force. Eventually he used economic as well as diplomatic power to make Britain. France and Israel evacu- ate their forces from Egypt. Nas- Nasser was receptive to peace explorations, Love reports, al- though he refused to acknowledge any strings between them and aid for the dam. According to Lo.ve's narrative it was Ben-Guriorrr already planning war against Egypt before the Anderson mission, who wrecked the mission by insisting on public imeetings with Nasser, which have always been politically impossible for any Arab leader. Dulles' sub- I sequent renege on the high dam triggered the Suez Canal national- ization. 1 Fri., Sat., Mon. Only! 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