Haym Salomon's Role Related
in History of Poles in U.S.

Valuable data about Poles in
America and Polish history has
been collected by Joseph A.
Wytrwal whose "Poles in Ameri
can History and Tradition" has
been published here by Endurance.
Press.
There is an interesting refer-
ence to the anti-Semitic mania
of Adolf Hitler in Wytrwal's ref-

ed or gave the revolutionary
government.
The evidence is quoted of Salo-
mon's having had at least 75
transactions with the financial
genius of the revolutionary forces,
Robert Morris, and reference is
made to Morris' notebook which
gave proof of the Polish-Jewish
immigrants' aid to George Wash-
ington's army.
The Salomon story is one of the
most detailed in this book. "Poles
in American History and Tradi-
tion" effectively emphasizes the
part played by Poles when they
became Americans.

Israel Produces
Comprehensive
National Atlas

The combined effort of a large
team of leading Hebrew University
scientists, economists and histori-
ans, plus the entire staff of the
Israel Department of Surveys and
HAYM SALOMON
other institutions, has produced the
erences to Pola Negri. The author National Atlas of Israel in the
language, considered the
of this extensive study quotes the English
following from Eugene Kusieliew- most authoritative reference work
of its kind.
icz's article on Pola Negri:
There are many unique features
"The most renowned name with in this national atlas, including a
whom rumor associated her was historical section in maps, several
Adolf Hitler. It seems certain, of which have never appeared else-
however, that they never met and where; and the first published
that Hitler admired her only from structural map of Israel.
afar. When Goebbels began to
Work on the atlas was begun
circulate rumors that she had shortly after the birth of the state
Jewish blood in her, Hitler per- of Israel and has continued unin-
sonally ordered an investigation terrupted since then. It comprises
into her ancestry. After a great 15 sections, all under the super-
deal of painstaking effort, he an- vision of leading authorities in
nounced triumphantly that this their respective fields.
beauty whom he admired was
Each of the double-page maps,
'Polish and therefore Arv-an'."
which opens to 27" by 19", is
lithographed
in five to 20 dif-
There is a comment in a foot-
'ote about teachers in Ameri- ferent colors and is accompanied
can schools of Jewish descent by an extensive descriptive text.
Whose approaches to Poland and
Included in the 15 sections are
world history are not objective. maps dealing with geomerphology
Listed in the compilation are the (principal surface features of a
names of many Jews who had country and clarification of how
escaped Nazism, some of whom they were formed); geology, cli-
had been sheltered by Poles. One mate, hydrology, botany, zoology,
specific story is about Abe Roth- land utilization, history, popula-
stein who had been protected by tion, settlement, agriculture, in-
the Konopezynski family in the dustry and commerce, communi-
Polish village of Sokolov. Roth- cations and services.
The National Atlas of Israel is
stein came to this country in 1946
and never forgot what the Kono- entirely a product of Israel, from
the
manufacture of the paper and
pezynskis did for him. Ile strug-
gled to bring them to the U.S. and inks to the actual screening pro-
finally succeeded in 1961, in cess.
The atlas is being produced in a
establishing them in residence in
limited worldwide English edition,
Brooklyn.
'Another interesting story is that distribution of which is being
of Leon Jolson who was aided in shared by American Elsevier
settling in this country by the Publishing Co. (52 Vanderbilt, NY
United Service for New Ameri- 10017) and its two sister com-
cans. His ingenuity brought him panics in the Netherlands and
fame and fortune in the sewing England. It will not be available
Machine field. I in this country until early next
Scores of other names provide year.
Research carried out exten-
interesting stories about activities I
In
. this country, the successes of sively in territories held by Is-
i mmigrants, their good fortune in rael since June 1967 is reflected
I in various sections of the atlas.
having escaped the Holocaust.
Wytrwal has not limited him- Territories under military ad-
self to the most recent occur- ministration were included, in-
rences involving Poles who' solar as the availability of ma-

have gained fame or stature or terial and information permitted,
Who have become symbols of and maps show Israel's cam-
our immediate present. Ile deals' paigns in 1948, 1956 and 1967.
The book points out that Israel
also with history and his most
effective personality elaboration - possesses one of the longest un-
broken
cartographic records. Its
it( that of Haym Salomon, the
Jewish hero of the revolution- techniques of map making are
ary period who helped finance today highly developed. Neverthe-
the struggling rebels against less, the editors of the Atlas of
Israel were faced with two spe-
British rule.

The Salomon story is referral cific cartographic problems. One,
to numerous times in this work. common enough, is the need to
The author who has compiled so use material of very different 1ev-
in pre-
many important facts about Polish- els of detail and reliability
Americans traces Salomon's ar- senting early historical as well as
country,
his
associa-
modern
data
within
the
same
rival in this
tion with the New York Sons of framework.
"The other, specific to Israel,
Liberty, his arrest on charges to
try to conspire with the revolu- results from the general distribu-
lion patterns. These require the
tionaries.
'He knew 10 languages, and was presentation of a great amount of
used as an interpreter by Hessian detail in the northern half of the
mercenaries, many of whom later country with its relatively humid
joined the Contenental Army. Upon Mediterranean climate, and of
detail and considerable uni-
his escape he made contacts with little
((minty. mostly in topics of human
American leaders, and there is a
in the arid south."
full account of the $658,000 he loan- geography,

THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS

French-Israeli Thaw Is Seen in Visa Change

PARIS (ZINS) — Israeli citizens
planning to visit France no longer
will be required to obtain an entry
visa, according to an official pro-
nouncement recently made.
This policy actually was agreed
upon more than 21/2 years ago, but
never implemented owing to the
outbreak of the Six-Day War. A
few weeks ago, the government of
Israel renewed its proposal for
reciprocal accommodation of Is-
rael and French citizens on visits
to their respective countries with-
out requiring special entry visas,
and the French Foreign Ministry
readily assented.
Diplomatic circles view this
action as having some political
significance, even though it con-
cerns a relatively limited issue.
Observers also recall that, in
October, the city of Paris honored
Israel Consul Meir Vardi with a
gold medal for his efforts in be-
half of Israel-French friendship.

Meanwhile, the French journal
"Le Nouvel Observateur" has
reported a desire on the part of
the French government to
"settle" the controversy with
Israel arising from its arms em-
bargo, by tendering a sum of
money in compensation.
The report goes on to say that

this notion has arisen after sev-
eral high-level meetings between
Jewish spokemen and leaders of
the DeGaulle party, in which the
arms embargo against Israel was
strongly deplored. Although there
is no indication whatever that
French policy with regard to the
embargo of the 50 Mirages will)

Friday, December 12, 1969-17

change, it may well be, according
to - the newspaper report, that Is-
rael would be offered a substan-
tial sum of several tens of millions
of dollars in the nature of liquid.
ated damages, resulting from the
embargo.
The reporter adds that this
"settlement," if it is consummat-
ed, will take place before Presi-
dent Pompidou leaves for the
United States on his official visit
at the end of February.

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