Israel Pays Homage to a Patriarch By DAVID LANDAU JTA Jerusalem Bureau Chief JERUSALEM (JTA) — In a moving and meticulously arranged ceremony in the Knesset precincts Monday morning, the leaders of the nation and representatives of world Jewry and of friendly foreign governments took their last leave of the found- er of modern Israel, David Ben-Gurion. After a 28-minute religious ceremony during which—at the decedent's request — no eulogies were given — the small pine coffin draped in the national colors was flown by helicopter to Sde Boker in the Negev where Ben- Gurion was buried alongside his wife, Paula, in the stark desert setting that he him- self chose as his final resting place. The interment at Sde Boker was a private cere- mony — principally because of the emergency situation. 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Traffic halted everywhere, work ceased, and the nation — as one person — paid homage to its greatest leader, and one of the great statesmen of this century. The coffin on a black cata- falque before the bronze Knesset doors was surround- ed by the eight pallbearers— colonels of the three armed services and the police. Chief Army Chaplain Mor- dechai Firon opened the pro- ceedings with a short prayer he had specially composed for "the pure and noble soul of the chosen one of the people. David son of Avigdor, architect of Israel's inde- pendence. May the whole House of Israel be blessed in your memory for ever- more." Israel Radio's veteran newsreader, Moshe Hovav, took the rostrum to read from the Declaration of In- dependence which Ben- Gurion himself had read out that memorable Friday after- noon in 1948 at the Tel Aviv museum. The two chief rabbis, Shlomo Goren and Ovadiah Yosef, then read sections of Psalms, and the Chief Army Cantor rendered a special "El Mole Rahamim" for "David Ben Avigdor, leader of Israel." The ceremony ended with Ben-Gurion's son, Amos, reading the Kadish. As Amos read "He who makes peace on his high places — may He make peace upon us," Premier Golda Meir, somber in black, began to weep put- ting a handkerchief to her eyes. But she quickly regain- ed her composure. The cor- tege moved off to waiting command cars and buses, which took it the short dis- tance to the helipad. It was preceded by girl soldiers carrying wreaths. Heading the U. S. contin- gent was Agriculture Secre- tary Earl Butz and Assistant In His Life We Were Blessed. In His Death We, of the JEWISH NATIONAL FUND, Stand Bereaved. May the Blessing of His Memory Serve to Guide and Strengthen Us. Secretary of State Kenneth Rush. Britain was represent- ed by the Jewish cabinet minister, Sir Keith Joseph. The coffin had been lying in state all night. An estimated 250,000 Israelis of all walks of life passed before it in homage. The rest of the country watched or listened to the ceremony on radio and TV. Nephew of El Al Manager Is Killed in War Nedzi Hopeful oii M.E. Peace WASHINGTON—Rep. Lu- cien N. Nedzi (D., Mich.) said upon his return from the Middle East he feels "some cause for optimism" about a settlement there. "Both Mrs. (Golda) Meir and (Anwar) Sadat reflected a tone of compromise that at least should give negotiations a good start," he said. Sde Boker Resting Place Rep. Nedzi was among 20 for Former Premier members of the House By YITZHAK SHARGIL JTA Tel Aviv Correspondent SDE BOKER (JTA) — David Ben-Gurion's body was laid to rest here in a simple grave dug on a sandstone cliff overlooking a Negev desert landscape—the bibli- cal "Wilderness of Zin." The helicopter bearing the simple pine coffin draped in a prayer shawl and the Is- raeli flag was the last of five to land. The other four car- ried Ben-Gurion's children and grandchildren; President Ephraim Katzir , Premier Golda Meir and other mili- tary and civilian dignitaries. Little more than 100 persons attended, watching the casket lowered into the ground next to Paula Ben-Gurion. For the time being, Ben- Gurion's grave is marked by a temporary wooden sign — identical to the markers placed on the graves of Is- raeli soldiers fallen in battle. In New York, more than 20,000 persons paid a memo- rial tribute Monday night to Ben-Gurion, at a "Tribute to Israel's Maccabees of 1973," at Madison Square Garden, under the sponsor- ship of State of Israel Bonds. Ira Guilden, chairman of the board of the Israel Bond Or- ganization, hailed Ben-Gurion as, "the greatest Maccabee of modern times." He recall- ed that "Twenty-two years ago in Madison Square Gar- den, David Ben-Gurion, the father of Israel's independ- ence and the first prime minister of Israel in 2,000 years, launched the Israel Bond drive." (Earlier in the day some 200 members of the Israel Consulate and Israel mis- sions in New York gathered at the consulate to pay tribute to Ben-Gurion.) Ben-Gurion Leaves House, Library to Nation JERUSALEM (JTA) — David Ben-Gurion left his home in Tel Aviv and the extensive library in it to the nation of Israel under the terms of his will filed in the Jerusalem District Court by Yaacov Shimson Shapiro, the former justice minister to whom Ben-Gurion assigned the task in 1969. He left his home and li- brary at Sde Boker to the Midrasha College which he established there. Similarly, he bequeathed his living rights at the kibutz to the Midrasha. His writings and papers will be published and edited by a special association which, the will stipulates, must be set up within one year. Any profits realized on these works are to be turn- ed over to the "Paula Ben- Gurion Foundation" which supports schools and other educational institutions. Usual The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual.—Ralph Waldo Emerson. Armed Services Committee who visited Israel and Egypt last month, and met with Prime Minister Meir and President Sadat. He said, however, that peace negotiations may be hampered due to the Israeli elections scheduled for Dec. 31 and the current debate on the war. Sadat, at the same time, cannot make any great concessions, because of Arab extremists such as Col. Muammar Qadaffi of Libya and the Syrians, said Nedzi. He added that returning the occupied land to Arab sovereignty, and giving Is- rael the protection of a buf- fer zone through demilitar- ized areas around her bor- ders made a reasonable com- promise. He quoted Sadat as saying "We know Israel is a fact," significant in that the Arabs in the past have refused to recognize the Jewish state. 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