Churchill Portrayed as 'The Great Man'; Believed British Were 'Lost 10 Tribes Winston Churchill genuine- ly believed that the British were the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, according to Robert Payne in "The Great Man: A Portrait of W i t o n Churchill," just issued by Coward, McCann and Geog- hegan. He was not alone. In World War I, when the future prime minister of Britain expressed concern over Turkey's role and the 'activities of the Turkish navy, during a dis- cussion by the British War Council, Admiral Sir John WINSTON CHURCHILL Fisher said to Churchill: "You are very wrong to worry and excite yourself. Do try to remember that we are the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel." Payne states that "this exultation" entertained by Churchill "was derive d" from Lord Fisher, the former First Sea Lord, now retired, who combined a harsh prac- tical sense with a fervent belief that the British were the Lost Ten Tribes of Israel and that the 'Book of Revela. tions' was an unfailing guide to world peace." This may account for Churchill's deep devotion to the Zionist idea, and his son's and grandson's similar devo- tion to Zionism and the state of Israel. But there are no such references in Payne's extensive work. Nevertheless, Payne does deal briefly with the prob- lems he confronted with the Arabs and with the Hashe- mite dynasty and he notes: "Churchill had placed two members of this dynasty, Abdullah and Feisal, on the 'thrones of Trans-Jordan and Iraq — thrones especially created for the purpose of satisfying the Hashemite pre- tensions." It was during those early conferences, when it was al- ready evident that the anti- Zionist activities of the Arab rulers were taking shape, but these occurrences are not mentioned by. Payne, al- though there is this com- ment: "While at Yalt a, he (Churchill) had been flabber- gasted to learn that Presi- dent Roosevelt planned to hold conferences with King Farouk, Emperor Haile Selassie and King Ibn Saud on the Quincy, anchored in Great Bitter Lake. Churchill suspected a dark plot against Brochure Provides Guidelines for Nursin! Home Choosin g A brochure providing guide- lines for selecting a nursing home for an aged parent has been published by the Jew- ish Family and _Children's Service, the agency presi- dent, Mrs. Joseph H. Jackier, announced. The booklet also explores some possible alternatives to institutional care of the aged and disabled. Compiled by members of the agency's volunteer ser- vices committee, the booklet discusses steps in deciding the best alternative for a per- son needing sheltered housing and the process of checking out establishments and mak- ing the financial arrange- ments. 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Hopkins did not know and suggested that it was 'a lot of horse- play.' " It was a period of dissen- sion among the Allies and the Roosevelt role, and the participation of his associ- ates results in this additional comment by Payne: "Churchill's half - hearted encouragement of the Polish government in exile in Lon. don, his hopes that at least the new Polish government would include representa- tives of all classes of society, strained his relations with the President, who was growing weary of East Eu- ropean problems. In a long series of messages to the President, Churchill empha- sized the dangers of a Soviet takeover. He hoped the Americans and the British could get together to prevent it. 'Our friendship is the rock on which I build for the future of the world, so long as I am one of the builders,' he wrote the President in one of the most quietly grandilo- quent passages that ever came from his pen. Roose- velt sent Judge Samuel Rosenman, one of his speech writers, and the millionaire Bernard Baruch, a close friend of Churchill's since the First World War, to dis- cuss, all these matters in London. And when Stalin took offense at the secret negotiations being conducted in Switzerland for the sur- render of the German armies in Italy, claiming wrongly that there was an Anglo- American plot to turn the German army round and send it fighting against the Russians, Roosevelt at last saw the light. 'I cannot avoid a feeling of bitter resentment toward your informers, who. ever they are, for such vile misrepresentations of my ac- tions or those of my trusted subordinates,' Roosevelt wrote on April 5, 1945, for the first time expressing his outrage and anger against Stalin. A week later, on the afternoon of April 12, (1945), he died at Warm Springs, Georgia, of a massive cerebral hemorrhage." Especially noteworthy in relation to the "Lost Ten ' Payne places emphasis on Churchill's lust for "great- ness," his longing from his very youth for respect. It was an obsession for power, and an occasion is referred FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT Tribes" legacy is the follow- ing from Payne's introduc- tory chapter: "There is no evidence that Hitler ever read (Churchill's) 'The World Crisis.' If he had read it, he might have real- ized that he was confronted with a far more dangerous opponent than he had ever contemplated. Churchill was the master of the sinister touch, the inventor of stra- tagems, the cherub with the bloody ax. Churchill knew his way through the dark woods. He had, as we shall see later, much more in common with Hitler than one would like to believe. "Throughout his life he was haunted by the concept of the Great Man. He be- lieved firmly in 'greatness,' a rare attribute given to the chosen few. One day, walk- ing through Devonport Dock. yard with Admiral Sir John Fisher, he turned solemnly and dramatically toward the admiral as though he had some important information to impart. Standing quite Polansky Series Gains New Effectiveness in Charles Angoff's Novel `Mid-Century' - novel indicates, the author has reached the period of the 1950s as he leads David Polansky onto the scene of Arab - Israel . conflicts, ..the American involvements, the Christian reactions, the Jew- ish attitudes. Angoff's work takes the form of exposing libels and of emphasizing the factual in order to refute the bigo- tries that are frequently spread by anti-Semites. At one point, David recall- ing his grandfather's warn- ing, "Scratch any Christian, and you find an anti-Semite," David thought "of Henry James' • remark about 'the Hebrew conquest of New York,' and about `the de- struction of English culture in America." In this fashion Angoff introduces the subject of bigotry with the aim of tackling the prejudicial and condemning as well as re- futing it. Such is the Angoff way of THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS treating social issues, as well Charles Angoff has earned wide recognition as a nov- elist. He is especially known for his series of narratives about David Polansky. Treat- ing his hero as a factor in current society, as a deeply interested Jew who is con- cerned with occurrences in Jewish life as they develop within the international com- munity and on the American scene, his Polansky stories emerge as an historical record of American Jewry. Nine of the Polansky novels have already been published. Now comes the 10th. With the publication of "Mid-Century," the 10- volume Polansky work ap- proaches closer to the pres- ent. Published by A. S. Barnes and Co., "Mid-Cen- tury" adds to the wholesome- ness of the entire series which has given Angoff much status as a novelist. As the title of the new still, he said: 'You are a Great Man.' The admiral was understandably impress. ed by the intelligence of the much younger man who had perceived what had long been obvious to himself. Fisher believed in many strange things. He had some illusions about the British being the lost tribes of Is- rael; he thought all soldiers were nincompoops; he had pondered the words of Jere- miah: 'Seekest thou great things for. thyself? Seek them not.' Churchill preferred Gibbon to Jeremiah, and like Gibbon he saw the world at the mercy of the Great Com- manders." as retracing historical steps as a means of chronicling the story of the Jew on a worldwide scale. The American political scene is not overlooked and President Harding and other leading figures are factors in the dikussions that al- ways make the Angoff stories philosophically note- worthy. When an experience calls for injecting the name of Supreme Court Justice Louis D. Brandeis, it is utilized. The Zionist aims receive their due share of acclaim. And the Angoff interests that assume universality never fail to mention the . artistic, the everyday aspects in normal living for Jews with aspirations as well as con- flicts. Like the other Angoff book s, "Mid-Century" is marked by a Jewish ideal- ism. This volume adds enor- mously to the effectiveness of the Polansky series.-P.S. to when his fellow students threw him on his bed and nearly asphyxiated him with his mattress, pouring hot and cold water over him. Churchill retaliated by shout- ing: "One day I shall be a great man and you shall be nobodies, and then I will stamp and crush you." Israel honored him. Chaim Weizmann viewed him as one of the great friends of Zion- ism. But he authored the White Paper that reduced immigration to Palestine—a result of pressure, no doubt, since he later argued • ;ti Parliament against rc tions on Zionism. But timse factors regrettably are not in •ayne's "The Great Man— A Portrait of Winston Churchill." Except for these omissions, Payne has pro- duced a truly great bi- ography. —P.S.