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100th Anniversary of Eliot's 'Daniel Deronda,'
Historic Novel that Predicted Israel's Rebirth

"What is needed is the leaven—what is needed is the seed community be lit! Let the reason of Israel disclose itself in a
of fire. The heritage of Israel is beating in the pulses of millions; great outward deed, and let there be another great migration,
it lives in their veins as a power without understanding, like the another choosing of Israel to be a nationality whose members
morning exultation of herds; it is the inborn half of memory,
may still stretch to the ends of the earth ... but who will have a
moving as in a dream with writings- on the walls, which it sees national hearth and a tribunal of national opinion."
—George Eliot in "Daniel Deronda," 1876.
dimly but cannot divide into speech. Let the torch of visible

C-

Detailed story in Purely.Commentary, Pages 2 and 56

Commupity
Mourns Passing
of Rabbi
Moses Lehrman;
• Story of His Life
and Editorial
on Page 8

VOL. LXXI, No. 10

THE JEWISH NEWS

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f Jewish Events

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May 13, 1977

President Truman and the Historic May 14

Clifford Demolishes Charge That Politics Caused Israel Recognition

President Harry S. Truman's spiritual and idealistic motivations in supporting the es-
tablishment of a Jewish state, even before it was known that it would be proclaimed as
Israel, and demolition of all charges that the President was motivated politically in his
actions, are described in an historic statement published by Clark Clifford, who was Tru-
man's adviser, in the leading article in the current issue of American Heritage entitled
"Recognizing Israel—The behind-the-scenes struggle in 1948 between the President and
the State Department. - Mr. Clifford pays honors to the Presi-
dent's non-political devotion to the human and just needs inher-
ent in the rebirth of Israel and declares:
"President Truman was deeply incensed at what he consid-
ered to be the consistent attitude of obstructionism on the
part of the State -Department to his policy toward Palestine.
He was angered even more at the innuendos and ultimately
the specific charge by the department that the only reason
for the President's position was his effort to curry favor with
Jewish voters in this country.
"Was politics a factor in the decisions that President Tru-
man made during these extraordinarily difficult days? Of
course it was. Under our system, political considerations are
PRESIDENT TRUMAN

present in every important decision that a President makes. But in this instance it
was a minor factor because of President Truman's broad national strategy.
"In some of the revisionist writing about this period, reference is)riade to a memo-
randum I submitted to President Truman in November, 1947. The strategy it recom-
mended was based on the premise that if the Democrats won the South, and the states
west of the Mis,sissippi, we could afford to write off the electoral votes of New York,
New Jersey. Illinois. and Ohio with their large Jewish urban
constituencies. I suggested that if we were to win the Jewish
vote, it would be won on the Democratic's party's long-stand-
ing commitment to political and economic liberalism. An in-
teresting quote from the memorandum is as follows:

-- 'In the long run, there is likely to be greater gain if the Pa-
lestine problem is approached on the basis of reaching deci-
sion.. The charge implied that the President and those Ameri-
cans who supported his policy were somehow disloyal and act-
ing in opposition to our country's best interests."'

See Editorial, Page 4

CLARK CLIFFORD

Israel Pressure Feared in U.S. Arms Policy

By YITZHAK SHARGIL
TEL AVIV (JTA)—A series of developments with respect to American military sup-
plies to Israel since the Carter Administration took office has raised fears in Israeli cir-
cles that the U.S. may withhold weapons to coerce Israel into accepting its settlement
plan for the Middle East.
Last Friday. the State Department said Israel will not be included on the top priority
list of American arms recipients. That list includes the NATO countries and Japan.
Israeli circles say the notification was unwarranted because Israel never has received
equal or preferential treatment in weapons systems deliveries, except for the F-15 jet
fighters which Israel got at the same time as West Germany. The American statement
therefore did not represent any change of policy but could be construed as a form of
pressure. the circles said.
t view gained credibility in light of what some Israelis see as a subtle change in
merican military supply relationship with Israel. The U.S. veto of the sale of 25
r jet fighters to Ecuador and the Administration's request to Congress to pass legisla-
tion that would force countries exporting arms systems which include American tech-
nology or know-how to obtain permission from Washington even before approaching a

potential customer, are seen as part of the same pattern. The requested legislation in
fact is believed, to be aimed primarily at controling Israel's arms industry.
Other disturbing developments were the Carter Administration's decision not to honor
Continued on Page 15

Competing Israel Leaders

With-23 political lists which include 30 parties represented on the ballot, the special elec-
tion to be held in Israel next Tuesday marks one of the most crucial contests in the na-
tion's history.
Shimon Peres, who heads the Labor Alignment, is expected once again to emerge as
the dominant figure to become Israel's next Prime Minister. It is anticipated, however,
that Labor will lose as many as 10 seats in the next Knesset.
Menahem Begin heads the next numerically powerful party, the Likud.
The sensational rise of Yigael Yadin, the organizer of the Democratic Movement for
Change, now ranks him as the third most powerful factor in the Israeli political contest.

Israel's Worst Aviation Disaster:
54 Are Killed in Helicopter Crash

TEL AVIV (JTA)—A troop-carrying helicopter crashed and exploded Tuesday night
killing all 54 persons aboard. It was the worst aviation disaster in Israel's history. An
official investigation was launched almost immediately. Chief of Staff Gen. Mordechai
Gur said enemy activity was ruled out as a cause and the investigators are concentra-
ting on technical failure or human error.
The crash occurred in the Jordan Valley near Jericho during annual military exer-
cises at about 8:40 p.m. local time. It involved a giant American-made Sikorsky C-53
helicopter, which can lift 51/2 tons and 60 fully-equipped troops and is regarded as highly
reliable.
Continued on Page 14

SHIMON PERES

YIGAEL YADIN

MENAHEM BEGIN

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