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111r1TRillrIEWISIINEWS

Boris Smolar's

`Between You
. . . and Me'

Editor-in-Chief
Emeritus, JTA
(Copyright 1979, JTA, Inc.)

WITH EINSTEIN TO U.S.: Prof. Albert Einstein's

Turkey Cuts Song Contest
to Be Held in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM (JTA) —
The director general of the
Israel Broadcasting
Authority (IBA) has ex-
pressed regret that Turkish
television will not partici-
pate this year at the Eurovi-
sion song contest because it
in
place
will take
Jerusalem.

Former Michigan Director Named

NEW YORK — Robert C.
Kohler was appointed assis-
tant national director and
director of development for
draw to the 1967 borders.
the Anti-Defamation
But IBA head Yitzhak League of Bnai Brith. Be-
Livni said Eurovision was fore assuming his new
not a political event but duties, Kohler was director
rather entertainment. of community service,
There is no place in it for supervising the activities of
gestures of political iden- ADL's 26 regional offices.
Kohler joined ADL in
tification, he said. The
European Broadcasting 1955, as assistant director
Union,. which sponsor' the of its Michigan regional
contest, has so far succeeded office. He has served as New
in acting as a professional York area director; director
international body and did of the New Jersey regional
not mix political considera- office; secretary to ADL's
tions in its activities, Livni National Committee on
said.
Race Relations; associate

director of the National
Community Service Di-
vision; director of the
Virginia-North Carolina
regional office; and associ-
ate director of the South-
eastern regional office (At-
lanta).

Youth to Meet

NEW. YORK — Youth
coming to the United States in 1933 for permanent settle-
delegates from North and
ment was a guarded secret. It was known that he received a
South America, Israel and
U.S. visa, but only a few trusted people knew in confidence
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A statement made in An-
the name of the ship on which he was to sail from Europe,
Geneva March 18 for the
the date of the sailing and the port of embarkation.
kara said the Turkish gov-
initial meeting of the World
ernment has always recog-
Strict secrecy was necessary to prevent the Nazis from
Jewish Congress' Interna-
an attempt on Einstein's life. The Nazi machine
nized the rights of the
tional Commission on the
as feverishly working in the direction of completing re-
Palestinian 'people, and de-
,vas
Young Generation.
manded that Israel with-
search on producing the atom bomb.
Einstein also had enemies in the United States. "Pat-
riotic" groups pressured the State Department to deny him
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a visa. They labeled him a "pacifist" and a "socialist." A
large and noisy organization of women even addressed a
petition to the State Department labeling Einstein, as "a
Communist and a menace to American institutions" — a
charge which amused him and provoked his sharply ironic
"Reply to American Women," published in the press.
THE WELL-KEPT SECRET: It was easy for the
American correspondents in Berlin to learn from the U.S.
Consulate that Einstein got his visa. They spared no effort
to find him with messages that they would like to escort
him on the trip and they wished to know the name of the
vessel on which he would sail and the day of his embarka-
tion. They were politely informed, however, that Einstein
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out the knowledge of her husband, she sent me a message
telling me that if I wish, I could join Prof. Einstein and her
who is well known in the area
on their trip, but only as a passenger, not as a journalist.
would like all his friends and
She gave me the name of the ship, the date and hour of the
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sailing and the port from which the vessel would leave. She
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indicated that her husband would probably be shocked to
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noticed me on the deck and gave . me a friendly nod. A few
minutes after the Einsteins were settled in their cabin she
located me on the deck and informed me that Prof. Einstein
did not know yet that I was on the ship. She arranged that
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"He will be at first surprised to see you," she said, "and
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perhaps annoyed, but you should not feel offended. His
mood will change in seconds and you will be welcomed by
him." And so it was.
I joined Mrs. Einstein in assuring her husband, "Of
course, I will not do anything contrary to your wishes. As a
matter of fact, if you wish it, I will disembark from the ship
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moods, his interest in certain books which he took with him
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was not a religious Jew — he called himself a "Spinoza Jew"
— but Dr. Chaim Weizmann, whom he admired, converted
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