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yndon Johnson was
called a lot of things in
his time. But until
now, one epithet never hurl-
ed at the late president was
righteous gentile.
In Robert Dallek's new
biography of LBJ, Lone Star
Rising: Lyndon Johnson
And His Times 1908-1960,
the author reveals that the
36th president helped save
hundreds of Jewish lives at
the outset of World War II
while serving as a freshman
congressman from Texas.
After the Nazi takeover of
Austria in 1938, Mr.
Johnson helped a visiting
25-year-old Austrian Jewish
musician gain permanent
residence status in the
United States, Mr. Dallek
writes.
Later that year, when LBJ
heard that one of his Jewish
constituents was planning a
trip to Poland and Germany,
he urged him to "get as
many Jewish people as
possible out of both coun-
tries." With Mr. Johnson's
help, the constituent
facilitated the emigration of
42 Polish and German Jews.
Four months after Nazi
Germany invaded Poland,
Mr. Johnson quietly worked
with prominent Texas Jews
to help hundreds of Jewish
refugees obtain fake pass-
ports and one-way visas to
the Lone Star State via
Alan H. Feiler is a staff
reporter for the Baltimore
Jewish Times.
Cuba, Mexico and South
America. The rescue effort
— known as Operation
Texas — was kept under
wraps for more than two
decades.
Mr. Dallek, a history pro-
fessor at the University of
California Los Angeles, be-
lieves the matter was kept
quiet for so many years be-
cause Operation Texas broke
immigration laws.
"My impression is it could
have jeopardized the situa-
tion for those immigrants
who were brought here, so
no one said anything," said
Mr. Dallek, who is Jewish.
While Mr. Johnson was
never officially recognized
for his aid to Jewish refu-
gees, the case demonstrates
the complex nature of the
president, Mr. Dallek said.
"This was a man who did
many ugly things and
skulduggery, but had com-
passion and felt for the suf-
fering of the disadvantag-
ed," Mr. Dallek explained.
"Johnson only had 400 Jews
living in his Austin district.
Yet he did this not for polit-
ical expediency but out of
compassion."
Lady Bird Johnson recall-
ed in her memoirs, White
House Diary, that LBJ was
honored at a synagogue
dedication in Austin, Texas,
in 1963 for his efforts to save
Jewish refugees.
"Person after person
plucked at my sleeve and
said, 'I wouldn't be here to-
day if it weren't for him. He
helped me get out,' " she
recalled.
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NEWS I
Little Opposition
To Proposed Arms Sale
Washington (JTA) — Con-
gress is not expected to op-
pose a proposed $365 million
arms sale to Saudi Arabia.
President Bush formally
notified Congress that the
package includes 2,000 MK-
84 bombs, 2,100 cluster
bombs, 770 Sparrow air-to-
air missiles and laser-guided
bomb components.
A pro-Israel lobbyist said
the package consists of
"small dollar" items —
"most of it not very
threatening or new or diff-
erent than what's been put
in the region before."
Sparrow technology is "not
special" while the MK-84s
are "old iron bombs," the
lobbyist added.
But the cluster bombs are
considered more powerful
than the others. They con-
tain a number of smaller
bombs that are scattered
over a wide area, resulting
in a dramatically expanded
range.
Of greater concern to pro-
Israel activists here than the
current package is a future
proposed sale worth more
than $10 billion.
That package was initially
expected to be proposed this
fall, but pro-Israel lobbyists
now expect it to be delayed
until early 1992.