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The Southern Israelite
A Weekly Newspaper for Southern Jewry — Established 1925
XXXIII
ATLANTA, GEORGIA, FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 1958
B, Gurion Asks Reds
For Disarmament
Policy in Mid-East
JERUSALEM, April 20, (JTA)
—The Israel Cabinet approved
today Premier David Ben Gur-
ion’s reply to Soviet Premier
Nikita Khrushchev’s plea to Is
rael, among other nations, to
support the Soviet call for an
international ban on further
nuclear bomb tests and the pro
duction of nuclear weapons.
Mr. Ben Gurion reportedly
suggested that the principle of
disarmament be applied to the
Middle East region to diminish
the possibility of an outbreak of
war in the area. The gist of the
reply is thought to be: Israel
favors the banning of nuclear
weapons tests but believes that
this can only be put into effect
by a decision among the Big
Powers.
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The anti-
Jewish sentiments expressed by
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrush
chev in his recent statement to
the Paris newspaper Le Figaro
were sharply denounced here last
night by Moshe Sharett, former
Premier of Israel, in an address
at a mass meeting of immigrants
from Russia held here.
Speaking in Russian, Mr. Shar
ett expressed astonishment that
such statements as those in the
Khrushchev interview in Le
Figaro could be made by people
who claimed to be the most pro
gressive. He added that the
Khrushchev actually demon
strated five points which refuted
all assertions made by former
Soviet leaders with regard to
Jews under Communism.
Enumerating the five points,
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Atlanta Communial leaders (I.
to r.) Abe Goldstein, Barney
Medintz, Ben Massell and Rob
ert Travis watch Tom Gregory,
executive secretary to Governor
Marvin Griffin, sign the official
“State of Georgia” Proclamation
declaring April 21-25 “Israel’s
Founders of 50-Year-Old Arbeiter Ring in Atlanta
Tenth Anniversary Period.” Mr.
Medintz and Mr. Travis who are
co-chairmen of the Atlanta Jew
ish Community Council’s Com
mittee for Israel’s 10th Anniver
sary Celebration, also announced
that a similar proclamation, re
printed on Page 4 of this issue,
has been issued by Atlanta
Mayor William B. Hartsfield.
U.S. SENATE HEARS
MACON RABBI
WASHINGTON —Rabbi Chas.
M. Rubel of Macon, Ga., gave
the invocation in the United
States Senate April 22, praying
that the United States “may al
ways be the torch bearer of true
international love and friend
ship.”
Rabbi Rubel is spiritual lead
er of Congregation Sherah Israel
in Macon. He opened the Senate
Monday at the invitation of Sen.
Herman E. Talmadge.
TEL AVIV, (JTA)—The cel
bration of Israel’s tenth anniver
sary of independence opened of
ficially April 20 with huge pub
lic meetings through the length
and breadth of the land. Mem
bers of the Cabinet and other
public officials addressed the
gatherings.
The chief meeting was held
here, with Foreign Minister
Golda Meir as the featured
speaker. Mrs. Meir took the oc
casion to reply to Soviet Pre
mier Khrushchev, to whom she
merely referred as an "important
world statesman,” characterizing
as “sheer nonsense” his recent
remarks that the Jewish people
could not work together and
could not make any contribution
whether to industry or collec
tive agriculture.
The achievements of Israel
and of its working people, she
said, was sufficient reply to
these “timeworn canards.” As for
Mr. Khrushchev’s charge of the
“exaggerated intellectualism” of
the Jews, Mrs. Meir said that if
this were a sin she was prepared
to plead guilty.
Similar meetings in Jaffa, Na-
thanya, Ramath Gan and other
towns were addressed by Kadish
Luz, Agriculture Minister, Be-
hor Shitreet, Police Minister,
Pinchas Saphir, Minister for
Trade and Industry, and others.
Meanwhile, preparations are pro
ceeding throughout the Israeli
city and countryside for month
long celebrations. In as far
apart centers as Beersheba, in
the Negev, to Ramat Gan, on
the coast, streets were being
decorated and floodlit.
NEW YORK, (JTA) — More
than 10,000 American Zionists
are expected to visit Israel dur
ing its current 10th Anniversary
Year, it was announced here at
a session of several hundred
members of the national execu
tive council of the Zionist Organ
ization of America, governing
body of the organization, as
sembled from all parts of the
country.
Addressing the session, Dr.
Emanuel Neumann, ZOA presi
dent, accused the U.S. Govern
ment of attempting to whitewash
President Nasser of Egypt with
the purpose “to rehabilitate the
Egyptian dictator in Free World
opinion.”
WASHINGTON, (JTA)—Israel
is entering its second decade
with perfect confidence, Am
bassador Abba Eban said here
at a B’nai B’rith dinner honor
ing Israel’s 10th anniversary at
which he was presented with the
Presidents’s Medal of the or
ganization.
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Atlanta Arbeiter Ring (see page 3) on Sunday celebrates the fiftieth anniversary of its founding
by this group of pioneers. Taken from the folded page of an old yearbook, the group includes (1. to r.)
B. Merlin, Samuel Yampolsky, Morris Merlin, Michel Merlin, N. Golden, D. Davis, I. Sweet, M. Russ,
W. Kuniansky, J. Moret and J. Libowsky.
INTERNATIONAL STAMP CONTEST
JERUSALEM, (AJP—The Ministry of Posts has announced an
International Prize Competition for the design of a new set of post
age stamps in conjunction with the Tenth Anniversary celebration
of the State. The condition of participation in the competition is
that “the design must portray a biblical subject (old Testament).
Also that the stamp bear the inscriptions: “Israel” in Hebrew, Latin
and Arabic characters. The top award to the winning artist is
$1,000. The second and third prizes are $500. and $250. Entries must
be submitted to the Office of Philatelic Services, Ministry of Posts,
Jerusalem, Israel, not later than May 15, 1958.
ISRAEL ISSUES ANNIVERSARY
MEDALS AND COINS
JERUSALEM, (AJP)—Tourists to Israel during the Tenth An
niversary Year will be able to buy a wide choice of specialized
souvenirs commemorating the event. Among these are anniversary
medals, commemorative coins, minted by the bank of Israel, badges
with attractive emblems, flags and pennants.
Khruschev Says Jews Dislike Collectivism;
PARIS, (JTA)Soviet Premier
Nikita S. Khruschev came out
with a severe attack on Israel
and on the “Jewish distaste for
collective life.” He charged that
Jews are “born individualists”
and scored Soviet Jewry for fail
ing to settle in Birobidjan which
was proclaimed a Jewish auto
nomous region in the pre-war
years, but is now no longer offi
cially considered as such.
The anti-Jewish views were
expressed by the Soviet dictator
in an exclusive interview with
Figaro, a leading French daily
newspaper which is publishing
a series of statements by lead
ing world political figures.
“Israel,” Mr. Khruschev de
clared, “has not adopted a posi
tion favorable to the Jewish peo
ple at large. The Soviet Union
had voted in the United Nations
for the creation of Israel and
supported the state from birth.
But Israel has shown itself un
grateful and has made a mis
taken choice. Israel plays the
game of the imperialists and
enemies of the Socialist coun
tries,” he continued, “We buy
from Israel only a few oranges
and can do without them,” he
boasted.
The Soviet Premier was even
harsher in his judgment of the
experiences of the Jews in
Birobidjan. After praising the
choice of an area assigned the
Jews—“rich, fertile and with a
temperate climate” — he said:
“From all over Russia the Jews
Hits Israel, Soviet Jewry
came to settle there. They ar
rived inflamed with enthusiasm,
but soon most of them left.”
Commenting on the Jewish
“distaste” for collective work
and group discipline, Mr. Khru
shchev said: “For ages Jews
worked as artisans; they don’t
like collective work like indus
try, or construction or group
work. They’re born individual
ists. Aside from the new State
of Israel, Jews never could re
solve to live among themselves
and on their own resources.”
The Soviet Premier and Com
munist chief also stressed what
he called the intellectual inclina
tion of the Jewish masses which,
he said, “tears them away from
other occupations.” Other na
tionalities in the USSR have
made a success of their com
munal national life, he added,
while the Jews have failed.
‘This is the reason I am skepti
cal about the future of Jewish
collectivity.”