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THE SOUTHERN ISRAELITE, May 16. I»TJ - PAGE 2
Speedily, and in Our Day
m+L by CARL ALPERT
Haif* —* Ter yean ago this
week (May 12. 1965) diplomatic
relatiorw, were formally established
between Israel and Germany In
his letter confirming the un
demanding Prime Minister Levy
Eshkol pointed out that the deci
sion had been taken "against a
sombre historical background and
B-ECTRKJTYAND
THE CONSUMER
Talk by
President
Georgia Pc-ver Company
These days we hear much talk about
“the consumer." Sometimes it seems “the
consumer” has just been discovered.
Since Georgia Power Company was
formed in the late 1920's, our only reason
for being in business has been to serve
that “consumer,’ or customer.
In our early years, it was easier to
provide for our customers' electrical
needs than it is now. We were in an
expanding economy, able easily to borrow
money and achieve earnings necessary to
finance the ever-increasing needs of a
growing Georgia. For example, it took
until 1%4 to reach an investment of
$1 billion in electrical plant to serve our
customers. In just 10 more years, that
investment increased by mere than two
and a half times to reach $3.7 billion in
1974. During this period we decreased
our rates 16 consecutive times. Unfor-
tunatelv, those days of decreases are over.
Since 1971, we've had to request annual
rate relief to help us meet your future
electrical demands.
All this means is that we, like you.
are facing the problems of inflation, reces
sion and rising costs of doing business.
It's tougher to provide you with
electric service today. But as the new
esident of Georgia Power Company,
want you to know that our newly
organized management team is taking a
positive view of the future. We are looking
at every way we can to reduce costs while
maintaining the level of service you. our
customers, deserve.
I wAOuld welcome your suggestions
about how we can better provide for your
present and future electrical needs
Write:
Bob Scherer
P.a Box 4599
Atlanta, Georgia 30302
Georgia Power Company
A citizen wherever we sene 9
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a stormy political one."
Only a few years earlier who in
the wildest stretch of his imagina
tion would ever have dared to
predict such a step 11 Yet the fact
that this could be done, and that
the relations couid develop as they
have in the decade that has follow
ed. constitute an optimistic ray of
hope with respect to ultimate
resumption of normal relations
with our Arab neighbors once the
initial hurdles are overcome
Hislory teaches us that a dense
fog of national animosities, no
matter how vicious and bitter at
the tune of conflict, tends to dis
sipate under the warm sun o!
neighborly human relations.
In a period of seventy years
France and Germany fought three
bitter wars against each other, dur
ing which expressions of mutual
hatred were unbridled 'l ei each
tunc the establishment of peace
restored friendships The same
story is repeated after almost every
war
No matter what may be said
now. the truth is that there has
beer little hislory of antagonism
between the two Semitic people,
the Jews and the Arabs. In a recent
book (L nease in Ziom, Prof
Shmuel Hugo Bergman of the
Hebrew University writes:
Stop Smoking
Clinic at AJCC
The Atlanta Jewish Community
Center and the Atlanta Lung
Association will co-sponsor a
"Stop Smoking Clinic" beginning
Sunday evening. May 18.
The six-day clinic, which has
been offered at the Center three
times before, has achieved a ninety
per cent success rate with par
ticipants attempting to quit smok
ing The leader » Mrs Frances
Fisher, a former smoker herself
The program will run May 18-
26. from ’ 1 30-9-00 p.m at the
Atlanta Jewish Community
Center. 1745 Peachtree Rd N E.
A fee of S5 00 includes the cost
of the handbook Persons can
register by callmg 8'5-Tt81
"Anyone who saw the Arabs from
the Old City of Jerusalem after the
war of June, 1967. when the gates
were opened and they poured in by
the thousands to the Western part
of the city to sec their Jewish
neighbors, embrace ihcm and kiss
them, cannot believe that the roots
of hatred run deep
The Egyptian woman journalist,
Sana Hassan, was asked about
Arab hatred of Israelis during a
public dialogue which she and the
Israeli, Amos Elon. conducted
befort numerous audiences in the
U. S. In a new book {Between
Enemies) which expands on that
dialogue, she replies: "Anti-
Semitism is only a kind of war
racism in the Arab world It's the
kind that Allied propaganda
genefated about the Germans in
W orld W ar II, and the Americans
about the Japanese, to mobilize
popular emotion at home. It is in
tense and vicious I don’t deny
that, but it’s not endemic and it
will burn out once the conflict is
over.”
The Israelis’ lack of hatred for
Arabs is well known, and oc
casional bursts of reaction after a
terrorist atrocity are highly
volatile
Three monihs ago Foreign
Minister Yigal Allon paid a state
visit to Germany German govern
ment officials had previously been
received here. If this has been
possible with Germany, of all
countries, is it not conceivable that
friendly diplomatic exchange
between Jerusalem and Cairo may
also take place one day’
Even under the stress of the pre
sent psychological war, or even in
ibe heal of battle, let us seek to re
tain a sense of optimistic historical
perspective It will strengthen both
our resoKe and our morale
Appetising — Velicdetm
SM»(tew VeliglU
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