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AN INDEPENDENT WEEKLY SERVING AMERICAN CITIZENS OF JEWISH FAITH
THE OLDEST AND MOST WIDELY CIRCULATED JEWISH PUBLICATION IN THIS TERRITORY
VOL. 33 No. 8
PLAIN TALK
BY ALFRED SEGAL
WHAT THE RABBI
REALLY SAID
M7 neighbor in this apartment
house. Mr. Abraham Powelankey.
came to my door and pressed into
my hand a publication the size of
a daily newspaper—two pages of
it. It carried a four-bank headline,
type two inches long. The head
line read: “Over 25 Years of God's
Blessing in Bringing the Gospel
to the Jews."
It had been left at Mr. Powel
ankey’s place of business by
I someone who was making door-
I to-door deliveries of it. A quick
I perusal told Mr. Powelankey that
I this publication was the o.utgiving
I of Dr. A. U. Michelson of Los
I Angeles who started out as a Jew
I himself, became a Christian in
1922, and since then has been
determined to make Christians
l out of every one of us. In Los
si Angeles he has what’s called The
n* First Hebrew Christian Syna
gogue.
He is daily on the radio toward
that purpose. In his paper is
printed the photographic image of
a rabbi, wrapped under a talith.
who is supposed to be listening to
Dr. Michelson on radio. From the
rapt look of the rabbi in the pic
ture. it might be guessed he has
come to a grave crisis of his Jew
ish life.
Dr. Michelson tells all about the
. rabbi who sits there, listening so
I intently to Michelson bent on
5 converting him; in these words:
I “Behind his closed door and in the
I privacy of his own room sits a
I Jew. He is separated for the mo
ment from the rush and din of the
world at work and play. Jewish
prayer books are in the bookcase,
I' and a Mezuzah is on the door.
!* This man is steeped in Judaism,
and tradition has built a wall
around his heart.
“The radio has been. switched
oa. perhaps to get the daily morn
ing news. Now the broadcast is
ever and the Jew starts to turn
the dial. But something stays him
as a Gentile hymn replaces the
station announcer. Then the air
suddenly becomes electrified. Can
it be possible? A Jewish voice
brings greetings: 'ln the name of
ear Lord Jesus Christ.' The Jew
sits down quickly—stunned, fas
cinated. Incredible that a Jew
should be preaching Christ! . . .
Our Jew is only one of thousands
who never before had heard that
. this is the Jewish Messiah and not
the hateful God of the Gentiles
| ... This is the power of radio."
It is my own guess, though, that
I this rabbi under the talith, who
| was listening in to Dr. Michelson
I is not exactly stunned or fascin
ated to hear him. Rather in the
i way of a charitable man, he
laughs gently. He doesn’t get in
the least angry at converted Jew
Michelson. I detect the rabbi’s
friendly chuckle ...
I am sure he is saying, "Well, I
have my God and let Michelson
have his own way of looking at
(Continued on Page 8)
Southeastern Hadassah Speaker
In Augusta March 11th
Mrs. Abraham (Anna) Tulin of New York City, National Vice
President of Hadassah. and Hadassah Medical Organization (HMO)
Chairman, will speak during the Southeastern Regional Conference
of Hadassah, March 11, 12 and 13. Mrs. Tulin will speak at the
Hadassah Medical Organization luncheon, Monday March 12, and
at the banquet, Tuesday night March 131 h. The conference this year
is being held in Augusta, Ga., according to Mrs. Abe Schneider, con-
ference publicity co-chairman.
Mrs. Tulin has been “one of
Hadassah’s most dynamic speak
ers and leaders for almost two
decades,” declared Mrs. Sch
neider.
Former National Youth Aliy ah
(immigration) Chairman of Had
assah, Mrs. Tulin occupies a uni
que position in the organization
because of her background and
business experience. Born in Ger
many, she made a name for her
self in the business world as Vice-
President in charge of sales for a
leading German medical supplies
firm. In this capacity she came to
the United States. She rejected
her German allegiance as a re
sult of the Nazi regime under Hit
ler and has been an ardent ex
ponent of Zionism ever since her
marriage in 1936.
During World War 11, Mrs.
Tulin worked untiringly for Jew
ish refugees in Palestine under
the Hadassah banner. As chair
man of its Shipping and Purchas
ing Bureau, Mrs. Tulin’s back
ground in working for a techni
cal equipment concern was par
ticularly useful. She was in
charge of buying and dispatching
quantities of medical equipment
and food to the Hadassah Medical
Arabs Sleeping With Communists
BY MILTON FRIEDMAN
(Copyright, 1956, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
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competent match for Egypt’s new Russian MiG’s.
France made known that secrecy was required
to avoid placing an unnecessary additional burden
on French-Arab relations. The transaction was
kept out of the press by the French and Israel
Governments. In due course the United States was
officially advised of the pending deal.
State Department officials immediately and de
liberately leaked a story to reporters. It said, in
effect, that the United States was “urging” France
to sell the planes. The story mentioned the specific
number and type. It was pointed out that Ameri
can permission was required under NATO regula
tions and that this government approved.
This unexpected “support” by the State Depart
ment accomplished its deliberately calculated pur
pose. France was embarrassed by the publicity.
Negotiations with Israel became hopelessly com
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MRS. TULIN
Organization and its affiliated in
stitutions in Palestine, serving
also as an. Hadassah representa
tive on the Council of Voluntary
Agencies for material aid to for
eign countries, under the auspices
of UNRRA (United Nations Relief
and Rehabilitation Administra
tion).
For four years Mrs. Tulin
served as National Treasurer of
Hadassah. She was an Hadassah
delegate twice to World Zionist
Congresses, first in 1946 in Basle.
(Continued on Page 4)
*****
—WASHINGTON
The U. S. Government has not
only denied U. S. jet planes to
Israel but State Department of
ficials are subtly sabotaging Is
rael’s chances of getting such
planes from France.
Recently France indicated a
warm humanitarian response to
Israel’s military plight. Negotia
tions were opened to sell Israel
12 new “Mystere IV” jet fighter
planes. The “Mystere IV” is a
ISRAEL DEMANDS U. S.
ANSWER ON ARMS AID
JERUSALEM lsrael this week demanded a prompt answer on
whether the United States intends to sell arms to Israel or "abandon"
the Jewish state.
Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe Sharett went before the Knesset
(Parliament) with one of the strongest messages yet addressed to
Washington. ■■
plicated.
A French diplomatic source said American au
thorities who publicly “urged” France to do what
France was already on the verge of doing ruined
the hitherto secret negotiations. These American
officials, the French diplomat said, were “certain
ly no friends of Israel.”
Once the story was out, Paris quickly reacted.
The French stressed that if the United States sin
cerely wanted Israel to have jet fighters, the Uni
ted States produced many more than France. In
fact, the United States had hundreds of surplus
F-86’s available. The French thought the United
States was trying to confuse world public opinion
on the Israel arms question and at the same time
pass the buck to France.
If the United States wanted France to risk
further Arab hostility, in the French view, the
State Department should be prepared to aid
France in North Africa. In the event French sale
of planes to Israel representated a tripartite deci
sion, France thought the tripartite powers should
share the consequences.
One thing was clear. The State Department’s
leakage cleverly frustrated Israel’s immediate
hopes of getting the 12 French fighters. The issue
was now involved in broader complexities.
What was the motivation? A State Department
source explained that America’s “best interest”
required that Israel be refused arms. He alleged
that should the Western nations sell munitions to
Israel the Arabs would enter the Communist em
brace. But Egypt has been sleeping with the
Communists since last September.
He said the time has come for
the United States to give a clear
answer quickly to Israel’s request
for guns, tanks and planes.
Sharett said Secretary of State
John Foster Dulles' statement to
the Senate Foreign Relations
Committee last week were "dis
appointing" and "alarming, even
if they didn't amount to Amer
ica's last word." Before a hostile
Senate group, Dulles defended his
pro-Arab policy last week.
Saudi Arabia has asked to buy
a small number of jet planes from
the United States in addition to
18 more tanks, it was learned in
Washington this week.
Officials who reported this said
the request has not received U. S.
approval. They indicated it would
get the same "most careful scru
tiny" promised for all Middle East
arms requests in a recent State
Department announcement lifting
a two-day embargo on such ship
ments.
The embargo was imposed amid
controversy over a previous ship
ment of light tanks.
The Saudi request for an undis
closed number of jet planes and
18 M 47 Patton medium tanks, of
ficials said, is in addition to seven
million dollars worth of U. S.
military goods authorized for
shipment to Saudi Arabia in the
past six months.
This represents almost half the
16 millions in arms shipments to
the Middle East for which export
licenses were granted since Aug
ust. Os the rest, six million went
to other Arab countries and three
million to Israel, it was under
stood.
Israel's big request for 63 mil
lions in defensive weapons is still
"under consideration." This figure
was revised upward from 50 mil
lions as a result of changes made
in the arms list first submitted
Nov. 16 by Israeli Ambassador
Abba Eban.
Rabbi Irving Miller, chairman
of the American Zionist Council,
representing all Zionist organiza
tions in the United States, issued
the following statement, after the
announcement of the shipment of
U. S. tanks to Saudi Arabia:
"The lifting of the embargo on
the delivery of eighteen tanks to
Saudi Arabia finally lifts the cur
tain on the appeasement policy
toward the Arabs which the State
Department has practiced these
past several years under the fa
cade of 'impartiality.' It also dem
onstrates in striking fashion the
entire pattern of its bungling pol
icies in that area which have led
to the opening of the Middle East
to communist penetration.
“While Israel’s five months’ old
request for defensive arms is
being shelved under all sorts of
sanctimonious pretexts despite
the grave peril Israel faces be
cause of the continuous flow of
Soviet arms to its enemies, Amer
ican built tanks are shipped with
impunity to Saudi Arabia, which
is threatened by no one.
"The Slate Department's con
tention that the shipment of tanks
is 'in conformity with the policies
of the United States with respect
to the maintenance of peace and
stability in the area,' is an amaz
ing twist of logic and a piece of
wishful thinking which our State
Department can ill afford at this
time.
“The American people know
full well that Saudi Arabia is
closely allied with Egypt in its
warlike preparations and threats
against Israel. They also recall
the statement of King Saud of
Saudi Arabia that ‘if necessary,
the lives of ten million Arabs
must be sacrificed to wipe Israel
off the map.’
"By its latest move, the State
Department has again exposed in
cynical manner its hostility to Is
rael and it will bear the major
responsibility for the disaster
which its action may precipitate
in the Middle East."
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