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VOL. 33 NO. 29
PLAIN TALK
BY ALFRED SEGAL
OF LIVING IT ALL OVER
People keep on sending this Mr.
Segal answers to a question he
asked here several weeks ago:
Where am I going after my
funeral . . . that is to say. what
becomes of my soul then? What's
the Jewish concept of this? In
particular Philadelphians have
been giving his answers; they
read him in their Jewish Expon
ent.
By so many replies his poor soul
is even the more confused. Yes,
people are searching this way and
that for solution of the mystery,
even while this living on the earth
is their main preoccupation . . .
the earning of the daily bread and
the paying-off on the car and how
to buy enough insurance to keep
the kids fed after papa is dead and
gone.
But, like this Segal, in quiet
moments they get to the question,
what's to become of us after
everything, after the job's done
on earth, after the funeral, that
is. Here's Mr. H. Robert Seamon
of 7943 Limekiln Pike, Philadel
phia, age 50, an active business
man (real estate) who finds time
to search into the future of him
self, Segal and all of us.
Mr. Seamon brings to Segal a
concept of immortality that’s rath
er pleasing to this columnist who
really would enjoy writing col
'umns forever . . . even unto a
thousand years longer ... by re
incarnation. Mr. Seamon, who is
himself Jewish, offers the theory
of the Theosophists who like to
believe that after death the soul
goes into a new body to be born
again, to live it all over, in accord
ance with the kind of life one
lived in the previous existence;
the good in one’s life today will
burgeon even-into finer goodness
in his next life on earth. That’s
Segal’s understanding of the re
incarnation idea.
Mr. Seamon himself isn't one
who hands this down as a sure
dogma; he says he's still search
ing. But he seems to think well of
being allowed to live on the earth
again in a new body ... to stay
actively on the job of living in
one life and another, on and on.
WelL Segal, too, likes to think of
being alive on earth from century
to century without ending in one
body and another. (Otherwise, he
would rather take the eternal rest
and peace of his grave.)
Mr. Seamon had written to Se
gal: “In your article you state you
are still bemused; that you expect
replies from rabbis on the subject.
Although I am not a rabbi I feel
that my 30 years of study qualify
me to help those fellow-humans
still laboring under the antiquated
_ teachings of church and syna
gogue.
‘Tor’the past 30 years I have
been deeply interested in the rea
sons for being. This search for
truth began with the advent of
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Bonn Allocates Pensions to Jews
BONN, (JTA) —The sum of $1,800,000 has been appropriated by
the West German Government for the annual payment of pensions
to former rabbis and other officials and employes of Jewish com
munities who lost their positions when the Naxis came to power. At
the same lime, these pensions have been given new legal status in a
directive published this week in the Reichsgeselzblatt, the Official
Gazelle of the Federal Gbvernment.
The new status affects more
than 2,000 rabbis, cantors, teach
ers, kosher slaughterers, social
workers, nurses, physicians, libra
rians, field organizers and admin
istrative employes who, in the
well-organized Jewish life that
flourished in Germany prior to
Hitler’s advent, were assured of a
pension upon reaching retirement
age. Most of them fled Germany
while there was yet time, some
were liberated from Nazi camps in
1945.
All payments can be transferred
freely to the pensioner's country
of residence and amount to 80 per
cent of the /last salary for the
rabbi or communal official.
Moroccan Leader
Attacks Zionism
CASABLANCA, (JTA) —Zion
ism is “another form of colonial
ism," an Istiqlal leader declared
in Rabat, the Moroccan capital.
Istiqlal is the leading nationalist
party in the country.
Si Mohamed lyazyde, secretary
of the party, ruled out any possi
bility of diplomatic relations be
tween Morocco and Israel. He
declared that it was the duty of
Moslems to fight Zionism “until
it is defeated.”
Italian-Made Jet Planes for Israel?
BY MILTON FRIEDMAN
(Copyright. 1956, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, Inc.)
*****
—WASHINGTON
State Department was looking after Israel and that
the Jewish State might be sold F-84 jet fighters
“now being produced by Italy under an offshore
procurement contract with thd United States.”
On the following day, however, an Italian
Foreign Office spokesman in Rome said there was
“no chance at all” Italy would sell jet fighters to
Israel. The United Press quoted the official
spokesman’s comments on the Scott story.
Rep. William J. Green, Jr., Philadelphia Dem
ocrat, decided to bring the matter up on the House
Floor. Green charged that Scott was “attempting
to kid” Jewish voters in Philadelphia “that he is
the great champion of Israel despite the fact that,
under a Republican Administration with its own
president, President Eisenhower, he has not been
able to attain one single thing.
A former chairman of the Republican National
Committee, Scott has headed a group of 51 Repub
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA, FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 1956
Italian-made jet planes for
Israel? This set off a Congres
sional political debate that
sounded like a question of war
or pizza.
Rep. Hugh Scott, Philadelphia
Republican, told the press on
July 20 that he and Rep. Law
rence Curtis, Boston Republican,
had talked with Secretary of
State Dulles about arms for Is
rael. Scott suggested that the
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Published Every Friday
U. S. May Abandon Base
in Saudi Arabia; Displeased
With Arab Demands
WASHINGTON. (JTA) The
United Stales may adopt a firmer
attitude toward Saudi Arabia in
connection with negotiations on
the renewal of air base rights, it
was indicated here by informed
sources.
These sources said that King
Saud has displeased the State De
partment by demands for huge
monetary compensation in ex
change for the lease. The United
States may consider the possibil
ity of using British-controlled
territory in the Arabian area for
establishment of a new base. This
would allow abandonment of the
present base at Dharan, in Saudi
Arabia.
Earlier, it was reported by two
members of Congress that Secre
tary of State John Foster Dulles
intends to make a statement de
nouncing Saudi Arabian discrim
ination against American Jews.
The Congressmen Hugh Scott,
Jr., of Pennsylvania and Laurence
Curtis of Massachusetts made
the announcement after a confer
ence with Secretary Dulles.
lican Congressmen who have sought to persuade
the State Department to sell arms to Israel. Green
is a member of a group of 102 Democrats advocat
ing arms for Israel. He said that he and his col
leagues were “honestly and sincerely interested in
getting arms to that great democracy in the Near
East.”
As a result of Scott’s statements to the press
about Israel getting jet fighters from Italy, Green
said he made contact with the State Department.
He learned that the Republican Congressmen who
“visited there were advised that there was no
change in the Eisenhower policy, that they thought
they had prevented war and saved the oil of the
Near East. I was advised the gentlemen were con
cerned about the voters in the coming election and
when they asked if there was any flexibility in
the Eisenhower policy they were told by the Sec
retary—‘no change’.”
Chairman James P. Richards of the House
Foreign Affairs Committee was questioned by
Green about the State Department’s attitude on
arms for Israel. Richards said “I have understood
from' talking with some of the gentlemen down
there that there have been no changes of policy.”
Rep. Wayne L. Hays, Ohio Democrat, told the
House he had no inside information on Italian jet
planes but was “aware that there is going to be an
election shortly.” Referring to the 1954 election,
Hays said: “Numerous people ran through the
White House, posed for about 10 seconds, and
shook hands with the Great White Fattier, and
then had their pictures in the papers and gave
out statements.”
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HASSES MAT SEEK TO COVER
HIS ASWAN DAM FAILURE
BY ATTACKING ISRAEL
WASHINGTON, July 22 (JTA) —President Nasser of Egypt,
placed in a perilous position by American. British and Soviet re
fusal to finance the construction of the Aswan Dam, may embark on
a military adventure against Israel to distract atlentioit from his
failure to carry out the highly-publicized Aswan Dam project.
Such a possibility was taken
into consideration here today fol
lowing the receipt of news from
Moscow that Demitri Shepilov,
Soviet Foreign Minister, had indi
cated yesterday that the Soviet
Government would give sympa
thetic consideration to requests
for aid from Egyptian industry
but is not inclined to provide aid
for the building of the Aswan
Dam.
It was feared in Washington*
that after the blunt refusal by the
State Department last Thursday
evening to help Egypt build her
projected $1,300,000,000 Aswan
high dam on the Nile. Col. Nasser
would iurn to Moscow for such
help. The Soviet Foreign Ministers
statement in Moscow yesterday
confirmed the opinion of Wash
ington circles which said that Rus
sia was unlikely to undertake
such a heavy financial, technical
and industrial drain on her re
sources as the construction of the
Aswan Dam would involve.
(The New York Times reported
from Moscow today that despite
Mr. Shepilov’s statement, diplo
A
o
mats there did not rule out entire
ly the possibility* of Soviet aid on
the Aswan project. They pointed
out that Col. Nasser is expected in
Moscow in mid-August and at
that time the entire question of
Soviet relations with Egypt will
be reviewed. Questions of eco
nomic and possibly military aid
will be discussed.)
I
May Try to Save His Prestige
by Exploiting Israeli Issue
With no outlook of obtaining
foreign aid for the dam project
and, therefore, with no solution of
his basic economic problems in
sight, Egyptian President Nasser
might be tempted to have his
prestige aifiong his own people, as
well as among the Arabs in other
countries, by exploiting the Israeli
issue, it was thought ip diplomatic
circles here.
Reports reaching Washington
during the week-end leave no
doubt that the withdrawal of
American and British offers to
help Col. Nasser build the Aswan
Dam has already undermined the
i confidence in him which prevailed
in some of the Arab countries
where he was considered the
champion of Arab nationalism.
These reports also indicate that
his political enemies at home—of
whom there are many—may seize
the opportunity to undermine his
popularity in Egypt and to charge
him with ineffectiveness.
Under the circumstances; some
observers in Washington fear that
the way out for Col. Nasser might
appear to be as the Arab cham
pion against Israel. However, it is
believed certain here that a sec
ond round of fighting between the
Arab countries and Israel almost
certainly would bring Western
forces back into the Middle East,
and this would annul Col. Nasser’s
achievements in ousting the Brit
ish forces from Egypt, which
brought him so much glory
among the Arabs.
An organization calling itself
the “National Committee for Se
curity and Justice in the Middle
East," today called the with
holding of U. S. funds from
Egypt's Aswan project sheer lun
acy" and something "which can
well turn out to be disastrous to
the American political interest."
The group includes personalities
who have associated themselves
with anti - Zionist activities.
Among them are Alfred M. Lilien
thal, of the American Council for
Judaism.
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