The Arizona post., 1954-03-19
between YOU AND ME
By BORIS SINCLAIR

THE "COID WAR: Any American visiting Israel can
not help notice the cOld war; between Moscow and the
United States streets of Tel AviV The EaStWest
var strongly reflected the newsstands and in the u
ttude of bookstores the CITY, Books and magazines
published United States displayed side by side
with Soviet and publications. In this competition
of minds States has the hand over Russia
Israel far from happy over the
growing Israeli American books and publications.
And the Soviet Ambassador in Tel Aviv Is trying TO
cOunteract throwing parties In the Lega
tion The remarkable thing is that Israeli intellec
for their antiSoviet sentiments are being IN
vited remarkable is the fact that Soviet dlpo
mats approach these antSOvet ntellecuas with frank
desire to be invited The Israelis both
puzzled amused by this Soviet approach especially
since outside the United Nations for instance
representatives do everything they can to display
pro-Arab rather than prOIsrael sentiment.
CAMPAIGN INNOVATIONS: A system of cam
pagnng will introduced by the Israel Bond Organization
when it naugurates 1854 drive at the end of this month
The new system will be conducted on strictly low
pressure mo pressure basis. Principal reason Tor
policy is the fact that from here on American Jews
will be asked buy bonds regular and continuing
annual basis This revolutionary is based on cal
that such approach will secure for Israel bonds
much better and more stable results
AMERICAN INVESTMENTS: An important cOntribu
ton by Americans American Zionist House in Tel
Aviv Israelis to enjoy evening, some to
lectures others to dine and dance. There is
good restaurant good bar fine orchestra, and fine at
mosphere And the prices set young Israeli can
girl dancing his wife dining in dignlfied place
without having spend too much of his weekly budget
ZOA 1 told is losing $4,000 on the esab
Ishment make it accessible to people with low
income . However, this is worthwhile loss. ZOA
in Tel Avv creates great amount of goodwill for
American Jews among the Israeis
COMMUNAL TRENDS: President Eisenhower and Presi
Truman may for the first time sit side by side at
Jewish dinner in this country This will be the dinner
marking the opening of the celebration of 300 of Jew
settlement in America delegation of Jewish leaders
which visited President Eisenhower to invite him to attend
told Mr. Eisenhower that he has no obJec
ton having Truman also guest of honor 1ncden-
tally work of the committee which is arranging the cele-
bration moving slowly because of financial difficulties
The big celebration plans which members of the
nurtured gradually being reduced one
by of the lack of funds Even the project to
build wing the Library of Congress be dropped
WASHINGTON MOODS: Who will be the next us. Am
baSsadOr to Israel? This question is matter of
much speculation i'm Washington. 1t is also of the
major questions which Israel is directly interested
S of course not in position to influence i'm
State Departments choice of to succeed the
late US. Ambassador MOnnet Davis. However, it is
that Israel would like that the Ambassador not
be jew, since this would cOmplicate matters. 1t is
that candidate will be announced until the inter
situation in the Arab countries neighboring Israel is
cleared up. Instability of of the Arab countries
compared with the stable internal situation in Israel
strengthened the position of those in Washington who advO
cate the merger of Iraq with Syria and Jordan.