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February rs


February rs
The Lights" were in fine fet-
tie" at Nib. Saturday after a
three week lay-off. The small fry
seemed pleased to be in evidence
again - there were two new ones
"gracing" the gallery - Betty and
Sherrie Clark. Jackie and Elaine
Glanton were "bouncy" as usual.
Pretty little Laura Green gave us
potato chip and offered a part
of her hamburger - sister Lois
was not so generous. Sally Jeffer-
son seemed sad as none Of her
bowling friends were present. The
Pettiford boys, David and Johnny,
Kenneth Webster with uncle VIII
liam were interested. Rachael
Coclxrell saw husband Wayne bowl
in better games. Clodeal Glanton
was watching with interest as was
Mr.. and Mrs. Webb who came
over to "see what was going on"
NORTHERN LIGHTS
February rs
Individual High Game, Men: B.
Green, 223; s. Canton, 222; B.
Hill, 213.
Individual High Series, Men: B.
Green, $50; B. johnson, 537 and B.
Hill, 533.
Individual High Game, Women:
A. Stevenson, 205; G. Canton, 1876
and c. Fowler, 1872. =
Individual High Series, Women:
A. Stevenson, 555; C. Fowler, 534
and G. Canton, 4s3.
High Team Single Game: Mpls.
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Almost About
Every thing

BY PERCY VILLA

This weeks guest column is
written by cO-prOmOters WaIly
KarbO and Tommy Anderson.
Should their venture at the Min
neaPOlis ArmOry on March 18th
be successful, our prediction is
that they will apply for a local
franchise and start promoting
semi monthly boxing shows
again on Friday nights. Like old
timeS.-P.V.
The worlds heavyweight champ
boxing match between
champion Floyd Patterson and
challenger Ingemar Johansson in
Fla, Monday, March 10
will be flashed across a 16 by &c
foot giant screen in the Mime
apolis Armory the same night
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dition, tickets are also being hand
led by the Downtown Ticket Of
flee, 1873 Northwestern Bank
building, and at the Tempo Res
taurant on East Franklin.
When the same two fighters bat
tied last year, Karbo and Anderson
handled the setup at the Mime
apolis auditorium, and the two
came in for praise from the Tele-
Promptef people for the manner
in which it was conducted, claim
ing the Minneapolis arrangement
was one of the best in the nation.
The co-promoters feel experience
gained last year will make their
March Is show at the Armory even
better yet.
THIS WILL BE THE rubber
match" between Patterson and
Johansson. The latter won the
first fight in a mild upset, but
Patterson evened matters in their
second meeting with a crushing
attack that had boxing fans buzz
ing from coast to coaster even
from nation to nation for that
matter.
Handlers of each boxer exper-
fenced a certain amount of diff
ficulty signing the match. There
was some talk that the two have
met enough, and Patterson says
there is no return clause this time
the champ is the winner. Pat
terson could have insisted on a re-
turn bout, but he figures the pub
lie has had enough of the Patter-
son-Johansson series.
THE BOUT ALSO HAS AN
UNUSUAL angle in that a $4,000
guarantee has been posted by
promoters who insist there will be
no segregation between white and
colored people in the seating ar
rangement. Unusual because the
site is Miami, where the Negro
has been second rate or lower for
many years. Patterson will act as
the sole judge Of seating segrega-
ton, and smart people have figured
that the Negro race can't lose
in this one, because they will have
accomplished goal If segregation
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Red Cops Ranks
Grow Thinner As
PennsY Ours Down

New YORK NANPD - One Oh Lne
signs of the changing times is the
gradual disappearance of the fam
liar Red Cap" the accommodate
ing baggage toter who was once
a much a part of a railroad sta
ton as a time table.
In fact, he was sort of a time
table too. For in addition to carry
ing luggage, he was always avail
able with information about in
coming and departing trains.
But since World War II his
ranks have been growing thinner
and thinner. They're almost a
novelty now since many of the
smaller stations have none at all.
The job was considered a sort
of Negro monopoly though few
stations particularly in st. Louis
and Chicago had all white crews.
Red Caps Cut so Percent
A redcap at Pennsylvania Sta
ton shook his head sadly recently
as he noted that the number Of
porters available to help travellers
with their luggage had been cut
more than so per cent since 1859.
I'VE get complaints daily about
poor service" he said with a total
ly inadequate force and we try to
explain to the passengers. Some
times they understand"
At present there are ninety-two
porters assigned to the thousands
of passengers who daily use Penn
sylvania Station, including those
arriving and departing on sixty
four long-distance trains.
OF this number. only forty port
ers are available at any given
time became of differing shifts.
Railroad Has Abb
The railroad said that it could
not afford to employ additional
porters because Of higher operat-
ing costs and a decrease in bus
mess.
The railroads attitude Is pen
ny-wise and pound-foolish," the
porters said. They charged that
decrease in the work force had
meant that revenues had fallen
off because many passengers had
been forced to carry their own lug
gage. r.
The railroad charges 35 cents
for each piece of baggage carried.
This money is used to pay porters
their salaries and fringe benefits.
One porter pointed to a man
wearing a black cap who was
struggling with three pieces of
baggage.
he 3 d HuSIlcE, Tic ICuCdP SdIu'
Hes not authorized to work the
station. There's a lot Of those
fellows around and they're costing
the Pennsylvania revenues"
Members OF Utse
The porters at Pennsylvania Sta
ton are members Of Local 602
of the United Transport Service
Employees.
A union official said that he had
met with the lines management
to ask that the work force be in
creased. Nothing came Of the re-
quest, he said, and another is
planned.
At Grand Central Terminal the
appears less serious. Sew.
enty-six redcaps work the ter
minal and their number has not
been decreased since 1857.
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Sifford Missed Win
At TuScon Tourney
BV A WhiSkeT

Tucson, Ar1z. (ANP) - Hard
swinging Charlie Sifford, his pro
game improving steadily, came
within a whisker of winning the
$40, 900 Tucson Open Golf Tourna-
ment here Sunday afternoon, fin
ishing high "in the money, two
strokes behind the winner, Dave
Hill.
Sifford, the five-time national
Negro champion, had tied Hill for
the lead after the first hole Of a
sudden death playoff, after Hill,
Buddy Sullivan and Tommy Bolt
had finished the fourth round with
a total of 269 points each. Sifford
and Art Wald Jr., were tied for
fourth place with 271 each.
Collects $1,I5O
However, after the first hole,
Sifford ran into putting trouble
and went over par for rounds of
69-66-65-71. Finishing among the
money winners as has been his
custom since he started the wes-
tern golf tour, Sifford collected
81, $50. Hill, the winner, earned
$4,000.
Sifford shot his best golf over
the 70 par, 6,464-yard FL Rio Golf
and Country club course on the
second round, firing a nifty Sc.
Only Bolt. and Frank Boynton,
with "a each, were able to improve
upon Sifford's 66.
Enter NOrth-SOuth Tourney
After the fine showing in the
Tucson Open, Sifford headed for
Miami Springs for the five-day
national Negro North-South tourn-
ament which got under way Mon
day, Feb. 20. A total Of 300 per-
sons are entered in the tourna-
ment, representing every state in
the union, as well as Nassau, Ba-
hamas.
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TWIN CITIES LADIES
February FL


Balmy spring like weather
brought out the "gaIleryites" to
see the Ladies" rolling on down
to the wire Tuesday, at st. Peter
Claver Lanes. Just a few weeks
more and the tale is told. Count
them yourself-March 20 is the
last night of the regular bowling
season for TIC. Ladies.
Seen among the galleryites were:
Gertrude Blakely, Martina Perry,
Jill Lawson, Bea Walton, Lulu
Wilson, Essie Stewart, Talayah
Sayles and Mrs. Pascal Todd, a
first nighteT' for the distaff side.
Among the males present were:
Eddie Thomas, who visits rarely
these days, Ed Hatton, Vince
Latson, Louis Bellamy, Thomas
Henderson, Herb" Crenshaw, Ben
ME Fowler, Bill Hamilton and Bob
Yaeger.
Two attractive young misses,
Margaret Brewin and Jane Saund-
ers were looking on briefly. Mar
garet stated, this is my god
daughter, Jane Saunders as of to-
night. Both of them looked as
though they could be god-daught,
ers of someone much much older!
Team High Single Game: Cole
man Loan, 908; Gopher Lodge,
1926; Ted Bies Liquors, 807.
Team High Series: Coleman
Loan, 24S6; Jimmy's DIX, 2389;
Brooks Funeral Home, 2315.
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pig o" Checked For Army

Cincinnati CANP) - Oscar Rob-
ertson of the Cincinnati Royals
basketball team last week under
went prelimary examinations by
Army doctors as the first step be-
fore starting six months of &C
tive military duty, it was report
ed.
Meanwhile, it was hoped that
his Army duty would not begin
until late March, because the Roy
ais stand a good chance to make
the National Basketball Associa-
ton playoffs.
Called the Big o" of basketball,
Robertson was three-time collegi-
ate scoring champion before join
ing the Royals. He is the big gun
on the Royals squad, and is cur
rently third in the MIA scoring
derby.
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ALL CONDUCTORS ARE
NOT ON STREET CARS

New Orleans (ANP) - Check
ing a report last week that the
noted impresario, Leopold Stokow-
ski, was in town, a resident here
called one Of the city's leading
hotels, and asked rs Leopold stok-
owsld registered there?" Answer
ing the phone a bellboy asked:
"Who?"
The citizen answered petutantly:
Leopold Stokowslxi, the Conduc-
tor" oh" replied the bellhop,
you don't want this number you
want the Canal STREET CAR
BARN."
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Spider Webb
Making Comeback
BY Charles j. livingston

Chicago (ANP) - Ellsworth
(Spider) Webb, the No. 1 middle
weight contender before he retired
less than a year ago, has decided
to return to the ring.
He is working out daily at John
ny Coulon's gymnasium here and
appears to be in top condition. He
expects to have his first comeback
fight sometime in March.
The former NCAA champion and
graduate of Idaho State college
has beaten some of the best in the
business. A boxer-puncher, he has
conquered such rough, tough Gus
toners as Joey Giardello, Rory
Calhoun and Neal Rivers, among
others.
For a long time, Webb was
Stunned by the title holders until
he was able to talk Gene Fullmer,
the MIA middleweight champion,
into a bout with him, Fullmer
made sure, however, that the fight
was held at Salt Lake City, his
hometown. Webb lost the decision
in the fight in which insiders fig
ured his superior ring ability would
overcome Fullmer's stamina and
raw ring savvy.
Webb has been plagued by what
is described in fight circles as "a
mental block" He had never quite
gotten over the fact that one of
his close friends died as a result
Of a ring injury.
Now, however, Webb seemed to
have overcome the mental malady
and has convinced himself that his
premature retirement was a mis-
take.
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Chicago MiddIeweisht Wins

Chicago (ANP) - Rudy Ellis,
a leading Chicago middleweight,
scored another important victory
here last week when he stopped
Roscoe Shamblin of Youngstown,
o., on a technical knockout in the
sixth round of a scheduled 10
rounder at Marigold Arena
Ellis overall lSnow-how was too
much for Shamblin, who was try
ing for an upset.
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THIS HUGE TANKER BEING LAUNCHED before cheering
crowd of thousands is the first ship built in Greece since
the Crusades Ancient Greece however only birth
to the culture and democracy of the West but for than
thousand years supplied shipping which carried the greater
of the known worlds until the fall of Rome
ChrStened WORLD HOPE by a modern Greek beauty,
KaramanS wife Of the Prime Minister the
carry than all the thousand black
ships thirty centuries bring back Helen
um. But the mission today
peaceful progress through world the hope Of
modern Greece-and indeed the world.
Built by shpowner Niarchos in his Hellenic
Shipyards near Athens the WORLD HOPE completes the
traditional maritime nation Already
leading the world tonnage serving international trade; in
of employed and in higher education for
merchant officers; the original sons of the sea-
the shores where their ancestors laid
not only keels foundation Of modern civilization
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BOY BECOMES
HUMAN SNOWFALL

Helsilxni, Finland (ANP) -
seachers looking for a 10-year-old
boy last week found his body in
side a huge SNOWFALL at the foot
of a sandpit 200 yards from his
home.
They said the boy must have
fallen and rolled down the slope,
gathering snow around him into a
three-foot-snowball, and finally
suffocated.
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and area fight
fans can watch
the blow-by-blow
action the instant
it h appens in
Florida.
with ON e
teleVsion tossed
out, the closed
CT &c uit telecast
from Tele PrOmD-
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IN the seating Is eliminated-or
will collect $4,000 for the NAA-
CP If any trouble brews. Patterson
has already earmarked the money
for the NAACP If it turns out that
way. This is the first time in his
tory that the segregation ban will
be lifted in the Florida city.
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nave q SeaLlIlB
capacity Of some
5000 fans. Tic
kets are priced at
IS, 81 and 1925,
and are on sale
at the ticket Of
flee at 9 s. 9Th
ST., nd the
Dyckman hotel,
nnk -
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~KVW BY LOUISE THOMAS
MWT Midway S-s373
By LOUISE THOMAS
Midway 5-s373

Spokesman, $40; Twin City OBJ
server, 902; Varnado's Cleaners,
500.
Team High Series: Mpls spokes-
man, 2610; Mattie's Barbecue,
2603; Varnado's Cleaners, 2501.
TEAM STANDINGS
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ter corporation will be the only
live" means of watching the &C
ton in Minneapolis at one of two
locations: the Armory or the Or
pheum theater on Hennepin Ave.
Heading the Armory viewing
will be Tommy Anderson and
Wally Karbo, co-promoters of the
Mill City Boxing Club, who are
sponsoring the setup which will
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TEN STRIKE
February FL

The "Bies Boys" dumped Sun
Observer for all four points Tues
day at the Laughing" Lanes. st.
Paul Recorder split the series with
us. Upholstering, Woodland Fun
eral Home "garnered' three points
from Western Recreation" At
tucks-Brooks "squeaked" one and
one-half points from Service Loan.
Team High Single Game: Ted
Bies Liquors, 999; Sun-observer,
$50.
Team High Series: Ted Bies
Liquors, 2794; Service Loan, 2647;
Sum Observer, 2642.
Individual High Single Game:
Robert Graham, 247; Sid Cum
mings, 243; James Ward, 226.
Individual High Series: Sid Cum
mings, 627; James Ward, 612;
Frank Brown, 594.
TEAM STANDINGS
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PIN BUSTERS
EnhrlIarv %

Team High Series: Airflow
Shirts, 2614; Triangle Shell, 2595;
and Napco Auto Parts, 2572.
Team Hing Single: E.Z. Lanes,
GIG; Triangle Shell, 913 and Napco
Auto Parts, SS4.
Individual High Series: A. Jones,
612; ]. Adams, 562 and NJ. Cole
man, $50.
Individual High Single: A. Jones,
221; G. Klayman, 212 and D.
Wheaton, 211.
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Individual High Single Game:
Gladys Mcfarland, 1913; Coppie An
derson, 191; Lauretta Moore, 1S9.
Individual High Series: Lillian
Finley, SIC; Lauretta Moore, 4S3;
Callie Fowler, ATT.
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w l.
Mattie's Barbecue IA 2
Mpls Spokesman IS 8
Martyrs Upholstery IL 4
Twin City Observer IL 5
Lees Simonizing 10 6
Phyllis Wheatley 8 8
No. 13 8 8
Kieffers 8
Varnado's Cleaners 6 10
3-G's Steak House 6 10
No. IA 5 IL
Palm Cleaners 8 IL
Acme Cleaners 4 II
Woodlands 3 ID
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We,
Evening star., 1961-02-10
First Lady
Heads List
OF Sponsors

Mrs. John r. Kennedy
heads the list Of newly named
honorary members Of the
Washington Chapter. Ma
tional Society Of Arts and
Letters.
Also elected to membership
In the group were Mrs. Al.
phand. wife Of the French
Ambassador, and Mrs. Dime
chkie. wife Of the Lebanese
Ambassador.
Announcement Of the new
members was made at the
groups meeting this week at
the Belgian Embassy. Mrs.
Scheyven, wife Of the Belgian
Ambassador, was hostess at
the event.
Evening star., 1961-02-10
College Head
Is Honored

DR.. c. Easton Rothwell,
president Of Mills College.
and Mrs. Rothwell were hon
ored at q dinner recently at
the Dupont Plaza Hotel by
members Of the Mills College
Alumnae In the area.
Other guests at the event
included Rear Admiral Gil
bert ]. Rowcnff. regional
trustee Of the college. and
Mrs. Dean Rusk. wife Of the
Secretary Of State.
Evening star., 1961-02-10
|MoyIondC. A. R.
Sets Conference

The Maryland State So
ciety, Children Of the Amer.
lean Revolution, viii hold its
10th annual conference at
Grace Episcopal Church In
Silver Spring tomorrow.
Mr.. Edmund c. Mester,
executive assistant. to Mary
land Gov. ]. Millard Tawes,
viii bring greetings from the
governor. Mr.. John r. Graft,
first vice president Of the
Silver Spring Board Of Trade,
also viii greet the delegates.
Mrs. Franklin r. Bruins,
jr.. Of Takoma Park, senior
state president, viii call the
meeting to order and Miss
Joanna Pinder Of Chester.
town, state president. will
preside.
MIS-. James Sumnerville OF
North Carolina, senior Ma.
tional president, ana Mr..
Thomas Semi Of Connecticut,
national president, will bring
greetings from the national
society. Other national and
senior national officers also
will be present.
State officers for the en-.
suing year will be elected
during the conference.
Evening star., 1961-02-10
Trinidod-Moriono

Or. and Mrs. .Adriano
Trinidad Of Quezon City,
Philippines, announce the
engagement Of their daugh-
ter Coty c. to Mr.. Mishael
J. Mariana, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Victorino E. Mariana Of
Takoma Park. An April
wedding Is planned,
Evening star., 1961-02-10
WiIIions-EsheImon

Mr.. and Mrs. Carlton 8.
Williams Of Silver Spring an
nounce the engagement Of
their daughter Patricia Cleo
to Lt. william p. Eshelman.
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. William
NJ. EShelman, also Of Silver
Spring. An August wedding is
planned.
Evening star., 1961-02-10
eord-Brinckerhoff

Mrs. D. Prumer Beard Of
New York announces the en-
gagement Of her daughter
Deborah to Mr.. william Hall
Brinckerhoff, son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. William w. Brincker-
hoff. Miss Beard is also the
daughter Of Mr.. Francis D.
Beard Of Lake Como, Fla.
Evening star., 1961-02-10

Mr.. and Mrs. William Zizzi
of st. Clair Shores, Mich,
announce the engagement Of
their daughter Marjorie to
Mr.. James William Shaw,
son of DR.. and Mrs. James
Shaw Of Bethesda. A summer
wedding is planned.
Evening star., 1961-02-10
Rich-Krohn

Mr.. and Mrs. william L.
Rice announce the engage.
ment Of their daughter Helen
Louise to MIR. Michael James
Lavelle. jr., son Of Mr.. and
Mrs. Lavelle Of Lewisdale.
Md. A June wedding is
planned.
Evening star., 1961-02-10

MIR. and Mrs. Bernard Ii
herman Of Takoma Park an
nounce the engagement Of
their daughter Lana Sharon
to Mr.. Donald Flax, son Of
Mr.. and Mrs. David Flax Of
Arlington. A September we'd
ding Is planned.
Evening star., 1961-02-10
Society Plans Dance

The Kentucky Society Of
Washington will hold its
next dance from $3.50 pm.
to 1880 am. tomorrow. The
dance will take place in the
ballroom Of the National
Press Club. t..s
Evening star., 1961-02-10
Moon-lee

Mr.. and Mrs. Robert E.
Noon Of Bellevue, Mich, an
nounce the engagement Of
Evening star., 1961-02-10
ENGAGEMENT S

their daughter Barbara Jean
to Mr.. John Russell Lee, jr..
son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Lee OF
Rockville. A March wedding
is planned.
Evening star., 1961-02-10
Zizzi-ShuW

Is planned
Evening star., 1961-05-01

and Louisiana and thousands
OF other youngsters who had
flocked here for the week end.
Some $50 policemen from
neighboring cities and Texas
Rangers were rushed here to
restore order.
More than 500 youths were
arrested Friday night as Off
GERS waded into the rock
throwing youths. Several shots
were fired but no one was hurt.
Scores were treated for cuts
and bruises.
Another $50 youths were ar
rested Saturday night for un-
lawful assembly on the city's
streets.
Police Commissioner Walter
B. Rourke said the city collected
about $4,000 in fines over the
week end, the equivalent to the
normal fines levied in a month.
Officer Dies in Crash
George L. Windsheimer. q re-
serve officer of the Harris
County Sheriff's Department
who had been sent here to help
quell the riots, died in a two
car traffic accident Saturday
night.
James T. Brandford, 20, Of
Evening star., 1961-05-01
Seaman, 40, Dies
AT 705 lbs. After
Weight Warning

HOUSTON, Tex, May / (AP)
Tell the people that if they
get any fat on them they bet.
ter get it off," Jerry O'Brien
said in his last interview.
Mr.. O'Brien, who entered
Jefferson Davis Hospital as a
705-pound invalid two weeks
ago, died Saturday. Doctors said
he had eaten his way into the
hospital and Mr.. O'Brien
agreed.
Excess weight caused the 40
year-old seaman severe heart
and lung trouble, a spokesman
for the hospital said.
Mr.. O'Brien refused to dis
cuss his family or give his home
address here during the inter-
view last week.
Keep my family out of it,"
he said. His wife and child,
both Of normal weight, survive
Mr.. O'Brien, 5 feet 10 inches
tall, was a merchant seaman
during World War II. He
weighed 300 pounds at age 30,
a hospital source said, and had
gained steadily since. His basal
metabolism rate was normal.
Evening star., 1961-05-01

topics that are his own rather
than those Of the Government
Of Israel"
The Jewish Committee
founded in 1906 to combat
bigotry and protect the rights
of Jews in the United States
and abroad, is not affiliated
with the Zionist movement.
Frederick F. Greenman, New
York attorney and education
and civic leader, was elected
president of the AJC, succeed
ing Herbert B. Ehrmann of
Boston.
Others elected were Louis
Caplan. Pittsburgh, chairman
of the executive board, and
Morris B. Abram. Atlanta, Ga. ;
DR.. Max w. Bay, Los Angeles;
Philip E. Hoffman, New York,
and Gardner H. Stern, Chi
cago, vice presidents.
Evening star., 1961-05-01
Ben-Gurion Confirms
Choice in immigration

NEW YORK, May 1 (AP).-
Israeli Premier David Ben
Gurion has reaffirmed that the
immigration CT Jews to Israel
is at their own free discretion,
the American Jewish Commit
tee says.
The AJC made public at the
close Of its 54th annual meet
ing yesterday a joint statement
by the Israeli leader and
American Industrialist Jacob
Blaustein of Baltimore, the
committees honorary president.
Mr.. Blaustein returned home
last week after discussing the
issue with Mr.. Ben-Gurion in
Israel.
The statement quotes Mr..
Ben-Gurion as saying:
I'VE. the people Of Israel,
have no desire and no inten-
tion to interfere in any way In
the internal affairs of Jewish
communities abroad"
Dispute Recalled
The 74-year<old Israeli Pre-
mier touched off a storm last
fall when he called for the i'm
migration of more educated
Jews to Israel and quoted a
Talmudic passage saying:
"WhoSoever dwells outside
the land of Israel is considered
to have no God"
Mr.. Ben-Gurion later said,
however, that he had been mis-
understood and had no inten-
ton of saying the American
Jewish community was God
less.
The statement by Mr.. Blau-
stein and Mr.. Ben-Gurion said
some misunderstanding might
have arisen owing to the fact
that Mr.. Gen-Gurion now and
then takes the liberty of ex-
pressing views on a variety of