Israel offers the world a third alternative–in the choice between the Soviet system as against democracy–because the Israeli pattern could be applied to underdeveloped nations, Dean Alfange, well known attorney, told the annual meeting here of the American Christian Association for Israel, this weekend. The session, held at All Souls Unitarian Church, elected Dr. Howard M. LeSourd, of New York, as president.
Statesmen of the free world, said Mr. Alfange, should study the Israeli pattern, since “Israel has made a notable contribution in a critical area of the cold war.” Israel, he maintained, offers “a third alternative” between Communism and democracy, “a pattern of life which offers decent living standards plus the essential freedoms. It is altogether possible that the free world could win the battle with the Soviet Union for the loyalty of these nations by promoting the Israeli pattern as a third alternative to the countless millions of Africa and Asia who are yearning for freedom and a just share of the good things of life.”
Another of the principal speakers, Dr. Russell Henry Stafford, president emeritus of the Hartford Seminary Foundation, speaking on “The Christian Ethic and the State of Israel,” told the meeting: “When the African nations grow up to full stature, no small measure of the credit will be due to the State of Israel for the men and women it has sent to them as missionaries of progress, and the throngs of students who come from them to Israel to be trained for leadership at home. The Christian ethic means a warm heart and a helping hand. The State of Israel deserves them.”
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