“A flourishing State of Israel in the strategic Middle East is of vital importance to America and the entire free world.” Vice President Alben W. Barkley declared at a testimonial dinner honoring six distinguished Jewish leaders, given by the Greater New York Committee for State of Israel Bonds at the Hotel Astor tonight.
Warning that “no greater calamity or catastrophe could befall the democratic world than for the State of Israel to collapse,” Mr. Barkley urged the audience of several hundred representatives of Jewish religious, civic, fraternal, and business organizations to “do all in your power to expand the investments in Israel bonds.”
Drawing a parallel between the ideals of the United States and Israel, the Vice President asserted: “Israel is a sister democracy ready to stand by us as a staunch and devoted ally. That is why not only the American people, but the entire free world has an important stake in the achieving of a politically and economically strong State of Israel.”
The six men who were honored for “their outstanding and devoted service to Israel” were: Samuel J. Goldfarb, Charles Gutwith, Deputy Mayor Charles Horowitz, David Kluger, Irving Sarnoff and Judge Benjamin Shalleck. They(###) received plaques bearing a replica of the map of Israel in silver. Other speakers were Dr. Israel Goldstein and Henry Montor.
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