“President Kennedy’s plan for an international peace corps strikes a responsive chord in Israeli hearts,” Abba Eban, Israel’s Minister of Education and Culture, declared here today. “Whatever its fortunes may be in the arena of implementation, the idea has originality and constructive vision,” he said. “It is based on the impulses of voluntary service and pioneering which are at the heart of Israel’s rebirth.”
The Israel Minister was addressing a crowded meeting of the Chicago Council on Foreign Relations on the final day of his curtailed American tour on the subject. “New States.” Mr. Eban pointed out that events in the Congo and elsewhere conjured the view that new states face formidable difficulties before their political independence is translated into a vision of stability and peace.
“The key lies in the swift development and education of manpower. Humanity needs a new and fair distribution not only of its material wealth but also of its intellectual and spiritual resources. This consciousness underlies much of Israel’s cooperation with other members of the society of new nations.”
In the evening Mr. Eban addressed the main fund-raising meeting of the Chicago combined Jewish Appeal. After a 24-hour visit for courtesy calls in Washington, Mr. Eban will leave Saturday night for Israel. His five-week tour was curtailed to two weeks and many of the receptions and meetings planned for him were canceled owing to the political and educational emergency in Israel.
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