Jewish Post, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 September 1960 — Page 6

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Sinatra to Film Thrilling Life Of ’Maverick’ Hank Greenspan A thrilling tale of a guy who unabashedly brushed aside the British Navy, the late Senator Joseph McCarthy and the imminent danger of death from an exploding motorcruiser engine, in order to stand by his concepts of justice and freedom will, be put on film by Frank Sinatra. ife'- I „ <£* ji)/, „ „ , ^ THE FILM WILL honor the fabulous exploits and valor of Maverick Hank Greenspun, Las Vegas publisher, and hero of Israel’s ; War of Liberation. , , ' Sinatra will produce the film and act the role of the man who in the dead ox night outside Acapulco Harbor off the Mexican coast broke out a bevy of machine guns to fight off a Canadian destroyer which threatened to board a yacht bearing smuggled arms to the embattled fighters of Israel.IF THE ISRAELIS were fight- > T' :i '.'£253p. . 2 9 IffliBifiSiBB IHSISM I

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ing the British in Palestine then Greenspun could fight the British off Acapulco. But a fight wasn’t necessary. In answer to the shouted “Do you surrender?” from the destroyer, Greenspun, with bristling machine-guns ready for action, said “We surrender” and smiled in a manner which clearly told the Canadian skipper he should have better sense than to ask a question like that. The glint in Greenspun’s eye, picked out by the destroyer’s searchlight, was unmistakable. The destroyer sailed away. In the days when Senator Joseph McCarthy of Wisconsin was riding high and Senators, Congressmen and top-notch government dignitaries quailed before his loaded rhetoric, Greenspun and his newspaper took to the hustings against him and started a reaction which culminated in the downfall of the tyrant. Greenspun was convicted by the United States Government for sending arms to Israel. He lost citizenship rights -and paid a fine of $10,000. He thought the rights of his beleaguered fellows in Israel were more important.

The $10,000 exacted from him for risking his neck in the cause of justice and liberty, he was

willing to pay.

When the motor yacht “Idalia” carrying the smuggled arms to Israel was chugging out of the harbor of Acapulco that dismal night shortly before the Canadian destroyer hove into view, the craft’s engine sputtered and died. The crew tried everything to start it, pulling out the starter, working the gears—to no avail. Contact must be made internally, Greenspun knew. So with his own hands he lifted the starter motor arid thrust it into the engine. The starter might have flown in all' directions, taking Hank Greenspun with it. But— the engine caught. The yacht sailed on. Greenspun had won another toss with death. Sinatra read about Hank’s exploits in t h e magazine “TRUE,” while lolling in Las Vegas. He forgot about the gaming tables, grabbed a phone, asked Greenspun for 50 pages of additional material and said “Hank, I’m going to make that picture.” He’s going to make it, too.

JERUSALEM (P-O) — The Israel Government and the Jewish Agency will put all their information services under one roof, according to the Jerusalem Post. The Israel Tourist Office will be included in the merger. Heretofore the Jewish Agency and the Government Information Bureau handled their publicity projects independently. These operations will now be coordinated through the Prime Minister’s office under ' Zvi (Harry) Zinder. Zinder is former head of Israel Radio and was at one time press officer of the Israel mission at the UN. Born and raised in America, Zinder was a correspondent for Time magazine, prior to going to Israel to settle. The prime minister’s office is headed by Teddy Kollek, known to American Jewish leaders for the many delicate regotiations in arrangements involving the United Jewish Appeal and other Jewish groups.

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A Jewish Communist is accused as one of the ringleaders of a Polish spy ring in France which has allegedly collected secret information while working as members of an export-import firm. INDICTED FOR espionage activities is M. Rayski, one-time editor in chief of the Jewish Communist paper in Paris and secretary of Union, a leftist Jewish association in France. Born in Sialystok, Rayski—formerly Rajgrodzki—is a veteran Communist leader and the nephew of Yosef Lewartowski, Communist underground leader executed by the Nazis in 1942. THERE WERE ten men altogether in the Polish spy ring.

Israel Cops Slapped Down For Moonlighting TEL AVTV—A “moonlighting inquiry” has hit the Israel Police Department following the announcement that a number of police officials were discovered allegedly engaging in salaried employment outside of their regular police duties. National police headquarters ordered a delay in the promotion of a senior officer, a sharp reprimand to a second senior officer and reprimands to four constables for extra-curricular employment which contravenes standing orders of the department. According to the Jerusalem Post, inquiry disclosed that “permission” to engage in the outside work had been given by another senior officer who was not authorized to grant such permission. Kaiser-Frazer Settles Dispute with Renault Co. A dispute between KaiserFrazer of Israel and Renault of France, which reportedly stemmed from an Arab League Boycott Office threat against Renault, has been settled, according to the Jerusalem Post. When Renault, a year ago, cancelled a contract for the assembly of Dauphine cars by Kaiser-Frazer, the latter company filed a damage suit. According to a dispatch from Paris quoted by the Jerusalem Post the two companies have signed an agreement for a business deal under the terms of which Kaiser-Frazer waives all claims and actions against Renault.

Twd were employes of the p ish Embassy in Paris. °* Rayski emigrated to Paris • the thirties, returned to PniJ!! after World War-II and work«t for a time as editor of the P 0 li2 Press agency. PAP. He went back to France in 1957. C HE APPEARED before UN Special Committee on p a w tine in 1947 as the spokesman of Union He has lately been considered a Gomulka man and often came into conflict with the Stalinist leadership of the Jew ish section of France’s Communist Party.

'FriendV Death Mourned By Texas Hadassah By IDA M. BARKAN SAN ANTONIA (P-O)—Last week when the list of names of the recently departed members was read at the Hadassah meeting it was followed by an ohvi. ously Christion name, Mrs Evelyn Watts, as a “Friend to Hadassah.” WHEN MRS. WATTS, a devout Protestant, became ill some years ago and was helped by the Jewish woman next door, she could think of only one way to repay the kindness. Youth Aliy ah being her neighbor’s pet charity, Mrs. Watts began what was to become a 10year ritual—each month she made a contribution to the youth Aliyah. On Jewish holidays the contribution was larger. And with each contribution, she sent a note on which she quoted passages from the Scriptures. MRS. WATTS was exceedingly poor—both money-wise and rela-tive-wise. She was entirely alone in the world, living in a tiny room with a family, and existing entirely on a very meager pension. She was very small and required very little food, so that stinting on food to make these monthly contributions may not really have been difficult. Then she became blind and had to be moved to a charitable institution and her great regret was that she could not continue the contributions to Youth Aliyah. So it was that members of Hadassah in San Antonio mourned her loss along with those of their membership who had departed.

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